Virginia Commonwealth University

Student International Studies

Research Conference

Final Program

Student Commons – Academic Campus

April 15-16, 1999

Sponsored by the

International & Area Studies Programs

College of Humanities and Sciences

Virginia Commonwealth University

 

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Student International Studies Research Conference

Virginia Commonwealth University

April 15-16

All events will take place in the

Student Commons, Academic campus

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

The conference registration desk in the Commons

Will open at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 15

and at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 3.

Program Summary

Thursday, April 15

10:00-11:45 AM: Session I panels, Capital Ballrooms A-D

1:30-3:15 PM: Session II panels, Capital Ballrooms A-D

3:30-4:40 PM: Roundtable on Careers in International Affairs

Capital Ballroom A.

4:45-5:30 PM: Refreshments, Alumni Board Room

5:30-7:00 PM: Virginia Premiere Screening of the award-winning documentary video, El futuro Maya: Voices from the Present. Presented by video producer R. McKenna Brown, Virginia Commonwealth University. Capital Ballroom A.

 

Friday, April 16

8:30-10:15 AM: Session III panels, Capital Ballrooms A-D

10:30-11:45 Session IV panels, Capital Ballrooms A-C

Panel Schedule

 

Thursday, April 15, 10-11:45, Session I

 

Panel I-A: Women's Issues in the Third World (Capital Ballroom A)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Humberto Fabelo, VCU, School of Social Work

Holly Virginia Krambeck, University of Virginia, "The Role of Western and Chinese Media in Portraying and Influencing Women's Rights in China"

Kourtney Brown, Rochelle Donastorg & Joy Booker, Virginia Union University, "Women In the Third World: Political, Social and Psychological Concerns"

 

Panel I-B: Armed Conflict (Capital Ballroom B)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Bill Newmann, VCU, Department of Political

Science and Public Administration

Michelle Rogers, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Reagan's Decision to Invade Granada"

Susan Hayes, Virginia Commonwealth University, "The Christmas

Bombing"

Ernie Staton, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Operation Just Cause: President Bush's Decision to Invade Panama"

Priscilla Wright, Michelle Hargrove, Arron Hypolyte, Cheri Walker & Patrick Edmonds, Virginia Union University, "Mexico: Corruption and Civil War on Our Southern Border"

 

 

Panel I-C: From Macro to Micro: State Policy and Social

Consequence (Capital Ballroom C)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Judith Twigg, VCU, Department of Political Science & Public Administration

Leah Dozier, Hampton University, "The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on the Economy of Zimbabwe"

Seyit Ali Avcu, University of Virginia, "Gradual Economic Reforms and Turkish Political Fragmentation"

Amy M. Birtel, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Examining the Goals, Values and Career Aspirations of South African Zulu Students"

Session I-D: Human Rights Issues (Capital Ballroom D)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Christina Turner, VCU, Department of

Sociology/Anthropology

Stephen Kiu-Kay On, University of Virginia, "Kant on Human Rights"

Cynthia R. Greenlee, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, "Cyberwars; Burmese Dissidents and the Government Battle Online"

Maura Pigeon, Virginia Commonwealth University, ""Good Cause:

Motivations for U.S. Military Intervention Abroad"

Thursday, April 15, 1:30-3:15 p.m., Session II

Session II-A: Literature as Reflection of Reality (Capital Ballroom A)

(Students in SPAN 431, Literary Periods, Virginia Commonwealth

University)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Eugenia Muñoz, VCU, Department of Foreign

Languages

Julia Henshaw, "Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz"

Christine Kostal, "José Martí"

Shakira Alexander, "Marjorie Agosín"

Session II-B: Political Thought, Moral Responsibility and Cultural

Relativism (Capital Ballroom B)

(Students in POLI 341 History of Political Thought, Virginia Commonwealth University)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Michael Cairo, VCU, Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Melissa Ingram Quin Lewis

Ayanna McMullen Maima Hansford

Franklin Monsour Suzanne Ellyson

Session II-C: Reshaping the Global Order (Capital Ballroom C)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Ramsey Kleff, Virginia Union University, Chair

Social Sciences

Eric Nepomuceno, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Korean Reunification: Continued Cold War Ideology or Potential Multi-Polar Power?"

Shane Crothers, Randolph-Macon College, "Has the Irish Republic Yielded its Autonomy and National Sovereignty to the European Union?"

