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8:30–9:15
A.M. Continental
Breakfast
Pendleton Atrium 9:15–10:25 A.M. Session I Culture and the Arts A
Woman in a Man's World (individual presentations) Jennifer P. Dietz, Upside Down: Equine Medicine in Australia Dara
S. Antrum, Not as Glamorous as the Stars:
Behind the Scenes of the National Zehra Q. Fazal, Forging Frontiers, Shattering Stereotypes: Women in the Japanese Entertainment Industry Mildred Kristine P. Vitug, Hollywood Filmmaking: Breaking Down the Glamour Where
There Is Time and Peace Enough to Hear Your
Heart Beat: A Photographic Essay (exhibit) Lindsay A. Lewis Endpoints:
Moving from Simple Reflection to Finished Work
(roundtable) Alexandra Johnson, Sarah Ligon ’03, Shirley Hsu ’03, Winifred Wood and Judith Black Politics, Economics and Activism Behind
Bulletproof Glass: Observations on the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(panel) Cecilia A. Fong, Elizabeth A. Mandeville and Anna J. Kurien Off
Capitol Hill: How Non-Profits and the Media
Shape Federal Law and Public Dialogue (panel) Jessica S. Berger, Giffen M. Maupin and Elissa Johnk Women's
Leadership in Global Business (individual presentations) Jennifer L. Schwalbenberg, A Blank Page: Creating an International Internship Experience Jenna Bond-Louden and Monica Chambers, Running and Riding Markets Cross-Cultural Interaction Mezcla:
At Wellesley, at Work and in the World (panel) Sarah M. Rettger, Mary McCoy and Nicole Stinson What Lonely
Planet Didn’t Tell Us: Beyond
the Academic Bubble (panel) Abby Barker, Sari Alper, Melissa Banzon, Carolina Gomes-Casseres, Meagan Lizarazo and Emily Pierson Learning, Service and Youth Riqueza:
Giving by Receiving and Receiving by Giving
(panel) Katharine L. Tighe, Kathryn Trites, Sultana Noormuhammad, Narges Bajoghli, Monica Pal, Maria Banica and Ursula Jessee Science, Medicine and Public Health Public
Health in the New Millennium: Not Your Grandma’s
Medicine (panel) Leslie M. Wilson, Theresa E. Sommers and Abigail L. Carlson The
Teaching and Practice of Science (individual
presentations) Jennifer M. Huff and Kali E. Wilson, Teaching Opportunities in Physical Science: A New Summer Program at the MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms Lindsey M. Habermann, Conflicted Compassion: The Controversy of Rehabilitating Invasive Species Tara A. Chiatovich ’03, Learning Online and Overseas: Research on the Psychology of Hypertext Navigation in the South of France Adventures
in Hands-on Science (panel/individual presentation) Andrea Hodgins-Davis, Catherine K. Brinkley, KimMi Whitehead and Ashley M. Johnson, Tropical Ecology in Costa Rica and Belize Erzsi M. Szilagyi, Do Opposites Attract? Conformational Preferences of 2-Fluorosuccinic Acid
10:25–10:40 A.M. Break Refreshments served in Pendleton Atrium 10:40–11:50 A.M. Session II Culture and the Arts How
Work Really Gets Done: From Theory to Practice
(individual presentations) Anne L. Harrington, Experiencing Architecture from Within a California Firm Marlena E.S. Whiting, Christina Walsh and Jennifer R. Cone, So, You Want to Be an Archaeologist? Annie E. Orr, Public Radio: Not Just for Former Hippies Art
and Auschwitz: The Ethics of Representing Atrocity
(panel) Sarah Jane Wilson, Beth Merfish, Ingrid Soderland, Amber L. Lachapelle, Kellie Abbott and Elizabeth Condrick ’03 Politics, Economics and Activism Women
with a Cause (individual presentations) Marilyn M. Yasus, The Coordinating Agency for Spanish Americans: Unleashing the Potential of the Burgeoning Latino Population in Suburban New York Karen L. Andrews, The Legacy of the Greenham Common Peace Women Regina M. Garza, Brukman: The Factory Is Ours! The Fight Is Everyone's! The
