2023 GUS schedule

Please note that GUS 2023 will be held on Monday, 3 April 2023.

In-person sessions will be held in the Hege Academic Commons and the Orangerie. Please note the room location of each session. All presenters should be in the room at least 10 minutes before their sessions begin. Each presenter will have between 10 and 15 minutes to discuss their topic. There should be enough time for 5-10 minutes of Q&A at the end. All presentation materials must be available on your Google Drive to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Please double-check to ensure that all of your materials are there well before your presentation.

8.30am to 9.30am

Session 1: Issues in modern Latin America, Karen Spira, chair

• Location: Carnegie Room, Hege Academic Commons

• Calley Hull: “Ya no puedes ser niño”:  Literary and Filmic Depictions of Minority Adultification in Pipeline (2017) and Icebox (2018) (Karen Spira; Spanish)

• Lizbeth Nieto: Crop Biodiversity in Peru (Karen Spira; Spanish)

• Noely Bernier: Haitian Migration Crisis: Rethinking Humanitarian and Development Intervention (Ken Gilmore; political science)

Session 2: Community spaces, Bonwyn Tucker, chair

• Location: Orangerie

• Zane Stowers: The Resilience of Localization (Bronwyn Tucker; SFS)

• Pippin Bucholtz: Guilford Grows: Development of the Pines Therapy and Community Garden (Bronwyn Tucker; SFS)

• Cooper Bean: Outdoor Meeting Space (Bronwyn Tucker; SFS)

• Henry Freeman: Henry’s Love of Gardens in Greensboro, NC (Bronwyn Tucker; SFS)

• Brandon Sisnett: Invasive Plant Removal Trial (Bronwyn Tucker; environmental studies)

Session 3: Peace and conflict in the Middle East, Zulfiya Tursunova, chair

• Location: Hege Art Gallery, Hege Academic Commons

• Wyatt Dwyer: How Steps of Genocide and the First Intifada Impacted the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Zulfiya Tursunova; peace and conflict studies)

• Rival Axselle: Gender Equality in the Israeli Defense Force (Zulfiya Tursunova; peace and conflict studies)

• Anthony Arteaga: Sports and Peace Building in Israel and Palestine (Zulfiya Tursunova; peace and conflict studies)

9.45am to 10.45am

Session 4: Dean’s writing award winners, Parag Budhecha, chair

• Location: Carnegie Room, Hege Academic Commons

• First-Year Award Winner: Haile Espin

• Scholarly/Critical Award Winner: Avery Reuter Lorenzana

• Sciences Award Winner: Dishita Agarwal

• Jeff Jeske Award Winner: Dishita Agarwal

• Sue Keith Award Winner: Kindra Mancini

• Poetry Award Winner: Ainsley Kalb

Session 5: Crime prevention

• Location: Orangerie

• Alexander Rice: CPTED Seminar

Session 6: Community-based peacebuilding through theatre, business human rights, and understanding war, Zulfiya Tursunova, chair

• Location: Hege Art Gallery, Hege Academic Commons

• Zoë Jordan: A Woman’s Part: Analyzing Theater Against Gender-Based Violence in the Middle East (Zulfiya Tursunova; peace and conflict studies)

• Joe Hirvonen: The Economic War of Afghanistan (Zulfiya Tursunova; peace and conflict studies)

• Dawson Edwards: Business Human Rights Responsibility for Refugees and Migrant Workers (Zulfiya Tursunova; peace and conflict studies/business)

11.00am to 12.00pm

Session 7: Musical performance

• Location: Carnegie Room, Hege Academic Commons

• Ariel Morley: Performance of Suite Modale by Ernest Bloch (Abby Simoneau, David Limberg; music)

Session 8: CANCELED

• Location: Hege Art Gallery, Hege Academic Commons

Session 9: Class and demographics in economics, Natalya Shelkova, chair

• Location: Collaboratory/Experimental Classroom, Hege Academic Commons

• Roman Raies: Assessing the Relationship Between Education, Wages, and Poverty (Bob Williams; economics)

• Husnain Ali: Effects of Brexit on the UK’s economy (Natalya Shelkova; economics)

• Diyaa Kaufman: China’s Labor Force and Demographic Policy (Natalya Shelkova; economics)

