CASE 2020 Symposium
The Creative and Scholarly Endeavors (CASE) program is a competitive, unique opportunity for current Elmhurst University students to engage in scholarly or creative projects with the close guidance of faculty mentors.
CASE programming culminates in the CASE Symposium, where students present their projects.
All CASE participants submit an abstract describing their respective projects to Investigations, the University’s undergraduate journal for student research, and provide a product to Constellations, which the University’s institutional repository.
There are two levels for CASE participants:
- The CASE Summer Fellows level is for rising juniors and seniors. As part of a competitive application process, CASE Fellows articulate a research question, identify a research methodology, and partner with a faculty mentor. During the eight-week CASE programming, then, with the mentorship of a faculty mentor, CASE Fellows conduct research, analyze and interpret data, and strategize about sharing their research with Elmhurst University and the community-at-large.
- The CASE First-Year Scholars level is for rising sophomores. As part of a competitive application process, CASE First-Year Scholars explain their research interests, reflect on their educational goals and progress, and describe how participating in CASE helps accomplish their educational and career aspirations. CASE First-Year Scholars invest at least 100 hours working on a scholarly or creative project directed by a faculty mentor.
2020 CASE Summer Fellow Presentations
Note: Most presentations are in PowerPoint format and are best viewed on a desktop or laptop. On desktop/laptop, they will download when you click on the title. These presentations include audio explanation from the presenter(s).
Hannah Bacon
“A Link Between Environmental Injustice and COVID-19: A Case Study of Chicago and Milwaukee”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Connie Mixon
Emily Baxa
“Cognitive Implications of Chemotherapy-Induced Hearing Loss in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Diane Morean
Lindsay Piña Garcia
“The Analysis of Narrative Intervention with a Bilingual Spanish-English Speaking Adolescent with Down Syndrome”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brenda Gorman
Emma Germann
“Research Study of Contact and Aerosol Emissions as Applied to the Band Rehearsal”
Faculty Mentor: Professor Emeritus Judy Grimes
Michael Griffin
“Whisker Tracking with DeepLabCut”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Venkatesh Gopal
Nicole Kim
“The Impact of PPE Education on Anxiety Levels Regarding COVID-19 Restrictions”
Faculty Mentor: Professor Laura Brennan
Joshua Nichols
“Gender Differences in OnlyFans Content Creators’ Subscription Pricing Strategies”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua VanArsdall
Ryan Moran
“Disorder and Crime in Chicago Community Areas”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrea Krieg
Austin Mussatto
“Instamothering: An Exploration of Hegemonic Motherhood on Instagram”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carrie Coward Bucher
2020 CASE First-Year Scholar Presentations
Note: Most presentations are in PowerPoint format and are best viewed on a desktop or laptop. On desktop/laptop, they will download when you click on the title. These presentations include audio explanation from the presenter(s).
Andrew Martinez and Nujaimah Kholwadia
“Tracking the #Plandemic Video”
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Carrie Coward Bucher and Dr. David Brown
Gabriel Galindo
“Prisoners of the State of Mind: Remembering Los Topos in Contemporary Spanish Cinema”
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Faculty Mentor: Dr. Beatriz Gómez Acuña
Francisco Gómez
“Restoring the Light: Restitution and Remembrance of Educators of the Second Republic in Contemporary Film”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Beatriz Gómez Acuña
Zaharina Jimenez and Marina Orrico
“Impact of State Coronavirus Policy on OnlyFans Content Creators’ Subscription Prices”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua VanArsdall
Farah Qureshi and Bailey Hoenig
“Detergent Use in the Real World: The Environmental, Economic, and Daily Impacts”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Colleen Munro-Leighton
Kaitlin Krivak and Carlos Romero
“On the Colour of Fountain Pen Inks”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alvaro Castillo
Mikayla Vicente and Hailey Nicholas
“Service Learning as Implicit Bias Training in the Composition Classroom”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erika McCombs