2023 Undergraduate Researcher Presentations

Cristina Baker (Florida International University), Retelling the Stories of Business Ownership in Miami: Digital Counternarrative as Resource for Entrepreneurs (Online)

Gabrielle (Gabby) Bunko (Montana State University), (Dis)Integration and Reframing in Writing and Literary Studies

Anna M. Christie, Jonathan I. Navarro, and Jesse Espinoza (University of La Verne), Analyzing a Hispanic-Serving Institution’s Ability to Serve Their Minority Student Populations

Teresa Contino (Santa Clara University), Nested Coauthorship: A Framework for Building Productive Undergraduate Research Experience (Online)

Sydney Fry (University of California, Santa Barbara), Minority Languages & The Survival of Cultural Identity (Online)

Leivys Garcia (Hofstra University), Rethinking Writing in STEM: Implementing Creative Writing to Foster Critical Thinking and Inclusion

Jane Hahn (Drew University), Rethinking Patchwriting: Understanding How Students Fail to Paraphrase (Online)

Cody Hmelar (Hofstra University), Immersive Media in The Classroom: What TikTok Can Teach us in Contemporary Pedagogy (Online)

Leila Katibah (University of California, Santa Barbara), Hyperreality in a Globalized and Digital World (Online)

Rebecca Kefer (University of North Carolina Greensboro), Communicating Wellness: Tacit Messaging About “Diet” in Healthy Client Take-Home Literature (Online)

Zoë Rein (Elon University), Rethinking Writing in STEM: Implementing Creative Writing to Foster Critical Thinking and Inclusion

Elaina Smolin (University of California, Santa Barbara), The Limits of Creative Nonfiction: An Investigation of Genre Constraints in Collegiate Writing Classes (Online)

The following students also presented in-person in Chicago:

• Robbin May Balagtas, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Liz Galvez, Nevada State College
• Anthony Kennedy, Nevada State College
• Eimy Vasquez, Nevada State College (NSC)