View the Senior thesis Art exhibition in Williamson Gallery until 5pm
Humanities Courtyard: Speaker check-in; morning treats, coffee, tea; afternoon snacks
A1: English & Creative Writing
Humanities 119
Moderator: Tessie Prakas
Skye Curren
A Sessions - 9:45-10:45
Psychological Time, Deep Time, and Timekeeping in Virginia Woolf's Oeuvre
Mia Fenyak
‘summer girl': Writing an Unlikable 21st Century Female Narrator
Golda Grais
Before You Came Into My Life I Missed You So Bad
Taylor Kindron
Arguing Seduction: The Erotic Invitation and the Texture of Subject in Early Modern Poetic Tradition
Belén Yudess
Mágico Nunca Se Muere: Una Historia de Amor Unconditional and Unstoppable
A2: Biology
Humanities 121
Moderator: Patrick Ferree
Lucia Blumling
Centromere Kinetochore Functional Effects on Mitosis in Arabidopsis
Jemma Bosselman
Hamstring and Quadricep Activation During Single Leg Hopping: Electromyography Analysis
Ysabel David
Allele-Specific Zinc Fingers for Rhodopsin Regulation to Address Retinitis Pigmentosa
A3: Anthropology
Humanities 201
Moderator: Seo Young Park
Seleny Arroyo
The Academy: A Pathway to Success for FGLI Latine Students in Santa Ana, CA
Nayla Dayal
Find My Friends: Location-Sharing Ideologies and Peer Surveillance Practices
Clara Louden
Cold Water Immersion: Communal Intimacy and Embodied Wellness
Mira Nickels
Women in White Coats: Navigating Gendered Labor Through Competency and Care in the Hierarchical U.S. Medical System
Ailbhe Ong
Language and the Navigation of Individual Understandings of Multiracial Belonging in Hong Kong
A4: Art Conservation & Organizational Studies
Humanities 202
Moderator: Katie Purvis Roberts
Art Conservation: Isabella Conti
Prints in Peril: Assessing Conservation Risks of Gelatin Silver and Inkjet Print Photographs
Olga Koutroulis
Preserving the Stolen: Cultural Appropriation and the Case of Seattle’s Totem Pole
Anna Shobe
From Craft to Collection: A Conservation Case Study on a Prisoner of War Napoleonic Bone Model Guillotine
Jessica Yim
Lost in Plain Sight: Rediscovering and Preserving Scripps College’s Public Art
Organizational Studies: Ella Sundstrom
Palaces for the People: How the Historical Development of Organizational Culture in American Public Libraries Aids Librarians in Navigating Growing Politicization
A5: Politics
Humanities 204
Moderator: Sumita Pahwa
Sophie Dinerman
Memory and Myth: Archetypal Remembrance of the Holocaust
Danielle Jordan
The Body and Violence in Guatemala: Impacts of Colonial Violence on Mayan Women and Their Access to Maternal Care
Abigail Oswald
Selling Egg-Cellence: An Exploration of Commercial Oocyte Donation and Genetic Determinism in 21st Century America
B5: Politics
Humanities 204
Moderator: Vanessa Tyson
River Rafferty
“The Only Place I'm Allowed in the City is Court”: Racial Capitalism, Gentrification, and the Criminalization of Homelessness in Missoula, Montana
Lindsay Ravetz
Excluding Community Concerns in Co-Location Decisions in New York City
Jacqueline Tsai
The Destruction of Microfinance
Gwen Tucker
Housing on the Ballot: A Comparative Analysis of Measure United to House LA and Bring Chicago
Maya Weigel-Murphy
Exploring the Relationship Between Presidential Election Results and White Supremacist Activity from 2008-Present
12:00-1:30 Lunch
C Sessions – 1:30-2:30
C1: Writing and Rhetoric & Environmental Analysis
Humanities 119
Moderators: Kim Drake
Writing and Rhetoric: Annabella Isaacson
The Dirt Underneath my Fingernails: The American Pastoral and 21st-Century Food System Reform
Samantha Lasky
A Perspective on Imbalance: A Memoir Through the Lens of Eating Disorders Anonymous
Lauren Mar
Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition: Unpacking Gender Roles in Social Media Performances of “the Good Life”
Environmental Analysis: Sydney Nemetz
Counter-Insurgency as Colonial Violence: The Red-Tagging of Lumad Schools in the Philippines
Lucy Thomas
The Gold Spotted Oak Borer: A Study of the Ecological Impact in Bearpaw Reserve
C2: Biology & Chemistry
Humanities 121
Moderator: Mary Hatcher-Skeers
Biology: Katarina Gilmore
Key Centromere Proteins Have Functional Effects on Plant Meiotic Development
Margaret Mattson
Heterospecific Mating Triggers Disruptive Postmating Gene Expression Response in Mimulus
Faben Tesfazion
If You Give A Tadpole A Chemosensory Stimulus: Detection Of Invasive Predator Cues And Signs Of Conspecific Communication In Pseudacris sierra Tadpoles
Chemistry: Anna Ermoian
Synthesis and Biological Testing of Novel Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors to Combat the C797S Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Fiona Irving-Beck
Counter
D Sessions – 2:45-3:45
D1: History
Humanities 119
Moderator: Wes Alcenat
Elena Creason
The Impact of Social Security on Saving Rates Across California Counties
Lilly Katts
Ideology and Representation: The Dialectical Relationship between Aesthetics and Politics in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
Anya Nyman
Constructing the Market: Development, Revolution, and History in Ghana’s Urban Markets
Isabelle Oringer
Bodies of Subversion and Resistance: The United States Government's Racialized Incarceration of HIV-Positive Haitian Refugees at Guantánamo Bay
Anabhra Singh
Garcia de Orta and the Colloquies: The Role of Imperialism and Colonialism in Shaping Knowledge During the Scientific Revolution
Wendy Walter
“Thanks a Million ... Doctor Salk”: Public Reception of Jonas Salk as a Cold War Scientist
D2: Math, Data Science/Computer Science & Neuroscience
Humanities 121
Moderator: Christina Edholm
Math: Samantha Ford
Built to Last: Intergenerational Transfers and the Architecture of Inequality
Fiona Irving-Beck
Weathering and Beyond: Leveraging Mathematical Modeling to Simulate Erosion in Digital Media
Anna Ravid
Modeling MRSA Co-colonization in a Hospital Environment: A Stochastic Approach
JP Walker
Holy Rubber Triangles: Algebraic Topology for Data and Learning
Data Science/Computer Science: Angela Zhou
StarrySwarm: Making Art From Sound With Swarm Algorithms
Neuroscience: CJ Abeshaus
You’ve Been hexxed: Decoding Emotional States and Age Through Touch-Screen Movement
D3: Dance, Religious Studies, Chicanx Latinx Studies & Education Studies Humanities 201
Moderator: Abdiel Jacobsen
Dance: Holand Denis To Seek and Sustain: A Theoretical Analysis and Choreographic Exploration of Embodied Safety
Religious Studies: Lucy Waggoner-Wu Records of Love, Justice, and Spirituality
Chicanx Latinx Studies: Corina Silverstein
Crafting Cultural Power: Artistic Interventions as Tools for Political Organizing Among Los Angeles Street Vendors
Education Studies: Ellen Wang Whose Voice?
D4: Art
Williamson Gallery
Moderator: Kim-Trang Tran
Jaime Haith Radial
Lue Khoury LIGHTBRINGER