Rachel White, Virginia Commonwealth University, "The Role of the United States as a Super (?) Power in the Modern Global Order"

Session II-D: Latin American Popular Music Capital Ballroom D)

(Students in SPAN 321, Latin American Civilization, Virginia

Commonwealth University)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. R. McKenna Brown, VCU, Foreign Languages

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Kimberly Brown Sandra Bryant Jaken Caston

Kristy Colbert Amber DePass Kristin Hott

Kunoor Jain Danielle Johnson Katherine Jones

Yong Kim Christine Kostal Milagros Lopez

Metzy Martinez Heidi Moffitt Anisa Mohammed

Traci Morris Amy Owens Maura Pigeon

Sochitl Rodriguez

 

3:30-4:30 p.m.: Roundtable on Careers in International Affairs

(Capital Ballroom A)

Prof. Charles Byles, VCU, School of Business

Prof. Humberto Fabelo, VCU, School of Social Work

Prof. Martha Moon, VCU, School of Nursing

Ms. Tina Murray, VCU, Center for International Programs

Prof. Bill Newmann, VCU, Department of Political Science and

Public Administration

 

4:45–5:30 p.m.: Refreshments, Alumni Board Room

 

5:30-7:00 p.m.: Virginia Premiere Screening (Capital Ballroom A)

El futuro Maya: Voices from the Present

Prof. R. McKenna Brown, VCU, presents his award-winning video produced with John Grey and Julie Kline of the Center for Latin America, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, on the current Maya movement in Guatemala. Discussion to follow.

 

 

 

Friday, April 16, 8:30-10:15 a.m., Session III

 

Session III-A: The Causes of War Roundtable (Capital Ballroom A)

(Students in the VCU Department of Political Science & Public Administration)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Jim Sofka, VCU, Department of Political Science

and Public Administration

Luke Duecy Howard Halvorsen

Joseph Kraemer Eric Nepomuceno

William Russell Chris Saladino

Rachel White

Session III-B: Doing Business Overseas (Capital Ballroom B)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Charles Byles, VCU, School of Business

Ron D. Bloom, Virginia Commonwealth University, "The Need for U.S. Education Reform for a 21st Century Global Market"

Ben Marinic, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Doing Business in the United Kingdom: A Primer"

Melissa Musick, Virginia Commonwealth University, "A Comparison of Culture and Management Practices between Japan and the United States"

Session III-C: Indigenous Art & Ritual in the Americas (Capital Ballroom C)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Christina Turner, VCU, Department of Sociology

& Anthropology

Deborah Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Mortuary Customs of the Inca"

Cynthia Brechen, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Chinchorro Mortuary Practices"

Idalia Rodriguez, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Ritualistic Activity in the Brazilian Amazon"

Carol Anne Baker, Virginia Commonwealth University, "Divine Inspiration: An Examination of Hallucinogens and Imagery Production among Some South American Populations"

Reinaldo Morales, Jr., Virginia Commonwealth University, "Nordeste Paintings: The Case for a Pan-Archaic American Rock Art Tradition"

Session III-D: Civilization and Identity (Capital Ballroom D)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Ramsey Kleff, Virginia Union University, Chair

Social Sciences

Yasar Sari, University of Virginia, "Imperial versus National Identity: A Comparison of Russia and Serbia"

Alaa Bayoumi, Duquesne Univ, "The Clash of Civilizations: The Extreme Usage of the Civilizational Perspective"

 

Friday, April 16, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Session IV

Session IV-A: Population Studies (Capital Ballroom A)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. David Kennamer, VCU, School of Mass

Communication

Dana De Bourbon, Virginia Commonwealth University, "The Effects of India's Population Growth"

Victoria M Racz, Virginia Commonwealth University, "The China One-Child Policy"

Session IV-B: Civil Society (Capital Ballroom B)

Chair/Discussant: Prof. Judith Twigg, VCU, Department of Political

Science and Public Administration

Porsha Watkins, Dondrae Maiden, Deshona Holland, Kenny Gates, Danielle Fowler & Aubrey Brown, Virginia Union University, "The Collapse of Russia's Nascent Democracy: Implications for the United States"

Adam Sutton, George Mason University, "Civil Society and Voting in Germany and the United States"

Session IV-C: Study Abroad Experiences Roundtable

(Capital Ballroom C)

Shalonda Brooks Prof. McKenna Brown Ashley Crabhill

Kirstin Hott Kunoor Jain Heather Lewis

Felicia Lundin Anissa Mohammed Tina Murray, CIP

Prof. Mark Wood