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8:30–9:15
A.M. Continental
Breakfast
Pendleton Atrium 9:15–10:25
A.M. Session I East
Meets West: Life in Today's Hong Kong (panel) Wendy E. Leutert, Amy E. Dering, and Jenny Wong From
Carmen to Castanets: The Changing Faces of Spain (panel) Jessica Varat, Jessica A. London, Frances E. Nunez, Erika B. Woods, Ngan K. Dam, and Jo Ann Gerber A New
Sense of Space: Cultural Immersion Abroad (individual presentations) Sarita M. Frattaroli and Sarah E. Hilton, Beyond Tourism: Uncovering Italy's Core Culture Julia C. Meade, Living in Bohemian Splendor: Six Months in Aix-en-Provence, France Kelly A.
Sheridan, Moroccan Queen?: Reflections on Gender and Public
Space Learning
from the Inside Out: How Not-for-Profits Work (individual
presentations) Laura E. Tsuma, The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Donor Education and the Wide World of Small Charities Vasumathi S. Raman, Red Cross Reality Check: Trials and Tribulations of Working for a Humanitarian Organization of World Renown Dawoun Jyung, When Love Creates a Family: Looking at International Adoption through Post-Adoption Service in Korea Casey L. Bieberich, Laura K. Van der Pol, and Deborah Weaver, Girls' LEAP: Student Roles in Replicating a Self-Defense Program in Diverse Communities Transplanted
Communities (individual presentations) Leah A. Wener and Joanne R. Hunter, Working with Somalis in Boston: An Exploration of Cross-Cultural Challenges Natalie K. Truong, Transplanted Community: From The Philippines to Japan Elizabeth
L. Biermann, Working for Human Rights and Cultural Understanding
at the Lew Kopelew Forum Inside
the Beltway, Outside the Box (panel) Jennifer A. O'Donnell, Erin A. Flannery, Chailee F. Mann-Stadt, Sarah B. Parks, and Alison H. Buchbinder Promoting
Development in South Asia (panel) Mahnaz Islam, Munzarin F. Qayyum, Mona Ali, Maria F. Khan, and Fareen A. Naviwala Understanding
Business: Networks and Hierarchies (individual presentations) Christina Wang and Kyung A. Lee, The Power of Connections Simran S. Thadani, CosmoGIRL! to People Person: Growing Up in the International World of Magazine Publishing The
Mechanisms of Global Governance (individual presentations) ThuHang Tran, Changing Perspectives: Insider vs. Outsider or Something in Between Meredith E. Riley, Myth & Reality: Working with the Real United Nations Christina M. Boutin '01, A Nail in the Coffin, or a Fresh Start?: An Insider's Perspective on the Post-Cancun World Trade Organization Anna V.
Azaryeva, Global Policy Forum: Monitoring Policy Making
at the United Nations Reflections
on Doing and Communicating Science (individual presentations) Gloria Y. Kim and Grace J. Park, Laboratory Research: Resume Builder? Learning Experience? Wellesley Students Share Their Stories Diana M. Mujalli, An Unexpected Turn on the Path to Understanding Involuntary Muscle Contraction Amita Parashar, Activism through Writing: Medical Journalism in South Africa Cog
Sci for the Psych Eye: Doing Experimental Work in Cognitive
Science (panel) Amanda
E. Price, Candice W. Chow, Kristine Y. Liu, and Emily M. Carrigan Refreshments
served in Pendleton Atrium Cross-Cultural Interaction Experiencing
Higher Education Systems Abroad (individual presentations) Aileen M. Cruz and Caroline W. Germer, Observations in Education: A Year at Japan Women's University Daiva Nevidomskyte and Meghan E. Moreland, Contrasts and Tendencies in the European Educational System: Personal Experiences through the Wellesley-in-Vienna Program Fellowship
Travels (panel) Kathleen
Ann Berroth '02, Jana L. Kiser '00, Deborah Keith Krupenia
'75, Nneoma V. Nwogu '02, and Laura Ann Tavares '98 Different
Approaches to Curriculum (individual presentations) Elizabeth B. Breese, Citizens in Uniform: Human Rights Education in the German Military Leslie J. Kim, "Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?": A Summer at Sesame Workshop Sadie O.
