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Home › News & Events › Events › Undergraduate Research Symposium

Undergraduate Research Symposium

April 4, 2022 to April 8, 2022

Venue: Virtual

Our annual Undergraduate Research Symposium event showcases outstanding research papers of undergraduate students at the School of Theatre, Film & Television. Over the course of several days starting Monday April 4 at noon, the research paper presentations of student finalists will be made available to view at urs.tftv.arizona.edu.

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, where we will post when each panel goes live. The symposium will conclude on April 8 with an announcement of generous prizes for student winners. Mark your calendars and join us as we celebrate the work of our students!

All online presentations will be free to view.

Monday, April 4th at 12pm

Lisitte Mora – From Nigeria to Egypt: A Brief History of North African Theatre

Cailan Compierchio –  Look Out, Look Out, Look Out! “Little Shop of Horror”s as a Metaphor for Reaganomics

Chloe Shafer – The Embalming of Mr. Bechdel

Jakob Carpenter – Kabuki: Theatrical Theft

Tuesday, April 5th at 12pm

Jonathan (MJ) Barbee – Black Stories Untold: August Wilson’s Relevancy in the Evolution of American Theatre

Jordan Egan – “To the Bitter End…or Lager End”: The Contrasting Roles of Nostalgia in “The World’s End”

Chloe Pesso – “Aging Out”: A Documentary Analysis of the Foster Care System

Wednesday, April 6th at 12pm

Brenden Rohrbacher – The Rise of the Queer Perspective in Theatre

Mercedes Garcia – A Sci-Fi Exploration of Discrimination: Nnedi Okorafor’s “LaGuardia”

Caleb Drake Files – The Lost History of Indian Theatre

Thursday, April 7th at 12pm

Grant Forgues – Perspectives in “Star Wars” and Vietnam

Camryn Lang – Crossdressing on the Stage: Contrasting Japan’s Onnagata and England’s Boy Actor

Sebastián Leyva Save – The Tragedy of Growing Up: Nostalgia in “Temporada de Patos”

Friday, April 8th at 12pm

Awards announcements and acknowledgements with Dr. Anna Cooper and Professor Greg Pierotti

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