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FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium
Led by undergraduate students with the support of 911吃瓜's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium is centred on highlighting and celebrating the diversity and interdisciplinarity of FASS undergraduate research.
Speaker Session
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Community, Connection, & Collective Identity
| Student | Presentation Title | |
| Mishael Abu-Samhan Philosophy |
On Friendship: Should We Befriend Artificial Intelligence? | |
| Amanda Hodges Psychology |
The Trade-Offs of Overprotective Parenting: Buffering the Link between ADHD Symptoms and Physical Injury in Children | |
| Lara Nygmetzhan French |
The Representation of the Mother Figure in Qu茅b茅cois Literature: Mother鈥揇aughter Dynamics in Les Plouffe (1948) by Roger Lemelin and La grande m锚l茅e (2010) by Michel Tremblay | |
| Julia Mosi Psychology |
Pathways to Acculturation: Network Insights into How Newcomers Navigate Adjustment to Canada | |
| Maya Barillas Mohan English |
Identity Forecast: The Postmodern Novel & Late Stage Capitalism in the 1980s | |
| Charlotte Young Political Science |
Is the Manosphere Making Young Men More Conservative? |
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Governance and Policy
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Eli Hacker Indigenous Studies |
Power to the People: Community Forestry and Forest Landscape Planning as a Model for Co-Management on the Sunshine Coast |
| Julianna Douglas Criminology |
The Use of Psychopathy and the PCL-R in Canada and United States Criminal Court Cases: A Gender Comparison |
| Xander Elstone Sociology and Anthropology |
Persisting Through Precarity: How Canada's Public Servants Navigate Temporary Contracts |
| Emily Maxwell Criminology |
A Content Analysis of NCRMD Verdict Coverage in Canadian News Media from 2015-2025 |
| Khoa Vo Urban Studies |
For Whom is the City Coherent? Feminist Urbanism and Crisis Governance in New Westminster's Crises Response Pilot Project |
3:00 - 3:30 pm
People, Power, and Resistance
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Josiah Loewen English |
Decomposing the Death Girl: Replacing Death Narratives in Gender Transition |
| Maiya Jehman Morancie International Studies |
Storytelling, Resistance, and Afro-Caribbean Identity in British Columbia |
| Kiana Montakhab Political Science |
Imagining Iran from Afar: Political Futures and Identity in the Iranian-Canadian Diaspora |
| Justine Harris-Owen Cognitive Science |
Do AI Recommendation Systems Impede Personal Autonomy? A Philosophical Analysis |
| Mari Edwin History |
A Democratic Regime: Human Rights in the Post-Dictatorship Philippines, 1986-1992 |
Poster Session
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Krystal Issa Psychology |
Undergraduate Students鈥� Perceptions towards Israel and Palestine and Willingness to engage in Pro-Palestinian Activism |
| Tegan Soroka Psychology |
Exploring the Association Between the Timing of Sleep and Cognition in Older Adults |
| Hillary Han Psychology |
The Effects of Long-term Trazodone Administration on Object Recognition in the APPNL-F Mouse Model of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease |
| Anahita Golab Lee Psychology |
Gratitude and a More Fulfilling Single Life |
| Ezra Ai Yoshie Psychology |
Public Perceptions of Righteousness, Fairness, Morality, and Appropriateness of, and Agreement with Police-Civilian Interactions Involving Summary Offences |
| Ekam Kochhar Criminology |
White-collar Crime: Criminal Fraud in Corporate Settings |
| Khushi Sian Political Science |
Framing Violence: How United States News Covers Domestic Political Violence |
| Jayson Biana Political Science |
The Evolution of Right-Wing Immigration Stances in BC and the Broader Context of Canadian Immigration Politics |
| Justine Henriques Political Science |
Divergent Outcomes: East Timor and the Kanak Struggle for Sovereignty |
| Constance Ruan Political Science |
Choosing a Future: The Resettlement Intention Among Ukrainian and Syrian Refugees in Europe |
| Baldeep Kaur Mundi Political Science |
The Politics of Recognition: Explaining Divergent Legitimacy Outcomes in African Self-Determination Movements |
| Natalia Zuluaga Economics |
Does Competition Strengthen Unions? Evidence from Rival Unionism in British Columbia |
| Gabriel Anthony Kitsos English |
How to Do Things with Graffiti |
| Rajan Boyal English |
A Tale of Movement: Mapping the Spatial Evolution of Rural Punjab in Partition Narratives |
| Navid Aliakbar History |
Shattered Brotherhood: An Examination of Pan-Arabism in the Iran-Iraq War |
| Valeria Santos Garcia International Studies |
Decolonial Resistance Through a Critical Feminist Analysis of Activism Against Gendered and Racialized Violence in Vancouver and Guadalajara |
Thank you for joining the 2026 FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium. See you next year!
Questions?
Email fassdsac@sfu.ca