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Undergraduate Humanities Fall Research Showcase

The Undergraduate Humanities Fall Research Showcase (FRS), sponsored by the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, provides an opportunity for our current cohort of Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars (UGS) to present their research progress.

This year's showcase, featuring our twenty-one 2026-27 UGS students and five faculty directors, will take place in September.

September 11, 2026

9:00am - 2:30pm

GLAS 311

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Schedule

  • 9:00-9:05 am, Welcome, Dr. Jessica Ray, Associate Director for Undergraduate Humanities Research

  • 9:05-10:00 am, Dr. Tina Budzise-Weaver's Seminar: "Staging the Self: Identity and Performance in Social Media"

  • 10:05-11:00 am, Dr. Glen Miller's Seminar, "Artificial Intelligence and the Human Experience"

  • 11:05-12:00, Dr. Heather Thakar's Seminar, "How We Tamed Plants and How They Changed Us"

  • 12:00-12:30 pm, Lunch

  • 12:30-1:25 pm, Dr. Ashley Passmore's Seminar, "From Archive to Public Memory: Researching Jewish Culture and Holocaust History"

  • 1:30-2:25 pm, Dr. Mark Hlavacik's Seminar: "The 20th Century Campus Culture Wars"

  • 2:25-2:30 pm, Closing

Meet the Scholars