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CAS Dean's Office 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8012 United StatesSchedule
Click on a session's name or scroll below to see a full details of the session's presentations.
- 8:00 am-3:00 pm
- Registration | DMTI 111
Light breakfast will be available until 11 am.
- 9:00-10:15 am
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Breakout Session I
Perspectives on Race in Media | DMTI 109
Arts and Literature Examine the Human Story | DMTI 111
Examining the Health of Our Environment | DMTI 114
Preserving Our Cultures | DMTI 115
Viewpoints on Maternity and Motherhood | DMTI 116
Brain Function and Neuroscience | DMTI 121 - 10:30–11:45 am
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Breakout Session II
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Effects of Public Policy | DMTI 109
Evolution, Mutation, and the Genome | DMTI 114
Inside the Artist's Studio | DMTI 115
Representations in Print and Visual Media | DMTI 116
Art History | DMTI 119
Drugs & Health | DMTI 121 - 12:00–1:30 pm
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Dean’s Remarks followed by Keynote Speaker | DMTI 111
Join us for remarks by Dean Linda Aldoory and Dr. Katherine Grill. Lunch will be provided. - 1:45-3:00 pm
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Poster Presentations
Students from different knowledge areas: Humanities, Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences, will showcase their research.
Humanities | DMTI 210
Natural Sciences | DMTI 213 (Undergraduate) & 215 (Graduate)
Physical Sciences | DMTI 217
Social Sciences | DMTI 221 (Undergraduate) & 219 (Graduate) - 3:00 pm–4:15 pm
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Breakout Session III
Issues in Gender & Sexuality Studies | DMTI 109
The Many Influences on Body Image | DMTI 115
Economics, Business, & Society | DMTI 114
New Historical Perspectives | DMTI 116
Language, Race, and Identity | DMTI 119
New Technologies, Practical Uses | DMTI 121 - 4:30–5:00 pm
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Your Next Steps with Paula Warrick, Merit Award Office | DMTI 111
Come learn, win a raffle, and enjoy some desserts!
Breakout Session I
Perspectives on Race in Media | DMTI 109
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Across the Multiverse: Liberatory Potential in Multiverse Stories
Dani NowickiCrime Junkies: The Investment in True Crime through Short-Form Media
Krystalynn Oliver-MaysCracking the Code: The Implication of Racial Stereotypes in Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction
Mattie Branson-MeyerAsian American Representation in Film
Valeria Blanco
Arts and Literature Examine the Human Story | DMTI 111
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Ritual Through Art
Alisha Rao - Victims Die, Survivors Live, and Everyone Forgets: Resisting a Victim/Survivor Binary through Outbreak Narratives in Severance and The Dreamers
Izzy Scholes-Young - Skin Deep: Dance as a Medium for Investigating the Essence and Value of Human Existence
Juliana Pironti
Queer Identity Through Religious Mythologies
Miranda BraemerTowards a Humanized Biological Profile: Joining Dance with the Study of Human Skeletal Remains
Samantha Short
Examining the Health of Our Environment | DMTI 114
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Arsenic in Spring Valley
Cristal Mejia, Brian Prudente, and Valeria MaurerTemporal and Spatial Variability of Radon Emission from Trees in Wetland and Upland Forest Ecosystems at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Glory Ade IorliamMicroplastic and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Abundance in the Jug Bay Region of the Patuxent River, Maryland
Jonathan CraigEffect of Marsh Migration on Carbon Emissions in Plant Zones
Kat RaianoOptimizing Fractionation of Coral Tissues to Isolate the Endosymbiont Algae and Elucidate their associated microbiomes
Kendall Jung -
(Our) Nuclear Bodies
Madison Shomaker
Preserving Our Cultures | DMTI 115
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Documenting the Kabyle Narrative
Anya AdjroudEl Pan de Cada Día: The essence of living as a working-class Panamanian
Carolina CohenLage Identitet: Making Identity through Nordic Handicrafts
