2011 Conference Schedule

Critical Ink

A Conference of Undergraduate Student Writing

Monday, April 18

Panel Presentations

8:30-9:45 I. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Lisa Ji, Jessica Cao, Khanh Bui, and Diane Shen

11:40-12:55 II. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Danish Husain, Mollie Pathman, Ani Mohan, Nealy Nimocks

2:50-4:05 III. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Stephanie Downey, Audrey Hagopian, John Broadbent, Nicky Axmann

Tuesday, April 19

Poster & Panel Presentations

11:40-12:55
“Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Grant Funding,” (Prof. Comer), Zack Chartash, Carmichael Claudio, Evan Myer, Sanket Prabhu, Anish Raman

2:50-4:05 “Embodying Social Meaning” (Double Session), Prof. Rego / Upper East Side – North & South Balconies

PANEL 1: Unhealthy Social Pressures: Maculinity, Fashion and the “Healthy” Look

Jordan Fraser – Hard Bodied Hunks: Masculinity in the LGBT Community

Will Donovan -Masculinity: Rise in Attention to Fashion and Figure

Alex Sauciuc – McExercise

PANEL 2: Disjointed Selves: Advents in Technology and the Changing Embodiment of Identity

Ryan Kim – The Impact of Technological Development; The Effect of Human Cloning on Social Identity

Minshu Deng – The Human Organ Trade: Bodily Commodification and the Metonymy of Identity

Alex Merrill – Cybernetic Society (temporary title)

PANEL 3: Changing Attitudes Toward Body Modification

Joanna Kim – Roots of Changing Beauty Ideals in South Korea and Japan: Through the Lens of Advertising

Johnathan Aguirre – Getting Inked: Stigma or Art? (temporary title)

Dayoung Ko – Cosmetic Surgery and the Grounds for the Changing Beauty Ideal in South Korea

PANEL 4: Changing Ways of Seeing: Viewing Cultural Practices From Within

Brianna Welch – Viewing from another lens: Female Circumcison and shaping of the Patriarchal Society

Sonya Jooma – Cultural Identities Invoked by Heightened Expression in Song

Andrew Karim – Unveiled: Self-Orientalism and the Deterioration of Islamic Covering

Poster Session – Upper East Side Ballroom

3:00-6:00 “What’s for Dinner? The Science of Food Choice,” Prof. Reilly (Drop in anytime during the time block to view posters and chat with authors)

  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm Monica Chelius – Advertising and Obesity – Putting the Cool in Carrots
  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm Nikhil Prakash – The Structural Analysis of Modern Day Food Corporations to Include Natural Products
  • 3:30pm – 5:00pm Ryan Cowles – Taking our diets back from the food industry
  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm Nate Keating – The economic benefit of preventing soil erosion: how much money can organic farming practices save us?
  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm Niara Wright – Why grow organic?
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm Ariana Qayumi – People should eat organically
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm Biqi Zhang – Genetic modification technology: Solving organic problems
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm Melissa Benn – Lack of Adequate Safety Research in Genetically Modified Organisms
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm Bay Nixon – Investigating The Meaning of “Local Food” – The Difference Between Local Corporately Managed Farms and Local Sovereign Farms
  • 5:00pm – 5:30pm Pianpian Li – Restoration of the American Food Culture

Wednesday, April 20

Panel Presentations

8:30-9:45 I. “Measuring Progress: International Development in Theory and Practice,” Prof. Shah (Upper East Side Ballroom)

8:30-9:45 I. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Julian Salazar, Christine Wixted, Yigit Tokman, Jessica Huang. North Ballroom

11:40-12:55 II. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Ben Shantz, Charlie Thurston, Max Horowitz, Henry Lee. North Ballroom

2:50-4:05 III. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Lynn Vandendriessche, Sebastien Ibeagha, Rishabh Jethanandi, Jessica Springsteen. North Ballroom

2:50-4:05 II. “Measuring Progress: International Development in Theory and Practice,” Prof. Shah (Upper East Side Ballroom)

Poster Session – Upper East Side Ballroom

11:30-6:00 “What’s for Dinner? The Science of Food Choice,” Prof. Reilly (Drop in anytime during the time block to view posters and chat with authors)

  • 11:30am – 1:00pm Alexa Choy – Going against the grain: alternatives to corn-fed beef
  • 11:30am – 1:00pm Catherine Wang – Dining with Lucy: a physiological approach to food culture
  • 11:30am – 1:00pm Katie Walter – Reforming School Lunches
  • 11:30am – 1:00pm Lucas Talavan-Becker – Conventional is a “natural” alternative to organic
  • 11:30am – 1:00pm Natascha Uhlmann – Corn trade and its implications for the Mexican consumer
  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm Jianni Wu – Red meat debunked
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Avery Rape – The Diet of an Athlete: What to eat Before, During, and After a Workout
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Destiny Roseman – Childhood obesity and the media: tackling the problem
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Gilda Doria – The Food Industry: Reforming Our Methods, Not Changing Our Methods
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Marley Rossa – Organic groceries: a better buy or cause for concern?
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Sam Miller – Eat fat?!
  • 1:00pm – 2:30pm Thomas Nailen – Cross-cultural nutrition in youth
  • 2:30pm – 4:00pm Olivia Wasteneys – Beyond the Banal: Re-evaluating Eating Habits and Investigating Alternatives
  • 3:00pm – 4:30pm Andrew DeDonato – Evaluating the costs and benefits of agricultural subsidies
  • 3:00pm – 4:30pm Brian McSteen – Analyzing the organic foods preference
  • 3:00pm – 4:30pm Jenny Xue – Sweet pleasures: the truth behind artificial sweeteners and sugar
  • 3:00pm – 4:30pm Lewis McLeod – Fixing the Fat
  • 3:00pm – 4:30pm Natasha Anasi – McDonalds 2.0: Implementing New Ideas to Reform Current Practices
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm Dan Pellegrino – To beef or not to beef, the government’s question
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm Christina Smith – Opportunities for SNAP recipients to chose a non-Western Diet
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm Luxi Wei – Industrial vs. Local Food System
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm Natasha Ahn – A meaty issue: Confined animal feeding operations
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm Paeng Sithikong – Freshman 15: College Students’ Dilemma
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm Rahiel Alemu – Childhood Obesity: A Heavy Issue of Television
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm Sami Natour – Healthier Television Advertising: Scare Tactics and Healthy Eating

