PROGRAM 2005 -- MEETINGS
DRAFT COPY
Administration
Chair: William H. Volz, Wayne State University
Vice-Chair: Philip L. Kintzele, C
Session 1 - Friday Morning, 10:00 a.m.- noon
Disclosures in Financial Statements Relating to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Marilyn Kintzele,
Indiana University, Philip Kintzele, Central Michigan University, and Venon Kwiatkowski.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Redefining the Role of Corporate Counsel. William H.Volz,* Wayne State
University and Vahe Tazian, Plastech Engineered Products, Inc.
Anthropology
Chair: Mary Theresa Bonhage-Freund, Alma College
Vice Chair: David Black, Western Michigan University,
Session 1.
Moderator,: Judith Calleja, Central Michigan University in Metro Detroit. Troy Regional Center
PANEL DISCUSSION ON INTERSPECIES CONTACT
This panel will present numerous field examples of animal response in several settings including: tourist
tracking activities of mountain gorillas, shelter volunteer and zoo visitor contacts, and reaction to zoo
docent enrichment efforts.
Dorothy Heitjan, Docent, Detroit Zoological Park, Detroit, Michigan
Judith Calleja, Central Michigan University in Metro Detroit, Troy Regional Center
Carol Bresnay, Docent, Detroit Zoological Park, Detroit, Michigan.
Thomas Roy, Docent, Detroit Zoological Park, Detroit, Michigan.
Session 2
Presiding: Mary Theresa Bonhage-Freund, Alma College
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
A Biological Approach to Understanding Tuberculosis in the Late Medieval to Early Modem European
Populations. Jennifer L.Yamazaki, Western Michigan University
Spouse Exchange Among the Innuit: An Ecological Approach to Deliberate Paternity Confusion. Mary
Theresa Bonhage-Freund, Alma College
ARCHAELOGY
Using Geographic Information System (GIS) in Archaeological Surveys: The Asylum Lake
Property/Colony Farms Orchard. Lacosta Browning Lykowski, Western Michigan University
Issues of Compliance at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Jena J. Whipking, Western Michigan
University
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Transnational Japanese Community in Southwest Michigan: Through the Eyes of Corporate Expatriate
Japanese Wives. Takami S. Delisle, Western Michigan University
Session 3
Presiding: E.L. Cerroni-Long Eastern Michigan University
SYMPOSIUM: METAPHORS OF IDENTITY
Multiculturalism Across Cultures. E.L. Cerroni-Long, Eastern Michigan University,
Michigan Women Reiki Masters: Healing through Healing. Shelly M. Nixon, Eastern Michigan
University.
Images of Love in Standard Italian. Marisa A. Ferrara, Eastern Michigan University,
Session 4.
Chair: James Walker, Ferris State University
ART HISTORY
Art and the Evolution of Language in Prehistoric Art. James Walker, Ferris State University
Instruments of Heaven and Hell in Northern Renaissance Art. Robert Quist. Ferris State University
Inspirational Properties of the Archaic: Roman Structures and Modem Abstraction. Came Weiss, Director,
Ferris State University Art Gallery
Moments of Meaning. Lynette M. Vought, Ferris State University
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Chair: Joe Sucic, University of Michigan-Flint
Vice-Chair: David Kass, Eastern Michigan University
Session 1 - Friday Morning
Genetic basis of Obesity and Weight Gain in Alaskan Natives. Bishr Al Dabagh*, Steven Myers, and Bert
Boyer. University of Michigan—Flint
A Comparative Study of the Calorific Value of French Fries From the Three Most Popular Fast Food
Restaurants. Assumpta Ogbedeagu*, Madonna University
Analysis of Recent Origins of Human and Mouse hmg Retropseudogenes. Eillen Tecle*, Leann Zielinski,
and David H. Kass, Eastern Michigan University
Disulfide Bonds in the Catalytic Domain are Necessary for Compartment-Specific Folding Events During
Trafficking and Maturation of Mammalian Furin. Jeremy Lynd*, Holly B. Sucic, and Joseph F. Sucic,
University of Michigan—Flint
Roles of Various Modulins from Haemophilus influenzae Rd in Interleukin-8 Production. G. Kundu*, A.
Morton, and D.L. Clemans, Eastern Michigan University
Studies of Protein Kinase N in Drosophila and Xenopus. Bruce Ostrow*, Ebony Grisby, Stacey Skronski,
and Nicholas Duesbery, Grand Valley State University, and Van Andel Research Institute
Session 2 - Friday Afternoon
Substrate Specificity in the Subtilisin-like Proprotein Convertases: A Role for Acidic Amino Acids
Adjacent to the Site of Endoproteolytic Cleavage in Proproteins. Sandhya Chaudhari*, Natalie Duckett*,
Jenifer Mayrberger, and Joseph F. Sucic, University of Michigan—Flint
Purification of Recombinant Proprotein Convertase 7. Nicole Brown*, Jeremy Lynd, Jeremy R. Hogg, and
Joseph F. Sucic, University of Michigan—Flint
CD72 is Associated with Kidney Cancer. Sunita Borse, Yawei Sun, and Bing Yang*, Saginaw Valley State
University
Botany & Plant Ecology
Chair: Gary K. Greer, Grand Valley State University
Vice-Chair: Scott Herron, Ferris State University
Session 1 -- Friday Morning
Life on the Edge: Do Edge Effects Allow Exotic Species to Invade Forest Fragments? Charlotte M. Reemts
and Peter G. Murphy, Michigan State University
Blocking the Gibberillin Pathway Inhibits Morphological Development of the Fern Osmunda regalis. April
Rebert, Joe DeVol, Margaret Dietrich and Gary Greer, Grand Valley State University
Effects of Exogenous Cytokinin Application on Morphological Development of the Fern Osmunda
regalis. Joe DeVol, April Rebert, Gary Greer and Margaret Dietrich, Grand Valley State University
Pb-EDTA Complex in the Roots, Stems, and Leaves of Brassica rapa using Transmission Electron
Microscopy and X-ray Analysis. Sally Shepardson, Erik Krueger and David Karpovich. Saginaw Valley
State University
Taxomic Implications for Epicuticular Wax Morphology of Three Salix Species. Jacob L. Maurer and
Ranessa L. Cooper, Hillsdale College
Phylogeny of the Genus Pycnanthemum Michx. (Lamiaceae) Based on nrITS DNA Sequence Data: Insight
on the Origin of Polyploids in the Virginianum Complex. Rachel Williams, Michigan State University
Flora of the Lapeer State Game Area. Joshua C. Springer and Bruce D. Parfitt, University of MichiganFlint
An Inventory of Michigan Flora from a Re-vegetated Mining Site in Grand Mere State Park. Brooke E.
Wolfert and Ranessa L. Cooper, Hillsdale College
An Herbarium Study of Alaska's Southcentral Region. Kaitlin J. Solmonson and Ranessa L. Cooper,
Hillsdale College
Cinema Studies
Chair: Peter S. Porter, Eastern Washington University
Vice-Chair: Heather Addison, Western Michigan University
MOVIES AND CULTURE
Freedom to Commit Ultraviolence: Mel Gibson and Braveheart. Toni Perrine, Grand
Valley State University
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! A Framework of Animal Representation in
Movies. Pete Porter, Eastern Washington University
"Mother, Don't Be Quaint": Victorianism, Modernity, and Hollywood Motherhood.
Heather Addison, Western Michigan University
EAST MEETS WEST
Films for Young Viewers: Girl's Images and Representations of Cultures. Shu Ching
Hsu. Eastern Michigan University
Concerning Interconnectivity in New Taiwanese Cinema. George Wietor, Grand
Valley State University
Further West of Everything: Shifting Gender Roles in the American Western Film.
