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AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES
George Junne
Panel 1 Health Disparities in the African American Population I
Moderators/Discussants: George Junne and Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
"Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Access to HIV/AIDS Services for Evacuees"
William Cissell, Texas Woman’s University
"Stroke Prevention for African Americans in the Mississippi Delta"
Mohammad Shahbazi, JacksonStateUniversity
"Cultural Competency: Language and Its Effects on Health Disparities Among African Americans"
Ethel Williams and Barbara Hewins-Maroney, University of Nebraska—Omaha
"The Advantages of the Blum One-Payer Model to Public Health and Health Disparities"
Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
Panel 2 Health Disparities in the African American Population II
Moderators/Discussants: George Junne and Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
"Effects of Environmental Justice on Health Disparities in African American Populations"
Sophia Leggett, JacksonStateUniversity
"Asthma in Colorado African Americans"
Arthur McFarlane II, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
"Strategic Planning to Intervene on Health Disparities: Setting up a Planning Matrix"
Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
Panel 3 Exploring Historical Roots of Health Disparities
Moderators/Discussants: George Junne and Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
"The Philadelphia Negro"Arthur McFarlane II, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
“Abandoning the Hippocratic Oath: Stories of Indifference and Neglect in Pre-Civil Rights Days"Vernon G. Archer, JacksonStateUniversity Emeritus
"Prejudicial Practices and Diminished Public Health in the 60s, 70s and 80s"
Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
Panel 4 African and African American Themes of Social Justice
Moderators/Discussants: George Junne and Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
"Sarah Lucille Smith—Griot or Settler Figure of Arizona’s Cotton Belt"
Geta LeSeur, University of Arizona
"How the IMF Suppresses the Education of Africans"
Sandy Krawitz, Action Aid
"Roots of Resistance"
Theodore Ransaw, Community College of Southern Nevada
Panel 5 Educational Disparities I
Moderators/Discussants: George Junne and Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
"Experiences in Mississippi’s Plantation Model of Education"
Vernon G. Archer, JacksonStateUniversity Emeritus
"Meeting Jim Crow Education and Other Discriminatory Practices Face to Face"
Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
"Integration in DOD Overseas Schools: Implications"
George Junne, University of Northern Colorado
"White Flight in DenverSchool Systems"
David Aske, University of Northern Colorado
Panel 6 Disparity Roundtable on Health—Creating a Coherent System to Address Health Disparities
Moderators/Discussants: George Junne and Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
William Cissell, Texas Woman’s University
Sophia Leggett, JacksonStateUniversity
Mohammad Shahbazi, JacksonStateUniversity
Arthur McFarlane II, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
William Ebomoyi, University of Northern Colorado
Panel 7 Roundtable on Education—Recruiting and Retaining Students of Color: Strategies and Barriers
Moderators/Discussants: George Junne and Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
George Junne, University of Northern Colorado
William Cissell, Texas Woman’s University
Sophia Leggett, JacksonStateUniversity
Mohammad Shahbazi, JacksonStateUniversity
Arthur McFarlane II, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Stuart Zisman, University of Northern Colorado
William Ebomoyi, University of Northern Colorado
David Aske, University of Northern Colorado
AMERICAN STUDIES
Daniel J. McInerney
Panel 1 Disease, Death, . . . and Paradise
Moderator / Discussant: Daniel J. McInerney, UtahStateUniversity
“Death in the American Contemporary Culture”
Yusuke Ikeda, California State University, Fullerton
“‘Necessity Rather Than Benevolence or Opportunity’”: Cities, Hospitals, and Medical Care in the Nineteenth-Century American South”
Hyejung Grace Kong, IndianaUniversity
“Different Islands, Different Experiences: American Travel Accounts of Samoa and Hawai’i”
Diana L. Ahmad, University of Missouri-Rolla
Panel 2 Cultural Icons
Moderator / Discussant: Diana Ahmad, University of Missouri-Rolla
“‘The Most Advertised Man in the World’: Mark Twain as a Character in Film and TV”Carla Melissa Anderson, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fullerton
“‘A Man Quite as Much of a Show as His Beasts’: Grizzly Adams, the California Menagerie, and Cultural Imaginings of the West”
Brett Mizelle, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Long Beach
Panel 3 Popular Culture and Constructions of Masculinity
Moderator: Brett Mizelle, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Long Beach
Discussant: Dan Bivona, ArizonaStateUniversity
“‘True Adventures for Bold Men’: Masculinity and Meaning in the American ‘True Adventure’ Pulps of the 1950s and 1960s”
BillOsgerbyLondonMetropolitanUniversity
“Race, Fatherhood and Power in ‘The Shield’”
Mike Chopra-Gant, LondonMetropolitanUniversity.