Stoumen, Helping Students Discover the Environment: Working
with Emily M. Henderson, Shakespeare in Action: Developing and Teaching a High School Workshop on Romeo and Juliet The
Glamorous Life Exposed: A Typical Day in a Summer Stocker's
Life (panel) Annette S. Adamska, Victoria A. George, Natalya K. Krimgold, Christiana F. Molldrem, Alison E. Wright, Kelly M. Galvin, and Jessalyn A. Maguire Experiential
and Service Learning for Academic Credit: A Faculty Exploration
(roundtable) Lidwien
Kapteijns, David Lindauer, Lawrence Rosenwald, Andrew Shennan,
and Lois Wasserspring Grassroots
Mobilization (individual presentations) Xan S. Chacko, “Did I Just Hear You Say ‘Participatory Democracy’ in India?” Josie O. Noah, Mobilization from Within: Learning from Failure in Rural Development Aleksandra E. Ossowska, Development As Freedom in Nicaragua Conflict
and Reconciliation (individual presentations) Nimmi S. Ariyaratne, Emerging Scarred from a Childhood in Flames: The Lives of Children Living in Conflict-Affected Areas of Sri Lanka Mona M. Williams, Education as Empowerment: The Impact of Basic Education on a Population's Perception of Peace in a Conflict Zone Rachel E. McGraw '00, Divided Islands: Exploring Conflict in Northern Ireland and Cyprus Fazeelat Aslam, Afghan Beggar Boys: Face on a Growing Problem Campaign
2004 (individual presentations) Jacqueline R. McAllister, Audrey A. Stern, Emily J. Amick, Susanna N. Supalla, Aliya S. Khalidi, and Megan E. Mitchell, Getting Out the Vote Rae C.
Adams, Red, White, and Balloons Interactions
with the Other Animals on the Planet (individual presentations) Marissa C. Sue, Call the Fish Doctor: The Fine Line between Helpful and Harmful Medicine Jennifer P. Dietz, Is It Ethical to Keep Animals in Zoos? Rebecca E. Seston, Summer of the Chimpanzees: Learning to Care for and about Our Cousins Emily S. Knurek, Hope Floats on Gossamer Wings: Conservation Efforts to Reintroduce the Karner Blue Butterfly From
the Infinitesimally Small to the Infinitely Large (individual
presentations) Kirsi M. Hakkinen, Nanotechnology: The Future of Medicine Arielle J. Galambos, Inducing Order: Building Nanostructures of Poly(styrene-b-ferrocenyldimethylsilane) (PS-b-PFS) Using Copolymer Blends Yuan Niu, MILS & Policy Enforcement Graphs Paula F. Popescu, Einstein's Legacy Athletic
