2025 Student Research Conference:
38th Annual Student Research Conference

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE

8:30 - Welcome & Opening Remarks (Alumni Room)

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Asynchronous Virtual Presentations ()

8:45 - 10:00 AM - Concurrent Oral Sessions (Student Union Building & Magruder Hall)

101 Business 3201 8:45am: (SUB 3201)
102 Business 3202 8:45am: (SUB 3202)
103 Arts, Music, CW Oral Presentations Alumni 8:45am: (SUB Alumni)
104 Psychology G-A 8:45am: (SUB Georgian A)
105 Social Sciences & Humanities G-B 8:45am: (SUB Georgian B)
106 Linguistics & Education G-C 8:45am: (SUB Georgian C)
107 SAM Biology MG2000 8:45am: (MG 2001)
108 SAM Chemistry/Biochemistry MG1000 8:45am: (MG 1000)
109 SAM Physics MG1098 8:45am: (MG 1098)

10:15 - 11:30 AM - Concurrent Oral Sessions (Student Union Building & Magruder Hall)

201 Business SUB 3201 10:15am: (SUB 3201)
202 Business SUB 3202 10:15am: (SUB 3202)
203 Art & Music Oral Presentations Alumni 10:15am: (SUB Alumni)
204 English & Classics G-A 10:15am: (SUB Georgian A)
205 Social Sciences & Humanities G-B 10:15am: (SUB Georgian B)
206 Education, Comm. Disorders G-C 10:15am: (SUB Georgian C)
207 SAM Biology MG 2000 10:15am: (MG 2001)
208 SAM Bio/BCBM/Physics MG 1000 10:15am: (MG 1000)
209 Health Science & Nursing MG 1098 10:15am: (MG 1098)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM - Plenary Address - Dr. Danielle T. Cooper (Magruder Hall 2001)

Ethics, Optimism, and Relationships: Keys to Courageous Research

Danielle T. Cooper, PhD, CPP is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and the Director of Research at the Tow Youth Justice Institute at the University of New Haven. She additionally serves as the Chair of the Criminal Justice Undergraduate Committee and Co-Chair of the IDEA Council. Dr. Cooper received her B.S. in Justice Systems (with a minor in Business Administration) in 2009, her M.A. in Criminology from the University of Florida in 2011, and her Ph.D. in Criminology (with a minor in Organizational Leadership for Nonprofits) from the University of Florida in 2015. She is also a Certified Prevention Professional (certified in FL and CT) who works with nonprofits and community organizations as a prevention trainer and evaluation consultant. For more than 15 years, she has been conducting research and teaching in the areas of youths and young adults, juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, criminological theory, and sex offending. As a committed Educator, Researcher, and Preventionist, she brings her expertise to various practical discussions on juvenile justice policy reform, the experiences of individuals committing sexual offenses, and police-authority dynamics within fragile and marginalized communities. Through her work with the local community, she has collaborated with key stakeholders, such as youth and their parents, young adults, educators, law enforcement, mental health professionals, and youth serving organizations. Over the past few years, Dr. Cooper has been honored with the 2019 Faculty of the Year Award, 2021 MO-KAN-NE TRIO Achiever Alumni Award, the 2021 Faculty Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging Award, and the 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Vision Faculty Award. She also completed her two-year role as one of four inaugural Faculty Teaching Fellows for the Center for Teaching Excellence appointed in 2021. Most recently, in 2024, she was awarded a fellowship to participate in the Faculty Leadership Program hosted by the RAND Pardee Graduate School.

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm - Music & Theatre Performance Presentations (SUB Alumni)

303 Music & Theatre Performance Session Alumni 1pm: (SUB Alumni)

1:00 - 2:15 PM - Concurrent Oral Sessions (Student Union Building & Magruder Hall)

301 Education SUB 3201 1:00pm: (SUB 3201)
302 French SUB 3202 1:00pm: (SUB 3202 )
303 Music & Theatre Performance Session Alumni 1pm: (SUB Alumni)
304 Language & Linguistics G-A 1:00pm: (SUB Georgian A)
305 Linguistics G-B 1:00 pm: (SUB Georgian B)
306 Social Sciences, Humanities, Accounting G-C 1:00pm: (SUB Georgian C)
307 SAM Unscheduled MG2000 1:00 pm: (MG 2001)
308 SAM Biology & Biochemistry MG1000 1:00pm: (MG 1000)
309 SAM Exercise Sci. & Ath. Training MG 1098 1:00pm: (MG 1098)

2:30 - 3:30 pm - Poster Session (Student Union Building Activities Room)

The Poster Session will be held in the Activities Room on the 3rd floor of the Student Union Building. All students and faculty are encouraged to visit throughout the afternoon.

400 Poster Session: (SUB Activities Room)

3:00 - 4:00 pm - Museum Studies Exhibit Presentation (Pickler Library 1st Floor)

4:00 - 5:00 PM - Studio Art Reception (Ophelia Parrish Art Gallery)