Spring Junior Conference

Memorial Union (Jeff Miller)

 

May 6, 2025, 10:00am – 12:00pm

Memorial Union 

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The Spring Junior Conference is a fast-paced interdisciplinary conference featuring research conducted by IDS Graduate Fellows. Anyone in the campus community is welcome to attend, but please register to help us plan.

Program

9:45 – 10:15: Registration, Coffee, Posters, Networking

10:15 – 10:20: Opening Remarks

10:20 – 10:55: Talk Series #1

Alexis Avery and Jirs Meuris (both UW-Madison) – A Legacy of Task Segregation: Skin Tone and Exposure to Adverse Work Environments.

Padideh Hassanpour, LB Klein, Jiwon Lee, Jeneile Luebke, Taylan Stulting, Sanika Panwalkar, and Kate Walsh (all UW-Madison) – Developing the Barriers and Facilitators to Sexual Assault Services Scale (BF-SAS): Results from Cognitive Interviews.

Benjamin Lebovitz and Mollie McQuillan (both UW-Madison) – Exploring the Impact of Adult Support through Structural Equation Modeling: A Focus on Trans Youth.

Zoe Walts, Amy Cochran, Mark Steinwandel*, Amy Trentham Dietz, Nicci Owusu-Brackett, Melissa Rosenkranz, Anne Ersig, Martha Shrubsole*, and Shaneda Warren Andersen (all UW-Madison) – Associations between sociodemographics and depression with physiological dysregulation in a population at risk for colorectal cancer. [* Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research]

Srijan Pandey and Corey Jackson (both UW-Madison) – Colonial Marginalization in AI: Examining India and the Global South.

10:55 – 11:10: Break, Coffee, Posters, Networking

11:10 – 11:50: Talk Series #2

Michelle Marji, Morgan Jerald, John Curtin, Corey Jackson, and Paula Niedenthal (all UW-Madison) – Metastereotypes and Black Americans Belonging and Vigilance in Outdoor Public Parks

Louis Lindley and Stephanie Budge (both UW-Madison) – Enhancing Coping Skills and Reducing Gender Dysphoria: The Impact of the Online Trans Care Intervention

Nahime Aguirre Mtanous, Jamie Koenig, Melica Nikahd*, Sarah Effertz, Madison Hyer*, Sal Silinonte*, Brittany Hand*, and Lauren Bishop (all UW-Madison unless otherwise indicated) – Unintended Harms of ABA Therapy: Investigating Mental Health Outcomes Among A US National Sample. [* The Ohio State University]

Kamila Redd and Markus Brauer (both UW-Madison) – A Closer Look at Campus Climate: Racial Group Differences in University Engagement & Climate Surveys.

Markus Brauer: The Future of the Institute for Diversity Science. Followed by discussion with Angela Byars-Winston (Institute Chair) and Markus Brauer (Executive Director).

11:50-12:00: Posters, Grab lunch and walk to Memorial Union Terrace for Networking Lunch

12:00-12:45: Networking Lunch on the Memorial Union Terrace