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The 2024 Research Symposium will be held on Friday, October 18, 2024
MSU Denver Annual Research Symposium
Thank you for attending the 2023 event!
Check out the 2023 Symposium program here
October 13th, 2023
Hosted at the Springhill Suites Downtown.
Presentations by faculty, staff, and graduate students. Faculty members may co-present with undergraduate students but the faculty member must submit the application.
Students are encouraged to attend!
The Honors Program, the Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Program, the Center for Teaching, Learning and Design, and the Center for Individualized Learning are partnering to organize this annual event that showcases the breadth and depth of research activities happening on our campus and connects aspiring undergraduate and graduate researchers with MSU Denver faculty researchers.
During the Symposium, faculty, staff, and graduate students from across the disciplines will present their research projects in a series of brief, 7-minute talks. New this year, a special poster session will feature Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects.
Revised Schedule
Registration and poster setup begins: 8:30 am
Session I: 9:00-10:15 am
Session II: 10:30-11:45 am
Poster Session: 11:45 am-12:15 pm
Networking Lunch: 12:15-1:15 pm
Session III: 1:30-2:45 pm
Faculty Happy Hour: 3:00-4:30 pm
This year’s symposium is also sponsored by:
College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences (CLAS)
College of Health and Applied Sciences (CHAS)
Tips and Recommendations for 7-min Talks and Posters
Video recordings of presentations are coming! Check back soon!
All employees and students are encouraged to attend. Please let us know you are planning to attend by clicking below.
2023 Poster Session
Photos from 2022 MSU Denver Research Symposium
MSU Denver Research Symposium Faculty Presentations
Dr. Jessica Parker & Dr. Jane Chapman Vigil: "Berber? Twi? Karen?: MSU Denver Students' Home Languages"
MSU Denver Research Symposium Faculty Presentations
Joanna Cummings: "Out of the Dark: Shining a light on food insecurity among female sex workers and their children in sub-Saharan Africa"
Dr. Rebecca Ferrell: "SARS -COV-2 detection in wastewater, a powerful new public health tool"
Dr. Justin De Senso: "Jim Crow in Blue: Policing While Black in Postwar New York City"
Dr. Kathryn Young: "TIP Knowledge and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Novice Teachers: Year One Results of a Longitudinal Study"
Dr. Andrew Bonham: "Low-cost, portable medical diagnostics for developing-world infectious diseases based on DNA folding"
Dr. Cindy Heiss: "The effect of added peanut butter on the glycemic response to a high glycemic load meal"
Dr. Daniel Pittman: "A Human-Centered Approach to Evaluating Robot Theory of Mind (RToM)"
Dr. Shalini Srinivasan: "Pandemic-related gaps in foundational chemistry knowledge: Modality of learning environment and student performance"
Dr. Meg Bertoni: "Violent Societies"
MSU Denver Research Symposium Faculty Presentations
MSU Denver Research Symposium Student Presentations
Dr. Godwin-Charles Ogbeide: "Consumer Perceptions of Hospitality Self-Service Technology"