SPRING 2012 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Wednesday February 29, 2012
Session 1 - 10:00-10:50
Acad 100
Panel: Discovering Code-Switching
MODERATOR: George Rice
Emma Suarez-Murias, Jillian Reed, Sarai Quigley
–“Discovering Code Switching”
Nominating Professor: Robin Marcus
Session 2 - 10:00-10:50
Acad 310
Panel: Access to Information: Copyright vs Censorship
MODERATOR: Emily Bliss
Rachael Bevill
–“Mickey Mouse's Musical Manipulation: How Disney Theme Parks Use Music to Get Your Money”
Nominating Professor: Matt Riley
Jenna Bernick–“Suicide, the Internet, and Censorship: An Argument Against American Censorship of Suicide Content Online”
Nominating Professor: Joshua Buursma
Session 3 - 10:00-10:50
Ames B201
Panel:Writing Process: Working Past Initial Roadblocks
MODERATOR: Katherine Larsen
Bailey Lucero-Carter
- “Virtual Idol: The Existence of Hatsune Miku and the Justification of Her Fan Base”
Nominating Professor: Matt Riley
Rachael Gonera–“Team Jacob: Orientalism in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight”
Nominating Professor: Katherine Larsen
Helena Wu–“The Struggles of Multi-Racial Asians”
Nominating Professor: Jee Yoon Lee
Session 4- 11:20-12:10
Acad 100
Panel: If It Walks Like a Duck…Framing Discrimination, Stigma, and Acceptance
MODERATOR: Bernard Demczuk
Mallory Hytrek
– “"That's The Whole Point": How the Hetalia Comics Fandom Deals with Racism”
Nominating Professor: Phil Troutman
Suty Komsonkeo
– “To Find a Place Called Home: the LGBT Asian-American Experience”
Nominating Professor: Jee Yoon Lee
Session 5 - 11:20-12:10
Acad 310
Panel: Elle: A Paper on Societal Standards of 'Beauty'
MODERATOR: Robin Marcus
Angelica Florio Roberts, Jada Smith, Priyanka Kaur, Lindsay Martin, Laura Orella
–“Defending Beauty with Science: An Analysis of the Elle.com "Health and Beauty" Section”
Nominating Professor: Danika Myers
Session 6 - 11:20-12:10
Ames B201
Panel: Writing Process: Defining Terms and Focusing the Project
MODERATOR: Phyllis
Rian Shambaugh
–“Music Education Under Attack: Analysis of the Funding Problem in the Music Education System”
Nominating Professor: Matt Riley
Catherine Jessen–“Success on its Own Terms: Exploring the Relationship between Qualitative and Quantitative Success as Influenced by Physical Environments in LDS Missions”
Nominating Professor: Shannon Berry
Session 7 - 1:10-2:00
Ames B201
Panel: Searching for the True Meaning of Equality: Feminists and the Roman Catholic Church
MODERATOR: Jee Yoon Lee
Nicholas Senra
–“Searching for the True Meaning of Equality: The Struggle Between Feminists and the Roman Catholic Church and Its Connection to the Catholic View of Environment”
Nominating Professor: Shannon Berry
Session 8 - 1:10-2:00
Eckles Auditorium
Panel: The Role of Sports in the Political Arena
MODERATOR: John Danneker
Brennan Murray
–“The Illusory Power of Sports Images: Mandela, Pienaar, and the 1995 Rugby World Cup”
Nominating Professor: Wade Fletcher
Melissa Dorow–“The Healing Powers of Happiness: The Social Impact of the Homeless World Cup”
Nominating Professor: Niles Tomlinson
Session 9 - 2:30-3:20
Eckles Auditorium
Panel: Writing Process: The Role of Frameworks/Lenses in Academic Writing
MODERATOR: Sandie Friedman
Daniel Dunitz
–“Upholding the Ideals of the Big Dude in "I Do" and Gay Duos Too: The Environment in Reformed Judaism Seen through Marriage and Homosexuality”
Nominating Professor: Shannon Berry
Alex Marchak–“Occupy Wall Street vs. Wall Street: Is Liberty Killing Itself?”
