Undergraduate Research

Oberlin College Summer Research Symposium 2025

July 23-24, 2025

The Oberlin College Summer Research Symposium is a two-day conference showcasing the research of Oberlin Summer Research Institute (OSRI).  Presentations on July 23rd will be located in Hallock Auditorium in the AJLC. Presentations on July 24th will be located in Dye Lecture Hall in the Science Center.  To access the livestream of the Symposium, please register in advance. 

Students will be giving talks about the research they conducted during the summer 2025 under the mentorship of Oberlin faculty. Presentation information and schedule is available below.

Student presenting research

Photo Credit: Amanda Phillips

OSRI 2025 Symposium Schedule

Day 1: July 23rd, Hallock Auditorium, AJLC
9:00 AMBreakfast
9:30 AMWelcome and Session 1 Intro
 Session 1: Prediction and Probability: Encouraging structural change through statistical analysis, moderated by Professor Zeinab Mohamed
9:35 AMRachael Diaz Sanz and Maria Mozumdar - Mentor: Prof. Zeinab Mohamed
9:55 AMEsme Tobias, Lucho Rubio Fernandez, Cloude Fewkes, and Hunter Harnphanich - Mentor: Prof. Zeinab Mohamed
  
 Session 2: Breaking the Silence: Exploring resistance to systemic violence, moderated by Professor Amy Margaris
10:15 AMSession Intro
10:20 AMClarady Brooks - Mentor: Prof. Baron Pineda
10:32 AMJackie Shugert - Mentor: Prof. Gina Perez
10:44 AMAnnelies Schoolderman - Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Fraser
10:56 AMJudah Firestone-Morrill - Mentor: Prof. Amy Margaris
  
 Session 3: Cognitive Cause and Effect, moderated by Professor Elliot Sommer
11:08 AMSession Intro
11:12 AMHuyen Kim - Mentor: Prof. Danielle Godon-Decoteau
11:24 AMJessie Carney - Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Totton
11:36 AMWinter Makler - Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Totton
11:48 AMClaudia Castro and Will Gordon - Mentor: Prof. Elliot Sommer
  
12:08 PMLUNCH
  
1:00 PMWelcome Back
 Session 4: Evaluating the Environment through Change, moderated by Prof. Zeb Page
1:04 PMArlo Zang & Caroline Tran - Mentor: Prof. Cindy Frantz
1:24 PMCoco You - Mentor: Prof. Aaron van Neste
1:36 PMLuke De Carlo-McCann - Mentor: Prof. Zeb Page
1:48 PMJulia Sotelo-Emery - Mentor: Prof. Zeb Page
2:00 PMAlira Allen - Mentor: Prof. Zeb Page
2:12 PMAddison Matsumura - Mentor: Prof. Andrew Pike
2:24 PMBreak
  
 Session 5: Investigating Stability through the Social Sciences, moderated by Prof. Udara Peiris
2:45 PMWelcome Back
2:48 PMCaledonia Joing - Mentor: Prof. Ali Masood
3:00 PMAn Nguyen - Mentor: Prof. John Duca
3:12 PMAmar Mujezinovic - Mentor: Prof. Arwa Awan
3:24 PMKhanh Le - Mentor: Prof. Udara Peiris
3:36 PMMadeline Epstein - Mentor: Prof. Jenny Garcia
Day 2: July 24th, Dye Lecture Hall, Science Center
10:30 AMBreakfast
  
10:55 AMWelcome and Session Intro
 Session 6: Sights and Sounds: Representation in Creative Practice, moderated by Emily Spezia-Shwiff 
11:00 AMLily MacDonald - Mentor: Prof. Chris Trinacty
11:12 AMOlivia Hood - Mentor: Prof. Joshua Sperling
11:24 AMJaileen Portorreal - Mentor: Prof. Carmen Merport Quiñones
11:36 AMMax Lang  - Mentor: Prof. Charles McGuire
11:48 AMMia Knox - Mentor: Prof. Caroline Jackson-Smith
  
12:00 PMLUNCH
  
1:10 PMWelcome back and Session Intro
 Session 7: Infections, Injections, Transfections, and Fish, moderated by Prof. Gaybe Moore
1:15 PMJulian Hurley and Simon Korotzer-Mariani - Mentor: Prof. Tracie Paine
1:36 PMUjjaini Saha - Mentor: Prof. Gaybe Moore
1:48 PMMichael MacFarlane - Mentor: Prof. Gaybe Moore
2:00 PMRiley Conklin - Mentor: Prof. Gaybe Moore
2:12 PMElizabeth Huettig - Mentor: Prof. Michelle Johnson
2:24 PMMadeline Deep - Mentor: Prof. Michelle Johnson
2:36 PMHaley Gottesman - Mentor: Prof. Michelle Johnson
2:48 PMAlexandra Chen - Mentor: Prof. Lisa Ryno
3:00 PMSophia Dorsey and Sandra Baltazar - Mentor: Prof. Monica Blatnik
3:20 PMBREAK
  
3:30 PMSession Intro
 Session 8: Analytical & Creative Approaches to Informational Delivery, moderated by Prof. Emily Wang
3:32 PMAlisha Akhtar, - Mentor: Prof. Cynthia Taylor
3:44 PMJacob Bazemore - Mentor: Prof. Mary Hogan
3:56 PMHenry Feller, - Mentor: Prof. Sammy Gardner
4:08 PMAxel Martin - Mentor: Prof. Sammy Gardner
4:20 PMBen Rappoport - Mentor: Prof. Howard Levinson
4:32 PMAmanda Rabin - Mentor: Prof. Emily Wang
4:45Closing Remarks & Group Photo

AirTable

Please see the details of each student's presentation below.