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Table of Contents Welcome ........................................................................................................................... 4 Sponsors, Participating Member Colleges, Steering Committee Members ............................... 5 Conference Program ........................................................................................................... 6 Poster Presenters ............................................................................................................. 15 Beacon 2010 Statistics ...................................................................................................... 17 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................ 18 Outstanding Paper by Panel American Literature “The Dissociation of Role and Character in Toni Morrison’s ‘Recitatif’” .......... 20 Heather Tremper Mentor: Shauna Gobble Northampton Community College The Arts “The Art of Protest: Mural Art as a Global Narrative of Struggles for Social Justice and Equality” ........................................................................ 27 Claire Kalala Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery College History “Politics, Indians, and Tippecanoe”............................................................. 48 Marilyn Miller Mentor: John M. Lawlor, Jr. Reading Area Community College Social Sciences “Debating Mayan Inclusion in the Guatemalan State” .................................. 58 Robin Harris Mentor: Jennifer Haydel Montgomery College 1 Education “Career Choice Bias Based on Gender Exhibited by Elementary/Middle School Students” ....................................................................................... 72 Dawn M. Krautter Mentor: Nancy Moreau Northampton Community College Math & Science “Molecular Genetic Engineering of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 to Produce a Biological Solar Panel” ............................................................... 87 Yudi Pardo Mentor: Dr. Kristopher Baker Rockland Community College Psychology “Stress and Diabetes” .............................................................................. 103 Carla Majczan Mentor: Nancy Trautmann Northampton Community College Communications “Tricknology: Performance and the American Identity in_Middlesex_” ........ 110 Samuel Strong Mentor: Jonathan Sponsler Lehigh Carbon Community College British Literature “Sinners and Sufferers: Man as Monster in Victorian Literature” ................. 121 Kathryn Marie Miller Mentor: Elaine Torda Orange County Community College Social Justice “Child Labor: The Skinny Behind the Jeans” .............................................. 143 Whitley Richards Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery College Business & Economics “Majoring in Credit Card Debt” ................................................................. 164 Caterina DeGaetano Mentor: Dr. Lucia Cherciu Dutchess Community College 2 Allied Health & Nursing “Asia’s Rapid Rise in Type II Diabetes: New Life, New Problems” ............... 173 Meinkeng Stephannie Acha-Morfaw Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery College World Literature “Hero in Silk; Hero in Steele: Genji, Beowulf, and the Hero’s Journey” ........ 191 Melissa Williamson Mentor: Joan M. Naake Montgomery College Philosophy & Religious Studies “An Exploration of Gender-Inclusive Language in Christian Discourse” ........ 203 Jon W. Carlson Mentor: Dr. Joanne Gabel Reading Area Community College International Studies/Globalization “Changing China: Population, Trade, and a Game of Global Dominoes” ...... 214 Alexandra Smith Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery College Interdisciplinary Studies “Show Me a Sign: The Developmental Benefits of Using American Sign Language With Hearing Infants” .............................................................. 235 Hannah Long Mentor: Dr. Christine Bowditch Lehigh Carbon Community College Gender Studies “Expanding the Alphabet Through Microbicides: The Setbacks of ABC and Empowerment by ‘M’” ....................................................................... 253 Ana Palomino Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery College 3 Welcome to Beacon 2010 Welcome to SUNY Orange for the 2010 Beacon Conference. We are extremely proud to have been selected to host this year’s event, and we are excited about the opportunity to show off our College to the finest scholars in the mid-Atlantic region. Academic success is born from natural inquisitiveness, hard work, desire, and commitment. Each of you, in your own special way, has blended those qualities together to reach the highest level of academic achieve- ment. Each of you should be commended for having excelled in the classroom, and you should be proud to be representing your College at this year’s Beacon Conference. As you step forward for your presentation today, I encourage you to relish the moment. You have dedicat- ed many hours of research, writing, editing, refining, and practicing just