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12:00-12:15 Third Floor Mezzanine
Opening Comments, Dr. Andy Schoolmaster, Dean, AddRan College
Session I 12:15-1:15
Beck Room
Alternative Learning
Sweet Jefferson BAYAMA: Otaku Connecting Cultures
Dezelle Bennett Survival of the Fittes(s)
Judges: Dr. James Scott, Dr. Lisa Vanderlinden; Chair: Dr. Lisa Vanderlinden
Zeidman Room
The Roaring Twenties: Ernest Hemingway
Session organizer: Ashley Hart
Hannah Hughes Walking the Tightrope: The Reason behind Frederic Henry’s Religious
Uncertainty
Alice McCullough The Alpha Male, Lady Brett Ashley
Leah Fiorini Jake Barnes’ Spiritual Journey in The Sun Also Rises
Judges: Dr. Richard Enos, Dr. Dan Williams; Chair: Dr. David Vanderwerken
Geren Room
Typologies: From Sex and Sexuality to Celebrity Criminals
Megan Taylor Gender, Sexuality, and Glee
Lindsey Lubrano Celebrity Justice: Fact Versus Fiction
Judges: Dr. Michael Bachmann, Dr. Britt Bachmann; Chair Dr. Bruce Carroll
Hillel Room
Reflections on America’s “Other”
Session organizer: Amanda McGlaun
Stephanie Turner Killed, Belittled, and “Othered”
Amanda McGlaun The GDI and Alterity
Katherine O'Donnell Obesity: America's Other
Judges: Dr. Sharon L. Fairchild, Dr. Andy Fort; Chair: Dr. Mark Dennis
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Clinkscale Room
Development Asymmetries, Disparities, and Other Economic Matters
Justin Bass Institutional Quality & Economic Growth: A New Approach
Wenting Yu The Transforming Dragon: Labor Productivity Change in China's Three Economic
Sectors
Keven Lioi
Cournot Instability and Imperfect Competition
Judges: Dr. David Sandell, Dr. Kiril Tochkov; Chair: Dr. Kiril Tochkov
Miller Room
Grassroots Politics Reconsidered
Amy Sentementes Pinkies Up! The Effect of the Tea Party on the 2012 New Hampshire Primary
Election
Wesley Lacson Up in Arms
Judges: Dr. Dorraj, Manochehr, Dr. Charles Lockhart; Chair, Dr. Joanne Green
Davis Room
The Ad-hoc Committee for Educational Sustainability (Round-Table)
Jordan Mazurek
Carolanne Appedole
Dillon White
Judges: Dr. Carol Thompson, Dr. Angela Thompson; Chair: Jordan Mazurek
Special in Religious Studies 12:15-2:30
Chambers
River Songs Interpreted Through Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha
Session organizer: Tim Wang
Jon Crocker Peace Like A River
Ian Nicolay Proud Maya
Tim Wang Buddhist River Songs
(1:00-1:15 intermission)
Meagan Smith Crossing to the Other Shore
Angelica Torrealva River Songs: A Heartbroken Man’s Journey
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William Young The Giver of Constant Animation
Ben Taylor In a Fish
Judges: Dr. Elizabeth Flowers, Dr. Nadia Lahutsky; Chair: Tim Wang
Session II 1:15–2:30
Clinkscale Room
Table)
The Millennium Development Goals: Past, Present and Future (Round-
Session organizers: Daniel Diaz, Emma Land, Lauren Kiser, Justin Rose, and Saria Hawkins
Daniel Diaz The Ideas Behind the Millennium Development Goals
Emma Land Achievements of the Millennium Development Goals Thus Far
Lauren Kiser Unresolved Problems and Inhibitors to the Success of the Millennium Development
Goals
Justin Rose 2015 and Beyond
Saria Hawkins Conclusion: Importance of the Millennium Development Goals and
Understanding Their Global Impact
Judges: Dr. Manochehr Dorraj, Dr. Eric Cox; Chair: Daniel Diaz
Geren Room
Squander and Sustainability at TCU: A Photo Documentary Perspective
Azucena Cruz
Melissa Morales
Jordan Mazurek
Judges: Dr. Miguel Leatham, Dr. Katie Polzer; Chair: Dr. Jeff Ferrell
Davis Room
Demystifying Iranian UN Policy (Round-Table)
Session organizer: Sierra Ballard, Pearce Edwards, Natalie Parys, Tony Stripling, and Kelsey
Workman
Tony Stripling Juvenile Crime and Punishment in Iran
Kelsey Workman Cyber Warfare in Iran in an International Context
