Scholars\u2019 Day Schedule Poster Session Oral Presentations<\/strong> Reception<\/strong> Student Presenter:<\/strong> Naydelin A. Reyes Rodriguez Student Presenter:<\/strong> William Jackson Student Presenter:<\/strong> Michelle Kukan Student Presenter:<\/strong> Victor Flores and Hyungjun Choi Student Presenter:<\/strong> Ekaprana Ramesh, Andrew McWha, Adriana Gedeon Student Presenter:<\/strong> Naydelin A. Reyes Rodriguez Abstract: Over the last decade, employers have been integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their hiring processes to increase efficiency. Following the launch of accessible AI tools like ChatGPT in 2022, job applicants have increasingly adopted these technologies to enhance their application materials. This paper researches applicants’ growing use of AI tools and its multifaceted impact on hiring. Specifically, this paper is a literature review of academic articles, industry reports, public survey results, and practitioner-oriented media. Findings reveal that widespread accessibility and minimal cost barriers have significantly contributed to the rapid adoption of AI tools among job applicants. This research argues that the current landscape necessitates a fundamental restructuring of recruitment strategies, shifting emphasis from competitive AI adoption toward systems that prioritize qualitative assessment of candidates. The paper also discusses the ethical considerations raised by these changes and offers recommendations for both applicants and employers. The AI transformation of employment necessitates strategies that effectively identify and assess high-potential candidates amidst the AI-driven application surge.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Lance M. Kirk (Anakin Rybacki, Zachary Chivers, Tina Nosrati) Abstract:<\/strong> Nursing homes serve as essential providers of comfort and support for elderly individuals but, like all businesses, face challenges in maintaining strong financial performance. These challenges were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic as revenues declined while costs increased due to heightened safety precautions and regulatory guidelines. Nursing homes’ financial health can greatly influence their residents’ health outcomes. This study uses data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to examine the performance of for-profit nursing homes based on financial stability, quality of care, and affordability. It considers key factors such as net income, gross revenue, average length of stay, health inspection ratings, complaints, incidents, and nurse-aide staffing hours. Data from 2018 to 2021 was used to effectively evaluate the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on financial performance and health outcomes. Through segmentation analysis and hypothesis testing, states were clustered into top, middle, or bottom performers. These performance tiers were found to differ significantly regarding their operations, resource management, and quality of care. The findings underscore the importance of flexible management strategies and operational resilience. This research offers valuable insights into resource management strategies that promote strong health outcomes while maintaining financial stability. The results also provide a framework for responding to future health crises, ensuring resident safety and institutional sustainability. Understanding these dynamics enables nursing homes to enhance the well-being of stakeholders across the industry.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Brianna Perez Abstract:<\/strong> This study examines the role of family, women, and minority-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in New Jersey\u2019s pursuit of sustainability, focusing on their participation in the New Jersey Sustainable Business Registry. SMEs, which make up 99.6% of all businesses in the state, are critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to economic growth, gender equality, reduced inequalities, and climate action. This research explores whether these businesses lead in sustainability practices due to intrinsic motivations, such as social justice values and reputation concerns, or whether they are hindered by resource constraints.<\/p>\n Using data from the New Jersey Sustainable Business Registry, we analyzed 184 SMEs, identified ownership types, and conducted Chi-Square tests of association to compare the proportions of family, women, and minority-owned businesses in the registry against the broader New Jersey SME population. Results showed no significant difference in the representation of women-owned SMEs, suggesting that motivating drivers and resource constraints may cancel each other out. However, minority-owned SMEs were significantly underrepresented, indicating that resource constraints limit their ability to adopt sustainability practices. In contrast, family-owned businesses were overrepresented in the registry, supporting the theory that reputation concerns motivate family firms to engage in sustainability.<\/p>\n These findings point to a mix of drivers and barriers influencing whether different types of businesses take part in sustainability efforts. The study suggests that policies like grants and training programs could help minority-owned businesses overcome financial challenges, while highlighting the benefits of sustainability for family-owned firms could further boost their involvement. The findings contribute to the broader discussion on how ownership characteristics influence sustainability efforts, offering insights for policymakers and stakeholders aiming to promote sustainability within New Jersey\u2019s SME ecosystem.