Wilkinson Shines at Undergraduate Student Symposium
May 14, 2021
Chapman University’s Center for Undergraduate Excellence (CUE) hosted an all-virtual Spring 2021 Undergraduate Student Scholar Symposium, May 5 – May 7. The symposium featured more than 200 poster and oral presentations from diverse academic and creative disciplines (56 of those from Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) allowing student presenters to interact with guests in virtual meeting rooms synchronously.
“The Student Scholar Symposium is such an important event for the university. It provides an opportunity for students to showcase their intellectual work and for faculty and staff to interact with that work across the disciplines. Once students discover the satisfaction of sharing their ideas and scholarship with an audience, they are more likely to challenge themselves even further,” said Dr. Jan Osborn, Associate Professor of English.
“This was our 3rd all virtual symposium. While it will never replace the in-person symposium, it went very well. At this point we have mastered the technical logistics of an online conference. We got a lot of positive feedback from students, faculty, and guests. They commented on the design of the platform, the ease of presenting their work virtually, and the overall quality of the academic/creative research,” said Dr. Julye Bidmead, Director of the Center for Undergraduate Excellence at Chapman University and Associate Professor of Religious Studies in Wilkinson College.
Two Political Science projects that stood out to Dr. John Compton, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science were “Breil Bonaguro’s research on the relationship between socioeconomic status and public opinion on abortion and Caitlin Guiao’s research on Asian American party identification and voting behavior. These are obviously timely topics, and both Breil and Caitlin demonstrated a real mastery of the secondary literature as well as current public opinion data.”
The Spring Student Scholar Symposium is CUE’s biggest event of the year. This campus wide event is a celebration of the remarkable scholarship and creativity conducted by Chapman undergraduates, anticipated by students and faculty each year.
Here is a list of Wilkinson College presenters.
- Marie Curie: Life and Legacy
Presenter: Morgan Grimes
Advisor: Lia Halloran - Nicole Daskas: A Retrospective
Presenter: Nicole Daskas
Advisor: Micol Hebron - Complementary Colors
Presenter(s): Katie Carder
Advisor: Micol Hebron - Dice
Presenter: Tipton Wolfley
Advisor: Micol Hebron - MARRIAGE
Presenter: Eugene Kim
Advisor: Micol Hebron - Brainscape ~ Vivian Girls
Presenter: Emma Hudler
Advisor: Micol Hebron - How to Navigate Womanhood Within the Patriarchy
Presenter: Hannah Scott
Advisor: Micol Hebron - Seeing Mirror
Presenter: Curren Taber
Advisor: Micol Hebron
- Gender Gap in Computer Science: An Invitational Rhetoric Study
Presenter: Cindy Ramirez
Advisor: Dr. Jan Osborn - The “S” Word: Socialism
Presenter: Nathan Reynoso
Advisor: Dr. Jan Osborn
- Transitioning to a Postwar Era: The Intergenerational Impact of the Holocaust on Survivors and Their Children Upon Settling in Israel
Presenter: Giselle Nissenbaum
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Koerber - Surviving Through the Lessons of Sports
Presenter: Ryan Fabre
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Koerber - Ableist Ideology and the Law: Nazi Germany’s Genocide of People with Disabilities
Presenter: Taylor Hein
Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Harran - Aryanization and Theft: The Nazi Targeting of the Jewish Fashion Industry
Presenter: Will Hoskin
Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Harran - Sovereignty, Statehood, and Subjugation: Japanese-American and Native Hawaiian Discourse Surrounding the Hawaii Admission Act of 1959
Presenter: Nicole Saito
Advisor: Dr. Robert Slayton
- Beyond the Politics of Climate Change: How Education and Income Level Affect Environmental Values
Presenter: Joanna Falla
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Are Religious Latinos More Likely to Vote Republican than Non-Religious Latinos?