Nominating Professor: Niles Tomlinson
Session 10 - 4:10-5:00
Acad 100
Panel: African-American Involvement in the Criminal Justice System
MODERATOR: John Danneker
Lio (Doohyung) Kang, David Huppert, Jonathon Jones
–“African-American Involvement in the Criminal Justice System”
Nominating Professor: Robin Marcus
Session 11- 4:10-5:00
Acad 310
Panel: Shattering Sexism: Gender in Medicine and the Holocaust
MODERATOR: Debbie Gaspar
Christine Cronin
–“Shattering the Glass Ceiling in Medicine: Integrating Women Wholeheartedly into the Medical Field”
Nominating Professor: Pam Presser
Billie Katz–“Women as Subjects of Torture, Atrocity, and Death: Analyzing Gender and the Holocaust”
Nominating Professor: Cayo Gamber
Session 12- 4:10-5:00
Ames B201
Panel: Writing Process: Differentiating What Is True From What Is Known
MODERATOR: Robert Snyder
Marissa Price
–“How to Combat the Effects of Homelessness on Children”
Nominating Professor: Phyllis Ryder
Francisca Cromwell –“Black Genocide”
Nominating Professor: Randi Kristensen
Thursday March 1, 2012
Session 1 - 10:00-10:50
Acad 100
Panel: Research Process: Developing Standards of Comparison
MODERATOR: Chandler Christofel
Mohan Berg
–“Analyzing the IPCC's Review Protocol: Does the 2011 Revision Represent a Shift Towards Transparency?”
Nominating Professor: Michael Svoboda
Spencer Gibbs –“The 24-Hour Political Punditry Machine: An Empirical Analysis of Partisan Bias in Cable News”
Nominating Professor: Pam Presser
Session 2 - 10:00-10:50
Acad 310
Panel: Biliteracy: Education and Language
MODERATOR: Jee Yoon Lee
Julia Rinker
–“Understanding, Appreciating, and Utilizing Black English”
Nominating Professor: Phyllis Ryder
Marshall McMurry –“Latino Youth Education and Biliteracy: Una Cuestion de Identidad”
Nominating Professor: Phyllis Ryder
Session 3 - 11:20-12:10
Acad 100
Panel: Writing Process: The Role of Frameworks/Lenses in Academic Writing
MODERATOR: Jee Yoon Lee
Rebecca Levy
–“We Will Demand Nothing: The Revolutionary Potential of Occupy”
Nominating Professor: Randi Kristensen
Amanda Smith –“A Grateful Nation Thanks You: Funeral Protesting by Westboro Baptist Church”
Nominating Professor: Carol Hayes
Session 4 - 11:20-12:10
Acad 310
Panel: Writing Process: Framing the Argument
MODERATOR: Katherine Larsen
Liz Hart
–“Propaganda for Power: Dictators and Celebrities”
Nominating Professor: Katherine Larsen
Josephine Mascher –“Advising the Politicians: How Do Politicians Use Frames to Communicate Climate Change to the Public?”
Nominating Professor: Michael Svoboda
Session 5 - 11:20-12:10
Ames B109
Panel: From Norman Bates to Ritalin - Humanizing Mental Illness
MODERATOR: Robin Marcus
Hadley Fielding
–“Unmasking Invisibility: The Need for Recognizing and Accomodating AD/HD”
Nominating Professor: Pam Presser
Kanako Kashima–“"We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes": How Hitchcock's Psycho Challenges the Stigma of the Mentally Ill”
Nominating Professor: Sandie Friedman
Session 6 - 11:20-12:10
Acad 303
Panel: Testing Educational Theory and Practice: How Bias Affects Outcomes
MODERATOR: TBA
Lisa Campbell
–“Theories of Multicultural Education and Using Them to Close the Achievement Gap”
Nominating Professor: Phyllis Ryder
Melissa Kraus–“When Knowledge Deceives: The Corruption of Education in Nazi Germany”
Nominating Professor: Cayo Gamber
Session 7 - 1:10-2:00
Acad 100
Panel: Reactions to Trauma
MODERATOR: Bill Gillis
Isabel Johnson
–“The Many Efforts of the Liberators upon Freeing the Prisoners from the Concentration Camp”
Nominating Professor: Cayo Gamber
Scott Lauermann
–“The Day After: How Tom Tomorrow Was Paralyzed by September 11th”
Nominating Professor: Phil Troutman
