Illinois State's Graduate Research Symposium on March 27

Close to 150 Illinois State University graduate students will participate in the annual University-wide showcase of research, scholarship and creative achievement, the Graduate Research Symposium, on Friday, March 27, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Bone Student Center Brown Ballroom.  The Symposium is free and open to the public.

In a departure from previous symposia, some departments and schools have elected to organize oral presentations at various campus locations in conjunction with the Research Symposium.  The Geography-Geology department will hold their presentation at noon in Felmley Science Annex 443; History from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Schroeder 207; Languages, Literatures and Cultures from 4-6 p.m. in Williams 307; English from 1-3 p.m. in Williams 27; and Special Education from 5-7 p.m. in the Bone Student Center Circus Room.

The Symposium encourages cross-disciplinary associations and focuses on communicating research to the general public.  Faculty members, visitors and peers will provide oral and written feedback to student participants.    

A few of the topics graduate students researched are:

• Newspaper coverage of abuse and neglect of individuals with disabilities
• Telecommuting and job worker satisfaction
• How have savings patterns changed in lieu of the recent financial crisis
• Deployment-related stress and coping experienced by families of National Guard soldiers
• Physical abuse as a predictor of women's career choices
• To what extent do customers use internet banking and what factors affect their usage  
• Oil prices, financial distress and economics activity

The Symposium, sponsored by the Graduate School, Research and Sponsored Programs, Honors Program and Milner Library, started 19 years ago to promote graduate student research.