Senior Scholarly and Creative Symposium

Schedule
2025
Wednesday, May 7th
11:30 AM

Under the Microscope: The Surface History of Sand Grains

Lauren Cote `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

11:30 AM - 11:44 AM
11:45 AM

Analyzing the U.S. Border Apparatus through Peace and Conflict Studies Frameworks

Claudia Servaes `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

11:45 AM - 12:29 PM
12:30 PM

Destroying the Neoliberal Paradigm with Ubuntu Centered Education

Joseph Baah `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:30 PM - 1:14 PM

Rethinking AP US History: Imagining a Liberated Curriculum

Ella McWalter `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:30 PM - 1:14 PM

Stop Being 'Normal'

Hairu (Zoe) Zeng `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:30 PM - 1:14 PM

We Need Another Option: Centering Queerness in the Classroom

Emmaline Purciful `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:30 PM - 1:14 PM
1:15 PM

Incorporating Sustainability into Education through Art

Halle Smith `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

1:15 PM - 1:59 PM

'Oh, you are Vietnamese. Do you major in Computer Science?’: Complicating Vietnamese-ness in a US Liberal Arts Environment

Quan Nguyen `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

1:15 PM - 1:59 PM

The Interwoven Systems of Oppression: How Inadequate Education and Medical Negligence Perpetuate a Pipeline of Disparities for Black Women

Ajmaani (AJ) Whitter `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

1:15 PM - 1:59 PM

The Oversaturation of Surveillance: An Analysis of Bodies and Knowledge

Kendall Mann `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

1:15 PM - 1:59 PM
2:00 PM

Desire and the Body in Education: Unveiling the Erotic Dimensions of Learning

Elizabeth (Ellie) Mikolajczak `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

2:00 PM - 2:44 PM

From Banking to Dialogue: AI and the Future of Teaching

Clarence Zhao `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

2:00 PM - 2:44 PM

Self Efficacy Theory and Student-Athlete Retention Research

Alex Preston `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

2:00 PM - 2:44 PM

The Continued Fight for Equality in American Education: The Use of Critical Race Theory to Expose and Challenge Systemic Racism in Higher Education

Kaija Carr `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

2:00 PM - 2:44 PM
3:00 PM

An Investigation of REE Mineral Potential Within Exploratory Core Samples from SE Missouri Iron Metallogenic Province

Dipson Pradhan '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM

Courtside - Tennis Analytics

Brian Wolf '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday, May 8th
12:15 PM

Filling in the Gaps: Digitizing Archival Discovery

Abigail Fathauer '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:15 PM - 12:39 PM
12:40 PM

Instapoetry as the Modern-Day Confessional: Rupi Kaur, Warsan Shire and Yrsa Daley-Ward

Ava Null `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:40 PM - 2:29 PM

Love in Fragments: Reimagining Romance in the Shadow of War in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September and "Summer Night

Madison Montero `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:40 PM - 2:29 PM

Maturing into Compliance: Subverting the Coming-of-Age Narrative in Octavia Butler’s Dawn and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

Sarah Locke `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:40 PM - 2:29 PM

Portrait of an Esteemed Noble Lady: Detective Poirot as Agatha Christie’s Pride in Femininity and Englishness

Saki Nakashima `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:40 PM - 2:29 PM

Sethe's Beloved as a Spectral Figure and Embodiment of Trauma in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

Cassia McPhilliamy `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:40 PM - 2:29 PM

“The Best Storyteller in the World:” Gwydion, Court Poetry, and Statecraft in the Fourth Branch of The Mabinogi

Abigail Fathauer '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:40 PM - 2:29 PM

“To Boldly Go Where No (Wo)Man Has Gone Before:” Reclaiming the 'Mary Sue' Trope in Star Trek: The Original Series Fan-Fiction

Meaghan Delle Cave `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

12:40 PM - 2:29 PM
2:30 PM

Conjurin’ Continuums of Black Onto-Religiosity: Preserving the History, Present, and Future of Resistance and Interrelation in Black Belief Systems

Jay'la Teasley `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

2:30 PM - 3:14 PM
3:15 PM

The Politicization of U.S. Social Studies Curricula and Schools Post-9/11

Reagan Dees `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

3:15 PM - 3:59 PM
4:00 PM

The Design and Engineering of the Foggara Irrigation System: from the Ancient Fezzān to Modern Algeria

Eric Herrera '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM

Compass: Helping Teachers Guide Students Towards Their North Star

Steeve Gandhi Nsangou '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
6:00 PM

Restoring Context: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Art Conservation and Registration Challenges in Rural Museums

Jade Karas '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM

The Accusation of Devil Worship on Esoteric Occultism

Ian McCullough '25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM

Rebel Bodies: Fat Activism, Health Narratives, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Elizabeth (Ellie) Mikolajczak `25, DePauw University

Roy O. West Library, Wood Study

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM