Conference Schedule
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| 8:15 - 9:00 AM |
CHECK-IN & LIGHT BREAKFAST (Ackerman A201) |
| 9:00 - 9:20 AM |
Welcome & Opening Remarks (Ackerman A201) |
| 9:20 - 9:30 AM |
Keynote Address by Professor Cindy Fan, Interim Vice Provost - International Studies
(Ackerman A201) |
| 9:45 - 10:45 AM |
Panel #1:
Diverse Approaches to Health &Wellness
ACKERMAN A201
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"Cross-border Devil Pacts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic"
Erik Pena, Latin American Studies
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"Multi-Cultural Nations and Inter-Cultural Institutions: Globalized or Localized Health Services and Education"
Jeremy Peretz, Culture and Performance Studies
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"A constitutional obligation on the state to provide women and girls with sanitary pads: The right to have access to reproductive health care and the right to human dignity"
Sekgame Shadrack Tebeile, Masters of Law Student
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Panel #2:
Labor, the People, and Their Environments
ACKERMAN 2412
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"A Forgotten Dimension: The significance of power dynamics in assessing female employment and empowerment in urban Bangladesh"
Ana Luna and Carolyn Abrams, Urban Planning
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"Employee Absenteeism and Petty Theft: Challenges facing Growing Voices and the construction of a community center in Nkhata Bay, Malawi"
Janine Berridge, Quinn Lundberg, Chris Powell, and Liora Ziv, Masters of Public Policy, Public Affairs
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"Environmental standards and certification of natural rubber: drivers, opportunities, and challenges"
Sean Kennedy, Regional and Urban Planning
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| 11:00 AM - Noon |
Panel #3:
Creolization & Colonial Studies
ACKERMAN 2412
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"Glissant and the African Roots of Creole Culture"
Sanyu Mulira, African Studies
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"Talk Matters: Cape Verdeans' Language Use in Postcolonial Lisbon"
Samuel Weeks, Anthropology
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"The Spanish Monarchy and its American Kingdoms"
Sean Messarra, Latin American Studies
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Panel #4:
Transnational Ideological Flows
ACKERMAN A201
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"Germany and the Formation of Iranian Exceptionalism: Defying the Dominant Geo-Political World Order"
Mohammad Rafi, German UC Irvine
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"Beyond Boundaries: Toward a New Understanding of North Korean Ideology"
Thomas Stock, Asian Languages and Cultures
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"Re-defining and Re-Understanding the Theoretical Underpinnings of the Black Communist Network"
K.N. Osei-Opare, History |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
LUNCH (Ackerman Terrace) |
| 1:00 - 1:15 PM |
Multimedia Presentation
ACKERMAN A201
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"Projeto Dida: A Women's Samba-Reggae Ensemble in Salvador, Bahia"
Mary M. Alfaro, Latin American Studies
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1:30 - 2:30 PM
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Panel #5:
Communication Issues in Global Health
ACKERMAN 2410
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"Improved retention in HIV care following text message reminders in Mozambique"
Dvora Davey, Walter Ponce, Augusto Orvalho, and Cesar de Palha Sousa, Public Health |
Poster: "Supporting the Health of Elderly Ngobe through Language"
Meghan Kavanagh, MSN-MECN
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Panel #6:
Immigration & Representation in the U.S.
ACKERMAN 2412
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"Immigration Point Systems: The U.S., Australia and Canada"
Jacob Thomas, Sociology
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"Racial Spectacle and Campus Climate: The Intersection of U.S. Media Representations and Racial Stereotype Formation Among Asian International Students"
Zack Ritter and Ken Roth, Higher Education and Organizational Change (HEOC)
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"Cruzando Fronteras: Examining Central American and Mexican Migration to the United States"
Sally Shurter, Latin American Studies
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Panel #7:
Diverse Issues in Labor Studies
ACKERMAN A201
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"The Social, Political, and Economic Implications of Climate Change on Coastal Communities of Southern Gujarat India: Outbreaks of Leptospirosis in Farm Laborer Communities"
Linda Khamoushian, Urban Planning
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"Keeping Authoritarianism Alive: Clientelistic and Technocratic Practices in Mexican and Chilean Transportation Reforms"
Matias Fernandez, Sociology
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"Mining Communities and Social Conflicts in Peru: The Conga Project"
Luis Artieda, Urban and Regional Planning
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| 2:45 - 3:45 PM |
Panel #8:
China in Globalization
ACKERMAN A201
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"Is Chinese economic activity dominant beyond China's Borders?"
Tom Narins and John Agnew, Geography
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"Squabble over the Seas: China's Territorial Claims in the South China Sea and the Future of Maritime Security in East Asia"
John Leisure, History
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"The Politics of Party Dress: The 'Peng Liyuan Fashion Frenzy' Phenomenon"
Xuqing Zan, East Asian Studies
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Panel #9:
Truth, Silence, and Human Rights
ACKERMAN 2412
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"Silencing Authoritarian Memories in Seoul's Colonial 'Haunted House'"
James Hillmer, East Asian Studies
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"Spreading the Truth: How truth commissions address human rights abuses in the world society"
Saskia Nauenberg, Sociology
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"The Role that Latin Americans Play in Advocacy of Universal Human Rights"
Luis Limon, Latin American Studies
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Panel #10:
Egypt, Lebanon, and Los Angeles
ACKERMAN 2410
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"Transplanted Continuity: Examining the Ethno-Spatial Prospect of the Dawoodi Bohra Community in Southern California"
Arfakhashad Muniam, Urban and Regional Planning
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"Nationalist Rhetoric and Neoliberal Realities: The Muslim Brotherhood and the IMF"
Pauline Lewis, History
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"Turning Lebanon into an Arab Hanoi: The Cairo Agreement of 1969"
Eric James Bordenkircher, Islamic Studies
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| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
RECEPTION (Ackerman Terrace) |