Goshen College Student Academic Symposium 2011 Saturday April 2, 2011
Session One: Concurrent sessions in NC 14 and 17.
Newcomer 14 12:30-2:45 pm Chair: Caleb T. Detweiler
12:30 –12:45 Subhekchya Sharma and Bill Lederman, Graduate Program, Department of Nursing, “Developing a Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Mental Health of Latino Women”
12:45- 1:00 David A. Harnish, Department of Economics, “Taking It Back: Benefits of Carbon Sequestration at Goshen College”
1:00-1:15 Allison B. Christensen, Department of Nursing, “The Needs of Children with Asthma in Poverty”
1:15-1:30 Joshua P. Delp, Department of English, “A Critique of the Study of Shakespearian Imagery”
1:30 -1:40 10 Minute Break
1:40-1:55 Hannah E. Canaviri, Department of History, “‘The Tio Eats the Souls of Miners:’ Potosino Miners’ Relationship with the Cerro Rico and El Tio”
1:55- 2:10 Andrew T. Shenk, Department of English, “African American Musical Tradition in Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’”
2:10-2:25 Bethany Yoder, Department of Nursing, “Assessing the Health needs of Hispanic Women at Risk of Gestational Diabetes”
2:25-2:45 Chelsea M. Kaufman, Department of English, “Pregnancy Loss and Visual Expressions of Grief:
An Examination of Frida Kahlo”
Newcomer 17 12:30-2:45 pm Chair: Mohammad Rasoulipour, Department of Bible, Religion and Philosophy
12:30-12:45 Peter R. Martin, Department of Biology, “Candidate Genes for Ethanol Sensitivity in Apis mellifera”
12:45-1:00 Matthew D. Helmuth, Department of Bible, Religion and Philosophy, “Jesus in The Gospel of Thomas: Inclusive, Gnostic, Heretical”
1:00-1:15 Lisa M. Horst, International Education, “Folk Songs of Nicaragua”
1:15-1:30 SaeJin Lee, Department of Bible Religion and Philosophy, “Mark 7.24-30: Seeing the Human in the ‘Other’”
1:30 -1:40 10 Minute Break
1:40-1:55 Brian J. Martin, Department of Psychology, “The Effects of Stereotype Threat On Religious Affiliation”
1:55- 2:10 Benjamin W. Baumgartner, Department of History, “Creating Cairo: How Power and Religion have Shaped a City's Landscape”
2:10-2:25 Patrick T. Maxwell, Department of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, “Hermeneutics of Violence: Rape in the Rwanda Genocide”
2:25-2:45 Andrea J. Kraybill, Department of Art, “Intersections: Silk, Enamels, and Reflections from Egypt”
2:45-3:00 Break -- Refreshments provided for all presenters and audience members.
Session Two: Concurrent sessions in NC 14 and 17.
Newcomer 14 3:00-5:30 pm Chair: Quinn D. Brenneke, Department of Business
3:00-3:15Mallori R. Norris, Department of History, “Islam versus Secularism in France”
3:15-3:30 Lisa D. Weaver, Department of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, “The Fallen Power of Robert Mugabe”
3:30-3:45 Sarah Gotwals Rody, Department of Mathematics, “Fractal Music”
3:45-4:05 Frances Crum and Jessica Glassman, Graduate Program, Department of Nursing, “Community Assessment: Cardiac Disease in the Latino Population of Goshen, IN.”
4:05-4:15 10 Minute Break
4:15-4:30 Jonathan C. Mark, Department of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, “The Myth of Christian Superiority:
Fostering Honest Inter-Religious Dialogue in a Pluralistic World”
4:30-4:45 Stephanie P. Hollenberg, International Education, “Crossing Religious Boundaries”
4:45-5:00 Michael B. Fecher, Department of Biology, “Membrane Transport in Red Blood Cells”
5:00-5:15 Jeffrey L. Stoesz, Department of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, “The Global Capital Culture Clash, or Why Don't the Indigenous Want Our Stuff?”
5:15-5:30 Luke N. Zehr, Department of Environmental Studies, “Effects of Large Mammal Grazing on Tallgrass Prairie Flora”
Newcomer 17 3:00-5:30 pm Chair: Izamar Garcia, Department of English, TESOL Major
3:00-3:15 Kristen Szappanos, Department of Education, “School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessment
and Behavioral Intervention Plan”
3:15-3:30 Caleb Paul Mechem, Department of Bible, Religion and Philosophy, “The Yahwist’s Humans: Human Nature, Uniqueness, and Origins in Genesis 2:4b–3:24”
3:30-3:45 Cortney N. Quick, M. Brisa Peacock and Aradhana J. Roberts, “Department of Biology, “A Comparison of Pathogenic Bacteria Present in Household and Farm Animals
3:45-4:05 Jacob P. Martens, Department of History, “The Question of Isolation in Elkhart County During the 1920's”
4:05-15 10 Minute Break
4:15-4:30 Benjamin E. Sutter, Department of Communications, “A New Medium:An Investigation into the Creation of GC Journal”
4:30-4:45 Matilda K. Yoder, Department of History, “An Examination of the Religious Issues in Middle Eastern Migration”
4:45-5:00 Reuben Maldonado-Nofziger, Department of Nursing, “Health Care Needs and Discrepancies among the Undocumented Latin American Immigrant Population in Elkhart County and Across The United States”
5:00-5:15 David Stoltzfus Jost, Department of History, “Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Stores in the U.S.”