The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ (LLL) held its first online graduate student conference on April 18. Originally designed as an in-person format, the conference was revamped to an online platform due to the COVID-19 crisis. Organizers said the 24th annual event went smoothly and successfully.
Dean Laura Lyons delivered a welcome and acknowledged the following student chairs and their innovative work:
- Victoria Lee, second language studies
- Tyler Miyashiro, East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Thu H¨¤ Nguyen, second language studies
- Denis Melik Tangiyev, second language studies
- Chao Truong, second language studies
- Kristen Urada, second language studies
The following MA and PhD students delivered presentations reflecting the wide range of outstanding scholarship and research that takes place within the college:
- Jenniefer Corpuz, English
- Lane “Laneski” Davey, English
- Bonnie Fox, East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Jacob Hakim, linguistics
- Christie Honor¨¦, English
- Micah Lau, English
- Christina Lee, English
- LynleyShimat Lys, English
- Thu H¨¤ Nguyen, second language studies
- Michaela Nuesser, second language studies
- Joana O¡¯Steen, English
- Jeffrey Otto, second language studies
- Kevin Rickman, second language studies
- Luc¨ªa Camardiel Sardi?a, Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas
- Ching Shek, East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Melinda S. Smith, English
- Yunhe Sun, East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Mie Tobias, second language studies
- Chau Truong, second language studies
- Jue Wang, second language studies
- Boeui Woo, East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Ruri Yoshii, East Asian Languages and Literatures
Atsushi Hasegawa, an assistant professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics, delivered the keynote address. LLL Excellence in Research Award recipients Theres Gr¨¹ter, Sharon Joy Bulalang and Haerim Hwang were featured speakers.
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—By Karin Mackenzie