Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Ethnographies of Non-profit Organizations Confronting Food Insecurity
Presenter(s): Ibraheem M Alawadhi, Khaled A Alsubaih, Liwei Bao, Daniel F Berko, John J Buckley, Benjamin
A Cox, Jared R Crandall, Xxx Duolan, Kellsy E Duthie, Alex J Fitzharris, Collin S Framburg, Logan S Gekeler,
Tianyang Geng, Kevin R Gustafson, Zhiyu He, Christophe
Advisor(s): Amanda J Wright Cron
English
Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_102_L1
2:00 PM-4:30 PM
ArtStreet - Studio B
In each of these presentations, students will report on the culture ofa nonprofit organization that confronts an issue within the realm offood insecurity:
a local food pantry or food bank, community kitchen,community or urban garden, or national or international food advocacyorganization.
In their research, the students employed methods fromethnography, including participant observation, interviews, andcollection and examination
of artifacts (including writing). Studentswill report on their individual and collective experiences, making aspecific assertion or assertions
about the cultural nature of eachorganization in response to questions not limited to the following:What issues do the organizations confront?
What interactions andhabits characterize the organization? How is the organizationsustained? What relationships characterize the organization?
How dothe volunteers and individuals served by the organization understandone another? What prior conceptions do the students have about
theorganization? In what ways do their prior conceptions relate to theactual culture of the organization.
33: Stories of Flight and Flightlessness in the American Identity
Presenter(s): Michael J Winn
Advisor(s): Joseph R Pici
English
3:00 PM-3:20 PM
Honors Thesis Kennedy Union - 312
These stories and their characters are connected by how they relate to a fictional highway: Highway 33. This highway, whether explicitly or implicitly,
both a medium for movement and a place itself, is then the device by which relationships, place, and movement affect and redefine each
other. At large, I am exploring how Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis (the idea that America is always defined by having an unexplored
âfrontierâ to move toward) defines not only America, but Americans; by placing these characters at the threshold of their own personal frontiers,
these stories attempt to address the question, “What now?”
Putting Faith Into Action: Fostering Education Through Relationships
Presenter(s): Toriana Cirino
Advisor(s): Lori G Phillips-Young, Margaret M Strain
English
3:00 PM-3:20 PM
Independent Research Kennedy Union - 311
The Sophomore Social Justice Service Learning Community’s (SSJSL) mission is to promote literacy. The SJSLC’s community partner, the non-profit
organization Project READ, trains volunteers to help tutor students in grades K-8 and young adults. After training, I was assigned an afterschool
tutoring position assisting students at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Dayton. Under the supervision of Jim Henry, I have
tutored students from E.J. Brown K-8 School. Many of the students who participate in the after school program need assistance in achieving higher
results on their Ohio Achievement Test Scores. Through individual attention in this program students continue to progress towards that goal. The
schools and the students in the City of Dayton benefit from the extra assistance provided through programs like the one at Westminster. My service
learning experience has shown me that tutoring is one way serve our community. It is also an opportunity for me to apply the Marianist ideals of
lead, learn, and serve. This tutoring experience was a new experience for me and one that I hope to be able to continue throughout my education
at The University of Dayton.
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