SNHU Undergraduate Research Day

Thank you to all who attended & participated in the first ever
SNHU Research Week: April 5-9, 2021

Recordings of sessions are available below.

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Theme: Breaking Barriers: Disrupting Inequity and Revealing Misinformation Through Research

Where:  A Virtual Conference (links in the schedule)

When:   Undergraduate Research Day will be Wed. April 7, 2021
              Related events all week, April 5-9, 2021

Who:   SNHU campus undergraduates
            First 30 accepted SNHU online undergraduates
            Undergraduates from NH college/university campuses

How:    Submit a proposal by February 12, 2021 (link in left margin)

New!   Graduate & Doctoral Research Day - Friday, April 9th - Noon-6:00pm

Graduate Student Proposals due Friday, Feb.19th. Submit here.

2021 SNHU Undergraduate Research Virtual Conference

This year, SNHU will celebrate Research Week, April 5-9, 2021 focusing on the theme of "Breaking Barriers: Disrupting Inequity and Revealing Misinformation Through Research" hosting virtual speakers, showing films, and showcasing student research in virtual events.

Schedule of Events: 

*Click on title of session for recording of event - Blue titles are linked. Titles in black ink are awaiting their recordings.

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Monday, April 5, 2021

4:00pm EST

GUEST SPEAKER

Healthcare in the US: Inequity and Exclusion

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUBennett
Dr. Thomas Bennett
Thomas Bennett is a retired Internal Medicine Physician with a background in biomedical research and education. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Health Science at Franklin Pierce University. His passion for diversity, equity and inclusion has drawn him to work in the non-profit realm in healthcare and education at the local and global levels. Research and evidenced based practices have been integral to his approach in all of these endeavors.
Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor Lynn Murray-Chandler, Ed.D.

5:00pm EST

GUEST SPEAKER

Inequities in Disaster Response and Sheltering

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUBrown
Dr. Douglas Brown
Douglas Brown, an Army veteran, is Assistant Director of Online Programs for Quality Assurance, Pedagogy, Mentoring, and Training at Anna Maria College and Adjunct Faculty Team Lead at SNHU. He worked for Response Systems, Inc. in Contract Disaster Response and Recovery for eight years. In Arkansas, he worked for Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services for 17 years. At Arkansas Children's Hospital Dr. Brown was the Emergency Management Coordinator for five years and the Air Communications Specialist for another five years.

6:00pm EST

KEYNOTE SPEAKER & PANEL DISCUSSION

Taking Bearings: Four Techniques to Build Resistance to Misinformation

Mike Caulfield will discuss why many internet users struggle with the medium of the web, even when they are well-versed in print culture. Using his SIFT method, he will demonstrate how quick techniques that enable users to "take bearings" and discover where they've landed on the web can lay the framework for deeper investigation, even addressing problems mistaken as lack of critical thinking. While the techniques help mainly with the web, they also provide valuable lessons for how to think about expertise, reputation, and making decisions in complex domains.

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUCaulfield

Mike Caulfield 
Mike Caulfield is currently the director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver. For over a decade he has been working civic digital literacies and his open access book Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers (2017) won the Merlot Award for best open learning resource. He was a runner up in the Rita Allen/RTI International Misinformation Solutions Award (2018). His SIFT model, a practical approach to quick source and claim investigation is being used across the country to teach critical consumption in the classroom. Mike is also known for his use of collaborative technology in the classroom. His 2015 essay The Garden and the Stream is credited with launching the digital gardens movement. He worked for MIT as the first director of community outreach for the OpenCourseWare Consortium. His Twitter bio states that he is "radically rethinking how online information literacy is taught" and we hope you will join him in that endeavor today.

PANELISTS

• Professor Peter Frost, Ph.D.
• Professor Vincent Corbo, Ph.D.
• Professor Dave Humphreys, MFA

Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor and Research & Learning Librarian Karin Heffernan

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

3:30-4:40pm EST

GUEST SPEAKER

The “Who” and “Why” of Conspiratorial Ideation

A spate of recent events, including the devastating riot at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, illustrate how conspiracy theories are far more pervasive and consequential than we originally believed. It is hard not to wonder: what makes people believe conspiracy theories? In this talk, findings from a comprehensive meta-analysis will be shared to clarify the personological (the “who”) and motivational (the “why”) correlates of conspiracy beliefs. Promising directions for future research that can shed new light on conspiratorial ideation will be considered.

