Spotlight Student Research Forum

2025 COLA Student Research Forum mini flyer. Event is on Friday, April 11 from 11am to 4 pm in University Hall 01 and 02.

2025 Spotlight on Student Research

Be Inspired! Be a Part of the Spotlight Audience.

Event Date/Time: April 11 from 11am to 4pm

The College of Liberal Arts is pleased to announce the Annual Spotlight on Student Research. The yearly event features undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts who have or are in the process of conducting research projects or creative activities under the guidance of UTA faculty.

Have questions? Email us (liberalarts@uta.edu) for inquires.


Schedule

Welcome
11:00 am – 11:15 am

Multilingualism – Women & Politics 
11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Poster Session
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Literature – Belonging
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm

Semantics & Pragmatics – Cultures
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Interactions – Technology & Media 
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm


WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? 

March 7, 2025: Submission of Abstracts due by Midnight

March 17, 2025: Notifications of decisions. You will receive an email explaining your next steps

March 26, 2025: Conference Success Q&A (Come & Go)

April 11, 2025: Spotlight on Student Research Event


Faculty Spotlight Liaisons

If you have questions, please contact your departmental contact for answers. This includes basic questions, such as “On what topic may I present?” or “Who will be my faculty mentor?”

Art & Art History
Dr. Lucy Bartholomee
lucy.bartholomee@uta.edu
Communication Dr. Mark Tremayne tremayne@uta.edu
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Dr. Patricia Eddings
peddings@uta.edu
English Dr. Daniel Kasper
daniel.kasper@uta.edu
History Dr. Paul Conrad
paul.conrad@uta.edu
Linguistics and TESOL Dr. Marie Bissell
marie.bissell@uta.edu
Modern Languages Dr. Amy Austin amaustin@uta.edu
Music Dr. Graham Hunt gghunt@uta.edu
Philosophy Dr. Ken Williford williford@uta.edu
Political Science
Dr. Kayla Canelo kayla.canelo@uta.edu
Sociology & Anthropology
Dr. Ritu Khanduri
khanduri@uta.edu
Theatre Arts Dr. Sebastian Trainor sebastian.trainor@uta.edu