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Spotlight Student Research Forum
2024 Spotlight on Student Research
Be Inspired! Be a Part of the Spotlight Audience.
Event Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024
The College of Liberal Arts is pleased to announce the 8th Annual Spotlight on Student Research. The yearly event features undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts who have or are in the process of conducting research projects or creative activities under the guidance of UTA faculty. Two student presenters will be chosen by a panel of judges to receive a $200 scholarship.
Have questions? Email Ms. Ami Keller Garnett (mmkeller@uta.edu) for inquires.
Overview
9am – 10am: Mis/Representation in Novels and Film / Art and Communication
10am – 11am: Research in Participation and Behavior / Rethinking, Relearning, and Redefining
11am – Noon: Research in Social and Linguistic Systems / Research in Drama, Art, and Film
Noon – 1pm: Poster Sessions / Renditions: Creative Approaches to Research and Writing
Snacks served all day. Come and go.
Schedule
| 9AM - 10AM | |||
| Trinity Hall, 104 E | Art and Communication |
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| Yanina | Blanco | Underwater Adventure: An Invisible Hero | Art & Art History |
| Thu | Dang | YouTube Use by Local Governments: A Metropolitan Case Study | Communication |
| Trinity Hall, 104 W | Mis/Representation in Novels and Film | ||
| Umber | Batool | Deconstructing Asian-American Stereotypes through Everything Everywhere All At Once | English |
| Katherine | Hamilton | The Misrepresentation of ASL and Deaf Culture in Mass Film Media | English |
| Kendall | Hayes | Irreducible Bonds: Family in Magical Realism | English |
| 10AM - 11AM | |||
| Trinity Hall, 104 E | Research in Participation and Behavior | ||
| Danielle | Myers | Exploring Women’s Voting Patterns: Access to Abortion and Racial Dynamics | Political Science |
| Arwa | Aboal-Hijja | Ethnicity and Sovereignty: Exploring Self-Determination in our Contemporary Political Domain | Political Science |
| Anthony | Emerick | Randomized Participant Compensation: An Early Investigation into Social Influence in Cheating Games | Sociology & Anthropology |
| Trinity Hall, 104 W | Rethinking, Relearning, and Redefining | ||
| Alex | Moino | Lessons of Authenticity from Invisibility | Philosophy & Humanities |
| Libby | Morse | The Sexualization of Flowers: Re-Learning Georgia O'Keeffe | Art & Art History |
| McKenna | Watson | Gender, Voice, and the Sonic Hullabaloo | English |
| 11AM - Noon | |||
| Trinity Hall, 104 E | Research in Social and Linguistic Systems | ||
| Alicia | Leon Luna | “Criticize the way you fly”: Negotiations of Femininity and Motherhood among Young Disabled Women | Sociology & Anthropology |
| David | Edwards | Impacts of Telecommunications Latency on Turn-taking Behavior | Linguistics & TESOL |
| Emily | Graham | Agreement Attraction in Pronominal Dependencies | Linguistics & TESOL |
| Trinity Hall, 104 W | Research in Drama, Art, and Film | ||
| Sean | Woodard | The Signification of Murder in Dario Argento’s Sleepless (2001) | English |
| Shuang | Gou | Unveiling Shackles: A Feminist Exploration in Art, Society, and the Creative Process | Art & Art History |
| Lindsey | Surratt | “Blood and Revenge are Hammering in My Head”: Memory and Trauma in Titus Andronicus | English |
| Noon - 1PM | |||
| Trinity Hall, 104 E | Poster Presentations | ||
| Rayne | Blickenderfer | The Fly (1986), an Unintentional Modernization of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis |
English |
| Savannah | Fennell | METHODOLOGY MATTERS: HOW TRANSLATION THEORIES AND TECHNOLOGIES HAVE SHAPED JOURNEY TO THE WEST | Linguistics & TESOL |
| Suvathsala | Marupudi | Reclaiming History: Connecting Taylor Swift Music | English |
| Kiera |
Powers | Eat the World Baby: 3-D Costume Concept |
Theatre Arts & Dance |
| Jordan |
Pruitt |
Class Discrimination in Snow White |
English |
| Corrina |
Sullivan |
Do Book Clubs Make You a Better Citizen?: Immigrant Participation in Civil Society Organizations and Their Voting Rates |
Political Science |
| Lance |
Bokinskie |
Contemporary Applications of the Case Method in Professional Military Education |
Political Science |
| Michael |
Salas | Mexican Politics |
Political Science |
| Allison |
Simpson |
Applied Behavior Analysis is in Texas State University Special Education Curriculums: A Program Analysis |
Political Science |
| Trinity Hall, 104 W | Renditions: Creative Approaches to Research and Writing | ||
| James | Hoekstra | Speaking on the Grave | English |
| Kathy | Hunter | Adoption and the Quest for Identity: Glimpses of the Journeys | English |
| Camille | Smith | An Act of Annotation: Unearthing hummanness: pieces of what Baldwin taught me about being | English |
Faculty Spotlight Liaisons
If you have questions, please contact your departmental contact for answers. This includes basic questions, such as “On what topic may I present?” or “Who will be my faculty mentor?”
| Art & Art History |
Dr. Lucy Bartholomee |
lucy.bartholomee@uta.edu |
| Communication | Dr. Mark Tremayne | tremayne@uta.edu |
| Criminology and Criminal Justice |
Dr. Patricia Eddings |
peddings@uta.edu |
| English | Dr. Sarah Shelton |
sshelton@uta.edu |
| History | Dr. Paul Conrad |
paul.conrad@uta.edu |
| Linguistics and TESOL | Dr. Ivy Hauser |
ivy.hauser@uta.edu |
| Modern Languages | Dr. Amy Austin | amaustin@uta.edu |
| Music | Prof. Megan Sarno | megan.sarno@uta.edu |
| Philosophy | Dr. Ken Williford | williford@uta.edu |
| Political Science |
Dr. Kayla Canelo | kayla.canelo@uta.edu |
| Sociology & Anthropology |
Dr. Ritu Khanduri |
khanduri@uta.edu |
| Theatre Arts | Dr. Julienne Greer | jgreer@uta.edu |