COVID’s Impact on the US Education System

Slides by Chloe Gardner With this project, I wanted to ask just how exactly has enforcing online learning harmed student progress both socially and academically. I especially wanted to look at this as it compares to in-person instruction. I divided the presentation into three sections: what we know, social impacts, and academic impacts. In order...

How Coronavirus Affected the Cryptocurrency Market

Slides with Zachary Deurloo https://youtu.be/mamNoWteRsA The presentation explains how COVID-19 affected the cryptocurrency market and how cryptocurrency works. The information given in this presentation is not financial advice. So how did the coronavirus affect the cryptocurrency market? According to CoinGecko, a digital currency and information platform, in March of 2020 the cryptocurrency was at an...

Physical Activity’s Effect on Mental Health

Slides by Justin Postma Despite overwhelming evidence demonstrating that physical activity is associated with reduced mortality and extensive physical and psychological health benefits, few people actually engaged in regular physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, my project focused on the research question: What affect does physical activity play on the psychological health of...

Malaysian Universities’ Strategies to Cope with the COVID Pandemic

Slides by Jun Yie Loo The Covid-19 pandemic experienced fast global spread and has brought about large struggles to many countries across the globe. Malaysia, a developing country located in Southeast Asia is no exception. Malaysia’s education system has faced many challenges even before the emergence of the novel Covid-19 virus, such as declining financial...

How has COVID-19 Affected Personal Relationships?

Slides by Eden Jenkins In this project, I explore the different ways in which COVID-19 has affected personal relationships in the form of a PowerPoint.  All types of personal relationships have been affected, such as intimate relationships, work-related relationships, and friendships.  Because of the virality of this disease, we have been conditioned to keep away...

Mental Health of Students During COVID-19

Slides by Kaitlyn Grimes https://youtu.be/lO2uYI_VuHo Mental health is an important topic to talk about, especially for college students. From schoolwork to motivation and concentration, it can put quite a bit of stress on students. However, with the pandemic occurring last March, everything has changed dramatically. Transitioning to online schooling and remaining home is sure to...

College Reopening and Impact on Students

Slides by Josh Mansfield https://youtu.be/19etDLEF2KI I look at the difference in local Indiana university plans for reopening and the actual effects it had on student engagement on campus and whether students felt self on campus. The main question being asked is: “How has the shutting down of school and university and difference to education due...

COVID-19 and Internet Usage

by Brandon Botha My project looks at how theCOVID-19 pandemic impacted how people interact with one another virtually and how people kept busy virtually. My own firsthand experience started when my brother, myself, and my mother all had to do our work remotely. This meant we had to upgrade our internet plan to account for...

Covid-19 and Gym Life

Slides by Carter Hobbs https://youtu.be/xKcpQEGOwoM Over a year ago people went to the gym when they pleased and never had a thought about a national pandemic that would keep them out of the gym for months. Going to the gym is a reliever for a lot of people after a long day of work, or...

COVID-19 Lockdown: Online vs Traditional Education

Slides by Trey Heckaman My project spotlights the research question: “How has the shift in education delivery methods impacted students across all age groups, but particularly those of a younger age?” During the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were among the first to have to modify their operations because these environments are traditionally...

Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health Inequalities from Isolation

Slides by Amelia Fleetwood My research addresses the question, “How does socioeconomic status impact mental health during quarantine isolation?” People receiving state financial benefits report less use of public spaces, a less strong social network, more loneliness, and poorer mental health than those not receiving benefits (Jaspal, Breakwell 2020). Participants with lower socioeconomic status experienced...

The Negative Effects of Quarantine on Pets

Slides by Maddison Hahn My project explores the possible negative effects that quarantine had on the mental well-being of our pets. I ask whether the signs of separation anxiety increased after quarantine, compared to before. To support my secondary sources, I gathered data using a survey that I created. The survey allowed me to compile...

COVID-19’s Effect on Upper- and Lower- Class Citizens of Indiana

Slides by Caleb Kidwell My project answers the question: How has the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic effected the Upper- and Lower-Class Citizens of Indiana, and why are the effects so much worse for lower-class citizens? In order to conduct my research, I used government and university sources, as well as conducted a...

Effects of COVID-19 on Students

Slides by Brian Fuller The question that I had been researching for this project was, “How has COVID-19 affected college students mental and social health?”. This past year of navigating online classes and adapting to this new form of learning has been tough on students. I thought it would be interesting to do some research...

How Local High Schools have been impacted by COVID-19

Slides by Brady Colegrove My project will be focusing on the research question: How have schools and students in Indiana had to adapt because of the coronavirus pandemic? Analyzing how schools and students have changed because of the pandemic is very important because most people do not like how they have changed or think they...

College Students’ Physical Activity During the Coronavirus Lockdown

Slides with audio by Caitlyn Martens My project explores if college students felt they were able to get adequate physical activity during the pandemic, and how that affected their mental health as well. My project is formatted as a PowerPoint with voiceover audio, as I explained the main points I gathered from my interviews with...

