Full Conference Schedule Plenary Session A --- WELCOME

Full Schedule Full Conference Schedule Thursday, August 6, 2009 8am -1pm 10:00-3:30pm 11:00- Noon 4:00-6:00pm 7:30-9:30pm 9:45-11:00pm Pre-Symposium Activity: Stanford University Tour Symposium Registration in Dwinelle Hall Lobby Pre-symposium activity: UC Berkeley Tour Welcome & Plenary Session A in Dwinelle Hall Faculty and Directors Dinner at the Faculty Club Faculty and Directors Reception Plenary Session A --- WELCOME --Thursday 4 - 6 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Welcome Remarks Barbara Davis, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor of Equity and Inclusion University of California, Berkeley Keynote Speaker Gibor Basri, Ph.D. Vice-Chancellor of Equity and Inclusion Professor of Astronomy University of California, Berkeley Moderator Harold Campbell, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley McNair Scholars Program Director Claudia Garcia - University of California, Berkeley Population Genetics Study of Dioon purpusii (Zamiaceae) Kristel Williams - Kansas State University The Activation of the Occipito-Temporal Lobes in the Brain of A Struggling Reader Via Designed Intervention The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 14 Full Schedule Faculty and Director’s Dinner Thursday 7:00 - 9:30 PM In the Faculty Club, Howard Room Speakers Katheryn L. Kalikole, Ed.D. Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) Executive Director of STEM Program Development William Garrison Principal Garrison and Associates Moderator Billi Copeland, Esq. University of Akron Friday, August 7, 2009 7:25- Noon 7:25-8:45am 9:00-9:55am 10:00-11:20am 10:00-11:20am 11:30am-12:30pm 12:30-2:00pm 2:00-3:30pm 2:00-3:30pm 3:40-4:00pm 4:10 - 5:30pm 4:10-5:30pm Symposium Registration in Dwinelle Hall Lobby Continental Breakfast in Dwinelle Hall Lobby Plenary Session B in 155 Dwinelle Hall Concurrent Session 1 in Dwinelle Hall Breakout: STEM Disciplines in 215 Dwinelle Hall Graduate School Panel in 155 Dwinelle BBQ Lunch & Graduate School Fair at Alumni House Concurrent Session 2 in Dwinelle Hall GRE Workshop 155 Dwinelle Hall Coffee Break in Dwinelle Hall Concurrent Session 3 in Dwinelle Hall GRE Workshop 155 Dwinelle Hall The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 15 Full Schedule Plenary Session B Friday 9:00 - 9:55 AM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Isai Orozco - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Primary and Secondary Language Usage: Generation 1:5 at the College Level Andrea Rieger - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Interaction Between the German Cockroach (Blatella germanica) and Pooled Bloodstain Patterns Moderator Frank Torres, Ph.D. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math (STEM) Workshop Friday 10:00 - 11:20 AM in 215 Dwinelle Hall Kathryn L. Kailikole, Ed. D. Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) Executive Director of STEM Program Development Learn about directions in which STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) research is heading and your options for graduate work and future employment. An integrative discussion will include developing a Graduate School Readiness Checklist for STEM disciplines and financial resources for graduate study. This session is intended for students interested in pursuing post-baccalaureate work in STEM. Moderator Olga Diaz, Ph.D. Embry Riddle Aeronautical University The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 16 Full Schedule Concurrent Session 1 Friday 10:00 - 11:20 AM in Dwinelle Hall Session 1A in Room 206 Guerra, Miguel - Trinity University You Have the Right to Remain Silent: Latinos in Television’s Prime Time Police Procedurals Lyles, Daniel - St. Edwards University Attitudes of Gender Roles in Super Hero Comics Alaniz, Elyse - University of the Incarnate Word Presidential Rhetoric: The Charismatic Speaker Session 1B in Room 209 Alder, Katreena - California State University, Sacramento How Stereotypes of African American Women in Oscar Winning Roles Have Changed from 1939-2006 Cuellar, Jorge - University of California, Santa Barbara The Porfiriato Through Film: Salvador Toscano and the Revolutionary Cinematic Tradition Figueroa, Ramon - California State University, Sacramento Spy Kids: A New Breed of Latinos in American Cinema Perez, Rachel - Knox College The Disneyfication of America Session 1C in Room 223 Aquino, Angelica - University of California, San Diego Downtown Renovation & its Effects on the Community Environment: A Study on the University of California, San Diego’s Price Center Gallegos, Leon - The University of New Mexico Roppongi Hills: Investigation of Mixed-Use Development in Tokyo The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 17 Full Schedule Kaufman, Joanna - University of California, Davis Built Environment and its Effect on Elementary School Bike Ridership Mitchell, Charlie - Trinity University Tax Increment Financing in San Antonio Session 1D in Room 229 Hauter, Ashwak - University of California, Berkeley Glocal Biomedicine: Reformulating Expertise and Epistemology Sklenar, Sherri - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Paths to Zion: The Mormon Settlement at Wyoming, NE Lopez, Gabriella - University of California, Santa Barbara A New and Vibrant Rural California Rubaii, Kali - University of California, Davis Understanding the Obstacles to Effective Communication Between Refugee Serving Institutions and Iraqi Refugees in Amman, Jordan Session 1E in Room 235 Bravo, Francisco - Marquette University A Critical Analysis of Post 9/11 Labor Policy and their Ethical Implications on the Undocumented Mexican Population in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gutierrez, Hector - University of California, Berkeley Beyond the Binary: Constructing Notions of Legality in a Time of ‘Illegal’ Migration and Economic Recession in the Bay Area Day Labor Market Le, Andrew - St. Lawrence University Destiny of the Poor: The Transnational Migration of Vietnamese Laborers to the Caribbean Sznajder-Murray, Brittany - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Impact of Deportation Policies on Midwestern Latino Children Session 1F in Room 242 Aoun, Andrea - Cal Poly Pomona Has Change Really Come to America: College Student Attitudes about Obama’s Presidency The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 18 Full Schedule Melendez, Sarah - University of New Mexico The Role of the Youth in the 2008 Presidential Election: Attitudes and Levels of Participation Pitre, Shamone - Georgia State University “God Damn America”: A Comparative Analysis of Collegiate Student Responses to the Reverend Wright Sermon Rojas, Roger - Cal Poly Pomona Content and Textual Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Elections Session 1G in Room 254 Steinert, Becky - Kansas State University Time Perception and the Presence of a Clock Spencer-Walters, Dayo - University of California, Berkeley Relating Modernity, Conflict and Sexual Violence: Discourses of Violence Against Women in Sierra Leon Sheares, Keyra - University of Akron Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adult Women: An Empirical Review of the Literature Myles, Monai - Marquette University Reducing Sexual Violence: The Empowerment of Congolese Women Through Peace Building The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 19 Full Schedule Graduate School Panel Friday 11:30 - 12:30 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Daniel Bennett - University of California, Los Angeles Assistant Dean, Graduate Admissions Joseph L. Brown, Ph.D - Stanford University Director of Student Affairs, School of Humanities and Sciences Abbey Rincon - University of California, Berkeley Director Of Diversity School Of Public Health Cameron Patterson - Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Doctoral Student, Art, African and African American Studies Moderator Harold Campbell, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley BBQ Lunch & Graduate School Fair 12:30 - 2:00 PM at the Alumni House GRE Workshop Friday 2:00 - 3:20 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Joseph Brown, Ph.D. - Stanford University Director of Student Affairs, School of Humanities and Sciences The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 20 Full Schedule Concurrnt Session 2 Friday 2:00 - 3:30 PM in Dwinelle Hall Session 2A in Room 205 Crossland, Jenny - Southern Nazarene University Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Support Programs for First Generation College Students Gubbels, Michael - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Budgeted Machine Learning of Bayesian Networks Williams, Patrick - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Determining Body Measurements from 2D Images Andujar, Marvin - Kean University Alice or Java: Determining the Best Entry Point into Undergraduate Computer Science Education Session 2B in Room 206 Lu, Trang - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Anti-Bacterial Activity of Thermal Sensitive Liposomes Porter, Cynthia - University of Akron Health-Related Social Support and its Effects on Patient Compliance: Focusing on the Ignored Race-Specific Studies Barker, Milissa - University of South Florida A Comparison of Prosthetic Foot Pressures with and without Foot-shell Buildups in Transtibial Amputees Rosa, Carolina - Kean University The FDA and Its Regulations Regarding the New Drug Application Session 2C in Room 228 Tinoco, Adelita - California State University, East Bay Discovering Smoking Cessation Behaviors and Smoking Cessation Strategies in the Smoker Student Population at California State University East Bay The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 21 Full Schedule Mirtyl, Santhia - University of South Florida Oxygen and Reactive Species in Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Neurons (In vitro) Quezada, Liliana - University of California, San Diego Understanding the Risk Environment of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico Thomas, Brittany - California State University, Sacramento The Epidemic of HIV in African American Women Session 2D in Room 234 Pondo, Antonina - Knox College Biochemical Copycats: A Synthesis of ß-Aminophosphonates Dang, Kaitlyn - University of San Diego Mechanism of Copper Amine Oxidase Catalysis Abramov, Dennis - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University The North American Monsoon Berry, Nicole - California Polytechnical University, Pomona A Kinetic Study of Dibenzalacetone and Diferrocenylacetone Reacted with Water and Amine Nucleophiles Session 2E in Room 235 Arvayo, Alberto - University of Arizona Mathematical Modeling of Electrothermal in Micro-Fluidic System Huang, Andy - University of California, Davis Traveling Wave Phenomena in Inhomogeneous Media Juarez, Christopher - Kansas State University Statistical Consulting & the Randomized Compete-Block Design with a Split-Split-Plot Wong, Chifung - University of California, Davis Statistical Analysis to Determine Date of Annual First Flush The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 22 Full Schedule Session 2F in Room 246 Gittens, Ariel - University of St. Thomas Using Stable Isotopes to Assess Food Web Interactions Among Bullheads, Fathead Minnows, and Common Carp in Shallow Lake Ecosystems in Minnesota Nelson, Andrew - University of Nebraska, Lincoln Petrography and Sedimentology of the Pennsylvanian Holder Formation in South Central New Mexico and the Orogrande Basin Peterson, Nichole - University of Nevada, Reno Northern Nevada Microbreweries and Localism Rodriguez, Jorge - University of Southern California Variation of Width, Asymmetry, and Frequency of Solar Pressure Modes During the Sun’s Magnetic Activity Cycle Session 2G in Room 247 Khan, Natasha - Westminster College Investigation of Metal Acetylacetonato Compounds using the DART Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer Liang, William - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Protein-Protein Docking of Hepcidin and Ferroportin for Preparation of Molecular Dynamics Simulations Fernandez, Christopher - California State University, Bakersfield Synthesis and Analysis of a Porphyrin-Substituted Ferrocene Anion Sensor Bastidas, Monique - California State University, Sacramento Development of Analytical Methodology for Microwave-Assisted Hydrolysis of Glycans to Monosaccharides Murphy, Sasha - Knox College Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral ß-Aminophosphonic Acids Coffee Break 3:40 - 4:00 PM in Dwinelle Hall The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 23 Full Schedule GRE Workshop Friday 4:00 - 5:30 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Joseph Brown, Ph.D. - Stanford University Director of Student Affairs, School of Humanities and Sciences Concurrent Session 3 Friday 4:10 - 5:30 PM in Dwinelle Hall Session 3A in Room 205 Baylon, Eva - University of California, San Diego Self-Healing Polymer Jacome, Louis - California State University, East Bay Using Atomic Magnetometry to Test Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity Nguyen, Thuy - Westminster College 3D Nephrotoxicity Model Perkins, David - University of California, Davis Algorithm for Alignment in Broadcast Networks Session 3B in Room 206 Dien, Peter - Westminster College The Effect of Health Status on One’s Attitude Towards the US Health Care System Ledezma, Karina - University of Southern California The Beliefs and Determinants of Physical Activity in Latina Women Lee, Erin - University of Southern California Critical Considerations for Hormone-Replacement Therapy: The Mechanism of Estrogen-Progesterone Interactions Unraveled The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 24 Full Schedule Pine, Yeoun-Jee - University of California, Davis Treatments of Increasing Soy Isoflavones Concentrations and Their Effects to THP-1 Human Macrophage Cell Viability Session 3C in Room 228 Chavez, Filiberto - University of California, Berkeley Ometochtli, the God of Wine, a Gambler or a Priest? The Spiritual Conquest of Indigenous Knowledges in Sixteenth-Century Mexico Valdovinos, Rosalba - University of California, Davis Voice of the Underrepresented: Variation in Testimonio Content and Style Barboza, Jesus - California State University, Dominguez Hills Teotihuacan Influence: Is There a Pattern? Banegas-Godinez, Claudia L. - University of California, Berkeley The Contemporary Roots of Bolivian Indigenous Political Ideologies: Discovering the Contours of Indigenous Thought through Media Analysis Session 3D in Room 234 Bruce, Heather - University of Arizona How the Snail Got Its Shell: Investigating the Function of post2 in the Mud Snail Ilyanassa obsoleta Davis, Julian - University of New Mexico Galli, Transgender, Greco-Roman Society Rahe, Dylan - University of Nevada, Reno The Elusive Caenorhabditis elegans Surface Coat: A Proteomic Approach Badger, Erica - Knox College Effects of a Large Song Repertoire on the Red-eyed Vireo olivaceus Session 3E in Room 235 Faytol, Ashley - Cal Poly Pomona She’s Still Not Married?: The Pressure on Women to Marry in Latino and Anglo Communities The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 25 Full Schedule Flores, Carlos - California State University, Bernadino Moral Commitment and Religiosity in Newlywed Women and Their Influence on Infidelity expectations Chan, Melissa - University of Arizona Examining the Cross-Cultural Differences of Attachment Styles Within Marriage Types Between Asian Indians and Americans Her, Mee - University of Wisconsin, Madison Hmong Parents and Their Perception of Early Marriage and Higher Education in the Hmong Community Session 3F in Room 246 Manzo, Vida - University of California, Berkeley The Influence of Socio-Economic Status on Compassion and Sadness: Who is to Blame When One Suffers? Ridling, Bethany - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Insight and Locus of Control as Related to Aggression in Individuals with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) Swensen, Angela - Westminster College The Impact of Clubhouse Participation on the Utilization of Mental Health Services Wong, Anne - University of California, Davis Cultural Variation in the Regulation of Depression/Sadness: Comparison between American Born Asian Americans, Foreign Born Asian Americans and Caucasian Americans Session 3G in Room 247 Arnett, Paula - California State University, Bernadino Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth (LGBTQ): A Community Based Participatory Study Winborn, Vanessa - University of Akron Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Culturally Appropriate Treatment: For Minorities, Particularly African American Youth Cole, Robert - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Lives Abstract The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 26 Full Schedule Bullitt, Sondrina - University of California, Santa Barbara Beliefs and Perceptions of Mental Health Among Black UCSB Students Saturday, August 9, 2008 7:25-8:45am 9:00-9:55am 10:00-11:20am 11:30am-12:20pm 12:30-1:50pm 2:00-3:20pm 3:20-3:50pm 4:00-5:30pm Continental Breakfast in Dwinelle Hall Lobby Plenary Session C in 155 Dwinelle Hall Concurrent Session D in Dwinelle Hall Plenary Session D in 155 Dwinelle Hall Lunch in the Dwinelle Lobby with Poster Presentations Concurrent Session E in 155 Dwinelle Hall Break & Dwinelle Lobby Poster Presentation Concurrent Session F in 155 Dwinelle Hall Continental Breakfast 7:52 - 8:45 AM in Dwinelle Hall Lobby Plenary Session C Saturday 9:00 - 9:55 AM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Donald Asher - Asher Associates, Educational Consultant One of the nation’s foremost authorities on the graduate admissions process. Tens of thousands of students have seen his lectures, tapes, and teleconferences. He is the author of nine books, including Graduate Admissions Essays, the best-selling guide to graduate admissions. Moderator Mark Hartlaub - Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi Concurrent Session D Saturday 10:00 - 11:20 AM in Dwinelle Hall Session 4A in Room 205 The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 27 Full Schedule Ellis, Carmen - Kansas State University Methods of Professional Development, Increasing Confidence and Compentence in Faculty to Improve Accommodations for Special Need Learners Lanfair, Jordan - Knox College The Real “PC”: Achieving Positive Change in Urban Classrooms Miguel, Krystal - University of California, Berkeley Transfer Student Perspectives on Academic Counseling and Mentoring Services at California Community Colleges with High Transfer Rates Wax, James - California State University, East Bay Contributing and Preventing Factors Single Parents Face While in College Session 4B in Room 206 Erguera, Xavier - University of California, Berkeley POZ: Exploring HIV-Seropositive Disclosure Strategies in Cyber Cruising Huelsman, Amanda - University of Colorado, Boulder A Comparison of Decontextulized Scaffolding Among Parents of Harding-of-Heaing, Coclear Implanted, and Hearing Children Song, Joann - University of California, San Diego The Role of Mirroring Activity in Semantic Acquisition Su, Phi - California Polytechnical University, Pomona The Other ‘OC’: Asian American Youth Attitudes toward Family and Language in Orange County, California Tellechea, Angelica - California State University, Sacramento The California Latino Population and the Need for Bilingual Education Session 4C in Room 228 Harpster, Michael - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Toward a Modern Ecopoetry of the Prairie: The Poetics of Marjorie Saiser Rosas, Rogelio - California State University, Bakersfield A Comparative Study: Diesel Versus Biodiesel and the Effect of a Humid Air System on NOx Emissions The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 28 Full Schedule Godfrey, Althea - Southern Oregon University Crater Lake National Park: Who Goes There? An Exploration into How Park Visitors Overcome Videophilia Bravo, Raul - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Latinos and the Environment in Southern California Session 4D in Room 234 Martinez, Alexis - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University The Effect of Diversity in the Federal Aviation Administration Preciado, Nancy - California State University, Sacramento Surviving Under