Oral Presentations

Time UC 312
DR. JULIE OAKES
MODERATOR
UC 310
PETER DECRESCENZO & COREY CARTER
MODERATORS
UC 204
DR. STEPHEN MILLER
MODERATOR
9:45 – 10 a.m. Monica Richardson-Mitchell
Shakespeare and Gender
Samara Pyfrom
Flood Patterns and Community Engagement: Mapping Flood Perceptions in a Coastal Belizean Community
Arian Nyandjo
Characterizing the Distribution of GADD45B, A Candidate Mediator of Hypoxia-Adaptation
10 – 10:15 a.m. Ousmane Diop
Infinite Spectrum: A Queer Self-Portrait Exhibition, Echoes of Mapplethorpe, Muholi and Many other Queer Artists
Jameelah Destry
The Effect of Urbanization on Macroinvertebrates in Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems
Caly Ferguson
Decoding Hand Movements from Electromyographic Signals Toward a Near-Natural Prosthesis
10:20 – 10:35 a.m. Michaela Clark
Healthcare in the Korean Joseon Dynasty
Nyla Howell
Equity in the Eye of the Storm: Unveiling Environmental Injustices and Cultivating Resilience in Harlem Park, Baltimore
Ajeetha Arudchandran
Transcriptional Characterization of Nephrogenic Adenoma
10:40 – 10:55 a.m. Jamie Mamana
Japanese Knitting: Understanding the Style and Migration into America
Maya Hunn
Campus Food Insecurity: Maryland Public 2- and 4-year Colleges
Arjun Kanjarpane
Elucidating Possible Interactions Between HIV-1 Rev And Gag On Stem 1 Of The Rev Response Element
11 – 11:15 a.m. Polina Kassir
Reading the Library: An Ethnography of Place in one Baltimore City Library
Khoa Tran
Fishing for Social Inequities: An Exploration of the Sexual and Oriental in Les Pêcheurs De Perles
Shoyab Shaik
Using Fluorophore Quantum Yield as an Indicator of Determining Plasmonic Current
11:20 – 11:35 a.m. Karla Press-Porter
Maryland Perspectives on the use of the Phrase “Defund the Police”
Grace Morris
Family Abolition and Mythologized Motherhood in Jesmyn Ward’s Bois Sauvage Series
Aiden Mihalik
Enhancing Plasmonic Current Using Gold Colloids and Reducing Fluorescence Quenching
11:40 – 11:55 a.m. Tristan Diaz
From Trash to Treasure: Toxic Tourism, Subjunctive Measures of Safety, and Redevelopment in the Baltimore Inner Harbor
Anna Adelstein
Structural Studies of an HIV-1 Packaging Inhibitor that Targets the Viral RNA
Evalynn Ellison
A Synthetic Data Generator to Accelerate Machine Learning Algorithm Development
Noon – 12:15 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ayeoritse Tuedon
Developing an In Vitro Model for Asthma Pathogenesis
Meklit Yante
Can Posterior AFOs Be 3D Printed with Optimized Mechanical Performance and Lower Cost Compared to Traditional AFOs?
12:20 – 12:35 p.m. Cielo McClain
Left Behind: Misrepresented Afro-Latinas
Andrew Opincar
The Role of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Mediating Cell Migration in Drosophila Melanogaster Egg Chambers
12:40 – 12:55 p.m. Leonardo Swafford
Locating the Orient in Irish Musical Traditions
Rachel Fischer
The Role of Feedback and Attention in Learning During Educational Instruction

Time UC 312
DR. CAROLYN FORESTIERE
MODERATOR
UC 310
ZOE BROWN
MODERATORS
UC 204
DR. FERNANDO VONHOFF
MODERATOR
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Kira Ng
Mapping from the Heart Out: Digital Storytelling and Interracial Asian American Narratives
Jenna Beshara
An Exploration of the Natural World through Art: Series of Landscape Paintings Made with All Natural Pigments
Samuel Barnett
Structural and Procedural Confirmation of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae RAS G19C for Modeling KRAS G12C Cancers
1:35 – 1:50 p.m. Katelyn O’Connor
Dance as Language: A Choreographic Exploration of the Interpretation of Idiomatic Phrases in the English Language
Peter Wilschke
The Political Economy of State Fiscal Cyclicality
Sarah Chen
A Hyperbolic Variant of Tic-Tac-Toe
1:55 – 2:10 p.m. Amina Thiam
Medieval West Africa and its Influence on Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Early Modern Atlantic Region
Taylor Phelps
Politics of Education: How a Political Movement Fueled Controversy at Queen Anne’s County Public Schools
Molly Quinn Walker
Community Investment in Baltimore Hospital Systems
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Brandon Gouin
Finding Accessible Performance Options in the Instrumental Theater Canon
Khady Wade
Depression, Community Connectedness and Sense of Support in College Students: Comparing Different Student Groups
Erica Koenig
A Cunt by Any Other Name – Where Has It Been and Where Can It Go from Here?
2:35 – 2:50 p.m. Julie Do
Spatiotemporal Variations in Ethnic and Racial Disparities of U.S. Heart Disease Mortality
Juelle Lee
Checked Out: Public Libraries as Sites of Assimilation
Gina Khan
Identity Formation of Half-Korean Biracial Individuals Living in South Korea
2:55 – 3:10 p.m. Beatrice Ieronimo
With Love, Elio: An Artist’s Path to Happiness
Ren Reiter
Navigating Gender Identity in Dance
India Kelly
When Puigpardines was Lord of Karditsa
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Mare Chavez
Spinning Poetry, Weaving Tales: Latin Literature and the Reconstruction of Roman Textile Techniques
Alexis Tyson
Designing Dialogue: Exploring the Intersection of Graphic Design and Community Preservation
Dinaz Hasim
Education in the Xinjiang the Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)
3:35 – 3:50 p.m. Andy Quach and
Alexis Johnson

Experiencing Grants Research Administration: Two Students’ Journeys in Research Administration
Moanililia Miller
An Ethnographic Exploration of Diversity and Connection on a Multicultural University Campus
Jada Gross
A Tale of Two Cities: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Spatial Apartheid in Baltimore and Cape Town
3:55 – 4:10 p.m. Joy Ware
Enhancing Representation in Educational Technology and Multimedia Strategies
Julia Palmer
Pushed to the Edge: Homeland Outcasts