“The Circuit in Space: A Gendered History of American Same-Gender Dance Parties”
Jessica A. Share, University of Iowa
Panel 4 Recreation in a Turbulent World (Cross-listed with History)
Moderator and Discussant: T.H. Baughman, University of CentralOklahoma
“The Role of Billiards in the Life of James Garfield”
Tim R. Miller, University of Illinois at Springfield
“Mile after Mile: A Scattering of Bicycle Treks Across America, 1884-2005”
David M. Dean, FrostbergStateUniversity
“Hollywood and the Spectacle of Terrorism”
Carl Boggs and Tom Pollard, NationalUniversity
AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES
Jaime Kathleen Eyrich and Lucy L. Real Bird, University of Arizona,
Panel 1 Policy and Practice in American Indian Education
Moderator: Jaime Kathleen Eyrich, The University of Arizona
“Politics and the Social Construction of American Indians in Four Southwestern States.Higher Education Strategies.”
Viola Fuentes, ArizonaStateUniversity, Tempe
“Teaching Ethical Issues: A Module of University Investigators Working with Soverign Native Nations.”
Cheryl Arviso, The University of Arizona
“Choctaw Higher Education in the 20th Century.”
Alisse Ali-Christie, The University of Arizona
Panel 2 What’s In a Name? The First Five Years of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern ArizonaUniversity
Curtis Hinsley, Regent’s Professor of History, NorthernArizonaUniversity
Octaviana Trujillo, Applied Indigenous Studies, Northern ArizonaUniversity
Bob Lomadafkie, Northern ArizonaUniversity
Panel 3: Indigenous Studies and Sustainability: Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Moderator: Nicholas Peroff, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Discussant: Steve Pavlik, Tucson Preparatory School/Pima Community College
“Powerful Parallels: Deep Ecology and Vine Deloria Jr.’s Writings
About Traditional Relationships with the Natural World.”
Rick Wheelock, Ft.LewisCollege
“Native Voices and Native Values in Sacred Places Management on Public Lands: Bridging the Indigenous Values Gap Through Co-Management Policy.”
Sharon Milholland, The University of Arizona
“Tribal Environmental Management: Where Do We Go From Here?”
Jacey McCurtain, NorthernArizona University
Panel 4 American Indian Studies and Native Art Worlds
Moderator/Discussant: Nancy J. Parezo, The University of Arizona
Chair: Jennifer Vigil, The University of Arizona
“Drawing, Past, Present and Future: The Legacy of the Plains Graphic Tradition in The Works of Arthur Amiotte.”
Jennifer C. Vigil, Division of Art History, The University of Arizona
“Transcendent Perspectives in Contemporary Southwestern Painting: The Art of David K. John.”
Marinella Lentis, American Indian Studies Programs, The University of Arizona
“The Indian Fashion Show: Visualizing the Beauty of Indian Attire.”
Nancy J. Parezo, American Indian Studies Programs, The University of Arizona
“Indigenous Haute Couture”Jessica Metcalfe, American Indian Studies
Department, The University of Arizona
Panel 5 Complexities of Identity and Sovereignty
Moderator: Jeff Corntassel, University of Victoria
“Delaware Sovereignty: From Penn’s PeaceableKingdom to Bartlesville.”
Dawn Riggs, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fullerton
“The Menominee Indian Tribe: From Emergence to First Contact”
Nicholas C. Peroff, University of Missouri, Kansas City
“Tribal Belonging: The Continuum and the Community.”
ElizabethArbukle Wabindato, NorthernArizona University
“Evahvete Hoheta ‘hanestse’: Oral Traditions in the First Steps Toward Decolonization.”
