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Decompression Chamber
No full textTake a break from Comic Fest ruckus and sessions in our Decompression Chamber! Take a moment to sit, relax, have some popcorn, read a comic and just enjoy some peace and quiet before rejoining the festivities
Speaker Damien Leveck
No full textDamien LeVeck is quickly emerging as a distinctive voice and creative iconoclast in modern horror filmmaking. His debut feature, The Cleansing Hour (2020), became one of Shudder\u27s most-watched titles, earning praise for its relentless pacing and inventive twist on the exorcism genre. He followed it with A Creature Was Stirring (2023), a holiday horror thriller starring Chrissy Metz (This Is Us), Annalise Basso( Oculus),and Scout Taylor-Compton( Halloween),further cementing his reputation for delivering stylish, unsettling, and emotionally grounded genre films.
Damien approaches horror not just as a vehicle for scares, but as a lens to explore morality, evil, and the deeper questions that haunt human existence. His films aim to provoke thought as much as fear, leaving audiences with narratives that resonate well beyond the final frame. His work as a director has been greatly influenced by over two decades of professional film and TV editing. As an Editor, he developed an intuitive sense of story structure, rhythm, and visual storytelling-skills that make him efficient and decisive on set.
Damien grew up in Mattoon, Illinois and graduated from Mattoon High School before moving to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/eiu_comic_fest_2025/1028/thumbnail.jp
A Multitude in the In-between: The Impact of Perceived Social Support on Resilience for Neurodivergent and GSD Identities, Along with Barriers to Receiving Support
No full textThis study used intersectionality theory to examine how overlapping minority identities impact receiving social support and the cultivation of resiliency. Individuals who identify as in the Gender and Sexually Diverse (GSD) community or the neurodivergent (ND) community may experience unique stressors due to various barriers to support. Overlap of GSD and ND identities can present added struggles. Information from 46 GSD and/or ND college students was collected through self-report scales and recorded interviews to examine the effects of perceived social support on resiliency. Also assessed were common values in social support like having someone to talk to and being understood, along with common barriers to receiving support like communication difficulty. Furthermore, the ways people have adapted to overcome adversity are discussed. The study’s hypothesis that higher perceived social support will result in higher resiliency in these individuals was supported by positive correlations between social support and resiliency both in the overall sample and in each of two comparison groups: GSD students who are also ND, and GSD students who are not ND. Furthermore, this work affirms and builds on previous literature around intersectionality models, minority stress, social support factors, and resiliency. The study discussed the implications of findings and how providers of social support (non-professionals and professionals) may use the findings to better support people in these communities
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