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Date(s) - 03/27/2026
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Auditorium, Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics (PCPSE)
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PENN GRAD TALKS
Join us for a day of TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students representing the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Professional Master’s programs as they compete for first place and audience choice prizes within their category.
This event is open to the Penn Community and the general public and is ADA Accessible. Refreshments, including vegan and vegetarian options will be served throughout the day.
Can’t make it to the event? Watch the Penn Grad Talks on YouTube.
Event Information:
Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: Sessions start at 12 p.m.
Location: Auditorium, Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics (133 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia)
12:00 p.m. – Professional Master’s Presentations
- AI Integration in Organizations: The Question to Ask Before You Adopt AI
Athira Das, Science of Organizational Dynamics - Science on a Student Budget: How I Ran a $10,000 Behavioral Demand Validation Experiment for $25 Using AI
Anushka Kumar, Behavioral and Decision Sciences - Signals from the Hive: What Honeybee Hygiene Teaches Us About Wildlife Resilience
Natalie Sabiston, Environmental Studies - How Being a Good Neighbor Can Drive Environmentalism
Nabila Safitri, Environmental Studies - My Primary Concern: A Cognitive Argument for Reforming Primary Elections
Cam Watts, Public Administration
1:00 p.m. – Humanities Presentations
- The Archives of Viche: Black Women and the Embodied Production of Distilled Spirits in the Colombian Pacific
Camille Carr, Africana Studies - Radical Tenderness: How Poetry and Art Help You Resist When You Become a Political Prisoner at 23
Alla Gutnikova, Comparative Literature and Russian and East European Studies - African Pianism in the United States: Who is Listening?
Echezonachukwu Nduka, Music - From Private Collection to Public Square: How Art Becomes Ours
Karla Ochoa Verdecia, History of Art - Buddhism Behind Bars: Transforming Race, Religion, and Power
Alexandra Kirby Sokolow, Religious Studies
2:00 p.m. – Social Sciences Presentations
- Stand Your Ground: How Self-Defense Law Shapes Violence
Miranda Cochran, Criminology - Shred Lightly: Snowboarding and New Beginnings
Saron Dea, International Studies - The Court Remembers: Prior Victimization, Prior Offending, and Case Outcomes
Flavia Mandatori, Criminology - The Signaling Gap: State-Owned Media and the Strategic Management of Sentiment During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Donald Moratz, Political Science - Reimagining Small State Agency: Lessons from Georgia and Armenia
Daniel Shapiro, Political Science
3:00 p.m. – Natural Sciences Presentations
- What Is Math Good For Anyways?
Maxine Calle, Mathematics - Can We Identify Someone’s Background from Just a Single Word?
Le Xuan Chan, Linguistics - Nano Superheroes: Who Can See the Unseen Dangers
Kritika Jha, Chemistry - Pause, Then Power: How the Brain Decides When to Work Hard
Mengting Fang, Psychology - From Milk Jugs to Materials: The Chemistry of Valuable Plastic Recycling
Pedro Jimenez Antenucci, Chemistry