Yoga for computer injuries, the role of the Black Market, and free will in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien are some of the topics explored at the third annual Graduate Student Research Showcase next week at Sonoma State University. President Ruben Armiñana opens the three-hour event with welcoming remarks at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18 in the Cooperage.
This year's Showcases and poster sessions range from those exploring the critical role of informal economies like the Black Market and micro-lending, use of mind-body treatments to help combat post-traumatic stress disorder, to ways of fostering academic achievement and positive ethnic identity development in local high school students.
Other research looks into tailoring innovative yoga practices and ergonomics for computer users, helping school counselors support the siblings of children with autism, and examining the interplay of fate and free will in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.
The showcase gives Master's students experience in presenting research in scholarly conference format and provides a forum in which newer graduate students can see what kind of work is required of Master’s degree candidates.
The large exhibit hall in the Cooperage will be filled with student poster and multi-media presentations, and food. Students giving formal papers will take up the two adjacent presentation rooms.
The Graduate Studies Subcommittee and the Division of Academic Affairs sponsor the showcase. For further information and a list of the full program of presentations, visit Graduate Showcase.
