The Virtual OMNI Research Showcase May 17-20, 2021 ~ACKNOWLEDGMENTS~ What a Year!
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THE MIRACOSTA HONORS PROGRAM PROUDLY PRESENTS The Virtual OMNI Research Showcase May 17-20, 2021 ~ACKNOWLEDGMENTS~ What a year! I would like to thank everyone who is presenting in our Spring OMNI week. It was an incredible challenge to get your presentations ready for the OMNI, but you did a great job. If this is your first conference presentation, I hope that you will want to keep sharing your knowledge and presenting at more conferences in the future. I would also like to thank the faculty mentors who have provided guidance to their student mentees. We could not have an Honor Program or an OMNI research showcase without you! Thank you for inspiring such creative projects and for your continual support of the Honors Program. As she gets ready to enjoy her retirement, I would like to specially thank Honors Dean Dana Smith for her leadership and support of the Honors Program during these difficult times. For over ten years she has guided our program with a consistent focus to always focus on the needs of our students. Susan Corley deserves all our thanks for her leadership behind the scenes. I am indebted to my incredible staff for their work on conference activities and the OMNI. Melina Sam, Christine Walsh, Rolando Pineda and Inayah Abdulmateen have all played instrumental roles as Navigators this semester helping us through these difficult weeks. I will especially miss Melina and Christine, my two Navigators of the Year, who kept our program running this whole year. I thank them all for serving as moderators for the conference sessions. My final acknowledgement goes to Elizabeth Lurenana, who has been brilliantly exceptional in her role as conference program director in her first year as our Honors Administrative Assistant. Elizabeth is an organizational wizard, and every one connected to the OMNI appreciates how easy it is to “No one who achieves work with our special Administrative Assistant. She keeps making the MiraCosta Honors Program better success does so without every week in large and small ways. acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” ~Alfred North Whitehead ~TABLE OF CONTENTS~ SCHEDULE OF EVENTS...................................... 4 GENERAL SHOWCASE INFORMATION.......... 5 MONDAY PRESENTATIONS............................... 6 TUESDAY PRESENTATIONS............................... 8 WEDNESDAY PRESENTATIONS........................10 THURSDAY PRESENTATIONS...........................12 PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES................................14 ~SCHEDULE OF EVENTS~ MONDAY: MAY 17, 2021: 9:00AM-2:30PM Room 1, Meeting ID: 919 8738 0036, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/91987380036 Morning Moderators: Inayah Abdulmateen & Christopher Sleeper Afternoon Moderators: Danielle Buford & Christopher Sleeper Room 2, Meeting ID: 941 4366 7977, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/94143667977 Morning Moderators: Rolando Pineda, Hamilton Bohannon, Christine Walsh & Renee Buchenroth Afternoon Moderators: Melina Sam & Elizabeth Lurenana TUESDAY: MAY 18, 2021: 9:00AM-2:30PM Room 1, Meeting ID: 919 8738 0036, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/91987380036 Morning Moderators: Hamilton Bohannon, Christopher Sleeper & Hugo Peralta-Ramirez Afternoon Moderators: Inayah Abdulmateen & Christopher Sleeper Room 2, Meeting ID: 941 4366 7977, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/94143667977 Morning Moderators: Melina Sam, Taewon Jeong & Elizabeth Lurenana Afternoon Moderators: Christine Walsh & Elizabeth Lurenana WEDNESDAY: MAY 19, 2021: 9:00AM-2:30PM Room 1, Meeting ID: 919 8738 0036, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/91987380036 Morning Moderators: Inayah Abdulmateen, Hamilton Bohannon & Danielle Buford Afternoon Moderators: Claire Benham & Christopher Sleeper Room 2, Meeting ID: 941 4366 7977, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/94143667977 Morning Moderators: Christine Walsh & Elizabeth Lurenana Afternoon Moderators: Melina Sam & Elizabeth Lurenana THURSDAY: MAY 20, 2021: 9:00AM-NOON Room 1, Meeting ID: 919 8738 0036, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/91987380036 Morning Moderators: Melina Sam, Christopher Sleeper & Hugo Peralta-Ramirez Room 2, Meeting ID: 941 4366 7977, https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/j/94143667977 Morning Moderators: Rolando Pineda, Taewon Jeong, Christine Walsh & Elizabeth Lurenana ~GENERAL SHOWCASE INFORMATION~ SHOWCASE SESSIONS All showcase sessions will be held May 17-20, 2021. Start and end times vary by day and there will be two Zoom rooms running simultaneously. All presenters, please make sure that you arrive to your session 10 minutes before it begins, double checking which virtual room you are scheduled for. This will allow you to work out