Leo Killsback, The University of Arizona
AIS Section Meeting/Tribute to Vine Deloria: (No-Host Bar and Appetizers)
Roundtable Tribute: “Honoring Vine Deloria, Jr.: Suggestions on Continuing the Work.”
Participants:Gregory Cajete, Director, Native American Studies,
University of New Mexico
Daniel Wildcat, HaskellIndianNationsUniversity
Steve Pavlik, Tucson Preparatory School/Pima
Community College
Norbert Hill, The AmericanIndianGraduateCenter,
University of New Mexico
Suzan Harjo, Morning Star Institute
Billy Frank, Northwest Indian Fishing Commission
Sam Scinta, Fulcrum Press
David Wilkins, University of Minnesota
Panel 6 Roundtable: AssetBuilding in Indian Country
Moderator: Peter L. Morris, Fredericksburg, VA
“Native Definitions of Assets and a Cultural Context
in Native Communities “
Karen Edwards, WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis
Sarah Hicks, NCAI/Washington University, St. Louis
“CoalitionBuilding in Indian Country”
Aaron Schultz , Ph.D. candidate, Department of Rural Sociology, South DakotaStateUniversity; Research Officer, Native Assets Research Center, First Nations Development Institute
“Integrated AssetBuilding Strategies in Indian Country and the Broader Field”
Peter Morris, Associate Director, Native Assets Research Center, First Nations Development Institute
“Research Questions for the Field of NativeAssetBuilding”
Miriam Jorgenson, NNI/NPAIED, Tucson, Arizona
Panel 7 Indigenous Peoples, Global Issues(Cross-listed with New Zealand/Australia Studies and Canadian Studies)
Moderator: Peter L. Morris, NativeAssetsResearchCenter, Fredericksburg, VA
“Boutique Aboriginalism – The Friendly Road to Cultural Extinction.”
Adam Barker, University of Victoria, BC
“The ‘Grateful Dead’ Indian: The Political Uses of the Cultural Meaning of Indigenous.”
Paula Mohan, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.
“Who’s Sorry Now? Government Apologies, Truth Commissions and Indigenous Self-Determination”
Jeff Corntassel, University of Victoria, BC
Cindy Holder, University of Victoria, BC
“Indigenous Rights Recovery: A Human Right?”
Sheryl Lightfoot, University of Minnesota
“Indigenous Economic Development Issues: A Companion between American Indian Tribes and Maori Tribes.”
Alex Steenstra, EastOregonStateUniversity
Panel 8 American Indian Law and Policy in Modern American History (Honoring Vine Deloria, Jr.)
Moderator: Phill Allen, NorthwestIndianCollege
“Federal Trust Fund Violations and Tribal Responses at Fort Hall Reservation.”
Amy Canfield, WashingtonStateUniversity
“Arrows and Bullets: Water Rights Issues in the JemezValley in the 19th and 20th Centuries.”
F. Richard Sanchez, University of New Mexico
“The Revival of Banishment,” David Wilkins, University of Minnesota
“The Case of Trujillo v. Garley.”
Christopher Riggs, Lewis-ClarkState College
“The Question of Criminal, Civil, and Regulatory Jurisdiction on Narragansett Indian Land Resulting from the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1978.”
Michael T. Brady, SalveReginaUniversity, Newport, Rhode Island
Panel 9 Economic Development, Indian Gaming and Self-Governance
Moderator: Jaime Kathleen Eyrich, The University of Arizona
“Nurturing the Circle: American Indian Nation Sovereignty and Economic Development.”
Stephen M. Sachs, IUPUI
“A Comparative Study of Southwestern Tribal Governments”
Diane Michele-Prindeville, New MexicoStateUniversity
“Reservation Gaming: A Catalyst for Self-Governance for the Tribes of Arizona.”
Joy Clay, TennesseeStateUniversity (Co-authored by Rodney E. Stanley, TennesseeStateUniversity.
“Comparison of Gaming Compacts in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Michigan.”
Eileen Luna-Firebaugh, The University of Arizona
Mary Jo Tippeconnic-Fox, The University of Arizona
Panel 10 Catastrophic Weather Events: The Impacts on TribalLands and Peoples
Moderator/Discussant: William G. Archambeault, LouisianaStateUniversity
“Where Have All the Indians Gone: A Post-Katrina and Rita Analysis.”
