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\n Save the Date: STS Graduate Research Symposium\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Date:<\/strong> Friday, September 19<\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> ANN 106<\/p>\n

Ph.D. students who received summer grant funding from STPL will share the results of their research. The daylong event will comprise four panels, each with a different USC faculty member serving as respondent. Students represent numerous disciplines and constituent schools of USC. We are grateful to Dornsife College and to the Annenberg School for their support of STS summer research stipends for Ph.D. students.<\/p>\n

Please RSVP for the event at this link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Program Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00\u201310:55 a.m – Panel I: Managing Nature<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Aline Bravo Sandoval, \u201cMapping Experiences of a Dry River\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Jaden Morales, \u201cPetro-Plantations: Energy and Non-Sovereign Statecraft in Puerto Rico\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Elana Simon, \u201cMapping Endangered Nature: Understanding Environmental Impact Reports for Urban Development from the Anomaly of the Listed Bumblebees\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Discussant: Prof. Andrea Ballestero (Anthropology)<\/p>\n

    11:00\u201311:55 a.m – Panel II: Techno-Visualities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Riley Gold, \u201cThe Simulated Runway: James J. Gibson’s Wartime Motion Picture Research\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Jiwon Park, \u201cDesigning Daejeon: Developmentalism, the Digital, and the 1993 Expo\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Alphoncina (Allie) Lyamuya, \u201cBehind the Frosted Glass? Automated Humanitarian Cash Aid Delivery\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Discussant: Prof. Cristina Visperas (Communication)<\/p>\n

      11:55 a.m.\u20131:00 p.m. – Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n

      1:00\u20131:55 p.m – Panel III: Bio\/Necropolitics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Kedi Zhou, \u201cFrozen: Reimagine the Family and Reproductive Future Through ART\u201d<\/li>\n
      • Joel Ferrall, \u201cPracticing the Waitlist: The Repeated Reinvention of Heart Transplant Allocation\u201d<\/li>\n
      • Charlotte Gibbs, \u201cHuman\u2013Animal Relationships during the Holocaust\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Discussant: Prof. Nayan Shah (American Studies and Ethnicity \/ History)<\/p>\n

        2:00\u20132:55 p.m – Panel IV: Techno-Imaginaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Stephen Yang, \u201cStaging Seamless Assistance: Demoing Fantasies of Personal AI-to-Come\u201d<\/li>\n
        • Seongkyung Lee, \u201cDevelopmentalism, Technocracy, and Democracy in the Age of AI: South Korea\u2019s Dilemma\u201d<\/li>\n
        • Will Orr, \u201cEpistemic Dirt: The Practices and Politics of Cleaning Data for AI Systems\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Discussant: Colin Maclay (Communication)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSTS Graduate Research Symposium - Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/sts-graduate-research-symposium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"STS Graduate Research Symposium - Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/sts-graduate-research-symposium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T20:50:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/sts-graduate-research-symposium\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/sts-graduate-research-symposium\/\",\"name\":\"STS Graduate Research Symposium - 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