Oral Presentations

Castles, Lands, and Locks: Exploring the Social Capital of Heritage Sites

Loren Carter, Oberlin College

PANEL: Anthropology Honors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Baron Pineda

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Characterizing the Geomorphic Role of Large Wood in Non-Urban NE Ohio Streams

Kira Dobbins, Oberlin College

PANEL: Interdisciplinary Discussions of Ecological Dynamics & Evolutionary Processes
Mudd 113
Moderator: Thom Dawkins

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Chronic Advocacy: Disability and Resistance in Higher Education

Mimi Montefiore, Oberlin College

PANEL: Anthropology Honors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Baron Pineda

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Investigating Carbon and Oxygen Dynamics in Lake Erie: A Machine Learning Approach to Analyzing Seasonal and Interannual Drivers

Abby Goda, Oberlin College
Rachel Eveleth, Oberlin College

PANEL: Interdisciplinary Discussions of Ecological Dynamics & Evolutionary Processes
Mudd 113
Moderator: Thom Dawkins

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

“Blessings from the North Star”: A Life History of Japanese Charms in the Oberlin College Ethnographic Collection

Mimi Montefiore, Oberlin College

PANEL: Archaeology Honors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Drew Wilburn

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Bulls and Barrels: Gendered Identities in Contemporary American Rodeo

Ruby Feuerstein, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors
King 341
Moderator: Greggor Mattson

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Exploring the C63 Structure at Karanis: Evidence and Reassessment of Barrack Use

Grayson Ross, Oberlin College

PANEL: Archaeology Honors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Drew Wilburn

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Global Health Concentration Journey

Leann Torrez, Oberlin College

PANEL: Explorations in Psychology and Global Health
CELA A019
Moderator: Samantha Rohner

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Keys to the Bath: Security and Social Dynamics in Roman Cosa

Lucas Mellon, Oberlin College

PANEL: Archaeology Honors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Drew Wilburn

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Mapping Assimilation: The Geographic Evolution of Jewish Migration in America (1890-2020)

Abby Rickin-Marks, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors
King 341
Moderator: Greggor Mattson

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Mystical Materialism: Unreason and Robert Sullivan’s Star Waka as Navigation for Postmodernity

Aliyah Lee, Oberlin College

PANEL: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Senior Fellows Part I
Mudd 113
Moderator: Kathryn Metz

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Impact of Cross-Racial Social Contact on Multiracial Perception

Gideon Reed, Oberlin College

PANEL: Explorations in Psychology and Global Health
CELA A019
Moderator: Samantha Rohner

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Trans* in the Workplace: Power and Agency

Cal Ransom, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors
King 341
Moderator: Greggor Mattson

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Causal and Predictive Modeling of 30-Day Readmission Risk Among Hypertensive Patients Using Nationwide Readmissions Database

Bridget Heinzerling, Oberlin College
Tobi Bui, Oberlin College
Wyatt Frame, Oberlin College

PANEL: Studying & Advancing Healthcare Outcomes
Science Center A254
Moderator: Gaybe Moore

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

East Asian American Identities and Asexualities

Katelyn Liu, Oberlin College

PANEL: Queer Imaginations & Identity
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Karen Reynolds

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Hypersexualization and Disproportionate Punishments of Black Girls in All-Girl Catholic High Schools

Ella Powell, Oberlin College

PANEL: Black & Latine Experiences in Education
Wilder 101
Moderator: Christina Neilson

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

"Music & Movement" Early Childhood Education for Latine Students in San Francisco

Lila Sanchez, Oberlin College

PANEL: Black & Latine Experiences in Education
Wilder 101
Moderator: Christina Neilson

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Trends and Risk Factors in Breast Cancer: Analyzing Incidence, Outcomes, and Associations

Rachael Diaz Sanz, Oberlin College
Zeinab Mohamed, Oberlin College

PANEL: Studying & Advancing Healthcare Outcomes
Science Center A254
Moderator: Gaybe Moore

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Graph Theory and Black-work Cross Stitch

Bridget Heinzerling, Oberlin College

PANEL: Quantitative Approaches to Performance & Modeling
Science Center A254
Moderator: Abby Aresty

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Moral Encroachment in Belief Formation: Balancing Evidence and Ethical Stakes

Ananya Sayani, Oberlin College

PANEL: Environmental & Moral Considerations Through Different Perspectives
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Karen Reynolds

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Predicting MLB Hitter Performance Using Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling of Weighted On-Base Average (wOBA)

Max Wassarman, Oberlin College

PANEL: Quantitative Approaches to Performance & Modeling
Science Center A254
Moderator: Abby Aresty

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Prime Theta-Curves from Torus Knots

Sam Nieman, Oberlin College
Jack Calcut, Oberlin College

PANEL: Quantitative Approaches to Performance & Modeling
Science Center A254
Moderator: Abby Aresty

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Borderlandia: The Art and Language of Chicanos as Exemplified in Enrique Chagoya’s Work

Lluvia Muñoz, Oberlin College

PANEL: Constructing & Navigating Identity
CELA A019
Moderator: Gabby Valentine

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Indigenous Whaling Rights and the IWC: Two Rhetorics

Lily Nobel, Oberlin College

PANEL: Voices of Resistance & Resilience
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Jennifer Fraser

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Mālama I Ka Loʻi Kalo: Kānaka Hawaiʻi Health and Wellbeing Within the Continental U.S. Hawaiian Diaspora

Isabel Kanoelani Handa, Oberlin College

PANEL: Voices of Resistance & Resilience
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Jennifer Fraser

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Ontological Insecurity and Construction of Identity in Irish America

Owen Potter, Oberlin College

PANEL: Constructing & Navigating Identity
CELA A019
Moderator: Gabby Valentine

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Politics of Social Movement and Natural Resource Extraction in Peru: An Analysis of Dialogue Tables

Walter Thomas-Patterson, Oberlin College

PANEL: Voices of Resistance & Resilience
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Jennifer Fraser

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Symbolism of the Andean Condor: Its Meaning in the Indigenous Cosmology, Culture, and National Identity of Ecuador and the Andean Region

Sylvia S. Carter-Smith, Oberlin College

PANEL: Constructing & Navigating Identity
CELA A019
Moderator: Gabby Valentine

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM