CASL Faculty Research Slam

Friday, November 1, Kochoff Hall, University Center

8:45-10:45 a.m.:  CASL Faculty Research Slam -- Faculty will present in PechaKucha style, the art of concise presentations, 20 images x 20 seconds.  Faculty slated to present (titles and times with links to available abstracts):

• 8:45-8:47 a.m.:  Welcome
• 8:48-8:55 a.m.:  Elena Zhang (NSCI): The impact of pediatric traumatic brain injury on the hippocampal adult neurogenesis and cognitive function
• 8:57-9:04 a.m.:  Cam Amin (SSCI): The MIAOHP and Iranian Diaspora Studies
• 9:06-9:13 a.m.:  Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro (NSCI): The Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance
• 9:15-9:22 a.m.:  Yunus Zeytuncu (MATH): Solving differential equations in different geometries
• 9:24-9:31 a.m.:  Rusi Sun (SSCI): ​​​​​​​Integrating, Contending, Yielding or Avoiding? A Study on City Managers’ Choice of Conflict Management Strategies
• 9:33-9:40 a.m.:  Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine (LPA): ​​​​​​​Voices of Arab Detroit: Narratives of Boundary and Belonging
• 9:42-9:49 a.m.:  Francine Dolins (BSCI): ​​​​​​​Where the Wild Things Are…and How They Get There: Bonobo, chimpanzee and human navigation in virtual reality (VR)
• 9:51-9:58 a.m.:  John Abramyan (NSCI):​​​​​​​ Novel Insights into Upper Jaw Development in Mammals and Reptiles  
• 10:00-10:07 a.m.:  Jamie Shinhee Lee (LCC): ​​​​​​​Polylingual paronomasia, creative hybridity, and the linguistic landscape 
• 10:09-10:16 a.m.:  Kalyan Kondapalli (NSCI): ​​​​​​​An Inside Job: Role of Endosomal pH Regulation in Brain Cancer
• 10:18-10:25 a.m.:  Pam Aronson (BSCI): ​​​​​​​Gender Differences in Definitions of Consent and Sexual Assault in the #MeToo Era
• 10:27-10:34 a.m.:  Susan Erickson (LPA):​​​​​​​ Berthold Laufer in Xi’an, China
• 10:34-10:40 a.m.:  Closing Remarks and Award

10:45-11:00 a.m.:  Refreshments

11:00 a.m.-noon:  CASL undergraduate students present their research during an hour-long poster session showcase

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Faculty presented in PechaKucha style ... the art of concise presentations, 20 images x 20 seconds ... at the fourth annual Research Slam on October 26, 2018. Click on the faculty member's presentation title for a video display.

• Pam McAuslan (BSCI): “Modeling Media’s Influence on Rape Myth Acceptance and Reactions to Sexual Assault”
• Ilir Miteza (SSCI): “To de-dollarize or not to de-dollarize: a monetary policy dilemma”
• Deborah Smith Pollard (LPA): “‘Oh, Happy Day’”: 50th Anniversary of a Game Changer”
• Kris Bandyopadhyay (NSCI): “Nanoparticle as catalyst, cancer remediation and biosensor”
• Lisa Martin (CWP): “The Sky Doesn’t Fall: Combatting Abortion Stigma in Medical Institutions”
• Thomas Bianchette (NSCI): “If Coasts Could Speak - Geological Impacts and Paleo-reconstructions of Extreme Events”
• Amy Brainer (CWP/BSCI):  “Queering Family Immigration”
• Don Shelton (CWP): “The Criminology Theory of Relativity: Using Genealogy Databases to Solve Crimes”
• Rose Wellman (BSCI): “A More Nuanced Perspective: State Supporters in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
• Caleb Siefert (BSCI): “Stay Away, It Hurts: How Attachment Ambivalence contributes to Stress-Related Physical Symptoms in Young Adults”
• Margaret Murray (LCC): “Race, Class, and Authenticity in Pitchfork Music Reviews: The Reception of Vampire Weekend and Lil Wayne”
• Mike Lachance (MATH): “Un-crushing the Can”

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Faculty presented in PechaKucha style ... the art of concise presentations, 20 images x 20 seconds ... at the third annual Research Slam on October 30, 2017. 

• Pam Aronson (SOC): “’I’m Not Voting for Her:’ Internalized Misogyny, Feminism and Gender Consciousness in the 2016 Election”
• Warren Anderson (ECON): "Elections, Gold and Native American Conflicts"
• Marilee Benore (BIO): “Dali's Moustache and the Importance of Protein Stability”
• Will Clarkson (PHYS):  "A new use of the Hubble Space Telescope for Galactic Archaeology"
• Antonios Koumpias (ECON): "Behavioral Strategies to Enhance Tax Compliance in Metro Detroit"
• Michael Macdonald (COMP): "Literacy and Forced Migration" 
• Susana Pecina (PSYC):  "Brain Mechanisms of Pleasure"
• Jennifer Proctor (JASS): “EDIT Media: Best Practices in Inclusive Teaching in Media Production”
• Gabriella Scarlatta (FREN):  "Crime and Punishment in Late Renaissance Italy"
• Caleb Siefert (PSYC):  “Emerging Ambivalence Among Emerging Adults: How Interpersonal Ambivalence Impacts College Functioning”
• Pat Smith (ECON): “Does Self-Perceived Weight Influence the Labor Market?”