2nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium on Racial and Social Justice

9:00 - 9:15

Questioning the Reliability of Hair Follicle Drug Test Results for Drugs that Bind to Melanin in Child Welfare Disputes

Presenter(s): Sarah Depew

9:20 - 9:35

Parents’ Perceptions of a Community-Based Program to Support Black Youth

Presenters(s): Alexus McKoy and Daniel Swanson

9:40 - 9:55

Missing from Roll Call: The Need for Homeschooling Regulation in the United States

Presenter(s): Brian (Mitch) Bozarth

10:00 - 10:15

Antiracism and Hiring Practices in Counselor Education

Presenter(s): Monique Williams, Phillipa Chin, Paul Kabera, and Ivana Marshall

10:30 - 10:45

Intergroup Perceptions of Discrimination

Presenter(s): Neelamberi Klein

10:50 - 11:05

The Difference in Attitudinal and Behavioral Reactions Toward the Asian Victim Vs. the Black Victim Following the Exposure to the Hate Crime and the Systemic Racism

Presenter(s): Jihye Choi

11:10 - 11:25

The Life of the Law Is Experience: How Diversity on the Federal Bench Can Overcome Judicial Misunderstandings of Transgender Parties   

Presenter(s): Elle Shipley

11:40 - 11:55

NXIVM: Religion or Sex Cult?

Presenter(s): Adriana Dunn 

12:00 - 12:15

A New Path with College Golf Inclusivity

Presenter(s): Ethan Mangum

12:20 - 12:35

Policing Veterans: What the Veterans Affairs Police Can Illustrate About Policing Disability in America

Presenter(s): Zach Outzen

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

(12:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.)

2:15 - 2:30

“Rest Assured”: Space, Memory, and Resistance in John Mitchell, Jr’s Woodland Cemetery

Presenter(s): Tim Case 

2:35 - 2:50

Imposter Syndrome and The Experiences of Racially/Ethnically Minoritized School Mental Health Providers

Presenter(s): Talia Coleman-Chatman, Chinwe Duru, Deanna Ramirez

2:55 - 3:10

Econ-Terrorism: How the World’s Dominant Economic System Exploits Workers as It Threatens Humanity’s Way of Life

Presenter(s): Jeremiah J. Meadows 

3:45 - 4:00

Contingent Colors: Race as a Variable Social Category in Mixed Race Communities

Presenter(s): Kendall Artz

4:05 - 4:20

Declaring Moral Bankruptcy: Examining Chapter 11 and Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Through a Survivor's Rights Lens

Presenter(s): Ashali Chimata

4:25 - 4:40

Checking Out Indefinitely: Supporting Survivors of Sex Trafficking Alongside Training and Education for Lodging Employees

Presenter(s): Alyssa Grzesiak

4:45 - 5:00

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Virginia Approach to Ending the Sexual Assault Kit Backlog

Presenter(s): Lilly Potter