State in the Twenty-First Century (individual
presentations) Marina A. Turlakova, When Big Doesn't Mean Good: German State Parliament Facing the Challenge of the Stronger European Union Lindsey C. Boylan, Living on the Line: The Landscape of the U.S.-Mexican Border Paulina Ponce de Leon Barido, On the Other Side: Working for the Afghan Government Grassroots
Projects That Work (individual presentations) Kerry B. Murphy, Basic Ideas, Radical Changes: Witnessing Grassroots Education Reform in Yunnan’s Minority Areas Eleanor M. Blume, Networking and the Net Result: Bridging the Theories and Reality of Asset-Based Community Development Salwa N. Muhammad, Zafrin Rahman and Samantha S. Huq, Different Facets of Development in Bangladesh The
Role of Activism in a Liberal Arts Education
(roundtable) Candice Manatsa, Farrowe Pan, Joanne Murray ’81, Lidwien Kapteijns and Margaret Ward Cross-Cultural Interaction Confronting
the Unexpected (individual presentations) Martha A. Ortiz, Layers of Learning: Moving Beyond the Internship and Benefiting from the Experience Annabelle E. Oh, Far and Away: Asian-Americans in Spain Amelia Levin, In the Middle of Nowhere Fellowship
Travels (panel) Sung Bang ’00, Tabitha Decker ’01, Jane Mars ’02, Jenn Piscopo ’02 and Wallis Wilkinson ’01 Learning, Service and Youth Diversity
and Identity in the Classroom (individual presentations) Aimee S. Mizuno, Finding a Place to Be Both: The Empowerment of Mixed Race Children at the AmerAsian School in Okinawa Marissa L. Mounds and Courtney R. Gomez, The Psychology of Acculturation: Learning from Students and Teachers in a Multicultural Middle School For
the Children (individual presentations) Amber A. Mahone ’03, Kattia and Osvaldo's Law: The Campaign Against Violence and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Costa Rica Fazeelat Aslam, Human Rights: Injustice in Pakistan Jennie S. Berman, Strengths and Weaknesses of International Organizations: Experiences Working at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Motlalepula Mmesi, South Africa's AIDS Orphans: A Multifaceted Battlefield Science, Medicine and Public Health Cancer
Research (individual presentations) Jing Chen, The Mechanism Underlying the Growth Stimulating Effect of Antizyme Inhibitor in 293 Cells Alissa R. Cohen, Angiogenesis: The Life Support of Cancer Nicole R. Maddox, Broccoli Power: Broccoli Joins the Battle against Cancer Laure-Anne Ventouras, Solo or Duet? Understanding the Mechanism of Action of Hsp90 in the Human Cell Third
(and Fourth) Rock from the Sun (individual
presentations) Kristin Morell, Martian Geology: What Craters Can Tell Us Melissa S. Rice, Nitric Oxide in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere Jessica B. Doyle, Digital Mapping in Muscongus Bay, Maine: Global Positioning Systems, Electronic Total Stations and Geographic Information Systems Alexis K. Ault ’03, Exploring the Lower Crust: Fieldwork and Geochronology in the Snowbird Tectonic Zone Common
Injuries Associated with Athletic Women (panel) Portland V. Knox, Jessa Barder, Christina E. Baer, Marisa Johnson, Rebekah C. Rubin and Dhivya R. Kannabiran
12–2 P.M. Tanner Conference Exhibition and Luncheon Jewett Arts Center The Tanner Exhibition provides students 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 distributed at
the following locations: Jewett Lower Lobby,
Pendleton Atrium, and the Jewett Archway. (In
the event of inclement weather, lunch will be
served at Bates, Tower, Cazenove, and Beebe.
