2013 National Convention Program - Alpha Chi

Section 31
Political Science/Economics: US $ and Reform Movements ........................................................................................... Calhoun
Dr. Paul Michelson, Huntington University, moderating
11:15 "International Trade: Boon or Bane? Analyzing the Influence of International Trade on Unemployment Levels"
Erin Elizabeth Grant, Arkansas Eta, Region II, Harding University
11:30 "Taxation as Regulation"
Michele Jones, California Beta, Region VII, California Baptist University
11:45 "The Influence of the Americans for Tax Reform Group"
Travis Hart, Missouri Lambda, Region IV, Missouri Western State University
12:00 "US Bureau of the Census Reforms"
Avery Bourne, Missouri Epsilon, Region IV, Columbia College
Section 32
Chemistry: Practical Applications ....................................................................................................................................... Kissam
Dr. Stuart Davidson, Greensboro College, moderating
11:15 "Method Development for the Extraction of Vinyl Chloride from PVC Pipes Using Solid-Phase Microextraction"
Rachel Logemann, Tennessee Delta, Region III, Carson-Newman College
11:30 "A Study of Varied Dopant Levels in BIMEVOX Compounds by Microwave Synthesis"
Joshua Smith, Oklahoma Gamma, Region II, East Central University
11:45 "Half-Sandwich Ruthenium (II) Complexes with a 1,4,7-Trithiacyclononane Face and Ancillary
Thiosemicarbazone Ligands"
Marc-Andre LeBlanc, Arkansas Iota, Region II, Lyon College
12:00 "Analysis of Pungency Chemicals in Ginger Soft Drinks"
Jeremy D. Griffin, North Carolina Zeta, Region III, Gardner-Webb University
Student Presentations Session Four (Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.)
Section 33
Art/Music/Dance Papers: Questioning Boundaries ............................................................................................................ Neely
Dr. Howard Smolleck, New Mexico State University, moderating
8:00 "Gender Trouble 2.0: Lady Gaga, Drag, and Postmodern Identity"
Jon-Michael H. Poff, Arkansas Iota, Region II, Lyon College
8:15 "Creative Arts in Raising and Strengthening Girls' Self-Concept"
Meghan Wymer, Tennessee Nu, Region III, Milligan College
8:30 "The Life and Works of Italian Architect Filippo Brunelleschi"
Ashley Sheffield, Arkansas Eta, Region II, Harding University
8:45 "Public Space and the Effect of Street Furniture"
Lisa Lin, New York Sigma, Region VI, Long Island University, Brooklyn
Section 34
American History: Civil War, Prof. Jean Michelson ........................................................................................................... Sarratt
Huntington University, moderating
8:00 "Taking Destiny into Their Own Hands: A Look at Southern Women's Lives During the American Civil War"
Jeannae Eckelkamp, Missouri Delta, Region IV, Westminster College
8:15 "Lincoln, Seward, and the Republican Rejection of Compromise, December 1860"
Eric Goodwin, South Carolina Iota, Region III, Erskine College
8:30 "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: A Window into North Carolina Slave Experiences"
Amy Snyder, North Carolina Zeta, Region III, Gardner-Webb University
8:45 "The Arkansas Post Campaign and the Importance of the Civil War West of Mississippi"
Roy Wisecarver, Arkansas Zeta, Region II, University of Arkansas at Monticello
Section 35
American Literature: Contemporary Writers ................................................................................................................. McTyeire
Dr. Kate Stewart, University of Arkansas at Monticello, moderating
8:00 "Troubling the Waters: The Function of the Lake in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping"
Kelsey Shaw, Texas Alpha Zeta, Region II, East Texas Baptist University
8:15 "Ron Rash and the Colonization of Appalachia"
Elizabeth Van Halsema, North Carolina Zeta, Region III, Gardner-Webb University
8:30 "Voices of a Higher Power: Judge Holden in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and the Narrative Voice of
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass as Representative Channels and Manifestations of the Divine"
Stephen T. Sanders, South Carolina Alpha, Region III, Lander University
8:45 "The Things They Carried: Vietnam's Emotional Truth"
Emily Knott, South Carolina Alpha, Region III, Lander University
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