College of Liberal & Creative Arts Undergraduate Research Showcase
URSCA 2017
Showcase schedule
May 11, 2017
11:00am–6:00pm
Seven Hills Conference Center
- Presentations: 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Music Performances: 4:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
- Reception and Awards and snacks: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Prizes
- URSCA Award for Best Project ($1,000)
- URSCA Award for Faculty Sponsor ($500)
- URSCA Second Place Award for Best Project ($500)
- URSCA Award for Best in Genre ($200/genre)
Presentations
Mt. Davidson/Twin Peaks Room
11:00–12:15
Adapting Shakespeare
- "Law and Order: MOV"
- Christina Skammel
- Michael Ruiz
- Tiffany Hsieh
- Elizabeth Afeworki
- Randall Pederson
- Lauren Ibarrientos
- "Coming Soon: Measure for Measure the Movie"
- Vienna Godwin
- James Hall
- Mimi Willmer
- Madison Brady
- James Youngs
- Safia Msami
- Noruel Manalili
- Jordan Linsky
- Jasmine Campos
- "Playing the Tempest"
- Mason Hartwell
- Annie Gieser
- Myka Macaraeg
- Jeremie Storost
- "Survivor: The Tempest"
- Cristal Alamillo
- Aleesha Lange
- Bradley Penner
- Viviana Ontiveros
- Myah Overstreet
- Sydney Andrews
- Kayla Rodriguez
- Ariana James
- "Evil in the Mediterranean: A Tale of Love, Jealousy, and Murder in Cyprus."
- Andrea Rodriguez
- Daniel Chiu
- Ann Guy
- Brittany Burwick
- Natasha Forsberg
- Fernando Mendoza
1:00–1:45
Key Terms in Postcolonial Studies
- "Diaspora"
- Kaitlyn Nunez
- Martha Sebastian
- Fernando Mendoza
- Colin Donnelly
- Herschel Rojas
- Octavio Montiel
- Sandy Karkkar
- "Cultural Appropriation"
- Marivic Victoria
- Cielo Garibay
- Chris Villalta
- Adam Matvya
- Annie Rhinehart
- "Historiographic Metafiction"
- Diego Gonzalez
- Sierra Moreno
- Emily Downey
- Ceneca Jackson
- Aisha Rodriguez
2:00–2:40
Liberal Studies Senior Culminating Experience: Interdisciplinary Research Proposal
- Jacob Havey
- Max Mayorga
- Rosalia Patanag
2:40–3:10
Politics and Policy
- Geoffrey Ramirez, “Violators of Every Right? Analyzing the Ku Klux Klan in 1920's Fresno”
- Teagan Bullock, “Bioethical Complexity in California’s End of Life Option Act”
3:15-3:25
Spoken-Word Poetry
- Kalina Vitela, "Home"
3:30-4:00
Global Shakespeare: Senior Seminar Projects
Russian/Telegraph Hill Room
11:00–12:00
History and Politics
- David Hlusak, “Better it be When the Moon is Full: The Ancient Roman Goddess Diana and the Conception of the Witches’ Sabbath in the Sixteenth Century”
- David Williams, “Defoe and Piracy, Beyond the Novel: A Study of Captain Singleton as a Publication for the De-Romanticization of Pirates at the End of the Golden Age”
- Kathleen Manuel, “Borders: The Mechanism of (In)Security”
- Ericka Guevara, “The Securitization of US Immigration Policy”
12:30–1:45
Linguistics
- Madeline Thompson & Oscar Patzan, “The Impact of Syntax on TESOL”
- Nicole Michelle Washington, “Speech Recognition”
- Andrew O'Connor-Watts & Olivia Vallejo, “Whistled Languages”
- Angie Garcia & Amanda Robinson, “What Google Books Ngram Corpus Reveals about Adjective Order in English”
- Alex Lenarsky, “The Virtual Resistance: Gender Inversion (Just Between us Grrrls)”
2:20–3:25
Exploring the Canon in Early Modern Philosophy
- Christopher Hernandez
- Monique Martinez
- Logan Maples
- Houman Emami
- Nematullah Jalloh
Philosophy
- Christopher Hernandez
- Monique Martinez
- Logan Maples
- Houman Emami
- Nematullah Jalloh
Posters, Design Projects, and Visual Installations/Other
In the Foyer
12:00–4:00
Annotating Austen
- Jihane Abdelhadi
- Sabrina Barton
- Lupita Cruz Cardenas
- Arlen Cuevas
- Nicelle Delos Reyes
- Cate Dion-Staebell
- Victoria Ferrari
- Juan Garcia
- Rodney Gavino
- Kyra Heck
- Elora Hinckley
- Stephanie Hinckley
- Jaden Kilmer
- Lauren Konrai
- Kendra Lappin
- Amanda Lee
- Katherine Lowden
- LoriAnne Manalo
- Kayla Marcopulos
- Serena McNair
- Ritika Narayanan
- Arianna Ordonez
- Amanda Perry
- Dottie Pratchard
- Andy Rodriguez
- Marin Rodriguez
2:00–4:00
"Sutro Review: SF State Journal for Undergraduate Composition."
