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Students present real-world projects from AP Psychology and Applied Ethics classes

Students in Ransom Everglades' AP Psychology classes presented their research posters on how current events can be interpreted using social psychology theories and phenomena during the 2025 Social Psychology Symposium in the Posner Lecture Hall on April 3. Just two weeks later, students in the Applied Ethics class shared their critical understanding of ethics with posters and presentations examing real-world issues at the 2025 Ethics Gallery Walk in the Posner Lecture Hall in the Constance and Miguel Fernandez STEM Center.
The psychology students under RE faculty member Jenny Carson '03 explained their findings on topics ranging from the impact of Saturday Night Live to the unlikely hero status achieved by Luigi Mangione. The Applied Ethics students under Carson shared their work on topics ranging from teens and steroids to parental responsibility after school shootings. Fellow students, teachers and parents attended both events during the mid-day break. See full details below.

Symposium topics
  • 404: Kanye’s Twitter Account Not Found — A Psychological Autopsy - Sophia Biss '26, Gianna Carvalho '26
  • 9.79...Victory or Robbery?: How National Identity and Bias Impact our Perception of Victory and Defeat - Egyptia Green '25
  • Behind the Skin: Kanye West and Bianca Censori’s Controversial Red Carpet Moment - Julius DeStefano '25
  • Beyond Laughter: Saturday Night Live’s 50 Years of Impact - Lily Poses '26, Taylor Smith '25, Morgan Williams '26
  • Defying Reality: Examining the Wicked Premier Fandom - Bella Sayfie Ranawat '26, Olivia Geller '26, Luisa Coscarelli '26
  • Halftime’s Hidden Playbook - Casey Manno '25, Lindsay Ng '25
  • Heat of the Moment: Responding to the California Wildfires - Annabel Kaplan '26, Julia Leitao '26, Isabel Cortes '26
  • Glory Junkies: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson - Erela Yashiv '26, Mateo Sauceda '26, Elena Castrillon '26
  • Looking Like An Icon: The Kamala Harris “Brat” Campaign - Addison Pollock '25, Avery Almazan '26, Elle Geller '25
  • Super Bowl, Super Thin? The Ethical Concerns of GLP-1 Ads in Pop Culture - Carolina Linfante '26, Emilia Awad '26, Anna Lugo '25
  • The Luigi Effect: How a Criminal Becomes a Controversial Icon - Sophia Linfield '26, Olivia Augustin '26, Chloe Dubose '26
  • The Sound of Silence: The Nova Music Festival - Vanessa Balson '26, Eliana Silberwasser '26, Sydney Schimel '26
  • TrumpCoin, DumpCoin? The Extreme Polarization Demonstrated by TrumpCoin’s Initial Growth - Yuanjin Yang '25, Sasha Zack '25, Paloma Lopes '25
Ethics Walk Topics
The Cost of Teenagers Using Anabolic Steroids - Luc Arellano ’25
Behind the Melody - Drea Buchman ’26
Deontology in Business: Do They Have a Duty? - Andres Casal ’26
Crossroads: Where Ethics Meets the Cross - Claudia Colina ’25
Code Red: Parental Accountability in School Shootings - Elle Geller ’25
When Justice Becomes a Spectacle - Nina Rivera ’25
License to Thrive: Fair Policies for Street Vendors - Mateo Sauceda ’26
Growing Sustainable Mindsets - Charlie Sender ’26
The Phone Ban: How Can We Prioritize Our Mental Health - Riley Sepin ’25
A Campus Without Consensus: Vanderbilt’s Neutrality Through the Eyes of an Incoming Student - Mack Srebnick ’25
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