Session III
11:00 – 12:15 pm

Richmond Salon I:    China in Transition

      Chair:  Dr. Weiping Wu, Urban Studies & Planning and International Studies, School of World Studies
                  and Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

      Papers in this Panel will focus on how China is making the transition from a planned economy to a
      market economy and what implications this transition has on the political, social and urban landscape.

      Comparative study of China's transition and other transitional economies:  Gordy Burke,
            Carl Carlsen, Amber Gray, Janna Hall, Urooj Mughal, Nick Olsen
      Comparative study of China’s economy and other emerging economies:  Ashley Antognoni,
            Matthew Greisamer, Elizabeth Noel, John Rutkowski, Jay Wyss
      China's economic rise and its impact on the international community:  Elizabeth Billups,
            Beth Holt, Plamen Ivanov, Peter Jones, David Lantz, Andrew Ogle
      China’s environmental challenges and their global impact:  Krista Burns, Nusrat Chowdhury,
            Dustin Kline, David Lieu, Stephanie Osei-Tutu, Hall Wingfield
      Regional autonomy within China:  Carl Barber, Charles Kasongo, Sophia Kim, Thomas Shoup,
            Michelle Webb

Richmond Salon II:   Globalization Films

Richmond Salon III:  VCU Study Abroad Hall

Richmond Salon IV:  Globalization from Foreign Language Perspectives
                                    *Topics presented in French and Spanish

      Chair: Dr. Oliver Speck, German and European Cinema, School of World Studies
                Ms. Virginia Casanova, Internships and Spanish, School of World Studies

      Kristen Sikorsky (Spanish):  Realismo Mágico, Religión y Marquez: Un Señor Muy Viejo con alas grandes  
            (in Spanish)
      Alexina Eagle-Romaine (International Studies):  Reflections on an Angolan Refugee in America (in French)
      Hadja Diallo (Nursing) and Olivia Gad (Biology):  Women: Past, Future and maybe Present (in French)