
Session 13: Behavioral, Social Sciences and Public Administration ‐ Undergraduate #11st Place: Krystal Alvarez‐Hernandez, California State University, San Marcos"Exposure to Childhood Abuse on Symptoms of Depression Across the Perinatal Period in Mexican/Mexican American Women"Mentor: Dr. Kim D'Anna-Hernandez
Session 15: Biological and Agricultural Sciences ‐ Undergraduate #11st Place: Madison Stewart, California State University, San Marcos"Defining the Relationship Between the Soil Microbiome and Crop Nutritional Content"Mentor: Dr. Matt Escobar
Krystal Alvarez-Hernandez: Exposure to Childhood Abuse on Symptoms of Depression Across the Perinatal Period in Mexican/Mexican American Women
Kasandra Balsis: African American Voices in the U.S. Occupation of Haiti (1915-1934)
Gilda Castellanos: Patterning of Concave Wells Using Monodisperse Bubbles for the Creation of Cellular Spheroids
Kennedy Caudle & Courtney Johnson: Examining the impact of human presence on native insect pollinators in Coastal Sage Scrub habitat in north San Diego County
Serena Farrell: Voltage-gated ion channels in the osmoregulatory epithelia of yellow fever mosquitoes Aedes aegypti larvae
Diego Gomez-Ceballos & Joshua Alvarez: Troubleshooting Purification Methods for CsgE
Yosiris Hagan: A Rare Subset of Epidermal T cells Associated with Hair Follicles Express BST2
Renee Laurenzana: Changes in Behavioral Responses Following Repeated Ketamine Treatment in Adolescents: Relevance for Ketamine Addiction
Rachael Maddux & Hannah Rodgers: Partisanship and Opinions Regarding the Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal: Susceptibility to Priming
Madison Stewart: Defining the Relationship Between the Soil Microbiome and Crop Nutritional Content
The 2022 Symposium on Student Research, Innovation, and Creative Activities will occur on March 11, 2022. Ten finalists will advance to the 36th Annual California State University Student Research Competition held on April 29-30, 2022, by San Francisco State University.
Each year CSUSM hosts an annual symposium for undergraduate and graduate scholarly activities. This symposium promotes excellence by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments across the disciplines at CSUSM. Students’ research projects can be independent study or class projects that meet the research criteria for the competition.
Presentations from all disciplines are invited. There will be separate undergraduate and graduate sessions. Projects completed during the prior spring and fall semesters are eligible to apply. Student participants will make oral presentations before juries of professional experts from major corporations, foundations, public agencies, and colleges and universities in California.
Up to ten finalists receive cash awards and paid travel expenses to compete against fellow CSU students from the twenty-three campuses at the statewide competition. This year, the 36th Annual CSU Student Research Competition will be held by San Francisco State University on Friday, April 29th and Saturday, April 30th, 2022.
These times are subject to change.
Prep Session:
March 1st during U-Hour Mark 101 (12 - 12:50pm)
Oral Presentations:
March 11th
Presentations: 2 - 4:30pm
Reception: 4:30 - 5pm
Awards Ceremony: 5:00 - 5:30pm
Fill out the application and include the written summary. If you do not already have an InfoReady account, you will be prompted to create one. Please use your school email and check it regularly, as all correspondence will be sent through this address.
If you are submitting as a group, please designate one person to submit and list all other group members and emails in the group presentation space on the application.
The written summary is limited to five pages using one inch margins, double space, and 12 point font. Appendices (i.e. bibliography, graphs photographs or other supplementary materials) may not exceed three pages. These guidelines recommendations follow the CSU statewide competition requirements.
Your paper submission is final, make sure you have submitted the most updated version.
Within two business days of submitting, your faculty mentor will be sent a notification from our office that you have submitted. They will need to confirm your submission by responding to the email they receive within 3 days. You may want to check with your advisor to ensure they receive and confirm your submission. Upon approval, you will receive a confirmation with details regarding the event.
Each student will have ten minutes for an oral presentation of their work and five minutes to listen and respond to judges and audience questions. All entrants may use audiovisual materials as appropriate, and presenters are encouraged to use delivery techniques that promote interaction with the audience. Entrants in the Creative Arts and Design category may present an audio and/or visual record of a performance they have given or a work they have created; their oral presentation should focus on the rationale and historical context underlying their interpretation of the material.
The Symposium on Student Research, Creative Activities, & Innovation is organized by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research and the Committee for Undergraduate Research.