Student contributors and journal display
Nob Hill Room
11:00-4:00
"Adolescent Social Worlds: A Literary Inquiry"
- August Braddock
- Venus Cayabyab
- Blake Cram
- Thara Foster
- Kristina Garrett
- Gary Hallford
- Michelle Lee
- Kylie Madson
- Cheyenne Ochoa
- Danielle Rehmann
- Ka Wing Tsang
- Brandi Van Dinter
"Historical Self Portraits Inspired by Film"
Students from CINE 212: Film History II
"Digital Fine Arts Frontiers: Mass Customization Textiles and Laser Enabled Fine Art"
- Aishya Coffey
- Keith Evans
- Jason Henry
- Joanna Lara
- Alex Martinez
- Jordan Nunes
- Karina Rodriquez
- Lily Sauer
- Jeremiah Shanholtzer
- Rachel Stalie
- Mikelia Tyrrell
- Daniel Velasquez
"Senior Design Projects:"
- Ricardo Baltazar
- Torii Burnett, “Leave No Trace 7 Principles Campaign: Responsibly Enjoying the Outdoors”
- Laura Gutierrez, “COMMUNITY Learning Environments: Involvement of Low Income Youth in Redesigning Their Learning Environment”
- Luz Mendoza, “eyeLand: Improving Vision & Quality of Life for Children with Down Syndrome”
- Phi Nguyen, “ParkIN:Solutions for SF Parking”
- Emiko Osaka, “LOST & FOUND Wayfinding for the Muni Metro Powell Station Tourist”
- Remdell Quiambao, “MakerHUB: Let’s invent tomorrow together”
- Monica Rodriguez, “Sexual Violence Prevention & Awareness @SFSU”
- Eunyoung Shin, "Life Outside The Home”
Stanford Design Challenge "Innovating for Aging in Place"
Lamar Pi, Vanessa Ramos, Adrienne Trio, and Justin Wong: “M O D U: The universal multipurpose household tray designed to promote independence while aging in place”
Design Working Group
- Sienna Owyang and Karen Loccisano, “LCA Web Development Process Diagram”
- Reem Essayli, Amanda Higgs, Sophia Hoggatt, Jared Javier, Erin Kim, Ivy Li, William Lowe, Nella Ocampo, Emiko Osaka, Durojaiye Salaam, Bianca Tamburrino-Hasan, Paulina Zepeda: “Theatre and Dance: Design of Season Promotional Materials for 2016-17”
Upcycled Lamps
- Corey Blevins and Carolyn Nguyen, “Upcycle Sattelight”
- Cassandra Tu and Justin Sisk, “Flex Torch”
- Eric Simsomgphong and Eric Tam, “Nova Prime Lamp”
- Charyse Goodlow, Andrew La, and Isabell Serrano, “Table Light”
- Erica Rigney and Jacob McAdam, “Retired Skateboards + Lamps”
- Melony Perez and Ina Quijano, “Lamp Idea”
- Jerzy Bamberger and Zachary Bizzarro, “Bad Lamps”
- David Wiener and Nick Corona, “Lamp”
Finding Women in European History
Students from Hist 347: Women in Modern Europe
Family Foodways: Telling Family Histories Through Food
- Francisco Buenrostro, Jr.
