Melissa Christ (Art) has done research at the Barrick Museum of Art that is featured in the online Johns Hopkins University Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. This annual symposium hosts students from across the nation interested in presenting their scholarship. Her presentation, focuses on her research into the work of New York City-based artist John Torreano, which also culminated in an exhibit at the Barrick Museum, "Stars on the Ground: Works by John Torreano," this past winter.