Category: Oral Presentation
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The Effect of Gender Bias on the Confirmation Hearings of Federal District and Circuit Court Appointees
By Hannah Walker Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jared McDonald Abstract I explore the presence of gender bias in the judicial confirmation process by turning to the number of judicial philosophy questions asked of lower federal court nominees. Prior research on the subject has found that the Senate uses judicial philosophy, an ideologically-based idea of justices’ interpretations…
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Securities and Sovereign Bond Spread Measures as Federal Funds Rate Change Predicters
By Jarad Ponce Faculty Mentor: Dr. Don Lee Abstract The dynamics of Federal Funds Rate changes stand as a pivotal concern within economic discourse, shaping monetary policy decisions and influencing financial market behavior on a global scale. While conventional wisdom has long emphasized variables such as the inflation rate, GDP per capita (or GDP growth…
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China’s AI Technology Growth: Implications for U.S. Policy
By Hennry Paredes Faculty Mentor: Jason Davidson Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become more important to countries today for its great potential. This includes the US and China, the top two competitors in AI. China’s AI technology has rapidly been growing in recent years due to its unique advantages in big data, implementation, increasing…
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How Cistercian theology influenced the Nicaraguan Revolution
By Isabella Micallef Faculty Mentor: Jeremy Larochelle Abstract For my project I first researched the life of a famous Trappist monk and poet, Thomas Merton, who mentored and inspired a key figure in the Nicaraguan Revolution, poet priest Ernesto Cardenal. Cardenal was also a mentor himself, and inspired many citizens of Nicaragua to write revolutionary…
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Picturing Gender: Examining the Intersection Between Gender, Vision and the Use of Art in Medieval Christian Women’s Religious Practice
By Elliot Knell Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julia DeLancey Abstract This paper will explore how medieval Christian understandings of gender and vision intersected to affect the use of images in womens’ daily religious practice. Examining how gender and sex were understood, what binaries were constructed, and what roles and attributes were expected are a vital part…
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Translation challenges in El lugar sin límites – Hell Has No Limits, by José Donoso
By Rebecca Cruz Faculty Mentor: Maria Laura Bocaz Abstract In the novel ‘El lugar sin límites’ written by the Chilean writer José Donoso, the author intentionally disguises the sex of La Manuela, the trans protagonist, until the moment when La Manuela’s daughter, Japonesita, reveals it when she calls her “father”. By carefully comparing the Spanish…
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Psi Chi Annual Symposium