Free Trade: A Standpoint Analysis of Small Collective Farmers in Mexico Siddiqui, Zain - Westminster College Occupational Assimilation of Foreign-born Workforce: Evidence from Six OECD Countries DeMory, Jessica - Knox College The Economics of an Illegal Industry Session 4E in Room 235 Arevalo, Jacqueline - Trinity University Dining Out to Escape Carter, Adrian - Kansas State University U.S. Stock Market Valuation of the Present Compared to the Past Juarez, Isaac - Knox College The True Cost of Procuring Male Condoms Meza, Maria - California State University, Sacramento The Implications of Participating in Extracurricular Activities in Regards to Grades and Retention of CAMP Students at the University Session 4F in Room 243 Plascencia, Maricela - University of California, Davis Older Siblings Effect on Younger Sibling’s Delinquent Behavior Across Time The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 29 Full Schedule Bryant, Kristen - University of California, Berkeley The Role of Consumption in Peer Socialization among Parents Conley, Morgan - University of Nebraska, Lincoln Effects of Father Absence on Adolescent Sexual Activity, Substance Use, and Delinquent Behaviors Padilla, Eva - The University of New Mexico An Investigation of the Relationship between Childhood Neglect and Adult Social Intelligence Session 4G in Room 246 Dehn, Shirley - Knox College Heat Shock Proteins: Chaperones of the Cell Hackstock, Kimberly - University of Nevada, Las Vegas Impact of the Kinship Liaison Program on Relative Caregivers Nava, Gloria - University of California, Berkeley Foster Youth Services and Academic Outcomes: a Preliminary Examination in Oakland Unified School District Alexander, Tina - University of California, Davis Black Family and Foster/Adoption: The Influence of Stereotypes on the Black Family’s Willingness to Adopt Foster Children Plenary Session D Saturday 11:30 - 12:20 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Jena Marcum - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Airflow Sensors for Gas Turbine Surge Margin Deterioration Selena Meyer - University of Arizona IGF1 Affects the Response of Salivary Glands to DNA Damage Following Irradiation Moderator Jenny Kim University of California, Berkeley The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 30 Full Schedule Lunch & Poster Presentations 12:30 - 1:50 PM - Dwinelle Lobby Graduate School Workshop Saturday 2:00 - 3:20 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall CHOICES AND DOCUMENTS Donald Asher Education Consultant Asher & Associates Concurrent Session 5 Saturday 2:00 - 3:20 PM in Dwinelle Hall Session 5A in Room 205 Garcia, Mayra - Texas A M University, Corpus Christi Battle of South Texas: Ethnic Identity and First-Year Experience Garcia, Nichole - Westminster College Negotiating Spaces: Non-Bilingual Chicanas\Latinas in Higher Education Johnson, Chanel - University of California, Davis A Study of High Attrition Rates of African American Males at an Elite Private Catholic School Salgado, Casandra - University of California, Berkeley A Portrait of the Educational Attainment Gap between Second Generation Chicana/os and their Children Session 5B in Room 206 The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 31 Full Schedule Arauz, Jose - University of Nevada, Reno Experiential Avoidance and “Study-aholism”: Relationship to Motivation to Study and Mental Health Hernández, Gloria G. - University of California, Berkeley The Chilly Effect: The Interaction of Race and Gender in Latina’s Class Participation in Higher Education Settings Prudhomme, Joshua - University of San Diego Investigating Stereotype Threat Disparities of Intellectual Underperformance Among African American, Latino, and Caucasian College Students Wray, Jackson - University of Arizona Survivor Guilt in the Academic Domain: An Educational and Psychological Perspective Session 5C in Room 228 Das, Rebecca - University of Southern California Challenging Gender: The Galli Priesthood A Transgender Presence in the Ancient Mediterranean World? Stevens, Benson - Rodriguez, Erika - McCrady, Lauren Westminster College Dynamics, Perceptions, and Attitudes of Fluidity in Female Sexuality Ahmadi, Leva - California State University, Sacramento My Body, My Blog: Female Body Image and Sexuality in the Iranian “Weblogestan” Rillo Jr, Raul - University of California, Berkeley The Effects of U.S. Nationalism in the Construction of Filipino Lesbian Identity in the San Francisco Bay Area Session 5D in Room 234 Brown, Brytanee - University of California, Berkeley West Oakland: A Community’s Response to Food Injustice Lor, Maichou - University of Wisconsin, Madison Conducting Community Based Participatory Research in the Wisconsin Hmong Community The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 32 Full Schedule Samuels, Jeanette - University of Nebraska, Lincoln I Think I Can: African-American Students, Busing, & Self-Efficacy Vann Jr., Burrel - California State University, Fullerton Why Here, Why Now?: Mobilizing the 1964 Free Speech Movement at Berkeley Alonso, Adan - California State