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2009 Research Symposium

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
CUE 512

9:45am 

Mapuana Antonio, Psychology, General Studies
Native Hawaiians Attack Back: A Study on Skin Cancer and Native Hawaiians

Mentor: Dr. Lali McCubbin, Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology

10:30am  

Alyssa Tanhueco, English
Self-Governed Intervention: Literature in the Lives of Ten Prison Inmates, Past, Present, and Future

Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Schwartz, Sociology

11:15am  

Jacqueline Nuha, Elementary Education
The College Preparation Process for Asian Pacific Islanders, their Access to Valuable College Information and their Experiences with the College Choice Process

Mentor: Dr. Paul Pitre, Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology

~ 12:00pm Lunch Break ~

1:00pm    

Damian Ramirez, Political Science
When Stars Align: Recommendations for New US/Iranian Relations

Mentor: Dr. Nick Lovrich, Political Science

     
 

Thursday, July 16, 2009
CUE 518

10:30am 

Priscilla Mecklembourg, Neuroscience
Effects of Stimulation on Different Whisker Barrels at Different Rates

Mentor: Dr. David Rector, VCAPP

11:15am           

 

Lena Gunn, Genetics and Cell Biology
Comparison of the Fitness of Seeds Produced by Self-Fertilization to those Produced by Self-Incompatibility in Leavenworthia Alabamica

Mentor: Dr. Jeremiah Busch, Biological Science

~ 12:00pm Lunch Break ~

1:00pm          

 

Yolanda Kukuia, Human Development
Discordant Traditional Gender Roles and the Attribution of Blame towards Victims of Sexual Assault

Mentor: Dr. Jenifer McGuire, Human Development

1:45pm           

 

Daniel Widner, Sociology
It’s all in the Name: Employment Discrimination against Arab Americans

Mentor: Dr. Julie Kmec, Sociology

     
 

Friday, July 17, 2009
CUE 512

   

10:30am

 

Karina Garibay, Political Science
Politics, State, and Indigenous Women- The case of the P’urhepecha Women at the local level

Mentor: Dr. Amy Mazur, Political Science

11:15am

Aubree Pham, Finance
The Model Minority Myth and The Effects on Southeast Asian American College Students

Mentor: Dr. Alton Jamison, Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology

~ 12:00pm Lunch Break ~

1:00pm

Joaquin Chapar, Spanish
Theatrical Representations of Totalitarianism & Racial Violence in Post-Francisco Franco Spain

Mentor: Dr. Vilma Navarro-Daniels, Foreign Languages and Cultures

1:45pm

Sandibel Borges, Women’s Studies
Sex as a Form of Cheap Labor: Latin American Sex Workers in Spain

Mentor: Dr. Linda Heidenreich, Women’s Studies

 

 
                   
       
     
     
 

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