all times are Eastern
all sessions are held at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor
*(CE) = community-engaged
Breakfast refreshments will be available each morning, including coffee, tea, and baked goods.
Wednesday, April 16
9:30 - Welcome
Dr. Jennifer Pintar, Provost, YSU
10:00 - Panel Session I
“Ethical Implications of Genetic Engineering on Biodiversity: Bridging Science and Society”
Sushan Tiwari, undergraduate, YSU (Biology)
“Making the Chinese Deaf People Useful: Politics of Deafness in 1950s China”
Shu Wan, graduate, University of Buffalo (History)
“Women’s Impact on the Revolutionary War”
Breanna Pittman, undergraduate, Mount Union University (History/Education)
11:00 - Workshop
“Using 3D Objects in Your Research”
Cassie Nespor, YSU Archives & Special Collections
Sometimes information is more than the words or images on a page! Learn techniques that allow researchers to expand their sources to three-dimensional objects that sometimes reveal new and interesting information.
2:00 - Panel Session II
“Countering the Cross of Gold: Carl Schurz and his Response to William Jennings Bryan”
Justin Madura, independent scholar (History)
“Happiness from Macabre Memories: Death and Darling’s Experiences in We Need New Names”
Ryan Forbes Ginley, undergraduate, Hiram College (English)
“Poe and the Nature of Man”
Ashley Mangie, graduate, YSU (English)
“Colonial Gaze and Historical Superiority in Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Some Words with a Mummy’”
Viktoryia Paliakovich, graduate, YSU (English)
3:00 - Anthropology Capstone Session
“Perspectives on the Use of Human Remains in Anthropological Research and Education”
Alex Hubaker, undergraduate, YSU
"The Comparison of Holistic and Reductionist Approaches in Medicine"
Lydia Cunningham, undergraduate, YSU
“Unforeseen Health Consequences in Manufacturing”
Dominic Pezzuolo, undergraduate, YSU
“A Comprehensive Analysis to Post-Mortem Interval Estimation: Exploring Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days Usefulness and Limitations in Forensics”
Ally Wright, undergraduate, YSU
4:00 - Poster Session
“A Case Study on the Impacts of Stuffed Animals on College Student's Stress”
Danielle Chopp, undergraduate, YSU (Sociology)
“The Effect of Drug Trafficking on Local Law Enforcement”
Courtney Gulu, graduate, YSU (Criminal Justice) (CE)
“Gender Disparities in Mental Health Care: The Role of Stigma”
Jessie L. Rose, undergraduate, YSU (Sociology)
“Young Love: Adolescent Drug Use by Romantic Partners and Effects in Later Life”
Grady Schulz, undergraduate, Bowling Green State University (Sociology)
Audrey Simon, undergraduate, Bowling Green State University (Sociology)
“Perceptions of Health and Barriers to Care-Seeking Decisions in a College Population”
Caitlin Slattery, undergraduate, YSU (Sociology)
“The Human Face of a Disputed Territory – Kashmir, India” (CE)
Sundus S. Wani, graduate, YSU (Sociology)
5:00 - Exhibit Opening
"Resistance is Not Futile" (CE)
Dr. Martha I. Pallante, Professor, YSU (History)
Alison Butz, undergraduate, YSU (History)
Anthony Guarino, undergraduate, YSU (History)
*refreshments provided
Thursday, April 17
10:00 - Panel Session III
“Repressed Desires and Inner Turmoil in Hamlet (1990)”
Lina Ross, undergraduate, Hiram College (English)
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Sterling Crabone, graduate, Hiram College
11:00 - Panel Session IV
“Utilizing Chloride and Bromide Levels to Identify Pollution Sources in the Mahoning River Watershed”
Asefon Temitope Isaiah, graduate, YSU (Environmental Science)
“The Physical, Metaphysical, and Delusional Self: Identifying an Auteur Status in the Films of Charlie Kaufman”
Justin Gonatas, graduate, YSU (English)
“Barbaric and Hysteric: Horror Film Revolution in Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar”
Anthony Daniel Savric, graduate, YSU (Film Studies)
1:00 - Exhibit Opening
“Sharing Our Story: Fifty Years of Oral History at YSU” (CE)
Dr. Donna DeBlasio, Professor Emerita, YSU (History)
2:00 - Workshop
“Advocacy for Authentic Interest in Student Writing”
Nathaniel P. Stokes, graduate, YSU (Composition Studies)
"Continuing to Combat the Banking Concept of Education in Composition Classrooms"
Sydney Stalnecker, graduate, YSU (English)
2:00 - Virtual Session I
“Markers of Psychological Safety and their Influence on the Identity Development of LGBTQIA+ Teacher” (CE)
Charles Keller, graduate, YSU (Education)
“Psychological Impacts of the 2015 Earthquake on Nepalese Society” (CE)
Niruta Raikhola, undergraduate, YSU (Nursing)
“India’s Efforts towards Biodiversity Conservation: Ratifying International Commitments as a Way to Bridge the North-South Divide?”