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUBowes
Shauna Bowes
Shauna M. Bowes, MA is a fourth-year doctoral student in the clinical psychology program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Shauna earned her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and behavioral biology from Emory University. She worked with the late Dr. Scott Lilienfeld and currently works with Dr. Arber Tasimi. Her principal areas of research are intellectual humility, abnormal and normal personality traits, belief polarization, conspiratorial ideation, rationality, and the implications of cognitive biases for practice, interpersonal dialogue, and belief formation. Shauna has a blog series entitled Don’t Believe Everything You Think on Psychology Today and authored the article Looking under the tinfoil hat: Clarifying the personological and psychopathological correlates of conspiracy beliefs This link opens in a new window
Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor Dr. Peter Frost

5:00-6:00pm EST

GUEST SPEAKERS

   

Generation Z Responses to Images of Persuasion: Findings and Reflections

What is the impact of political propaganda in a world that has transitioned to digital? How do young adults react to politically charged images? What information do they pay attention to when confronted with those images? Dr. Vanessa Rocco, an expert in visual art and the history of political propaganda, and Dr. Vincent Corbo, a cognitive neuroscientist, will discuss the evolution of visual propaganda, and the results of their research project investigating the psychological and physiological reactions to political images in young adults. They will also propose considerations for future research projects and interventions targeted at young adults.

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHURoccoCorbo
Dr. Vincent Corbo and Dr. Vanessa Rocco
Vincent Corbo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at SNHU. He obtained his PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University, in Montréal, Canada, looking at stress and fear in healthy participants and individuals suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Following this, he completed post-doctoral training at the Translational Research Center for Traumatic Brain Injury and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. His published work focuses on the impact of stress and early life trauma on the mental and physical health of Post-9/11 Veterans.
Vanessa Rocco (PhD, Art History, CUNY Graduate Center) is Associate Professor of Humanities and Fine Arts at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, and former Associate Curator at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. Her latest book, Photofascism: Photography, Film, and Exhibition Culture in 1930s Germany and Italy, was recently published by Bloomsbury Academic. It was supported in part by a Getty Research Institute Library Grant. She is also co-editor of The New Woman International: Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s to the 1960s (University of Michigan Press, 2011/2012.)

Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor Adam Gilbert

6:00-7:00pm EST

GUEST SPEAKER

Environmental Justice from the Lens of Two Hurricanes

Collecting water samples during and after two hurricanes and observing their prolonged impacts on the source and drinking water quality proved to be an eye-opening experience for Dr Majidzadeh. More shocking was the disproportional impact of these two hurricanes  on low-income communities, leading him to further study environmental justice issues in the United States. Prior to joining SNHU in 2019, he served as a coastal environmental quality program specialist for the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium after post-doc work at Clemson and earning his Ph.D in Biogeochemistry from Auburn University.

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUHamed
Dr. Hamed Majidzadeh
Hamed Majidzadeh joined the science faculty at Southern New Hampshire University in 2019. Previously, he served as a coastal environmental quality program specialist for the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium. Prior to that, he was a post-doctoral research associate at Clemson University, as well as a research assistant at Clemson and Auburn University. He earned his Ph.D. in Biogeochemistry from Auburn University in 2016.

Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor Dr. Katie Duryea

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - SNHU Undergraduate Research Day!

9:00am - Noon and 1:00-3:00pm EST

Undergraduate Research Day Student Presentations - See schedule below

5:00pm EST

Undergraduate Research Virtual Celebration

Undergraduate researchers, their families, and their mentors are invited to a virtual celebration following the Undergraduate Research Day presentations. Participants and mentors will receive invitations and instructions from the Director of Undergraduate Research. Packets will be mailed in advance of the celebration.
 

6:00pm EST

FILM SHOWING & DISCUSSION

Shadows Fall North Film Screening and Discussion on Racism in New Hampshire

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUShadows

This documentary focuses on the efforts of two dedicated historic preservationists and activists, Valerie Cunningham of Portsmouth and JerriAnne Boggis of Milford, to recover the stories of people who have been rendered nearly invisible in the historical record. From the story of the recovery of the Portsmouth African Burying Ground, honoring the novelist Harriet Wilson of Milford, to the historical 1779 petition for freedom written by twenty enslaved Africans this film brings to light many individuals whose lives and accomplishments were erased from New Hampshire’s collective memory. The film asks us to face New Hampshire’s history of slavery, segregation, and the neglect of African American history. It also seeks to answer the question: What happens when we move toward a fuller understanding of our history by including all voices?

Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor Colleen Tapley

JerriAnne Boggis and Nancy Vawter
    

JerriAnne Boggis is the executive director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, the founder and director of The Harriet Wilson Project; and the previous Director of Diversity Programs & Community Outreach at UNH. JerriAnne has received honors for her work by the Nashua Telegraph in 2015; the Seacoast NAACP and in 2015, and she was named by the New Hampshire Humanities Council as one of the 40 most influential New Hampshirites who have vastly enriched human understanding. She served on the advisory committee for New Hampshire Listens. SNHU is proud to call her an alumna. 

Nancy Vawter, Atlantic Media Productions, Producer of this project, received her B.A. in Telecommunications from the University of Georgia Grady School of Journalism. After working for many years at New Hampshire Public Television and WBUR Public Radio, and helping to found a marketing and media production company, she became a principal officer with Atlantic Media and eventually a co-owner. Together with Brian Vawter, she has been nominated for an Emmy, won 14 Telly Awards, 2 Videographer Awards, and other local awards.

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Thursday, April 8, 2021

2:00 - 3:00pm EST

GUEST SPEAKER

*Sam Woolley is unable to attend. His Senior Researcher, Katie Joseff, will be presenting his work.

    

The Reality Game: Thoughts on the Future of Misinformation

Pre-recorded video from Sam Woolley

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUWoolley
Sam Woolley
s link opens in a new windSamuel Woolley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Media and Program Director of Propaganda Research at Center for Media Engagement, both at the University of Texas at Austin. His work is focused on how emerging media technologies are used to enable both democracy and civic control. Woolley’s latest book, The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth (PublicAffairs), came out in January 2020. His academic work has appeared in a number of peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. He has published work on politics and social media in venues including Wired, Motherboard, TechCrunch, Slate, the Guardian, and the Atlantic. His research has been covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post and CBS News’ Sixty Minutes. Woolley is the former Director of Research of the Computational Propaganda Project at Oxford and the founding Director of the Digital Intelligence Lab at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, CA. He is a former Belfer Fellow at the Anti-Defamation league, and former research fellow at the German Marshall Fund, Google Jigsaw, the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington and the Center for Media, Data and Society at Central European University. His PhD is from the University of Washington. He tweets from @samuelwoolley.

Katie Joseff
Katie Joseff is a senior research associate at the Center for Media Engagement. Past areas of research include political disinformation and election manipulation, both within the US and abroad; the psychological biases underlying propaganda; partisanship; anti-Semitism; targeted harassment of marginalized groups; the effects of false information on journalism and journalists; and the ethics of emerging technologies, including AR, VR, and AI surveillance. She studied social neuroscience and international security as an undergraduate, and partisanship and disinformation as a media studies master’s student. Her BA and MA are from Stanford University.

Discussion moderator: SNHU Professor Dave Humphreys

4:00-5:00pm EST

GUEST SPEAKER

Everyone of Us is Worthy: Gender, Sexual Orientation, and School Leadership

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUWesley (This event does not require registration. Limited to first 200 participants)
Jonathan Wesley
Jonathan Wesley is an interdisciplinary professor and serves as the Senior Director of Equity and Inclusion in Academic Affairs at SNHU. He identifies queer in every way, a member of clergy, scholar-activist-practitioner and is a best-selling author of “You Said One Thing; God Said Differently,” which addresses the reconciliation of sexuality and spirituality. His diverse background in higher education has led him to be an agent of positive change. He holds a BA in Sociology, Masters of Education in Higher Education Administration, Graduate Certificates in Pastoral Care/Counseling and Leadership, and a Master’s of Religion and Public Life. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies with a focus on Social Foundations with an anticipated completion of Fall 2021.

Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor Dr. Colleen Tapley

6:00pm EST

FILM SHOWING & DISCUSSION

The Pushouts Film Screening and Discussion on Systemic Racism and Classism

Register: http://bit.ly/SNHUPushouts (This event does not require registration. Limited to first 200 participants)

"I was in prison before I was even born.” So begins the story of Victor Rios - a high school dropout, gang member, and three-time felon by 15. But when a teacher’s quiet persistence, a mentor’s moral conviction, and his best friend’s murder converge, Rios’ path takes an unlikely turn. Two decades later Rios - by then a 36-year-old tenured UC professor, author and national thought leader on the school-to-prison pipeline - gets a call. “Hey Hotshot.” It’s Martín Flores, Rios’ high school mentor, who he hasn’t heard from in 15 years. “I know you’re busy, but I need you to come down to Watts this summer and work with my kids.” It's a make it or break it moment for these youth, Flores - who directs a program serving 16 to 24 olds who haven’t finished high school - warns. “We get them on the right path now, or we lose them to the system.” Woven with archival material stretching back 25 years to Rios’ own troubled adolescence and including the contemporary story of this fateful summer in Watts, THE PUSHOUTS examines crucial questions of race, class, power, and the American dream at a particularly urgent time.
Katie Galloway

Katie Galloway is a filmmaker, impact producer, fundraiser, and investigative reporter whose work examines intersections of race, class, institutional power and activism with a particular focus on American criminal justice. A two-time Sundance fellow, Galloway directed and produced a trio of critically acclaimed documentaries for the independent series POV and produced and reported a series on the justice system for PBS Frontline. Galloway taught documentary production and theory at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and at UC Berkeley, where she holds a Ph.D. in Politics.
Discussion Moderator: SNHU Professor Colleen Tapley, Ed.D.

 

Friday, April 9, 2021

Graduate & Doctoral Students Research Day - See schedule below

Noon-6:00pm

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Schedule for Undergraduate Research Day - Wednesday April 7, 2021

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Undergraduate Research Day 2021 Archives

Check out the presentations and posters that were submitted to the SNHU Academic Archive.

Student Presentation Schedule

Click anywhere on a colored box below to be taken to that session.

9:00 AM Sessions

Through the Biological Lens - Recording

10:00 AM Sessions

It's a Small Global World - Recording

In and Out of the Classroom: Education in Action Recording

11 AM Sessions

A Question of Gender - Recording

Mind Your Business Recording

1 PM Sessions 

A Culture in Motion - Recording

2 PM Sessions

Issues Facing Society - Recording

Chips & Numbers Tell a Story - Recording

5:00pm   Celebration for Undergraduate Researchers

Link to join the celebration: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1468632398

Undergraduate Research Celebration - Congratulations Video

Click on the image below to view the video

6:00pm    "Shadows Fall North" movie screening/discussion

See the information above. Register to receive the link to join.

Schedule for Graduate/Doctoral Research Day - Friday April 9, 2021

Click anywhere on the blue box below to be taken directly to the webinar room.

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Recordings of Sessions

April 9, 2021 Doctoral Presentations Part 1

• James Warrick - Skilled Labor Migration & Slowing the Brain Drain
• Timiny Bergstrom - The Positive Impacts of Nature in the Public Education Setting
• Irene Garcia - Professional Learning Communities
• Nancy Lee P. Harding - Impacting Students' Academic Success: Can Emotional Intelligence Make a Difference?

April 9, 2021 Doctoral Presentations Part 2

• Elvire Daniels - Challenges of African American Small Business Owners: A Qualitative Modified-Delphi Study
• Jensen Welch - Student Agency & Personalized Learning Plans in Vermont High Schools
• Kathleen Saylor, Field Editor, SAGE Publishing - The Publishing Journey: How to Navigate the Publication Process

April 9, 2021 Doctoral Presentations Part 3

• Bill Kimball - How Rural New England Superintendents Create Community Engagement to Improve Education
• Karl Hubner - Money in Education in New Hampshire - Does it Matter?
• Vitaliy Kulapin - Multicultural Diversity: Cultural Identity and Self Worth of Emergent Multilingual Students (click here for slide deck)

April 9, 2021 Doctoral Presentations Part 4

• Arik Mortenson - Morally Imaginative Decision-Making in Educational Leadership During Transformational Times
• Kristina Hansen - Discovering Autoethnography as a Method for Giving Voice to Invisible Disability