Resume

Double Major | Communication and Media Studies; Sociology

Double Minor | American Sign Language and Deaf Culture; Religious Studies

• Summa Cum Laude, GPA 3.96

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Honors and Awards

• Recipient of NU's Outstanding Academic Achievement in Communication and Media Studies Award, 2023

• Recipient of NU’s Outstanding Sociology Student Award, 2022

• Lambda Pi Eta: Communication Studies Honor Society of the National Communication Association

• Alpha Kappa Delta: International Sociology Honor Society

• Delta Epsilon Sigma: National Honor Society for Catholic colleges and universities

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Research Experience

Senior Seminar, Niagara University, 2022

• Advisor: Dr. Douglas Tewksbury, Communication and Media Studies Department

• presented mixed-media exhibition at The Castellani Art Museum, 2022

• presented mixed-media exhibition at Buffalo's St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2022

• conducted autoethnographic research on mysticism

• informed the work of psychologist William James

• explored ceramic art and music production

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Contributor to Lamentation as Pedagogy

Immersion Experience, Washington D.C., 2022 - 2023

• invited as one of two students to travel to Washington D.C. on behalf of Niagara University’s Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity, & Mission

• collaborated with students from Baylor University and Calvin Theological Seminary on research surrounding discussions of racial violence and the Black church experience

• sponsored by The Association for Theological Schools with funding by the Henry Luce Foundation

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Undergraduate Research Assistant, Niagara University, 2020

• Advisor: Dr. Douglas Tewksbury, Communication and Media Studies Department

• conducted undergraduate climate change research for Extraction: Tracing the Veins [virtual conference], hosted at Massey University, New Zealand and Wageningen University, Netherlands, July 2020

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Publications

Journalistic Publications

• Pinti, Rachel. “The place for Pokémon: Dave and Adam’s Saturday tournaments offer

• fun, family & friends,” Niagara Frontier Publications. 2019.

• Pinti, Rachel. “Musical diversity is Not for Nothing,” Niagara Frontier Publications. 2019.

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Art and Photography

• Pinti, Rachel. Untitled, journal cover. The Aquila, literary journal. 2021.

• Pinti, Rachel. “Things Lost and Things Found,” drawing. The Aquila, literary journal. 2021.

• Pinti, Rachel. Untitled, journal cover. The Aquila, literary journal. 2020.

• Pinti, Rachel. “Not All Who Wander are Lost,” photograph. The Aquila, literary journal. 2019.

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Presentations and Invited Lectures

• Research Conference Presentation, “Queering Your Approach: An Analysis of Queer Symbols, Nuanced Identities, and Sustaining Existences,” Proceedings of 6th Annual Cultural Studies & Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Graduate Student Organization Symposium at The University of Pittsburgh, February 2023

• Mixed-Media Exhibition and Research Presentation, “Communicating Mystical Experience Through Art: Mixed Media Exhibition,” The Castellani Art Museum, December 2022

• Mixed-Media Exhibition and Research Presentation, “Communicating Mystical Experience Through Art: Mixed Media Exhibition,” St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Buffalo, NY, December 2022

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Languages

• English: first language

• American Sign Language: proficient

• Latin: basic reading knowledge

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Extracurricular

• Editor-in-Chief for The Aquila: NU’s Art and Literary magazine, 2021

• Member of NU Alliance: NU’s resource for LGBTQIA2+ students

• Member of NU SASS: Students Against Systemic Sexism

• Member of ASL Club