Honors Institute Fall Research Conference

Publish Date: Jan. 11, 2022

One of the key components of Crafton’s College Honors Institute is supporting student research. Many of our Honors classes require students to expand existing research projects already included in the course or create new ones. At the end of each semester, the Honors Institute hosts a CHC Student Research Conference where students can showcase their research. It is open to ALL students on campus, not just Honors students.

On Friday, November 11, 2021, eleven students presented their research at the Fall Research Conference. The conference was held via Zoom, and students presented virtually in two breakout sessions, each session moderated by two Honors students. Topics varied widely and included using mindfulness to reduce psychological detriments of social media usage, the potential of gamification on litter cleanup, origins and stereotypes of the American cowboy, and Homo Neanderthalensis and early artistic expression, among others.

Each student prepared a 12-minute PowerPoint highlighting the key aspects of their work. After sharing the slides, they responded to questions from audience members. Moderators kept the session on schedule and helped facilitate the questions.

Six of the students who presented at this conference will be applying to the Honors Transfer Council of California Student Research Conference hosted by UC Irvine on March 26th