Journal of Undergraduate Research
Morgan Madeira
Editor
Gagan Singh
Editor
Vanessa Rueda
Editor
Arsh Raziuddin
Graphic Designer
Morgan Mantell
Graphic Designer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Visualizing Uncertainly in Predictive Models
Page 10
Kimberly Daniels and Jacquelyn Meisel
A Mathematical Model of the Inactivation of Melanopsin
Page 28
Matthew Brewster
Alternatives to the Mathematical Software Package MATLAB in Research and Education
Page 50
Stefanie Mavronis
Reclamation and Resistance in Bolivia: An Analysis of Media’s Role in Decolonization
Page 66
Peter Andes
Ethics and Anthropology: Observational Data, Meta-Ethical Moral Relativism, and the Role of Values
Page 94
The Forgotten Dawn of Flight:
Sir George Cayley, the Father of Aerodynamics
Page 110
Eva Jannotta
Fantasy or Reality? Popular Chick-lit and the Fairytale
Page 146
Victor K. Thompson
The Erring Eye:
Sight, Subjectivity, and Narrator in Pearl
Page 176
Juan Collazos
Digging Deeper – Sino-Sub-Saharan African Economic Relations
Page 198
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