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Michael Hickey Abstract:<\/strong> This paper investigates the relationship between government mental health spending and their impact on individual and societal well-being. Focusing on developed countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, where expenditures account for 0.48% and 7.41% of the nation\u2019s GDP (Federal Reserve, MacroTrends), this study provides a comparative analysis of the impact of these investments. Despite the growing prevalence of mental illness as evident in the World Health Organization reports of \u201csignificant increases since 2005\u201d, there remains insufficient empirical evidence linking government expenditures to tangible improvements in the lives of people. To address this gap, this paper analyses key variables such as mental health expenditures, national suicide rate, and life expectancy, to determine how different countries prioritize mental health and its subsequent effects on their populations. The paper introduces an index, Suicide-adjusted life expectancy (SALE), which integrates national suicide rates and life expectancy as a comprehensive indicator in determining quality of life and well-being. Utilizing an ordinary least square regression technique, the paper compares the complexities of these expenditures and their influence on societal outcomes. The preliminary findings indicate a positive correlation, showing that higher government investment is linked to higher SALE. This compelling evidence underscores the importance of advocating greater mental health funding, reinforcing its potential to enhance the quality of life for individuals and increased policy intervention across nations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Joseph Bennis Abstract:<\/strong> Extant research shows that there is a correlation between being diagnosed with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD), a neurodevelopmental condition, and developing a substance abuse disorder (SUD). SUDs and ADHD have a complex and multifaceted relationship, with research demonstrating the latter being a psychiatric comorbidity of the former with overlapping causation, risk factors, and underlying neurobiological processes. The current project designs a college-wide campaign aimed at a) disseminating awareness about the relationship between ADHD and SUDs b) destigmatizing SUDs and mental health c) engaging audience members to have an open dialogue on this topic and empowering them to seek appropriate interventions. The campaign uses campus-wide posters with simple designs tailored towards a neurodivergent mind, and a QR code that leads to a webpage with condensed information, and social media links created specifically for this topic.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Rebecca Bleich Abstract:<\/strong> The proposed campaign called \u201cRecycling for Change\u201d aims to bring awareness to recycling, enhance the students\u2019 recycling behavior and address students\u2019 sustainability engagement on campus. The campaign recommends a tailored model to help the Ramapo campus become an environment friendly campus and enact a more reliable campus-wide recycling program. Given the world of climate change, it is essential to educate students on broader environmental stewardship and lay the foundation for reliable recycling behavior thus normalizing sustainability practices on campus. The campaign explores the challenges caused by poor recycling practices at a college campus, and designs a campaign to alleviate the issue and promote sustainability.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Kaitlyn Camerlengo Abstract:<\/strong> Oral contraceptives have been in the market for decades, prescribed to women for pregnancy prevention, extreme period pain, and even mood disorders that may accompany the beginning of a woman’s period. While contraceptive pills are often prescribed to alleviate premenstrual syndrome and disorders, not all women find relief. Women have reported an array of mental health issues, mood disorders, or physical side effects from oral contraceptives. These side effects are disclosed by the pharmaceutical manufacturers, but they are often not thoroughly discussed or researched, specifically mental health side effects. In view of the limited research available on this topic, the current study attempted to answer the question: What is the correlation between oral contraceptives and mental health? Via administration of an anonymous online survey, undergraduate college students who were prescribed oral contraceptives were asked to evaluate their mental health while on the pill.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Alyssa Curto Abstract:<\/strong> The current study investigates how stigmatization and discrimination surrounding cleft lip and palate (CLP) disadvantages individuals in education, and are exacerbated by lack of awareness regarding CLP. Aesthetics of the facial structure are often socially and subconsciously used to measure beauty, intelligence and desirability as romantic partners. For individuals with CLP such perceptions negatively affect self-esteem, and the said population is more likely to report bullying and discrimination. In the current study a survey was administered to students at Ramapo College and the results demonstrated that the participants significantly lacked awareness about CLP. The study utilized the theoretical frameworks of social cognitive theory and theory of planned behavior to predict behavior and attitude towards individuals with CLP. The study proposes creating a collegewide campaign with posters placed across campus in addition to a social media campaign to increase awareness and change behavioral attitudes in a more positive direction.