Bruce Closser, Andrews University
QUESTIONS OF EXHIBITION AND RECEPTION
Live Presentations in Motion Picture Theaters and Their Effects on Film Audiences.
Henry B. Aldridge, Eastern Michigan University
Moving pictures: Pictures Aren't the Only Things Moving. Lisa Fehsenfeld, Grand
Valley State University
The Film Spectator and the Cognitive Unconscious. Carl Plantinga, Calvin College
Communication
Chair. Patric R. Spence, Wayne State University
Session 1
Presider: Patric R. Spence
CULTURE, MEDIA & COMMUNICATION
Welcome
Mediated Communication Choices: Cultural, Gender, and Age Implications. James Christian, University
of South Carolina
International Crises and American Public Opinion- Slavery and Genocide in Sudan. Maha Bashri, Roger
Williams University
A Revisit of Women in Public Relations: Women in Public Relations Journal, 1973-1983. Jing Jiang,
University of South Carolina
Parity in Employment in Newsrooms: A Study of Newspaper Content. John Arnold, Wayne State
University
From Redneck to High-tech: The Changing Face of the NASCAR Fan. Denise Oles, Wayne State
University
Representations of Teen Sexuality on the WB: 7th Heaven and Gilmore Girls. Emily Anzicek, Wayne
State University
Session 2
Presider: Patric R. Spence
APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
AI (artificial intelligence) Methodology and Aesthetics. Amanda Windle, West Thames College,
Middlesex
Ethical Issues in the Communication and Storage of Human Subjects Data. N. Gallaher*, University of
Michigan and Patric Spence, Wayne State University
COMPUTERS
Chair: Aby Tehranipour, Eastern Michigan University
Vice-Chair: Ranjan Chaudhuri, Eastern Michigan University
Session 1- Friday morning
Bridging the gap between conceptual and implementation models. Krish Narayanan* and Shreya
Ramaswamy, Eastern Michigan University
Team-Based Learning (TBL) in Computer Science. John A. Hawley, III, Alma College
Defining the Local Health of Recommender Systems. Sun-mi Kirn* and Benjamin J. Keller, Eastern
Michigan University
The Dining Philosophers: Will they eat or go hungry? David J. Powers, Northern Michigan University
Signal Design for Wireless Data Links Using Space-Time Trellis Codes and CPM. Ali R. Ahmadi* and
Raveendra K. Rao, The University of Western Ontario
2D Mouse to 3D Mouse. Thomas Beckmann and Susan Haynes*, Eastern Michigan University
Session 2- Friday afternoon
Research on Pair Programming- An Annotated Bibliography. Joseph T. Chao* and Sushma Anaparthi,
Bowling Green State University
A Teaching/Learning Tool for Visualizing Memory Use Caused by Java Program. Brad J. Hovinga, Alma
Colleage
Semi-supervised Learning in Machine Learning. Morteza Marzjarani, Saginaw Valley State University
Multi-Mode Asymmetric Continuous Phase Chirp Signals for Data Transmission. Bhumi A. Dave* and
Raveendra K. Rao, The University of Western Ontario
Turing Machines as Teaching Aids: Alleviating confusion for undergraduates. Michael L. Lemke,
Northern Michigan University
Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) in Libraries. Daniel Fidel Ferrer, Central Michigan University
Enhancement for IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control Protocol. Hao-Wei Chen and Aby Tehranipour*,
Eastern Michigan University
Economics
Chair: Julie Granthen
Session 1 Friday Morning
Risk Management of Michigan's College and Endowment Funds. David Basterfield and Thomas Bundt,
Hillsdale College
Road Kill on the On-Ramp: Entering Students and the Most Vulnerable Time in Higher Education.
Harold Hotelling, Lawrence Technological University
Fractional Monetary Dynamics. Zuhair Al-Fakhouri, Oakland University
The Rate of Interest or the Rate of Return: Estimating Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution. Fuad
Hasanov, Oakland University
Do Tax Changes Affect the Unemployment Rate? Kenneth Burger, Oakland University
Does Educational Attainment Affect A State’s Crime Rate? Aaron Boettcher, Oakland University
Education
Chair: Roger Wilson, Grand Valley State University
Vice-Chair: Edward A. Gallagher, Oakland Community College
Session 1 - Friday, March 4th
1.1 ASSESSMENT
Parents as Partners in Authentic Assessment for Language Delayed Children. Beverly Schumer,
University of Michigan-Flint
A Descriptive Study of Pre-service Teachers' Articulation of the Role of Pre-Testing to Effective
Instruction. Martha Baiyee, Eastern Michigan University
Research in Concept Mapping as an Assessment Strategy. Navaz Bhavnagri and Victoria Skrisson,*
Wayne State University
1.2 - STRATEGIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: PANEL DISCUSSION
Mentoring Ideas That Make a Difference. Linda McCrea,* Grand Valley State University and Tricia
McCrea, Forest Hills Public Schools (MI)
Differentiating Instruction to Meet Students' Learning Needs. Jacque Melin, Grand Valley State
University
Strategies for Understanding and Connecting Concepts in English/Language Arts and Social Studies
with Standards. Barbara Reinken, Grand Valley State University
Using Inquiry to Teach Science. Loretta Konecki, Grand Valley State University
1.3- FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
The Role of Grammatical Instruction Within Communicative Language Teaching Amongst Chinese ESL
Students. Min Zeng, University of Windsor
The Impact of First Language Development on Second Language Learning in Early Childhood. James
Kwaku Bukari, Purdue University
Developing a Compassionate Curriculum: The Effects of an Infant/Toddler Curriculum on the Literacy
Development of Non-English Speaking Children in Canada. Lena Mangoff, University of Windsor
Implications of the Use of Thinking Styles in the Foreign Language Classroom: The Case of the Ricks
Center for Gifted Children (Denver, CO). Nicole Stinson, University of Michigan-Flint
Session 2 - Friday
2.1 - EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP: PANEL DISCUSSION
Inclusive School Renewal: Creating Effective Schools for All Students. Michael Peterson Wayne State
University & Whole Schooling Consortium
A Key Ingredient to Whole Schooling: Developing Teachers' Understandings of Citizenship and Civics
Education. Ethan Lowenstein, Eastern Michigan University
International Exchange to Promote Democratic Citizenship Education in Emerging Democracies. Joe
Bishop, Eastern Michigan University
2.2 - SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Seeing School Violence Through the Lenses of the Participant Observer. Benedicta Egbo, University of
Windsor
Preventing School Violence Through Peace Education - The PEERS Program. Lisa Pescara-Kovach*, Vicki
Dagostino-Kalmz and Martu Fleishman, University of Toledo
Perceptions of Ethnic Violence in Michigan Schools. Suleiman M. Hamdan, Wayne State University and
Wayne RESA
2.3 - TEACHER QUALITY
Teaching Plan: A Teacher Test. Zongmm Kang* and Gregory E. Stone, University of Toledo
Teacher Testing: The Ontario (Canada) Experience, 1999-2004. Larry Glassford, University of Windsor
Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap in Teaching. Adnan Salhi, Saginaw Valley State University
2.4 - FUTURE TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL FUTURES
Liberal Arts in a Professional School of Education: Carving a Niche, Raising the Bar.