to get to this point. Trust that you have prepared to the best of your ability and enjoy the opportunity of competing against the very best of your peers. There were many folks here at SUNY Orange who have helped make the 18th Beacon Conference a real- ity, but I want to extend a hearty “thank you” and “well done” to conference co-chairs Melissa Browne and Mary Ann Van Benschoten, along with Carol Murray. These three have expertly pulled this event together. I hope you have a wonderful experience at this year’s Beacon Conference at SUNY Orange, and I wish each of you the best of luck today and in the future. Sincerely, Dr. William Richards President, SUNY Orange 4 Beacon 2010 Steering Committee Signature Sponsor Members James H. Ottaway Jr. BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NJ) Dorothy Altman, Mark Altschuler, Alan Kaufman, Anne For several decades the Ottaway family has played an Maganzini, Maria Makowiecka, Geoffrey Sadock important role in the success of SUNY Orange, making BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) significant contributions of time and treasure to provide Jerrold Schoenblum, Carol Wasserman opportunities for student achievement. In recognition of the Ottaway family’s long-standing support, and in cel- BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) ebration of SUNY Orange’s pending 60th anniversary on Elaine Olaoye June 9, 2010, the College is most pleased to thank James DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) H. Ottaway Jr. for serving as Signature Sponsor for the John Desmond, Kevin Cavanaugh, Keith O’Neill 2010 Beacon Conference. ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) Additional Sponsors Rene Rojas FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (MD) We are grateful to the following for their generous con- Bruce Thompson tributions to the conference: LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) Academic Affairs Office, SUNY Orange Bob Kahn Health Professions, SUNY Orange (Allied Health Panel) LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (PA) Phi Theta Kappa, SUNY Orange (Communications Panel) Christine Bowditch, Ned Schillow Pearson Education Inc. (World Literature Panel) MONTGOMERY COLLEGE (MD) Participating Lucy Laufe, Bette Petrides NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (PA) Member Colleges Randy Boone, Ronit Shemtov, Nancy Trautmann, Bergen Community College NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (VA) Richard Wilan Borough of Manhattan Community College Brookdale Community College ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) Dutchess Community College Melissa Browne, Carol Murray, Mary Ann Van Benschoten Erie Community College Frederick Community College READING AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (PA) LaGuardia Community College Donna Singleton Lehigh Carbon Community College ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) Montgomery College Kristopher Baker, Thomas Butler, Robert Fuentes, Elaine Toia Northampton Community College Northern Virginia Community College SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) Orange County Community College Cindy Linden Reading Area Community College ULSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) Rockland Community College Tom Impola, Miho Iwazaki, Bob Pucci Sullivan County Community College WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) Ulster County Community College Lori Maida, Mira Sakrajda Westchester Community College 5 Session # 1 Session # 1 American Literature The Arts 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. * Room: HA 101 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. * Room: HA 105 Moderator: Alex Jakubowski Moderator: Susan Slater-Tanner Orange County Community College Orange County Community College Presenters: Galya Metanova Presenters: # Claire Kalala “A Family’s Dream: Thwarted by Poverty “The Art of Protest: Mural Art as a Global and Racism” Narrative of Struggles for Social Justice Mentor: Joan M. Naake and Equality” Montgomery College Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery College # Heather Tremper “The Dissociation of Role and Character in Sarah Stogsdill Toni Morrison’s ‘Recitatif’” “When Worlds Collide: The Emerging Cross- Mentor: Shauna Gobble over Between High Art and Activist Art” Northampton Community College Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery College Samantha Wilson “Motherhood in Kate Chopin’s Angela Troyer ‘The Awakening’” “A Haunting of Time and Culture” Mentor: Efstathia A. Siegel Mentors: Geoffrey Platt & Elaine Torda Montgomery College Orange County Community College Judge: James Cotter Judge: Dr. Denise Bauer Mount Saint Mary College Associate Dean of Liberal Arts, The Culinary Institute of America Readers: Diane Bliss Orange County Community College Readers: Denise Francois Northampton Community College Alex d’Erizans Borough of Manhattan Community College Elise Martucci Westchester Community College Joanne Gerken Lehigh Carbon Community College Robert Pucci Ulster