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Victoria Giordano Abstract:<\/strong> Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) in autistic people\u2019s lives are under-researched topics. Extant research shows that autistic people are more likely to be victimized in IPV and SA than non-autistic people. Autistic females, particularly, are more likely to be victimized in IPV and SA. Studies show that autistic women\u2019s victimization in IPV and SA remains connected to inequality in accessing appropriate support services and due to the detrimental impact of \u201cmasking\u201d. Additionally, autism causes challenges in social interactions and understanding of social cues, which can make it difficult for autistic women to discern violence in intimate relationships as well as disclose violence. The current study proposes a health communication campaign that will raise awareness on the extent and nature of victimization of autistic women in IPV. I also hope that through my research personal stories can be shared on this under-discussed and stigmatized issue, encouraging autistic females who have been victimized in IPV to self-advocate. The current research also hopes to make the world a better and safer place for autistic females and neurodivergent individuals who are the forgotten victims of IPV.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> William Jackson Abstract:<\/strong> The goal of this health communication campaign is to promote the change of laws that restrict the teaching of LGBTQ+ subjects in school, specifically that of transgender and non-binary people (TNB). The research in this campaign focuses on why it is vital for TNB youth to be taught LGBTQ+ subjects in sex and health education in schools, including helping to avoid unsafe sex practices, increased depression and suicide rates, and other harmful and risky behaviors. Additionally, this research campaign will call on the states with no laws or policies to implement those that properly educate students about the LGBTQ+ community, and specifically TNB subjects. Included in this project is a needs assessment of TNB adults aged between 19-30 years across seven different US states. The research demonstrates the urgent need for change in how TNB topics are taught in the United States school systems. This project has also become increasingly relevant as specific laws passed in the recent weeks have aimed at restricting TNB subjects in both schools and society.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Keely Lombardi Abstract:<\/strong> My research paper outlines the foundational ideas and the execution of my health communication campaign, titled \u201cIEPs are a Right, Not a Privilege.\u201d My campaign highlights the lack of discourse and awareness surrounding individualized education program (IEP)s and the resultant stigmatization causing discrimination against students with learning differences. By focusing on \u201cThe Individuals with Disabilities Education Act\u201d, my campaign will attempt to restructure the narrative surrounding IEPs in high schools. If addressed as a right, rather than a privilege, students will feel empowered to utilize IEPs and seek help without feeling burdensome, marginalized or different. The long-term outcomes of IEPs are my campaign’s greatest motivator. These effects include improved mental health, self-advocacy skills, the ability to set and reach personal goals, and an understanding of how equity can be implemented in American institutions through first -hand experience. I created this campaign with my future students in mind. My hope is for them to learn how to embrace their individuality and live passionately, not passively.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Katherine Rygiel Abstract:<\/strong> The sports industry remains a male-dominated field where women constantly face significant barriers regarding representation, leadership, and career advancement. \u201cHer Game Plan, The Women Playmakers’ Network\u201d is an app designed to address these challenges by fostering community, mentorship, and professional networking for women in the sports industry. This project was driven by research that analyzes and examines gender disparities within the industry and the importance of community for these women. Networking has been identified as a crucial factor for career success in sports management, yet women often struggle with leveraging and finding these connections. Her Game Plan was developed to create a structured, inclusive platform. The app includes a Goal Board for setting career objectives, a Tips and Tricks section for insights within the industry, a Job Board to share, recommend, and view employment opportunities, and a Messaging\/Feed feature to facilitate networking and mentorship. All of these components work together to empower women by enhancing visibility, career values, and community support. This project emphasizes the urgent need for structural changes in the sports industry and how technology can play a role in bridging gender gaps. By providing resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities, \u201cHer Game Plan\u201d fosters a supportive environment where women can thrive professionally.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Joseph Santana Abstract:<\/strong> Extant research shows that direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs significantly impacts public perception of diseases and disease treatments and consequently affects patient decision-making and healthcare-seeking behavior. The current study explores the influence of DTC prescription drug advertisements on consumer perception and behavior, including examining the historical evolution, economic implications, and ethical concerns surrounding pharmaceutical advertising. Undergraduate college students belong to the demographic group that is particularly susceptible to DTC prescription drug advertising due to their significantly higher rates of media consumption. The study designs a social media campaign to raise awareness among college-aged students about pharmaceutical marketing strategies, consumer perception, and healthcare-seeking behavior. The topic is especially important in the current context as DTC of prescription drugs has increased dramatically in the United States during the past decade.