Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring


Articles

Leaf chlorophyll levels in green alder and blackberry in a rare plant community: competition or facilitation?

Anele Elizabeth Saige

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Impacts of High and Low Blackberry Density on the Vigor of Green Alder at Roan Highlands (North Carolina–Tennessee)

Mitchel Charles Watson

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Effects of Edge-Width on Mammal Activity Patterns in Balsam Mountain Preserve 

Carson Connors

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 A tale of two Dsups: Do tardigrade Damage Suppressor (Dsup) proteins differ in their ability to protect human cells from DNA damage?

Kayla Barrett

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Effect of Small Rhizome Propagation on First-Year Growth of Rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) 

Emma Adair Knight

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Ecosystem Services from Native Wildflowers: Insect Visitation and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Ximena Reyna-Campozano

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Resource Partitioning and Habitat Selection in Southern Appalachian Macromia Species

Emerson Xander Sharp

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Investigating virulence phenotypes of yqeK deletion mutant in Staphylococcus aureus  

Anaya Harry

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A Luminescence-Based Approach to Study Dinucleotide Alarmone Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus 

Jess Silva

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Synthesis and Evaluation of N-acetylglucosamine Derivatives as Bacterial Adhesion Inhibitors

Judy Felipe De La Cruz

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Optimization of the Expression and Activity of Quorum Sensing Enzyme LuxS for Use in Inhibition Assays

Aurora Coffey

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Assessing Tropical Storm Helene Damage to UNCA’s Chestnut Ridge Forest

Harshada May Foote

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Investigating Potential Radar Coverage Gaps in Western North Carolina During Tropical Storm Helene and Its Predecessor Rainfall Event

Zachary Moss

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Seasonal Breeding Phenomena of Salamander Species in the Sandy Bottom Vernal Pools of Western North Carolina

Summer D'nae Vesper

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Patterns in Caudate Abundance and Biodiversity at Sandy Bottom Preserve

Ryder Mandaro

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Examining Habitat Preferences of Salamander Species in Sandy Bottom Wetland Preserve

Holland T. Cook

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Effects of Tropical Storm Helene on Eastern Hellbender Populations in the Upper French Broad River Watershed, North Carolina

Katherine Adah

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Fracture-Induced Instability: Evaluating the Internal Structure of Deep-Seated Landslides Along the Swannanoa Lineament in Western North Carolina

Ryan J Braner

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Layers of Loss and Impact: Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Helene in Appalachia 

Natalie Jane Akins

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Busking as a Form of Protest in Asheville, NC

Ruby Davis

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Credit Access and Productivity in the Marine Economy:  An Empirical Analysis

Louis Arda Albero

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How Risk Tolerance Influences Investment Choices?  Evidence from the United States

Clayton Browning

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Understanding the Financial Literacy Divide: State Variations and their Economic Outcomes in the United States

Faith Varela

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Immigration at the Ballot Box: Immigration and Electoral Outcomes

Micah Aamon

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How Gender Shapes Financial Literacy and Retirement Savings: Evidence from U.S. Survey Data  

Abby Martin

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Economic and Demographic Determinants of Housing Prices in California

Sydney Craven

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Evaluating the Economic Impact of Tax Refunds:  Evidence from UNC Asheville’s IRS VITA Program

Quinn Jacquez

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Rethinking Addiction and Social Recovery: From Criminalization to Education

Caroline Cannella

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Brain on a Budget: How Much Does it Take to Keep the Lights on

Olivia Michelle Pirnat

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Conceptual Detail, Perceptual Detail, Age, and Memory Illusions

Kaitlyn A DeLawter

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The Subversiveness of Being "Alone": An Examination of Aromantic and Asexual Students on a College Campus

Tess Waters Carter

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Shifting Tides in the Tattoo Industry: How Tattoo Artists Experience Digitization

William Page

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Towards an Enlightened Jewish Consciousness: Jewish-Buddhists and the Blurred Borders of Religious Identity

Amelia Benjamin

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Unification and Androgyny within Early Christian Portrayals of Christ

Seyla Collier

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

What’s Behind Door Number Four? (Episode 6: Bonus Feature)

Emily Parks and Ella Marie Andrei-Bolden

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Companions in Death: Animal Imagery on Ancient Greek Funerary Stelae

Seyla Collier

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Lust Collectors: Ceramic Figurines As Vessels for Emotional Tension and Contemporary Reality 

Presley Kendrick

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Monstrous Feminine - Returning Agency and Joy to Women

Liam Cheng

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Between Walls and Windows: Navigating Memory, Exposure, and Sanctuary in Adolescent Space  

Jeremiah Meyer

Volume 39 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Spring

Mourning the “In-Between”: Confronting and Reclaiming Biracial Identity through Contemporary Painting 

Joy Nehasing Tilley

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Testosterone Boys and Harlequin Girls: Androgyny and Misogyny in 2000s Emo Music and Culture

Magdalene Criswell

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