SRI Symposium
Please join us on Zoom from 9:30 a.m.-1:20 p.m. PDT on Thursday, August 25, 2022, for the Summer Research Incubator Symposium. Students will share their research projects in sessions organized by area of research inquiry, followed by Q&A with the audience.
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How do labor and migration intersect in Los Angeles?
Moderator: Iris Ramirez
Claudia Carr, "Migrant Domestic Labor: A Consequence of American Imperialism"
Luis Garcia Chavez, "A Perpetual Struggle: How Immigration Rates Affect Unionization and Why"
Amanda Tang, "A Historical Mapping of Cambodians in Long Beach, California"
How does social media support, enhance, or challenge contemporary social justice concerns in North America?
Moderator: Miya Shaffer
Jennis Kang, "The 'Inhale and Exhale': Instagram Art for Asian American Healing"
Karla Ramirez, "The Revolution Will Be Posted: Community Organizing, Burnout, and Social Media"
How are schools addressing disability as a component of social justice?
Moderator: Fernanda Castellon
Ale Jimenez, "Sex Education for Students with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities"
Monique Sims, "Medical Professionals vs. Deaf Perspectives on Deaf Issues"
Alexis Wince, "Misdiagnosis in School-Age Children"
What can representation in visual media do for queer politics?
Moderator: Sayantan Mukhopadhyay
Enyi Emuki, "Mediating the Body: Tattoos on Trans of Color as Reclaimed Bodily Capacity"
Austin Nguyen, "Jockstrapped Asians & Jane Austen: Race & Queer Sociality in Fire Island"
Victoria Williams, "How Queer Representation in Visual Media Impacted the 1980s AIDS Epidemic in San Francisco"