Hannah SjovoldThe Learning of the Náhuatl Language by Spanish Speakers Through TikTok
Neal FranklinThe Middle East: Sketches Brought to Life through Animation
Tiffany Sharpy
Viewpoints on Maternity and Motherhood | DMTI 116
On Entrapment: Pregnancy, Domestic Violence, and Gender in the Media
Caroline Siebert
The Case for Bad Asian Motherhood
Emma Hua
The Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Fantasy Filmscape
Laurel DePasquale
Brain Function and Neuroscience | DMTI 121
Different cortical networks are modulated by lateral vs. midline cerebellar tDCS
Joseph Dust, Laura C. Rice, Marissa M. Lee, Marly R. Rubin, Maneli Paknejad, Honeyeh Younesie, Dana C. Gawlitzek, Brooks D. Baucom, and Emily M. Barnes
The impact of TBT on optic nerve regeneration
Nathaniel Ramis Fleming
Therapeutic Uses of Psilocybin: Impact on the Brain and Behavior
Shadan Rahmani
Breakout Session II
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Effects of Public Policy | DMTI 109
Structuring Power: the impact of structural hierarchies within an Environmental Activist Organization
Alaina Giglio
Bite Sized Nutrition Banter
Amelia Rowniewski
The Impact of Political Freedom on Resource Depletion
Joseph Melin
Single-Motherhood Stigma: Associations Between Mothers' Co-parenting Status & Achieved Occupational Prestige
Kat Carpenter
Keeping Disordered Attraction Out: Homosexual Exclusions in Immigration Law Post-World War II
Lillie Ortloff
Evolution, Mutation, and the Genome | DMTI 114
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Potential Significant Binding Site within the SEP3 Gene in Arabidopsis thaliana
Anya AdjroudGeneration of Gnotobiotic Symbiodiniaceae Strains to Expand Current Knowledge on Algal-Bacterial Interactions in the Coral Holobion
Brianna CarboneComparing the Central Nervous System of Freshwater Spring and Cave Isopods and Amphipods
Gwynivere HortonEvolutionary invention of a thermocouple-like sensor by adaptation of cytochrome c oxidase in a subterrestrial metazoan
TreVaughn Ellis -
Using CRISPR-Cas9 to analyze floral gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana
Jordon Iwuajoku
Inside the Artist's Studio | DMTI 115
The Artist Thus Far
Jamison Rohan
Tea and Tiling: Art Advocating for Women Silenced by Oppressive Systems
Phaedra Askarinam
A Return to Connection
Pooja Campbell
High fashion Interwoven with Queers
Rowan Gjersvold
Representations in Print and Visual Media | DMTI 116
Team Edward? Team Jacob? No, Team Joseph Smith: A Study of Mormonism in Stephanie Meyer's The Twilight Saga
Hope Lockwood
Christ is King: Tim LaHaye's Understanding of Jesus and Its Impact on White American Evangelicals
Presented by Emily Messner
Intersecting Histories: A Critical Discourse Analysis of AP US History Textbook Coverage of the Black Panther Party and Disability Rights Movement
Katherine Greenstein
Is My Very Nature That of the Devil?”: Deconstructing Necropolitics and Racial Hierarchy in Vampires
Tylette Martinez
Art History | DMTI 119
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The Virgin Mary & Eve: “Underpinned by their Femininity:” An Analysis of Fra Angelico’s Annunciation and Expulsion of Adam and Eve
Giavanna BambocciMapping Difference and Power: Jacopo Ligozzi’s Pope Bonifacio VIII Receiving the Twelve Ambassadors (1592)
Jenna MangisLiberation found in Andrea del Castagno’s Uomini Famosi
Jordan DelgadoHairy Mary: Female Prayer and Patronship in Fifteenth Century Italy
Lia BurchiantiReframing History: Bisa Butler's Intimate Portrait of Abolitionist Icon Harriet Tubman
Lucy Phillips
Drugs & Health | DMTI 121
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The Impact of CBD (Cannabidiol) in Hyperglycemic Zebrafish (Danio Rerio)
Elizabeth McCarthyThe Effects of the Drug Lapatinib on Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Erin GreenbergComprehensive Functional HIV Cure Strategy: The role of HDAC and PARTP Inhibitors in the Clearance of Latent Infections
Hasset TibebeEvaluating HIV Infectivity and Virion Maturation Across Varied Producer Cells with a Novel FRET-Based Detection and Quantification Assay
Shreyas Gujar, Jeongpill Choi, and Kedhar Narayan
Dean's Remarks and Keynote Speaker
Join us for remarks by Dean Linda Aldoory and Dr. Katherine Grill. Lunch will be provided.
