By Lauren Sorenson–The 11th annual Palmer Student Research Symposium has arrived. This year’s symposium will consist of 163 independent or classroom research projects. The symposium will be held on Wednesday, April 9, in the Olsen Student Center.
The Symposium will kick off at 7:45 a.m. in the Yockey Family Community Room of the Olsen Student Center with opening statements from Morningside’s vice president of academic affairs and dean, William Deeds. The keynote speaker, Dana Dunn, will present his lecture, “Insiders and Outsiders: The Social Psychology of Disability,” at 12:45 p.m. in the UPS Auditorium of Lincoln Center.
Dunn is currently working as a professor of psychology and the assistant dean for special projects at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. Dunn also writes a blog on teaching psychology called “Head of the Class” for Psychology Today. His studies examine teaching, learning and liberal education, as well as the social psychology of disability.
Kelly Kanaan, a coordinator for the Symposium, touched on the importance of this one day event by saying, “The day of the Symposium provides for both the presenters and other Symposium participants a valuable learning experience outside of the classroom.”
Students will present research results through oral presentations, poster presentations or panel discussions over any topic they choose. Kanaan said, “This year we have had more submissions then ever before with almost every discipline represented.” This year’s topics range from “The Decline of Drew Carey” to “The Fight for the Vote in Sioux City: Women’s Suffrage Movement” to a “Floating Arm Trebuchet Exhibition.”
“Since this is a student run committee, we all have the opportunity to work with other students and faculty across campus to improve the quality and experience that Palmer brings,” Kanaan said.
The Palmer Student Research Symposium is coordinated by students Stephaney Eckhart, Kelly Kanaan, Kalee Gross, Kay Drenkhahn, Nick Misukanis, Megan Deichmann, Quinton Behlers, Maria Bohling, and Leslie Pfeifer. Symposium faculty advisors are Jackie Barber and Kim Christopherson.
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