2025 Graduate Research Forum
May 8
Ford Alumni Center
Judges
Haley Burrill
Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology

Rutger Ceballos
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

MacKenzie Christensen
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Byron Villacis Cruz
Assistance Professor, Department of Sociology

Wagner Dantas
Assistant Professor, Human Physiology

Sayandeep Gupta
Postdoctoral Scholar, Plesa Lab, Knight Campus

Stephen Koller
Committee Chair, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Parisa Hosseinzadeh
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Bhavna Maurya
Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Molecular Biology

Katelyn McDonough
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Kent McIntosh
Professor, Philip H. Knight Chair, Special Education, College of Education

Kayla Nguyen
Assistant Professor, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science

Mary Polites
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture & Environment

Grace Privett
Postdoctoral Scholar, Willett Lab, Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact

Jesús A. Ramos-Kittrell
Assistant Professor of Musicology, School of Music and Dance

Geovanna Rodriguez
Assistant Professor, College of Education

John Sutter
Assistant Professor of Science Communication, School of Journalism and Communication
Susan Walcott
President, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Faculty Emerita of Geography, UNC-Greensboro

Satya Yadav
Postdoctoral Scholar, Widom Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Le Yang
Associate Vice Provost & University Librarian for Collections, Discovery, and Digital Strategy, Knight Library

Yu Zhang
Assistant Director, College of Arts & Sciences Advising
And more...
Previous Forum Winners





2024
Panel Award Recipients
- Gender or Caregiving Community topic "Suicide Prevention Among Vulnerable Populations: Risk and Prevention Strategies in the Youth, Aging, Disability, and Neurodivergent Communities". Marielena R. McWhirter Boisen; Vivian Koomson; Alyssa Callender, Prevention Science
- Disabled or Neurodivergent Community topic: “Wearing Journey: Understanding Disabled Bodies Through Comics and Healthcare Technology". Anu Sugathan, English; Suhana Ahamed, Human Physiology
- International Community topic: “From Bias to Balance: Reimagining Global Media Narratives”. Nishat Parvez; Nishtha Yadav; Nahla Bendefaa; Stella Zhang, Communication & Media Studies
- 2SLGBTQIAA+ community topic: “Queer Intimacies and Queer Futures”. W. Jamie Yang, Sociology; Kaito Campos de Novais, Anthropology
- Gender or Caregiving Community topic honorable mention: "Transforming Models of Care”. Precious Adejumobi; Tian Walker, Anthropology
Poster Winners
- Maria Camila Coronado Cabrera, Architecture
- Stevana Schauer, Biology
- Sarah Erskine, Biology
- Amira Ghazy & Bibi Halima, Language Teaching Studies
- Ngan Tran, Economics
- Bruce Yuan & Daniel Appiah-Gyekye, Media Studies
- Katie Alvarez, Special Education
- Havisha Khurana, Quantitative Research Methods in Education (also 2022 winner)