Student Shout-Out: COMS majors at the Bay Area Undergrad Research Conference

File this post under “better late than never.” Each spring for the past several years, some students from our department present research papers at the Bay Area Undergraduate Research Conference. This year, the conference brought together students from San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, San Francisco State University, California State University, Long Beach, University of Southern California, University of the Pacific, and Humboldt State University. This year’s conference took place in April at SJSU.  Here is a rundown of the USF student participants and their papers:

Delivering Bad News: An Empirical Test of Initial Phrases by Emma Gallagher and Lauren Jacobson

Emma and Lauren at the research conference

A Presage to the United States of America: A Rhetorical Analysis of Andrew Jackson’s Removal Act Message to Congress by Lauren Espina

The House that X Built: A Rhetorical Analysis on Malcolm X’s Message to Grassroots by Ryan Lennox

COMS major Ryan Lennox presenting his rhetorical analysis

Courtroom Use of Rebuttal Analogy by Nichole Hathorn and Molly Torrence-Barrett

COMS majors Molly and Nichole getting ready to present their paper

Congratulations to each of the students who presented their research at this conference!