Social Science and Social Change

March 6, 2015, 8:30 to 4 pm

DuBois Center, Northern Arizona University

8:30 – 9:00Conference registration (DuBois Vendor Area)

9:00 – 10:00Student Success - DuBois, Meadows room

Facilitator – Dr. Yvonne M. Luna, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “This is how we make it”: Survivancestrategies of academically successful students of color at a predominately White university” by Dr. Angelina E. Castagno, Director of Ethnic Studies and Associate Professor in Educational Leadership; Dawn RebeccahBohanon, graduate student in Educational Psychology and Ethnic Studies; Marta Soledad Serpas-Guardado, undergraduate student in Philosophy and Ethnic Studies.
  • “Do interpersonal disputes affect academic success?: Preliminary findings from a campus survey” by Heather Foster, graduate student in Applied Criminal Justice.
  • “Does course format matter?: Assessing student learning in the blended redesign of SOC101” by Dr. Yvonne M. Luna, Associate Professor of Sociology and Stephanie Winters, Adjunct Faculty and Research Assistant of Sociology.

Racial and National Identities and Conflicts – DuBois, Southwest room

Facilitator – Tina Eyraud, Instructor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “Native American experiences with discrimination in reservation border towns” by Jeremy Ashley, graduate student in Applied Sociology
  • “State ritual of war commemoration: Sinhala Buddhist ideology and its ambiguities” by GeethikaDharmasinghe, graduate student in Anthropology
  • “Perceptions of undocumented oriented organizational policies in Flagstaff” by Breton McKenzie, graduate student in Anthropology

10:15 – 11:15Intimate Partner Violence – DuBois, Meadows room

Facilitator – Dr. Kathleen Ferraro, Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “Social science contributions to the response to intimate partner violence” by Dr. Kathleen Ferraro, Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work
  • “Fatality Reviews and Safety Assessments: Communities Creating Change” by Stephanie Mayer, graduate student in Politics and International Affairs, Family Violence Institute
  • “Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative in India: An Exploratory Study,” by Nitika Sharma, Ph.D., Family Violence Institute

Pedagogical Explorations – Southwest room

Facilitator – Dr. Janine Schipper, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “Social transformation and educational reform through asset-based community development: The Flagstaff STEM City Initiative” by B. Joby Hunt, graduate student in Anthropology.
  • “Convening learning communities in teacher preparation to encourage pre-service to embrace anti-oppressive pedagogies and practices” by Jaclyn Pace, graduate student in Sustainable Communities.
  • “Consciousness and social change” by Dr. Janine Schipper, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work.

11:30Buffet lunch – DuBois Ballroom

12:00 – 1:00Keynote Address – DuBois Ballroom

Dr. Javier Treviño, Wheaton College

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1:00Film, Workers on the Rise, presented by Dr. Michelle Tellez

DuBois Ballroom

1:45 – 2:45Art and Culture – DuBois, Meadows room

Facilitator – Katherine Everhart, Instructor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “Underground sound in the land down under” by Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr., Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies; Matthew Brandel, Corbin Jountii, Andrew Shadwick, Ashley Stites, and Bryantee Williams-Bailey, SBS students.
  • “Everything but the funnel cake: Cultural expressions and the University of Puerto Rico student occupation of 2010” by Katherine Everhart, Instructor of Sociology.
  • “Slam poetry and emerging indigenous identities” by Amanda Brand, graduate student in Applied Sociology.

Marginality and Social Control – DuBois, Southwest room

Facilitator – Dr. Douglas Degher, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “The Drug war, social movements and the repeal of cannabis prohibition: Changing public opinion” by Sean Boylan, graduate student in Applied Sociology.
  • “The cost of freedom: Homelessness as a nomadic lifestyle” by Joseph Martin, graduate student in Applied Sociology.
  • “Reframing other than honorable and general discharge status: Policy solutions for reducing veteran homelessness” by Grant Walsh-Haines, graduate student in Politics and International Affairs.

3:00 – 4:00Gender and Sexuality – DuBois, Meadows room

Facilitator – Dr. Mohamad A. Mohamed, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “The transition from fear to privilege? How trans men experience fear of victimization” by Lou Baker, graduate student in Applied Sociology.
  • “From locked doors to locked screens: The implications of sexting as a gendered performance of sexuality and privacy” by Amanda Brand, graduate student in Applied Sociology.
  • “’Urfῐ marriage in Egypt” by Dr. Mohamad A. Mohamed, Assistant Professor of Sociology.

Sustainability – DuBois, Southwest room

Facilitator – Dr. KoroosMahmoudi, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work

  • “Moving towards the paradigm of alternatives” by ChiedzaDenhere, Ph.D. candidate, Politics and International Affairs.
  • “The electric vehicle movement: At the intersection of environmentalism and industry” by Melissa Goldberg, graduate student in Anthropology.
  • “The discourse of poverty: How language perpetuates underdevelopment” by Heather Heath, graduate student, Masters in Sustainable Communities.
  • “How much can we take: Craft breweries explosion across the United States and the power of local markets” by James Kirkham, graduate student in Applied Sociology

Sponsored by The Department of Sociology and Social Work.