Robert L Osgood, Indiana University/Purdue University
Anticipatory Autonomy in Education: A Futuristic Critique. Albert Walker, Western Michigan University
Session 3 - Friday
3.1 - MULTICULTURALISM, DIVERSITY & PEDAGOGY
Justice, Friendship and Contemplation at a Time of War: The Pedagogy of Jean Vanier and L'Arche. Anne
Escrader, University of Western Ontario
Advancing Social Responsibility: Are We There Yet? Susan F. Carson, Grand Valley State University
Diversity in Teacher Development and Educational Studies at Oakland University. Timothy G. Larrabee*
and Karen Bolak, Oakland University
3.2 – INSTRUCTION
Student and Faculty Perceptions of the Use of Reflective Journal Writing in Pre-service Teaching Courses.
Guidi Yang, Lake Superior State University
The Teacher-Curriculum Relationship: A Theory Grounded in Teacher Perceptions of the Ontario
(Canada) Curriculum Reform. Laura Tryssenaar, University of Western Ontario.
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers in Large Classes Using Active Learning. Noel Williams, University of
Windsor.
Reciprocal Teaching: An All Purpose Reading Improvement Strategy Useful in a NCLB World. Carolyn J.
Carter, Eastern Michigan University.
3.3 - ISSUES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION #1
Homeless Mothers in Special Education Collaboration: An Urban Myth? John Palladino, Eastern
Michigan University
The Role of the Teacher Assistant: Nudging Students with Learning Disabilities. Ruthanne Tobin,
University of Windsor
Two Crucial Considerations in the Inclusion Process. Sakui Malakpa, University of Toledo
School Social Workers and Special Education Teachers: Establishing Collaborative
Relationships. Mark Glesler* and John Palladino, Eastern Michigan University
Session 4 - Friday
4.1 - DYNAMIC INSTRUCTION - Full Session
It Takes a Whole Village to Prepare a Teacher: Using Pop Culture as Dynamic Pedagogical and
Assessment Tools to Reach All Learners. Elizabeth K. Johnson, Eastern Michigan University and Mary
Kathleen Walsh, Extreme Teaching for Extreme Times, LLC
4.2 - SPECIAL EDUCATION ISSUES #2
Factors Affecting the Retention of Special Education Teachers. Sherry DeMik, Purdue University
Bridging the Gap Between Secondary Content and Special Education Program Preparation: A Case
Study. John Palladino* and Joanne Caniglia, Eastern Michigan University
The Evolution of Special Education Policy in Ontario, 1968-2004. David Young [NEEDS
INSTITUTIONAL AFFLIAITION]
Session 5 - Saturday
5.1 - ETHNICITIES AND PERCEPTIONS OF OTHERS
Ethnocognitive Diversity: Reconceptualizing Inclusion in Curricula, Pedagogy and Assessment.
Ashimuneze Heanacho, Central Michigan University
The Contemporary Cultural Marginalization of Asian Americans on Prime Time Television. Kate Van
Oosten, Purdue University
Perceptions and Attitudes of Korean Immigrant Preschool Parents on Educating Their Children in
America. Myung-sook Koh*, Indiana University South Bend and Sunwoo Shin, South Bend Community
School Corporation
Liberian Refugee Family in America: A New Chapter in the Diaspora. Naomi Jeffery Peterson, Indiana
University South Bend
ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
Comprehensive School Reform: On Site in Rural Michigan. Douglas Busman, Grand Valley State
University
The Effect of Participation in Service Learning on Student Academic Success. Raymond Francis* and
Michael Magarrey, Central Michigan University
From the Classroom to the School: Toward Understanding the Viability of 'Learning in Community.' John
Barnett* and Gerald Fallon, University of Western Ontario
Striving for Control: An Exploration of Albert Bandura's Work on Human Capabilities and Self-Efficacy
Beliefs in Educational Contexts. Tim Cowan, University of Western Ontario
5.3 - THE MIND, THE BODY AND EDUCATION
"Patient Profiles" in Action in the K-12 Classroom: Impact in Effective Teaching of Biology, Health and
Human Biology. Gary M. Lange,* Nicole Ruhanen, and Nicholas Rethman, Saginaw Valley State
University
Teachers' Knowledge of Facts and Myths About Suicide: Implications for Teacher Education. Michael G.
MacDonald, Oakland University
Advances in Brain Research; Implications for Educators. Sue A. Stickel, Eastem Michigan University
Evidence-Based Education and Randomized Trials: Gold Standard or Red Herring? Eileen S. Johnson,
Oakland University
Session 6 - Saturday
6.1 - THE PERSON IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE
Authentic Learning in Leadership Preparation Programs. Aurora M. Chase, Indiana University, South
Bend
Advancing the Role of School Administrators in Foster Care Collaboration. John Palladino,* Eastern
Michigan University and Jean Haar, Minnesota State University at Mankato
A Sense of Purpose and Mission: The Ethical Belief Statement. Ilene L. Ingram, Oakland University
The Impact of Government Policy Changes on Ontario (Canada) Principals. Peter Durksen, University of
Western Ontario
6.2 - THE MUSICAL ARTS
The Musical Instrument Selection Process: What's A Teacher To Do? Jonathon Bayley, University of
Windsor
Three Historical Transcriptions: Orchestration and Improvisation in Early Jazz (1923-1928). Colton
Weatherston, Wayne State University
How Smart Are We? Reflections on Howard Gardner's Theory of Musical Intelligence, Jonathon Bayley,
University of Windsor
6.3 - ISSUES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Formal Proofs in Geometry: Influences on Equity in Mathematics Education. Lecretia A Buckley, Purdue
University
If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, Documentaries Say More: Meeting the Challenge of
Documenting Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematical Processes and Dispositions. Terri Swim and Alice
Merz, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Teachers Making Meaning of Equity Within a High School Mathematics Department. Lecretia A. Buckley,
Purdue University
Environmental Science & Ecology
Chair: James P. Dunn, Grand Valley State University
Session 1 - Friday morning
A Preliminary Report on the Sex Ratio of Great Lakes Zebra Mussels (Dreissena
polymorpha) Using Histological Techniques. Jannifer Tyrell*, Jennifer Watson*, Johnathan
Khoury, Stephen Tack. Kelly Buxman, David Stanton and Richard Trdan, Saginaw Valley State
University
Population Genetics of Great Lakes Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Johnathan
Khoury*. Stephanie Tack*, Jennifer Watson, Jessica Bentoski, Jannifer Tyrell, David Stanton and Richard
Trdan, Saginaw Valley State University
Assessing CAFO Impacts in Agricultural Drainage Systems. Mark P. Oemke*, Murray C.
Borrello, Lissa Snowden and Alyssa Parley, Alma College
The Effects of Euhrychiopsis lecontei (Deetz) on Macrophyte Populations in a Northern
Michigan Mesoeutrophic Lake. Catherine Walker, Cornerstone University
Gear Bias in Fyke Nets: Evaluation Soak Time, Fish Density and Predators. Matthew J.
Breen* and Carl Ruetz III, Grand Valley State University
Arthropod Abundance Following Prescribed Burns in a Mixed Pine-Oak Forest of Central
Texas. Stephen Taber, Saginaw Valley State University
The Effects of Land Use Practices on the Reptile and Amphibian Inhabitants of the Lower
Rouge River Watershed. David A. Mifsud, University of Michigan- Dearborn
Plant Diversity and Biogeochemistry Across a Wetland Inundation Gradient at Sleeping
Bear Sand Dune National Lakeshore. Justin Liefer* and Eric Snyder, Grand Valley State University
Population Genetics of Saginaw County Mecoptera (Insecta). Ailey Lovejoy* and David J.