University, Dominguez Hills Afrocubanismo and Representations of Blackness in the Music of Israel Lopez Cachao Bryant, Tashiana - California State University, Dominguez Hills A Critical Analysis of Black Women in Rap Music from the Mid 1980s to Present Hilliard, Marian - California State University, Bakersfield Face Work: The Importance of Cosmetics in African American Women’s Aesthetic Luna, Fatima - University of California, Berkeley An Emerging Afromestizo Cultural Movement in Veracruz, Mexico Session 5E in Room 235 Session 5F in Room 243 Rosenblum, Shayna - The University of New Mexico The Political Economy of Reparations Funding Schemes Leon, Ruth - California State University, Bakersfield The Question of Intervention: American Intervention in International Crises and the Factors that Determined President Clinton’s Decision Hogan, Matthew - University of Nevada, Reno Landmines in the Greater Horn of Africa: The Benefits of Using Gambian Rats for Landmine Detection Berman, Karmina - University of California, Berkeley Public Access to Pharmaceuticals in Peru After the Signing of the Peru-USA Free Trade Agreement Session 5G in Room 246 Mesfine, Meron - University of California, San Diego Exploring Empathy with Williams Syndrome Rahming II, Bernard - Marquette University Impact of Ovarian Hormones and Chronic Stress on Anxiety The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 33 Full Schedule Weine, Erienne - University of Arizona Influences on Moral Decision-Making Andrews, Taylor - University of California, San Diego Forgiveness and the Stress Response Coffee Break in the Dwinelle Lobby 3:20 - 3:50 PM in Dwinelle Lobby w/ Poster Presentations Graduate School Workshop Saturday 4:00 - 5:30 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall CHOICES AND DOCUMENTS Donald Asher Education Consultant Asher & Associates Concurrent Session 6 Saturday 4:00 - 5:30 PM in Dwinelle Hall Session 6A in Room 205 Perkins, Sundee - Knox College The Evolution of Unicorns: The Physical and Symbolic Changes of the Unicorn Rodriguez, Sandy - University of California, Berkeley Conveying Identity: Code Switching en la Literature Chican@ Lilly, Mia - University of California, Merced Giornale Delle Donne and the Discourse of Femininity in Post-Unification Italy: A Critical Discourse Analysis The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 34 Full Schedule Seals, Vanessa - Westminster College Selling My Birthright: Novels of Passing from Larsen and Fauset to Senna Session 6B in Room 206 Montgomery, Stephanie - University of Nevada, Reno The Shift in Social and Gender Roles for Women in China from the End of the Qing Dynasty to the Cultural Revolution Darnell, Ashley - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Recalling Angkor: A Historiography of Analyses Made About Zhou Daguan’s Recollections of the Temple-City Gutierrez, Alicia - California State University, Bernadino Indoctrinating the Doctor: Social Darwinism and the Young Josef Mengele Liu, Richard - California Polytechnical University, Pomona The Struggle of the Uighurs Session 6C in Room 228 Tsinajinnie, Garrison - University of Arizona The Service and Cultural Experiences of Native Americans with Visual Impairments Saldate, Johnny - University of Arizona Memory Reconsolidation in Humans: Context-Dependent Updating in a Virtual Setting Robb, Jayci - Westminster College Attitudes of Ambivalent Ableism Rodriguez, Vanessa - California State University, Bakersfield Long-Term Enriched Environments But Not Cage Size Improves Memory in Adulthood and Late Adulthood in Male Rats Session 6D in Room 234 Chavez, Maria - University of California, Berkeley Emotional Expression and Machismo: Attitudes Among Second-Generation Mexican-American and First-Generation Mexican-Immigrant Men and Women Filip, Carol - St. Edwards University Our Differences Define Us, but Our Solidarity Unites Us: Embracing Plurality in Contemporary Catholic Feminist Theologizing The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 35 Full Schedule Martinez, Amanda - Trinity University A Geographic Analysis of the Social Construction of Latino Identity through the Catholic Church Perez, Adam - University of Southern California Visualization of Sporocidal Effects of Gas-Discharge Plasma Session 6E in Room 235 Caprile, Jose - California State University, Bakersfield Does Aspect Affect the Success of the Giant Whitefly? Diaz, Jesus Miguel - University of California, Berkeley The Effects of Elevated Corticosterone on Immune Competence in Xenopus laevis Nisbeth, Zalika - University of South Florida Analyzing theEffect of Different Land Uses Surrounding Polk County, FL Manmade Phosphate Lakes Levels of Fecal Indicator Bacteria Nunez, Ashley and Payne, Amanda - California State University, Bakersfield Do the Cutaneous Bacteria of the North American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Play a Role in Protecting it from the Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)? Session 6F in Room 243 Castano-Duque, Lina - University of Nevada, Reno Proteomic Analysis of the Resurrection Plant, Selaginella lepidophylla