Session 8 - 1:10-2:00
Acad 310
Panel: The Role of Newspapers in War and Politics
MODERATOR: Robin Marcus
Aaron Poliak
–“President Obama Informally Defends Auschwitz Lines: A Study of Political Speech and Media Representation”
Nominating Professor: Carol Hayes
Katie Luker
–“The Washington Post Fails to Report: Coverage of the Contras and Abu Ghraib”
Nominating Professor: Mark Mullen
Session 9 - 1:10-2:00
Ames 222
Panel: Writing Process: Testing Hypotheses and Unexpected Results
MODERATOR: Michael Svoboda
Brianna Gurciullo
–“Filling the Gap, Exposing Truth, and Strengthening Democracy”
Nominating Professor: Mark Mullen
Jaqueline Sodano –“Who Is to Blame?: Connecting the Catholic Teachings about Contraception to Population Growth”
Nominating Professor: Shannon Berry
Session 10 - 1:10-2:00
Ames B109
Panel: Popular Culture: Graphic Novels and Zombie Films
MODERATOR: Niles Tomlinson
Raynell Cooper
–“Flesh on the Menu: The Birth of Modern Zombie Culture”
Nominating Professor: Sandie Friedman
Kathleen McCarthy–“The Hero in Me: Heroes in Graphic Narratives by Female Authors”
Nominating Professor: Phil Troutman
Session 11 - 2:30-3:20
Acad 100
Panel: Free Speech, Public Space and the Ideal State
MODERATOR: Cayo Gamber
Ricky Zhu
–“A Living Memorial: Fined for Freedom of Speech at the National Mall
”
Nominating Professor: Carol Hayes
Julia Menell –“Occupaper”
Nominating Professor: Randi Kristensen
Session 12 - 2:30-3:20
Acad 310
Panel: Writing Process: Writing Effective Conclusions
MODERATOR: Shannon Berry
Denali Waldron-Francis
–“Biraciality in America ”
Nominating Professor: Robin Marcus
Madeline Bardi –“Mental Health Policy in the United States of America: Our Failing System and the Bipartisan Approach That Can Fix It”
Nominating Professor: Zak Wolfe
Session 13 - 2:30-3:20
Ames B109
Panel: Gender Sterotypes in Gaming and Comics
MODERATOR: Pierre Vigilance, MD
Samantha Waldman
–“It's a Man's Virtual World: Female Portrayal and Exclusion in the Video Game Industry”
Nominating Professor: Pam Presser
Elizabeth Settoducato–“Savage Sexism: Examining Gendered Intelligence in Hulk and She-Hulk Comics”
Nominating Professor: Phil Troutman
Session 14 - 4:10-5:00
Acad 100
Panel: British and American News Coverage
MODERATOR: Michael Svoboda
Andrew Reynolds
–“The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Cross-National Comparison of Coverage of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the United Kingdom and the United States”
Nominating Professor: Michael Svoboda
Amisha Sisodiya –“Royal Fever: How Will and Kate's Wedding Exemplifies American Fascination with British Culture and Unified the American Public”
Nominating Professor: Wade Fletcher
Session 15 - 4:10-5:00
Acad 310
Panel: Framing Community, Framing Fandom
MODERATOR: Michael Tapscott
Daniel Egel-Weiss
–“Die Hard Fans: Ironies of Deadhead Culture”
Nominating Professor: Matt Riley
Robert Block–“William Shatner is God: Fandom as Religion
”
Nominating Professor: Katherine Larsen
Session 16 - 4:10-5:00
Ames B109
Panel: Writing Process: Placing Yourself--and Others--In Scholarship
MODERATOR: Phil Troutman
Brooke Marchewka
–“Racism in Comics: Is the Dark Side Too Black?”
Nominating Professor: Phil Troutman
Kaitlyn Wright – “Miscarriage: The Big Misunderstanding”
Nominating Professor: Joshua Buursma
Session 17 - 4:10-5:00
Acad 303
Panel: The Role of Media in Foreign Policy
MODERATOR: Zak Wolfe
Yehudah Abraham
–“A Presidential Crisis and an American Myth: The News Media's New Responsibility”
Nominating Professor: Mark Mullen
Erika Mohr – “The Art of Truth: The Use of Photojournalistic Techniques to Comment on US Intervention in Afghani Women's Rights”
Nominating Professor: Carol Hayes