Stanton, Saginaw Valley State University
Michigan's Fish Contamination Monitoring Program: Data analysis and regulatory program implications,
Kathleen R. Fairchild* and Thomas K. Rohrer, Central Michigan University
French Language, Literature & Culture
Chair: Matthew Hilton-Watson, The University of Michigan - Flint
Vice-Chair: Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich. The University of Michigan-Dearborn
Session I - Friday morning
Chair: Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich
ETUDES FRANCOPHONES
The Québécois Landscape as Seen through the Eyes of a Child in Charles le Téméraire by Yves Beauchemin.
Matthew Hilton-Watson, The University of Michigan – Flint
L’esclavage de l’enfant soldat dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma. Kahiudi Claver Mabana,
University of the West Indies
Les Relations “intra-raciales” dans l’œuvre de Maryse Condé: De l’idéologie du mythe à sa réalité. Hanétha
Dupé-Vété-Congolo, Bowdoin College
CULTURE: CULTURAL ISSUES I
Chair: Ken McKellar
Identities Made in Marseille. Chong J. Wojtkowski, CUNY
Et si la négritude pouvait être la clé pour un espoir de paix entre peuples noirs? Judith Sinanga Ohlmann,
University of Windsor
Enlevez ce foulard que je ne saurais voir. Brigitte Hamon-Porter, Hope College
LA QUESTION FEMME
Chair: Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich
Knowledge of the Buried Treasure: George Sand’s Jeanne. Caroline Jumel, Oakland University
The Greatest Hunger: Identity in Maryse Condé’s Histoire de la femme cannibale. Deborah Barnard Kahri,
University of Tennessee
The Politics of Power in Madeleine de Scudéry’s La Promenade de Versailles. Peg Trotzke, University of
Michigan – Dearborn
AN EXAMINATION OF CHRISTINE LANTIER IN THE MASTERPIECE (L’ŒUVRE)
Chair: Matthew Hilton-Watson
Sit, Stay, Pose – Good Girl: Claude’s Treatment of Christine in Chapter 1 of Zola’s The Marsterpiece. Safa
Al-Dabagh, University of Michigan – Flint
“Nothing More or Less than a Kind of Living Dummy;” The Objectification of Christine in Zola’s The
Masterpiece. Brendan Yonke, The University of Michigan – Flint
“The Bitternesess I’ve Had to Swallow:” Christine Lantier’s Demise in The Masterpiece. Ashley Boys, The
University of Michigan – Flint
EARLY MODERN LITERATURE
Chair: Peg Trotzke
Petrarchism Revisited. Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich, The University of Michigan – Dearborn
Quel XVIIe siècle? Une remise en question de notre vision de s œuvres “classiques.” Stella Spriet,
Queen’s University
Les sentences dans l’Astrée d’Honoré d’Urfé. Kahiudi Claver Mabana, University of the West Indies
CULTURE: CULTURAL ISSUES II
Chair: Matthew Hilton-Watson
A Refugees' Story: French Protestants Seeking Refuge in England after the Revocation of the Edict of
Nantes. Severine Collignon, Michigan State University
How to Ask the Favor of Someone You've Insulted. Paul O'Donnell, University of Michigan-Flint
Mapping Sicily: From Postcoloniality to Neo-Metaphorization. Dagmar Reichardt, University of Bremen
Session II – Friday afternoon
PEDAGOGY & LINGUISTICS
Chair: Matthew Hilton-Watson
Motivational Techniques for French Oral Language Classes. Marie-Anne Visoi, University of Toronto
Writing and Identity: Aspects of Linguistic Semiology in Le Roman de la Rose. Gérard A. Beck, Michigan
State University
“Des mets au mots”: une approche pédagogique des habitudes culinaires françaises. Isabelle Alvarez,
Hope College
NINETEENTH & TWENTIETH CENTURIES LITERATURE I
Chair: Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich
Entre le signe et l’image: Beaudelaire et Tournier. Ken McKellar, King’s University College
Poetry and the Sensitive World: A Comparative Perspective on Poetic Course – Arthur Rimbaud, William
Blake & Sohrab Sepehry. Negin Tahvildary, Cardiff School of European Studies
La Réprésentation du héros dans Un Prêtre marié de Barbey d’Aurevilly. Amy C. Parker, University of
Toronto
LES ÉCRIVAINS VOYAGEURS DU XXÈME SIÈCLE
Chair: Isabelle Alvarez
Amelie Nothomb, Denisa Alexandrescu, Hope College.
Jean Marie Le Clezio. Daniela Banu, Hope College.
Saint-Exupery. Ann Bast, Hope College.
NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES LITERATURE II
Chair: Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich
L’Etranger: memoirs ou monologue? Marie-Anne Visoi, University of Toronto
Camus and Sartre: Two Views on Colonialism and the Struggle for Independence in Algeria. Vivan
Steemers, Michigan State University
L’Affrontement de deux paradigmes: de l’individualisme et du personnalisme dans La conscience de Zeno
d’Italo Svevo et dans Le Planétarium de Nathalie Serraute. Lidia Uziel, Université de Montréal
Michigan after a Global Disaster – An Analysis of Naufrage à Munising, A Post-Apocalyptic French Novel.
Robert P. Holley, Wayne State University.
Geography
Chair: Gergory Veeck
Co-Chair: Robert V. Brady
Session 1 Friday Morning
Presider: Gregory Veeck
GEOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF MICHIGAN AGRICULTURE
The Bedding Plant Industry of Kalamazoo County. Meagan Duever, Western Michigan University
Recent Growth and Distribution of Michigan's Forest Based Manufacturing. C. Howard Richardson,
Central Michigan University
The Apple Industry in 2005: A Comparison of Michigan and Qingdao, China. Greg Veeck and Liu
Zhiyang, Western Michigan University and Qingdao Academy of Social Sciences
Session 2
PLANNING & URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Preserving Our Heritage: The Conservation of Ann Arbor's Old West Side. Devon Akmon, Eastern
Michigan University
Life at the Top of the World. Teresa Bertossi, Northern Michigan University
Gentrification and the Influence of Local Government in the Laissez-Faire City: Houston. Angelo
Podagrosi, Michigan State University
Michigan: Number One For Technology? E. Frederick, Michigan State University
Session 3
Presider: Robert Brady
TOPICS IN SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
The Internet's Impact on Buying Antiques: A Psycho-Social Perspective. Jeffrey J. Gordon* and Esther S.
Beckmann, Bowling Green State University and Esther S. Beckmann, Inc.
Obese Patients' Self-Perception: A Social-Environmental Context. Esther S. Beckmann* and Jeffrey J.
Gordon, Esther S Beckmann, Inc. and Bowling Green University
Life Pace Set Point: A Behavioral Geographic Concept. Gabriel J. Cherem, Eastern Michigan University
TOPICS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Climates of the Dominican Republic. Craig S. Ehler, Central Michigan University
A Variety of Factors that Control the Development of Landforms on Earth and Other Celestial Objects.
Robert V. Brady, Ferris State University
Water as a Public Trust Resource, Diane O’Connell, Schoolcraft College
Geology
Chair: Ed Hansen, Hope College
Session I
Morphologies of the Coastal Dune Complexes along the Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan. Ed Hansen,
Hope College
Developing Management Strategies for North Beach Park's Active Parabolic Dune, Ottawa County.
Michigan. Kristin Jamieson, Calvin College
Eolian Sand in Lacustrine Sediments: A Proxy for Relative Water Levels of Lake Michigan. Kelly Weyer,
University of Toledo
Eolian Deposition in a Small Lake within a Lake Michigan Coastal Dune Complex. Emily Timmons, Hope
College
Poster: Stratigraphy of Vertebrate-Fossil Beds, Black Fork Member, Bridger Formation, Eocene, SW WY.
