Whitman Undergraduate Conference Tentative Schedule
Tuesday April 4,
2006
Session I 9:00-10:15 a.m.
Art and Space • Reid Center G02 • Moderator: To be announced,
Patrick Leonard. Stepping Over Borders: Artists’ Walks across
Postmodern Geography
Amy Sharp. Marcel Duchamp and the 4th Dimension
Erik Andersen. Wagner and Schopenhauer: Aesthetics, Ethics, and
Opera
Emma Wood. Artist and Workspace — A Portrait of
Kyle Bain. Surreal Portraiture: The visual languages of
LaChappele, Avedon, and more
Coming of Age • Maxey 142 • Moderator: Katie Innes
Emily Marshall. Raising the Guatemalan’s Standard of Living
through Education
Carlene Deits. Children’s Perception of Social Class
Erin Hall. Coming of Age in Delinquency: The Social Constructions
of Youth and the Politics of Risk
Amy Farris. Cultural Begging: The Koranic Schools of
Rosalinda Mendoza. Analysis of the Social Capital Stock of Young
Latinas/os and Gang Membership in
Dirt and Dust • Science 151 • Moderator: Kathleen Compton
Robert Olsen. A Simple Sand Column Laboratory Exercise to
Illustrate Pollutant Hydrology in Groundwater Systems
Graham Stansbery. Dirt and Deer:
Michael Kirk. Cosmic Sunglasses: Interstellar Grains and Their
Effect on Astronomical Observations
Rebecca Burand. Sedimentological Analysis of Stratified Sediments
in
Interpretations in Core • Olin 130 • Moderator: Alex Pogue
Sarah Hatheway. Divinity, or the Problem of Human Comprehension
Alex Masarie. A Tale of Human Donkeys: Divinity in Antiquity
Henry Kpaka. Greek and Hebrew Concept of Human Divinity
Nicole Beier. Are You There God? It’s Me, Antigone: Differences in
Divine Clarity
Alexander Henke. A Secular Reader Finds Meaning in the Tanakh
Etasha Bhatt. Job and Odysseus: Finding Meaning Behind Suffering
Elizabeth Kerley. The Mystery of Monotheism: Departures from
Homer’s
the Evolution of Absolute Morality in the Hebrew Tanakh
Popular Cultures on the Fringe •
Eric Lovelin. Musical Preference and Culture Consumption in the
College Subculture
Julia Swan. Hippies in the Northwest: The 1960s Counterculture
Movement in
Danielle Shea. Are All Men Really Tyler Durden? Pop Culture’s Role
in Defining and Promoting Masculinity
Christina Winings. Broncs, Boots, and Booze: A Sociological Study
of American Rodeo Culture
Stewards of the Land • Brattain Auditorium • Moderator: Claudia Galeas
Zachary Steel. Birds in
Ashley Apel. Saving Nemo: Community Involvement in the Development
of Marine Protected Areas
Sara Lozito. Caught in the Crossfire: Conservation of the Indian
Bengal Tiger; a Case Study of Sariska and
Molly Smith. Wilderness or
wilderness? Examining Aldo Leopold and the Wilderness Act
Julian Trowbridge. Patterns of Juvenile Coral Distribution in an
Age of Reef Decline
Kavita Kode. Ayodhya:
Mobilizing Violence by Defining Space and Communal Identity
Aaron Bell. Renewal
Kelli Kraft. Choeung Ek and the Atermath of the Cambodian Genocide
Patricia Hayward. Planting Integrity in the
Kelsey Ochs. Nek Chand Saini’s
Session II 10:45-12:00
p.m.
