March 21

To find presenters listed by department, as well as talk titles and abstracts, visit the speakers pages for graduate and undergraduate honors students. 

9:30-10:30 AM 

GRAD 1: Recentering the Margins

York Room

Jessica Brabble, History, *Award winner

Sydney Sweat-Montoya, History

Grace Brooks, History

Honors Panel 1

Tidewater Room
Cypress Ambrose, Biology
Robert Gourdie, Chemistry
Anu Desai, Biology
Luisa Castro-Meirelles, Biology

Honors Panel 2

James Room
Isabel Li, Psychological Sciences

Kami Vigilant, Anthropology
Angela Huang, Physics

Anna Wershbale, Art History

10:45-11:45 AM

GRAD 2: The Empire Sails Back

James Room 

Qiong Wu, History

Diogo Oliveira, Anthropology

GRAD 3: Forms of Resistance

York Room

Julia Ashworth, Anthropology

Sidney McCall, History

GRAD 4: Images & Perception

Tidewater Room

Victoria Gum, Anthropology
Tijuana Reeve, American Studies

Carly Barnhardt, American Studies

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

GRAD 5: Unearthing Untold Stories

York Room
Caroline Donovan, Anthropology
Nathaniel Sutherland, American Studies
Tomos Evans, Anthropology

Honors Panel 3

Tidewater Room

Ginny Helmandollar, Anthropology
Rachel Hogue, History

Rowan Levick, Linguistics

Julia Wack, Integrative Conservation

Honors Panel 4

James Room

Madeline Rubin, Classical Studies

Jack Nelson, Chemistry

Orhan Acikgoz, Chemistry

Jacob Conrod, History

1:15-2:15 PM

GRAD 6: In the News

James Room

Avonlea Bowthorpe, History

Micaela Miralles Bianconi, History

Thalia Chrysanthis, History

GRAD 7: Welcome to The Machine

York Room

Folly Folivi, Psychological Sciences, *Award Winner

Jarred Loughran, Physics

Anna Schmedding, Computer Science

GRAD 8: It's a Small World 

Tidewater Room

Noah Donald, Physics

Jason Dean Robinson, Biology

Kate Evans, Physics

2:30-3:30 PM

GRAD 9: Optimizing Optics

James Room 

Ziqi Niu, Physics

William Miyahira, Physics

Carlos Pernas, Physics

GRAD 10: Vaccines, Viruses, & Visibility

York Room  

Isabelle Danforth, VIMS, Marine Science

Joyce Forster, Psychological Sciences

Charris Gabaldon, Physics

3:30-4:30 PM

GRAD 11: Beam Me Up, Scotty!

James Room

Robert Behary, Physics
Doyee Byun, Virginia Tech, Physics
Oscar Moreno Palacios, Physics

Honors Panel 5

Tidewater Room

Kevin Aviles, Psychological Sciences

Sarah Palluconi, History

Jacob Simonpietri, Chemistry

Terence Flannery, History

Honors Panel 6

York Room

Caroline Leibowitz, Religious Studies

Jack Howell, Biology

Andrew Hoffman, Government/Public Policy