John Van Regenmorter, Grand Valley State University
Deformation in the Spine of the Ada Bible Church Mastodon. Ryan Bebej, Calvin College
Enterospirae, Coprolites, and Fish Remains in the Michigan Formation: Visean of Western Michigan. John
van Regenmorter, Grand Valley State University
Glacial Landforms and Exotics Surface Rocks of the Huron Valley, Oakland County, Michigan. J.M.
Zawiskie, Cranbrooke Institute of Science
Mineralogy of Sand Grains From Tills along the Southeastern Coast of Lake Michigan. Kieko Kito, Hope
College
Session II
Geology Section Field Trip (Details to be Announced)
Germanic Languages & Literature
Chair: Jennifer Redmann, Kalamazoo College
Vice-Chair: James Lamse, Calvin College
Session 1A: Friday.
Inside and Outside: The Difficulty to Situate Identity in Franz Grillparzer 's Die Ahnfrau. Reika Ebert,
Murray State University
Schnupftabak und Wachskerzen: the Irrelevant Pastors in Gerhart Hauptmann's Einsame Menschen and
Die Weber. Mary Buteyn, Calvin College
Backfisch in the Big City: Else Ury's Nesthäkchen Books and the Education of Young Girls in the Weimar
Republic. Jennifer Redmann, Kalamazoo College
Metaphors of Silence in "DOS Lied Vunem Ojsgehartegn Jidischn Volk." Joshua Bousquette, Alma College
Session 1B: Friday.
Duty and the Re-enchantment of Middle Class Life: Weber, Lukács, and Mann in Dialogue. Michael
André, University of Michigan
Embodying Weimar: Otto Dix's Krüppelbilder. Julian Nelson, The Catholic University of America
Walter Kempowski: The Conscience of 20th Century Germany - The Appeal of one of Germany's Most distinguished Contemporary Authors Carla A. Damiano, Eastern Michigan University
Habermas and Hilbig, Literary Rationality and the Aesthetics of Authenticity: The Case of PostUnification Germany. David Colclasure, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Blue Eyes in a Black World: The Difference Between the Destitute and the Rich. Kevin Kennedy,
Appalachian State University
Session 2: Friday, March 4, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Auf geht's! An Innovative Approach to First Year German. Lee Forester, Hope College
Culture Learning According to ACTFL and the AATG. Past, Present and Future. Pennylyn DykstraPruim, Calvin College & University of Michigan
Designing Courses on the Brothers Grimm. Marc Pierce, University of Michigan
The Literary Value of the Online Concordance of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. Margrit V. Zinggeler,
Eastern Michigan University
Health & Human Services
Co-Chair: Richard L. Douglass, Eastern Michigan University
Co-Chair: Peggy Alford-Trewn, Eastern Michigan University
Co-Chair:Roberto E. Torres-Zeno, University of Puerto Rico
Friday Morning
Perceptions of Hospital Administrators on the Nursing Shortage Crisis. Gladys Canety, Sarai Medina,
Angel Berrios, and Roberto E. Torres-Zeno*, University of Puerto Rico
Human Service Nonprofit Organizations and Their Involvement in State and Local Politics. Claudia
Petrescu, Eastern Michigan University
Competition and Collaboration Strategies Between United Ways and Community Foundations. David
Clifford* and Claudia Petrescu, Eastern Michigan University
Leadership, the United Nations and Food Security. Betty Brown-Chappell* and Victoria Suber, Eastern
Michigan University
SARS – Infection Control Problems and Solutions: The Case of the Toronto Outbreaks. Therese G. Long.
University of Michigan-Flint
Creating a Culture of Concern for Human Subjects. Patrick Melia*, Steven Pernecky* and Denise
Tanguay*, Eastern Michigan University DELETE THIS PRESENTATION?
Friday Afternoon
The Youngest Nurse at Annapolis: Nellie Settles In. Ellen Oliver Smith, Madonna University
Combating the Increase of HIV Infection Rates among Women in Trinidad and Tobago: The Integration
of Critical Approaches into an Effective Program. Terra L. Teague, Alma College
Pregnancy Sequelae of African-American Females Sexually Assaulted in Childhood and Adolescence.
Patricia E. Nunn, Eastern Michigan University
Violence Against Women in Prostitution: A Social Justice Issue. Celia Williamson, The University of
Toledo
Delegating Clinical Teaching to Contingent Faculty. Martha Tanicala* and Betty J. Beard. Eastern
Michigan University
Partnering with Clinical Nursing Students as a New Approach to Teaching Nursing Clinical Experiences:
Application of the Class Evaluation Throughout the Course. Diane P. Fox, Eastern Michigan University
Situation Analysis: Medicaid-Dependent Nursing Homes m Detroit. Richard L. Douglass*,William
Lavery*, Joyce Blair, Kyle Gilmore, Monica Sefankovic, Eastern Michigan University
Aging Well - Perspectives From Female African-American Elders. Peggy S. Alford, Eastern Michigan
University
Emergency Preparedness: A Foundation Course for Health Care Professionals. Sandra Nelson and
Deborah Silverman, Eastern Michigan University DELETE FROM PROGRAM?
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES INSTRUCTIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Health & Human Services Section is providing a pizza dinner (including vegetarian options) with
popcorn and beverage service for this event. All registered Academy participants are welcome. Please
have Michigan Academy registration identification for admission.
This event is sponsored, in part, by the Health Administration Students Organization, School of Health
Sciences, Eastern Michigan University
Preparing Human Service Students for Working with Gay and Lesbian Youth (26 Minute Video Produced
by Mark Ragg). D. Mark Ragg, Eastern Michigan University
Selections of classics in health and human services instruction . . . the good, the bad and the really awful!
History
Chair: Robert J. Thaler, Saginaw Valley State University
Session 1 - Friday morning
Presiding: Robert J. Thaler, Saginaw Valley State University
CELEBRATING THE BICENTENNIAL OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY, 1805-2005
I. MICHIGAN AS FRONTIER (1600-1804)
Where and When Went Jean Nicolet? A New Interpretation. Robert J. Thaler, Saginaw Valley State
University
Gabriel Godfrey's Contributions to American Settlement in Michigan. Kent McRae, Eastern Michigan
University
The Old Northwest, 1787-1848: Republican and Agrarian Values in Transition. Ray DeBruler, Western
Michigan University
I. MICHIGAN AS TERRITORY (1805-1836)
Looking Back on Pontiac from Michigan Territory: Alexander Macomb's 1826 Drama on the Siege of
Detroit. Martin W. Walsh, University of Michigan
UPPER PENINSULA HISTORY
Civil Rights in the North: Protests and Reactions on NMU's Campus. Nickolas D. Dupras, Northern
Michigan University
Upper Peninsula Folk History: John Voelker's Danny and the Boys: Some Legends of Hungry Hallow. Natalie
Scheidler, Northern Michigan University
The Job Corps Center at Northern Michigan University. Journey L. Steward, Northern Michigan
University
MUSICAL HISTORY
Three Historical Transcriptions: Orchestration and Improvisation in Early Jazz (1923-1928). Colton
Weatherston, Wayne State University
Session 2 - Friday afternoon
PERSONS IN HISTORY
Middle-class Victorian Women and Illicit Sexuality in Scotland: A Clandestined Love Affair as Revealed
by the Letters of Madeleine Smith. Rachel Laurie, University of Michigan-Flint
The Lives of Elliot Richardson: Early Mentors of a Public Servant. Thomas J. Vance, Western Michigan
University
The Youngest Nurse at Annapolis: Nellie Settles In. Ellen Oliver Smith, Madonna University
Sam J. Ervin Jr., and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Michael J. Yavenditti, Alma College
History of Science & Technology
Chair: Paul Buckingham, University of Saint Francis
Vice-Chair: Gary M. Lange, Saginaw Valley State University
Session 1 - Friday Morning
SCIENCE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Misconceptions Within and Outside Science About Science. Albert Plaush, Saginaw Valley State
University
The Citizenship/Technology Nexus. David L. Boggs, Eastern Michigan UniversitySession 2 - Friday Afternoon
ASTRONOMY
Venus and the End of the World, Gonzalo Munévar, Lawrence Technological University
Nature and Networking in Nineteenth-Century American Astronomy: Ormond Stone's Disciplines at the
Cincinnati Observatory. Keith Snedegar, Utah Valley State University
MICHIGAN CONNECTIONS
"Schneirla's Theory" of Behavioral Biology: Contrasting Traditional Concepts With Current Approaches.
