May 21, 2021
Welcoming Remarks
3:30 – 4:00
Zoom link: https://depaul.zoom.us/s/99375476923
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- 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
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