{"id":3089,"date":"2025-05-05T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/ccs\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2025-05-05T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:44:14","slug":"ccs-students-at-undergraduate-research-symposium-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/ccs-students-at-undergraduate-research-symposium-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CCS Students at Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CCS is celebrating the 15 Comparative Cultural Studies students who presented at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium held on April 25! Below are photos of all our fantastic students with their posters or oral presentations as they present their original research.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3101\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XZXCE2754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3101\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XZXCE2754-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"three people smile in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XZXCE2754-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XZXCE2754-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XZXCE2754-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronit Patel and Miles McCoy (Advisor: Dr. Gioia Woods): \u201c1966\u2019s Star Trek and American Counterculture\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3090\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3090 size-landscape-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student in tie and glasses smiles in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-232x174.jpg 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_2736-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Magill (Advisor: Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulacsi): \u201cEARLY EXPEDITIONARY PHOTOGRAPHY: The Building of the Lo Archive of the Dunhuang Caves\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3100\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XFXYE9089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3100\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XFXYE9089-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"a student leans on one hand, smiling in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XFXYE9089-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XFXYE9089-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/XFXYE9089-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaelyn Fett (Advisor: Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges): \u201cThe Divided City of Walls and Bridges: Mapping Identity in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3099\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/NFWIE2140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3099\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/NFWIE2140-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"two students smiling in front of a poster and laptop\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/NFWIE2140-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/NFWIE2140-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/NFWIE2140-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/NFWIE2140-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Barclay and Ben Osborn (Advisor: Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges): \u201cThrough the Lens: Repeat Photography of the Southwest\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3098\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/ISORE1217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3098\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/ISORE1217-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student presents in front of a project screen\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/ISORE1217-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/ISORE1217-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gracie Price (Advisor: Dr. Jason BeDuhn): \u201cSoteriology &amp; Christhood Endowed in the \u2018Gospel of Truth'&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3097\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2738-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3097\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2738-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student smiles in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2738-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2738-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2738-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kailey Cooper (Advisor: Dr. Diana Coleman): \u201cMapping Religious and Spiritual Communities in Flagstaff and Bringing it into the Classroom\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3096\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3096\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"three people smile in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-1536x1155.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-2048x1540.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-232x174.jpg 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2737-600x451.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rogelio Apodaca Zenil, Helen Louise Smith, &amp; Alexandria Amari Ponce (Advisors: Bj\u00f6rn Krondorfer &amp; Pedro Gonzalez Corona): \u201cPower of Blood: Mexico\u2019s Casta Painting Exhibition\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3095\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2735-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3095\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2735-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student in glasses smiles in front of their poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2735-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2735-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2735-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grace Roberts (Advisor: Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulacsi): \u201cRecovering the Iconographic Context of an Early Chinese Buddhist Statue (8th \u2013 13th centuries CE)\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3094\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2734-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3094\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2734-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student smiles in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2734-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2734-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2734-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bear Bennion (Advisor: Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulacsi): \u201cReidentifying a Curious Bronze Statue from Han Dynasty China\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3093\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2732-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3093\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2732-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student in a vest presents their poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2732-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2732-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2732-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chenyue Deng (Advisor: Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulacsi): \u201cMid-20th Century Innovation of Chinese Art: Xu Beihong (1895-1953) and His Eastern-Western Perspectives\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3092\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2731-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3092\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2731-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student in glasses smiles in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2731-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2731-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2731-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Tang, represented by Grace Roberts (Advisor: Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulacsi): \u201cMIND, MACHINE, CANVAS: Technology Driven Painting Reflecting Intersections of Insomnia between Humans and Machine in Contemporary Chinese Art\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3091\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2729-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3091\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2729-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"student smiles in front of a poster\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2729-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2729-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_E2729-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Williams (Advisor: Dr. Katrina Maggiulli): \u201cA Product of Place: Arts &amp; Crafts Architecture on the Colorado Plateau&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCS is celebrating the 15 Comparative Cultural Studies students who presented at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium held on April 25! Below are photos of all our fantastic students with their posters or oral presentations as they present their original research. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,11,29,28,10,4,13,12],"tags":[5,20,17],"class_list":["post-3089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-history","category-asian-studies","category-comparative-study-of-religions","category-environmental-humanities","category-latin-american-studies","category-museum-studies","category-public-humanities","category-student-news","category-student-research","tag-ccs","tag-naucal","tag-nauccs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3089"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}