Gary M. Lange, Saginaw Valley State University
An Overview of the History of Polybrominated Biphenyl Exposure in Michigan Residents: Current
Research Suggests Problems Remain. Rose M. Lange* and Gary M. Lange, Saginaw Valley State
University
WOMEN IN SCIENCE
The soul of DNA: The Life and Work of Sister Miriam Michael Stimson, OP. Jun Tsuji. Siena Heights
University
SCIENCE ON THE PERIPHERY
Herman Mark, European Jewish Refugee Chemist, as a Mobilizer of Polymers Science from Periphery to
Mainstream Science. Yael Epstein, Michigan State University
Man on the Periphery: Value, Meaning, and Charles R. Knight's "Cro-Magnon Artists of Southern France"
(1920). Lucian Gomoll, New York University
Language & Literature
Chair: Maureen Thum, University of Michigan-Flint
Vice-Chair: Angela Thum, University of Norte Dame
Vice-Chair: Mark Galik, Michigan State University
FRIDAY MORNING
Presider: James Chambers, Andrews University
Discussion Leader: Mark Galik, Michigan State University
ETHNICITY, IDENTITY, EXILE: TEXTS & CONTEXTS
Existential History and Ethical Challenges in W. Gass's The Tunnel. Marta Koval, Michigan State
University
Fictions of Russian Immigration in America. Anastasiya Alyeshchyeva, Stuttgart University, Germany
I Stand at an Open Door: Body and Exile in Tadeusz Borowski. Jeanie Tietjen, Brandeis University
American Dreams of Paradise, Progress, and Freedom in Philip Roth's The Human Stain and American
Pastoral. Tara Johnson, Ball State University
Beyond Socialist Realism: "Socialism by Tendency" in the Poetry of Tanure Ojaide and Wole Soyinka. Jeff
Shantz, York University
Identity in Black and White. Keturah Landrum, Andrews University
SESSION1B
FRIDAY MORNING
Presider: Robert Watson, Grand Valley State University
Discussion Leader: Maureen Thum, University of Michigan-Flint
ETHNICITY & IDENTITY: TEXT & FILM
Performance and Self in Hanif Kureshi's The Buddha of Suburbia. Robert Watson, Grand Valley State
University
Bend it like Beckham: Gurinder Chadha Puts a Kick in the Culture of Clash. Betsy Watson, Davenport
University
Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: A Comment on the Contemporary Indian Social, Political and Cultural
Scene. Edward Noronha, Saginaw Valley State University
10:00 Orientalist Fantasy or Satirical Model: Wilhelm Hauff’s Subversion of Ethnocentrism in The Caravan.
Maureen Thum, University of Michigan-Flint
RETHINKING POPULAR CULTURE: MUSIC & IMAGE
High Noon in New York City: The Gangs of New York and the Irish Immigrant Struggle against Nativism.
Angela Thum, University of Notre Dame
It Must have been the Paradox: Revelation of Beauty and Truth in the Imagery of the Grateful Dead.
Regan Tuttle, Northeastern State University
The Ballad Legacy of Bob Dylan's "Brownsville Girl." Chris Miller, Davenport University
SESSION 1C FRIDAY MORNING
Presider: Monique Pittman, Andrews University
Discussion Leader: Monique Pittman, Andrews University
SHAKESPEARE & PERFORMANCE
"I will be like the most high": Constructing and Deconstructing Biblical Imagery in Timon of Athens.
Adrienne Reading, Andrews University
Enshrouding Selfhood: Costuming in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Carin Reinsch, Andrews University
When all's done. “You look but on a stool": Pursuing Desire within Macbeth's Monarchy. Buffy Turner,
Andrews University
Rendering Macbeth: Text, Pretext, and Context. David VanDenburgh, Andrews University
CREATIVE WRITERS READING FICTION
Moderator: Chris Haven, Grand Valley State University
The Deception of Time: An Exploration of Time and Metafiction in Michael Cunningham's The Hours.
Amanda Mitchel, Grand Valley State University
The Manipulation of Emotional Effect in Contemporary Short Fiction. Amber Eby, Grand Valley State
University
SESSION 2A FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Presider: Angela Thum, University of Notre Dame
Discussion Leader: Robert Watson, Grand Valley State University
FOLK, FAIRY TALE, AND DREAM: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
The Nonstereotypical Woman: Grimms' "The Iron Stove" and Calvino's "Fanta Ghiro the Beautiful. "
Marlene Cole, University of Michigan-Flint
Silence can be Golden in the End. The Grimm Brothers' "Faithful John" and "The Six Swans." Rene
Roberts, University of Michigan-Flint
"Because it hath no Bottom": A New Look at Shakespeare's Unconventional Hero in A Midsummer Night's
Dream. Susan Damm Shaw, University of Michigan-Flint
" I will take the Ring to Mordor": Frodo Baggins as the Unconventional Hero of The Fellowship of the
Ring. Ashley Boys, University of Michigan-Flint
The Paradox of Disney's Alice in Alice in Wonderland. Billy Clifford-Nunn, University of Michigan-Flint
On the Outside Looking In: Harry Potter and the Problem of the Outsider. Sierra Fox, University of
Michigan-Flint
SESSION 2B FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Presider: Beverly Matiko, Andrews University
Discussion Leader: Beverly Matiko, Andrews University
VIRGINIA WOOLF: MARGINS & (DIS) CONNECTIONS
"A thing there was that mattered": Marking the Moment in Mrs. Dalloway. Emily Shortslef, Andrews
University
Taking the Plunge: Finding Meaning through Connections in Mrs. Dalloway. Vanessa Corredera,
Andrews University
Dr. Holmes, Sir William Bradshaw, and Septimus Warren Smith: Virginia Woolf’s Characters as
Commentary on her own Psychiatric Care. Trish Moore Bender, Andrews University
'For she had triumphed again. She had not said it; yet he knew": Woolf’s Assessment and Transcendence
of Barriers to Understanding. Michael Covarrubias, Andrews University
EXPLORING IDENTITIES
"Not I, Hank, who was juggling to us all": Homoerotic Images and Implications in Andre Dubus's We
Don't Live Here Anymore. Jim Chambers, Andrews University
The Symbolism of the Daemon Pantalaimon's Manifestations in Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.