Imaging Selves, Others, and Worlds Differently •
• Moderator: Sarah DeVries
Adam Sachs. Aldous Huxley and Visionary Experience
Martha Hansen. Eating the Other: A Look at Ethnic Restaurants as
Mediums of Cultural Exchange
Daniel Shaw. Possible
Worlds and Their Implications for Probability
Katrina Beloof. A Funny Approach to Politics: Kynical Media in
Meagan Reed. “Who Deserves to Die? An Exploration of the Evolution
of Capital Punishment and Individual Agency in Liberal Political Theory”
Perspectives on Modern
• Moderator: Suzanne Zitzer
Lea Simek. Psychoanalysis and Pedagogy
Mark Prentice. Sex in the Third Reich: The Sexual Politics of the
Nazi Regime, 1933-1945
Kathryn Heard. After the Wall: Post-Nationalism and Right
Radicalism in
Eric Lindsay. Prisons in
Lindsay Satterlund. The Turkish-German Woman in Contemporary
Hugo Vargas. The Eye of Satan in the Nightly Sky -— Study of the
Evolution of The Moon as a Symbol in the Poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca
Amy Hogg. The Problematics of Language as a Means of Establishing
Identity: Césaire’s Return to the
Alina Shabashevich. Speaking
Survival: Primo Levi and the Use of Language
Olivia Nilsson. Divinity and Dichotomy in Euripides and Racine
Benjamin Meiches. What Is Reading?: Foucault, Limits, and
Criticism
Resources, Communities, and Development •
Brattain Auditorium
• Moderator: Ruth Wherland
Rebecca Hartwell. Ecotourism in
Robin DeCook. Reaping the Harvest: Farmers, Fair Trade and
Community Empowerment
Nani Gilkerson. Division and Displacement: International Oil
Investment and Development in the
Surface Living • Science 151 • Moderator: Dawn Holmes
Tyler Phillips. Characterization of the Hydrophobic Region of
Micelles Via Xe-129 NMR Spectroscopy
Anthony St. John. And You Thought Kilns Were Only For Pottery
Elizabeth Dannen. A Major Rip-off: Metal Pollutant Release from
Kelly Peach. Characterizing A Love-Hate Relationship: Aggregation
of Tetrablock Copolymers
There’s a Method to our Theory • Gaiser
Auditorium • Moderator:
Greatjoy Ndlovu
Sarah Geiss Trusz. Different Methods = Different Truths:
Understanding the
Sara Wattenbarger. Critical Incident Stress Management and
Emergency Medical Service Workers: An Exploration of Efficacy
Kaitlin Coleman. An Economic and Social Analysis of the State of
Garrett Chan. Origins of Cognitive & Experimental Economics
Kaylin Greene. Recollection and Familiarity for Words and
Pictures: What’s Age Got to Do with It?
Working Culture • Olin 130 • Moderator: Seren Pendleton-Knoll
Caitlin Smith. Psychological Well-Being in Immigrants: An Often
Overlooked Phenomenon
Ariel Kitch. Sister, Why Are You Still Tolerating This?: Working
Culture and Collective Organization at Katunayake Free Trade Zone
Harmony Paulsen.
Paulina Oceguera.
Kevin McNellis. Prestige and Privilege: Examining Socioeconomic
Diversity (or lack thereof) at Whitman
Posters 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Cordiner Hall Foyer
Zosha Huemmer. Parental Participation in Preschool Classrooms: Why
Aren’t More Parents Involved?
Matthew Olmstead, Alex Carlson. Quantum Mysteries Tested: An
Experiment Implementing Hardy’s Test of Local Realism
Jennifer Toy, Rebecca Nebel. Can Bumble Bees Discriminate Between
Roses With Different Levels of Pollen?
Jennifer Tennent. Seeing like a Mollusk
Tamsyn Phillips. Ethnic Identity and Relationship Satisfaction in
Interracial Dating Relationships
Donnel Malkemus. Radiocarbon Dating of Buried Charcoal to
Determine the Forest Fire History of the Blue Mountains,
Nicole Schaub. Petals and Anthers as Advertisements to Pollinators
in Wild Roses
Lauren McCune. Ritualization: An Artist’s Book
Rose Ryan. Explorations in Cyanotype Process on Cloth
Laura Lambruschi. Glial Cells:Taken off the Bench and Put in the
Game
Morgan Zeliff. Saddle Mountain West fault: An Investigation of the
Seismic Hazard, Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Teague Embrey. Seed Ecology of a Heavily Poached Tropical Palm
Jamie Hinderliter. The Big Sink: A Large Landslide in Oregon’s
Blue Mountains
Mariel Young . Modeling and
Analyzing the 1960s Drought in the Northeastern
United States
Jennifer Telfer, Debbie Nelson. How Do Specialist Bees Find
Bellflowers?
