"Today and Tomorrow: Take flights through research and writing"
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
9:00 AM to 2:45 PM
FIU MMC, GC 243
Agenda
9:00 AM–9:30 AM
Gathering of Student Presenters
9:30 AM–9:45 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Marianne Lamonaca, Program Director, The Humanities Edge, FIU
ONE: 9:45 AM–10:30 AM (45 mins)
Panel 1: Colonialism, race and authoritarianism
Franco Batista Garcia, France Shows Off its Colonies: 1931 Paris Exhibition
Apollinaire Mendoza, California & Florida—Different Lenses Leads to Peculiar Histories
Leonardo Rodriguez, Origins of Extremism: The Republic and Utopianism
Professor Tovah Bender, Dept. of History, respondent
TWO: 10:45 AM–11:30 AM (45 mins)
Panel 2: The many faces of tutoring and learning
Emily Chaffins, Tutor Perceptions: The Impact of Tutoring Methods on the Confidence of College Students with Perceived Learning Disabilities
Maria Galiano, Exploring Factors of Online Writing Tutoring to Foster College Student Writers
Jeann Hernandez, Usage of Translingualism at the Writing Center through Peer-Tutoring
Professor Xuan Jiang, Dept. of English/Center for Excellence in Writing, respondent
THREE: 11:45 AM–12:30 PM (45 mins)
Panel 3: New constructions of art and reading
Alejandro Gonzalez, OHMYGOD News
Ashley Kow, The Ethics of AI: A Collection of Posters Exploring the Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Society and Art
Ana Mancebo, Social Media, Books, and Escapism: Young Adults and Their Reasons for Reading
Professor Jonathan Perez, Dept. of Art + Art History, respondent
CEW PANEL + LUNCH 12:45 PM–1:45 PM
A Conversation with FIU Alumni about Writing and Careers
Christina Cuadrado, Bryant Huber, Nery Lopez and Allison Sardinas; panelists
Professor Glenn Hutchinson, Jr., Dept of English/Center for Excellence in Writing, moderator
FOUR: 1:45 PM–2:30 PM (45 mins)
Panel 4: Gender violence, feminism and historical representation
Mychelle Bell, Dear unforgotten, you are enough! finally here are your flowers
Kaleb Hernandez, “From Sex slaves to Slaves of silence.” Silence of former comfort Korean Comfort Women from 1963–1979
Lucas Vieira, The Feminist Revision of the Western in “Nomadland”
Professor Shewonda Leger, Dept. of English, respondent
2:30 PM–2:45 PM
Concluding Remarks
Marianne Lamonaca, Program Director, The Humanities Edge, FIU