From left: Emily Burkhart, Alexander Coley, Kiaria Zoi Nakamura
Three English majors from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo presented their original papers at a prestigious research symposium hosted by Johns Hopkins University.
Emily Burkhart,
Alexander Coley and
Kiaria Zoi Nakamura (co-author of this story) applied to present their research virtually at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium under the guidance of
Kirsten Møllegaard, professor and chair of the
“This symposium was a wonderful opportunity for Emily, Alexander and Zoi to showcase their work in a national context and to gain experience as presenters in a large-scale academic setting,” said Møllegaard. “Their participation in the Johns Hopkins symposium demonstrates the strength and relevance of the skills they’ve acquired in their undergraduate studies at