Conference Program 2025

Conference At-A-Glance

3:30 – 4 pm Poster Session 1  LArts 207
 4 – 4:30 pm Panel 1  LArts 208
 4:30 – 5 pm Panel 2  LArts 208
 5 – 5:30 pm Poster Session 2  LArts 207

Poster Session 1

3:30 pm, LArts 207

Tam Carter Defining Intercultural Communication to Broaden the Modern Technical Communicator’s Toolkit
Sydney Cayer  Bridging the gap between professional writing, communications, and corporate business practices
Ellie Cook Evolving Feminism in the Hunger Games Series
Emma Konn The Intersection of Content Creation, Advocacy, and the Application in the Workplace
Elizabeth Nadeau Bridging the Gap: Using Plain Language to Improve Patient Health Literacy and Decision- Making
Kavya Biswokarma Feminist Perspectives in Professional Communication
Tessa Caliri The Illusions of Plain Language

Panel 1: Futures Past

4 pm, LArts 208, Moderated by Professor Eisenhart 

Arthur Schlerman Mobilizing Language in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah
Madison White The Effects of Repressed Trauma
Ella Wilda Power Dynamics and Hierarchical Oppression: Edward Taylor as a Trans-Gender Poet
Jessica George Aunties Rule! Generational Feminism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun

Panel 2: Performing the Symptom

4:30 pm, LArts 208, Moderated by Professor DeLuca

James Cate A Dream Itself is But a Shadow: Understanding Hamlet’s Desires and Motivations
Taylor Cornish Intersectionality and Ideological Power in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun
Cassidy  Vieira The Theatrical Representation of Ideology – August: Osage County

Poster Session 2

5 pm, LArts 207

Shailyn Bacchiocchi Clarity in the Chaos: A Portfolio in Crisis and Strategic Communication
Mackenzie Berlinguet Social Community
Anthony Casino Using Technical Communication to Assess the Needs of Different Audiences
Michael A. Eurquhart Kairos
Noah Lamperti Catching Tides – Published Outdoor Writing Complemented by Multimodal Content
Unique Linnell Failure Quiz
Amelia Potvin Connecting Across Channels: Exploring Communications in Varied Forms