"From There to Here: Leading the Way in Digital Mental Health Solutions for Students and Schools"
Student mental health has been a priority in education following the pandemic. The increased need for accessible mental health resources has prompted the rise of the digital health sector, with new companies, resources, and job opportunities emerging. Dr. Grill will discuss how she went from being a CAS student to a technology executive using tech-enabled solutions to improve school-based mental health. Mathias attendees will gain insight into addressing mental health from a community-driven perspective and learn about career opportunities in health technology.
Presenter: Dr. Katherine Grill, CEO and co-founder of Neolth and CAS Alumna
Poster Presentations
Humanities | DMTI 210
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Attention in Paul’s Letters
Alexandra KallaherPharmakon: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy & Religious Studies
Andrew Wagner, Alexander Kallaher, Henry Mondschein, and Ayantu Gelan -
Natural Sciences | DMTI 213 (Undergraduate) & 215 (Graduate)
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Developmental tributyltin (TBT) exposure has long-term effects on the zebrafish visual system
Jennifer JensenPerceptual decision making in rodents
Jensen PalmerThe Impact of 3D Printing on Neuroscience Research Advancements
Kevin Chavez LopezTests for Triploid Hardy-Weinberg Proportions
Lexie TysonPosterolateral tumors impact cognitive outcomes in pediatric cerebellar patients
Rebecca TegiacchiAssociations between interoceptive stimulus control and morphine self-administration
Shihui Huang, Anushka Valsan, Garrett Denney, Morgan Scott, Honeyeh Younesie, Sasha Abielmona, and Sophie RobinsonPain Reduction from the Low Glutamate Diet Is Associated with Reduced High Gamma Power from EEG
Sidney Murray, Fahimeh Martami, and Kathleen F. HoltonAnacostia River pollutants impact biological systems in adult Zebrafish model
Abigail McDonaldNegative Illness Perception Increases Morbidity and Mortality in Hepatobiliary Cancer Patients
Alex BentonImpact of Lesion Location on Motor Performance and Behavioral Regulation after Pediatric Cerebellar Tumor
Alexandra KauffmanMolecular Dynamics Simulation of Retrovirus Accessory Protein Vpu Association with the Cellular Membrane
Caroline Arnette and Kedhar NarayanThe Purpose of the EAR motif of SUPERMAN in Arabidopsis thaliana
Charlotte FoegeUnderstanding the effects of developmental BPA exposure via electroretinogram analysis
Claire SelbySparking Middle School Students’ Curiosity to Explain Scientific Phenomena: The Impact of Curiosity-Driven Question Asking on Visual Information Seeking and Mental Imagery
Dalia Abdo KahinBehavioral and Neural Effects of Right Posterolateral Cerebellar Modulation during Semantic Prediction in Autism: A Combined tDCS-fMRI Study
Dana Gawlitzek, Joseph Dust, Laura C. Rice, and Catherine J. StoodleyAssessing the Relationship between Interoceptive Regulation by Satiety and Drug-Induced States
Garrett Denney & Sophie RobinsonImpact of Fluoxetine and Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on the Interoceptive Effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) and Ketamine
