First place— Deanna Apple ’08 and Marco Rajo, a neuroscience major from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, for PKM. in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei
Second place—Andy Osborn, a neuroscience major from Ponchatoula, La., for Employing Azaferrocene Catalysts in the Ketene-Claisen Condensation of Beta-Ketoesters
Third place—Jordon Day, a biology major from Shreveport, La., for Investigation of a conserved tyrosine residue in a yeast casein kinase 1 protein kinase
Natural Sciences
First place—Ashley Rawson, a chemistry major from Pineville, La., for Attempted synthesis of fluorescein-appended perfluoroalkyl iron compounds
Second place—David Moss, a geology major from Chelsea, Okla., for Pliocene Development of Great White Shark Serrations
Third place—Daniel Antee, a biology major from Bossier City, La., for Relationship between color of flowers in the field and feeder color preference by Apis mellifera
Social Science
First place—Matthew Wallace, a business administration and psychology major from Shreveport, La., for The Role of Informational and Transformational Ad Content in Higher Education Marketing
Second place—Blaine Wilson, a sociology and psychology major from Lafayette, La., for An Analysis of Privilege: Men, Masculinity and Sexuality
Third place—John Hafer, a business economics, finance, and business administration major from Cincinnati, Ohio, for Executive Participation in Fraudulent Financial Reporting: The Behavioral Influence of Options in the Compensation Package
Humanities
First place—Elinora Madrid, a biology major from Shreveport, La., for Shakespeare, Cervantes, and the Authorship Question
Second place—Leah Sayad, a music major from Shreveport, La., for Louisiana Songs of French and Creole Origin
Third Place—Britney Winn, a religious studies major from Haynesville, La., for An Unarticulated, Popular Theodicy: Constructing Conversation between Wendy Farley, William Young, and Augustine to Define the Theodicy of The Shack