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Riley Stewart Abstract:<\/strong> The current research paper delineates the impact of alcohol consumption on undergraduate college students’ academic performances. An online survey administered to Ramapo College students found little to no direct correlation between their drinking habits and negative academic performance outcomes. However, extant research suggests that the connection is apparent throughout university and college campuses across the United States. In order to promote change across Ramapo campus, a campaign was designed with social media messages including images of alcohol being on sale. The campaign messages provided information about the negative impact of episodic drinking on college student\u2019s academic performances. The goal of the campaign was to promote a change in campus drinking culture, a socialized and normalized activity in the college environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Miranda Trautmann Abstract:<\/strong> As the United States entered World War II in 1941, many of the jobs that had been held by now-enlisted men became vacant, and many women heeded the call to work these jobs, most of which were in factories, shipyards, and other similar fields that had not previously been occupied by women. Therefore, simultaneously, the positions that women previously held primarily in the home as mothers and caretakers became increasingly vacant, and there became a social crisis of a lack of childcare. Because of this, there was an initial lack of cooperation and acceptance from unions and the men still working in factories in regards to hiring women. When the men came home from war, it was expected that women would go back into the home and the men would be given back their pre-war jobs. There seems to have been a pattern of men going to war, women taking their jobs, men coming home, and women leaving the jobs to work in the home again, which took place after every previous war. The narrative mostly claims that women understood their places in the home and willingly gave their jobs back to the men who had previously claimed them. After World War II many women had to return back home despite their desire to continue working, although some managed to keep their jobs and increase the number of women working during peacetime in comparison to pre-war levels. In my research I analyze how women\u2019s motivations for working during the war were more nuanced than having simple feelings of patriotic duty, and therefore the return home after the war was not entirely straightforward.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Erin Pryor Abstract:<\/strong> This project explores the intellectual differences in American Democracy during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. While the Abolitionists of the North physically defeated the Confederacy in 1865, the racist ideologies of the South only further asserted themselves in American society beyond the Reconstruction Era. Legislation, such as the Jim Crow laws, aimed to disenfranchise Black Americans through segregation and denial of rights. Likewise, Reconstruction Amendments, namely the Thirteenth Amendment, allowed for legal forms of peonage as punishment for a crime which continued the effects of institutional slavery in America. Through historiographic analysis of Heather Cox Richardson\u2019s How the South Won the Civil War, Irving Barlett\u2019s The American Mind in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, and Eric Foner\u2019s Reconstruction: America\u2019s Unfinished Revolution, this project aims to show that despite the potential of radical Reconstruction efforts to promote equality in American democracy, the ideological beliefs of the Confederacy persisted which permitted the systemic racial disparities in American Democracy today.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Elizabeth Marroquin Abstract:<\/strong> Language brokering is defined as children or young people who interpret and translate for people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, facilitating communication in various situations, which can be for parents or other family members who do not speak English or have a limited proficiency in the language (Iqbal and Crafter, 2023). While this practice can provide children an opportunity to enhance their language skills and foster a sense of responsibility, it can also cause a range of emotional, psychological, and social difficulties for them (Morales and Wang, 2018). Children feel anxious, embarrassed, and pressured when placed in a situation where the understanding of certain conditions lies in their ability to interpret between two languages. In addition to the previous negative effects, there have been studies that have shown an association between language brokering and depression, school-related stress, family conflict, alcohol use, risky behaviors, and parentification (Morales and Wang, 2018). These challenges can be prevented by avoiding utilizing child interpreters, and taking advantage of the qualified interpreters that are available to us because of the many laws that were established with the purpose of providing patients with quality healthcare. There are many healthcare facilities, though, that fail to provide proper language access services for their patients because they believe that providing such services can be costly, however, there is minimal evidence to support that claim (Jacobs, 2007). There are, in fact, federal regulations that can be traced back to the Civil Rights legislation, which required that healthcare providers that received federal aid, must offer language assistance services, including a qualified interpreter, to patients (Showstack, 2021).These points highlight the importance for interpretation services to ensure that all patients receive culturally and linguistically appropriate care, as well as to reduce the negative effects language brokering has on younger generations.