The Pandemic’s Impact on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

Slides with audio by Ethan Smiley The research question of the project is: how has the pandemic impacted the social and mental development of children, adolescents, and young adults in Indiana? Gaining insight on how these age groups have been affected by the pandemic is important because they are going to be the next generation...

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students: Academically, Mentally, and Socially

Slides by Tara Reddy For my project I discuss online education and student learning outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main question asked to guide my research conducted is: In what ways is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting students ability to learn, socialize, and take care of their mental health? I investigate the K-12 education system...

Mental Effects of COVID-19 on University Students

Slides by Toyin Awosanya Visit here to view Toyin's presentation The COVID-19 virus has spread quickly and took the world by storm. Many countries were unprepared to face this situation, especially in the United States. My research question for this project is, how college students are mentally dealing with school during the COVID-19 pandemic in...

Mental and Physical Effects of COVID-19 on College Students

Slides by Hina Kondo Utkan My project focuses on the mental and physical effects of COVID-19 on college students. I think this is an important topic because the COVID-19 pandemic has changed and affected our lives drastically. I mainly focused on the mental and physical effects such as stress, anxiety, eating/exercising habits to see if...

COVID-19 Impact On Nursing Homes

Essay by Rayanne Schultis Abstract: The question being answered in this project is how COVID had an impact on nursing home facilities. The format of this is a paper that explains the aspects encompassing COVID and nursing homes. The most significant academic literature that can be used to help write this paper is scientific articles....

Historical Reenactments in a Pandemic World

Slides by Tyler Payne This research answers the question of historical reenacting in the context of a world hampered by a world pandemic. More specifically, can the hobby, business, and cultures surrounding historical reenacting continue in a post-pandemic world? The term historical reenactment in this research paper falls in line with the educational and entertainment...

Mental Health on Lockdown

Slides by Madison Graves Abstract: I have chosen to take a closer look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted teen’s mental health during the first lockdown in Carmel, Indiana. Although it is clearly seen through statistics and interviews with my peers that teenager’s mental health took a great toll during the lockdown, my hometown’s...

COVID-19 Impact on the Agriculture Industry

Slides by Brook Lahrman At the beginning of 2020, the United States and people all over the world were shocked by the news of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The pandemic affected every industry possible and caused many issues along the way.  One of the industries that were impacted was the agriculture industry, as many workers were...

Socioeconomic Disparities during COVID-19

Slides by Isabella Sirit The title of my project is The Effect of Socioeconomic Disparities in Communities during Crises, particularly COVID-19. The research question I will be focusing on is How/Why do times of stress affect poorer groups of people differently? I will be using PowerPoint for the medium of this final project. This project...

Nursing Clinicals Under COVID-19

Slides by Tyler Doerr https://youtu.be/vdJHf0p_rmc Training of nursing students has changed dramatically under lockdown and affected student’s abilities to get hands on training in their field. Professors had to quickly adapt and create online training opportunities so students could make up the hours that are mandated to get a nursing degree. In my project titled,...

Nurses and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Slides with audio by Alyssa Smith Alyssa invites viewers of her slides to watch this informative video on US nurses first. At the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States. While many people at this time began working from home and sheltering in place, nurses were forced to put in longer hours...

Not my Business

Slides with audio by Alex Weng Click HERE to visit Alex's slides with audio My presentation discusses COVID-19’s repercussions on  Taiwan’s relationship with other countries. Taiwan is a small country that has been  independent for only over 109 years but it has emerged as a leader in microchip technology. Historically, Taiwan is also an important...

Fear: Double-edged sword in Covid-19 pandemic

Slides by Tony Ryu https://youtu.be/EtKW8CZiDBQ The purpose of this project was to investigate the role of fear in COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Fear is a fundamental defensive mechanism of the human, which can change people’s behavior during stressful environments. The fear was created and intensified especially by the media, which acted as an inhibitor that...

The Importance of Interaction: How does lack of human interaction affect your mental health?

by Emily Myers https://youtu.be/yA2uDaw52EI My project explores the impact that human interaction has on an individual’s mental health, specifically on an individual during the pandemic. Minoring in Psychology and majoring in Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences at Purdue, I am very passionate about these two topics (mental health and communication). I wanted to build research...

Anthropology of Valparaiso, Indiana’s Pride, Resolution, and Hope during Covid-19

Found photos during the lockdown by Martin Behnke This project is a collection of found photos that looks at the effects COVID-19 has had on my hometown of Valparaiso, Indiana. I looked at photos taken since March of 2019. The collection's main concept is positivity, patriotism and hometown pride and shows the resiliency of the...

Isolation

Slides with Audio By Neil Heck https://youtu.be/7kVy94QeFqI In my presentation Isolation, I wanted to study the effects that lockdown had on people who were living alone or with one other person. I gathered information about terms like cabin fever, lockdown, and also saw studies that were made about quarantine. I found one study that was...

The World After Coronvirus

By Yuan Shu During quarantine, people are finding difficulty in finding something or someone to support them and keep them company. While people may have thought that the quarantine could potentially open time for spending moments with our partner, extended time together could also lead to conflict. Eventually, some people divorce to conclude the conflict....

