Four Gevirtz School graduate students will take part in the School’s internal Grad Slam on March 30 and five students will participate in the 2017 UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Student Showcase Grad Slam that runs from April 10-21. 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 Tuesday, April 4 in Education 1217 and begin at 12 noon. This slam is non-competitive and meant to help participants hone their skills.
Seventy-two 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. This year Graduate Division will award more than $15,000 in cash and prizes. The full Graduate Student Showcase events calendar is on-line.
The Gevirtz School presentations will be:
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 2
Erika I-Tremblay | Education
“Roles of Writing Centers - A Lesson from the Japanese Example”
Monday, April 10, 3 pm – 4 pm
SRB Multipurpose Room
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 4
Melissa Rapp | Education
“Getting Teachers to the Highest Grade”
Tuesday, April 11, 3 – 4 pm
SRB Multipurpose Room
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 6
Jonathan Downey | Education
“Seeing Speech: A New Hope for Frustrated Language Learners”
Wednesday, April 12, 3 – 4 pm
SRB Multipurpose Room
Grad Slam Preliminary Round 7
Joshua Goodman | Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology
“The Development of a Resource to Increase Parent Support for Sexual Minority Youth”
Jim Gribble | Education
“Impact of Computer Coding on Communication of Children with Autism”
Thursday, April 13, 11 am – noon
ESB (Engineering Science Building) 1001