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Marina Gannon Abstract:<\/strong> Touch Me is a manuscript composed of nine interconnected short fictions exploring the possibilities and limitations of human connection, which lets us change each other forever, in an instant, while also preventing us from closing the distance that divides us. The stories take place in a town in Oregon or follow \u201cOregonians\u201d abroad, demonstrating how people and their stories cannot help but brush by and into each other, often to disastrous effects. Two recurring characters around which the manuscript is hinged are half-sisters Katherine and Elizabeth. In the first fiction of the manuscript, \u201cKatherine and Elizabeth in their Backyard in Oregon,\u201d the former, aged thirteen tells her sister a salacious story about their mysterious next-door neighbor, showing her bloody-spotted underwear as proof of his violation. She recants her story soon after, but, crucially, her words cannot quite be taken back. The man\u2019s child, listening in from an open window, heard only the lie and not its retraction. Worried their father might be a pedophile (and also dealing with their own complex feelings towards the neighbor girls), they seek to escape their mind at the local grocery store, where they happen to encounter a morose, Kafka-inclined young man who wants to be anywhere but there. The deciding action, then, from which the second half of the manuscript recoils, is the introduction of a mass shooter into the market. This distinctly American trauma affects not just those inside the store and their families, but the community as a whole. The stories that follow track the various and far reaching shockwaves this event transmits into the community.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Elly Raisch Abstract:<\/strong> Over the past 150 years, bananas have become enmeshed in American culture. With an industry estimated at $11 billion\u2013 the highest among exported fruits\u2013 bananas are one of the most enjoyed foods in the United States. Despite the country\u2019s familiarity with and fondness for bananas, there exists a gap between the fruit\u2019s abundance and the realities of its production. Most commercially available bananas in the United States are imported from countries in Central and South America, namely Guatemala, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. However, the abundant presence of bananas in American grocery stores is not without consequence; the industry has historic and modern issues with violence and labor abuse. Additionally, grafting techniques used to create biologically identical bananas fit for commercial consumption have historically made the fruit susceptible to disease, and may threaten the Cavendish variety known for its ubiquity with American foodways. Student Presenter:<\/strong> Stefanie Viera Abstract:<\/strong> Climate change has caused mass displacement, especially in the Global South, and mainly impacts marginalized communities. This includes racial minorities like Afro-Colombians, who are predominantly located on the climatically vulnerable coasts of Colombia. Afro-Colombians are also accorded a number of unique benefits and rights under Colombian law, although they often fail to be recognized in reality. Colombia is also home to some of the most progressive legal protections for refugees and the displaced, and is actually currently moving towards recognizing climate displacement. With consideration to the distinctive and precarious situation of Afro-Colombian communities, the following questions are raised: How would the recognition of climate displacement in Colombia affect Afro-Colombian communities? What frameworks need to be put in place to ensure that Afro-Colombians receive the benefits of being recognized as climate refugees? What are the greatest obstacles in offering them this protection? This is particularly important as climate displacement is a burgeoning and inevitable field of research for the study of migration. This research uses comparative and exploratory mechanisms to consider how policy in Colombia should be shaped when addressing climate displacement for Afro-Colombian communities. It is concluded that Afro-Colombians should be involved in the creation of policies that would impact them and that their relationship with the environment should be both respected and leveraged to pursue environmentally protective programs in Colombia. This has significant implications for how both Colombia and other countries in similar situations can respect the rights and autonomy of marginalized communities when addressing climate displacement.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Antonio Russo Abstract:<\/strong> An Eden plagued by moral uncertainty in John Milton\u2019s Paradise Lost provides a backdrop against which Adam and Eve\u2019s dialogue becomes a discussion of the values that shape their domestic, sexual, and work relations. The values and their discussion are notable for how they mimic current discourses on what is \u201ctraditional\u201d and the necessity of tradition in an ever-changing contemporary culture. Adam\u2019s notion of a hierarchical masculinity which asks of Eve submission mimics ideas of masculinity shaped by such modern areas of discourse as the \u201cmanosphere,\u201d a \u201cheterogenous group of online communities that broadly promotes anti-feminism, misogyny, and hateful ideas about women\u201d (Chen). Eve\u2019s subservience in the face of hierarchy typifies her as a \u201ctradwife,\u201d a model of female submissiveness popular on YouTube and born of online communities often with largely female audiences. Similarly, characteristic of modern discourse, the lovers\u2019 dialogue reveals an inability to and, in Eve\u2019s case, a defiance against, upholding traditionalism. Paradise Lost can be read in an entirely modern context as a commentary on contemporary values. Through an examination of the work in this context, it becomes clear that Paradise Lost echoes contemporary discourse on traditional values in the relationship of Adam and Eve under God and Satan in their morally tumultuous home of Eden.