Five College Anthropology Undergraduate Research Conference
Five College Anthropology Undergraduate Research Conference
2011
Machmer Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Saturday, April 30th, 9:00 - 4:00
Program
Coffee and tea to start the morning, 9:00 - 9:30, Machmer Hall southwest lobby
Art and Representation, 9:30 - 10:45, Machmer W22
Moderator: Deborah Gewertz, Amherst College
Rebecca Hollander, Amherst College
In Search of Art and Identity: A Social-History of New York City’s Jewish Museum
Stephanie Amon, University of Massachusetts
The Selves of Vampires: Narrativizing Hipsterism
Lila Kilburn, Amherst College
Of Mimicry and Methodology: Contextualizing Homi Bhabha Through Anthropological Practice
Melissa Yang, Mount Holyoke College
Intersections Between Anthropology and Poetry
Childbirth and Reproductive Health, 9:30 - 10:45, Machmer W23
Moderator: Lynn Morgan, Mt. Holyoke College
Rosalie Schurman, Mount Holyoke College
Holding the Space: Certified Nurse Midwives' Discourses of Empowerment and Informed Choice in Natural Childbirth Practice
Shayla Brown, Mount Holyoke College
Lives Lost: Understanding Pregnancy Loss Through the Cultural Lenses of Reproductive Technology and Consumerism
Amanda Kohr, University of Massachusetts
Born in the USA: The Experience of Childbirth in Contemporary America
Miriam Shafer and Chloë Lubell, Hampshire College
Healthy Women, Healthy Babies: A Young Woman’s Guide to Pregnancy Outcome Options
Building Communities, 11:00 – 12:15, Machmer W22
Moderator: Lynnette Sievert, University of Massachusetts
Caitlin Saggese, Amherst College
“Madres de Plaza de Mayo” and Feminism in Argentina
Schuyler Marquez, Mount Holyoke College
Negotiations of Iman: Religious Practice, Self and Identity among American Muslim College Students
Isabel Buckner, Hampshire College
Living The Moral Economy: Reflections on a Catholic Worker Inspired Organization
Ariel Gregory, Smith College
Fez: Heritage and Identity in the Spaces and Places of Fās, Morocco
Experiencing Illness and Treatment, 11:00 – 12:15, Machmer W23
Moderator: Chris Dole, Amherst College
Rebecca Engell, Mount Holyoke College
“I’m Positive. So What?" HIV Illness Narratives from Zimbabwe and the United States
Jamie Cohen, Amherst College
Moving Beyond Doctors: Nurse-based Treatment Models for HIV/AIDS Patients in South Africa
Susana Sánchez, Hampshire College
Costa Rican Immigrant Women in Trenton, NJ: Negotiating Legal Status, Access to Health Care, Family Settlement, and Social Mobility
Ecology and Environment, 11:00 – 12:15, Machmer W24
Moderator: Michael Sugerman, University of Massachusetts
Jessica Aither, University of Massachusetts
Patterns of Prehistoric Land Use in the Adirondack Mountains, NY
Lauren Smith, Mount Holyoke College
Embodiment through Conceptualizing the Individual: Savannah River Mercury Fish Advisories
Jill Zuckerman, University of Massachusetts
Faunal Analysis at the Sanderson Tannery Site
Rebecca Thomas, Hampshire College
Community-Supported Agriculture and Social Justice
Lunch, Mullins Center Green Room, 12:30 – 1:15,
Keynote Talk by Toni Maschler, Mullins Center Green Room, 1:15 – 2:15,
“Taking Anthropology to the World: My Winding Path and My Two Cents on Potential Paths for Anthropology Graduates”
A talk and Q and A session covering the highs and lows of Ms. Maschler’s experiences with human rights law, graduate programs,
language teaching, advocating for justice, and unexpected sojourns with a software startup, ExxonMobil, and the U.S. Naval Academy.
Politics and Identity, 2:30 – 3:45, Machmer W22
Moderator: Chris Dole, Amherst College
Gabe Agree, Hampshire College
Filling the Void? Citizenship, Sovereignty, and the Implications of Non-Governmental Organizations in Northern Senegal
Maya Berkowitz, Hampshire College
Waterscapes: The Intersection of the Personal and Political in Northern New Mexico
Emily Shinay, Amherst College
Understanding Telangana: Politics, Culture, and Identity in the Telangana Separatist Movement
Ester Johansson-Lebron, Amherst College
Old Terrain, New Ground: Emerging Subjectivities and Political Identity within the Tea Party Movement
Perspectives on Learning, 2:30 – 3:45, Machmer W23
Moderator: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
Stephanie Amon, University of Massachusetts
In a State of Emergence: Time and Emotion in the Making of an Anthropologist
Sophie Lembeck, Hampshire College
Turnaround: An Autobioethnography of Adult Learners’ Dropout and Return to Education
Steven Angell, Hampshire College
“Our Name is Solidarity itself”: The ‘Birth’ of the ‘New’ Education Movement and the Rise of Post-Racial Campus Activism
Jennifer Walsh, Mount Holyoke College
The Discourse of Reform: Shifting Cultural Perceptions towards Demographic Changes in Higher Education