Crossing Borders to Connect Routes: Higher Education, Immigration, and the Pandemic in the Midwest Project 

Rivka Comrov, “Crossing Borders to Connect Routes: Higher Education, Immigration, and the Pandemic in the Midwest Project”  Mentor: Dante Salto, Administrative Leadership, Education (School of)  Poster #19  This research aims to understand how immigrant populations were affected post the Covid-19…… Read More

Development of the Aging Together anti-ageism peer support program

Bryce Van Calligan, Connor Keane, Lisbeth Lopez Cordero and Katherine Fisher, “Development of the Aging Together anti-ageism peer support program”  Mentor: Andrew Steward, Social Work, Social Welfare (Helen Bader School of)  Poster #118  Ageism is defined as any bias, prejudice,…… Read More

Going Home: Reminiscence Intervention for Asian Immigrants with Dementia 

Alana Fisher, “Going Home: Reminiscence Intervention for Asian Immigrants with Dementia”  Mentor: Yura Lee, Social Work, Social Welfare (Helen Bader School of)  Poster #115  Older Asian adults account for more than 8% of dementia cases, despite being less than 6%…… Read More

Navigating Help-Seeking: A Mixed Methods Examination of Barriers and Pathways to Transgender Women’s Help-Seeking and Attainment Following Interpersonal Victimization

Lexy Lunger, “Navigating Help-Seeking: A Mixed Methods Examination of Barriers and Pathways to Transgender Women’s Help-Seeking and Attainment Following Interpersonal Victimization”  Mentor: Jane Hereth, Social Work, Social Welfare (Helen Bader School of)  Poster #175  Transgender women experience disproportionately high rates…… Read More

Non-Binary People and the Impact of​ Affirmative Policy: A Literature Review

Heather Maggio, “Non-Binary People and the Impact of​ Affirmative Policy: A Literature Review”  Mentor: Jenny Taylor-McBride, Social Work, Social Welfare (Helen Bader School of)  Poster #172  In the current political climate, non-binary and transgender populations have been specifically targeted through…… Read More

Terrible, Horrible, Vile Creatures

Hannah Somers and Erynn Spanbauer, “Terrible, Horrible, Vile Creatures”  Mentor: Christopher Lawson, Educational Psychology, Education (School of)  Poster #169  This study is focused on exploring how children’s and adult’s attitudes about “good” and “bad” animals impact their ethic of care…… Read More