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Rachel Chandler Abstract:<\/strong> Though the production of lesbian cinema has increased in recent years, the genre is still severely untapped. The media that we do see, films such as Tom Haynes\u2019 2015 Carol or Francis Lee\u2019s 2020 Ammonite, similarly stick to typical \u2018queer\u2019 structures, with unhappy endings and a strange fixation on a historical era. It begs the following questions: What social structures encourage, or perhaps narrowly allow, these disappointing tropes to individually apply to lesbian cinema? How has lesbian cinema thus morphed into a means of fetishized commodity? Although these structures, social or cinematic, can ultimately rule the production of cinema in the modern age, film makers, typically outside of the United States, have pushed to break the barriers of social expectation. C\u00e9line Sciamma\u2019s 2019 film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, does just that, taking the unhappy ending and period piece fixation and turning the concepts of lesbian cinema into a true representation of desire, romance, and reality, in which the male gaze is reversed. Within the film, language, or lack thereof, largely becomes an integral tool to reveal the realities and truths of emotion within a strictly structured society. Through this discourse, the understanding of the behavior and language of our main characters Marianne and H\u00e9lo\u00efse function as expressions of pleasure and desire, in turn representing the constant balancing of the superego and id. Most importantly, Portrait of a Lady on Fire contradicts the typical sexualized lesbian representation and discusses the realities of lesbian romance, especially in strict societies.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Michelle Kukan Abstract:<\/strong> Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how people go about everything from simple queries to academic tasks. Humanities scholars are skeptical and less willing to use AI than other branches of learning. One humanities initiative at Ramapo College is the Jane Addams Papers Project. The project, headed by Dr. Cathy Moran Hajo, relies on students to transcribe Jane Addams’ (1860-1935) handwritten and typed documents. Dr. Hajo and I explored AI\u2019s efficiency. Would AI be efficient enough to replace student workers? Would AI be accurate enough for students to use as an aid with minor corrections? To answer these questions, I used two AI tools: Transkribus and ChatGPT. Randomly chosen handwritten and typed documents authored by Addams were uploaded. Transkribus is an AI tool that advertises its success in reading historical documents. Training the AI model for Addams\u2019 handwriting was time consuming and inaccurate. After hours of training and correcting the model, the 73.9% accuracy rate was unable to read Addams\u2019 handwriting. To transcribe typed documents, an AI model with an 81.1% accuracy rate was used. ChatGPT 4.0, a more general AI model, also failed to accurately transcribe Addams\u2019 handwriting. It was more successful than Transkribus, with a 97% accuracy rate and did not need to be trained. This AI model was able to be prompted to adhere to the project\u2019s formatting and provided a transcription that could easily be pasted into the project\u2019s database. Students have a 85% accuracy rate with Addams\u2019 handwriting. Based on the handwriting accuracy rates of students and both AI tools, AI is not efficient enough to replace students. However, AI can be a helpful aid in expediting the transcription process of typed documents.<\/p>\n Student Presenter:<\/strong> Amanda Drexler
\n<\/strong>Monday, April 14, 2025<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>4:00-5:00 PM
\nFriends Hall<\/p>\n
\n5:00-6:30 PM
\nFriends Hall<\/p>\n
\n6:30-7:30 PM
\nFriends Hall<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"Ramapo\"](\"\/wp-content\/themes\/rcnjrd\/images\/icons\/ramapo-arch-icom_rule.png\")
<\/div>\nOral Presentations<\/h3>\n
AI’s Role in Transforming the Job Application Process<\/h4>\n
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Mark Skowronski<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nExpanding the High School Sexual Education Curricula: The Importance of Including Transgender and Non-Binary Topics<\/h4>\n
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nJane Addams Papers Project and Artificial Intelligence<\/h4>\n
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Cathy Hajo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nLow Detail vs High Detail Images in Visual Processing<\/h4>\n
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Naseem Choudhury<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nMicrobiome Analysis of the Hudson River Water and the Potential of Bioremediation<\/h4>\n
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Kokila Kota<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
\nAbstracts by School<\/h3>\n
Anisfield School of Business<\/h3>\n
Project Title: AI’s Role in Transforming the Job Application Process<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Management
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Mark Skowronski
