THE VIRGINIA SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
87th ANNUAL MEETING
APRIL 18-19, 2014
hosted by
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
Richmond, Virginia
VSSA Officers (2013 – 2014)
President: C. Nana Derby (Virginia State University)
Vice-President: Kirt von Daacke (University of Virginia)
Secretary: Beverly Adams (University of Virginia)
Treasurer: Jinzhuo "J.Z." Zhao Garrett (Hampden-Sydney College)
Auditor: Judi Caron-Sheppard (Norfolk State University)
Newsletter Editor: Bruce Vlk (University of Virginia)
Parliamentarian: Zachary Wilhide (Old Dominion University)
Archivist: Keith Kline (Virginia Military Institute)
Immediate Past President: Keith Kline (Virginia Military Institute)
VSSJ Co-Editor: Kirt von Daacke (University of Virginia)
VSSJ Co-Editor: Ruth Rose (Hunter College, CUNY)
VSSJ Associate Editor: Brian Crim (Lynchburg College)
VSSJ Associate Editor: Nichole Sanders (Lynchburg College)
VSSJ Associate Editor: Sarah Williamson (University of Virginia)
Program Committee Chair: Kirt von Daacke (University of Virginia)
Local Arrangements Co-Chair: Deirdre Condit (Virginia
Commonwealth University)
Local Arrangements Co-Chair: Chris Saladino (Virginia
Commonwealth University)
Webmaster: Charles Warner (Independent Scholar)
VSSA Board of Directors (2013 – 2014)
Timothy Brazill (Bridgewater College)
Brian Crim (Lynchburg College)
Walter Ghant (James Madison University)
Kimberly Kinsler (Hunter College, CUNY)
Nichole Sanders (Lynchburg College)
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The Virginia Social Science Association Mission:
Bringing together all groups related to the social science
disciplines of Anthropology, Business, Criminal Justice, Economics,
Geography, History, International Relations, Political Science,
Psychology, and Sociology.
Those groups include faculty from K-12 as well as all institutions
of higher education in Virginia; undergraduates; graduate
students; and professionals who apply the social sciences.
We envision three main interrelated missions regarding teaching,
research, and outreach:
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promoting multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work in
the social sciences;
offering students, including undergraduates, opportunities
for professional development in presenting their
scholarship; and
bringing together teachers at all levels of education in
Virginia.
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Friday April 18, 2014
REGISTRATION: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: Student Commons, 907 Floyd Avenue, Richmond Salons I, II—
Second Floor
Opening Ceremony: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: Student Commons, Richmond Salons I, II
Welcome Remarks: Robert Tombes, Associate Dean, College of
Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
POSTER SESSION: 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Location: Student Commons, Richmond Salons I, II
Poster 1:
“Peer Victimization, Social Behavior, and Emotional Distress in
Individuals with Down Syndrome and Mosaic Downs Syndrome”
-Johnnie L. Mortensen, Virginia Commonwealth
University
Poster 2:
“Personality Factors as Predictors of Cannabis Use Motives”
-Nadia Chowdhury, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral
Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Salpi Kevorkian, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral
Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Christina Sheerin, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behaviorial
Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Erin C. Berenz, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral
Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Michael J. Zvolensky, University of Houston & University of TexasHouston MD Anderson Cancer Center
Poster 3
“The Role of Motives as a Moderator Between Depressive Symptoms and
Marijuana Use in Emerging Adults”
-Jessica McCauley, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Jessica Lantz, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Poster 4
“Evaluation of Behavioral Distress Tolerance Task Stability Across
Settings”
-Ellen Korcovelos, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Cassie Overstreet, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Ananda B. Amstadter, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Yashasvini Sampathkkumar, Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and
Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Saturday April 19, 2014
REGISTRATION: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Hallway near Conference Room 308, Hibbs Building, 900 Park
Ave., 3rd floor
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST: 8:00 – 9:00 am
Location: Room 308 (Conference Room), Hibbs Building
SESSION I: 9:10 – 10:50 am
Panel # I-1: Psychological Perspectives on Health
Location: Room 207, Hibbs Building
Chair: Keith Kline, Virginia Military Institute
Sade Johns, Virginia State University
“Cortical Correlates for Higher and Lower gF Young Adults”
Nicole DeAngelis, Virginia Commonwealth University
“Lack of Access to Fresh Food Association with Daily Intake of Fresh
Produce and Chronic Health Problems”
Martin L. Lenhardt, Virginia Commonwealth University
“Speech and Language Is in Our Culture and in Our Brain: The Genetics
of Stuttering May Reflect an Overload of the Brain in Neuromodeling”
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Panel # I-2: Global Africa
Location: Room 216, Hibbs Building
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Chair: Wafa Hozien, Virginia State University
Edward Eule, Norfolk State University
“An Assessment of Economic Dependency in Sub-Saharan Africa: The
Nigerian Case”
Kyshawn Smith, Old Dominion University
Brent Huffman, Northwestern University
“The Colony: Deconstructing Anti-Chinese Sentiment in Modern Senegal”
Scott London, Randolph Macon College
Kristen Klaaren, Randolph Macon College
“Inter-Ethnic Dialogue Among Young South Africans: Using International
Peer Education to Foster Conversations About Race”
Uchenna Onuzulike, Howard University
“Schooling Experience in the U.S.: The Case Study of a SecondGeneration African Immigrant Group in the Washington, D.C. Area”
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Panel # I-3: Crime and Punishment in America
Location: Room 260, Hibbs Building
Chair: Zina McGee, Hampton University
Carrie Harris, Virginia State University
“Variables of Recidivism: A Qualitative Study”
Sarah Coen, Longwood University
“Felonious vs. Accidental: The Impact of Time of Day and Day of Week on
Line of Duty Deaths”
Urshila Williams, Liberty University
“Reforming the U.S. Prison System: The Case for Better Inmate and
Correctional Officer Training”
Ronald Taylor, Virginia State University
“Dismantling the Revolving Door of Corrections: Effective Components of
Correctional Re-Entry Initiatives”
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Panel # I-4: Desegregation and Massive Resistance in the Old Dominion
Location: Room 262, Hibbs Building
Chair: Randolph Mitchell, Virginia State University
Earl K. Cherry, Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“Tales from Fincastle Hall: How a Community College Grew Up”
Jay Coman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“The First to Desegregate the Blue Ridge: The Galax HS and the
Desegregation of Public Schools in Southwestern Virginia”
Brian J. Daugherity, Virginia Commonwealth University
“Hell, We Have Only Begun to Fight: Harry Byrd, the NAACP, and the Rise
of Massive Resistance in Virginia”
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Panel # I-5: Health Care, Poverty, and Education in Economic Perspective
Location: Room 264, Hibbs Building
Chair: Ceslav Ciobanu, Virginia State University
Samantha Fletcher, George Mason University
“The Poverty Line: Creating a New Measure of Poverty”
Catherine Hensly, Hollins University
“Higher Education, Higher Cost: An Income-Contingent Approach”
Philip C. Kroke, Virginia Military Institute
“Dying for a Smoke: The Effect of Mortality Salience on Tobacco
Behavior”
H.P. Singh-Sandhu, Virginia Union University
A.O. Odutola, Virginia Union University
“Health Care Costs and Smart Drugs: Controversies and Common
Compromises”
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Panel # I-6: Media and the Public Sphere in the Internet Age
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Location: Room 326, Hibbs Building
Chair: Bruce Vlk, University of Virginia
Wafa Hozien, Virginia State University
“Instruction in Higher Education Using Social Networking”
Mariah Young, University of Mary Washington
“Social Construction of Target Populations: Testing the Media’s Framing
