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

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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.