Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), one of the largest university-based symposia in the country and FSU's only all-campus interdisciplinary undergraduate research showcase, provides undergraduate students from all majors the opportunity to present their work to the wider community.


ENGLISH MAJORS' PRESENTATIONS

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Allyson Abarca

Major: English-Creative Writing—Poster Session 4: 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. / 304

Presentation information: Florida’s Pocahontas: Evolving Narratives of Milly Francis (1803–1848)

 

 

 

 

 
Fiona Adair

Major: English-Editing, Writing, and Media—Poster Session 5: 4 p.m.–5 p.m. / 53

Presentation information: Creating Access to the Perra Bell Library

 

 

 

 

 
Dylan Bernowitz

Major: English-Creative Writing—Poster Session 2: 10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. / 404

Presentation information: Expression and Purification of a Radical S-adenosyl-L-Methionine Enzyme

 

 

 

 
Nicole Cohen

Majors: English-Editing, Writing, and Media; Media and Communication Studies—Poster Session 4: 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. / 304

Presentation information: What Made the Barbie Movie So Successful?

 

 

 

 
Angelina Dobbs

Majors: English-Editing, Writing, and Media; Psychology—Poster Session 4: 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. / 340

Presentation information: Culture, Conversations, and Social Networks in 18th- & 19th- Century Italy - Reframing Identity: Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi's Cultural Networks

 

 

 

 
Kate Eason

Majors: English-Editing, Writing, and Media; Economics—Poster Session 4: 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. / 76

Presentation information: Youth Development and Sport

 

 

 

 

 
Raphaela Fernandes

Majors: English-Editing, Writing and Media; Political Science—Poster Session 2: 10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. / 206

Presentation information: Understanding Intimate Partner Violence: The Social Norms and Intervention Opportunities That Impact a Victim's Willingness to Disclose

 

 

 

 
Isabelle Krukoski

Majors: English-Editing, Writing, and Media; Media and Communications—Poster Session 2: 10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. / 206

Presentation information: Understanding Intimate Partner Violence: The Social Norms and Intervention Opportunities That Impact a Victim's Willingness to Disclose

 

 

 

 

 
Kelsie Fernandez

Majors: English-Literature, Media, and Culture; Humanities—Poster Session 1: 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. / 421

Presentation information: Artful Networks: Angelica Kauffman and Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi's Salons

 

 

 

 

 

 
Cameron Glymph

Majors: English-Editing, Writing and Media; Political Science—Poster Session 3: 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. / 288

Presentation information: Library in a Box

 

 

 

 

 
Maddox Goodman

Majors: English-Editing, Writing, and Media; Philosophy—Poster Session 2: 10:45 a.m.–1:45 a.m. / 386

Presentation information: The Rosenstrasse Protest: Remembering the Brave Women Who stood up for their Jewish Husbands Student

 

 

 

 
Jihyeon Jeon

Major: English-Creative Writing—Poster Session 5: 4 p.m.–5 p.m. / 396

Presentation information: Adopting educational games in K-12 teaching— From teachers' perspectives

 

 

 

 

 
Kaysyn Jones

Majors: English-Editing, Writing, and Media; African American Studies—Poster Session 1: 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. / 391

Presentation information: Moscow in the Harlem Renaissance

 

 

 

 

 
Aishat Lawal

Majors: English-Literature, Media, and Culture; Theatre—Poster Session 3: 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. / 291

Presentation information: Cocoa in the Dark: Film Festival Strategy and Understanding the Film Market

 

 

 

 

 
Sofia Nuonno

Majors: English-Literature, Media, and Culture; Art History—Poster Session 3: 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. / 261

Presentation information: "Dante Today": How Dantean Literature Influenced Visual Arts

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hanna Perry

Majors: English-Literature, Media, and Culture; Environmental Science/Policy—Poster Session 1: 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. / 301

Presentation information: Faithfulness Can't Guarantee Retention: Studying Emotional Labor Effects on Religious Leader's Turnover Intention

 

 

 

 

 
Alyna Santos Bodart

Majors: English-Creative Writing; Studio Art—Poster Session 3: 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. / 444

Presentation information: Forked Roads: The Beginning of a Webcomic

 

 

 

 

 

 
Lark Stafford

Major: English-Creative Writing—Poster Session 3: 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. / 126

Presentation information: Adult Survivors’ of CSA Experiences with Parent Disclosure Response

 

 

 

 

 

 
Chloe Wain

Majors: English-Editing, Writing, & Media; Political Science; Economics—Poster Session 3: 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. / 171

Presentation information: A Legal & Economic Analysis of the Expanded Definition of “Public Use” in Eminent Domain Proceedings in Tallahassee, Florida

 

 

 

 

 
Alyssa Yon

Majors: English Literature/Media/Culture and Political Science—Poster Session 4: 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. / 304

Presentation information: Graduate Students' Construction of Professional Selves

 

 

 

 


Four students with majors other than English collaborated with English department members for their research presentation.

Mia Biton

Majors: Theatre; Political Science—Poster Session 4: 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. / 444

Mentor: Brittany Barron, doctoral candidate in Rhetoric and Composition

Presentation information: I'm 100% That Bitch with a Blank Space: The Feminism(s) and Feminist Rhetorical Strategies of Taylor Swift and Lizzo

 

Michael Moreo and Kayla Potts

Michael Moreo Major: Environmental Science; Kayla Potts Major: Risk Management & Insurance—Poster Session 1: 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. / 246

Mentor: Aaron Rodriguez, doctoral candidate in Rhetoric and Composition

Michael Moreo's presentation information: Investigating the Influence of Comprehension Questions on Readers’ Gaze in Graphic Narratives

Kayla Potts' presentation information: Investigating the Influence of Comprehension Questions on Readers’ Gaze in Graphic Narratives 

 

Mikayla Robinson

Major: Economics—Poster Session 2: 10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. / 80

Mentor: Dr. Milinda Jay Stephenson, English department, Panama City Beach Campus

Presentation information: The Growth of Housing Insecurity in College and its Effects on Students