The Sixth Annual CUNY BA Student Showcase
The CUNY Graduate Center
May 6, 2025 from 5-7pm
5-7 PM, William P. Kelly Skylight Room
Order of Events
Opening Remarks, 5 PM
Jody Clark Vaisman, Academic Director of CUNY BA
Madeline Scrace, CUNY BA student and Master of Ceremony
Presentations and Q&A, 5:10 PM
Closing Remarks, 6:45 PM
2025 Presenters
In our glory: Photography and narrative control within the Black diaspora
Queen Carrasco (City College)
Area of Concentration 1: Social Data Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Larry Au, City College
Area of Concentration 2: Curatorial Studies
Faculty Mentor, Prof. Lise Kjaer, City College
Integrating a social drivers of health framework into undergraduate research training
Jack Cameron (City College)
Area of Concentration 1: Social Epidemiology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Susan Cardenas, Hunter College
Area of Concentration 2: Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Laura Rabin, Brooklyn College
My CUNY BA adventure
Bella Hubbard (Hunter College)
Area of Concentration 1: Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ryan Keberle, Hunter College
Area of Concentration 2: Community Organizing
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robyn Brown-Manning, Hunter Colege
Harnessing bioelectricity through mycelium
Celine Zhang (Hunter College)
Area of Concentration: Innovation and Sustainability
Faculty Mentor: Prof.Abigail Lucien, Hunter College
Access to a 'good death' for LGBTQ+ people
Claire Schwimmer (Hunter College)
Area of Concentration: Access, Equity, and Holistic Health
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Juan Battle, Graduate Center
Tierra y mar
Nedelka Sotelo (Queens College)
Areas of Concentration: Arts Administration
Project and Strategic Management
Can AI have gender: Rethinking Judith Butler through cognitive science and trans embodiment
Alexandria Rohn (Hunter College)
Area of Concentration 1: Mind, Gender and AI
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daniel Harris, Hunter College
Phonology and phonetics: A comparative study on romance languages
Miguel Frias (City College)
Area of Concentration: Romance Languages and Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Tuvi Vorhees, BMCC
Constructions of cultural capital in transracial adoptive Families: The lived experiences of transracial adoptees and their siblings
Eva Schmidt (Hunter College)
Area of Concentration 1: Research Methods
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Yung-Yi Diana Pan, Brooklyn College
Area of Concentration 2: Asian American Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Yung-Yi Diana Pan, Brooklyn College
Open doors, open minds: Reimagining the library
Lela Pines (Hunter College)
Area of Concentration: Creative Advocacy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kim Liao, John Jay College
What is the CUNY BA Student Showcase?
This event allows current CUNY BA students to showcase their work to the CUNY community. CUNY BA students explore a wide range of research interests, and together, their works represent a mosaic rarely found at the undergraduate level.
This event is also an essential professional development experience. Student presenters receive helpful support and practice sessions in preparation for the Showcase. The Showcase is a platform for students to share their work and offers a greater sense of community across the CUNY BA program.
Check out the recordings from previous CUNY BA Student Showcases on the CUNY BA Youtube channel.
Presenter FAQs
What type of project can I submit?
You can submit any project that you are working on—a research project, a performance piece, an art piece—as long as:
- You are a current CUNY BA student,
- The project is completed, or near completion, when you apply (so that it will be ready well enough in advance of the showcase),
- You can present it at the showcase in a brief period (5-10 minutes), and
- The project is supervised by a CUNY faculty member (not necessarily your CUNY BA mentor).
The format of your presentation can be tailored to your unique project as long as it can be presented briefly and online. Each presentation is followed by a few minutes of Q&A.
Who should I contact if I have questions?
Email the CUNY BA Fellows at fellows@cunyba.cuny.edu with any questions or concerns regarding the Student Showcase. CUNY BA Fellows are available to assist you throughout the entire Showcase experience (e.g., help completing the application, creating slides, feedback on the presentation, etc.).
Where can I get support for my slides?
CUNY BA Fellows will work with all presenters to provide support and feedback on their slides. Presenters are encouraged to attend the Present Your Research (Public Speaking) Workshop on April 17, 2023, at 11 AM.
Register to attend the virtual workshop through Zoom HERE. Attendees will be oriented on conference-style presentations and public speaking techniques and revise their conference slides with the assistance of CUNY BA Fellows. Showcase presenters are highly encouraged to bring a draft of their presentation slides for review and feedback.
Who should I contact if I have questions?
Email the CUNY BA Fellows at fellows@cunyba.cuny.edu with any questions or concerns regarding the Student Showcase. CUNY BA Fellows are available to assist you throughout the entire Showcase experience (e.g., help completing the application, creating slides, feedback on the presentation, etc.).
Past Showcase Projects