any technical glitches before the session begins. For pre-recorded sessions, your Moderator will screen-share your presentation. For live presentations, the Moderator will give you the ability to screen share your own presentation. Each session will go as follows: • The Moderator for each session will keep time for the presentations. • Each presentation is limited to 15 minutes and all presentations will be followed by a 5-minute Q&A session. • Videos will be available for viewing after the conference on our YouTube channel. COMMENTARY FORMS Students who wish to receive enrichment hours but are not presenting at this conference should fill out a Commentary Form for each presentation that they attend. Faculty members are also invited to fill out Commentary Forms. QUICK ZOOM GUIDE Zoom accounts DO NOT have to be made in order to access the sessions. Mobile phone/tablet: On the day you present, navigate to the OMNI Program and click the appropriate zoom link, and you will be prompted to download the Zoom app. Zoom app is available on Android and iPhone devices, and is completely free. Once downloaded, you should be able to enter the virtual waiting room, where a host will let you into the session. Desktop: On the day you present, navigate to the OMNI Program, click the appropriate Zoom link, and you will be brought to the Zoom website to join the session. You should be able to enter the virtual waiting room, where a host will let you into the session. We recommend you attempt to join the meeting 5 minutes before the session to deal with any technical difficulties that may arise. If you experience any technical difficulties, please contact Professor Sleeper: 949.533.1095 or Elizabeth Lurenana: 760.917.4757 ~MONDAY ROOM 1~ SESSION 1: 9:00-10:30AM Zoe Romine The Disturbance Among the Suburbs: Irvine, California’s Suburban Ideals, Influential Urban Planning and the Culture That Ties It Together Prof. Christopher Sleeper This presentation looks into the history of the suburbs and how the ideals that upheld the suburbs are seen today in places like Irvine, California. Pre-recorded. Live Q&A. John Siebelink The Magenta Purge: The Lavender Scare and Republican Manipulation in the McCarthy Era Prof. Christopher Sleeper A study of the Republican Party’s rise to power and their efforts to purge homosexuals from governmental and international employment in the 1950s. Pre-recorded. Live Q&A. Cristian Marroquin The Delusional Democracy: Voter Suppression Tactics since 1877 Prof. Christopher Sleeper This presentation focuses on the history of American voting rights, the transition into the current state of affairs and how suppression has become discrete. Pre-recorded. Live Q&A. SESSION 2: 10:30AM-NOON Diego Luna When America Tuned into the Radio: 1930-1941 Prof. Christopher Sleeper This presentation focuses on the radio in uniting much of America into supporting a war by transforming the public and cultural arena into a wartime culture. Live Presentation/Q&A. Tiffany Chu Follow That Car: How to Become an Industrial Captain Prof. Christopher Sleeper Two of the most influential leaders in the automobile industry share circumstantial factors, entrepreneurial techniques, and unique manipulation of products, Pre-recorded. Live Q&A. guiding them towards immense success. Nicholas Trotta Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Fantasy: Walt Disney and the 1950s Prof. Christopher Miller The research project examines the historic activities of Walt Disney throughout the 1950s, in particular by closely examining the theme park Disneyland. Live Presentation/Q&A. Seoyoung Hwang The Veiled Incentive Behind the Dawes Act of 1887 Prof. Christopher Sleeper This presentation examines the Dawes Act of 1887, an act that ruined the lives of thousands of Native Americans and destroyed hundreds of Native tribes. Pre-recorded. Live Q&A. SESSION 3: 1:00-2:30PM Julian Harvey United States Influence on Domestic Public Opinion During World War I Prof. Christopher Sleeper This research paper looks into the methods and application that United States used during World War I to garner support for the war effort. Live Presentation/Q&A. Wyatt Clay Democracy and Crisis in 100 days Prof. Christopher Sleeper Both Presidents FDR and Biden faced huge economic crises when they ascended to the presidency. Their responses show us the very nature of Live Presentation/Q&A. American democracy. Brenna Schnedar “I was born with the Devil in me”: The Rise of Serial Killers in the Seventies Prof. Christopher Sleeper This project examines the correlation between the sharp spike of serial killers in the 1970s and its impact on how Americans view and depict crime. Pre-recorded. Live Q&A. Jade MacEoghain Artivism and Azaadi: Kashmiri Resistance Art Prof. John Kirwan Looking to artivism’s origins, and the socio-political oppression of occupied Kashmir, several Kashmiri artivist pieces will be analysed for their political Live Presentation/Q&A.