Experience of a Lifetime: Study Abroad, Trauma, and Institutional Betrayal
Presenter: Naomi Wright Mentors: Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith, Psychology Oral Presentation Major: Psychology While the number of U.S. undergraduates studying abroad during college continues to increase, emerging research suggests these students are at risk for...
The Western Genre and Gun Violence in United States Culture: Using Theatre as a Laboratory for Social Critique
Presenter: Ariella Wolfe Mentors: Michael Najjar, Theatre Arts; Mark Carey, Honors College Oral Presentation Major: Theatre Arts The contemporary theatre director has the opportunity to encourage socially critical thought during the production process and in...
Jewish Civicism in Oregon: How Jews Became Successful in a Plainly Racist State
Presenter: Jacob Valleau Mentors: William Toll, History; Daniel Tichenor, Political Science Oral Presentation Major: Political Science Oregon Jews flourished economically and politically despite living in a state with many pro-hegemony laws, including severe measures...
The Unequal States of America: Examining Why we Recognize Gender Inequality Abroad that We Fail to Recognize at Home
Presenter: Chloe Talbert Mentors: Anita Chari and Erin Beck, Political Science Oral Presentation Majors: Computer Science and Political Science Prompted by several contradicting activist efforts in the United States, this research examines the discrepancy between the...
An Unwelcome Legacy: Investigating the Relationship between Colonialism and Climate Change Vulnerability
Presenter: Chloe Talbert Mentor: Ronald Mitchell, Political Science Oral Presentation Majors: Computer Science and Political Science This research examines the relationship between climate change vulnerability and colonialism, in an attempt to identify and explain any...
Precarious Aspirations: Hopes and Dreams in an Age of Individualized Risk
Presenter: Andrew Swift Mentors: Jill Harrison and CJ Pascoe, Sociology Oral Presentation Majors: Sociology and Psychology Over the past several decades, neoliberal political-economic shifts have significantly expanded the extent of economic insecurity in the United...
“Education in Ladakh: An Overview of the Interactions between an Indigenous Community and Their Government.”
Presenter: Emma Stahl Oral Presentation Majors: Ethnic Studies and Sociology This paper observes the manners in which Indigenous education has been impacted by state mandated requirements in the most Northern region of India, Ladakh. After the amalgamation of Ladakh...
Education and Discrimination in Armed Conflict: Equitable Access and Educational Barriers for Syrian Refugee Children
Presenter: Namratha Somayajula Mentor: Professor Diane Baxter, Anthropology Oral Presentation Major: International Studies The birth of a new Lost Generation–As it enters its fifth year, the civil war in Syria has caused unimaginable destruction across a dynamic and...
Grounding Lynda Barry’s One Hundred Demons: Proving Her Book’s Original Common People Audience
Presenter: Grace Shum Mentors: Ben Saunders and Corbett Upton, English Oral Presentation Majors: English, Digital Arts and Advertising Lynda Barry’s graphic novel, One Hundred Demons, has been touted as high art by critics – a major feat for a graphic novel; yet,...
“Nature’s Especial Repository:” Symbolic Meaning in Gerald of Wales’ Descriptions of the Environment in the British Isles
Presenter: Doug Sam Mentor: Michael Peixoto, Honors College History Oral Presentation Majors: Environmental Studies and Geography Following the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, King Henry II of England sent Gerald of Wales to tour the newly conquered...
Design and Synthesis of a Coordination Complex for Dinitrogen Rejection from Natural Gas
Presenter: Nicholas Rinehart Mentor: Dave Tyler, Chemistry Oral Presentation Major: Biochemistry Natural gas provided 28% of total energy consumption during 2014 in the United States. Nearly 20% of current natural gas wells are too contaminated with nitrogen gas,...
A Different Kind of Barbarian: African Societies in the Hellenistic World
Presenter: Tarik Richardson Mentors: Eric Richardson, President NAACP Lane County Chapter; Nathanael Andrade, History Oral Presentation Majors: History and African Studies History is scarcely written by radical thinking in the current day; more often history is a...
The Stellar Apartments: Dynamic Stories from Passive Buildings
Presenter: Lindsay Rasmussen Co-Presenter: Erik Schmidt, Ashley Tuffo, Annie Chiang Mentor: Alison Kwok, Architecture Oral Presentation Major: Architecture In August of 2013, the first affordable, multifamily housing project in the United States to reach Passive House...
Albert Einstein and Ralph Waldo Emerson: Inspiration for Effective Scientific Communication and Education
Presenter: Phoebe Penix Mentor: Barbara Mossberg, Honors College Oral Presentation Major: General Science Ralph Waldo Emerson and Albert Einstein were extraordinarily famous in their respective times. Their revolutionary ideas have potential to inform today’s...
Savage Squaw, Shaman Seductress, or Sovereign Savior: Representing Native Female Identity in Videogames
Presenter: Anna Peckinpah Mentor: Kirby Brown, English and Native Studies Oral Presentation Major: English In the United States alone, currently more than 183 million people play videogames. When it comes to producing cultural ideology that leads to consequential...