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2024 Graduate Symposium Participants

Friday, May 17, 2024
1:00-4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
McHenry Library | Information Commons South on the Main Floor
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: MAY 3, 2024, 12:00 PM PACIFIC (NOON)
Alternative Media
Name Division Program Presentation Title
Alvarado Cantero, Lucía Social Sciences Education Forcibly Displaced Learning: The Educational Journey of Refugee Children from Central America and Mexico to the U.S. Border

Crosby, Alison

 Baskin Engineering Computational Media Immersive Evacuation: Harnessing Virtual Reality for Wildfire Preparedness and Education

Darling, Vega

 Arts Social Documentation In the Shadow of AIDS

Johns, MJ

 Baskin Engineering Computational Media Playful Solutions to Serious Problems
Zong, Jingtian Arts Environmental Art and Social Practice Anonymous Cyborgs and the (Im)Possibility of Data Preservation



Posters
Name Division Program Presentation Title
Alicea, Joe Humanities Literature Writing/Rioting on Division Street: Puerto Rican Chicago and the "Rainbow Poets"

Bergamini, Clara

 Humanities History Catfish Curriculum: Teaching Crisis Preparation through Memorialization of the 1923 Kantō Disaster
Beulke, Anne Physical and Biological Sciences Ocean Sciences Fishing for Answers: Demystifying the Variation in Migration Patterns of Steelhead Trout

Butingan, Leonard

 Humanities History European Horizons of the Late Twentieth Century Anti-Racist Struggle in Britain
Carrillo, Elsie Physical and Biological Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology A Bubble for Trouble: Narial Bubble Rebreathing in Semi-Aquatic Snakes as an Alternate Strategy for Extending Submergence
Downey, Brynna Physical and Biological Sciences Earth and Planetary Sciences The History of Titan Hidden in How It Spins

Escudero, Pablo

 Humanities History of Consciousness Towards a Different Sense of History: How Ideas of Development and Underdevelopment Govern the Politics of Time
Feberwee, Bart Humanities History of Consciousness Crisis, Revolutionary Subjectivity, and Dutch Council Communism
Gonzales, Edith Social Sciences Environmental Studies Land-Based Relationships in Urban Agriculture: Insect Diversity, Gardening Practices and Gardeners' Knowledge of Insects

Gordon, Kaiya

 Humanities Feminist Studies Surviving the Archives: A Trans Poetic Encounter
Gougol, Navid Baskin Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Yektasonics Phased Array and Power Module
Inum, Reefat Baskin Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Advancements in Viral Protein Detection: Leveraging Micropore Technology

Keser, Emre

 Humanities History of Consciousness Man/Monster/State: Genealogies of the Nation-State and the (In)Human

Mah Gricuk, Ania

 Humanities History Mining Tin, Mining Herbal Knowledge: Liangcha in Malaysia

McElfish, Maya

 Physical and Biological Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Morays out of Water! Can Gymnothroax mordax Use Prey Odor for Semi-Terrestrial Navigation?

Mora, Ivette

 Physical and Biological Sciences Chemistry and Biochemistry Elucidating the Mechanism of Semiconducting Simple Coacervates via Liquid/Liquid Phase Separation of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes

Pachon, Maria

 Humanities Literature Reconfiguring Displacement and the American(o) Dream through Borderland Stories

Padilla, Rene M.		 Physical and Biological Sciences Physics Facilitating a Multi-GHz Ionizing Particle Detection System Using Diamond-Based Sensors

Paramore, Jonathan

 Humanities Linguistics Abstract Underlying Representations
Pandjaitan, Yasmine Social Sciences Education The Cacophony of the Mind: How Neurodivergent Students Navigate Their Being and Doing in a Neurotypical College Landscape

Prasad, Radhika

 Humanities Literature Experimenting in a National Language: Postcolonial Hindi Modernism

Richards, Rachael

 Physical and Biological Sciences Chemistry and Biochemistry Exciton Transfer Between Extended Electronic States in Conjugated Inter-Polyelectrolyte Complexes

Richardson, Elliot

 Humanities History Expanding the Field of Trans History: Gender Fluidity and Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border

Rivera Hernandez, Brian

 Humanities Literature The Promise of Agrarian Reform in the Mexican Revolution

Simon-Reynolds, Meleia

 Humanities History Community-Engaged Descriptive Practices and the Records of the Watsonville-Santa Cruz Japanese American Citizens League

Smyth, Nolan

 Physical and Biological Sciences Physics Rogue Worlds Meet the Dark Side

Stoia, Adriane

 Humanities History Hajichi Reclamation in the 21st Century

Sunil Arvindam, Vishal

 Humanities Linguistics Evidence for Language Processing Universals in Telugu

Ulbrich, Linda

 Humanities History “My poor little boy, Kerr”: Nursing and the First World War Emotional Regime