Jarin Moonrising, Anushka Valsan, and Sasha AbielmonaInvestigating Behavioral Effects of CBD (Cannabidiol) Treatment on Hyperglycemic Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Justin Ciocirlan and Leehy GertnerExploring oxidative and substrate reactivity of acireductone dioxygenase, a unique moonlighting enzyme, with a second generation Ni(II) N3O system
Kelsey KirschOn-pathway Iron (II) based biomimetic model of the active site of acireductone dioxygenase (ARD)
Lea CarriggVisualizing How an Old Gold-Based Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Works at the Molecular Level
Lea StahrSynthesis of small chemical library of fluorinated NMR probes
Maura FletcherCharacterizing the Relationship Between Multiple Myeloma and Adipocyte Progression
Veronica Locker
Physical Sciences | DMTI 217
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Temperature Stabilization of an Etalon
Benjamin Fausto KanzerExploration of Brownian coating thermal noise uncertainties in Advanced LIGO (aLIGO)
Jasmin MundiSimulation and control of Inverted Pendulum
Jason MemaEutylone pre-exposure has no impact on the aversive effects of cocaine and MDMA: Implications of its hybrid neurochemical mechanisms of action
Nina Ardabili and Shira TanMultimodal One-class Learning for Malicious Online Content Detection
Nora LewisWeyl's Equidistributional Theorem and Space-Filling Irrationals
Sy Hargis and Christopher Merola
Social Sciences | DMTI 221 (Undergraduate) & 219 (Graduate)
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Predictors of IPV Among Transgender Emerging Adults
Avi ShapiroRisk Factors for Physical Violence in the Intimate Relationships of Sexual Minority Emerging Adults
Benjamin KramerMultivariate Patterns of Substance Use, Minority Stress and Contextual Violence Associated with Sexual Revictimization of Lesbian and Bisexual Emerging Adult Women
Candace MoorePerformance Anxiety: Time vs. Task-Completion and Simultaneous vs. Successive-Engagement Competition Effects
Edward Ayers and Alexis RinkerDoes awe influence interpretations of ambiguous stimuli?
Eva FreitesUtilization of Video Analysis Tools for Understanding the Dynamics of Decision Making
Harmain RafiHow are visuospatial skills and strategies used in science-specific tasks?
Jazelle PilatoFamily Accommodation in Intensive/Residential Treatment for Adults with OCD: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis
Kara KelleyMinority Stressors and Substance Use Severity Among Gay Emerging Adult Men: A Person-Centered Analysis
Kelly M. McAleerInfants' Perception of Partially Visible Objects: Pilot Studies
Olivia Lowman2010 Floods and Child Education Outcomes: Evidence from Pakistan
Rida HameedProblem Substance Use Among Bisexual Emerging Adult Men and Women: A Person-Centered Study
Tu DoUsing LLMs to discover emerging coded antisemitic hate-speech in extremist social media
Venkata Dhanush KikkisettiWhat to Watch Next: The Impact of Stereotypic Portrayals of Women in Media
Anastasia MeiningerContraceptive Education: How Does It Impact Decision-Making and Reported User Satisfaction?
