Graduate Symposium 2021

Winners

Colleen Murphy Best Overall Presentation of the Symposium, $1000
Colleen Murphy
Physical and Biological Sciences Division
Earth and Planetary Science
Sluggish Slides: Why Some Landslides Never Pick Up the Pace
Marilia Kaisar Best of the Arts Division, $250
Marilia Kaisar
Film and Digital Media
F*cking with the virtual: Siri, Alexa, Lana and Desire
Ryan Johnson Best of the Baskin School of Engineering, $250
Ryan Johnson
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Parameter Estimation for Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Gabriel Mindel Best of the Humanities Division, $250
Gabriel Mindel
History of Consciousness
The Invisible Monument to Free Speech, or The Problem with Property
lourdes-martinez-estevez-124-x-124-2nd.jpg Best of the Physical and Biological Sciences Division, $250
María de Lourdes “Luli” Martínez Estévez
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Spatial ecology of hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Gulf of
California
Katherine Quinteros Best of the Social Sciences Division, $250
Katherine Quinteros
Psychology
Building Belonging Through Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration

Video Presentations

The videos are on the Division of Graduate Studies YouTube channel. Titles below are live links to their videos.

Name Division Program Title
Baltaxe-Admony, Leya Breanna Baskin School of Engineering Computational Media UC-Wide Access to Basic Needs
Brooks, Charley Social Sciences Education Historicizing Whiteness as an Antiracist Pedagogy
Calvanico, Jessica Humanities Feminist Studies Carceral Girl Problems: The House of the Good Shepherd and the Making of New Orleanian Girlhood
Copulsky, Daniel Social Sciences Psychology Are Asexuality, Gray-Asexuality, and Demisexuality Distinct Sexual Orientations?
Crouse, Monique Social Sciences Psychology Learning to Direct Attention: Consequences For Augmented Reality Training
Davis, Rebecca Social Sciences Anthropology Introducing Anti-Racist Pedagogy: The need for engagement with anti-racist teaching practices at UC Santa Cruz
Duff, Jack Humanities Linguistics Not without a plan: Requirements for intention in the linguistic representations of complex events
Eischens, Ben Humanities Linguistics Many to one?: Investigating how we make sense of spoken words
Foxworthy Gonzalez, Julianne Social Sciences Education “I just skip the graphs and numbers”: Exploring the statistical literacy practices of undergraduate students
Gates, Morgan Humanities Literature Listening As We Read: Archives, Literature, Music
Goldman, Elizabeth Social Sciences Psychology Will children help a robot?
Gray, Dustin Humanities Philosophy The Will to Submit
Hedding, Andrew Humanities Linguistics On the Relationship between Questions and Answers: Evidence from San Martin Peras Mixtec
Huse, Amanda Humanities History ‘She was afraid I would tell it’: Testimony as a Map of Women’s Roles in Reconstruction-Era Ku Klux Klan Violence
Johnson, Ryan
Best of BSOE
Baskin School of Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Parameter Estimation for Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Kaisar, Marilia
Best of Arts Div
Arts Film and Digital Media F*cking with the virtual: Siri, Alexa, Lana and Desire
Kim, Hyotae Baskin School of Engineering Statistical Science Nonparametric Bayesian Modeling and Inference for Processes
Laciste, Kristen Arts Visual Studies Going beyond Griffes: Sapeurs and Their Self-Fashioned Clothing
Martinez Estevez, Lourdes
Best of PBSci Div
Physical and Biological Sciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Spatial ecology of hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Gulf of
California
McClellan-Ufugusuku, Alexyss Humanities History Between a Rock and Two Nation-States: finding Indigenous Shimanchu traces in the United Nations archives
Miller, Thaïs Humanities Literature YouTube Yiddish: A Reading from the Novel California Kvetchin’, Inspired by the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture Online
Mindel, Gabriel
Best of Hum Div
Humanities History of Consciousness The Invisible Monument to Free Speech, or The Problem with Property
Mohammed Salih, Mays Physical and Biological Sciences Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology HnRNP-A2/B1 Regulates the Innate Inflammatory Response in Murine Macrophages
MURPHY, COLLEEN
Best of the Symposium
Physical and Biological Sciences Earth and Planetary Science Sluggish Slides: Why Some Landslides Never Pick Up the Pace
Powell, Michael Baskin School of Engineering Computer Engineering Improving Remote Physical Rehabilitation Using Immersive Virtual Reality
Quinteros, Katherine
Best of Soc Sci Div
Social Sciences Psychology Building Belonging Through Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration
Roy, Namrata Physical and Biological Sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Black hole winds in nearby galaxies
Simon-Reynolds, Meleia Humanities History Transpacific Images: Photographic Representations of Filipinx Im/migrant Communities in Hawai'i and California
Tse, Victor Physical and Biological Sciences Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Fragile Exons: The Impact of Disease-Causing Mutations on RNA Splicing
Wagner, Kirstin Humanities Literature Resisting Violence Through Collective Atmospheric Attunement
Waltzer, Talia Social Sciences Psychology Academic integrity at UCSC: Science, practice, and policy
Zhang, Jinghong Humanities History Down to the Roots: Teeth, Dentistry, and Dental Hygiene in Modern China, 1908-1985
Zhou, Hongwei Baskin School of Engineering Computational Media Bio-inspired Structural Identification of Language Data