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2025 Graduate Research Forum 


May 8 

Ford Alumni Center

Judges

Headshot of Prof. Haley Burrill

Haley Burrill
Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology

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Rutger Ceballos
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

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MacKenzie Christensen
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

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Byron Villacis Cruz
Assistance Professor, Department of Sociology

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Wagner Dantas
Assistant Professor, Human Physiology

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Sayandeep Gupta
Postdoctoral Scholar, Plesa Lab, Knight Campus

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Stephen Koller
Committee Chair, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

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Parisa Hosseinzadeh
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

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Bhavna Maurya
Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Molecular Biology

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Katelyn McDonough
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

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

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

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Mary Polites
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture & Environment

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

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

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Geovanna Rodriguez 
Assistant Professor, College of Education

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John Sutter
Assistant Professor of Science Communication, School of Journalism and Communication

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Susan Walcott
President, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Faculty Emerita of Geography, UNC-Greensboro

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

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

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Yu Zhang
Assistant Director, College of Arts & Sciences Advising

 

 

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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)

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