during Disasters”
Amber Reeves, University of Mary Washington
“I Think This Is From the Onion: A Study in Media Credibility Using the AP
Logo”
Pamela A. Gibson, Troy State University
Joy Hadwiger, Troy State University
“Disinhibited Behavior in Online Instruction and Implications for Public
Service”
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Panel # I-7: Understanding Adolescent and Post-Adolescent Behaviors
Location: Room 327, Hibbs Building
Chair: Beverly Adams, University of Virginia
Aqiyl Randall, Virginia State University
“Impact of Cyber Bullying on Today’s Youth: Perceptions of College
Students”
Ashley Adams, Lynchburg College
“Male Victimization in Dating Violence Among College Students”
Patrice Gibson, Lynchburg College
“Dating Violence on the College Campus: Exploring Student Perception
and Awareness”
Li Zhang, Virginia Commonwealth University
Karam Hwang, Virginia Commonwealth University
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“How Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Chinese Adolescents’ Weight
Status? A Study of Possible Pathways”
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SESSION II: 11:00 am – 11:50 pm
Location: Auditorium, Room 203, Hibbs Building (Second Floor)
2014 AWARDS RECIPIENTS PLENARY SESSION
Moderator: C. Nana Derby, Virginia State University
Remarks: Alison Baski, Executive Associate Dean, College of Humanities
and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
VSSA Scholar Award Presentations
“What I Do, and How I Got Where I am”
—Geography: Donald Dahmann, U.S. Census Bureau, retired
—History: Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Norfolk State University
—International Studies/Political Science: James J. Hentz, Virginia Military
Institute
VSSA Public Service Award
—Howard J. Zehr, Eastern Mennonite University
Zamora Distinguished Service Award
—Dennis Abry, Scottsdale Community College
Recognition of Life Members, Distinguished Current & Former Officers
Ninth Annual John Ramsey Awards Luncheon: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Rodney's, Shafer Court Dining Center
Presiding Officer: VSSA President C. Nana Derby, Virginia State University
Presentation of the Peter Wallenstein Undergraduate Student Paper
Award and the Henry J. Abraham Graduate Student Paper Award
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SESSION III: 1:10 – 3:00 pm
Panel # III-1: The United States and the World
Location: Room 207, Hibbs Building
Chair: Chad Murphy, University of Mary Washington
Colin McElhinny, University of Mary Washington
“Beyond the Water’s Edge: Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy”
Christopher Caldwell, Virginia State University
“The Privatization of Anti-Terrorism Efforts”
Kimberly Ganczak, Old Dominion University
“Shaping American Foreign Policy: Implications of a Bayesian Analysis of
U.S.-North Korean Interaction”
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Panel # III-2: Gender and Identity in the Modern World
Location: Room 216, Hibbs Building
Chair: Nichole Sanders, Lynchburg College
Lesley Cole, Longwood University
“Fear of Victimization: The Impact of Gender”
Andrea Ledesma, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“Keep Up the Fight: Eudora Ramsay Richardson and the Evolution of
Feminism After Suffrage”
Hana Hamdi, Rutgers University
Serina Ayyad, Rutgers University
“At the Fault Lines of Religion and Gender: Navigating Identity in Muslim
Adolescent Girls”
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Lucas Burgess, Longwood University
“Marijuana and Alcohol Use in Juveniles Testing Social Bond vs. Social
Strain”
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Panel # III-3: Problems in the Public Sector and the Workplace
Location: Room 260, Hibbs Building
Chair: Judi Caron-Sheppard, Norfolk State University
Najwa Mordhah, Old Dominion University
“Building a Successful Multicultural Workplace in Public Agencies”
Randolph Mitchell, Virginia State University
“African American Principals in Affluent School Districts”
Shay Hunter, Longwood University
“Implications of Marginality and Discrimination in Public Land Use”
Kayla Roberts, Mary Baldwin College
“The Relationship Between Emotional Exhaustion and Turnover Intention
in Retail Workers”
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Panel # III-4: Economics in a Globally Interconnected Age