William G. Archambeault, LouisianaStateUniversity
“Hurricanes, Tradition, and the Future: The Impact of Hurricanes on the United Houma Nation.”
Josh Pitre, The University of Arizona
Jamie Billiot, The University of Arizona
Panel 11 Scientific Views Through an Indigenous Lens: In Honor of Vine Deloria, Jr.
Moderator/Discussant: Norbert Hill, The AmericanIndianGraduateCenter, University of New Mexico
“Vine, Plants and Glyphs. Conversations and Theories of Indigenous Knowledge of Plants, Petroglyphs and Pictographs with Vine Deloria, Jr. and Elders.”
Donna House, San JuanPueblo, NM
"There Is No Alternative to Tribalism: Physics and Indian Traditions."
Denny Gayton, HaskellIndianNationsUniversity
Panel 12 Indigenous Studies and Sustainability: The World System (Cross-listed with Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management)
Moderator: Peter Jacques, University of CentralFlorida
"World Trade Organization and the Environment"
Sharon Ridgeway, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
"Tribals and Their System of Forest Management In India"
Anju Helen, Indian Institute Of Technology
"States in a World System: Institutional Threats to the Fourth World"
Peter Jacques, Universityof CentralFlorida
Panel 13 Creation, Identity, and Culture
Moderator: Jeff Corntassel, University of Victoria
“The History of Navajo Manhood: Naayéé Neezghani aadoo To Bajish Chini”
Lloyd L. Lee, ArizonaStateUniversity
“Navajos and the Law: 1900”
William Haas Moore
“Alligator Clans in Oklahoma.”
Paula Conlon, University of Oklahoma
“Late Entry Coming Out of Chute Number 4”, Baachuaaiiigaalaakoosh of the Apsaalooke Nation.”
Lucy L. Real Bird, University of Victoria, BC
Panel 14 Roundtable: Views of the Soul and the Afterlife: (Dedicated to Vine Deloria, Jr.)
Moderator: Tom Holm, American Indian Studies Programs, The University of Arizona
Participants:Thomas J. Hoffman, St. Mary’s University of San AntonioDaniel Wildcat, HaskellIndianNationsUniversity
Steve Pavlik, TucsonPreparatory School and PimaCommunity College
George “Tink” Tinker, IliffSchool of Theology
Panel 15 Strategies for Expanding Scientific Expertise in Tribal Communities
Moderator: Daniel Wildcat, HaskellIndianNationsUniversity
“ISIS at Northern ArizonaUniversity: A Give-Away Mentoring Model.”
Thom Alcoze and Sally Alcoze, Northern ArizonaUniversity
“Sharing the Land: A University/Tribal Educational Partnership in the Earth Sciences.”
Eric M. Riggs, San DiegoStateUniversity
EleanoraI. Robbins, San DiegoStateUniversity
“Linking Tribal Interests in geosciences to Undergraduate and Graduate Opportunities.
PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, PurdueUniversity
“Engaging American Indian Stakeholders in a National Geoscientific Research and Education Project”
Steven Semken, Matthew Fouch, Edward Garnero, Department of Geological Sciences
Peterson Zah, and Jaynie Parrish, Office of the President,
ArizonaStateUniversity, Tempe
Panel 16 Power and Place 2: Vine Deloria’s Legacy and Science Education in Indian Country
Moderator/Discussant: Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza
“Vine Deloria visits the Pacific Northwest: the 2005 Robert K. Thomas Symposium.”