Thursday, April 21

Poster & Panel Presentations

11:40-12:55
“The Support of Science and Technology,” (Prof. Comer), Paige Arnold, Tony Deng, Aaron Sherman
“The Thoughts and Struggles in Asking for Grant Money,” (Prof. Comer), Beryl Cummings, Maria Deane, Max Kellish, and Flannery Zhou

11:40-12:55 “Special Session: Social Sciences – New Research on International Development,” Prof. Eilbaum

  • “HIV/AIDS Prevention in Botswana: MDG Indicator Ignores Cultural Practices,” Lauren McGuiggan
  • “Gender Disparity in Primary Schools and Kenya: A Successful Failure,” Jordan Gulli
  • “Going Back to the ‘Backward’: A Re-evaluation of Gender Equality from the Yemeni Perspective,” Eileen Adams

2:50-4:05 “Special Session: Natural Sciences – Poster Presentations,” Prof. Reilly (Presentations prepared under the guidance of Prof. Cooke):

  • James Han, Melissa Reynolds, Christine Chen – Benthic and Pelagic Competition: The effects of nutrient levels and substrates
  • Mona Xiao, Brianna Martinez, and Alexander Vazquez – Water Scarcity in North Carolina: The Interaction Between Climate Change, Population Growth, and Land-Use
  • Molly Johnson, Sam Paderewski, Ashley Greenleaf – Title TBA

Friday, April 22

Panel Presentations

8:30-9:45 I. “Measuring Progress: International Development in Theory and Practice,” Prof. Shah (Upper East Side Ballroom)

11:40-12:55 I. “Writing Religion in a Multicultural World,” Prof. Klaits

  • William Burns – Modern Mormonism: Combating Misconceptions About One of America’s Fastest Growing Faiths (Grace Chandler, discussant)
  • Olivia Glass – “Facing the Nation”: Media, Politics, and Identity in India (Naureen Huda, discussant)
  • Samantha Giugliano – Ethnomusicology of Christianity (Jenai Jackson, discussant)
  • Dan Jung – Christian Prayer through the lenses of History, Art, and Posture (Jennifer Frevert, discussant)

1:15-2:30 II. “Writing Religion in a Multicultural World,” Prof. Klaits

  • Abby DelBianco – Eruditio et Religio: The college influence on Christian faith (Michael Harris, discussant)
  • Allison Rose – Title TBA (Dan O’Keefe, discussant)
  • Catharine Kappauf – Wall of Faith, Wall of Pain (Sinaida Cherubin, discussant)
  • Vinesh Kapil – Baptism: Indoctrination or Religious Foundation? (Palden Gyal, discussant)

2:50-4:05 III. “Writing Religion in a Multicultural World,” Prof. Klaits

  • Chinmayi Sharma – Female Genital Mutilation: A Painful Paradox (Jack Wagner, discussant)
  • Christy Tormey – Jewish and Catholic Relations Post Nostra Aetate (Kevin Chiou, discussant)
  • Adam Attaar – Mormonism: A Troubled Past and Present (Tugce Capraz, discussant)
  • Chris Choi – Globalization, Gender and the Taliban (Ashwin Sundar, discussant)

2:50-4:05 II. “Measuring Progress: International Development in Theory and Practice,” Prof. Shah(Upper East Side South Balcony)

Monday, April 25

Panel Presentations

8:30-9:45 I. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Taylor Phillips, Hannah Brown, Allison Shen, Alexandra Paul. North Ballroom

9:00-10:15 “Special Session: Humanities – Sight & Sound,” Prof. Chernik

  • Jennifer Hong, “Embodying Ambiguity: the Ambivalent Portrayal of Lux in Understanding, Sexuality, and Power in The Virgin Suicides“
  • Juliette Logan, “Active Males, Passive Females, and Active Females in The Virgin Suicides“
  • Audrey Adu-Appiah, “Objectification, Admiration, Frustration: The Uneasy Gaze in The Virgin Suicides.”
  • Weston Fleming, “Re-played: Why Cover Songs (and Samples) Are Valuable”

11:40-12:55 II. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Ben Bleiberg, Sam Friedman, Jayson Garmizo, Jackie Ding. North Ballroom

2:50-4:05 III. “Sounds of the Field: Writing about Sound and Sport,” Prof. Dueck. Presenters: Laura Weinberg, Chris Brown, Jonathan Wilkins, Jordan Cole. North Ballroom

Poster Session – Upper East Side Ballroom

8:30-11:30 I. “Conservation of Biodiversity,” Prof. Jeffries. Drop in anytime to see the posters and/or chat with the authors.

1:00-3:30 II. “Conservation of Biodiversity,” Prof. Jeffries. Drop in anytime to see the posters and/or chat with the authors.

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