Diversity Research Showcase
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7th Annual University-Wide Diversity Research Showcase
January 19, 2024 1:00-5:00PM
MSU Union
Featuring MSU undergraduate student work or work in progress on issues of diversity that advance inclusion.
Presenter Information
DRS presenter applications are due by 11:59PM ET on December 17, 2023.
Presenter Registration Link
DRS Application Support
- For a preview of the Symposium presenter application, access the DRS Presenter Registration Preview.
- Access the recording from our application prep workshop: Presenting at the 2024 Diversity Research Showcase
- Oral presentation resources from Undergraduate Research
- Poster presentation resources from Undergraduate Research
Event Information
Attendee Registration Link
Tentative Schedule
– 1:00-2:00PM Poster presentations and networking
– 2:00-4:00PM Oral presentations
– 4:00-4:30PM Reception
– 4:30-5:00PM Awards and Dean’s remarks
Thanks to generous donations from our program sponsors, award amounts have been increased to $500, $650, and $800 for oral and poster prize winners, with two additional awards of $300 for students in the preliminary stages of conducting research.
Questions/concerns about presenter or attendee registration may be directed to Isabella Figueroa (figue112@msu.edu).
2023 Awards
- 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
- Alissa Hakim, third-year, Honors College, Arts and Humanities & Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy
- 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
- Ann Ketchum, second-year, Honors College, Elementary Education
- Second Prize Poster
- Miquela Ochoa, fourth-year, Hospitality Business
- Why DEI is Critical to Rectifying the Labor Crisis
- Research mentor: Dr. MiRan Kim
- Miquela Ochoa, fourth-year, Hospitality Business
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Jonah Cumings (second-year, Honors College, Political Science-Prelaw) and Josie Danielkiewicz (second-year, Honors College, Political Science-Prelaw)
- 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
- Destiny Kanning, second-year, Human Biology
- 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
- 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)
Read more about our previous award winners:
- 2022 DRS award winners
- 2021 DRS award winners
- 2020 DRS award winners
- 2019 DRS award winners
- 2018 DRS award winners
Thank you to our 2024 DRS partners!
The Honors College
Undergraduate Research
Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
MSU Libraries
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
College of Arts and Letters
Broad College of Business
College of Natural Science
College of Social Science
Spartan Life & Engagement