Showcase 2025 highlights unique creative research

2/12/2025

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Food historian comments on wet markets and COVID-19
Xaq Frohlich, assistant professor of history, helps us separate fact from fiction.
The Masked Speaker: COVID + Speech Clarity
While the use of facial masks have controlled the spread of the virus, they can reduce the audibility of speech cues, thereby reducing the speech intelligibility for listeners.
‘I can fix him’: Louise Schulmann-Darsy studies what it means to be a woman through romance novels research
In both historic and modern romance novels, English student Louise Schulmann-Darsy uncovered a pattern.
Plainsman: Political science professors weigh in on presidential election
Arirang News: K-pop breaks the Grammy wall
Assistant Professor of Communication Samantha James appeared on South Korean news channel Arirang to discuss the success of K-pop Demon Hunters at the Grammy Awards and insights from her research on fandom organizing and the globalization of K-pop.
Auburn doctoral student developing writing therapy for students facing microaggressions
Cassidy Brydon, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, is developing the first culturally sensitive expressive writing model, specifically for people who experience microaggressions.