Scholarly and
Creative Works
Conference
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (PST), Guzman Lecture Hall
All Dominican students and families, faculty, staff, and invited visitors are welcome to attend the conference.
All Dominican students and families, faculty, staff, and invited visitors are welcome to attend the conference.
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This annual student event showcases the culminating Dominican student experience through research papers, posters, creative writing, artwork, dance, music performance, and/or polymodal expression of reflective learning experiences, all presented to a live audience.
Oral presentations are held in Guzman classrooms
Poster presentations are held in Guzman Lecture Hall
Artist showcase in the Barbara D. Goodman Gallery
MOMENTS OVER THE YEARS
VALUES & TRADITION (2 mins)
Dr. Bill Phillips, Conference Co-Organizer (Psychology, School of Liberal Arts and Education)
Christina Mayes, Conference Co-Organizer (Student Success Center), La Vida Dominican Postbaccalaureate Scholarly & Creative Works Fellow
Jessica Moitt, La Vida Dominican Scholarly and Creative Works Fellow (Assistant to Vice President of Academic Affairs)
Deborah Meshal, Research Methods Faculty (Nursing, School of Health and Natural Sciences)
Louis Knecht, La Vida Dominican Community Engagement and Digital Portfolio Fellow (University Archivist, Reference and Instruction Librarian)
Dr. Sarah Lee, La Vida Dominican Signature Work Fellow (Barowsky School of Business)
Dr. Laura Griess Hess, La Vida Dominican Signature Work Fellow (Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Natural Sciences)
Dr. Mojgan Behmand, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Dr. Lindsey Dean, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, La Vida Dominican Project Director
Reach a global audience by uploading your scholarly works to Dominican Scholar
Questions? Contact, Michael Puljas, Scholarly Communications Librarian/Academic Technologist, 415.485.3254
SCW Conference Video creator and narrator: Julia Zasso, OT, Learn more
SCW Conference Graphics creator: Cherish Spikes, ART, Learn more
COVID Event Guidelines, Learn more
Questions? PenguinPrepared@dominican.edu
The Scholarly and Creative Works Conference is developed through campus partnerships and proudly sponsored by Academic Affairs.