A Kosher option will be available upon request
at Bates. Inclement weather changes will be announced
on Community and Faculty-Staff FirstClass conferences
on the morning of the Tanner Conference.)
2:10–3:20 P.M. Session III Culture and the Arts The
Arts and Discovery (individual presentations) Ailin N. Conant and Rebecca J. Goldberg, En Busca de la Cantadora: Art and Discovery in the Andes Jennifer O'Donnell and Maia MacDonald, "Krik, Krak", "An Island Possessed" and "Rara": Synthesizing Dance, Music and Culture in Haiti Facing
War: Summer Theatre and World Conflict, Embracing
Questions (panel) Alison H. Buchbinder, Kelsey Peterson, Victoria George, Kimberly Hale, Tori Woodhouse, April Rouleau, Emily Henderson and Nandita Dinesh From
Reflection to Presentation (roundtable) Craig Murphy, Julia Miwa, Christopher Candland, Ellie Perkins ’65, Leyla Derbali, Lori Johnson and Caitlin Blaser Politics, Economics and Activism Between
Partisan Posturing and Turf Battles: How Work
Does (and Doesn’t) Get Done in Washington,
D.C. (panel) Meredith L. Cowie, Kathryn J. Bradley, Anne Catherine Savage, Elizabeth A. Phelps, Rachael C. Ward, Mary K. Horstmann, Louisa T. Olds and Carolyn A. Schultz The
Politics of Food (individual presentations) Roshni Sampath and Jimena Leiva, Rice Is Life: Exploring the Politics of Rice Farming in the Philippines Rosalie H. Fazio, 1.4 Billion Tons of Manure: The American Animal Factory Industry and Its Opponents Cross-Cultural Interaction American Kimchee:
Korean-Americans at a Crossroads (panel) Jennifer Yum, Josephine Noah, Kiwon Sue and Amy Y. Cho Portraits
of Change: Student Perspectives on Postapartheid
South Africa (panel) Salma B. Anam, Surayyah T. Hasan, DeAnna E. Evans and Ashley A. Richardson Struggling
with Stereotypes (individual presentations) Amanda
G. Pepper, “Our Greatest Ally” Learning, Service and Youth Growing
Pains: Balancing Growth and Service in a Rapidly
Expanding Community Organization (panel) Priya P. Chordia, Johanna Pino, Deborah Weaver and Raymond Harris Curricular
Innovations (individual presentations) Jenna A. Bressel and Yelena Biberman, Back in High School: Redefining the Urban Curriculum Garen S. Wolff, City Meets Prep: An Emerging Mentoring Program That Promotes Girls' Leadership and Scholarship Morgan P. Carberry, Acting Up in France: Theater as Linguistic Education Science, Medicine and Public Health Community-Based
Health Initiatives (individual presentations) Ariel S. Gallantbernstein, From Bucket Baths to Birthing Babies: Studies with Traditional Birth Attendants in Rural Ghana, West Africa Lizzi A. Clark, Real-Life ER Experiences Dante Lenea Costa, Community Health for the Individual: Integrating Services for At-Risk Women and Children Neuroscience
Investigations (individual presentations) Prianka Chawla and Maia Sharuk, The Role of the Wallerian Degeneration Gene's Phenotype in Protection against Wallerian Degeneration in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Victoria Lyo, Stress, Vacuolization and Death: The Effects of HBV Protein Accumulation in the ER Wannasiri Lapcharoensap, Is Brain Edema Reduced in Aquaporin-4 Null Mice with Hepatic Encephalopathy? Arielle J. Galambos, Creating Nanostructures with Diblock Copolymer Thin Films
3:20–3:35 P.M. Break Refreshments served in Pendleton Atrium 3:35–4:45 P.M. Session IV Culture and the Arts The
