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Erika Sorensen-Kamakian, Associate Professor of Biology, served as the moderator for the day's first session.

J. Jacob Calhoun, assistant professor of history, was the day's first presenter.

Calhoun's presentation was titled, "The Bossier Massacre of 1868: The Ramifications of Black Disarmament."

Joyce Burnette, professor of economics, presented next.

Her presentation was titled, "Mismeasuring Women's Work."

Scott Himsel '85, associate professor of political science, closed the morning session.

Himsel delivered "Paradigm Shift? Is the Supreme Court Moving Away From Protecting Minorities From Discrimination?"

Claire Fouchereaux, visiting assistant professor of French, shared her research on the early success of rap in Quebec versus the chart placement of similar artists in other parts of Canada and the United States.

Costume Designer and Costume Shop Manager Brandon Thompson shared insight from a course he taught in the spring semester on cosplay to introduce textual analysis, critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, history, creative problem solving, and of course, sewing skills.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Timur Akhunov used a simple concept of two slot machines with known success rates to think about experimental techniques of exploring versus exploiting strategies.

Preston Bost, professor of psychology, discussed the reliability and validity of AI in grading student papers.

Scholar-in-Residence at The Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism Eric Wilhelm presented his research of the correlation between craft guilds and urban population growth in the 365体育博彩_365体育app-彩票*官网 Middle Ages. 

Byron K. Trippet Assistant Professor of Political Science Ryan Yu-Lin Liou's presentation asked, "Can international advocacy rally public support for human rights sanctions?"

Heidi Walsh, associate professor of biology, closed out the second session of the day with "A Drop in the Bucket - Do Lipid Droplets Contribute to Lipotoxicity in Neurons?"

A short Q&A session followed each presentation.

Chris Anderson, WDPD Director and Visiting Instructor of Rhetoric chats with Erika Sorensen-Kamakian, Associate Professor of Biology

Visiting Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Azmat Khan shares his presentation "Irony as Subaltern Resistance: Subverting Militarized Patriotism in Pakistan's Tribal Frontier".

Audience member listens to Professor of Rhetoric and Department Chair, Jennifer Abbott's presentation "From Print to Pixel: Transforming a Textbook into an Open Educational Resource."

David Blix, Associate Professor of Religion listens in on presentation.

Andrew Bowling, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics chats with Stephenson Institute Scholar-in-Residence, Eric Wilhelm.

Jennifer Abbott, Professor of Rhetoric and Department Chair shares her presentation "From Print to Pixel: Transforming a Textbook into an Open Educational Resource".