Philip Moss. Does Light Trigger the Production of Open and Closed
Flowers in Violets?
Kathy Bui. Adsorption from Sediments
Christopher Iacoboni. Geomorphology of Saddle Mountain East Fault
Margaret Lindahl. Characteristics of Mentors in Successful
Relationships
Patrick Broxton. A Study of the Palouse Silt in Northeastern Walla
Walla County, Washington
Leeann Dang. Comparative Direct Analysis of Type Ia Supernova
Spectra. II.
Maximum Light
Session III 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Battling the Beast Within • Kimball Theater • Moderator: Nicole Bates
Kelli Kraft. The Battle Between Hepatitis C Virus and The Liver
Eric Scott. How Gall Makers Enslave Plants to Build Homes
Daniel Vanderbilt. Functionalized Cysteine Radiopharmaceuticals
for Medical Imaging
Sara
Suffis. Can We Stop a
Lung from Smothering Itself in ARDS?
Jennifer Allen Brooks. Issues Facing Treatment of
Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis
Connections to our World • Olin 130 • Moderator: Kathryn Russell
Christine Osborne. Social Looking Behavior in Infants: Age versus
Locomotor Experience
Elizabeth Brey. The Effect of Walking Onset on Infant Temperament:
A Longitudinal Study
Jeanne Tucker. The Chameleon Effect in Romantic Dyads
Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski. Treating people like monkeys is fun!
Grooming in Romantic Relationships: Why Do We Do It, and What Does It Mean?
Sarah Johnson. Perceptions of Parental Relationships and the
Subsequent Effects on Attitudes towards Dating
Politics of Health • Olin 157 • Moderator: Christie Lundquist
Leora Fire. Culturally Competent Healthcare: Where Are We?
Thomas Miller. The Rhetoric of Struggle in Post-Apartheid South
Africa: An Analysis
of Activist Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic within Hierarchies of Stigma
Afua Ahwoi. Effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme in
Ghana
Brian Kilgore. Youth HIV Transmission Related Behaviors in
Botswana and
Washington State
Marta Jankowska. Polish Health Care Privatization
Race and Power • Brattain Auditorium • Moderator: Kevin Van Meter
Navneeta Rekhi. Indiana Jones: Savior or Colonizer?
Michael Woods. A Most Delicate Question: The Confederate
Emancipation Debate and Southern Nationalism
Elana Stone. Intersectionality: Privilege and Oppression in
Identity Politics
Beth Blum. Listening to Language: The Link between Voice and the
Vernacular in Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Color Purple, and Mama Day
Emily Marshall. Two feminine antislavery perspectives in contrast:
America’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Cuba’s Sab
Religion • Maxey 142 • Moderator: Jessica Bach
Emily Mitchell. Liberationist Pentecostalism: Politics as a
Spiritual Battleground in Contemporary Latin America
Oliver Stiefel. When World Views Collide: An Ethnohistorical
Account of Lakota Sioux Religion with Perspectives on Anthropology in the 21st
Century
Garrett
Stiles.
Institutionalized Religious Intolerance at the United States Air Force Academy
Gareth Campbell. Fallen Angels and the Evolution of a “Devil”
Figure
Braden Lobingier. Canonizing the Buddha: Christian and Buddhist
Interaction
Through Myth
Ties to the Earth • Gaiser Auditorium • Moderator: Claudia G. Galeas
Robert Olsen. Yucca Mountain: Discourses of Exclusion
Sebastian Grubb. Sustainable Meanings: Environmental Rhetoric and
Defining Sustainability
Ari van Schilfgaarde. What About That Damn Dam?
