Name: Research Division - Top Research Presentations
Start: 2026-04-19T15:15:00-0700
End: 2026-04-19T16:15:00-0700

Research Division - Top Research Presentations

Sunday April 19, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT

W304

Debut Paper Competition
Debut 1st Place Paper: Kylie Jordan Smith, Rollins College & Tanja Vierrether, Rollins College; From Posts to Protests: Public and Private Social Media Expression as a Pathway to Political Discourse

Open Paper Competition
Open 1st Place Paper: Serena Miller, Michigan State University, Zhao Peng, Emerson College & Ruth Heo, University of California, San Die; Utilization of the QuantCrit Lens and Qualitative Approaches to Address Quantitative Data Limitations: Demographic Fluidness in Context

Open 2nd Place Paper: Dustin Serrano Ardine, Regent University & William J. Brown, Regent University; Enhancing Self-Efficacy Through Entertainment Film

Moderators

Bridget Rubenking

University of Central Florida

Speakers

Ruth Heo

University of California, San Diego

William J. Brown

Regent University

Serena Miller

Michigan State University

Dustin Serrano Ardine

Regent University

Dustin Ardine (Ph.D., Regent University, 2025) is an actor, writer, and scholar who attained his PhD in Communications and the Arts from Regent University, with a focus in Film and Media Studies. An Alpha Epsilon Rho (AERho) Honor Society member since 2024, his research interests include rhetorrection... Read More →