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Occupied Perspectives:
New Undergraduate Research

University of California, Berkeley
April 20-21, 2001
The Faculty Club, Heyns Room *

In linguistic and literary terms, an "unoccupied perspective" refers to a point of view in a narration that is not filtered through a particular subject-as one scholar explores in his presentation. We've reversed the term in the conference title as a whole to highlight our collective accomplishments: twenty "occupied perspectives" on the world in which we live and the knowledge we are part of creating. Please enjoy our diverse viewpoints at the Third Annual Haas Scholars Program Spring Research Conference.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20
The Faculty Club, Heyns Room 

8:30-9	Coffee & Welcome
9-10:30 AM	Tradition Revisited: Contemporary Fieldwork in Japan, Israel and Zimbabwe CHAIR: Nelson Graburn KRISA FREDRICKSON "The Consumption of Aloeswood and the Incense Culture of Japan" SPONSOR: Professor Nelson Graburn, Anthropology MARC WOLF "No One Belongs Here More Than You: Creating an Image of Israel for Tourists and Pilgrims" SPONSOR: Professor Nelson Graburn, Anthropology RACHEL FAYE GIRAUDO "Rock Art in the Matopos: Interpretation, Impact and Identity" SPONSOR: Professor Margaret Conkey, Anthropology
10:45 am-12:15 pm	Voices of California: Evolving Ethnic Identities in Schools, Casinos and Civilian Life CHAIR: Peter Zinoman LEENA HER "Ethnographic Investigation into the Factors Contributing to Variation of Academic Achievement Among Hmong Students in a Central Valley High School" SPONSOR: Professor Dan Perlstein, Graduate School of Education ARIANA BREE STAMPER-GIMBAR "Defining a Speech Community: A Sociolinguistic Study of Tribal Members Working in a Southern California Casino" SPONSOR: Professor Richard Rhodes, Linguistics HOAI NGUYEN ( JULIE) PHAM "'Their War': The Perspectives of the South Vietnamese Military in Their Own Words" SPONSOR: Professor Peter Zinoman, History
12:15-1:30 PM	Lunch (Howard Room)
1:30-3:00 PM	Gender, Modernity and the Politics of Spectatorship CHAIR: David Henkin KATHERINE HIJAR "Imaginary Women: Gender, Deviance, Eroticism in Nineteenth Century American Media SPONSOR: Professor David Henkin, History SHIRLEY YE "Negotiating Female Film Fandom, 1900-1930" SPONSOR: Professor David Henkin, History LEILA YAVARI "The Politics of Repression and the Arts of Subversion: Contemporary Theater in Iran" SPONSOR: Professor D. Paul Thomas, Political Science
3:15-4:45 PM	Molecular Factory: Optimizing Process, Form and Time CHAIR: Jack Kirsch JOHN JIN KIM "Altering the Substrate Specificity of IDH" SPONSOR: Professor Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., Molecular & Cell Biology UMAIR KHAN "Effects of C5 Protein on Interactions between RNase P Ribozyme and a Model mRNA Substrate" SPONSOR: Professor Fenyong Liu, School of Public Health SAE HEE KO "Biochemical Control of Fruit Ripening and Senescence" SPONSOR: Professor Jack Kirsch, Molecular & Cell Biology & Chemistry
5:15-7 PM	New Scholars' Reception

SATURDAY, APRIL 21
The Faculty Club, Heyns Room 

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