Diversity Research Showcase

SAVE THE DATE!

7th Annual University-Wide Diversity Research Showcase

January 19, 2024 1:00-5:00PM

MSU Union

2024 DRS presenter applications will be available November 1-December 17, 2023.

Featuring MSU undergraduate student work or work in progress on issues of diversity that advance inclusion.

For a preview of the Symposium application, access the DRS Presentation Registration Preview.

2023 Awards

Thanks to generous donations from our program sponsors, award amounts were set at $300, $500, and $700 for oral and poster prize winners, with an additional two awards of $250 for students in the preliminary stages of conducting research.

Preliminary Research Award for Research in Progress
- Alissa Hakim, third-year, Honors College, Arts and Humanities & Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy
  - Variable Patterns in Risks and Their Levels Amongst Diverse Juveniles
  - Research mentor: Dr. Caitlin Cavanaugh
- Natalia Warthen, fourth-year, Honors College, Saxophone Performance
  - Saxophone in Progress: Diversifying Classical Music as Modern Musicians
  - Research mentor: Joe Lulloff
Third Prize Poster
- Ann Ketchum, second-year, Honors College, Elementary Education
  - When Good Intentions Are Not Enough: A Look into Issues of Diversity in Rural Elementary Education Settings
  - Research mentor: Dr. Terah Chambers
Second Prize Poster
- Miquela Ochoa, fourth-year, Hospitality Business
  - Why DEI is Critical to Rectifying the Labor Crisis
  - Research mentor: Dr. MiRan Kim
First Prize Poster
- Jerome Hamilton, Jr. (second-year, Honors College, Political Science-Prelaw), Nel Robinson (second-year, Honors College, African American & African Studies and Political Science), and Sharmila Suresh (third-year, Honors College, Economics)
  - Television News and the (Mis)Representation of Cocaine and Opioid Users: A Systematic Study of NBC Nightly News
  - Research mentor: Dr. John Waller
Third Place Oral
- Jonah Cumings (second-year, Honors College, Political Science-Prelaw) and Josie Danielkiewicz (second-year, Honors College, Political Science-Prelaw)
  - Television News and the (Mis)Representation of Cocaine and Opioid Users: A Systematic Study of NBC Nightly News Reports
  - Research mentor: Dr. John Waller
Second Place Oral
- Destiny Kanning, second-year, Human Biology
  - Studying Negative Social Effects and Misconceptions of Cystic Fibrosis of Patients Aged 17-24, Preliminary Discussion for Pulmonary Organoid Development
  - Research mentors: Dr. Ryan Thomas, MD and Ashlee Price, RN
First Place Oral
- Olivia Brenner (third-year, Honors College, Hospitality Business), Layna Cho (fifth-year, Hospitality Business), Lauryn Davis (second-year, Linguistics), and Miquela Ochoa (fourth-year, Hospitality Business)
  - Exploring the Impact of K-Culture Experience on Cultural Diversity Understanding: Do Gender and Race/Ethnicity Matter?
  - Research mentors: Dr. MiRan Kim and Dr. Ok-sook Park

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2023 DRS SPONSORS:

The Honors College
Undergraduate Research Office
Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
College of Arts and Letters
James Madison College
College of Social Science