Wednesday, April 23rd 2025
Registration 4:30 – 5:00
HCC 3rd Floor
Session 1 | 5:00 – 5:50
HCC 307
Spotlighting Individual Studies in CDS
Moderator: Professor Adria Goldman
(Un)helpful Guide to KPop: Inside the Fandom
Presenter: Alana Cleare
Music Content Creation
Presenter: Hailey Amick
Creative Space for Black Stories
Presenter: Kaylah Lightfoot
Influencer Marketing & Brand Relationships on TikTok
Presenter: Stephanie Jerrell
I Won’t Accept this Rose: The Bachelor(ette), Stereotypes, and Self Perception
Presenter: Rylie Vann
HCC327
Digital Poster Session A
Moderator: Professor Kaitlyn Haynal
Fantasy, Fiction, Real Life: The Discussion of Natural Disaster Documentaries
Presenter: Ryder Ward
The Eye of the Storm: The Visual Rhetoric of Hurricane Katrina
Presenter: Erin Landfair
Sesame Street: From Puppets to Pixels
Presenter: Blaise Wingold
Are Undergraduate Students Aware of the Social Media Impacts on their Undergraduate Experience?
Presenters: Katie VanHouten, Kristina Hart, Shaylyn Warren, and Alyson Hardy
Influence of social media within higher education
Presenters: Kennedy Brooks, Ryder Ward, Miley Farley, and Samantha Allison
HCC 328
Digital Poster Session B
Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Johnson-Young
From Me Days to Wellness Clubs: Taking a Look at the Evolution of Rhetoric of Self Care
Presenter: Vivian Reinhardt
Rhetoric of Clean-Girl Wellness on Social Media
Presenter: Jazmine Naimee
#Sudan Revolts Movement
Presenter: Eilina Lakou
Rhetoric of Performance Enhancers in Professional Sports
Presenter: Kazu Ferris
"Just a Girl": The Rhetoric of Female Identity Construction on TikTok
Presenter: Bella Molseed
The Rhetoric of Photography
Presenter: Abbey Magnet
Digital Shields
Presenter: Isa Romero
Children's Media Content and Academic Performance
Presenter: Nadia Cloud Shiblie
The Art of Activism: How Visual Media Shapes Public Engagement in Animal Rights Movements
Presenter: Jordan Beaupre
Representation of Women's and Men's Sports Figures in Popular Media
Presenter: Jazmin Blair
The Role of Misinformation in Digital Rhetoric on Social Media
Presenter: Booker Charoenkwanmuang
Normalization of drinking while “momming:" Mom waters, wine memes, and role of parenting
Presenter: Ty Wheaton
HCC 329
Video Essay Showcase
Moderator: Professor J.D. Swerzenski
Analyzing the Alt-Right
Presenter: Benjamin Dickinson
How #SmutTok Is Changing Book Culture
Presenter: Yzabel Ilao
Queerbaiting in Netflix’s Wednesday
Presenter: Syd Adams
Unpacking TikTok Haul Videos
Presenter: Kaitlyn Griego
Lara Croft... Feminist Icon?
Presenter: Izzy Schefermann
The History of White Jesus
Presenter: Celia Golden
Smoke and Mirrors: Delta 8 Marijuana
Presenter: Ben Berger-Relave
Representation of Autism in Film
Presenter: Kristen Howard
Session 2 | 6:00 – 6:50
HCC 307
Interactive Media Session
Moderator: Professor Zach Whalen
Presenters: Hannah Holstrom, Jordan Beaupre, Isaiah Padgett, Ilse Castaneda-Forkel, Laura Rider, Rylie Vann, Owen Wheeler, Zoe Hanrahan, Val Cotton, Mackenzie Swain
HCC327
Digital Poster Session C
Moderator: Professor Emily Crosby
The True Cost of Cheap Clothing
Presenters: Kristen Howard and Fatima Sheikhali
The Influence of Demographics of Genre Preference
Presenters: Zoe Hanrahan and Jay Block
Navigating the Future: A Content Analysis of Current Conversations on AI in the Workplace
Presenters: Kendall Swaim, Ericka Melendez, Jazmin Blair, Kaitlyn Levine, Matthew Clinton, and Abby Aldrich
The Pink Phase
Presenters: Lucy Gentry, Faith Hattersley, Kate Hartman, Samantha Mateo, and Rachel Bliss
Killer Mindset: Romanticization of Serial Killers in a Digital Age
Presenter: Kennedy Brooks
HCC 328
Tinkering, Hacking & Making Project Showcase
Moderator: Professor Shannon Hauser
Presenters: Jordan Beaupre, Matt Carroll, Jazmin Cochran, Allie Davis. Katherine Farmer, Coby Gilyard, Anna Hollrah, Kasey Ripper, Isa Romero, Niko Toro, Rylie Vann
HCC 329
Investigative Projects from JOUR 300
Moderator: Professor Sushma Subramanian
Presenters: Alana Collins, Jacob Fowler, Abigail Fuller, Emily Giecek, Emma Kingkeo, Sophia LaGraize, Kenzie Lotz, Justin Ly, Blake McBride, Mikaylah McCarthy, Martina Nicholson, Ava Njore, Cannon Parker, Izzy Schefermann, Amanda Sheward, Fanny Sibrian Serrano, Meaghan Van Dyke, Shaylyn Warren
Reception | 7:00 – 8:00
HCC Digital Auditorium
The symposium will conclude with a celebration and social event to wrap up the academic year. Come to the Digital Auditorium from 7:00 - 8:00pm to enjoy some refreshments, congratulate each other on a job well done, and -- most importantly -- pick up your Comm & Digital Studies t-shirt!!