Student Research Day 2017

     This special day is held annually to honor our students and faculty mentors in their pursuit of outstanding research, scholarship, and creative activities.  This event brings together our community in supportive recognition and understanding of the wide spectrum of research disciplines in which our students and faculty are involved as they pursue creative, academic, and scholarly achievements.  Each student presenter has worked with one or more faculty mentors in exercising their intellectual and creative abilities which have culminated in the research presented at this event.

The Common Hour: Trans*Forming Athletics and Fitness: Stories of Resilience and Change

T.J. Jourian is a social justice educator, learner, and trainer; having spoken and consulted at hundreds of college campuses, conferences, and community-based organizations in the U.S.  He has completed his PhD in Higher Education at Loyola University Chicago by investigating how trans*masculine college students conceptualize masculinity for his dissertation.  T.J.