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STEM + Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023: Humanities

Humanities

Humanities
Cultural Appropriation of the American Cowboy Surveillance Capitalism: Why Should You Care? Work in Progress
Gabriella Bonilla Nicole Del Rio Elizabeth Desjardins

Gabriella is a Miami Dade Honors College scholar working towards her Associates in Arts degree in English Literature and Education. Age 19, she represents a Dominican household and is extremely proud of her Afro-Latin roots. Involved with organizations such as Phi Theta Kappa and Sigma Kappa Delta, Gabriella holds both the humanities and community service very close to her heart. With aspirations to earn her Doctorate, the sharing of knowledge and ideas is her true passion and goal in life.

 A first-year student at the Miami Dade Honors College. She is pursuing her AA in English/Literature & English Education, with aspirations of becoming an English professor. She currently works as a tutor for Knack and for the North Campus writing center. Del Rio writes for The Reporter and aspires to be an author one day.

Graduate from the class of 2022, Elizabeth is adding to her portfolio. With a growing passion for digital art, she shares unique artwork with bold colors with a focus on diversity to highlight people from all walks of life. Finding her voice as a young artist, she sees this opportunity to bring awareness as a way to grow as an artist while sharing her artistic charm.
     
Victims to Perpetrators: the Emasculation Case in James Joyce’s “Counterparts” California & Florida – Different Lenses Leads to Peculiar Histories Avoiding Dependency: The Economic Relationship between the United States and China
Camila Lorenzo Roca Apollinaire S. Mendoza Andres Felipe Narvaez

Born in Havana, Cuba. She lived in her native country until the age of 23. In 2022, she moved to the United States with her family. Three months later, she started to study at Miami Dade College. She is pursuing her associate degree in English Literature/Education. In the future, she aims to major in Classics, and to achieve this goal, she is currently studying Latin. Her career goal is to become a teacher.

 Apollinaire S. Mendoza is an international relations student at The Honors College in Miami Dade College. His work has stretched from teaching at Breakthrough Miami, to research with the Mellon-funded Humanities Edge initiative, and striving to find community solutions with Phi Theta Kappa. He is supported by his Cuban immigrant family who, with their love, pushed him toward museums of various subjects to find his interests. He found his passion in the paintings and stories of the figures that dotted the halls of natural history museums. While on television he discovered the world of diplomacy and politics with the speeches of Barack Obama and the geopolitics of China's Belt and Road. Apollinaire aims to make events, figures, and the story behind them more accessible to youth to create a more globally sensitive generation in the future.

A 21-year-old student at MDC. He is pursuing his associate degree in economics. Andres is a businessperson whose goal is to be an investment banker or a lawyer. In addition, he intends to prepare as best as possible to return to his native Colombia and leave a mark on the country's community.
     
You’re Not Alone – What is Child Abuse?    
   
Jamie Navarro    

Jamie Navarro is a graphic design student at MDC, Wolfson Campus with plans to transfer to FIU to attain a Bachelor of Arts in graphic design. They were born and raised in Miami, FL and their family comes from Nicaragua and Honduras. Their parents separated when they were four years old and because of this separation, Jamie had trouble communicating their needs as they were only able to connect with others non-verbally. Jamie was a mute for six years and instead communicated through the arts and expressed themselves through illustration. They began using verbal communication when they were ten years old. However, their love for communicating via the arts was never entirely replaced. Always relying on their own experiences, Jamie uses art as a language for connection and healing themselves and others. This revelation led to more freedom to express not just with arts but with themselves; one of their end goals is making safe spaces for first generation students comfortable with their own skins and embracing their identity without feeling ashamed. They joined the Humanities Edge program in Spring 2023 and the program has aided the many ideas Jamie brainstormed during their college career.