Presenter: Leo Ortega
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - The Growth of Isolationism and its Impacts in the United States
Presenter: Pedro Marquard
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Asian American Party Identification in Presidential Elections: A Look into Age and Length of Residence in the United States
Presenter: Caitlin Guiao
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Abortion Views
Presenter: Breil Bonaguro
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Gun Control: The Gender Gap Within Parties
Presenter: Maggie Kabilafkas
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - The Structure of Environmental Racism in Long Beach, California
Presenter: Mallory Warhurst
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Catholicism’s Effects on American Public Opinion In the Kennedy Era
Presenter: Nikki DeBonis
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - The Great American Divide: How Race has Shaped the Republican Party and Modern Politics
Presenter: Madison Demaris
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Is Modern Media Driving Political Polarization?
Presenter: Iain Richards
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Racial Resentment and Voting Behavior in the Trump Era
Presenter: Lillian Lachman
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Social Media’s Influence on Negative Partisanship and Affective Polarization
Presenter: Amanda Ellis
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Who Supports Raising the Minimum Wage?
Presenter: DJ Sollender
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - How Religiosity impacts Americans’ views on Immigration
Presenter: Crash Shahinian
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - How Religiosity Interacts with Gender to Shape Policy Preferences
Presenter: Brennen Ramos
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Mass Shootings: Conspiracies, Fear, and the Media
Presenter: Karsyn Aoki
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - Beliefs and their Byproducts: The Impact of Religiosity and Political Ideology on Attitudes Toward COVID-19, Vaccines, and Climate Change
Presenter: Philip Goodrich
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - COVID-19 and Political Affiliation in America
Presenter: Natalie Karim
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - Cybersecurity Threats on Voter Fraud: Fact or Fiction?
Presenter: Zyer Abdullah
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - How Education Impacts the Voting Habits of Different Races
Presenter: Jake Steinbock
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Political Affiliations and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Presenter: Dylan Hartanov
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - The Fear of Oil Spills
Presenter: Noah Smith
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - Fear of Corrupt Government Officials and the Impact of Mass Media
Presenter: Eva Jones
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - Media Matters: Media’s Effect on Negative Partisanship in the 2016 Election
Presenter: McKenna Etheridge
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Anti-intellectualism and American Fears: An Analysis of Social and Political Factors that Influence Distrust in Scientific Authority
Presenter: Naomi Hill
Advisor: Dr. David Shafie - Explaining the History and Rise of the Republican Latino Vote
Presenter: Alberto Cruz
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Religion: The Perpetually Forgotten, and Underestimated Group Influencer in 21st Century Politics
Presenter: Madison Mercer
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Vaccine Hesitancy, the COVID 19 Pandemic, and Christian Fundamentalism
Presenter: Nicole Drew
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - The Partisan Effects of COVID-19: Mask Wearing and News Sources
Presenter: Lily Martin
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - How Does Aging Influence The Fear of Gun Control in America?
Presenter: Alyssa Castanon
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - QAnon: The Effects of Radical Ideology on Belief in Conspiracy Theories
Presenter: Samuel Andrus
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - United States Media and the Partisan Divide on Iran
Presenter: Jacob Adler
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - Partisanship as a Determinant of Policy Preference
Presenter: Christopher Cobb
Advisor: Dr. Ann Gordon - The War on Drugs: United States Public Opinion
Presenter: Karmen Pantoja
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - The Counter-Majoritarian Court
Presenter: Kaity McKee
Advisor: Dr. John Compton
- How Religion Affects Views on Abortion in the U.S.
Presenter: Lillian Grabowski
Advisor: Dr. John Compton - Women in Leadership: Quakerism and Voodou
Presenter: Caroline Gardner
Advisor: Dr. Julye Bidmead - Returning To The Land: Applying The Values of Indigenous Practices to Support The Environmental Movement.
Presenter: Carla Frias
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Martin
- How do undergraduate students practice off-grid culture and what does it mean to them?
Presenter: Bentley Kandel
Advisor: Dr. Edson Cruz
- Genderlect Theory in Paloma Pedrero’s “La llamada de Lauren” and Sabina Berman’s “Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda”
Presenter: Thomas Tsai
Advisor: Dr. Polly Hodge
Translating Nonsense: An Analysis of the Poem “Jabberwocky” and Two French Translations
Presenter: Kylie Deer
Advisor: Dr. Allan MacVicar
To read more about all the individual student presentations check out the Spring 2021 Student Scholar Symposium Scalar website.