The participants in the 2015 Gevirtz School Grad Slam
Eight Gevirtz School graduate students will take part in the School’s first internal Grad Slam on April 2 and 14 students will participate in the 2015 UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Student Showcase Grad Slam that runs from April 6-17. For both Grad Slam events, graduate students have the chance to tell the campus about their research or share their thoughts on big ideas that matter, in just a three-minute talk.
All the presentations are free and open to the public.
The Gevirtz School event will be Thursday, April 2 in Education 1217 and begin at 6 pm. This slam is non-competitive and meant to help participants hone their skills.
Sixty-five graduate students representing departments and programs all across campus are scheduled to compete in the campus-wide event. Creative presentations are welcome but all talks must include a live oral presentation and between one and three PowerPoint slides. The grand prize is $5,000. Two runners-up will receive $2,500. Semi-finalists will receive $200, while preliminary round winners will receive $50. A full calendar of Graduate Student Showcase events is on-line: gradpost.ucsb.edu/grad-slam-2015.
The Gevirtz School presentations will be:
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 1
Erika I. Tremblay, Education: “Literacy in Japanese Higher Education”
Monday, April 6, 11 am – noon
Student Resource Building Multipurpose Room
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 2
Aileen Fullchange, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology: “The HEROES Project”
Micaela Morgan, Education: “Improving STEM Engagement of Students in the 2-Year to 4-Year Higher Education Pipeline”
Monday, April 6, 3 – 4 pm
1605 Elings Hall
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 3
Kyle Crocco, Education: “Who Do We Think We Are? Universities in Crisis”
Tuesday, April 7, 11 am – noon
ESB (Engineering Science Building) 1001
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 4
Taylor Damiani, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology: “Are Givers Grittier: Reciprocity Style & Grit”
Ken Sterling, Education: “Imagine a Reality TV Show with a Boss Handing a Scan-Tron Form to an Employee”
Cameron Sublett, Education: “Does Community College Online Course Enrollment Impair Student Success?”
Tuesday, April 7, 3 – 4 pm
Davidson Library Pacific View Room (8th floor)
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 5
Victoria Harvey, Education: “What Does Learning Look Like Anyway? Shifting Teachers’ Attention toward New Conceptualizations of Educational Encounters”
Wednesday, April 8, 11 am – noon
Student Resource Building Multipurpose Room
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 6
Mario Galicia, Education: “‘Pushed Out’ and ‘Pulled In’: Institutional Bridging for Marginalized Students”
Joshua Kuntzman, Education: “‘Do You See Why I Love This Subject?’: Educational Dialog and the Importance of Real Human Teachers”
Sabrina Liu, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology: “The Power of Hope: First Year Students’ Adjustment to College Amidst Tragedy”
Wednesday, April 8, 4 – 5 pm
IHC McCune Conference Room 6020
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 7
Zuleyma Rogel, Education: “Latino Parents’ Negotiation and Development of Letters to Their School Board on a Funding Priority”
Ashley Sanford, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology: “The Science of Meaning-Making”
Thursday, April 9, 11 am – noon
1605 Elings Hall
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 8
Sungmin Moon, Education: “Pizza, Pisa, PISA”
Thursday, April 9 from 3 – 4 pm
Santa Cruz Residence Hall Main Lounge