Oral Presentations
Humanities 5
12:00pm-1:00pm
Claudia Iron Hawk
Shawn Reuter
Jordyn Meyer
Alexandra Zuk
Claudia Iron Hawk
Native American Student Experience at UMM
Shawn Reuter
Game Design: Developing a Learning Experience to inform People about Cystinosis
Jordyn Meyer
Understanding Foster Youth Experiences through Intersectional and Social Ecological theories
Alexandra Zuk
Native UMN Students': Historical Losses, Connectedness, Ethnic Identity, & Wicozani
Presenter Name: Claudia Iron Hawk
Major: Native American and Indigenous Studies & Anthropology, 2022
Project Advisor: Cristina Ortiz
Funding Source/Sponsoring Organization: McNair
Title: Native American Student Experience at UMM
Abstract:
“Native American Student Experience at UMN Morris” sought to get an understanding of Native American student experience at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM), a university that offers a tuition waiver to Native American-affiliated students. Self-identifying Native American students were interviewed one-on-one with questions pertaining to their experience as a student at Morris, a tuition-waiver offering institution of higher education, and how that impacted the student’s personal and educational life. There has been little research done on how tuition-waivers specifically impact Native students’ college careers, so this study aimed to rectify that void. The study found that many Native student’s at UMM struggle with the same problems shared by Native American college students nationally and at non-tuition waiver offering colleges, but also faced struggles specifically caused and perpetuated by the UMM’s tuition waiver.
Presentation Location: Humanities 5
Presentation Time:
Presenter Name: Shawn Reuter
Major: Computer Science 2022
Project Advisor: Dr. Barbara Burke
Funding Source/Sponsoring Organization: N/A
Title: Game Design: Developing a Learning Experience to Inform People about Cystinosis
Abstract:
Cystinosis is a rare genetic disease that impacts the whole body with the accumulation of the amino acid cystine. In this project, we wanted to build a better understanding of cystinosis through a board game. We developed a board game that allows the players to better understand and raise awareness for individuals suffering from cystinosis.
Presentation Location: Humanities 5
Presentation Time:
Presenter Name: Jordyn Meyer
Major: 2022
Project Advisor: Jennifer Rothchild UMN Morris
Funding Source/Sponsoring Organization: McNair
Title: Understanding Foster Youth Experiences through Intersectional and Social Ecological theories
Abstract:
Today’s current American Foster Care System is known for many negative outcomes for the children and family that come under the protection of the Child Welfare System. While the child welfare system looks to support the most vulnerable children by helping families or finding foster homes and potential future adoptive parents, there are still hundreds of children that are unable to call a place home. For older adolescents (16-21) in care, the option of adoption or finding a familial home is unlikely to happen, and this factor, along with multiple other factors can lead to a more difficult and unpromising future. By using the theories of intersectionality and ecological systems theory, greater understanding can be learned about the concerns and risks of foster children. This understanding can lead to policy changes and other interventions so foster youth can navigate the already complex road to adulthood and foster system.
Presentation Location: Humanities 5
Presentation Time:
Presenter Name: Alexandra Zuk
Major: Psychology & Native American and Indigenous Studies, Fall 2021
Project Advisor: Dr. Heather J. Peters
Funding Source/Sponsoring Organization: McNair
Title: Native UMN Students': Historical Losses, Connectedness, Ethnic Identity, & Wicozani
Abstract:
The goal of the study was to examine Native University of Minnesota students’ perceptions of historical losses, connectedness, ethnic identity, and Wicozani (i.e., overall health and well-being). Participants completed the Historical Losses Growth Scale and the Associated Symptoms Scale, Awareness of Connectedness Scale, Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure -Revised, and the Wicozani Instrument. Participants from each campus indicated that Wicozani is important to their quality of life, although those who attend the University of Minnesota Morris rated their mental, physical, and spiritual health as lower than Native students at other University of Minnesota campuses. Participants from the University of Minnesota Morris also reported significantly higher emotional responses (i.e., anger, avoidance, anxiety, and depression) to perceived historical losses than Native students who attend other University of Minnesota campuses. Although participants from the University of Minnesota Morris campus reported higher emotional responses, they reported thinking about the historical losses as often as students from other campuses. Participants from all campuses reported similar levels of: connectedness to themselves as individuals, their families, their communities, and the natural environment around them; exploration of their ethnic identity (e.g., asking questions and seeking cultural knowledge); and commitment to their ethnic identity (e.g., feeling a strong sense of belonging, membership, and attachment to their ethnic group).
Presentation Location: Humanities 5
Presentation Time: