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2026
Friday, May 1st
10:00 AM

Are Conservative Spokespeople More Effective at Communicating About Climate Change to Conservatives?

Tom Holmes, Oberlin College
Cynthia M. Frantz, Oberlin College
John E. Petersen, Oberlin College

PANEL: Climate Change Communication and Systems Thinking
CELA A019
Moderator: Cindy Frantz

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

Can exposure to localized climate information increase support for climate policies?

Chau Anh Tran, Oberlin College
Michelle Chen, Oberlin College
Arlo Zang, Oberlin College
Cynthia M. Frantz, Oberlin College
John E. Petersen, Oberlin College

PANEL: Climate Change Communication and Systems Thinking
CELA A019
Moderator: Cindy Frantz

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

Contesting the Military Bases: Chatan, Okinawa and Approaching Political Redress in Municipal Governance

Adriana Hernandez, Oberlin College

PANEL: International Case Studies: Land Use, Politics, & Literature
Mudd 113
Moderator: Karen Reynolds

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

Nonsentential syntax in Classical Nahuatl

Rafael Río Hart, Oberlin College

PANEL: A State of the Field: Conversations and New Directions in Hispanic Studies
Wilder 101
Moderator: Ana María Díaz Burgos

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

Systems Thinking in Medicine

Carly Hsu, Oberlin College
Cynthia M. Frantz, Oberlin College
John E. Petersen, Oberlin College
Jackson Vanlandingham, University of Arizona
Jonathan Cartsonis, University of Arizona

PANEL: Climate Change Communication and Systems Thinking
CELA A019
Moderator: Cindy Frantz

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:00 AM

"Tupi or Not Tupi": Connections between Bakhtin's Grotesque and Anthropophagy in Early Brazilian Modernism

Sasha Kolb, Oberlin College

PANEL: International Case Studies: Land Use, Politics, & Literature
Mudd 113
Moderator: Karen Reynolds

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

“A Simulacrum of Christ”: Musical Creativity as an Echo of the Divine in Female Monastic Spaces

Alexis Mérane Hart, Oberlin College

PANEL: Music Analysis, Culture, & Community
Mudd 113
Moderator: Christina Neilson

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Anti-Transgenderism in the US Sociopolitical Realm

Jasper King, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. I
King 341
Moderator: Christie Parris

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Beyond the Rec Room: Identity development among facilitators of prison arts outreach programs

Ana Howard, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. I
King 341
Moderator: Christie Parris

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Bordilandia: The Art and Language of Chicanos as Exemplified Through Enrique Chagoya and Los Four

Lluvia Muñoz, Oberlin College

PANEL: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Seniors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Kathryn Metz

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

11:00 AM

East Asian American Identities and Asexualities

Katelyn Liu, Oberlin College

PANEL: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Seniors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Kathryn Metz

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

11:00 AM

Exploring Healthcare in Underserved Communities: Urban and Rural Perspectives

Suzie Vo, Oberlin College

PANEL: Global Health Perspectives
Learning Lab, Peters Hall
Moderator: Samantha Rohner

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Gender Socialization, Gender Role and Marriage Perception in East Asia Society

Wangzhe (Ashley) Jin, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. I
King 341
Moderator: Christie Parris

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Helpfulness as a Method of Reducing Support for Anti-Trans Legislation

Rebecca Totton, Oberlin College
Justin (Jessie) Carney, Oberlin College
Roxie Freifeld, Oberlin College
Nora Holder, Oberlin College
Ali Eppinga, Oberlin College

PANEL: Insights into Social Change & Human Behavior
CELA A019
Moderator: Mary Rose

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

I'm a Child not a Video Vixen: The Caricature of Black Women and Hip-Hop’s Conformity Towards the Patriarchy

Maya Battle, Oberlin College

PANEL: Music Analysis, Culture, & Community
Mudd 113
Moderator: Christina Neilson

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

It's Not Art, It's Worship: Transmission, Community, and the Limits of Revival in Gaelic Psalmody

Molly Davis, Oberlin College

PANEL: Music Analysis, Culture, & Community
Mudd 113
Moderator: Christina Neilson

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

MedWish International Internship: Humanitarian Aid in Cleveland

Josie Macdonald, Oberlin College

PANEL: Global Health Perspectives
Learning Lab, Peters Hall
Moderator: Samantha Rohner

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Navigating Sexual Identity and Literacy: The Influence of Modern Pornographic Culture on Asian American Women