Cheryl Crazy Bull, Rissa Wabaunsee, Ray Levesque & Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza
NorthwestIndianCollege, Lummi Nation, BellinghamWA
“Power and Place: Vine Deloria’s Legacy and Science Education in Indian Country”
Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza, NorthwestIndianCollege
Mimi E. Lam, University of New Mexico
ARID LANDS STUDIES
Conrad Moore, WesternKentuckyUniversity and John Stager, ClaremontGraduateUniversity
(All papers are cross-listed with the GeographySection)
Panel 1 Geographic Topics on Arid Lands
Moderator: John C. Stager, ClaremontGraduateUniversity
“A Comparison of the Growth Patterns of Southwestern and MidwesternCities”
Peter Piet
City of Elmhurst, Illinois
“Exurban Development and Its Consequences for Land-Cover Transitions in the West”
Richard Greene
Northern IllinoisUniversity
“People, Terrain and Taxation: Internal Power Projection and the Governability of Post-Colonial States”
Jason E. Strakes
ClaremontGraduateUniversity
Panel 2 Geographic Issues
Moderator: Conrad T. Moore, WesternKentuckyUniversity
“Geographic Distribution of Information Technology Specialization”
John C. Stager
ClaremontGraduateUniversity
“Autumn of the Mediterranean and Spring of Two Geographies”
Utku Balaban
State University of New York, Binghamton
“Women and Trees in a Chapter of Life”
Ekanade C. Tinuola, University of Ibadan
Panel 3 Water Quantity and Quality
Moderator: Daniel Kuester, KansasStateUniversity
“Contemporary Cowboy Economics: The Prior Appropriation Doctrine and the Push to Privatize Water Resources”Alex Steenstra, Eastern OregonUniversity
“Status of Precipitation Enhancement Programs in Texas”
Otis W. Templer , TexasTechUniversity
“The Market for Bottled Water in a ‘Water Rich’ State”
Richard Ford, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Charles R. Britton, University of Arkansas, and David E. R. Gay, University of Arkansas
Panel 4 Business and Development
Moderator: David E. R. Gay, University of Arkansas
“Corporate Dynamism in the Arid States”
Charles R. Britton, University of Arkansas and Richard S. Smith, ArkansasTechUniversity
“Sustainable Development Issues along the Lower Rio Grande Valley, United States and Mexico”, Aderbal C. Correa, TexasTechUniversity
“Betting on Prosperity: Revisiting the Effects of Expansion of Corporate and Native American Gaming on the Tourism Industry and Overall Economic Health of Arid/Semiarid States”
Daniel Kuester, KansasStateUniversity
“The Quality of Preventive and Diagnostic Medical Care: The Difference between Arid/Semiarid and Humid/Semi-Humid States”
Richard K. Ford, University of Arkansas, Little Rock and John C. Pickett, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Panel 5 Hazardous Weather and Climate I
Moderator: Dennis Reinhartz, University of Texas, Arlington
“Statistical Reflections on the Impact of Hurricanes on Arid Lands Precipitation”
Seid Zakavat, LoyolaMarymountUniversity
“Geographic Shifting of Drought and Wetness Patterns in the Southwest United States, 1895-2004”, Conrad T. Moore, WesternKentuckyUniversity
Panel 6 Hazardous Weather and Climate II
Moderator: Charles R. Britton, University of Arkansas
“Vulnerability to Tornadoes: A Cross-State Comparison with GIS”
Mary Sue Passe-Smith, University of CentralArkansas
“Investigating Drought Time Series Using Spectral Analysis-A Guide for the Beginner”
Joseph Early, LoyolaMarymountUniversity
“Drought, Wet, and Near Normal Periods in the Southwest United States, 1895-2004”, Conrad Moore, WesternKentuckyUniversity
Panel 7 Historical and Ethnic Issues
Moderator: Otis W. Templer, TexasTechUniversity
“The Arid Lands of the Greater Southwest on the Maps of Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long”
Dennis Reinhartz, University of Texas, Arlington
“Ecology of Ethnic Interactions in New Mexico, 1700-1850”
William Abruzzi, MuhlenbergCollege
“Determining the Role of English Language Proficiency in Shaping the Acculturation Processes and Spatial Mobilities of Foreign-Born Ethnic Chinese Residing in Philadelphia’s Chinatown: An Ethnographic and GIS Analysis”, Michael Rovito, Temple University
ASIAN STUDIES
Walter Y. Kiang, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Service
Panel 1 Health and Education in Japan
Moderator: Koichiro Otani, IndianaUniversity-PurdueUniversity at Fort Wayne
Discussant: Koichiro Otani, IndianaUniversity-PurdueUniversity at Fort Wayne
“Japanese Health Care System and its Future”
Koichiro Otani, IndianaUniversity-PurdueUniversity at Fort Wayne
”Prevention of Transmitted Disease among Elderly Public”