Politics of Public Buildings (individual presentations) Katherine D. Alcauskas, Maggie E. O'Grady and Chava Kronenberg, Museum Work in a Political Town: Alternative Internships in the Wellesley in Washington Program Meghan Reynard, Karibu Zanzibar: An Exhibit on the Swahili Coast Culture Chi H. Song, Library Culture in Morocco: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Japan:
Common/Uncommon Observations (exhibit) Giuliana M. Funkhouser Politics, Economics and Activism From
Understanding to Activism (individual presentations) Jordan I. Namerow, The Southern-Jewish Experience: Fusions of Courage and Contradiction Xian-Zhen Mah, Struggling for Women's Rights in Malaysia Catherine J. Cachero, The Plight of Filipinas in Japan Insider
Perspectives (individual presentations) Jennifer T. Gordon, Working with Americans for Peace Now: Education and Activism in Support of Peace between Israelis and Palestinians Allison Kramer, Capitol Hill: An Intern's Perspective on the Inner Workings of a United States Senator's Office Rae Adams, "More Than Just Snow!": Interning for the Director of the Largest Employer in the United States Cities
in the Twenty-First Century (panel) Julie Ota, Emma Sydenham and Megan Kinsey Cross-Cultural Interaction Vienna:
Gateway to Eastern Europe (panel) Sarah Barron, Sarah Teetor and Elizabeth Castagna L'Etranger:
Experiencing Otherness in France (panel) Laura E. Jacobsen, Crystal M. Fleming, Elizabeth R. Senecal, Maria D. Lapointe, Yen-Trang X. Vo, Juanita Nava and Chen Yang The
Role of Study Abroad in a Wellesley Education
(roundtable) Lawrence Baldwin, Sylvia Hiestand, Ruby Lam, Michèle Respaut, Lorraine Roses and Andrea Levitt ’71 Learning, Service and Youth Facing
Adversity (individual presentations) Elizabeth C. Dayton, Friends with Expiration Dates: A Hospice Experience Candice W. Chow, Staying on the Sunny Side: Finding Hope for Critically Ill Children and Their Families at Camp Sunshine Samantha A. Fields, It's Not about the Chair: Spending a Summer at Camp Oakhurst Learning
from Children (individual presentations) Lisa M. Damon, Learning from Ten-Year-Olds: Diversity through Political Uncorrectness Caitlin Crawford, You Say Rubber, We Say Eraser: Educating and Being Educated by Scottish Schoolchildren Madeleine E. deBlois, Cultivating Character: Inner-City Youth Grow Gardens While Growing Themselves at the Washington Youth Garden Science, Medicine and Public Health Seeking
Cures (individual presentations) Jerri Chen, Do the Locomotion! The Causes of and Treatment for Movement Impairment in Hemiplegia Parul N. Barry, An Encounter with a Rare Disease: Learning More about the NDP Gene, One Mutation at a Time Clara W. Pau, A Novel Model to Examine Insulin Signaling in the Mouse Aorta Levita Y. Robinson, Synthesis and Purification of a Protein from the Dengue Fever Virus Public
Health Challenges (individual presentations) Brenda A. Kwambana and Wangeci E. Kagucia, The Fight against HIV/AIDS: Issues in Prevention Education and Treatment (Arusha, Boston, Harare) Jessica R. Bell and Summer B. Zeh, Realizing Rape: Advocating, Counseling and Empowering at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Maya S. Melczer, Disparities in Health Care Right Next Door: Prevention of Cervical Cancer by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Office of Women’s Health Corporate
vs. Academic Technology Internships (panel) Zi Dong Fan, Laura E. Jung, June O. Snedecor, Katherine M. Lau and January Y. Choy The
Soul of Siberia: Uncovering the Culture and
Ecology of the World's Great Lake, Russia's
Baikal (panel) Cheryl
Hojnowski, Leslie Ordal, Patricia Kissinger,
Jeenah Jung, Alexandra Evans and Ashley Lauren
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