\nSchool:<\/strong> ASB<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Care or Cash: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Financial Performance in American Nursing Homes<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Economics
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Fariba Nosrati
\nSchool:<\/strong> ASB<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Who Leads The Way? Family, Women, and Minority Ownership Among New Jersey’s Sustainable SME’s<\/h4>\n
\nMajor<\/strong>: Management
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Rikki Abzug
\nSchool:<\/strong> ASB<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Investing in Mental Health: a Comparative Economic Analysis<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Economics
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Sandipa Bhattacharjee
\nSchool:<\/strong> ASB<\/p>\nProject Title: Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Substance Use Disorders (SUD)s<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: “Recycling for Change”: A Campaign to Promote Recycling and Enhance Sustainability Engagement on Ramapo College Campus<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Oral Contraceptives and Mental Health: Exploring the Association by Studying College Student Experiences<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Impact of Social Stigmatization of Cleft Lip and Palate<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Autistic Females Victimization in Intimate Partner Violence: #AutisticFemalesMatter<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Expanding the High School Sexual Education Curricula: The Importance of Including Transgender and Non-Binary Topics<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: IEPs are a Right, not a Privilege<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Reclaiming Power in Sports: \u201cHer Game Plan, The Women Playmakers’ Network\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta, Regina Clark, Bonnie Blake, Erin Augis
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Your Brain on Drugs: The Campaign to Raise Awareness on the Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements of Prescription Drugs among College-Aged Patients<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Communication Arts
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Satarupa Dasgupta
\nSchool:<\/strong> Contemporary Arts<\/p>\nProject Title: \u201cJenny on the Job\u201d: Women\u2019s Motivations and Struggles in Industrial Work During World War II<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> American Studies
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Steve Rice
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: The Ideological Reconstruction of American Democracy<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> History
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Tae Yang Kwak
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Bridging Worlds: The Impact of Child Language Brokering<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> Nursing
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Natalia Santamaria Laorden
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Touch Me<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> English & Literary Studies
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Hugh Sheehy
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Banana: the Creation of an American Cultural Object<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> International Studies
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Erick Castellanos
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nThe banana is an example of globalization at work. This is demonstrated in its historic spread, commercialization, and resulting innovation. Further, it is shown in how the banana industry is not devoid of corruption and violence, nor is it immune to global diseases and climate crises. Finally, globalization is demonstrated in how various populations understand the banana as a cultural object. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of how dichotomies between knowledge and consciousness emerge in countries where bananas are an imported product. Using the United States as a case study, I chose to research the history of the American banana trade as well as modern-day banana sustainability concerns and potential solutions. In addition, I surveyed and interviewed several participants in order to identify their understanding of the global processes which impact bananas, their placement of bananas in American culture, and the dichotomies existing between the two.<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: The Climate Displacement of Afro-Colombians: An Analysis of the Causes, Effects, and Policy<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> History
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Erick Castellanos
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Trouble in Paradise: The \u201cTrad Life\u201d of Adam and Eve in Milton\u2019s Paradise Lost<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> English & Literary Studies
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Yvette Kisor
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Lesbian Cinema, Desire, and Language<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> English & Literary Studies
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Todd Barnes
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Jane Addams Papers Project and Artificial Intelligence<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> History
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Cathy Hajo
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n
\nProject Title: Oreo’s Invisibility and Resurgence<\/h4>\n
\nMajor:<\/strong> English & Literary Studies
\nFaculty Mentor:<\/strong> Edward Shannon
\nSchool:<\/strong> HGS<\/p>\n