Sierra Ballard Iran and Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nuclear Weapons
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Natalie Parys Iran’s Progress in Education and Culturally Sensitive Education
Pearce Edwards Iran’s Great Rhetorical Divide Regarding Israel
Judges: Dr. David Sandell, Dr. Richard Enos; Chair: Dr. David Sandell
Beck Room
Historical Contexts for U.S. Women’s Writing in the Nineteenth Century
Session organizer: Rebecca Allen
Rebecca Allen Better than a Tyrant: Constructions of Southern Masculinity and Harriet Jacobs’
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Jackie Bolt Industrialized Domesticity in Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’ “The Angel Over the Right
Shoulder”
Emery Courtney French Women and Charlotte Temple
Katherine Schneider The Rhetoric of Religion in Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave
Girl
Judges: Dr. Bonnie Blackwell, Dr. Rima Abunasser; Chair: Theresa Gaul
Hillel Room
Research on Modern Latin American History
Session organizers: Alisha Cherry, Brendan McNeal, Heather Noel, Thomas Pronske, Peter Szok
Alisha Cherry The Japanese in Brazil (1909-1960): Assimilation Through the Generations
Brendan McNeal United States Involvement in the Capture and Death of Che Guevara
Heather Noel From the Margins to Center Stage: The Rise of Argentina’s Tango
Thomas Pronske Santa Anna’s Reputation and His Response to United States Aggression
Judges: Dr. Don Coerver, Dr. Peter Worthing; Chair Alisha Cherry
Miller Room
Topics in Modern Language Studies
Session organizers: Dr. Kindra Santamaria and Dr. Marie-L.M. Schein
Laura Adams A Linguistic Comparison Between English and French
Rachel Spurrier The Quebecois Culture: How Language Defines Identity
Evan Voorn A Linguistic Comparison Between English and German
Madeline Jean Slagle (Re)Constructing a National Educational System in Post-Earthquake Haiti
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Judges: Dr. Angela Thompson, Dr. Jeffrey Todd; Chair: Dr. Kindra Santamaria
Session III 2:30-3:30
Third Floor Mezzanine Poster Presentations
Jordan Mazurek The Ad-hoc Committee for Educational Sustainability
Kathleen Mellano
Rachel Phillips Sociology Through Media: QR Codes as Learning Devices
Judges: Dr. Kenneth Stevens, Dr. Rima Abunnasar
Geren Room
Senior Research in Political Science
Session organizer: Michael Strausz
Abbey Brokos To Nuke or Not: Reasons States Choose Not to Develop Nuclear Weapons
Kaitlyn Van Gorkom Political Factors for Turkish Membership in the EU: A Game-Theoretic
Analysis
Jessika Velazquez A Lunch Counter Revolution: The Unique Story of Student Activism in the
Civil Rights Movement
Judges:Dr. John Harris, Dr. Eric Cox; Chair: Dr. Eric Cox
Hillel Room
The Past and Present Impact of Little Women
Session organizer: Kristi Dena
Carmen Allums Dream or 19th Century Reality?
Kristi Dena The Enduring Appeal of Little Women
Kristin Trumble Class Structures and Female Independence in Gabrielle Donnelly's “Little
Women Letters”
Judges: Dr. Bonnie Blackwell, Dr. Dianne Hobbs; Chair: Dr. Theresa Gaul
Miller Room
Literary and Geographic Simulacrum
Luke Miller Odysseus in the Jazz Age: Classical Allusions in Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
Greg Reininger Fort Worth’s Sundance Square: Simulacrum of Hell’s Half Acre
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Caisey Robertson Rosalia St. Clair, Scotland’s Loyal Author
Judges: Dr. Sean M. Crotty, Dr. Kenneth Stevens; Chair: Dr. Anne Frey
Zeidman Room
Feminism Today through Social Media (Multi-media)
Lindsey Ethington
Gabrielle Teixeira
Lexy Cruz
Jessica Ellis
Judges: Dr., Dr. Becca Sharpless, Dr. Chantel Langlinais; Chair: Dr. Claire Sanders
3:30-4:00 Third Floor Mezzanine
Awards and Closing Comments
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