COVID-19, The Unwanted Adjustment

Slides with Audio by Dyllan Foster https://youtu.be/_CP_83e80d8 Recently, the world has made an unwanted shift to virtual learning. Within the education system, administrators have had to work hard and swift to keep the quality of education at its highest. I thought the article written by Lanker and Parolin discussed some very good points in regards...

Education During a Lockdown

Slides by Megan Griffin For the Hometown on a Lockdown project, I explored the discrepancies between different school districts and universities in the switch to online education. Some of these differences include Internet access, meals, and quality of education. The resources offered to students depend on state school funding and COVID-19 has deepened the inequality...

Home isn’t Safe for Everyone

Slides by Jennie Flahaut The main goal of my PowerPoint is to bring attention to the violence and negligence that is occurring in homes all over the world during the pandemic. These things happen even when we weren’t mid-pandemic, but it is at an all-time high right now. (Some) women and children are being treated...

Personal protective equipment, a driver of exploitation?

Slides with audio By Prathyoush Divakaran https://youtu.be/0aQ_TeIwVlo My goal in this project was to illustrate the issue of exploitation within the glove manufacturing industry of Malaysia to a reasonable degree, and to shed some light on the plight of the foreign migrant workers within the industry, of various descents, upon which the industry relies. I...

Post-COVID-19 Business

Slides with audio by Ben Cianchetti https://youtu.be/cMrS3Fr4IyA My project researches the changed in our businesses from pandemic to post-pandemic life. I am very passionate about business and wanted to build research for how business interactions would change in the future. I questioned four very involved business members and owners, to gain insight of what they...

A Pandemic Times Two

Slides by Alena Chitty For my project, I chose to do a PowerPoint presentation on how COVID-19 has impacted the rates of domestic violence. I chose this topic because I was interested in seeing the impact of COVID on human relations, beyond viral spread. I found a lot of information regarding this issue. It was...

COVID-19 Impact on Small Business and a Small Community

Slides by Chad Canen No one could prepare or plan to prepare for the effects of COVID-19.  This caused many people’s lives to change and took us down a route no one was used to. Our new “normal” is no longer what it used to be. People cannot do the activities that they used to...

The Silent Pandemic

Slides by Keiana Bowie Download SlidesDownload For my project, I created a PowerPoint presentation including my analysis on how women havebeen negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Amongst various issues that COVID-19had caused for people around the world, it is important to evaluate the rates and prevalence ofdomestic violence before the epidemic started and its...

The Race Against Nature

Slides with Audio by Jaeden Roussey https://youtu.be/qNaLb7QF8Go https://youtu.be/Kl03i8DjgN0 The Race Against Nature is a video that dives into the effects of Covid-19 on minority groups, specifically African Americans. I was able to find a ton of research on this topic, much of it that is still ongoing. On top of research, I found a couple...

How are Small-Towns Dealing with COVID-19?

Slides with audio by Justyce Smith https://youtu.be/lq2PzPvbyms In this PowerPoint, I am detailing small towns during the pandemic. Specifically, I looked at my town and how we have struggled as well as attempted to survive within this pandemic. This PowerPoint is showcasing information I gathered from phone call interviews I did with three businesses within...

Trigger

Slides with Audio by Ran Duan The name of the project is titled “Trigger”, it mainly focused on how COVID-19 affect Asian international students’ life through several different aspects. It is not the first time in the history that Asian or other races were blamed by the spread of viruses. I consider COVID as a...

Different Reactions to CoVid-19 Around Me

Slides by Jasmine Wheeler For this project, I did a PowerPoint on the reactions and actions of my family members that I am around or talk to frequently. I chose them as my subjects because I couldn’t go out and ask other people with the shutdown going on. They each responded to the virus differently...

Lockdown: American and Norwegian Culture

Slides with audio by Yngve Wiliam Warren My goal with this project was to examine the reactions to the pandemic by my two home countries -- the United States and Norway, and to then compare them and see how they differed from each other. I also reviewed Norway’s reaction to its second wave, as the...

Covid and Community

Slides by Tiffany Wrightsman https://youtu.be/l_nGMmACQQY In this project, I had one main goal in mind. I wanted to see how the people in my small town felt about the Coronavirus and how they dealt with their feelings. I investigated this by creating a very simple survey, comprised of questions asking residents of this small town...

Power of Checks

Slides with Voice by Joseph Kim Click HERE to see and listen to Joseph Kim's presentation. In my presentation, I answer the research question, “What impact does Covid-19’s unemployment checks have in effect on middle-lower class families and individuals?” I chose to do research on this question because my family, especially my parents, have been...

Alienated in Malaysia

Slides by Chern Xin Liew Click HERE to visit Chern Xin Liew's slides with notes. In this PowerPoint, I explore how foreign workers in Malaysia are treated by not only their employers, but also the locals and the inequality amid this pandemic surrounding foreign workers. As the infected cases of COVID-19 in Malaysia increases day...