FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium

Led by undergraduate students with the support of SFU's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium is centred on highlighting and celebrating the diversity and interdisciplinarity of FASS undergraduate research. 

Speaker Session

1:00 - 1:30 pm

Community, Connection, & Collective Identity 

Student Presentation Title  
Mishael Abu-Samhan
Philosophy
On Friendship: Should We Befriend Artificial Intelligence?  
Amanda Hodges
Psychology
The Trade-Offs of Overprotective Parenting: Buffering the Link between ADHD Symptoms and Physical Injury in Children  
Lara Nygmetzhan
French
The Representation of the Mother Figure in Québécois Literature: Mother–Daughter Dynamics in Les Plouffe (1948) by Roger Lemelin and La grande mêlée (2010) by Michel Tremblay  
Julia Mosi
Psychology
Pathways to Acculturation: Network Insights into How Newcomers Navigate Adjustment to Canada  
Maya Barillas Mohan
English
Identity Forecast: The Postmodern Novel & Late Stage Capitalism in the 1980s  
Charlotte Young
Political Science
Is the Manosphere Making Young Men More Conservative?  
2:00 - 2:30 pm

Governance and Policy

Student Presentation Title
Eli Hacker
Indigenous Studies
Power to the People: Community Forestry and Forest Landscape Planning as a Model for Co-Management on the Sunshine Coast
Julianna Douglas
Criminology
The Use of Psychopathy and the PCL-R in Canada and United States Criminal Court Cases: A Gender Comparison
Xander Elstone
Sociology and Anthropology
Persisting Through Precarity: How Canada's Public Servants Navigate Temporary Contracts
Emily Maxwell
Criminology
A Content Analysis of NCRMD Verdict Coverage in Canadian News Media from 2015-2025
Khoa Vo
Urban Studies
For Whom is the City Coherent? Feminist Urbanism and Crisis Governance in New Westminster's Crises Response Pilot Project
3:00 - 3:30 pm

People, Power, and Resistance 

Student Presentation Title
Josiah Loewen
English
Decomposing the Death Girl: Replacing Death Narratives in Gender Transition
Maiya Jehman Morancie
International Studies
Storytelling, Resistance, and Afro-Caribbean Identity in British Columbia 
Kiana Montakhab
Political Science
Imagining Iran from Afar: Political Futures and Identity in the Iranian-Canadian Diaspora
Justine Harris-Owen
Cognitive Science
Do AI Recommendation Systems Impede Personal Autonomy? A Philosophical Analysis
Mari Edwin
History
A Democratic Regime: Human Rights in the Post-Dictatorship Philippines, 1986-1992

Poster Session 

Student Presentation Title
Krystal Issa
Psychology
Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions towards Israel and Palestine and Willingness to engage in Pro-Palestinian Activism
Tegan Soroka
Psychology
Exploring the Association Between the Timing of Sleep and Cognition in Older Adults
Hillary Han
Psychology
The Effects of Long-term Trazodone Administration on Object Recognition in the APPNL-F Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Anahita Golab Lee
Psychology
Gratitude and a More Fulfilling SIngle Life
Ezra Ai Yoshie
Psychology
Public Perceptions of Righteousness, Fairness, Morality, and Appropriateness of, and Agreement with Police-Civilian Interactions Involving Summary Offences
Ekam Kochhar
Criminology
White-collar Crime: Criminal Fraud in Corporate Settings
Khushi Sian
Political Science
Framing Violence: How United States News Covers Domestic Political Violence
Jayson Biana
Political Science
The Evolution of Right-Wing Immigration Stances in BC and the Broader Context of Canadian Immigration Politics
Justine Henriques
Political Science
Divergent Outcomes: East Timor and the Kanak Struggle for Sovereignty
Constance Ruan
Political Science
Choosing a Future: The Resettlement Intention Among Ukrainian and Syrian Refugees in Europe
Baldeep Kaur Mundi
Political Science
The Politics of Recognition: Explaining Divergent Legitimacy Outcomes in African Self-Determination Movements
Gabriel Anthony Kitsos
English
How to Do Things with Graffiti
Rajan Boyal
English
A Tale of Movement: Mapping the Spatial Evolution of Rural Punjab in Partition Narratives
Navid Aliakbar
History
Shattered Brotherhood: An Examination of Pan-Arabism in the Iran-Iraq War
Valeria Santos Garcia
International Studies
Decolonial Resistance Through a Critical Feminist Analysis of Activism Against Gendered and Racialized Violence in Vancouver and Guadalajara

ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM

The FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium will take place March 25 (Wed), 12:30 - 4:00pm at SFU Burnaby. 

Open to all SFU students, faculty, and staff. Whether you're a student interested in meeting others with similar interests or a first-year curious about research possibilities, you are welcome to join us!

Register now

Questions? 

Email fassdsac@sfu.ca