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!!