Ethnography of the University Initiative
Spring 2011 Student Conference Schedule
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Room 126, Library and Information
Sciences Building
501E.Daniel, Champaign, IL
3:00-3:05 EUI Opening Remarks
3:05-3:32 Panel 1: The English Language at UIUC (I)
Samantha Imburgia
ENGL401: The Associations with Writing/Reading Through
Different Disciplines
Chelsea Hale and
Amanda Meyers
ENGL401: Southern and Northern Illinois Dialects at UIUC
Stephanie Larson
ENGL401: Choosing a Voice: Bilingualism and Writing
3:35-4:02 Panel 2: Muslims on Campus
Ali Razfar
AAS258: Muslim Students and Dating
Kumars Salehi
AAS258: Academic Attitudes Towards Islamic Feminism
Nabiya Arshad
AAS258: Study Abroad Student Perspectives
4:05-4:31 Panel 3: The English Language at UIUC (II)
Jenna Mortensen and
Amanda Damlos
ENGL401: International Students’ Acclimation to the University of Illinois
Greek Life
Katherine Mijal
ENGL401: Language and Identity for African Americans at UIUC
Tim Bulster
ENGL401: Correctness and Good Writing for Pre-service English Teachers
at UIUC
4:33-5:00 Panel 4: Educational Entrepreneurs at the U of I
Kyehyeon Cho
CI507: A Social Entrepreneur in Higher Education – The Case of Dr.
Annie Abbott
Holly Winn
CI507: Innovation and Change in a Long-Running Gifted Pre-School
Program
Cate Stallmeyer-Gerard
CI507: Entrepreneurship in East St. Louis
5:03-5:21 Panel 5: The University and the Community
Evan Gelles
AAS258: The Interaction between Jazz and Hip-Hop Music Created by
African American Muslims
James Millar, Eboni Price,
Johnny Dewalt, and
Julian Bishop
RHET233: Understanding How Employment at the University Impacts a
Sense of Community
5:23-5:33 Panel 6: Technology at UIUC
Kishen Ratilal, Dominic Grondin,
and Juan Jose Viejo
PSYCH429: Events Website Group
5:40-6:20 Poster Session and Pizza
Kerri Stanton, Jessica Lopez,
Pajion Montgomery, and
Anastasia Peters
RHET233: Communication and Digital Divides: Changes in the
Generation Gap
Melissa Allison Newell
EOL574: Not Passive Victims: A Look at Latino/a Student Movement
During the Late 20th Century at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Margarita Altidis, Rachel
Joyce, and Kaitlyn Olson
RHET105: Influence of Religion on Students in Academic and Social Life
Pei-Han Hsu, Tzu-Yu Shen,
and SangHyuk Lee
PSYCH429: Library Seat Availability Checking System
Grace Lam, Betty Ye, Helen
Yin, Janice, Shelly Yan,
Grace Kuok, and Happy
Gao
EDUC100: How culture influences UIUC students’ decision to exercise
Echo Lao, Steven Cheok,
Jackson Chan, and Elly
Chan
EDUC100: ‘ABC’ and Identity: How Do American Born Chinese
Construct their Identity in a Midwest College Town?
Stephanie Eck and Jessica
Scanlan
RHET233: Studying Abroad: Discovering an American Identity
Terrance A. Range
EOL574: Are We There Yet: A Historical Comparison of the University of
Illinois’ Campus Climate in 1968 and 2010
6:23-6:41 Panel 7: Identities and the Major
Haley Vick
ENG106: Parkland Theatre
Renata A. Revelo Alonso
EOL 574: Understanding the Engineering Identities of Undergraduate
Women of Color
6:43-7:10 Panel 8: Diversity at UIUC
Viveka P. Kudaligama
EOL574: International Transfer Students: A Study of Their DecisionMaking Process to Attend the University of Illinois
Mark Frank
ANTH515: Leaving China to Study It: Academic Decision Making
among Female Graduate Students in Chinese Studies
Dena Lawrence
EOL574: The Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center:
Exploring Perceptions of Its Impact on African American Student
Retention at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2011 EUI Courses
Instructor
AAS258
Muslims in America
Junaid Rana
ANTH515
Ethnography and Fieldwork
Michael Kral
CI507
Educational Entrepreneurship
Liora Bresler
EDUC100
Ethnography in a Community Context
Nicole Larmers
ENG106(Parkland)
Accelerated Composition
Deanna J. Williams
ENGL401
Intro to the Study of the English Language
Kate Vieira
EOL574
Diversity in Higher Education
Lorenzo Baber
ICIC30100(Ithaca)
Collaborating the Visual: Ethnographic
Research and Film Making
Sue-Je Gage
PSCY429
Human Computer Interaction Lab
Wai-Tat Fu
RHET105 B4/C3
Race and Ethnicity at UIUC
Thom Herakovish
RHET105 B3/D3
Principles of Composition
Linda Larsen
RHET105 L5
Race at the University of Illinois
John Moore
RHET105 P3
Principles of Composition
J. Patrick Fadely
RHET105 M6
Principles of Composition
Richard Nardi
RHET233
Advanced Composition: Writing a Life
Lauren Marshall Bowen
UP494D
Sustainability and the Built Environment
Brian Deal