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Annual Research Day 2026

PARTICIPANTS

We are excited to invite current HJI students to participate in our 5th Annual Research Day! Show your work by submitting an Academic Poster—a visual showcase of your research. Submissions will be featured on the HJI website, and awards will be presented across two categories during our live program:

Categories and Awards:

  • Current HJI Students Competitive Category ($500 Award): Open to HJI students currently enrolled in one of our HJI programs.
  • Full-Time and Current Part-Time Faculty Non-Competitive Category (Certificate of Excellence): Awarded by HJI’s Alpha Nu Pi Chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa (the National Religious Studies Honor Society). Open to full-time and current part-time faculty.

Key Dates:

  • Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 22 by 11:59 PM (submitted via Canvas for judge review)
  • Live Zoom Celebration and Awards: Thursday, December 3 at 7:00 PM. Join to celebrate the scholarly achievements of our community and reveal this year’s winners. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend!

SUBMISSIONS PROCEDURE

How to Participate:

  1. Register: Complete the registration form at the bottom of this page.
  2. Submit: You will receive an invitation to join Canvas, where you can upload your poster submission. Your submission on Canvas will consist of 1) an academic poster and 2) a 5-10 minute recorded video presentation explaining your poster.

1. Academic Poster

a. Poster Specifications (Virtual poster)
● Must be portrait orientation and 24″ width x 36″ height (or a 2:3 aspect ratio)
● May be submitted as a PowerPoint, PDF, PNG, JPG, or other file types, provided that you are able to screen share the poster properly during the recording of your presentation
● If you choose to use a PowerPoint, a sample template can be downloaded here (the poster does not need to follow this exact layout, but should include all categories listed below in “b. Poster Contents”).

b. Poster Contents
● An Introduction or Abstract
● A research question or questions
● A description of methodologies/research used in conducting the research
● A description of findings so far and conclusions that can be drawn from said findings
● List of major sources used in research
● Publications or planned publications resulting from research
● Acknowledgements of colleagues who contributed to the project
● At least one image or graphic
● See Sample Poster

2. A recorded video presentation that includes an explanation of the poster
● Poster should be displayed/screen shared during the presentation
● Video should not be longer than 10 minutes
● See Sample video

SCORING RUBRIC

The following rubric will be used to score posters and presentations: Scoring Rubric

REGISTRATION

Please contact info@hji.edu if you have any questions. We look forward to assisting you.