Bridget CeploAging in D.C.: Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults
Elizabeth StockbridgeLandscapes of Power: Community Based Agroecology and Rose Farming in Cayambe, Ecuador
Emily StinnefordAn Animal Model of Bias: A Behavioral-Economic Analysis
Emma Pilz#lostandfound: Relic Hunters and Archaeological Ethics in an Online Age
Georgia DolanGuiding the Future Implementation of Our Family Our Future: A Family Resilience Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Onset of Depression and HIV/STI Risk Behavior in South Africa
Hannah ArthurMindful Motherhood: Exploring the Impact of Calma, Conversa y Cria (CCC) on Latina Mothers' Stress Reduction and Adolescent Health
Kacie Jimenez, Isabella Diaz, and Adela CamposanoSpirits of the Past: Archaeology of a Ghost Town
Kaitlyn Rice, Georgia Dolan, Katharine Grace McCartha, Jamie MossDevelopment and Investigation of a Science Trivia Task to Understand Student Curiosity and Learning
Krista Kanu and Sophia StullThe “Good Foreigners”: Racism, Islamophobia, and the Iranian Diaspora
Lili GharakhanzadehExploring the Intersection of Stress and Stress Management in Undergraduate Students at American University
Louise Benning and Nai’la-Mareen MorrisHolistic Approaches to Mitigate Opioid Risks on Campus: Integrating Science and Policy for Fentanyl Harm Reduction among AU Students
Matthew BrinkAre Things Going Swimmingly for Youth Swimmers? A Look at the Mental Health and Well-Being of Summer Swim League Participants
Merete OakesDivine Divides and Economic Differentials: Investigating the Impact of Religious Affiliation and Participation on Gender and Wage Disparities in American Society
Sosina Gebremichael
Breakout Session III
Issues in Gender & Sexuality Studies | DMTI 109
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Marvel’s She-Hulk and How the Media Hypersexualizes Women, Femme-Identifying, and LGBTQ+ Individuals
Branden CunardSex-Ed and Exploration Online: Explicit Fan Fiction and Adolescent Sexual and Gender Self-Discovery
Margaret MurphyThe ‘Susan Dickinson Edition’: Presenting Emily Dickinson’s Poetry Through a New, Familial Lens
Miriam YargerThe Perception and Use of Unprescribed HRT in the Transgender Community
Olivia Carleu
The Many Influences on Body Image | DMTI 115
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Hair Nostalgia
Alexis FrorupEthical Explorations in Cross-Cultural Tattooing
Isabella GrassoThe Portrayal of Masculinity in Social Media
Jantzen Washington
Economics, Business, & Society | DMTI 114
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The Impact of Horror Tourism in Salem
Alexander GrossmanOrchestral Longevity: Fostering Community-centric Audience Development
Faith (Smith) RingDoes Participating in Global Value Chains Lead to Export Quality Upgrading
Lin ShiOn the High Road? International Trade and the Belt and Road Initiative in Vietnam and Rwanda
MacKenzie BurgoyneThrift: Mapping Socioeconomic Inequality in the Secondhand Shopping Scene of Washington, D.C.
Noa Conn
New Historical Perspectives | DMTI 116
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"Refuge In The Glory of Our Siege”: Building Palestinian Feminist Futures Through Hiba Abu Nada’s Poetry
Gabriella HoardThe (Re)humanization of Black Bodies through Human Trafficking Narratives in Postcolonial Literature
Gianell LopezTitanic Emotions: The Affective Appeal of the Cinema of Disasters
Paul KleinTo Commemorate or Not to Commemorate: A History of the Remembrance of Irish Revolutionaries from 1922 to 2022
Stephanie RahtzConquest of the Northmen: A Study of Norman Colonialism in 11th Century Medieval England
Tyler Batstone
Language, Race, and Identity | DMTI 119
Felici-drag-es: Testing the Performance and Perception of Sexuality in Spanish TV Media
Aidan Dowell
The Past is Present: A Case for Expanded Epistemologies and Methodologies of History in Health Research
Elise Ferrer
The impact of biracial identity on code-switching
Selene Malench
New Technologies, Practical Uses | DMTI 121
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An Adaptive Method Based on Machine Learning for the State-of-Charge and State-of-Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Ben WenigInfection Clustering: A Bio-inspired Algorithm for Data Analysis
Collin CoilAnalysis of Temporal & Frequency Structure in Digital Music
Harry PhamAre Humans Machines?: The Synergetic Relationship Between the Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence
Mariya MalikCybersecurity Risk Probabilities Modeled in NetworkX
Sam Spivak