Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities
Congratulations to the 2026 URECA Winners!
Congratulations to Sheila Argueta for receiving the award for Best Presentation!
Congratulations to Daniel Djogov for receiving the award for Best Research!
2026 URECA Celebration
Department of History
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URECA) promotes and supports undergraduate
research in all disciplines at Stony Brook. Faculty-mentored research is a high-impact
experience that develops problem-solving and presentation skills, contributes to academic
success and professional development, and connects students to mentoring communities.
Date & Time: Tuesday May 5, 2026 from 11:00AM - 4PM
Location: SBS Level 3 Room N 320
Date & Time: Tuesday May 5, 2026 from 11:00AM - 4PM
Location: SBS Level 3 Room N 320
History Research Schedule
11:00am Welcome from Profs. Paul Kelton, Donna Rilling and Nurlan Kabdylkhak
Session I (11:15am-12:15pm) Moderator: Prof. Paul Kelton
- 11:15-11:30am : James Oates, “The Structure of Japanese Internment and How it Shaped the Lives of Japanese Americans
During WWII” (Prof. Nancy Tomes)
- 11:30-11:45am: Max Stone, “Pursuing Homogeneity: The Non-Uniform Enforcement of Orthodox Conversion
in Imperial Russia” (Prof. Nurlan Kabdylkhak)
- 11:45am-noon: Bella Kuttruf, “Uhuru Unfulfilled: Colonialism and the Illusion of Freedom in the
Congo” (Prof. Paul Kelton)
- 12:00-12:15pm: Travis Chu, “Genocide on Page Five: American Press Coverage of the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979” (Prof. Paul Kelton )
Poster Discussion: Chloe Maloy - "Our Bodies, Ourselves VS. Our Bodies, Our Selves: The Women's Health
Movement and MAHA Moms' Health Advocacy"
- 1:00-1:15pm: Ava Berglund, “Eating Through the Destruction of the Five Suns: A Digestible Food
History of the Mexica People Used in their Spiritual Rituals” (Prof. Eric Miller)
- 1:15-1:30pm: Hayden Bevis, “Nostalgia of Rome - Ottoman and Muscovite Claims to Roman Succession” (Prof. Nurlan Kabdylkhak)
- 1:30-1:45pm: Sam Vaynberg, “From Revolution to Repression: Ideological Shifts in Soviet Policy
Toward Jews, 1917-1953” (Prof. Nurlan Kabdylkhak)
- 1:45-2:00pm: Daniel Djogov, “Rethinking Interreligious Relations in the Crimean Khanate” (Prof. Nurlan Kabdylkhak)
- 2:15-2:30pm: Sheila Argueta, “Romantic Notions: Maureen Cullinane and the Ethics of Fashion” (Prof. Jennifer Anderson)
- 2:30-2:45pm: David Jandres-Ceballo, “Counterinsurgency, Anti-Communism, and State Violence in Cold
War El Salvador” (Prof. Nurlan Kabdylkhak)
- 2:45-3:00pm: Claudia Peretzman, “A Monument to Denial: World War II Memorials in Post-Soviet Lithuania” (Prof. Donna Rilling)
Prof. Joel Rosenthal and PhD students Debjani Chakrabarty and Nathan Greenhaw
3:20pm: Award Presentation:
- Best Research
- Best Presentation
- Certificates for Participants