Kathleen Allen, Eastern Michigan University
SESSION 2C FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Presider: Mark Galik, Michigan State University
Discussion Leader: Mark Galik, Michigan State University
THE PLAY’S THE THING: SHAKESPEARE & ELIZABETHAN THEATER
The Power of the Ring: Overcoming the Problems in The Merchant of Venice. Sarah Kiepper, University of
Akron
The Politics of Plays and Players: Giving a Theatrical Voice to the Political Arm of the Monarchy. Melanie
Rowand, University of Akron
A Question of Incest: An Examination of Societal Taboos in The Duchess of Malfi and 'Tis Pity She's a
Whore. Monica Lott, University of Akron
REREADING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Imagined England: Robinson Crusoe's Nationalism. Nathanael O'Reilly, Western Michigan University
Samuel Johnson's play, Irene as a "Commonplace" Book. Steve Van Der Weele, Calvin College
NATIVE LITERATURE & CULTURE
Coordinator: Melissa Hearn, Northern Michigan University
SESSION 1 FRIDAY MORNING
Presider: Melissa Hearn
Discussion Leaders: Shirley Brozzo, Kathryn Mueller
NATIVE LITERATURE: CONFLICT & BALANCE IN THE NOVELS OF LOUISE ERDRICH
Land Retention Tree Imagery Signifiers in Selected Louise Erdrich Novels. Grace
Chaillier, Northern Michigan University
Traditional versus Materialistic in Louise Erdrich's The Bingo Palace. Natalie Scheidler, Northern Michigan
University
Balance in the Style of Louise Erdrich. Becky Kratz, Northern Michigan University
The Uncanny in Native American Literature. Lee Sherlock, Michigan State University
NATIVE LITERATURE: CROSSING BORDERS
Traveling Young. Caitlin Morski, Northern Michigan University
A Choctaw Coyote in the Land of the Aztec. Melissa Hearn, Northern Michigan University
Reclaiming Cultural Identity in the Face of Integration. Alicia Boothe, Northern Michigan University
SESSION 2 FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Presider: Grace Chaillier, Northern Michigan University
Discussion Leader: Melissa Hearn
NATIVE LITERATURE: IN THE BEGINNING
Tao meets Nanabush. Kate Mueller, Northern Michigan University
Creation and Creators across Tribes. Nicolas Smith, Northern Michigan University
The Winged Spirit: Soaring and Exploring the Eagle. Melissa Conner, Northern Michigan University
NATIVE LITERATURE SURVIVAL
Presider: Kathryn Mueller, Northern Michigan University
Discussion Leader: Grace Challier, Northern Michigan University
Keeping the Traditions Alive. Peggy Shelifoe, Northern Michigan University
Tapestry: Four Generations of Anishnaabe Women. Shirley Brozzo, Northern Michigan University
Special Presentation: Blue Collar Indigenous Prose and Poetry Readings from Dog Road
Woman; Off Season City Pipe; Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer. Allison Hedge Coke, Hartwick College
Library & Information Science
Chair Ruth Helwig, Central Michigan University
Vice-Chair: Michele Behr, Western Michigan University
SESSION 1 FRIDAY MORNING
Presider: Ruth Helwig, Central Michigan University
Discussion Leader: Ruth Helwig, Central Michigan University
Information Literacy Initiatives for Off-Campus Doctoral Students at WMU. Michele D. Behr, Western
Michigan University
Invent themselves as Scholars: The Foundations and Practice of “A Scenario-based Approach to Credit
Course Instruction” for Undergraduates. Rui Wang, Central Michigan University
Brainstorming at the Reference Desk. Paula M. Storm. Eastern Michigan University
Ebooks at Western Michigan University. Randle Gedeon. Western Michigan University
Database Usage Project at EMU. Birong Ho. Eastern Michigan University
Encryption and Patron Privacy. Daniel Fidel Ferrer. Central Michigan University
SESSION 2 FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Presider: Ruth Helwig, Central Michigan University
Discussion Leader: Ruth Helwig, Central Michigan University
Library Advocacy and Librarian Salaries. Kristy Padron, Wayne State University and Lothar Sprang,
Wayne State University
Costs and Benefits of Participating in LibQUAL+: An Overview Based on the Westem Michigan
University Experience. Galen Rike, Western Michigan University, Barbara Cockrell, Western Michigan
University, and Bradford Dennis, Western Michigan University
Time for Scholarly Activity for Academic Librarians. Sandy Folsom, Central Michigan University
Catalogers, Curators, and Web Designers: A Collaborative Model for Digital Projects. Frances
Krempasky, Wayne State University
What They Didn't Tell You About Electronic Ordering. Ruth Helwig, Central Michigan University
Medieval Studies
Chair: Halina Didycky Minadeo, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Session 1 - Friday morning,
Pedagogical Practices Among Jews and Early Christians. Steve Van Der Weele, Calvin College
Pope John XXII and the Lives of the Saints. Thomas Renna, Saginaw Valley State University
"Caeleste Signum Dei.” Kenneth R. Walters, Wayne State University
Sex, Violence and Saints' Images: Paul Verhoeven's Flesh and Blood. Martin W. Walsh, University of
Michigan
Session 2 - Friday afternoon
“My name is Marie and I come from France": Unveiling the Life and Literature of Marie de France through
the Lais. Theresa Anne Jordan, Wayne State University
De casibus Icons and King Richard II. Halina Didycky Minadeo, University of Michigan-Dearborn
The Problematic Link between the Dreamer's Reading and his Dream in Chaucer's Parliament of Fowls.
Basil A. Clark, Saginaw Valley State University
Philosophy
Paul M. Hughes, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Morning
Because I Said So: The Relationship Between Language and Power April
Hall, Eastern Michigan University
Language Games of Science: Biological Classification. Thomas E
Wallenmaier, Henry Ford Community College
Beyond Kierkegaard: Reverence and the Fourth Mode of Existence.
Michael L. Lemke, Northern Michigan University
Reflections on Kierkegaard. Caitlin Dunn. Kalamazoo College.
Afternoon
Cross-cultural Conceptions of Sexual Harassment: India. Margaret A. Crouch, Eastern Michigan
University.
Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche on Freedom. William C. Dickinson, Kalamazoo
College
Lived-Personhood and the Other. Phillip Lewin, Grand Valley State University.
Political Science
Chair: Edward A. Gallagher, Independent Scholar
Friday Afternoon
Letting Go Is Hard to Do: The U.S. State Department and the Philippine Islands, 1945-1947. Hal M.
Friedman, Henry Ford Community College
Gender and Politics in Michigan. Jeremy L. Eccles, Baker College
Wetland Mitigation Trade-offs and Information Treatment Effects. Michael D. Kaplowitz, Frank Lupi,
and John Hoehn, Michigan State University
Being Targeted for Recall . . .’And How Did That Make You Feel’? Jane Sabes, Andrews University
Craigen vs. Diggs: Fight for Control of the Michigan Federated Democratic Club. Kathryn L. Beard,
Wayne State University
Improving Our Nation’s Education: Benefits of Diversity in the Classroom. Rob Bielby, University of
Michigan-Flint
The Hungarian Left and the 2003 EU Accession Referendum,” Barnabas Racz, Eastern Michigan
University
Rhetoric & Composition
Chair: William L. Knox
Vice-Chair: Kendra L. Matko
Friday morning
Presider: William L. Knox
LITERACY LEARNING CENTERS AND COMMUNITIES
Language and Literacy: Black Vernacular English, Hip Hop, and Upper Middle Class White Males. Jill M.