Natalie Sipress, Oberlin College

PANEL: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Seniors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Kathryn Metz

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

11:00 AM

Porn and Power: An Exploration of Sexual Identity, Literacy, and Internalized Scripts Among College Women

Natalie Sipress, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. I
King 341
Moderator: Christie Parris

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Probing vs Declarative Ads

Emily Young, Oberlin College

PANEL: Insights into Social Change & Human Behavior
CELA A019
Moderator: Mary Rose

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Serving the Public: How Public Places Function in Lorain County

Imogen Russell, Oberlin College
Lucy Goebel, Oberlin College
Fi Goldman, Oberlin College
Ana Howard, Oberlin College
Chalanta Baldeo, Oberlin College
Slyvie Cove, Oberlin College
Jamie Carlile, Oberlin College
Alex Hunkins, Oberlin College
Dakota Wynn, Oberlin College
August Hilderbrand, Oberlin College
Kiera Leitch, Oberlin College
Ruby Moyotl, Oberlin College
Sasha Borislow, Oberlin College
Zoe Stephens, Oberlin College

PANEL: Insights into Social Change & Human Behavior
CELA A019
Moderator: Mary Rose

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

The Sound of 'Progress': Jazz and Gentrified Urban Aesthetics in Video Games

Marcus Jensen, Oberlin College

PANEL: Music Analysis, Culture, & Community
Mudd 113
Moderator: Christina Neilson

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Theorizing Diasporic Hawaiian Indigeneity: Wellbeing Practices in Diaspora-based Halau Hula

Isabel Kanoelani Handa, Oberlin College

PANEL: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Seniors
Wilder 101
Moderator: Kathryn Metz

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

2:30 PM

Assessing the Capacity of Iron-Amended Biochar to Remove Phosphorus from Wastewater

Anjali Vuksanaj, Oberlin College
Ella Kavanaugh, Oberlin College
John E. Petersen, Oberlin College

PANEL: Biological and Environmental Chemistry
Science Center A154
Moderator: Gaybe Moore

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Effect of Curli on E. coli Biofilm Growth with Carbohydrates

Rowan Duncan, Oberlin College
Lisa Ryno, Oberlin College

PANEL: Biological and Environmental Chemistry
Science Center A154
Moderator: Gaybe Moore

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Embodied Culture: Travel as an Act of Transformation

Maja Saveva, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. I
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Investigating the effect of antioxidants and free radical producers on glyphosate-induced damage in the immune system of Galleria mellonella

Ujjaini Saha, Oberlin College

PANEL: Biological and Environmental Chemistry
Science Center A154
Moderator: Gaybe Moore

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

La Matanza de Nuestras Historias: The Salvadoran Suffering Forced into the Shadows of Media

Marta Sarahi Reyes, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. I
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Letters from the Abyss: Epistolary Form and the Unknowable in Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horror

Travis O'Daniel, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. I
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Oberlin and the Ojibwe: Cultural Collections as a Gateway for Examining Oberlin’s Missionary History in Minnesota

Sal Burkhardt, Oberlin College

PANEL: Archaeological Studies Senior Capstone Projects
Mudd 113
Moderator: Christina Neilson

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

Teaching Difficult Histories: Pedagogy for Young Audiences About the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and A-bomb Survivor Trees

Kisa Biely, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. I
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

2:30 PM

The Persistence of Place: Reinterpreting Landscape in the Christianization of Ireland

Amelia June Ocampo, Oberlin College

PANEL: Archaeological Studies Senior Capstone Projects
Mudd 113
Moderator: Christina Neilson

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM

A Sense of Scott: Audio Documentary and the Transmission of Affect

Ilan Kahanov, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. II
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

Art Criticism as Categorical Reasoning

Madeline Jester, Oberlin College

PANEL: Intersections in Art, Philosophy, and Place
Mudd 113
Moderator: Kipp Colvin

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

Back to Our Raices: Mexican American Fashion as a Mode of Representation and Resistance

Natalie Gamino, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. II
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

EU Accession and LGBT+ Rights in Ukraine

Katia Chapin, Oberlin College

PANEL: Politics Honors Pt. I
Wilder 101
Moderator: David Forrest

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

From Disruptive Politics to Constitutional Politics: The Failed Institutionalization of Demands for Socioeconomic Equality in Chile’s Estallido Social

