2025 College Summer Institute Symposium

Celebrate the conclusion of the 2025 College Summer Institute (CSI) in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences by attending our closing research held on Wednesday and Thursday, August 13-14, 2025. The symposium features research presentations from the participating CSI Scholars, who engaged in faculty-mentored undergraduate research and creative scholarship throughout the summer.

The CSI symposium is open to the campus community and the general public

2025 COLLEGE SUMMER INSTITUTE CLOSING SYMPOSIUM
SCHEDULE

Full abstracts will be available soon.

All events in Room 122 of the Regenstein Library.

 

Wednesday, August 13th

9:00                  Breakfast and Coffee

9:30                  Welcoming Remarks

                         Session: Learning Language from Everyday Talk [Mentor: Dr. Marisa Casillas]

9:35                  Introduction

9:40                  Tessa Bracken

                         Session: The Afterlives of Skulls [Mentor: Dr. Iris Clever]

9:55                  Introduction

10:00                Julia Morales 

10:15                Torren Tsay

10:30                Scheduled Break

                        Session: Environmental Futures through Critical Game Design [Mentor: Dr. Katherine Buse]

10:40                Introduction

10:45                Jack Getz

11:00                Aine Zhang

11:15                Emma Kirwin

11:30                Jake Felsenthal

11:45-12:45      LUNCH

                        Session: Oakwoods Cemetery [Mentor: Dr. Na'ama Rokem]

12:45                Introduction

12:50                Roxane Bushofsky

1:05                  Sean Kingsland

                        Session: Collecting Disappearing Wildlife [Mentor: Dr. Jessica Landau]

1:20                  Introduction

1:25                  Onofrio De Michele

1:40                  Seth Wang

1:55                  Scheduled Break

                        Session: Historic Preservation Mapping [Mentor: Dr. Emily Talen]

2:05                  Introduction

2:10                  Micah Sheinberg

2:25                  Alex Arnell

2:40-2:45         Thanks

 

 

Thursday, August 14th

9:00                  Breakfast and Coffee

9:30                  Welcoming Remarks

                         Session: Art and Activism [Mentors: Dr. Daisy Delogu, Dr. Meg Jackson Fox, and Dr. Kathleen Feeney]

9:35                  Introduction

9:40                  Ahan Jayakumar

9:55                  Yiyao Sun

10:10                Ashley Zhou

10:25                Emma Yu

10:40                Scheduled Break

                        Session: The Political Novel Today [Mentor: Dr. Sophie Salvo]

10:50                Introduction

10:55                Jaehyeon Han

11:10                Recorded Talk

11:25                Robbie Keirstead

11:45-12:45      LUNCH

                        Session: The Craft Chronicle [Mentor: Dr. Erica Warren]

12:45                Introduction

12:50                Lydia Gafford     

                         Session: Postwar Artists’ Books [Mentor: Dr. Christine Mehring]

1:05                  Introduction

1:10                  Elyas Boyan

1:25                  Nicole Millan Ortiz

1:40                  Scheduled Break

                        Session: Media Revolutions [Mentors: Dr. Tamara Golan and Dr. Christopher Wild]

1:50                  Alex Gomez

2:10                  Lucia Rathke

2:25 – 2:30      Thanks

 

We encourage you to attend for the entire symposium, or you are welcome to drop in throughout the day. 

 

A sincere thank you to the 2025 Research Mentors for guiding the undergraduate researchers with their projects.

The College Summer Institute in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is a collaborative initiative supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Collegiate Divisions, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, and The College Center for Research and Fellowships.