McKay, Michigan State University
Argument Through the Back Door: Compelling Evidence in the Lying Web Page. Kendra L. Matko,
Michigan State University
Service Learning in the Freshman Composition Classroom. Heidi A. Stevenson, Northern Michigan
University
Presider: Kendra L. Matko
Beginning Writer Pedagogy and the Autobiographical Act: Using Autobiography and Memoir to
Develop an Authorial voice in the Multicultural Instructional Setting. Ann Modzelewski, University of
California—Riverside
Extending the Writing Space: ESL Writers and the Writing Center. Jill M. McKay, Michigan State
University
Second Language Learners in Writing Centers—Some Tutoring strategies. Erin Knoche Laverich
Section 2a—Friday afternoon
Presider: Kenra L. Matko
SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND CROSS-CURRICULAR WRITING
New Trends in Translation from Chinese to English and Emerging Technical Communication in China.
Kang Sun, Bowling Green State University
A Dual-Assessment Approach to Report Drafting in Upper-Level Engineering Courses. Rob Sulewski,
University of Michigan
Learning to Read and Write Scientific Articles Through Rhetorical Analysis. Terri Trupiano Barry,
Michigan State University
A Class Exercise for Developing Student Skills in Writing Organization. Rob Sulewski, University of
Michigan
Section 2b—Friday afternoon
Presider: William L. Knox
LITERARY, POPULAR, AND POLITICAL INFLUENCES ON COMPOSITION
Intentional fallacy: The Dominance of New Criticism in Workshops. Kathryn Mueller, Northern Michigan
University
Write the Movies! Casey J. Rudkin, University of Akron
Are the Dominoes Already Falling?: The Impact of Larger High School Class Size on College
Composition. William L. Knox, Northern Michigan University
Sociology
Dr. Elson Boles, Saginaw Valley State University
Dr. Vanessa Middleton, Wayne State University
SESSION 1
FRIDAY MORNING
Co-Chair: Dr. Elson BoleS
Co-Chair: Dr. Vanessa Middleton
Fun in Late Capitalism: Erving Goffman and the U.S. Cultural Economy. Steve Sherlock, Saginaw Valley
State University
The Relationship Between Violent Crime and Support for Death Penalty Law. Dr. Steven Stack, Wayne
State University
When the Final Bell Tolls: Patterns of Church Closings in Two Protestant Denominations Dr. Kevin D.
Doughtery and Brian Vander Lugt, Calvin College
Stereotypes of Black Women in Film and Popular Culture. Melissa Stacer, Saginaw
Valley State University
Communication and Symbolic Interaction of Animals – Mead’s Misconception. Amie J. Schember
Spanish Language, Literature & Culture
Chair: Dr. Margarita Krakusin, Alma College
Vice-Chair: Dr. Deborah Dougherty, Alma College
Session 1 Friday morning
LITERATURA HISPÁNICA
Presiding:Dr. Norma Richardson. Central Michigan University
La integración del criado en cinco novelas españolas del Siglo de Oro. Angélica Silva, Michigan State University
La realidad como ficción: Reflexiones sobre la representación visual de Don Quijote. Sergio AlvarezUribe, Alma College
La Quijotización de Sancho. Elaine J. Navia, Andrews University
Don Quijote de la Mancha Hidalgo o Caballero? A Case of Seventeenth-Century Identity Theft.
Richardson, Central Michigan University
Norma
Through the “I” of the Other: Cross-Gender Narration in Rodoreda’s Quanta, quanta guerra. Cynthia G.
Slagter, Calvin College
Christ in the City: Christian Hemeneutics in the Work of Ignacio Solares. Rafael H. Mojica, University of
Michigan-Flint
Session 2 Friday morning
LITERATURA HISPANOAMERICANA
Presiding: Dr. Aldona Pubutsky, Oakland University
Corporeidad y enfermedad en Gambaro, en Shua y en Mercado. Dianne M. Zandstra, Calvin College
Utopía y subversion en Mal de Amores de Angeles Mastretta. Margarita Krakusin, Alma College
Drugs, Guns, and Action in Rosario Tijeras de Jorge Franco Ramos. Aldona Pobutsky, Oakland University .
A Poetic License to Translate: Extension of Metaphor in the English Translation of Ruth, la que huyó de la Biblia.
Deborah A. Dougherty, Alma College
Math: A Family Affair in Latino Communities. Cristina Jose Kampfner, Eastern Michigan University
Session 3
Friday Afternoon
LITERATURA, LENGUA Y CULTURA
Presiding: Dr. Dianne Zandstra, Calvin College
The Utility of Argentina’s Debt Leverage. Kelli Bissett, Alma College
Santa Teresa de Jesús y Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Estrategias y objetivos. Shabnam Mirsaeedi-Farahani. Alma
College
Virgen Corpses and Dead Babies: The Roles and Representation of Women in Federico García Lorca's Yerma.
Gregory Storms, University of Michigan -Flint
Seres Invisibles:Costa Rica y su población indígena. Vanessa Jiménez. Alma College
Zoology Section
Color Change in Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginatd) Reared on
Dark and Light Substrates. Ruth Howell, John W. Rowe, and David L. Clark, Alma College
A Survey of Breeding Salamanders In Cass County, Michigan -- Identification of Two New Hybrid
Genotypes of the Ambystoma laterale Complex. James C. Ball, Milan, Michigan; James P. Bogart, University
of Guelph, Guelph, Canada; Michael C. McCuistion, Edward Lowe
Foundation, Cassopolis, Michigan
Effectiveness of Two Types of Artificial Cover Objects for Sampling Terrestrial Salamander Populations.
Teresa A. Carlson, Tiffany R. Koepke, and Ernest J. Szuch, University of Michigan-Flint
A Radiotelemetric Study of Activity and Movements in Stinkpot Turtles in Southwestern Michigan.
Gavin Lehr and John.W. Rowe, Alma College
Ambush Site Selection in a Generalist Forager, the Western Cottonmouth (Aagkistrodon piscivorus
leucostoma}. Theresa Barber, Paul Andreadis, James C. Gillingham, Central Michigan University
Activity, Movements, and Thermal Ecology of Adult Painted Turtles on Beaver Island, Michigan. Susan
Dalgarn and John W. Rowe*, Alma College
Activity Movements, and Thermal Ecology of Juvenile Painted Turtles on Beaver Island, Michigan.
Tristan Wilson and John W. Rowe, Alma College
Conservation Implications of Patterns of Genetic Variation in West Michigan Ranid Frogs: Evidence from
Cytochorme b and 12S rRNA. Karel L. Rogers, Michael T. Calkins, and Kati L. Smith, Grand Valley State
University
Extreme Diversity, the Family Podapolipidae (Acari), and a Summary of the Distribution of 3 acarine
Parasites of Carabid Beetles in the Genus Stenolophus in the U.S.A. and Southern Canada. Robert W.
Husband and Patricia S. Husband, Adrian College
Preliminary Investigation of Similarities in Perception Across Visual and Echoic Modalities in the
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), As Determined Through the Use of Functional Equivalence
Classes. Shannon O'Connor, University of Michigan-Flint
Color Change in Slider Turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans) Reared on Dark and Light Substrates. Michael
Price, John W. Rowe, and David L Clark, Alma College
Do Variations in Metabolic Rate and Patterns of Movement Influence the Reproductive Success of the
Male Tarantula (Aphonopelma anax)? Todd Stoltey and Cara Shilington, Eastern
Michigan University
Environmental Influences of Courtship in the Wolf Spider Schizocosa ocreata. Meghan Rector and David L.
Clark, Alma College, and George W. Uetz and Andrew Roberts, University of Cincinnati
Comparison of Reflectance Patterns Between Flower-Dwelling and Ground-Dwelling Crab Spiders. Anna
L. Springsteen and David L. Clark, Alma College