Flores, Manuel - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Cell Lysis and Lipid Extraction from Algal Cells for Biodiesel Production Collins, JoNee - University of Akron Characterization of Cellular Content of Atherosclerotic Lesions in Thrombospondin-4 Knockout Mice Ear, Jason - University of California, San Diego A Switch for Cellular Decision-Making: To Migrate or Proliferate? Session 6G in Room 247 Buac, Milijana - Marquette University Bilingual Speech Language Pathology: Should all Graduate Students be Required to have Multicultural/Bilingual Exposure Prior to Practicing? The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 36 Full Schedule Diaz, Nydia - University of Nevada, Las Vegas “Treasonous Acculturation”: La Malinche’s Legacy of Betrayal and its Effect on Women of Mexican American Descent Garcia, Ashley - Southern Nazarene University “Ethnic Backgrounds, American Popular Culture” Gutierrez, Livier - University of California, Berkeley Becoming a Latino Minuteman: The Development and Practice of Nativism Within the Latino Community Sunday, August 12, 2007 7:45-8:45am 9:00-9:55am 10:00-11:20am 11:30am-12:30pm 12:30-1:20pm 1:30-2:50pm 3:00-3:50pm 6:00- 12:00am Continental Breakfast in Dwinelle Hall Lobby Plenary Session E in 155 Dwinelle Hall Concurrent Session G in Dwinelle Hall Plenary Session F in 155 Dwinelle Hall Lunch - Dwinelle Lobby Concurrent Session H in Dwinelle Hall Closing Remarks & GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE!!! San Francisco Bay Cruise – Dinner and Dance Continental Breakfast in the Dwinelle Lobby 7:25 - 8:45 AM in Dwinelle Lobby Plenary Session E Sunday 9:00 - 9:55 AM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Chrisandra Kufeldt - University of California, San Diego Nutritional Needs Driving Baboon Diet Selectivity and Implications for Diets Composed of Mostly C3, C4, and CAM Plants Karen Smith - The University of California, Berkeley Case Closed: Examining the Survival Strategies of Employed and Unemployed African American Mothers in Oakland Who Have Timed Off CalWorks Moderator Juan Esteva Martinez, University of California, Berkeley The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 37 Full Schedule Concurrent Session 7 Sunday 10:00 - 11:20 AM in Dwinelle Hall Session 7A in Room 205 Escalomte-Flores, Alejandro - California State University, East Bay Kebede, Daniel - University of Nevada, Reno Identifying Expression of the Guidance Receptors Robo1 and Robo2 on Longitudinal Axon Padmore, Moses - California State University, East Bay Analysis of Public Health Interventions in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Zelaya, Anna - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Visualization of Sporocidal Effects of Gas-Discharge Plasma Session 7B in Room 206 Maletsky, Lisa - University of Nevada, Reno The Effect of Rule Accuracy and Inaccuracy on Communication and Productivity in an Organizational Analogue Contreras, Alicia - St. Edwards University Clients’ Perceived Self-Disclosure in Therapy and Its Relationship with Perceived Social Support Estrada, Christopher - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University The Intelligence Community: Counterfactual Analysis Using Organizational Theory Garcia, Luis - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Level of Comfort of Counselors in Discussing HIV-Risk-Related Behavior of Gay Male Methamphetamine Users Session 7C in Room 228 Camacho, Angelica - University of California, Santa Barbara The Prison Industrial Complex in Public Education: How Public Schools Function to Socially Incapacitate Youth Thao, Mai See - University of Wisconsin, Madison Hmong Women’s Health in Wisconsin The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 38 Full Schedule Villarreal, Margarita - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Cremation of Simulated Human Remains and Differentiation of Serrated and Non-Serrated Knife Marks on the Residual Bone Cabrera, Marvin - Southern Nazarene University Importance of Bi-cultural Religious Leadership among Religious Latino High School Students in Spanish Speaking Congregations Session 7D in Room 234 Painter, Kellie - California State University, Sacramento Surviving the Blast: Stress, Coping and the Single Parent Family De Oliveira, Nathalie - California State University, Fullerton A Critical Analysis of Young Poor Mothers, Social Interventions, and Capitalism in the United States Hamilton, Monique - University of California, Berkeley Integrating the Lived Experience into Practice: A Collaborative Approach to Addressing the Issues of Housing Women Voucher Recipients Hernandez, Wendy - Trinity University The Female Athlete Session 7E in Room 235 Brown, Jason - University of Akron The Influence of Impulsivity and Regulatory Focus On Selective Attention Garcia, Amelia - Knox College The Effects of Magazine Advertising Images on the Purchasing Behavior of College-Aged Women Bloom, Brittnie - San Diego State University Girls Just Wanna Have...Babies?: Teen’s Quest for Motherhood Shreck, Brian - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Re-Exploring