Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Writing Program Presents:
From Self to Society: Progress and Repair in Our Future
This undergraduate conference invites submissions from the Homewood and Peabody Campuses for academic and creative submissions to be showcased from November 16-17 at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Campus. This event aims to unite undergraduate students in exploring themes of progress and repair through interdisciplinary approaches regarding how these concepts relate to human life.
Theme Description: This theme invites discussion amongst undergraduates on various aspects of progress and repair, including how we address obstacles, innovate towards a better future, and explore the interconnectedness of individual actions and societal shifts. Join us as we delve into discussing these concepts and more concerning our shared world.
Our
Keynote Speaker:
Yuliia Lysanets
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Yuliia Lysanets is an Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages with Latin and Medical Terminology, Poltava State Medical University (Ukraine). She received her Ph.D. from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) in 2013.
Since 2011, Lysanets has been performing in various capacities at Poltava State Medical University, encompassing academia, project management, and international collaboration. She teaches English for Academic Purposes and Advanced English to PhD students and English for Specific Purposes to undergraduate medical and dental students. Her expertise also includes curriculum design and development of teaching materials.
Her record of scholarship includes the Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, granted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2016-2018), Erasmus+ mobility for staff training at Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France (2017), participation in Erasmus+ International Staff Week at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2019), Erasmus+ mobility for teaching English for Specific Purposes at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2019), Erasmus+ mobility for staff training at the University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain (2022), and Fernandes Fellowship at the University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom (2022).
In 2024-2025, she is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at UWP, conducting a research project titled “The Features of U.S. Academic English: Comprehensive Guidelines for Ukrainian Healthcare Students and Researchers”.
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