Session 10:

• Location: Collaboratory/Idea Incubator, Hege Academic Commons

• Kathy Palma-Leyva: Allyship Workshop: Understanding Allyship Within a Classroom Setting (Marjorie Church; elementary education)

• Peyton Siegler: Being Queer and Unhoused: Looking at Shelter Treatment and Other Barriers (Jill Peterfeso; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies)

• Camari Alexander: Recreational Therapy With a Spiritual Twist in a Post-Pandemic World (Marjorie Church, LaKeisha Williams; public health)

12.15pm to 1.15pm

Session 11: H. Curt '56 and Patricia S. '57 Hege Award Winners, Rob Whitnell, chair

• Location: Carnegie Room, Hege Academic Commons

• Research Award: Ainsley Kalb

• Research Award: Aylen Bernal

• Emerging Scholars Award: Kathryn Farr

Session 12: Business process mapping at Guilford College

• Location: Orangerie

• PatriciaRose Elvington, Ebony Harper, Joshua Jones, and Austin Parker: Business Process Mapping (Rob Whitnell, Isaac Magaña; cybersecurity)

• Larry McMillian II, Nazir Jones, and Jonathan Guevara-Gonzalez: Workday: The Process of the Front End (Isaac Magaña; cybersecurity)

Session 13: Identity and democracy, Ken Gilmore, chair

• Location: Collaboratory/Experimental Classroom, Hege Academic Commons

• Avery Reuter Lorenzana: The Greco-Carillo Affair Revisited: Fascism, Anarchism, Americanization and the Battle for Italian Identity (Phil Slaby; history)

• Miguel Pérez Montero: Democracy in Spain (Ken Gilmore; international studies)

Session 14: College life, Michael Costolo, chair

• Location: Collaboratory/Idea Incubator, Hege Academic Commons

• Nya Reed: Career Indecision and Associated Factors Among College Students (Eva McGuire; psychology)

• Zach Crane and LaTaylin Maxwell: A Shot of Awareness (Michael Costolo; JPS)

1.30pm to 2.30pm

Session 15: Racism and the college campus, Damon Akins, chair

• Location: Carnegie Room, Hege Academic Commons

• X Braithwaite, Madeyson Dyce, Jim Glenn, and Lenore Ramos Juarez: What Helps Campuses Dismantle Racism? Resettlement Campuses Student-Community Research Partnerships and the Future of Higher Education (Christian Matheis, Cathryn Bennett, and Sonalini Sapra; JPS)

Session 16: Sustainability at Guilford College, Tom Guthrie, chair

• Location: Orangerie

• Sarah Hall: Repurpose, Reuse, and Upcycle (Bronwyn Tucker; environmental studies/art)

• Gabriel Castañeda: Grill To-Go (Bronwyn Tucker; environmental studies)

Session 17: Scheduling and access at Guilford College

• Location: Collaboratory/Experimental Classroom, Hege Academic Commons

• Hannah Pardue and Claire Hill: Guilford College PE Center App Prototype (Margery Kiehn; experience design)

• Ethan Frye, Chandler Iden, Elvis Erazo-Ambrosio, Monserrat Lara, Jamie Kearns, Kushi Jakati, and Michael Sumner: Access Management at Guilford College (Rob Whitnell, Isaac Magaña; cybersecurity)

Session 18: Machine learning and computational chemistry

• Location: Collaboratory/Idea Incubator, Hege Academic Commons

• Ari Singh: Machine Learning in Identifying Atrial Fibrillation Through RR-Intervals in Near Real-Time (Rob Whitnell; CTIS)

• Vibhas Nair: Computational Analysis of Water Molecules in Antigen-Antibody Binding (Rob Whitnell; chemistry/computational chemistry)

2.45pm to 3.45pm

Session 19: Selected readings from The Greenleaf Review

• Location: Hege Art Gallery, Hege Academic Commons

• Ainsley Kalb, The Greenleaf Review (Cynthia Nearman)

Session 20: Robotics and nano computing

• Location: Collaboratory/Experimental Classroom, Hege Academic Commons

• Roshan Sundaram: Drivetrain Materials for Application in FIRST Robotics (Don Smith; physics)

