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The Seventh Annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium (NEOUSS) has been canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.  At this time, no other information is available for its rescheduling

Members of the NEOUSS steering committee come from many institutions in Northeast Ohio including: Lakeland Community College, Hiram College, Oberlin College, Slippery Rock University, ��M��, Cuyahoga Community College, and University of Akron.

The conference provides students with an opportunity to present their work through a poster, a panel session, or a roundtable sessions. We are dedicated to providing a friendly and supportive forum and the opportunity to network with faculty and students from over seventy invited colleges and universities.

2018-2019 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARS (Sociology and Criminology & Justice Studies):

• Tristan Davis

               “Police Cadet Preparedness of Ability to Cope with the Nature of the Job: An Assessment”

                 (mentor: Dick Adams)

               “Is this Lady Like?: Portrayals of Single, Career Based Women’s Relationship with Food

                 in American Sitcoms"

                (mentor: Sue Roxburgh)*

• ​Oliva Pilon

               “Age, Cohort, and Period Effects in Use of Yoga”

                (mentor: Manacy Pai)*

• Johnathan Markle

              “Care and the White Coat: Perceptions of Clinical Empathy Among Pre-Med Students”

               (mentor: Clare Stacey)*

• Natasha Gaj

             “KSU/Stonewall +50 LGBTQ+ Oral History”

              (mentor: Molly Merryman)

• Robert Lagunovich

             “Does Outlook Towards the Future Influence An Adolescent’s Ability to Work?”

               (mentor: Sue Kunkle)

• Haley Warden

             “Hitting the Fun Button: Dimensions in Sensation Seeking”

              (mentor: Tim Owens)

• Michaela Broadnax

           “Grassroots Organization’s Efforts to Combat Violence”

            (mentor: Julie Globokar)

Previous Winners of Paper and Poster Competition: 
2017 Award Winners

Paper Competition

• First Place: Khue Hoang (College of Wooster), Beyond an Uncertain Future: Vietnamese Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Needs for Social Support
• Second Place: MaryTherese Escueta (Case Western University), I Do Wanna Dance: The Lived Experiences of Professional Dancers of Color
• Third Place: Emily Ann Dellinger (Grove City College), Who is Lovin' You? Social Definitions of the Situation between Escort and Cuddling Websites

Poster Competition

• First Place: Emma Thomas (Grove City College), The Socialization of Environmental Views: A Study on How Environmentally Friendly Behaviors Are Formed
• Second Place: Charissa Mikoski (Westminster College), The Art of Balance: Influential Factors on Work-Life Balance Stress among Presbyterian Church (USA) Clergywomen
• Third Place: Bianca Vega, Nicole Wegman, Rebecca Fitzgerald, and Rochelle Bees (All from U Akron), Partner Preferences of Heterosexual Individuals by Age

2016 Award Winners

Paper Competition

• First place: Hannah Kelling (��MŮ��), An Exploratory Analysis of Youth Development at a Colorado Residential Camp
• Second place: Christina and Julia Watson (Cuyahoga Community College), The Development of Self with Regard to Education, Family Bonds, and Religion
• Third place: Emily Anne Dellinger (Grove City College), Sleeping with the Fishes: A Structural Analysis of Seasonal Work in Naknek Alaska

Poster Competition

• First place - Nico Pinchak (Bowling Green State University), The Relationship between Teacher Regard and Expectations for College Attendance: Social Class and Racial-Ethnic Differences
• Second place - Emily Clark (Westminster College), Muslim-American Identity Construction in a Small Northeastern City
• Third place - Iniah Dunbar (��MŮ��), The Black Swan: The Social Trials of a Black Ballerina