Honors Student Research Conference Program

May 21, 2021

Welcoming Remarks
3:30 – 4:00

Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/s/99375476923

PASSCODE: 864479

Jennifer Conary, Director, University Honors Program
Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Session A
4:00 – 5:10

A1: Creative and Philosophical Musings

Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/95849287895

Session Moderator: Prof. Anna Souchuk

Brad Brewington – Experience as Interpretation: The role of “Possibility” and “Reality” in constituting a horizon in which experience occurs in the philosophies of Heidegger and Kant
Alexis (Lexi) Jackson – The Loss of Strength: On the Undesirability of a Singular Good
Riley McLaughlin – In Phases: A Poetry Chapbook Inspired by Ties Between the Moon and my Individual Feminine Experience
Amelia Modes – A Loving Feeling

A2: Gender Matters

Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/99687321377

Session Moderator: Prof. Lisa Poirier

Melanie Anselmo – The Great Mirror of Male Ego: A Literary Look at Japanese Gay Discourse
Maya Parekh – A Transnational Feminist Comparative Analysis of Midwifery as Anti-Colonial Resistance
Miriam Searcy – “Shot Girl Summer:” Why do we Normalize Violence Against Black Female Artists?
Grace Weber – ‘Can We All Be Feminists?’ An Existentialist Case for the Abolition of Marriage

A3: Transforming Teaching

Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/91791808667

Session Moderator: Prof. Kathie Kapustka

Mariana Bednarek – Comparing Mental Health Experiences of Latinx Immigrant-Origin College Students Before and After COVID-19: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Isabel Cueto – Dual Language Education and Multilingualism in Chicago Public Schools
Cecilia Kearney – Space for Transformation: Stories of Navigating Transformative Justice Practices Within a Carceral System
Erin O’Connor – Healing Justice in Schools
Sara Shahein – The Role of Community Engagement in Teaching Poetry in Middle and High School English Classes

Session B
5:15 – 6:30

B1: The Science Around Us

Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/97326399878

Session Moderator: Prof. Jim Montgomery

Maddie Fernandez Laris – Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influencing Regeneration of an Endangered Oak
Maya Fitzgerald – Access to Primary Care by Neighborhood in Chicago
Cameron (Cam) Rodriguez – Place and Power: The Nuclear State of Illinois
Tom Sykora – High Altitude Ballooning as a Platform for Measuring Ozone Uptake over Agricultural Landscapes

B2: The History and Politics of Place

Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/91688632563

Session Moderator: Prof. Scott Bucking

MaryJo McManamon – The Hospitality Industry Shown from a Multicultural Perspective: Cairo and Istanbul
Elena Medeiros – Seeds of the Carnation Revolution: Can Students Lead the Fight for Change?
Justin Myers – Alton: A Mississippi River City of Perseverance
Anne Scoltock – Mutual Aid in the Context of 2020’s Concurrent Crises

B3: Rethinking and Re-envisioning

Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/95065820076

Session Moderator: Peter Hastings

Deyana Atanasova – Venmo: The Fine Line Between Economic and Social Capital
Miakoda (Mia) Frost – Bury It, or Rise Above: The Potential of Popular Media to Destigmatize Dissociative Identity Disorder
Jacalyn Gisvold – Existing Outside the Hollywood Vacuum: An Exploration in a Reimagination of Filmmaking
Shashank Srikanth – The H-1B Visa Program: A System of Continuous Exploitation and Malpractice