Voitiuk, Kateryna

 Baskin Engineering Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics A Feedback-Driven IoT Microfluidic, Electrophysiology, and Imaging Platform for Brain Organoid Studies

Yun, Grace

 Humanities Literature Mourning through Literature: Making an Altar of Texts

Zhao, Ke

 Humanities History Ginseng Comes Full Circle: From Peking to New York
Talks
Name Division Program Presentation Title
Ayson-Plank, Christina Arts History of Art and Visual Culture Counter-Productivity as Resistance: Contemporary Art of the Filipino Labor Diaspora

Bittner, Dana-Lis

 Social Sciences Psychology “Ungoogleable”: Internet Fixation in the Context of Unsuccessful Online Searching

Boucher, Renée

 Social Sciences Anthropology What Trace Metal Stable Isotopes Can Tell Us about the Taï Chimpanzees

Brown, Hallie

 Physical and Biological Sciences Coastal Science and Policy Advancing Indigenous Coastal Stewardship through Aquaculture in California

Contuchio, Jenna

 Physical and Biological Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Novel Minimally Invasive Tag Method to Remotely Track Neonate Sea Turtles

ELFikky, Abdelrahman

 Baskin Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Navigating the Complexities: Understanding Non-Differentiable Space Optical Channels
Everson, Rosa Physical and Biological Sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Cosmic Choreography: The Dramatic Dance of Stellar Partners

Fisher, Ellie

 Physical and Biological Sciences Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Guanfacine Ameliorates Manganese-Induced ADHD-Like Symptoms: Impulsivity and Sensorimotor Deficits
Gandhi, Piyush Social Sciences Economics Extinguishing the Blaze: Reducing Crop Residue Burning in India

Gao, Xiangjian

 Baskin Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Harsh Environment Through-Wall UWB Communication System
Harenčár, Julia Physical and Biological Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The Ecology and Genetics of Species Boundaries between Hybridizing Neotropical Spiral Gingers

Hebbar, Prajna

 Baskin Engineering Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics Going Bananas for Genes: Using the Complete Telomere-to-Telomere Genomes of Non-Human Primates to Analyze Genes

Howard, James

 Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematics Graver Bases: The Joysticks of Discrete Optimization
Kang, Jizhou Baskin Engineering Statistical Science SAVE Lives as a Bayesian Statistician

Kirkpatrick, Melanie

 Physical and Biological Sciences Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Tiny Guts, Big Science: Building Models to Fight Childhood Viral Diarrhea
Li, Jiayi Arts Film and Digital Media Guardians of Oakland Chinatown

Liu, Yi

 Baskin Engineering Computer Science and Engineering High Throughput and One-Round-Trip RDMA for Disaggregated Memory Systems

Loucks, Hailey

 Baskin Engineering Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics What is a Centromere?

Matsushima, Levi

 Physical and Biological Sciences Chemistry Transformation and Stabilization of an Optoelectronic Lipoplex
McHugh, John Physical and Biological Sciences Mathematics Strong Isotypes

Mindel, Gabriel

 Humanities History of Consciousness On Tumult: The Political Possibilities of the Crowd and its Noise

Peddu, Vikas

 Baskin Engineering Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics Tiny Tech, Big Impact: Nanopore Sequencing vs. Cancer

Reid-Shaw, Indiana

 Social Sciences Environmental Studies Taking Stock: Contrasting Methodologies for Small-Scale Fishery Management
Rho, Aiden Social Sciences Economics The Impact of Mental Shock on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the U.S. Presidential Election in 2016
Robertson, Emily Humanities Philosophy TBD

Rodriguez Velandia, Laura

 Physical and Biological Sciences Chemistry Chemical Imaging at the Disco: Pyrroles


Sachdeva, Gagandeep

 Social Sciences Economics Female Instructors in Engineering Education

She, Yasheng

 Arts Film and Digital Media The Giant Woman at the End of the World

Shieh, Harrison

 Social Sciences Economics Journey to the (North, South, East, and) West: Global Spillovers of Chinese Monetary Policy

Simha, Sunil

 Physical and Biological Sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Probing the Invisible Universe with Fast Radio Bursts

Valadez, Stephanie

 Arts Music (Mis)translation and Appropriation: Indigenous Resilience in Colonial Reverberations

Wang, Christina (Mengying)

 Humanities History Breaking the Glass Case: Memory-Making, Imperialism, and Decolonization in Japanese Postwar Museums

Yim, Enoch

 Humanities Philsophy Perceptual Bias and Epistemic Blame

Yun, Hyunjin

 Social Sciences Economics Private Insurers’ Incentives in Response to Increased Government Payments: Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Market