- Brooke Ashley Forrester
- Angelica Gonzalez
- Elia Gonzalez
- Susie Kang
- Timor Kazimirov
- Charles Leipziger
- Manuel Najera
- Christopher Ogle
- Rachel Royce
- Ronnie Ry
- Rebecca Scott
- David Vasheghani
- Eddie Williams
Love, Sexuality, and History in Action
Students from Hist 313: Comparative History of Love and Sexuality
Critical Thinking, History, and Zombies
- Lea Boghosian, "Vanity in Film"
- George Butler, "Social Behaviors in The Last of Us"
- Madeline Carter, "The Zombie Complex: Corporeal Reality - Night of the Living Dead"
- Andrea Fonseca, "Public Health and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials"
- Jackson Guilfoil, "The Undead and Science: Reanimator"
- Jasmine Gunnell, "Mad Max and Anarcha-Feminism"
- Gabbi Jay, "South Park’s Analysis of Class Conflict and Consumerism"
- Rebecca Lee, "Voodoo and Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island"
- Cindy Magana, "Moral Obligation and Zombieland"
- Jolie McCumber, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies… and Feminism"
- Eillad Mesbah, "Zombieland Capitalism"
- Kate Napoli, "Violence and Abuse in Zebulon Finch"
- Molly Pendergast, "Fear the Walking Dead: Communism Succeeding Capitalism"
- Shawnthor Ramos, "Human Nature and Train to Busan"
- Rachel Ruber, "We Are Our Own Worst Enemy: Xenophobia and The Walking Dead"
- Adrianna Scalzo, "Does Love Conquer All?: Warm Bodies"
- Julianne Silva, "28 Days Later and Man’s Destruction of the Earth"
- Alissa Stevenson, "Santa Clarita Diet Food Ethics"
- Hailee Van Horn, "Marvel Zombies and Police Brutality"
Historical Understandings of Our Relationship to Science and the Environment
- Thomas Capello, Jonathan Lau, Daniel Lumbang, Marlo Sandoval, Jesse Sutterley, "Agent Orange"
- Amanda Ache, Alex Allamanno, Amanda Campbell, Nathan McCanne, Noah Scandrette, Victoria Stuhr, "Chien-Shiung Wu"
- Paolo Cerna, Brad Haga, Marco Perez, Jonathan Stolan, Monica Villa, "Theodore Roosevelt"
- Artsem Holdvekht, Michael Landrum, Christian Molina, Chad Monticelli, Mitchell Mylius, Geoffrey Ramirez, Jonathan Tuason, "Aldo Leopold: American Conservationist"
- Eli Beutel, Michael Cheung, Olivia Coombs, Sabria Hassan, Amber Ulrich, Grant Vogenthaler, "The Man, the Myth, the Rainbow Trout: Livingston Stone"
- Matthew Ho, Geetinder Lachhar, Ilyanna Marin, Viet Nguyen, Mariah Panely, Kevin Veliz, "Carl Sagan"
Independent Posters
- Alexandra Conrad, "Three-Headed Hound of the Moon: A Comparative Look at the Roles of Hecate in the Ancient and Modern Worlds"
- Rachel Royce, "Grub to Gourmet: Baseball Concession as Indication of Socioeconomic Issues in San Francisco"
2:00-4:00
"Three Postcards: Embroidery as Political Tool and Personal Expression"
- Jessica Andas
- Gina Buckley
- Chanel Marie Cox
- Amy Castaneda Huerta
- June McCaughey
- Dominique Aquino Garcia
- Anosha Ghorchian
- Christine Huynh
- Jenny Louie
- Taylor Alexis Rose Pelstring
- Elizabeth May Person
- Alice Paulina Titus
- Leticia Vasquez
- Emily Gerstner
4:15 PM
Members of the Lyric Theatre class, School of Theatre and Dance
- Jenah Wagoner- I Miss the Mountains (Next to Normal).
- Chelsea Carruesco- Moments in the Woods (Into the Woods)
- Danya El-Kurd- When He Sees Me (Waitress)
- Maya Phillips- I'm Here (The Color Purple)
Acknowledgements
Faculty Sponsors
- Tanya Augsburg (School of Humanities and Liberal Studies)
- Soumyaa Behrens (Cinema)
- Dennis Campbell (History)
- William Christmas (English)
- David Cox (School of Design)
- Sarah Curtis (History)
- Victor De La Rosa (Art)
- James Gilligan (English)
- Ricardo Gomes (School of Design)
- Robert Kohls (English)
- Cathy Kudlick (History)
- Laura Lisy-Wagner (History)
- Dawn Mabalon (History)
- Alan Moore (Philosophy)
- Kate Nartker (Fine Arts)
- Christy Shick (English)
- Anita Silvers (Philosophy)
- Amy Skonieczny (International Relations)
- Gitanjali Shahani (English)
- Joshua Singer (Design)
- Alice Sowaal (Philosophy)
- Anastasia Smirnova (English)
- Laura Wayth (Theater and Dance)
Judges:
- Bruce Avery (Theater and Dance)
- Kathleen DeGuzman (English)
- Trevor Getz (History)
- Diem Ho (IDEO)
- Teresa Pratt (English)
- Joy Viveros (Fellowships Office)
- Jacob Zellmer (Philosophy),
- Laura Wayth (Theater and Dance)
URSCA Committee Members
- Gitanjali G Shahani (English, Committee Chair)
- Laura Lisy-Wagner (History)
- Jessica Mankus (Office of Research & Sponsored Programs)
- Joshua Singer (Design)
- Justin Tiwald (Philosophy)
- Laura Wayth (Theatre & Dance)