FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield University’s annual Student Research Symposium on April 23 in the Leo D. Mahoney Arena, offers a distinctive chance to learn about student research through 530 live student poster presentations.
While the focus of the event is undergraduate research, presenters will also include master's program and doctoral students. All of Fairfield’s five academic schools will participate, representing nearly every major and a wide array of interdisciplinary minors.
The research presentations include a variety of disciplines, including science, the arts, humanities, education, and business. Several student presenters have previously shared their work at national conferences, demonstrating the relevance of their research. Students include (but are not limited to):
- Wynne Dieffenbach, a master’s candidate in Fairfield’s, Marriage and Family Therapy program, presented at the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy (NEAFAST) Conference on: Attachment, Self-Esteem, and Catfishing: Examining the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem in Online Deception and Victimization.
- Braden Quitmyer ’25, presented at the American Association for Cancer Research on: PUNICIC ACID FROM POMEGRANATE SEED OIL INDUCES CYTOTOXICITY AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MCF-7 BREAST CANCER CELLS.
- Carolyn Bayha ’25, presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention on: Can You Become Aware of Attitudes You Didn’t Even Know You Had?: Using Subliminal Exposure to Examine the Processes Underlying Accurate Prediction of Implicit Attitudes.
- Kevin Hanson ’27, presented at the 18th China Summer Workshop on Information Management on: CHARM: Cross-Community Rule Harmonization in Online Content Moderation.
Schedule:
- 11-12:30 p.m. Session I: Capstone and Course-Based Projects
- 1-1:30 p.m. Brief Program
- 1:30 - 3p.m. Session II: Faculty Mentored Independent Student Research Projects
- 3:30-4:30 p.m. Session III: Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies Capstone Projects
To learn more about this year’s Student Research Symposium and the interdisciplinary student research projects visit fairfield.edu/symposium.
Fairfield University is a modern, Jesuit Catholic University, rooted in one of the world’s oldest intellectual and spiritual traditions. More than 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 44 states, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and 46 countries, are enrolled in the University’s five schools. In the spirit of rigorous and sympathetic inquiry into all dimensions of human experience, Fairfield welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and engage in open conversations. The University is located in the heart of a region where the future takes shape, on a stunning campus on the Connecticut coast just an hour from New York City.