ELWS Students Present Research at University Research Showcase

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Three ELWS students presented research at the University of Minnesota Duluth Undergraduate Research & Artistic Showcase Tuesday April 15th, 2025.  

Brooke Eibensteiner (supervised by Chongwon Park) presented to answer the question, "Who Can Learn ASL More Effectively: Monolinguals or Multilinguals?"

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Brooke will graduate with a B.A. in Spanish Studies and a B.A. in French Studies with minors and certificates in International Studies, Deaf Studies, Creative Writing, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. She received an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program scholarship to conduct research and complete her University Honors capstone. In her project, Brooke explored whether monolinguals or multilinguals acquired American Sign Language more effectively during a month-long course. When not researching language acquisition, she enjoys writing both short and long fiction and cuddling with her two sassy bunnies. 

 

Olivia Haller presented research on "Metaphors of War: Investigating Conceptual Metaphor Usage in Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front."  (Photo with Anthropology and Archaeology professor Jennifer Jones.)

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Olivia will graduate in May 2025 with a B.S. in Linguistics and a B.A. in Anthropology. She has been recognized for her research in linguistics with an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scholarship. In her project, Olivia looked at conceptual metaphors in the time-honored classic war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. When she is not busy researching metaphors, Olivia enjoys playing ultimate frisbee on the UMD Women's Club Team.
 
 

John Leppik (working with Burke Scarbrough) shared his "Introduction to Role-Playing for High Schoolers."
 
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John will graduate May 2025 with a BS in Linguistics and a BA in English. He has previously published the nonfiction essay NW Elysium in the Minnesota English Journal, the pre-apocalyptic sci-fi short story Fishing: A Guide to the Apocalypse in CommuterLit, and the rustbelt fantasy story Taconite Falls in Black Petals Magazine. When he's not writing about tabletop games, he's helping run a local tenant's union and collecting an absurd amount of postcards that he's sure he'll send someday.

 

To learn more about the major or minor in Writing Studies, visit https://cahss.d.umn.edu/elws. 

 

 

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