Maeve Southard-Wray, Oberlin College

PANEL: Politics Honors Pt. I
Wilder 101
Moderator: David Forrest

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

Interactions of Psychostimulant-Induced Striatal Dopamine and Astrocyte Activity

Selena Frantz, Oberlin College
Danika Cader, Oberlin College
Swaranya Sarkar, Oberlin College
Solomon Chang, Oberlin College
Christopher Howard, Oberlin College

PANEL: Biomedical Applications
Science Center A154
Moderator: Abby Aresty

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

Medium, Transmission, and Representability in Anti-fascist Art

Eleanor Bolker, Oberlin College

PANEL: Intersections in Art, Philosophy, and Place
Mudd 113
Moderator: Kipp Colvin

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

Rosatom Overseas: Russia's Nuclear Energy Empire

Lucas Daley, Oberlin College

PANEL: Politics Honors Pt. I
Wilder 101
Moderator: David Forrest

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

Tappan Square: A Ghost Story

Camille Thorp, Oberlin College

PANEL: Intersections in Art, Philosophy, and Place
Mudd 113
Moderator: Kipp Colvin

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

Teleosemantics and Pluralism about Functions

Naomi Hartog, Oberlin College

PANEL: Intersections in Art, Philosophy, and Place
Mudd 113
Moderator: Kipp Colvin

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

3:30 PM

The Oberlin Parking Problem: The Pet Peeve and The Potential Payoff of Asking Questions

Danielle Leydon, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. II
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM

Abolitionist Activist Perceptions of Alternative Justice Solution and Criminalized Deviance

Ethan Rosen, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. II
Mudd 113
Moderator: Greggor Mattson

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

An Exploration of First-Generation Educational and Career Pathways

Emily Scott, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. II
Mudd 113
Moderator: Greggor Mattson

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Anomalous Voting Patterns in the Rural South

Michael Herscovici, Oberlin College

PANEL: Politics Honors Pt. II
Wilder 101
Moderator: David Forrest

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Bitten and Burdened: Rethinking Snakebite Risk Through Exposure, Behavior, and Spatial Patterns in North Carolina

Ellie Potts, Oberlin College

PANEL: Biodiversity and Species Distributions
Science Center A154
Moderator: Abby Aresty

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

How do anthropogenic disturbance, insect diversity and bird diversity intersect? A study based on three sites in Northern Ohio

Ella Kavanaugh, Oberlin College
Micaela A. Tahta Dadourian, Oberlin College
Isla McCullough, Oberlin College
Jason Gleditsch, Oberlin College

PANEL: Biodiversity and Species Distributions
Science Center A154
Moderator: Abby Aresty

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Instability in the Code: The Legal Ambiguity of Domestic Terrorism in U.S. State Law

Sahil Kalé Novetzke, Oberlin College

PANEL: Politics Honors Pt. II
Wilder 101
Moderator: David Forrest

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Investigating the impacts of justice-focused environmental education

Meena Lee, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. II
Mudd 113
Moderator: Greggor Mattson

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

National Populisms

James Purcell, Oberlin College

PANEL: Sociology Honors Pt. II
Wilder 101
Moderator: Greggor Mattson

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Neutrality as Violence: Ideology and Thoughtlessness within ICE

Gabrielle Grau, Oberlin College

PANEL: Politics Honors Pt. II
Wilder 101
Moderator: David Forrest

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Ojibwe Wetland Conservation Approaches: Peat Bog Resource Use and Protection in Red Lake, Leech Lake, and Sax-Zim Bog

Luke Moeller, Oberlin College

PANEL: Intersectional Perspectives on Education
CELA A019
Moderator: Mary Rose

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Progessive Ballot Measures As a Tool

Madeline Epstein, Oberlin College

PANEL: Politics Honors Pt. II
Wilder 101
Moderator: David Forrest

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

Reporting From the Spectrum: The Unconventional Experiences of Autistic Journalists

Rory Gielty, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. III
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

The History and Archiving of Oberlin's Experimental College

Abby Fiedler, Oberlin College

PANEL: Intersectional Perspectives on Education
CELA A019
Moderator: Mary Rose

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

“The Manufactured Clash of Civilizations”: The Imperialist Rhetoric of Western Journalism on Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine

Erica Kim, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. III
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

4:30 PM

The Pitch Behind the Program: How Communication Shapes College Football Recruiting

Jacob Epps, Oberlin College

PANEL: Communication Capstone Pt. III
CELA Moffett
Moderator: Cortney Smith

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM