1 2 2016 RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORKS SYMPOSIUM FROM EVERY VOICE Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas EVENT PLANNER Christine C. Vasquez Office of the Dean of Faculty Southwestern University STUDENT PROGRAM CHAIR Emma McDaniel ‘16 English and Religion Departments Southwestern University FACULTY SPONSOR Dr. Alison Kafer Professor of Feminist Studies Southwestern University 3 4 Table of Contents SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE ................................................................................... 6 MAP OF ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................... 7 PANEL ABSTRACTS ............................................................................................ 8 CREATIVE WORKS AND EXHIBITION ABSTRACTS ............................................. 15 ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS ................................................................... 26 POSTER PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS ............................................................... 48 INDEX ............................................................................................................. 73 5 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE MONDAY, APRIL 11 , 2016 3:00-8:00 Registration Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016 8:00-3:00 Information and Volunteer Check-in Table Bishops Lounge 9:30-9:45 Introduction and Welcoming Remarks Main Lawn Dr. Alison Kafer, Professor of Feminist Studies Dr. Edward Burger, President of Southwestern University 9:45-10:00 Southwestern Andean Ensemble Main Lawn Amara Yachimski ‘17, Mattie Kotzur ‘16, Matt Potenti ‘18, Karem Castillo ‘16, Ben Galindo ’16, Ms. Adrienne Inglis 10:00-12:00 Creative Works and Exhibitions Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center Annual Student Art Exhibition Senior Art Exhibition 10:15-4:30 Panel Presentations Lynda McCombs Ballroom 12:00-1:00 Lunch Break Commons Dining Hall 1:15-4:30 Oral Presentations FW Olin Building Mood-Bridwell Building Prothro Room in A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center 3:30-3:45 Back to Your Roots: The Soul as Communicated Through Bishops Lounge Dance India West ‘16, Brandon Baker ‘16 4:00-5:30 Poster Presentations Bishops Lounge 5:30-6:30 Celebration and Awards Presented by Bishops Lounge Emma McDaniel ‘16 Dr. Edward Burger, President of Southwestern University 6 MAP OF ACTIVITIES 1. Mood-Bridwell 4. Main Lawn Political Science Department Capstones Introduction and Welcoming Remarks Creative Works and Exhibition 2. Red & Charline McCombs Campus Center Information / Volunteer Table 5. FW Olin Building Various Panels Oral Presentations Lunch in the Commons Performance 6. Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center Poster Presentations Monday Registration Celebration and Awards Creative Works and Exhibits Annual Student Art Exhibition 3. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center Senior Art Exhibition Economics Department Capstones 7 PANEL abstracts 1. Wouldn't You Leave Too? Mary Coleman ‘16, Stacey Smith ‘16, Lucy Loewen ‘16, Lina Litvak ’17 Sponsor: Dr. Katy Ross, Mediterranean Mingling Paideia Cluster 10:15-10:35 am – McCombs Campus Center, Lynda McCombs Ballroom The implicit economic costs of the Mediterranean crisis are staggering. As Americans, our stable economy and comfortable standard of living lend us an ethnocentric perspective on the critical situation facing the citizens of Syria. This panel utilizes comparisons in order to alter the audience’s perception of Syrian migrants by surveying the basic consumer issues that affect all countries. By using current economic data to expose the humanitarian costs of the recent economic collapse in Syria, this presentation seeks to change the widespread view of Syrian migrants as threats to security rather than as fellow humans in need of relief. A study of the Syrian economy before and after the war implies that average hard working people are being forced from their homes to escape not only a war, but that they are also fleeing a recently stable economy that is now in ruins. Lack of primary education, increasing unemployment, hyperinflation, and a rapid devaluation of the Syrian Pound are serious factors fueling this migration crisis. The costs of this humanitarian emergency will be felt far into the future as the millions of now homeless families crowd out resources in host countries, and furthermore, as it is determined who will pay to rebuild Syria. This presentation will bring the numbers home to examine what would happen in United States of America if average families were forced to confront the same economic conditions that have persisted in Syria over the last few years. 