WHEATON COLLEGE32nd Annual
Sociology and AnthropologySenior Research Symposium
January 29th and 30th 2014Woolley Room, Mary Lyon Hall
Symposium and Keynote AddressOpen to Public
32nd Annual Sociology and Anthropology Senior SymposiumJanuary 29th and 30th, 2014
Wednesday January 29th, 2014
2:00 pm -3:00 pm
Performance and Body
Discussant and Moderator: Donna Kerner
Carlie Smith“Duende: Contextualizing the Body and Soul of Flamenco.
Brianna WaldenAmerican Physique and Socialization in Zumba.
Quinn HarrisBeyond the Crown: Samoan Pageantry and the Politics of Contested Beauty.
3:00 pm-3:45 pm
Created Families
Discussant and Moderator: Kersti Yllö
Sarah FitzgeraldChildren’s Changing Roles in Blended Families.
Izzy KramerNon-Adoptees Attitudes Towards Adoption.
3:45 pm-4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm-4:45 pm
Sexing
Discussant and Moderator: Hyun Kim
Juan RianoUngendering the Intersex Body.
Sophie HowardHeterosexual Anal Intercourse.
Thursday January 30th, 2014
9:30 am-10:15 am
Class and Race in Urban Space
Discussant and Moderator: John Grady
Patrick CraneClass and the Making of the Invisible Wall in Vernon Rockville.
Emily DeWetRacialized Paths and the Business of Township Tourism.
32nd Annual Sociology and Anthropology Senior SymposiumJanuary 29th and 30th, 2014
Thursday January 30th, 2014
10:15 am - 11:15am
Identity Matters I
Discussant and Moderator: Bruce Owens
Ariel EatonUnderstanding Personal Transformation in Wheaton’s Program.
Amber SpencerBiracial Identity.
Emily DeVitoMe 2.0 Identity and Social Media.
11:15 am-11:30 am Break
11:30 am -12:30 pm
Identity Matters II
Discussant and Moderator: Bruce Owens
Molly CardozaParish, Identity, and Latino Immigration.
Jennifer IrvingSchooling and Identity Transformation Among Nepalese Refugees in Manchester New Hampshire.
Hannah ReierGringo Identity as Privileged Place-making in Ecuador.
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Engaging Work: Sustainability, Satisfaction and Effective Communication
Discussant and Moderator: Karen McCormack
Nurit ApplbaumGross National Happiness as a Sustainable Ideology for Development in Bhutan.
Annie GomezThe Organizational Sustainability of a Rape Crisis Center.
Nick HannonPolitical Action and Levels of Engagement.
Hillary WilsonUnderstanding Employee Motivation in Non-Profit Work
Molly LaneThe Effectiveness of Digital Communication in Organizational Sustainability.
2:45 pm - 3:15 Break
32nd Annual Sociology and Anthropology Senior SymposiumJanuary 29th and 30th, 2014
Thursday January 30th, 2014
3:15 pm-4:45 pm
Health and HealingDiscussant and Moderator: M. Gabriela Torres
Katherine UlrichThe Hidden Agenda of Intercultural Health Care Models in Ecuador.
Benjamin KragenInvented Tradition: Drupka Health Care in Bhutan.
Sara StriblingMusic Therapy: Opening the Doors to Healing.
Maye EmleinCustomization and Conflict: Biomedicine in Maasailand.
Savannah TenneyFamily, Feminization, and Physicians: Ovarian Cancer as a Shared Experience.
5:00 pm-5:30 pm
Reception, Weil Lounge, Faculty/Staff Dining Room.
5:30 pm-6:30 pm Dinner, Faculty/Staff Dining Room, Emerson
6:30 pm-7:15 pm
Keynote Lecture
“Black Identities Revisited: New and Old African Americans in Middle Class New York” by Orly Clerge, Ph.D., Wheaton Class 2005
Orly Clerge is a Postdoctoral Associate for the Urban Ethnography Workshop in the Department of Sociology at Yale University. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Demography at Brown University in 2013. She is a graduate of Wheaton College, where she received her bachelors degree in Sociology. Orly’s research interests are in urban sociology, race and ethnicity and immigration/migration. Her dissertation, titled “Black Identities Revisited: New and Old African Americans in Middle Class New York” examines the social and cultural integration of black immigrants into the African American middle class. Orly’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Society for the Study of Social Problems.