Undergraduate Students to Present Research at In-Between
A shout out to the following students who will be presenting their research at the annual In-Between Conference organized by the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Lingusitics.
THURSDAY March 2
Panel: Talk to me: Languages and Their Speakers (10:15-11:30AM)
- Carmen Thom (as part of the panel with Rosela Romero, Jess Ward, and faulty supervisor Liliana Sánchez (Hispanic and Italian Studies). “How long does it take to name a picture? The effects of proficiency, age of acquisition, and language usage on lexical retrieval among Spanish heritage speakers.”
Roundtable: Language and Discrimination (Undergraduate Research from LING310) (12:30-1:45PM)
Instructor and Moderator: Jill Hallett
- Devika Tiwari “The role of language in upholding Indian casteism”
- Elise Hotchkiss “Media representation and reception of language about diabetes”
- Ivana Lucero “Orientalism, sinophobia, and social media erasure of China's soft power”
- Marisol Vela “Language discrimination and language loss among heritage Spanish and Cantonese speakers”
- Megan Herrera “Producing a resource for underrepresented languages in natural language processing”
- Riley Thompson “Building a schematic for linguistic bias mitigation in YouTube captioning and subtitling”
- Laaiba Mahmood “Multi-generational language change, loss, and discrimination among the South Asian diaspora in Chicagoland”
- Tonveer Butt “Linguistic appropriation in popular culture”
- Johann Tabbilos “Designing a communication calendar to prevent intergenerational language loss”
- Aneesa Rasheed “A bottom-up approach to assessing language access needs of people with disabilities”
- Mythreyi Namuduri “Preventing language loss through technology and teaching: Lessons from Ruuli and Rohingya”
FRIDAY March 3
As part of the Undergraduate Research Forum (8:45-10:45)
- Devika Tiwari, Elise Hotchkiss and Daniele Cartagenes. “Red Herrings: Did you catch that? How Embedded Clues in Natural Language Serve to Confuse Computers.”
- Christine Forde Gude. ““Simps” and “Pick-me's:” How AAVE Slang Encapsulates the Dating Culture and Beliefs of Young People in Online Communities. “
AND from faculty: As part of the Panel on Innovations in Teaching and Learning (1PM-2:15PM)
- Jill Hallett “Wikipedia, language documentation, social justice: Editing Wikipedia as an Act of Linguistic Justice in the Intro Classroom”
The full program can be read here. https://inbetween.lcsl.uic.edu/program-2/
- All talks happen in 1501 UH
- All receptions and lunch happen in 1750 UH
Access the talks remotely
Congratulations presenters, and have a great time!