Finley Bandy | Our City Is a City Without an Expressway: A Historical Review of Transportation Injustice in Baltimore City | Michael Casiano | American Studies, History | RAC 106 | 11:40-11:55

Sophie Braun | Jewish Immigrants and American Racism in the Early to Mid-Twentieth Century | Meredith Oyen | History | RAC 230 | 2:15-2:30

Jessica Busch | The Effects of 9/11 on US Immigration: How the US Halted Immigration Reform and Created an Anti-Immigrant Police State | Meredith Oyen | History | RAC 106 | 1:15-1:30

Elle Enomanna | The Erasure of Jane Crow from the Modern Legal System | Michelle Scott | History | RAC 106 | 1:35-1:50

Isabel Kendall | Missionary Position: Power and Cultural Mediation Through the Lens of 16th-Century Missionaries and Postwar Sex Workers | Julie Oakes | History | Special Exhibit, RAC Upper Track, 1st Floor

Matthew Mejia | Reviving School Spirit | Brandon Beck | History, Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #59

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Sarah Abbas | Intelligent Fault Detection and Risk Management for Autonomous Spacecraft Operations | Anthony Campbell | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #3 

Lehbah Amin | Perceptions of Fairness in AI-Driven Screening Systems Among Undergraduate Students | Edward Dillon | Information Systems | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #9 

Celine Anong | Women in Computing: Understanding Needs, Attitudes, and Obstacles in Recife, Brazil | Carolyn Seaman | Information Systems | RAC 230 | 1:55-2:10 

Shrikant Bhatnagar | UMBC AIAA DBF and SUAS Aircrafts | Joseph Washington | Mechanical Engineering | Special Exhibit, RAC Upper Track, 1st Floor 

Julianna Gepilano | Spatial Network of Hypoxia Events in Chesapeake Bay Using Granger Causality | Vyacheslav Lyubchich | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #23 

Jasmine Ives | Monitoring Polychlorinated Biphenyl Levels in Maryland Fish | Upal Ghosh | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #33 

Emily Piazza | Development of Hybrid Anion-exchange Resins for Selective Removal of (Ultra)short-chain PFAS | Lee Blaney | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #51 

Katelyn Prasad | Design and Validation of a Mechanical Testing Platform to Quantify Aortic Valve Leaflet Stiffness | Sayantan Bhattacharya | Mechanical Engineering | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #78 

Nia Richard | A Survey of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Digital Twins for Health | Shimei Pan | Information Systems | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #80 

 Emma Shay, Jennifer Posada | Empowering Data Literacy: Fostering Self-Regulation and Adaptive Agency Through Personal Informatics | Karen Chen | Information Systems | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #63 

Ariel Wilson-Gray | Production of Extracellular Vesicles from Mammalian Cells Modulated by a Biomimetic Surface | Jorge Almodovar | Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #72 

Bella Berry | Gender and Mental Illness in Slender Man Media | Kathalene Razzano | Media and Communication Studies | 1:55-2:10 | RAC 106 

 Tanzila Malik | Do Muslim Women Need Saving? A Case Study of Iran's Veiling Policies | Nehal Elmeligy | Gender, Women's, + Sexuality Studies | 9:00-9:15 | RAC 230 

 Maylene Quintanilla, Caroline Wehinger, John Eiers | Toy Choice: Does Gender Matter? | Susan Sonnenschein | Psychology | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #53 

 Amy Taylor, Margot Anthony | Power and Control: The Impact of Religious Cults on the Lives of Women | Lauren Allen | Social Work | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #67 

Are you presenting a poster at the upcoming GEARS Research Symposium or an interdisciplinary conference? Join us for a practical workshop designed to help you communicate your research effectively to a broad audience. 

A chance to win a raffle for $25 by attending the event! Two winners will be selected at the end of the event. 

Date: 03/26/2026
Time: 2pm - 3pm
Venue: UC 310

Why This Workshop Matters

Unlike traditional academic conferences, GEARS brings together researchers and high level university officials from diverse fields. Most visitors to your poster won't share your specialized background, making it essential to communicate your work in accessible, engaging ways that resonate across disciplines.

What You Will Learn

• Strategies for explaining complex concepts to non-specialist audiences.
• How to identify and communicate the broader significance of your research.
• Techniques for adapting your message on the fly based on your audience.
• How to read your poster visitor and engage them effectively.
• Tips for handling questions from outside your field.

RSVP your attendance on this link and add to your calendar.

Snacks will be provided with desserts! Come, there is enough for you all! 

Phoenix Gordon | Conceptions of Blackness: A Fantastical Re-Imagining of Black Heroism and Villainy | Sharon Tran | English | RAC 106 | 10:00-10:15 

Esther Myers | Homophobia and Queer Repression in Watchmen | Keegan Finberg | English | RAC 106 | 1:15-1:30 

Ryan Supplee | Spiritualized Disability and Liminality in The Book of Margery Kempe | Kathryn McKinley | English | RAC 106 | 9:40-9:55 

Maia Turman Cooke | The Language of Decriminalization: Drug Policy Rhetoric and Public Health in 21st Century Canada | Earl Brooks | English | RAC 106 | 11:00-11:15 

Trilece Wilson | Tears Made of Ink | Nicole Pekarske | English | RAC STAGE | 11:15-11:30 

Aaron Acosta | Using Graphs While Introducing Science Concepts in a Biology Classroom to Develop Students' Data Analysis Skills | Edralin Pagarigan | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #1 

Shaylee Chubin | Developing A Prototype GenAI Tool for Enhancing Early Literacy Through Dialogic Reading | Shuling Yang | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #27 

Annie Fowler | Make the Children Touch Grass: An Argument for Returning Recess to Secondary Education | Brandon Beck | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #37 

Jenavie Gopez | Enhancements to the Scientific Explanations Framework Including Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning | Christopher Rakes | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #43 

Bryan Lee | Beyond the Notes: Measuring Foundational Skill Growth in 5th Grade Strings | Brian Kaufman | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #53 

Jeffrey Reid | Strategies for Improving Test Scores | Cheryl North | Education | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #55 

Frank Rodriguez | Bridging the Test Score Gap Between ESOL and Native Speakers | Cheryl North | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #83 

Roxanne Romero | Bridging the Test Score Gap Between ESOL and Native Speakers | Christopher Rakes | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #86 

Sabrina Tan | Amplifying Asian American Voices: Teachers' Explorations of Picture Books Centering Asian American Characters | Amy Tondreau | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #100 

Gabrielle Whitfield | Increasing Student Retention of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Vocabulary Using Explicit and Implicit Strategies | Edralin Pagarigan | Education | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #108 

Lillian Beaudet | Twin Deficits & Ricardian Equivalence—Context-Dependent US Fiscal Outcomes, 1970-2024: A Historical & Theoretical Survey | Nandita Dasgupta | Economics | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #7 

Arun Dahal Khatri | Fiscal-Monetary Policy Misalignment and Its Impact on Inflation Persistence and Real GDP Growth | Nandita Dasgupta | Economics | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #31 

Akanksha Madhu Kiran, Christine Le | Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Financial Literacy Rate | Douglas Lamdin | Economics | RAC Arena, 2-3pm, Poster #43 

Dhruvil Patel | Timely Vs Accurate: Informational Tradeoffs in Economic Data | Michael Andrews | Economics | RAC Arena, 10-11am, Poster #76