UndergraduateResearchSymposium2022 Sebastián Leyva Save The Tragedy of Growing Up: Nostalgia in Temporada de Patos This work analyzes the Mexican film Temporada de Patos or Duck Season through the lens of nostalgia and culture. It is through nostalgia and its...
UndergraduateResearchSymposium2022 Camryn Lang Crossdressing on the Stage: Contrasting Japan’s Onnagata and England’s Boy Actor Japan and England’s theatre practices historically featured male actors that played female roles. These crossdressing actors and their...
UndergraduateResearchSymposium2022 Grant Forgues Empire: Perspectives in Star Wars The Star Wars franchise has created a long-running expansive world. When looking at the politics within the films, this approach has created many different avenues of looking at...
UndergraduateResearchSymposium2022 Caleb Drake Files The Lost History of Indian Theatre From technology to mathematics to philosophy, Ancient India has made such numerous contributions that it would be more difficult to find a field not influenced by their presence....
UndergraduateResearchSymposium2022 Mercedes Garcia A Sci-Fi Exploration of Discrimination: Nnedi Okorafor’s LaGuardia This presentation analyzes Nnedi Okorafor’s modern sci-fi comic, La Guardia, which aims to humanize an interstellar story. Okorafor and artist...