Training: Treating Sport Related Injuries at Wellesley (panel) Jessica
M. A. Barder, Christina E. Baer, Alexis A. Frank, Katie M.
Hutchinson, Kelly D. Ledbetter, and Rebekah C. Rubin 12–1:30 P.M. Tanner Conference Exhibition and Luncheon Jewett Arts Center The Tanner Exhibition provides students with the opportunity to learn about Wellesley’s international study, internship, and fellowship programs. Faculty, staff, and student representatives from Wellesley’s programs will be available to speak with students. All members of the Wellesley College community are invited to lunch, which will be served at the Pendleton Atrium and the Jewett Archway. Vegetarian and Kosher options will be available at both distribution sites. In the event of inclement weather, lunch will be served in the Pendleton Atrium and the Jewett Lower Lobby. Inclement weather changes will be announced on the Community and Faculty-Staff FirstClass conferences on the morning of the Tanner Conference. Specialty desserts
will be available at the Exhibition in the Jewett Arts Center. Cross-Cultural Interaction From
the Diaspora to the Homeland (individual presentations) Rachel M. Isaacs, Foreigner in a Familiar Land: An American Jew's Reflections on Her Distant Homeland Vannoroth Imm, Reconnecting with the Past: A Cambodian American Girl's Journey Home Lisa A. Giragosian, Armenian Identity: From the Diaspora to the Homeland Understanding
Culture through the Arts (individual presentations) Zehra Q. Fazal, Infiltrating the World of Love and Dreams: Summer Research at the Takarazuka Revue Felice A. Espiritu, The Trials of a Museum Working under a Censoring Regime Lisa W. H. Wong, Contemporary Art in Shanghai: A Summer with Art Scene China Transforming
Objects (individual presentations) Laura J. Linderman and Vera A. Hannush, From Bones to Buildings: Behind the Scenes in Austrian Exhibits of Anthropology and Architecture Meghan E. Reynard, Conflicts of Interests: The Ethics of Acquisition and Representation in the Modern Museum Dara L. Elovitch, Objects Speak Louder than Words: Museum Education in New York City Leia J. Dickerson, Beside Every Successful President: Experiences Working at the National First Ladies' Library Learning, Service, and Youth Learning
through Teaching in Africa (individual presentations) Hilary K. Stevens '02, Teaching Math in Rural Burkina Faso: Experiences of Working as a Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa Salwa N. Muhammad and Oni R. Lusk-Stover, Discovering the Pearl of Africa: Learning and Teaching in Uganda Advocating
for Children (individual presentations) Rosa M. Fernández and Analucía Martínez, Building Social Responsibility: Advocating for Children's Human Rights in Central America Virginia
M. McAuley, Katherine M. O'Connor, and Kim Y. Alston, It's
Peanut Butter Jelly Time: Working with Children at Lena
Park Community Development Corporation Democracy:
It's More Than Just Voting (roundtable) Ann Congleton '58, Bernadette N. Jaworsky, Lori Johnson, Joel Krieger, Michelle Lepore, Jeb Mays, Alice Peisch, Dana Weekes ‘03, and Pamela Wood '79 Wellesley
in Washington: Policy, Politics, and Power (panel) Amber J. Gorman, Jennifer L. Trott, Angela M. Phillips, Kate M. Supnik, Julia A. Zhang, Abigail L. Carlson, and Nicole L. Fleming Diplomacy
101: Experiential Learning at the State Department (panel) Alisha
K. Rodriquez, Marisa P. Gerla, and Sara M. Bryan Medicine
In and Out of the Lab: HIV/AIDS and Cancer (individual presentations) Jing Chen, RNAi – A Drug against Cancer Nooshin Hosseini, Cdx2 Inhibits Colon Cancer Proliferation Kathleen D. McCarthy, Discovering the Difficulties in Social Research Abroad: A Study of Pregnant Ghanaian Women's Willingness to Accept HIV Testing and Therapy Erica L. Richardson, Factors Influencing Pediatric Adherence to Antiretrovirals in Botswana The
Brain: Small Changes, Big Effects (individual presentations) Pavlina Wolf, The Importance of Recycling: A Failure to Recycle Intracellular Garbage within Brain Cells Leads to Congestion and Death Karen R. Stein, How Real Is Virtual Reality? Rebecca J. Yang, Nature vs. Nurture: The Brain Serotonin System and Early Life Stress Science
in the Field (individual presentations) Anna M. Wall, Understanding Global Climate Change: How Bugs in the Southern Ocean Caused the Last Glacial Maximum Shaheli Guha, Dust in the Wind: Measuring Air Pollution in an Indian City Heather F. Clark, The Goal of Sustainable Urban Gardening with the Challenge of Lead Contaminated Soil Catherine A. Silvey, Making a Mountain Out of a Mudflat: The Geological and Ecological Importance of Mudflats Rachel M. Erdil, Pressure Treated Wood in Playgrounds: Arsenic Concentrations in Soil and Leaching Processes Tara M.
