2013 National Convention Program - Alpha Chi

Section 14
American History: Laws and Lawbreakers ......................................................................................................................... Sarratt
Ms. Christie McDevitt, Region VI Student Representative, moderating
8:00 "Discrimination Under Law: Eugenics in America"
Leah Avila, California Iota, Region VII, California State University, Bakersfield
8:15 "Under the Radar: The Longevity of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932-1972"
Megan Ashley Kunkle, South Carolina Iota, Region III, Erskine College
8:30 "The Most Hated Guys in the Room: Unethical Practices and Deregulation in American Big Business"
Sarah Humphreys, Missouri Delta, Region IV, Westminster College
8:45 "After the Tulsa Race Riot, A Battle for Extradition: The Inciting to Riot Cases of A. J. Smitherman, J. B. Stradford,
and Charles Smithie"
Brandy L. Baldwin, Oklahoma Gamma, Region II, East Central University
Section 15
American Literature: Major Voices ................................................................................................................................. McTyeire
Dr. Terrell Tebbetts, Lyon College, moderating
8:00 "Huckleberry Finn's Definition of Civilization"
Randi Laurel Clark, Mississippi Beta, Region III, William Carey University
8:15 "Time and Time Again: Analysis of Similarities between Ambrose Bierce and Kurt Vonnegut"
Jason A. Higgins, Arkansas Zeta, Region II, University of Arkansas at Monticello
8:30 "Nature and Dissolution: Djuna Barnes's Nightwood, Biology, and the Rhetoric of Loss"
Theresa Gaumond, California Iota, Region VII, California State University, Bakersfield, Graduate Student
8:45 "'Father Said': Mr. Compson's Role in His Son's Suicide"
Hannah Williams, Arkansas Iota, Region II, Lyon College
Section 16
British Literature: 19th Century Writing ..................................................................................................................... Carmichael
Dr. Gregory Clemons, Mars Hill College, moderating
8:00 "A Study in Sherlock: Looking at a Character Through the Lens of Psychoanalytic Literary Theory"
Abi Parker, Tennessee Delta, Region III, Carson-Newman College
8:15 "The Progress of Pathology and Victorian Identity: From Tradition to Technology"
Hillary L. Eichelberger, Texas Psi, Region I, Abilene Christian University
8:30 "Jane Eyre: A New Perspective on an Old Subject"
Victoria Lagel, Iowa Iota, Region IV, Waldorf College
8:45 "Wuthering Heights: the Breaking of Boundaries"
Lydia Twigg, Florida Theta, Region III, Clearwater Christian College
Section 17
Anthropology/Sociology: Global and Gender Issues ...................................................................................................... Bernard
Ms. Alysha Mroczka, Region V Student Representative, moderating
8:00 "The Ethical and Sociocultural Dimensions of the Kiribati Dilemma"
Emily Tucker, Indiana Alpha, Region V, Anderson University
8:15 "The Hanja Debate: Language Planning in South Korea"
Emily S. Tregelles, Hawaii Beta, Region VII, Hawaii Pacific University
8:30 "Terrorist and Extremist Groups in Africa and the Middle East: An Assessment in the Era of Arab Spring"
Alicia Jurek, Texas Omicron, Region II, Sam Houston State University
8:45 "The Portrayal of Women in Mass Media and Its Ideological Effects"
Courtney Kleinschmidt, Iowa Beta, Region IV, William Penn University
Section 18
Molecular/Cellular Biology: Implications for Diabetes & Vascular Disease ....................................................................... Rand
Prof. Suzanne Pundt, University of Texas at Tyler, moderating
8:00 "Combination Therapy with Anti-Interleukin-1? Antibodies and Islet Autoantigen GAD65 DNA Can Revert
Recent-Onset Diabetes in the RIP-GP Mouse Model"
Ambima Buzhyason, Missouri Epsilon, Region IV, Columbia College
8:15 "The Effects of Carbohydrate Concentrations on Heat Shock Protein Expression in Daphnia magna"
Morgan N. Dickerson, Oklahoma Gamma, Region II, East Central University
8:30 "An Updated Molecular Review of Diabetes"
Alexis Kaiser, Indiana Alpha, Region V, Anderson University
8:45 "Molecular Cloning and Expression of cDNAs Encoding Type 2 Ryanodine Receptors"
Krystyna Clark, Tennessee Theta, Region III, Christian Brothers University
Section 19
Business Administration: Money Matters ................................................................................................................... Branscomb
Ms. Stefanie Faull, Region III Student Representative, moderating
8:00 "Budgeting"
Agnes Hayibor, Missouri Zeta, Region IV, Harris-Stowe State University
8:15 "Financial Statement Analysis"
Durwood Woolridge, Missouri Zeta, Region IV, Harris-Stowe State University
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