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Tuesday, March 21 – Thursday, March 23, 2023

UTSA Main Campus, HEB SU Ballroom

2023 COLFA Research Conference and Showcase Winners

3 Minute Thesis (3MT)

First

Sara Valdes

Spanish

Second

Hannah Walker

Art History

Third

Adam Hasewinkle

History

Film, Video, & Digital Projects
Graduate

First

Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros

English

Second

Paulina Hernandez Trejo

English

Third

Imelda Mendoza

English

Undergraduate

First

Diana Guillen Matos

Communication

Second

Gracee Bethencourt

Communication

Third

Ralph Obuekwe-Onwumere

English

Oral Presentation
Doctorate

First

Madeline Snyder

Anthropology

Second

Amanda Micek

Anthropology

Third

Niloufar Esmaeili

English

Undergraduate

First

Amanda Camarillo

Anthropology

Second

Gavin Morris

History

Third

Marcela Montufar Soria

History

Poster Presentation
Doctorate

First

Evan Miller

Anthropology

Master’s

First

Desiree Quintanilla

Anthropology

Second

Sia Paulsen

History

Third

Amber Hefner

Anthropology

Undergraduate

First

Rory O’Reilly

Anthropology

Second

Daniela Aranda Gomez

Anthropology

Third

Trent Fallin

Music

Creative Writing
Graduate

First Place

Samantha Talley

English

Second Place

Robin Johnson

English

Third Place

Roxanna Rodriguez

English

Undergraduate

First Place

Emily Flores

MDST: Film & Media Studies

Second Place

Jeanette Phan

English

Third Place

Melody Mireles

English

Music Lecture-Recital Competition
Graduate

First

Kaitlin Norman

Music

Second

Eric Garcia

Music

Third

Diego Emilio Chavarria Rosas

Music

Third

Nikola Dimitrijevic

Music

Undergraduate

First

Jared Kellman-Medina

Music

Second

Alejandro Cuellar

Music

Third

Sydney Castillo

Music

“The experience and opportunities as a whole were quite rewarding. As an undergraduate planning to go to grad school the chance to do and practice presenting research with critique is priceless.”
Junior, Classical Studies and Humanities
“The opportunity to present something I worked so hard on.”
Junior, Music
“Very friendly and professional; you feel surrounded by like-minded, academic-oriented people who are passionate about their research and are supportive of yours.”
Graduate Student, Art History
“I got to share my voice and hearing others share theirs as well.”
Senior, English
“It gave me an opportunity to talk with faculty about graduate school, and graduate students about their own work at UTSA’s graduate school.”