Location: Room 262 Hibbs Building
Chair: Deborah Spencer, Hollins University
Peyman Firouzi-Naiem, East Carolina University
“Preferences for Redistribution in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Mai Anh Ngo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Innovation and Credit Restraints—Evidence from a Survey of Vietnamese
Small and Medium Enterprises”
Stephen M. Magu, Regent University
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“Considering the Institutional Bankruptcy and Peripheral
Integration/Association Theory”
Ceslav Ciobanu, Virginia State University
“Economics and Politics of Reforms of Democratization in Emerging
Markets”
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Panel # III-5: New Trends in the History of Pre-World War Two America
Location: Room 264, Hibbs Building
Chair: Kirt von Daacke, University of Virginia
Amanda Cortez, Lynchburg College
“Silence in the Stars? The Ladies Home Journal During the Pre-War
Years, 1933-1942”
Philip A. Grant, Jr., Pace University
“The 1936 Virginia Addresses of President Franklin D. Roosevelt”
Caroline Hasenyager, Virginia State University
“Demand Something to Fulfill that Need: Liberal Arts Education, Student
Consumers, and the Dilemma of Modern Womanhood at Elite Women’s
Colleges, 1915-1935”
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Panel # III-6: Sociological Perspectives on Diet, Games, Guns, and
Culture
Location: Room 326, Hibbs Building
Chair: C. Nana Derby, Virginia State University
Jessica Snead, Lynchburg College
“Bingo! A Fun Past-Time or Deviance?”
Hannah Seward, Virginia Commonwealth University
“Class and the Power of Diet Culture”
Michael Logan, Radford University
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“Biosocial Criminology: Realistic Alternative or Science Fiction?”
JoEllen Pederson, Longwood University
Christopher Gordon, Longwood University
“Attitudes Toward Gun Control: Understanding Individual and Regional
Differences Using Multilevel Regression Modeling”
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Panel # III-7: Communications and Gender in the Military
Location: Room 327, Hibbs Building
Chair: Beverly Adams, University of Virginia
Thomas N. Meriwether, Virginia Military Institute
“Communications as a Lynchpin of a Leader’s Style”
Heather L. Haag, Virginia Military Institute
“Effect of Gender on Perceived Praiseworthiness or Blameworthiness of
Military Leaders”
Keith Kline, Virginia Military Institute
Umi J. Hyon, Virginia Military Institute
“’Man Points’ and ‘Woman Points’: Exploring Masculine and Feminine
Capital in Military College Students”
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SESSION IV: 3:10 – 5:00 pm
Panel # IV-1: Democracy, Nationalism, and Revolution in International
Relations
Location: Room 207, Hibbs Building
Chair: Jinzhuo Zhao Garrett, Hampden-Sydney Colleg
Aaron Moyer, Lynchburg College
“The Egyptian Revolution: Overthrowing Hosni Mubarak”
Stephen M. Magu, Regent University
“Can All Polities Democratize? Outlining the ‘First Principles of
Democracy’”
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Ning Liao, Old Dominion University
“The Power of Strategic Narratives: Persuasion and Confrontation of
Nationalist Discourse in China’s Domestic Foreign Policy Interaction”
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Panel # IV-2: Commercial Sex, Sexual Exploitation, and Rape Culture
Location: Room 216, Hibbs Building
Chair: JoEllen Pederson, Longwood University
Makeda Carr, Virginia State University
“Survival Strategies of the Commercially Exploited”
Keshara Charity, Virginia State University
“Rape of Women on College Campus”
Brianna Randall, Virginia State University
“Prison Rape Elimination Act: How Effective Is It Within Prison Facilities?”
C. Nana Derby, Virginia State University
“Migrant, Mobile, and Local Sisters of the Night: A Qualitative Research
of Commercial Sex Work in Ghana”
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Panel # IV-3: Studies in U.S. Political Culture
Location: Room 260, Hibbs Building
Chair: Zachary Wilhide, Old Dominion University
Robert M. Potter, Old Dominion University
“A Model of Spaces Where a Spoiler Third Party Candidate Can Win a
Negative Advertising War”
Stephen J. Farnsworth, University of Mary Washington
“Virginia Voters and Decentralized Governmental Power: Federal
Frustration and State Satisfaction?”
