Winter 2023 Senior Project Presentations

Mark your calendar for Winter Quarter Senior Capstone presentations! Winter presentations will be in person in Old Main 330 classrooms with a Zoom option. To arrange your virtual attendance at any presentation, please email Honors@wwu.edu to request the Zoom link. All times listed are in Pacific Time.

Thursday, March 9

"Why China? How history illuminates Chinese-Tanzanian relations." Former President of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong, shaking hands with former Tanzanian president, Julius Nyerere. Tanzanian and Chinese flags in the background.

Lucy Gentry

Why China? How history illuminates Chinese-Tanzanian relations

10:00 AM

Friday, March 10

Navy blue background with blue and white futurist digital designs around the edges and graphic semi-tangible conjoined cubes in the middle. Text reads “digital archaeology, detection of archaeological structures used in convolutional neural networks on aerial lidar data. Presenter: Katie LaRue. Advisor: Brian Hutchinson. Friday, March 10 2023 at 9:00 AM. Old Main 330c. Zoom link offered upon request. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu”

Katie LaRue

Digital Archaeology

9:00 AM

Poster with a flying eagle over deciduous trees with blue sky and mountain background. On the right side, a cut-out image of a coho salmon carcass. Text reads: "Hungry Hungry Eagles, presented by Collette Webb, advised by John McLaughlin and Leo Bodensteiner. March 10th at 10am. OM330C or on Zoom. A look into the demographics of overwintering eagles on the Nooksack River in Deming, WA. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu"

Collette Webb

Hungry Hungry Eagles

10:00 AM

A poster with a line drawing of a violinist underneath a treble clef and set of musical notes. Text reads: "Facing the Music: Reflections from a Classically Trained Violinist. A podcast in four parts. Presented by Olivia Palmer, Advised by Jeremy Cushman. March 10, 2023, 3 PM. Old Man 330A. For Disability Accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Olivia Palmer

Facing the Music: Reflections from a Classically Trained Violinist

3:00 PM

Monday, March 13

A green poster with two illustrations of salmon and two plants. The text reads: "Salmon Against Humanity. Are hatcheries a part of salmon recovery? By Janine Fong, presented on March 13th, 2023 at 9am in Old Main, room 330C. Advised by Kathryn Sobocinski. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Janine Fong

Salmon Against Humanity

9:00 AM

A poster with a cross and a divided yin-yang symbol. The cross fades into a city, with a central tower being struck by lightning. Other yellow, green, and blue illustrations fill the space. Text reads: "All Manner of Thing Shall Be Well. Intuitionism as Sophoclean, The Sophoclean as Universalistic. Presented by Malachi Wonder, Advised by Dr. Goldman. Monday March 13 1:00 PM OM330C (or technically also on Zoom but why would you do that though). For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Malachi Wonder

All Manner of Thing Shall Be Well

1:00 PM

Tuesday, March 14

Black, starry night sky over a minimalistic illustration of blue and orange desert dunes with a bright red stylized lighthouse at the center. Text reads “Frank Wins a Staring Contest with the Universe: Poems about the Wrong What-Ifs. Presented by Frank DePalma, Advised by Jane Wong. 14 March 2023 at 10am, Old Main 330C and on Zoom. For disabilty accommodations please contact honors@wwu.edu."

Frank DePalma

Frank Wins a Staring Contest with the Universe

10:00 AM

Description of a poster titled "Language Barrier Among Immigrant Communities" for the Honors Capstone project by Rosia Aning, advised by Babafemi Akinrinade. The poster provides details about the project including the date, time, and location of the presentation, which is on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 at 1 pm in OM 330C and via Zoom. The poster also includes contact information for disability accommodations, which can be requested by emailing honors@wwu.edu

Rosia Aning

Language Barrier Among Immigrant Communities

1:00 PM

Poster displays tan and green scrapbook paper. Text on paper reads "Writing through becoming, becoming through writing: Tracking personal evolution within and between poems. Presented by Maya Gudapati, advised by Dr, Tristan Goldman. Tuesday, March 14th, 2pm-2:45pm Pacific. Old Main 330c and Zoom. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu." Poster decorated with a dried green leaf in the top-right corner and a red construction paper heart on the left.

Maya Gudapati

Writing through becoming, becoming through writing

2:00 PM

Wednesday, March 15

A navy blue poster with wavy blue and purple lines. The text reads: "Single sex education in a gender fluid world. By Stella Sisson. As Gender Fluidity becomes more common, how are single sex institutions going to respond to their own student bodies? March 15, 2023 at 9 am. OM330C or on zoom. Advised by Dr. Tristan Goldman. For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu."

Stella Sisson

Single Sex Education in a Gender Fluid World

9:00 AM

A black poster with rainbow-colored pixelized cells synchronizing their colors. The text reads "Times are Changing: Investing synchronization of molecular clocks in biological cells through mathematical modeling. Rosie Una. Advised by Dr. Tilmann Glimm. March 15, 2023. 10:00 AM. OM 330C, Zoom option available. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu"

Rosie Una

Times Are Changing

10:00 AM

A poster with space in the background and a space object crashing into earth. Text reads: March 15th OM330C 11AM Zoom Link Available. Light Elements in Earth's Core, Applications of machine learning to metal-silicate equilibria and terrestrial core formation, An approach to modeling Earth's accretionary history using databases and techniques. Presented by Ruben Keane Advised by Dr. Asmaa Boujibar. For disability accommodation please email honors@wwu.edu"

Ruben Keane

Light Elements in Earth's Core

11:00 AM

Route 666: An analysis of the cultural implications of American road trip horror

Grace Fiser

Route 666: An analysis of the cultural implications of American road trip horror

1:00 PM

A light blue poster with an illustration of a red boxing glove breaking a strand of DNA. Text reads: “Knocking out Kdm5a – Using CRISPR as a tool for Huntington’s disease research. Presented by Emma Jerome. Advised by Dr. Jeff Cantle. Wednesday, March 15 at 2pm in Old Main 330C and on Zoom. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu.”

Emma Jerome

Knocking Out KDM5A

2:00 PM

Thursday, March 16

Off-white, speckled background with colorful flower illustrations. Text reads "The power of outdoor therapy for women: A presentation for all, showcasing the research and spirit behind using nature as a place of healing. By Drew Baty, Advised by Lindsay Poynter. March 16th, 9:00 a.m., OM 330C or Zoom, for disability accomodations please email honors@wwu.edu".

Drew Baty

The Power of Outdoor Therapy for Women

9:00 AM

A blue poster with cartoon drawings of 3 houses on a hill with roads and a sun in the sky. Text reads: "For disability accommodations, please email honors@wwu.edu. How-to: make your house a battery. How demand-side management will be one key to a greener future, explained for popular audiences. Presented by Olivia Kaulfus Advised by Deborah Glosser. March 16th, 11-11:45 am. Old Main 330C."

Olivia Kaulfus

How to: Make Your House a Battery

11:00 AM

What are our plans missing? What are our missing plans?

Vivien Coop

What are our plans missing? What are our missing plans?

1:00 PM

A grayscale poster with paint strokes behind green text. The title, "Alternative Milks," is written in neon sign font. The description is written in coding-style font and reads "A musical exploration of identity, violence, and friendship. By Fern Keely, advisor Jordan Watson. March sixteenth, 2023, 2 p.m.. Location: Old Main 330C. For disability accommodations please email honors@wwu.edu."

Fern Keely

Alternative Milks

2:00 PM