2019 Panel of Judges and Coordinators

Panel of Judges

Many thanks to the fantastic panel of experienced researchers who viewed all of the students' presentations and gave feedback!

Pictured left to right: Bethany Johnson, Barrett Anderson, Jed Sam Pizarro-Guevara, and James Gray

Bethany Johnson is a third-year PhD student in Applied Mathematics at UCSC. She develops quantitative methods that can be used to predict population dynamics of ecological species, and she enjoys contributing to ecological conservation and management.

Barrett Anderson is a PhD student in the Computational Media Department at UCSC. Barrett's research explores search for moments that can happen in games, like searching the pages inside a book. His other research interests include evaluating the effectiveness of persuasive or educational “serious” games.

Jed Sam Pizarro-Guevara is a sixth-year PhD student in Linguistics at UCSC. He is a field psycholinguist, which means that his research is a dynamic intersection of psycholinguistics and linguistic fieldwork. He primarily focuses on Tagalog and Cebuano (two of the major languages spoken in the Philippines) and Santiago Laxopa Zapotec (one of the indigenous languages in Oaxaca, Mexico).

James Gray graduated from UCSC with an MA in Philosophy. He is especially interested in informal logic and ethics.

Elizabeth Mortenson is a PhD student in the Psychology Department at Stanford University. She is interested in how concepts of race and norms are differentially enacted and construed by majority group members. Elizabeth is looking forward to getting to know the student researchers and their scientific interests at SURU 2019.

Keynote Speakers

We would like to thank Chancellor Cynthia Larive and Provost Alan Christy for participating as the Keynote Speakers at the Symposium. They provided inspiration, humor, great examples of student collaboration, and motivation to create significant research.

Chancellor Cynthia Larive is the eleventh Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of California, Riverside in 1992. Chancellor Larive has a very successful research career mentoring students where she has also received many national awards for her efforts. The chancellor has shown great commitment to student success, inclusion, equity, and leadership. Over the past the Chancellor has been active in encouraging the participation and success of women and others who have been underrepresented in STEM fields, including service as co-PI of an institutional NSF Advance grant.

Provost Alan Christy received his PhD at the University of Chicago in 1996. In his research, Dr. Christy focuses on modern Japan, history of social sciences, colonialism, and nationalism. He is also the Undergraduate Director for the UC Santa Cruz East Asian Studies program. Provost Alan Christy is known for his involvement in undergraduate guidance and education. As the faculty leader of the student project ROUTES: Digital Humanities Learning Through Interconnected Individual Stories, he has taught and inspired many undergraduate students. Recently, he was awarded the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities for his great impact he has had on the student body.

Symposium Coordinators

Talia Waltzer: is a 5th-year PhD candidate in the psychology department at UCSC, currently studying moral decision-making in everyday situations. Talia is passionate about making research accessible and beneficial for everyone.

Max Wechsler-Azen: is an 4th year undergraduate studying Cognitive Science. Research has had a profoundly positive impact on his life and his goal is for all undergraduates to have the chance to engage in it as well. His research interests lie in moral decision making and human computer interaction.

Ashley Leon:

Ariella Angelini-Stewart:

Ashley Ippolito: is an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz pursuing a B.A in Linguistics, a B.S in Cognitive Science, and a Minor in Education. Ashley is a research assistant in the Syntax, Semantics, and Language Processing lab at UC Santa Cruz. She is interested in looking at the psychological basis of child language development and pyscholinguistics.

The Team would also like to acknowledge our past organizers who supported the 2019 Symposium: Carmelle Bareket-Shavit, Maddy Dolinh, and Kat Hsiao

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