Mary L. Carver, Longwood University
“How Active Is Religion at the Supreme Court? A Review of Religious
Amicus Curiae Activity in Religious Freedom and ‘Moral’ Cases”
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Chad Murphy, University of Mary Washington
“Women in the House: A Text-as-Data Approach to Measuring Elite
Opinion”
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Panel # IV-4: The African American Experience in America, 1870-1942
Location: Room 262, Hibbs Building
Chair: Peter Wallenstein, Virginia State Polytechnic Institute and State
University
Olen Cole, Jr., North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
“African-American Youth in the Program of the Civilian Conservation
Corps in Virginia, 1933-1942”
Beverly Bunch-Lyons, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
National Capital Region
“Economic Detour and the Business of Black Death: African American
Funeral Home Owners in Southern Cities”
Maureen Elgersman Lee, Hampton University
“Race and the Small City: African Americans in Williamsburg, Virginia,
and Portland, Maine, 1870-1940”
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Panel # IV-5: New Histories of the Old Dominion
Location: Room 264 Hibbs Building
Chair: Kirt von Daacke, University of Virginia
Derek Litvak, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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“Falling Sacrifice to Despotism: Virginians Respond to the Intolerable
Acts of 1774”
Brittney Bowes, Lynchburg College
“A Practice of Gentlemen: How the Ownership of Horses Helped the
Virginia Gentry Define White Manhood, 1680-1830”
Eric Ames, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“United in Interest and Feeling: The Political Culture of the Virginia
Borderland, 1850-1861”
Thomas Brown, Virginia Wesleyan College
“Lynch’s Sanctified Band: Societal Reactions to a New Maritime Religious
Sect on the Virginia Eastern Shore in the 1890s”
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Panel # IV-6: Examining the Relationship Between Domestic Violence
and Delinquency Among Youth
Location: Room 326, Hibbs Building
Chair: Nadjhia Normil, Virginia State University
Shakeara Jordan, Hampton University
Briteja Williams, Hampton University
Indira Case, Hampton University
“Examining the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and
Delinquency Among Youth: Examining the Role of Maternal Incarceration
and Adjustment”
Tiara Tolan, Hampton University
Alexis Lennon, Hampton University
Neomia Lawrence, Hampton University
“Examining the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and
Delinquency Among Youth: Findings from a Sample of Female Urban
Adolescents”
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Amber Mitchell, Hampton University
Ivana Toe, Hampton University
Habekah Cannon, Hampton University
“Youth Violence and Victimization: Findings from a Study of Familial
Background, Peer Delinquency, and Attitude Toward Guns”
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Panel # IV-7: Race and Discrimination in Life and Law
Location: Room 327, Hibbs Building
Chair: Timothy Brazill, Bridgewater College
Heidi Jablonski, Eastern Mennonite University
“Structural Discrimination in the U.S. Prison System: The Mass
Incarceration of Black Men in America”
Chyna Johnson-Owens, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“Racial Profiling of Women on College Campus”
Briana Goode, Virginia State University
“Deterrence, Race, Jury Selection, and Their Effects on the Death
Penalty”
Katherine Buffey, Longwood University
“Virginia State Probation Violations by Race”
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Panel # IV-8: Sociological Problems of Childhood
Location: Room 328, Hibbs Building
Chair: Ruth Rose, Hunter College
Amber Read, Lynchburg College
“Exploring Relationships: Childhood and Adult”
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Ayana Conway, Virginia State University
Shanieka Jones, Virginia State University
“Characteristics of Court Involved Juveniles in Virginia”
Sarah N. Works, Longwood University
“Child Abduction and Child Sexual Abuse by the Relationship with Their
Abductor”
Sarah Boone, Virginia State University
“Causes of Domestic Violence: Impact on Children”
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