2. The Role of Religion in the Migration Crisis Mattie Cryer ‘17, Maegan Skinner ‘17, Hayley Pickett ‘17, Elisabeth Reilly ‘16 Sponsor: Dr. Katy Ross, Mediterranean Mingling Paideia Cluster 10:35-10:55 am – McCombs Campus Center, Lynda McCombs Ballroom As members of the Mediterranean Mingling cluster for Paideia, we plan to explore themes of religion and migration within a Mediterranean context. Specifically, we will be looking at how a migrant’s religious background affects their treatment within varying countries, beginning with the history and demographics of the Syrian War. We will also explore reception of these migrants into the different nations of the Mediterranean and the sustained relationships between host countries and migrants. Finally, we will look at different factors that cause conflict in these affected areas, with a focus on certain countries of different religious backgrounds and denominations. We will use news outlets, media, and academic sources to obtain information and various perspectives to create a well-rounded understanding of the topic. Our goal is to bring thorough information and an insightful observation of the migration crisis to highlight aspects of the conflict in the Mediterranean that are lesser known or absent in current events. 3. Syria: Before the War Rachel Robinson ‘16, Alexandra Shipman ‘16, Amber Riedel ‘16, Arthur Garcia III ‘17 Sponsor: Dr. Katy Ross, Mediterranean Mingling Paideia Cluster 10:55-11:15pm – McCombs Campus Center, Lynda McCombs Ballroom Through an examination of Syria's culture and history, we will reconstruct an image of the Syria that existed before the current civil war and migration crisis. By consulting both peer-reviewed academic sources and popular Syrian media, the everyday experience of Syrians will be put into conversation with scholarly discourse to create a well-rounded view of Syrian culture. We will discuss Syria's political and social history, as well as its art, film, and theatre traditions. We specifically intend to focus on the city of Aleppo because it has stood for thousands of years as cultural hub. Because Syrians are having to leave their country, it is of tantamount importance to remember their culture. By presenting the particularities and complexities of Syrian society, the migrants stop being just victims and statistics, and become real people in the eyes of the rest of the world. 4. Politics the Migration in the Mediterranean Jacquelyn Mata ‘16, Ilka Vega ‘16, William Chick ‘16, Justin Allemang ‘16 Sponsor: Dr. Francis Mathieu, Mediterranean Mingling Paideia Cluster 11:15-11:35 pm – McCombs Campus Center, Lynda McCombs Ballroom 8 Since 2011 Syria has been experiencing a civil war that arose within the context of the Arab Spring with protests against the dictator Assad. As a result, over 11 million people have been killed or displaced and over 4.3 million people have been forced to seek asylum in other countries including those in the Mediterranean. However, these host countries have had varying responses to this crisis as well as the EU and the international community. Thus, the purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the differing political responses to this crisis focusing on the migration policies in the EU and individual member countries. To do so we study policy implementation and measure how welcoming the host countries are to refugees based on a number of factors such as pledged number of refugees per capita, total number of refugees, and refugees per square area, among others. These factors are then indexed to determine the country's overall receptiveness of refugees. Through the use of analysis, and GIS visuals we aim to document and educate the public about the different approaches taken to handle the refugee crisis. We also hope to give light to the impact that the lack of better policies to welcome refugees has in Europe and the Mediterranean, both in donor and host countries. With this analysis, we can better assess suggested policies by the EU and member nations seeking to spread and alleviate the strain from the migrant crisis. 5. Latina History Project Tori Vasquez ’15, Nanci Romero ‘16, Stephanie Garcia ‘16, Denise Ovalle ‘17 Sponsor: Dr. Charlotte Nunes, Information Services - Research/Digital 1:15-2:00pm – McCombs Campus Center, Lynda McCombs Ballroom We propose to showcase the online Omeka site of the Latina History Project at Southwestern University. Co-directed by faculty members Dr. Brenda Sendejo (Anthropology) and Dr. Alison Kafer (Feminist Studies) the LHP aims to enhance undergraduate education about Latina history in the Central Texas region. The project provides a connection between past, present and future Southwestern Latinas to be able to discuss and interact with primary source archives involving influential Latinas. Student workers Tori Vasquez, Nani Romero, Stephanie Garcia, and Denise Ovalle created this site under the supervision of Charlotte Nunes, Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Scholarship, in order