NCUR 2024 Undergraduate Research Stories Part 3: College Athlete Brand, Japan Study, Web Comics, and Music for the Hard of Hearing.

NCUR 2024 Undergraduate Research Stories Part 3: College Athlete Brand, Japan Study, Web Comics, and Music for the Hard of Hearing.

Author: Venkat Raman May 12, 2024 Duration: 44:07

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This April, I had the privilege of doing a series of conversations with undergraduate researchers at NCUR 2024 in Long Beach, California.

This is the last in a series of 3 episodes  based on those conversations.

On this Episode we feature 4 Student Researchers on a variety of topics from College Athlete Brand Valuation, Impact US Military base presence in Japan Study, Web Comics and Music Curriculum for the Hard of Hearing.

The students are Mikes LeBlanc of Northern Arizona University, Levi Mahler of CSU Monterey Bay, Starr Swanson of LA City College, and Ryan Lofland of University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

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  • The students are Mikes LeBlanc of Northern Arizona University, Levi Mahler of CSU Monterey Bay, Starr Swanson of LA City College, and Ryan Lofland of University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

Memorable Quote: “I'm a very firm believer that just because someone's deaf or hard of hearing does not mean they can, they can't experience music. It might be a little different than how an abled hearing person would be, but it's not something that they can't do, and they can equally do it as much as anyone else.” Ryan Lofland, UMichigan Ann Arbor.

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