the Old “New Dark Continent of American Politics”: Examining Entities for Natural Resource Management as Special District Governments Session 7F in Room 243 The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 39 Full Schedule Atlookan, Monica - University of Nevada, Reno Stewart Indian School: An Oral History Tróchez, Anthony - University of California, Berkeley Transforming the Academy: Moving UC Berkeley from Service to Sustainability Griffin, Yahya - University of California, Berkeley Reading, Writing and Renegades: Graffiti as a Pedagogical Tool for Learning and Teaching Hill, Jean Marie - Southern Nazarene University The Effects of Youth-Adult Partnerships on Youth Retention in a Youth Development Program Session 7G in Room 246 Venegas, Leon Alberto - St. Edwards University Correlating Genetic Variation with Morphology in Drosophila melanogaster Trujillo, Massiel - California State University, Bakersfield Measuring Critical Micelle Concentration as a Function of Cavitand Additives Using Surface Tension and Dye Micellization Lugo, Peggy - University of Nevada, Reno Identification of Proteins Involved in Regulating HCMV Latency Plenary Session F Sunday 11:30 - 12:25 PM in 155 Dwinelle Hall Mark De Guzman - California State University, Bakersfield Flouresence as Potential Function to Control the Permeability of Exoskeleton to Water Vapor Tonia Gonzales - University of California, Davis Auxin Signaling: Looking for Proteins that Interact with IAA1 Moderator: Harold Campbell, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 40 Full Schedule Chee, Jonathan - University of California, Davis Investigating the Effects of Yersinia Protein Kinase A on Interferon-Stimulated Genes Lunch -on the Lawn 12:30 - 1:20 PM Concurrent Session 8 Sunday 1:30 - 2:50 PM in Dwinelle Hall Session 8A in Room 205 Ochoa, Karina - Kean University DNA Sequencing & Gene Genealogies to Reconstruct Phylogeny and Evolution in the Mytilinidiaceae Aye, Nan - University of California, San Diego Off Target Study of M1-Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Using Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors’ Lead Compounds Nguyen, Thanh - University of Colorado, Boulder The Effect of Intragastric Administration of Mycobacterium Vaccae on the Serotonergic System De Guzman, Cathryn - California Polytechnical University, Pomona Effects of Ractopamine on Pig Muscle Mass and Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms Session 8B in Room 206 Bradford, Jared - California State University, Bakersfield Daniel Healy: Gandhi’s Arrest and Beyond, an Irishman’s Imperial Career in India Flores, Brittany - Trinity University Words in the Clouds, Wringing Them Out Like the Rain: Exploring and Using Ecopoetry Gordano, Joseph - Kean University Symmetric Group Properties of a Solved Sudoku Puzzle Harris, Isaac - Kean University Observing Young Tableaux in the Logic Puzzle Kenken The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 41 Full Schedule Session 8C in Room 228 Serra, Leslie-Anne - University of Nevada, Reno An Exploration of the Experiences of UNR Students Who are Mentors for the Dean’s Future Scholars Program Arevalo, Lizette - University of California, Santa Barbara The Privatization of Public Education in New York City during the Bloomberg’s Administration Sanchez, Erica - University of California, Berkeley Motherhood and Education: Locating African American Mothers in the 1970’s Boston Desegregation Movement Dye, Jakimah - University of Akron Minority Responses to a Middle School Level STEM Program Session 8D in Room 234 Cubbage, Sheila - Wichita State University A Phenomenology: Cumulative Bianary Social Choice Le, Thuy Anh - University of California, San Diego Refugee Love Ng, Aileen - University of Southern California Myth of the Laocoön: Changing Perceptions of Pathos Kimbrell, Thomas - California State University, Bakersfield Modern Presidential Power: Moving Toward a Unitary Executive? Session 8E in Room 235 Vasquez, Catelyn - University of the Incarnate Word Why Johnny Shouldn’t Read: Banned Books in Texas Spataro, Alison - Knox College An Examination of Americans’ Stereotypes of the French through 20th Century Films Sanders, Breone - Marquette University The Political Aims of Black Lesbian Independent Film The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 42 Full Schedule Hagy Ferguson, Anita - Southern Oregon University Communicating Climate Change: Issue Salience and the Influence of Myth, Misconception and Special Agenda Anderson, Dawnette - California State University, Dominguez Hills Reflection Practice and Action Research in Education Coffee Break in the Dwinelle Lobby 2:50 - 3:00 PM in Dwinelle Hall Closing Remarks & Grand Prize Raffle 3:10 - 3:50 PM in Dwinelle Hall San Francisco Bay Cruise - Dinner & Dance 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM Buses load from 6-6:30pm at 2515 Channing Way (cross street is Telegraph) Buses will DEPART PROMPTLY at 6:30pm and return at Midnight The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 43 Full Schedule The 2009 Berkeley McNair Symposium • 44