Courtney Foley. Preservation of the Nation:Conservation Easements
and Their Role in Land Protection
Savanna Ferguson. The Curses of Stones: The Lives of Gold and Coal
in the American Landscape
Women’s Voices and Movements • Reid Center GO2 • Moderator: Loraine Rohrback
Lucy Palmersheim. Sisterhood Is Powerful: The Response of
Sororities to the Women’s Movement
Sarah Ferguson. The Woman Rebel: Margaret Sanger and the United
States Birth Control Movement
Andreea Coca. The Persistence of Mayan Myth, Tradition and Culture
in Tan Veloz como el Deseo (As Swift as Desire) by Laura Esquivel
Lindsey Burton. The Bluestockings of Britain: Education and
Influence in the Eighteenth Century
Dianne Boetsch. Baby, Don’t Leave Me: The Voice of Abandoned Women
in Ovid’s Heroides
Musical Performances • Chism Auditorium • Moderator: Lisa Taylor
Chantal Stieber. Naturally, French Horn
Emma Wood. Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Opus 66 by David
Popper
Michael Pinkham. High Mountains, Flowing Water: Solo Music of the
Chinese Guzheng
Jill Combs. Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Opus 14 by Sergei
Prokofiev
Madeline Swan. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Opus 38 by Frederic
Chopin
Session IV 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Alternatives • Olin 130 • Moderator: Nadem Agroh
Ashley Joyce-Sommerfeld. How Can We Make a Difference?: Veganism
as an Environmental Movement
Jenna Bicknell. Comprehending Capitalism’s Contributions to
Climate Change
Jill Schulte. The Bike Bites Back: Critical Mass As a Challenge to
Carchitecture
Emily Jarvis. Slow Food: Analysis of a Social Movement
Amanda Peden. Bodies, Bibles and Green Values: Comparing Practices
of the Body in Environmentalism and Seventh-day Adventism
Claiming and Reclaiming Identities • Olin 157 • Moderator: Mark Matthews
Erin Hatheway. K’oando: The Urban Offering of Cochabamba
Kerry Shannon. Remembering the Tokyo Firebombing
Sarah Dawe. The “Roosians” of Wallla Walla: A Local History of
Ethnic Identity
and Community
Garrett Mills. Training Champions: Rome’s Art of Discipline in War
Documentary film • Maxey 206 • Moderator: Jen Tennent
Maria Corcorran. Get Out: The Fight against Water Privatization in
El Alto, Bolivia
Foucault and the Care of the Self • Kimball
Theater • Moderator:
Jessica Salvador
Lydia Eberly. Changing the World with S&M and Gardening:
Foucault and the Creation of New Pleasures
Paul DiRado. Loneliness vs. Separateness
Hugo Vargas. Irony and Revolutionary Subjectivity
Erik Andersen. Spirituality, Conversion to the Self, and
Salvation: A Reading of Foucault’s “Hermeneutics of the Subject
If it Glows • Gaiser Auditorium • Moderator: Cat Lewis
Leeann Dang. Supernovae Ia
Lyndsay Troyer. Getting rid of the Glow: The Removal of Uranium
Contamination from Groundwater
Lena Nachand. A Magic Show (of the Chemical Nature!)
Reading the Record • Science 151 • Moderator: Noah Bronstein
Matthew Andring. Petrography, Geochemistry, and Anisotropy of
Magnetic Susceptibility of the Granitic Ring Dikes in the Beaver Bay Complex
Ryan Porter. Anisotropy of North Shore Volcanic Group Rhyolites
Morgan
Zeliff. Saddle
Mountain West Fault: An Investigation of the Seismic Hazard, Olympic Peninsula,
Washington
Emily Mendell. Using Fossil Wood to Estimate Paleoclimate of Banks
Island, Arctic Canada, and the Effects of Modern Climate Change on the Arctic
Environment
Shannon Othus. Composition and Stratigraphy of Interbeds of
Columbia River Basalt Group Related to the Initiation of the Mass Movement of
Big Sink, Oregon
Sexuality and Gender • Maxey 142 • Moderator: Margi Bhatt
Hillary Chisholm. Images of Female Athletes: The Conflict of
Negotiating Sexuality
Michael Espinoza. The Gender Fetish: Towards a Theory of Sexuality
and Gender
Carly Sanders. Performing Identity: The Multi-Ethnic Woman’s
Negotiation with Exoticism
Katherine Magid. Gender Roles in the Ex-Gay Movement