Global Studies Students Present Outstanding Research at Hartwick’s Social Research Conference

Congratulations to Karni Keushgerian '25 and Evangeline Norman '26, who each presented independent research at their first scholarly conference in April 2025. Karni, Evangeline and Dr G headed down to Oneonta, New York to participate in Hartwick College's biannual Social Research Conference; this year's theme was "Portrait of a Tipping Point: Critical Questions for Social Scientists in 2025." 

Karni's presentation titled "Education on the Armenian Genocide in the Armenian Community in Lebanon" was part of a larger session on the philosophy and practice of education, which also included faculty and graduate student panelists from Utica College, SUNY Morrisville and SUNY Binghamton. Through her presentation, Karni offered a nuanced analysis of the ways genocide education can simultaneously promote and stifle cultural preservation. As the sole undergraduate student participating in the session, Karni impressed fellow panelists and audience members for her rich fieldwork data and her ability to engage with and apply critical transdisciplinary theoretical frameworks to her research.

Evangeline's presentation was equally impressive. Her paper, titled "Assessing the Police Response to Addiction in Brixton, UK" was part of session focused on carceral logics in the UK and Ireland. Taking inspiration from her off-campus semester in London last Fall, Evangeline used critical discourse analysis to show how the narrow framing of addiction as "anti-social behavior" encouraged solely punitive, police-based responses rather that broad-based holistic policies that address complex root causes. As with Karni's paper, Evangeline's work stood out for ability to deftly engage Global Studies theory to address this simultaneously local and global issue.

Way to go Karni and Evangeline!! And way to go Global Studies!!