Undergraduate Diversity Research Showcase

THE DIVERSITY RESEARCH SHOWCASE is a mini conference featuring MSU undergraduate student work or work in progress on issues of diversity that advance inclusion. This year the showcase was held on Jan. 13 and was coordinated by the Honors College with co-sponsorship from the College of Arts and Letters, the Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, James Madison College, the College of Social Science and the Undergraduate Research Office.

Preliminary Research In Progress Award

TITLE: Variable Patterns in Risks and Their Levels Amongst Diverse Juveniles

STUDENT: Alissa Hakim, James Madison College, Honors College Research

MENTOR: Dr. Caitlin Cavanaugh

Preliminary Research In Progress Award

TITLE: Saxophone in Progress: Diversifying Classical Music as Modern Musicians

STUDENT: Natalia Warthen, College of Music, Honors College Research

MENTOR: Joe Lulloff

First Prize Poster Presentation

TITLE: Television News and the (Mis)Representation of Cocaine and Opioid Users: A Systematic Study of NBC Nightly News

STUDENTS: Jerome Hamilton Jr., College of Social Science, Honors College; Nel Robinson, College of Arts and Letters, Honors College; and Sharmila Suresh, College of Social Science, Honors College Research

MENTOR: Dr. John Waller

Second Prize Poster Presentation

TITLE: Why DEI is Critical to Rectifying the Labor Crisis

STUDENT: Miquela Ochoa, Eli Broad College of Business

MENTOR: Dr. MiRan Kim

THIRD PRIZE POSTER PRESENTATION

TITLE: When Good Intentions Are Not Enough: A Look into Issues of Diversity in Rural Elementary Education Settings

STUDENT: Ann Ketchum, College of Education, Honors College

MENTOR: Dr. Terah Chambers

FIRST PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION

TITLE: Exploring the Impact of K-Culture Experience on Cultural Diversity Understanding: Do Gender and Race/Ethnicity Matter?

STUDENTS: Olivia Brenner, Eli Broad College of Business, Honors College; Layna Cho, Eli Broad College of Business; Lauryn Davis, College of Arts and Letters; and Miquela Ochoa, Eli Broad College of Business

MENTORS: Dr. MiRan Kim and Dr. Ok-Sook Park

SECOND PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION

TITLE: Studying Negative Social Effects and Misconceptions of Cystic Fibrosis of Patients Aged 17-24, Preliminary Discussion for Pulmonary Organoid Development

STUDENT: Destiny Kanning, College of Natural Science

MENTORS: Dr. Ryan Thomas and Ashlee Price

THIRD PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION

TITLE: Television News and the (Mis)Representation of Cocaine and Opioid Users: A Systematic Study of NBC Nightly News Reports

STUDENTS: Jonah Cumings, College of Social Science, Honors College; and Josie Danielkiewicz, College of Social Science, Honors College

MENTOR: Dr. John Waller