Five Elizabethtown College students joined Professor of Sociology Michele Lee Kozimor ’93 at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) in Boston, Mass. on Saturday, March 12.
Emma Nalesnik ’23, Cecilia Stoner ’22, and Elizabeth Zeiber ’22 each received a Student Research Travel Grant from Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society to present at the conference, while Professor Kozimor also received a Chapter Representative Travel Grant from Alpha Kappa Delta for serving as the faculty advisor and mentor.
Three students presented research papers in the undergraduate poster session. Elizabeth Zeiber ‘22 earned the Best Research Paper award, as well as being recognized during the ESS Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony.
Poster Presentations
- Love is Love: The Effects of Sex and Age on View of Homosexuality – Brianna Kain ’22
- To Keep or Not to Keep: The Effects of Education and Political Ideology on Views of Abortion – Emma Nalesnik ’23
- Does Hard Work Pay Off? The Effects of Employment Status, Work Satisfaction, and Job Stress on Physical Health – Elizabeth Zeiber ’22
Additional Conference Highlights
- Alumna Rachel Bickelman ‘21 received the Best Poster Award for her Honors in the Discipline Sociology research, “Standing, Sharing, and Scrolling: How In-Person Protesting and Social Media Activism Impact Local Community and General Connectedness.”
- Nyvani Molina ’23, Emma Nalesnik ’23, Cecilia Stoner ’22, and Elizabeth Zeiber ’22 volunteered at the ESS conference registration table.
- Professor Kozimor, Dr. Barbara Prince ’12 (Assistant Professor of Sociology at Lebanon Valley College) Cecilia Stoner ’22, and Courtney Metz from Lebanon Valley College, organized and facilitated “Demystifying the Publishing Process in Teaching Sociology” Workshop.
About the ESS
The Eastern Sociological Society aims to promote “excellence in sociological scholarship and instruction.” The ESS holds an annual academic conference where peer-published research can be presented.
