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FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium
Led by undergraduate students with the support of SFU's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium is centred on highlighting and celebrating the diversity and interdisciplinarity of FASS undergraduate research.
Speaker Session
Session 1: Representation, Media, and Perception
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Odessa Twibill English |
The View From Below: Black Representation in Children's Media as Shown in Disney's The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
| Michelle Patton History |
We'll Never Give Up: The First Women in the Canadian Armed Forces |
| Taylor Ivan Philosophy |
The Disappearance of Alchemy: Transmuting "Elements" in Chemical Language |
| Ye Jin Kang Criminology |
Navigating the Cyber Deception: Legal Frameworks and Judicial Responses to Deepfake Pornography in Canada and Beyond |
| Khushi Nandha Political Science |
Religious Nationalism and Security in India: BJP鈥檚 Framing of Muslims in Speeches and Manifestos |
Session 2: Global Governance and Influence
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Phone Min Thant International Studies |
The Dragon in the Front Yard: Assessing China's Behaviour in Southeast Asia in the Twenty-First Century through the Lens of Hegemony |
| Anya Petek Economics |
The Impact of BC鈥檚 Child Care Reform on Maternal Labour Force Participation |
| Anum Khalid History |
Constructing the Pakistani Economy: A Discourse Analysis of IMF Staff Reports (1958-1972) |
| Cairen Nicole Galarion Velasquez Political Science |
Held Back By Heritage: Political Dynastic Rule and Underdevelopment in the Philippines |
| Katherine Lizet Lizcano Criminology |
Reconciliation & Justice: Are Sentencing Outcomes Changing for Indigenous Youth? |
Session 3: Community, Connection, and Hope
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Nat Begg Sociology and Anthropology |
Vancouver's Alleyway Gift Economy |
| Jacob Angeles Psychology |
The Influence of Absences of Caregiver Responsiveness on the Development of Infant Social Bids |
| Emily Ma English |
Possibilities of Queer Erotic Humour: Transmogrifying Time and Space in Salt Fish Girl and Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Kelton Travis Psychology |
Both Character and Action-Focused Gratitude Expressions Promote Recipients鈥� Willingness to Engage in Subsequent Prosocial Behaviour |
| Meghan Danyluk English |
A Prayer for Hope in Climate Change Fiction: Analyzing Approaches to Hope in A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Parable of the Sower |
Poster Session
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Phone Min Thant International Studies |
The Dragon in the Front Yard: Assessing China's Behaviour in Southeast Asia in the Twenty-First Century through the Lens of Hegemony |
| Thuta Soe Criminology |
Algorithmic Bias within Facial Recognition Technologies: Impacts on Validity and Accuracy of Current Systems , and Potential Bias in Application on Minority Populations Within Canada. |
| Karly Anne Burns Criminology |
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Gladue Reports: How it Affects Indigenous Men and Women in Domestic Violence Cases |
| Hannah Hickey History |
Something Wicked: King James VI鈥檚 Daemonologie and the North Berwick Witch Trials |
| Kevin Nicholas Eng History |
Confucianism in Modern Chinese State Ideology |
| Noah Jozic History |
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Illyrianist agenda: outsider perspectives on the region and its people |
| Dawn Lentsch Labour Studies |
Benefits of Sectoral Bargaining |
| Raunik Sahota Psychology |
Predicting Support for Political Violence: The Role of Ingroup Projection |
| Diana Negrabee Psychology |
Consistency and Accuracy in Eyewitness Descriptions of Culprits |
| Matthew Rathore Psychology |
Mindfulness and Anxiety in Multiracial Individuals: Identity Integration as a Mediator |
| Nikolas Felix Kulka Psychology |
Accurate Interpretations of Forensic Results: How to Create Comprehensible Forensic Reports |
| Linnea Somerstep Political Science |
International Law, National Debate: Analyzing Australian Parliamentary Discussions on Queer Rights Legislation When the UN Human Rights Committee is Involved |
| Mary Toma Political Science |
Partisan Gaze: Examining the Impact of Political Party Preferences on Exposure to News Content (An Eye-Tracking Study) |
| Kamran Houle Sociology and Anthropology |
Whitness, Housing, and the Great Replacement: Conspiratoral Knowledge in Canadian Anti-Immigration Discourses |
| Perla Sulaj Criminology |
Crime Radiation: Understanding How It Occurs From Police Problem-Solving Reports |
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