Spence, Needle in a Haystack: Finding Ancient Palaces
in an Olive Grove 2:40–3:00 P.M. Break/Light Refreshments Refreshments
served in Pendleton Atrium 3:00–4:10 P.M. Session IV Cross-Cultural Interaction Relationships
Bridging Race and Culture (individual presentations) Hao M. Nguyen and Cristina M. Greavu, Unexpectedly Learning about Race and America While Abroad Jennifer Rowell, Genevieve G. Brennan, Elise B. Tosun, and Lauren R. Gibbs, Made in Costa Rica: Symbolic Bridges The
Power of Outside Influence (individual presentations) Sara A. Daniels and Kathleen M. Stevens, Wellesley Women Grapple with the Cuban Embargo Beverly J. Picardo, The Philippines, a Sovereign Colony: Looking at America's Neo-Colonial Influence in The Philippines Jennifer
L. Losaw and Emily J. Vardell, Austrian Identities: Defining
the Relationship between Austria and Eastern Europe Non
Ministrari sed Ministrare (individual
presentations) Renee A. Chu, Hitting the Pavement: A Summer at the Public Defender's Office Esther A. Handy, From Homeless to Housed: The Politics of Not-for-Profit Social Work in San Francisco Lindsey B. Silver, We the People: Establishing Justice for Those Who Need It Most Alexandra C. Yannias, Moving Ahead with Hope Building
Bridges and Breaking Barriers (panel) Monica
S. Pal, Kathryn A. Trites '04, Sandya Das, Megan Y. Shum, Jessica
J. Desvarieux, and Amelia E. Monteiro Advocating
for Change (individual presentations) Jacquelyn B. Stone, Accessing the Nation's Capitol: A Congressional Intern's Summer in Washington, D.C., from a Disabilities Advocacy Perspective Kimberly Y. Chin, Finding a Voice: The Political Advancement of Asian Pacific Americans Eleanor M. Blume, Laws Don't Change by Themselves: Civil Rights, Service Learning, and Social Action in the Equal Marriage Movement Producers
and Consumers (individual presentations) Joyce Hsu, Advertising and Consumers: Curious Minds Wanted Renee T. Yong, Corporate Survivor: Liberal Arts to the Rescue in the Sink-or-Swim Work Culture of Microsoft Elizabeth M. Bryant, Going Once, Going Twice: An Auction House and the Business of Selling Art Megan C. Mrkonic, Yves Saint Laurent: Exploring the Luxury Goods Industry in France Lannia C. Small, Shopping at La Vallée: An Inside Look at the High-End Retail Industry Challenges
and Accomplishments of NGOs (panel) Cecilia
L. Gerard, Anisa Berdellima, and Erika A. Larson Modeling
Biological Systems (individual presentations) Elizabeth E. Molnar, Beyond Beer and Bread: Using Yeast as a Eukaryotic Model System Camille P. Inducil, Scents and Sensibility: Determining the Pheromone Ligand Specificities of Vomeronasal Receptors in Mice Parul N. Barry, Getting to Know the Little Proteins That Help with Carbon Dioxide Transport in Your Blood Levita Y. Robinson, Understanding the Parasympathetic Control of the Right Ventricle Dhivya R. Kannabiran, Effects of Exercise Training on CaMKII Activation in Rat Gastrocnemius Muscle Environmental
Activism Meets the Academy (roundtable) Daniel Brabander, Elizabeth DeSombre, Ariel K. Diamond, and Katherine A. Doiron Access
for All: Advancing Public Health’s Lofty Ideal (panel) Ruth W. Wang'ondu, Nawar Najeeb, Rhobhi Matinyi, Gladys P. Onyango, and Mawuena Binka |
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