Media students present at 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium
Update June 4, 2024: Congratulations to the students who presented "Exploring Period Poverty in Sierra Leone" (pictured below) for receiving an award for Outstanding Exhibit at the Undergraduate Research Symposium from the Office of Undergraduate Research! Learn more about their trip to Sierra Leone.
Students from the College of Media are participating in the annual University of Illinois Undergraduate Research Week, held April 21-27. The Undergraduate Research Symposium, the signature event held on April 24 at the Illini Union, features presentations, posters, and performances from students across campus.
Media student presentations include:
On Exhibit: Robots & Medical Technology
"Exploring Period Poverty in Sierra Leone"
- Faith Lee, junior in journalism
- Piper Pascarella, sophomore in journalism
- Maggie Knutte, junior in journalism
- Stephanie Wayda, senior in journalism
- Nour Longi, junior, journalism
- Elena Cleary, junior in agricultural communications (College of ACES)
- Research Mentors: Alison Davis and Charles "Stretch" Ledford, Department of Journalism
CS Student Ambassadors/Research Scholars
Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research Program Research Expo
"Comparing Human Generated Text with Machine Generated Text"
Garima Sharma, senior in CS + advertising
Poster Presentation: Social Science & Human Behavior
"Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes among Gender and Sexuality Diverse Individuals Raised in Fundamentalist Religious Environments: Exploratory Analyses and Study Design"
Marina Manuel, senior in media and cinema studies
Research Mentor(s): Chris Fraley and Maggie Palmiero, Department of Psychology (College of LAS)
Jenny Oyallon-Koloski, assistant professor of media and cinema studies, was the research mentor for Molly Pfeifer, senior in psychology (College of LAS) and cinema studies minor, who is presenting "Embracing Ambiguity in Low Concept Film Marketing" as part of the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences poster presentations.