Day 3 - June 21

Speakers & Panelists

At-A-Glance:

10:15am - 11:15am Panel Discussion: A Day in the Life of a Researcher

11:15am - 11:35am Workshop: What are Research Presentations?

Panel Discussion: A Day in the Life of a Researcher

Time: 10:15am - 11:15am
Location: Smith Ballroom

Panel goals:

To provide students with concrete examples of research careers
To give a snapshot of daily life as a researcher
To showcase the spectrum of research experience by hearing from a variety of panelists from different disciplines

Moderator: Jen Lindwall, Ph.D. (She/Her)

CIMR Associate Director at Portland State University

Bio: Jen joined the PSU staff 9 years ago to work on the BUILD EXITO team as a research assistant and has been engaged in work on research training and internship programs at PSU ever since. Jen has a PhD in developmental psychology with a concentration in research methods for diversity and inclusion and her research focuses on educational equity in STEM learning contexts. Jen’s research investigates how university-level factors (such as research training programmatic affordances and supports) for STEM students and student-level factors (like self-perceptions of belongingness and abilities) shape students’ science identity construction and STEM participation trajectories. Prior to her time at PSU, Jen worked to provide training and technical assistance to mentoring programs seeking to translate research into practice for mentors and practitioners in a variety of schools and organizations in the Midwest. She lives in Portland with her partner, two teenagers, and goldendoodle Juniper.

Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, Ph.D., MCR (She/Her/Hers/Ella)

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University

Bio: As a first-generation Latina immigrant Indigenous scholar and as a trained medical sociologist with policy and race/ethnic health inequities emphasis, my areas of interest and research are the Latinx/e/a/o/@ populations, engaging in community-based-participatory-research (CBPR), and advancing an equitable and trauma-informed sexual and reproductive health services, especially for Spanish speaking, immigrant, and undocumented women. I am currently investigating the structural barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening inequities among middle to older age Latinas alongside a diverse stakeholder community and provider group amplifying the lived experiences of marginalized and vulnerable populations. We all win with a compassionate, representative, and humanistic healthcare system.

Carolyn Quam, Ph.D. (She/Her)

Associate Professor
Speech and Hearing Sciences at Portland State University

Bio: Carolyn Quam, Ph.D., runs a research lab, the Child Language Learning Center (CLLC), in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Portland State University. Dr. Quam's research interests include language acquisition in children with typical language development and developmental language disorder; bilingualism and heritage-language maintenance; and the memory and learning systems that support language. Dr. Quam's research utilizes eye-tracking and other quantitative behavioral methodologies, as well as qualitative methods.

Jungmin Kwon, Ph.D. (She/Her)

Associate Professor
College of the Arts - School of Film at Portland State University

Bio: My research interests include digital culture, film and media, gender and sexuality, the media industry, fans and audiences, media celebrities, and Korean/East Asian popular culture. I am the author of Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasies (2019, University of Iowa Press). Currently, I am writing my second book, titled TIn Between (In)Visibility: Queer Media Cultures in Contemporary South Korea.

De'Sha Wolf, Ph.D. (She/Her)

Research Assistant Professor at Portland State University
Co-Director: Building Up Program & KL2 Scholar at the OCTRI-Oregon Health & Science University

Bio: De'Sha Wolf is a Social Scientist at PSU's Regional Research Institute for Human Services (RRI) in the PSU School of Social Work and former Managing Director & Project Manager of BUILD EXITO (2015-2021). Her research program centers on identifying community-based solutions for chronic pain affecting Black adults and diversifying the biomedical research workforce. Dr. Wolf has three NIH- and locally-funded projects that focus on advancing clinical research participation for Black adults, identifying Black women's help-seeking processes for managing chronic pain, and conducting a community-based survey to advance knowledge of how chronic pain affects Black adults living in Oregon and Washington. She has an emerging NCCIH-funded project that focuses on improving quality of life and reducing pain-related disability across the lifespan by supporting young Black adults' self-management of chronic pain using a culturally-tailored program of integrative health.

Kimberly Kahn, Ph.D (She/Her)

Professor of Social Psychology at Portland State University

Bio: Dr. Kimberly Kahn leads the Gender, Race, and Sexual Prejudice (GRASP) research lab. As a social psychologist, her research expertise centers on the psychology of contemporary forms of prejudice and bias, including implicit bias, and identity-related threats. A major focus of her work studies the psychology of biased-based policing within the criminal justice domain. Partnering with police departments, Dr. Kahn has conducted extensive empirical research and interventions to identify and reduce racial and ethnic bias in policing across the United States.

Amanda Singer (She/Her)

Associate Professor
College of the Arts-Music & Theater at Portland State University

Bio: Amanda Singer holds advanced degrees in Educational Leadership and in Intercultural Management and is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in the School of Music & Theater. A former faculty member in PSU's Conflict Resolution program, she has decades of experience working with diverse communities to heal trauma and transform conflict. focuses her teaching and research on unsettling the role of identity in conflict, understanding enmification and hatred as root causes of violence, developing peacebuilding strategies to prevent mass atrocities, and exploring the arts as dynamic peacebuilding practices. Current research interests are focused on the role of the arts in generating social change, the restoration of dignity in the aftermath of atrocity, and the active role of imagination in possibilizing a welcoming future.

Workshop: What are Research Presentations?

Time: 11:15am - 11:35am
Location: Smith Ballroom 3rd Floor

Session Goals:

To introduce students to scientific oral and poster presentations and their structure
To explain the importance of scientific presentations and why they are used
To explain how to interpret scientific posters
What are Research Presentations? Slides

Workshop Presenter: Andres Herrejon Chavez, MSW (He/Him)

LSAMP Community College Liaison

Portland State University

Bio: Andres is a 2024 MSW graduate from Portland State University. He has experience working with youth, families, and young adults in K-12 public education, ODHS, higher education, community clinic mental health, and most recently completed an internship at Randalls Children's Hospital. Andres is currently obtaining his CSWA, with plans to work in mental health supporting marginalized communities.

Updated on: June 13, 2024

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