Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education

“Embracing Diversity: A Pathway to a Truly Inclusive Democracy and Global Society”

March 27-28, 2009

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Yale University  Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Hall of Graduate Studies  320 York Street New Haven, CT

For further information: http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/div/diversity/bouchet_conf.htmlersity/bouchet_conf.html Ph. (203) 432-0763 or e-mail [email protected]

 Sponsored by the Yale Graduate School Office for Diversity & Equal Opportunity 

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“Diversity holds a key to positive change in higher education, but just how to embrace diversity and make it a fundamental part of our mission is a vexing question.” – Johnnetta Cole, President Emerita of Spelman College

What is the role of higher education in promoting an understanding of human diversity, inclusivity and the many positive implications for democratic societies? How can the university create an environment in which the diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of all graduate students are not only respected but embraced? How can the university provide better training and a more engaging forum in which issues of diversity in a global society can be comfortably addressed?

We welcome you and enthusiastically invite all those gathered to actively reflect on and participate in the challenges of diversity which lie before us. It is our sincere hope that this conference will only be the beginning of a very fruitful and collaborative journey together.

Best wishes,

Yale Bouchet Conference 2009 Program Committee

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"Embracing Diversity: A Pathway to a Truly Inclusive Democracy and Global Society"

Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences March 27-28, 2009

Conference Agenda

Friday, March 27, 2009

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. REGISTRATION (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 116)

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. WELCOME and Keynote Plenary Panel (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119)

Remarks: Michelle Nearon, Assistant Dean and Director, Yale University Graduate School Curtis Patton, Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale University Peter Salovey, Provost, Yale University

Keynote Plenary "Transforming Discrete Diversity Initiatives into a Plan for Educational Excellence for All"

Panelists: Sylvester J. Gates, John S. Toll Professor of Physics, University of Maryland at College Park Ainissa G. Ramirez, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Yale University Medeva Ghee, Associate Director, Leadership Alliance, Brown University

Moderator: Liza Cariaga-Lo, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Harvard University

1 5:45 – 6:45 p.m. Bouchet Leadership Award Public Lecture (Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street, Rm. 211)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON, PRESIDENT, RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., is President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York and Hartford, Connecticut. She has held senior leadership positions in government, industry, research, and academe. Her research and policy focus includes energy security and the national capacity for innovation, including addressing the “Quiet Crisis” of looming gaps in the science, technology, and engineering workforce and reduced support for basic research. A theoretical physicist, she was chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1995-1999). She is a Vice Chairman of the Council on Competitiveness and co-chairs its Energy Security, Innovation and Sustainability initiative. She is past President (2004) and Chairman of the Board (2005) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Philosophical Society, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and AAAS. She serves on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and on the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the NYSE Euronext, and a director of IBM, FedEx, Marathon Oil, Medtronic, and PSEG. Calling her a “national treasure,” the National Science Board selected her as its 2007 Vannevar Bush Award recipient for “a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education, and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy.”

2 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception (McDougal Graduate Student Center Common Room) Featuring Violinist, Daisy Jopling

Violinist Daisy Jopling was born in London in 1969, and now lives in NYC. She has spent the last 12 years living in Vienna and touring the world with the creative string trio “Triology”, with whom she has recorded 4 CDS, 2 with BMG RCA Victor (www.triology.cc). Her Solo work has included playing a concerto in the Royal Albert Hall in London at the age of 14, and playing before 30,000 people at the opening of the Vienna Festival in May 2005. She has participated in writing the music for many films, including 2 in Hollywood, “Spanglish” and “The Road to El Dorado”, and has written the music for a puppet show in NYC, "Feathers from the Sky". She has just released her first solo album, "Key to the Classics", with the incredible producer Bojan Dugic. (http://cdbaby.com/cd/daisyjopling)

Dinner on your own (see the list of restaurants in registration packet)

3 Saturday, March 28, 2009

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 116)

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Welcome Breakfast and Second Plenary Panel (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119)

“The Role Campus Diversity Plays in Creating an Egalitarian Democracy"

Panelists: Kimberly Brown, Assistant Professor, English, Northeastern University Sheri Notaro, Associate Dean, Washington University St. Louis Chontrese Doswell, Assistant Dean for Retention, Mentoring and Support Programs, Howard University

Moderator: Orlando Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean, Howard University Graduate School

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I (Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS) Conference Rooms)

Concurrent Session I.A – Panel Workshop (HGS 218) A.1 Conflict Resolution through Diversity Management: Paradigms for Organizational Success Presenters: Brian Grizzell, California State University Dominguez Hills and Walden University; Alina Payne, Walden University; Volney Douglas, Walden University; Mark Thomas, Walden University

Concurrent Session I.B – Oral Research Presentations (HGS 217-A) THEME: “The Brown Affect and Narratives of Migration” B.1 Geographies of Sorrow: Brown Affect and Latina Narratives of Migration Presenter: Armando Garcia, Cornell University

B.2 The New Literary Globalism: Literature as Social Knowledge and Dave Eggers “What is the What” Presenter: Amina El-Annan, Yale University

Concurrent Session I.C – Oral Research Presentation and Poster Discussions (HGS 217-B) THEME: “Frontiers in Engineering and Chemistry” C.1 Green Bi-Pedal Robot Presenter: Kevin Omwega, Yale University

C.2 Using Geodesic Theory to Study Slow Diffusion in Disordered Media (Poster) Presenter: Crystal Nga Nguyen, Department of Chemistry, Brown University

C.3 Characterization of Siloxane Adsorbates Covalently Attached to TiO2 (Poster) Presenter: Nobuhito Iguchi, Department of Chemistry, Yale University

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119)

4 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II (Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS) Conference Rooms)

Concurrent Session II.A – Oral Research Presentations and Poster Discussions (HGS 218) THEME: “Challenges of Diversity in Higher Education A.1 Mindfulness and College Adjustment Among Foster Care Alumni: The Mediating Relationship of Social Support Presenter: Melissa Smith, Catholic University

A.2 How Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs Allow Women of Color Who are the Heads of Their Household and Single Parents to Get the Doctoral Credential That is Often the Key to a Robust Academic Career Presenter: Kendra O. Finklea, A. T. Still University

A.3 Why Don’t You Get Somebody New to Do It?: Race and Cultural Taxation in the Academy Presenter: Tiffany Joseph, University of Michigan

A.4 Retention of Women in Physics and the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale (Poster) Presenter: Rachel Miller-Ziegler, Yale University

A.5 The Many Hats We Wear: The Influence of Shared University Affiliation on Interracial Bias Reduction (Poster) Presenter: Erin L. Thomas, Yale University

Concurrent Session I.I B – Oral Research Presentations (HGS 217-A) THEME: “Circuits of Knowledge Reshaping the Domestic Imaginary” B.1 Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence, 1850-1861 Presenter: Kellie C. Jackson, Columbia University

B.2 Negroes of the West: Blackness, Indian Immigration, and Early 20th Century U.S. Racial Imagination Presenter: Elliot H. Powell, New York University

Concurrent Session II.C – Oral Research Presentations (HGS 217-B) THEME: “Health, Behavior and Disease” C.1 GABAergic Nigrotectal Projections Mediate Specific Nigra-Evoked Motor and Postural Abnormalities Presenter: Angela Holmes, Georgetown University

C.2 The Role of N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) in Inflammatory Pain Presenter: Mary Adedoyin, Georgetown University

C.3 let-7 as a Potential Agent to Alter Radiation Resistance in Cancer Cells Presenter: Imran Babar, Yale University

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Bouchet Lecture Luncheon (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119) Jon Butler, Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies and Dean, Yale University Graduate School

5 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III (Hall of Graduate Studies Conference Rooms)

Concurrent Session III.A – Oral Research Presentations and Poster Discussion (HGS 218) THEME: “Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” A.1 What about the Mexicans? The Impact of Mexican Migration on Economic Development Presenter: Claudia V. Espinosa, University of California San Diego

A.2 The Growing Crisis on World Food Trade “High Food Prices” Presenter: Cristobal Mejia-Artiga, Virginia Tech University

A.3 Community-Driven Development in Haiti: What are the Implications for Local Government? (Poster) Presenter: Sheree Bennett, Yale University

Concurrent Session III B – Oral Presentations (HGS 217-A) THEME: “Spectacular Identities and Visual Cultures of Constraint and Freedom” B.1 Visualizing Black History: Artistic License + Black History Presenter: Crystal Z. Campbell, University of California San Diego

B.2 “Camping with La Baker” – Josephine Baker Presenter: Kristin Graves, Yale University

Concurrent Session III.C – Oral Research Presentations and Poster Discussion (HGS 217-B) THEME: “Health, Behavior and Disease” C.1 Cytolysin-Mediated Translocation in Streptococcus Pyogenes Presenter: N’Goundo Magassa, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis

C.2 A Meta-Analytic Examination of Exercise and Stress Reactivity in Animals and Humans Presenter: Ernesto Ramirez, University of California San Diego

C.3 The Relationship Between IL-1alpha and Depression Presenter: Santresda Johnson, Howard University

C.4 Driving Cessation in Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type (Poster) Presenter: Veronica L. Shead, Washington University St. Louis

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Facilitated Discussion (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119) “Displays of Discrimination in the Academy” Terry Plater, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Cornell University Graduate School

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Poster Session Exhibit and RECEPTION (Hall of Graduate Studies, Second Floor, Rm. 211) Undergraduate, Graduate and Faculty Research Posters

6 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. AWARDS DINNER and Bouchet Honor Society Induction Ceremony (The Graduate Club, 155 Elm Street, New Haven)

Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education 2009 Posters (Partial List)

PS1.1 Using Geodesic Theory to Study Slow Diffusion in Disordered Media Author: Crystal Nga Nguyen, Department of Chemistry, Brown University Presenter: Crystal Nga Nguyen

PS1.2 Characterization of Siloxane Adsorbates Covalently Attached to TiO2 Authors: Nobuhito Iguchi, Clyde Cady, Robert C. Snoeberger III, Bryan M. Hunter, Eduardo M. Sproviero, Charles A. Schmuttenmaer, Robert H. Crabtree, Gary W. Brudvig, and Victor S. Batista, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Presenter: Nobuhito Iguchi

PS1.3 Retention of Women in Physics and the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale Authors: Michele Dufault, Yale Undergraduate Student; Bonnie Fleming, Yale Associate Professor of Physics; Elizabeth Jerison, Yale Undergraduate Student; Allison Kaptur, Yale Undergraduate Student; Eleanor Millman, Yale Alumna and Harvard Graduate Student; Rachel Miller-Ziegler, Yale Undergraduate Student; Christine Nattrass, Yale Graduate Student; Elise Novitski, Yale Alumna and Ngee Ann Polytechnic Staff Member; Lauren Rosenblum, Yale Undergraduate Student; Katherine Rosenfeld, Yale Undergraduate Student Presenter: Rachel Miller-Ziegler

PS1.4 The Many Hats We Wear: The Influence of Shared University Affiliation on Interracial Bias Reduction Authors: Erin L. Thomas, Yale University; Tamar Saguy, Yale University; John F. Dovidio, Yale University; Samuel L. Gaertner, University of Delaware Presenter: Erin L. Thomas

PS1.5 Community-Driven Development in Haiti – What are the Implications for Local Government? Author: Sheree Bennett, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Yale University Presenter: Sheree Bennett

PS1.6 Driving Cessation in Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type Authors: David B. Carr, Veronica L. Shead, Martha Storandt, Washington University St. Louis Presenter: Veronica L. Shead

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2009 Conference Program Committee

Curtis Patton, Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University (Conference Co-Chair)

Michelle Nearon, PhD, Assistant Dean, Yale Graduate School (Conference Co-Chair)

Kenise Lyons, PhD Candidate, Yale Graduate School

Orlando Yarborough III, PhD Candidate, Yale Graduate School

Anthony Berryhill, PhD Candidate, Yale Graduate School

Pat Cabral, Assistant to Dean Nearon

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Edward Alexander Bouchet was born in 1852 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, William Bouchet, came to New Haven in 1824 as the valet of his former slave owner, who had freed him. Edward Bouchet's father worked at Yale College for a time, as a janitor, and was prominent in the African American community, serving as a deacon at the Temple Street Church, the oldest African American church in New Haven. Edward Bouchet's mother was Susan Cooley Bouchet. Edward Bouchet attended The New Haven High School from 1866 until 1868 and graduated from the Hopkins Grammar School in 1870. He was the valedictorian of his graduating class. In the fall of 1870, Bouchet entered Yale College along with the son of his father's former employer. At Yale, he studied mathematics, physics, astronomy, mechanics, five languages including Greek and Latin, as well as Logic and Rhetoric; he graduated summa cum laude in 1874, ranked sixth in his class, and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Bouchet continued his graduate studies at Yale, and earned his Ph.D., in Physics in 1876. His dissertation was on “Measuring Refractive Indices”. He was the first African American to earn a doctorate in any subject at any university in the United States. After graduation, Dr. Bouchet's demonstrated brilliance and credentials did not afford him the opportunities (such as positions in research, or at top universities) typically available to people of his unusually high level of education. He spent the rest of his life as a well-respected teacher. He taught chemistry and physics for many years at the Institute for Colored Youth, a Quaker institution in Philadelphia. Dr. Bouchet taught at St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School in Virginia, served as principal of Lincoln High School in Galipolis, Ohio, and was a professor at Bishop College in Marshall, Texas. He also held the position of business manager for a hospital in St. Louis and worked for a short time as a U.S. Customs Service inspector. He retired from college teaching in 1916 and lived in New Haven for the last two years of his life. A former student of Dr. Bouchet's described him this way: "...He was a fine Christian gentleman , a consummate scholar, one who seemed very knowledgeable in all areas and yet was extremely modest and a person who set a wonderful example of politeness and graciousness for the community. ...Certainly it is impossible to assess the far reaching influence of Dr. Bouchet upon the hundreds of persons whose lives he touched."

-- Susan Robinson (excerpt from A Day in Black History)

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