Aditi Basu, independent scholar (Political Science, International Relations, Sociology)
“Action or Inaction: Civil Rights, Southern Jewry, and Rabbinical Activism”
Eric Lane, undergraduate, The University of Texas at San Antonio (History)
“Evolution of Public Perception of Climate Change”
Aishaani Bajaj, undergraduate, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Economics/Data Science)
3:00 - Panel Session V
“Labor in the Final Frontier: Depictions of Work and Society in Spacefaring Science Fiction”
Connor Tapp, undergraduate, YSU (History)
“The Ugly Side of Disability History”
Anna Airhart, undergraduate, YSU (History)
“A Critical Analysis of the Social Contract as Written by John Locke and its Implications on Present Social Injustice and Government Dysfunction”
Ash Marie Kollar, undergraduate, YSU (Philosophy)
3:00 - Virtual Session II
“The Queer Performativity of Aleister Crowley”
Kiegan Lloyd, graduate, University of Saskatchewan (History)
“How Does Overcrowding in Prisons Affect Inmate Behavior and Rehabilitation Programs?”
Amina Sarwar, graduate, YSU (Criminal Justice)
“Cycle of Violence” (CE)
Myia Crum, graduate, YSU (Criminal Justice)
“Gabriel’s Rebellion”
Elena Cammack, undergraduate, YSU (History)
“Caste, Ecology and Gambhira Performance”
Dolon Sarkar, graduate, Jawaharlal Nehru University-New Delhi (Cultural Studies)
4:00 - Roundtable
“Economics and Ethics of Immigration” (CE)
Dr. Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, Professor Emeritus, YSU (Religion and Philosophy)
Dr. AJ Sumell, Professor, YSU (Economics)
Vicki Vicars, Vice President of Operations, Thrive Mahoning Valley
5:30 - YSU History Program Reception
6:00 - Reeder Lecture
“From Ohio Schoolmaster to Missouri Bushwhacker: The Strange Civil War of William Clarke Quantrill”
Dr. Joseph M. Beilein, Jr., Professor, Penn State Behrend (History)
Dr. Joseph M. Beilein, Jr., is a professor of history at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College where he teaches history courses on the Civil War, Revolutionary America, Gender, and Military History. He has authored or edited five books including A Man By Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood (2023) and Bushwhackers: Guerrilla Warfare, Manhood, and the Household in Civil War Missouri (2016).
*refreshments provided
Friday, April 18
10:00 - Panel Session VI
“‘A Dimension of Non-Reality’: Code, Desire, and Technology in Michael Mann’s Miami Vice and Blackhat”
Nick Libeg, graduate, YSU (English)
“The Science behind the Fiction”
Lukas McCoy, independent scholar (History)
“Implementing Restorative Justice to Heal and Understand”
Faith Dunlap, undergraduate, YSU (Criminal Justice)
11:00 - Workshop
“Preparing for the Ohio Assessment for Educators Test”
Dr. David Simonelli, Professor, YSU (History)
12:00 - Keynote
“The Persistence of History”
Whitney E. Barringer, American Historical Association
In 2020, Dr. Barringer and team of AHA Historians set out to investigate an important debate in K-12 education: "What are K-12 students being taught about US history?" Two years later, their findings were published as the "American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools," the most comprehensive report on US history education in the 21st century. Dr. Barringer will discuss the report as well as newly-revealed questions about the ability of US history education to persist in a rapidly changing education system.
Dr. Whitney E. Barringer is a historian, educator, and researcher and currently works for the American Historical Association (AHA), where she advocates for history education and educators wherever they are. Before coming to the AHA, she taught at the University of Central Arkansas, where she developed a deep fondness for teaching. A born-and-raised Arkansan, Whit now lives in the great city of Baltimore.
*refreshments provided
2:00- History Capstone Session
"From Punishment to Attraction: Where Prison Reform, Public Perception and Dark Tourism Intersect"
Alison Butz, undergraduate, YSU
"The Game: The Ohio State versus Michigan; The Greatest Rivalry in College Football"
Jonny Elliot, undergraduate, YSU
“The Life and Times of Elijah Sikes, Gravestone Carver of the Western Reserve”
Gavin Esposito, undergraduate, YSU
“Göbekli Tepe: Redefining the Origins of Civilization”
Craig Fisher, undergraduate, YSU
“Grant v. Lee: Who Was the Better General?”
Matthew Franks, undergraduate, YSU
“A Comparative Analysis of the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 in the United States: Government Response, Media Coverage, and Public Perception”
Rebecca Hagan, undergraduate, YSU
“A Roaring Shift: Exploring the Legacy of the Flapper in Shaping Female Autonomy and Cultural Change for Women”
Hannah Loveless, undergraduate, YSU (History)
“Identity and Culture: The Formation of (Black) America”
Mikala Mae Powell, undergraduate, YSU
“We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee”
Toni Robinson, undergraduate, YSU
“The Nuclear Arms Race: Historical Context and Strategic Implications: Understanding the Cold War’s Most Critical Rivalry”
Luke Schumm, undergraduate, YSU
“Women at Work: An Analysis of Women in the U.S. Labor Force, 1945-1960”
Frey Walters, undergraduate, YSU