• Ami Mejía, Victoria Williams, and Anika Suman: Autonomous Course Assistant Using NVIDIA Jetson Nano Computing Board (Chafic Bou-Saba; computer science)

4.15pm to 5.30pm

Session 21: Theatre studies performance

• Location: Sternberger Auditorium

• A performance of "Contractions" by Mike Bartlett (65 minutes)

  • Beth Ritson-Lavender + 15 undergrads

  • Please arrive on time as the performance will begin promptly at 4.15pm

  • After the doors close, no-one else will be permitted to enter

  • Programs will be provided to all attendees

All virtual presentations will have a Zoom link (see below). Presenters should be in the Zoom room at least 10 minutes before their scheduled start time. Each presenter will have 15 minutes to discuss their project and 5 minutes for Q&A.

Session 1: 8.30am to 9.30am

• Zoom link to session

• Sary Guerra: RISE: Refugee and Immigrant Student Empowerment (Michele Malotky, Kelly O’Brien; public health/criminal justice)

• Bruno Gonzalez and Kennedy Nzekwe: Fields Without Boundaries (Marjorie Church; accounting)

Session 2: 9.45am to 10.45am

• Zoom link to session

• Arely Mercado-González: Wrong Convictions (Michael Costolo; criminal justice)

• Emily Gonzalez: Post-Grad Help: Guilford College (Marjorie Church, Michael Costolo; JPS)

Session 3: 11am to 12pm

• Zoom link to session

• Junior Chavez: Interviewing Guilford College Students About Their Experiences (Marjorie Church, Kami Rowan; psychology)

Session 4: 12.15pm to 1.15pm

• Zoom link to session

• Breyanna Moore: Personality types represented in art” (Marjorie Church, William Thomas; psychology)

• Donovin Thompson: Professionals mentally battle social media (N/A; sports management/business)

 Session 5: 1.30pm to 2.30pm

• Zoom link to session

• Matthew Howard: Fearing blue skies: How drones affect countries’ security and peace (Zulfiya Tursunova; peace and conflict studies)

• Hannah Hoffman: Data Management and Report (Rob Whitnell, Isaac Magaña; cybersecurity/CTIS)

All poster sessions are held on the first floor of the Hege Academic Commons in the CAPE space. Please see this LibGuide for more information about posters, printing, and presenting. There may also be discipline-specific aspects to posters, so please ask your advisor, as well. All presenters should be ready to go 10 minutes before their scheduled time. 

10am to 11.30am

• Jacob Mitchell: Value Lost: The Economic Impact of the ACC Leaving Greensboro (Marjorie Church; economics)

• Tyler Dearman: The Impact of Social Media on Student Athletes (Marjorie Church; sports management)

• Dominik Pocrnja: The In-Depth Analysis of Youth Sports for Underprivileged Children (Marjorie Church; sports management)

• Starlynn Mendez: HUG Mentorship Program (Jon Bohland; Apply?)

• Shugo Izumi: How To Publish in Magazines (Marjorie Church, Cynthia Nearman; English and creative writing)

• Lacey-Ann Reynolds: Children, Art, and Mental Health (Anne Glenn; HSCI/CQ)

• Matthew Neese, How to Spain: A Guide to Medical Shadowing Abroad (Anne Glenn; health science/CQ)

 12.30pm to 2.00pm

• Kaitlyn Kelley: Infectivity of Clonal Isolates of Hard-Tick Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Borrelia miyamotoi (Michele Malotky; biology)

• Kaley Nofzinger: Pharmacological and Genetic Manipulation of Longevity Pathways in the Model Organism Caenorhabditis elegans (Michele Malotky; biology)

• Logan Eure: Identification of Microbiological Hazards in Kibble (Uchenna Iloghau; biology)

• Jasper Ardinger: How Can Occupational Therapy Techniques Help Us Adjust to Climate Change? (Michele Malotky; biology)

• Breonna Brown: Community Policing (Marjorie Church; criminal justice)

• Grace Calus: Efficacy of Drug Treatment Courts in North Carolina (Will Pizio; JPS)

• Lydia Saunders: Program Evaluation of Parks After Dark: Application to Guilford County (Will Pizio; JPS)