Each year, the Department of Geography features outstanding undergraduate research projects in the Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium. We look forward to welcoming our student participants as well as audience members from our department community!
Friday, June 6, 2025
Session I in Smith Hall 409: 10:30-11:30 AM
This session is a showcase of selected print and digital zines and other material objects created by students in Professor Gretchen Sneegas's classes Geography of Food & Eating, Our Global Environment and Climate Fiction. The informal gallery space offers an exciting opportunity to visit with the artists!
- Freya Bennett, "'Get the London Look': The influence of climate change on fashion in London, UK, 2100"
- Tianlun Chen, "Zine about Ecological Farming"
- Jiali Deng, "In the Company of Food"
- Tracy Esperanzate, "Know your Roots"
- Lauren Levenston, "Quit Staying Dry!"
- Brenda Li, "Dumplings and Stumbling Through Cultural Identity"
- Maya Rao, "Cobalt IS NOT Blue: The Toxic Technology Tradeoff"
- Olivia Sanchez, "Sweet and Bittersweet: The Narrative Power of Ice Cream"
- Kim Ugaddan, "Navigating Filipino Food as Culture and Identity through Different Spaces"
Pizza Lunch in Smith Hall 411: 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
The Department of Geography is pleased to sponsor this lunch as allowable for end of year celebratory events involving student accomplishments!
Session II in Smith Hall 409: 1:00-2:00 PM
This session includes live "lightning" presentations from student speakers highlighting their research projects. Stay for Q&A with the presenters after the talks!
- Daniel Chen, "MapGPT: Integrating Large Language Models with GIS for Automated Cartographic Design"
- Ryan Ho, "Youth Exodus: Investigating Emigration from Hong Kong and its Impact on Future Economic Health Amidst Political Unrest"
- Cora Schultz, "Belonging in Seattle's Social Dance Community"
- Shira Zur, "Social Infrastructure's Impact on Loneliness"
Symposium Gallery: Online
Visit the Symposium Gallery all day long for creative projects, recorded presentations and digital maps!