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2011 Annual Spring Research Conference
(In) VISIBILITY: Navigating the Unseen
2011 Haas Scholars Undergraduate Research Conference
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
April 22-April 23, 2011
Conference
9 Durant Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
http://research.berkeley.edu/haas_scholars/
Much of the 2010-11 Haas Scholars' work is concerned with throwing in relief objects, persons, places, and technologies which often go under our radar. Studying near-extinct Amazonian languages and new technologies for silicon nanowires, officially disregarded Cape Town populations and unexplored aspects of salmonella genetics, Arthurian legends in the Philippines and the environmental impacts of the palm oil boom, the scholars' work must chart through territory where academic guideposts are unseen in an effort to bring their findings and discoveries into visibility. Their shared journey has become the foundation of a community spanning interdisciplinary boundaries. Please join us to witness the discoveries produced by this passage. |
PERFORMANCE
| April 23
Location: Saturday during the Conference, 9 Durant Hall,UC Berkeley Campus |
Film Screening and Discussion: "Women in a Landscape of Change" by: Louisa DeCossy
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FRIDAY, April 22
9 Durant Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
| 9:45-10:15AM |
Welcome and Coffee |
10:15-11:45AM |
Designing Solutions to Heated Problems
Chair: Professor Irfan Siddiqi, Physics
Matthew Grigorieff (Gender and Women's Studies major, American Studies major, and Disability Studies minor) Disability Studies,Disabled Student Services: Making the Link in Physical Education at UC Berkeley
Sponsor: Professor Charis Thompson, Gender and Women's Studies
Yu-Dong Sun (Materials Science and Engineering major and Physics minor) Construction of a Novel,Cryogen-free, Self-contatined Dilution Refrigerator Sponsor: Professor Irfan Sidiqi, Physics
Jason Ross (Physics major)
Specific Heat Measurements of Silicon Nanowires
Sponsor: Professor Frances Hellman, Physics
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12:00-1:00PM |
Lunch, Heyns Room, Faculty Club, in honor of the 2010-2011 Haas Scholars and Mentors |
1:15PM-3:15,
9 Durant Hall
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Tradition in Review: From Past to Present
Chair: Professor Daniel Boyarin, Near Eastern Studies
Amin Ebrahimi (Rhetoric major)
Law, Truth, and Refashioning the Gods
Sponsor: Professor Daniel Boyarin, Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric
Stefanie Matabang (English and Celtic Studies major)
The Filipino Perceval: An Analysis of the Yields of a Filipino Arthurian Text
Sponsor: Professor Joi Barrios, South and Southeast Asian Studies
Zachary O'Hagan (Linguistics major)
The Endangered and the Unknown: The History and Future of Omagua, a Language of Peruvian Amazonia
Sponsor: Professor Lev Michael, Linguistics
Tawny Tsang (Psychology major and Music minor)
Learning from Mistakes--Methods to Assess the Cerebellum's Contribution to Cognition
Sponsor: Professor Richard Ivry, Psychology |
3:30-5:00 PM |
Demystifying the Molecular World
Chair: Professor John Dueber, Bioengineering
Alison Smith (Chemical Biology major and Dance and Performance Studies minor)
Molecular Characterization of a piRNA Biogenesis Protein
Sponsor: Professor Jennifer Doudna, Molecular and Cell Biology
Elton Chan (Molecular and Cell Biology major)
Elucidating Mechanisms of Fine Genetic Control by an sRNA in Pathogenic Bacterium Salmonella typhimurium
Sponsor: Professor Fenyong Liu, Public Health
Susan Chen (Bioengineering and Molecular and Cell Biology major)
Understanding the Mechanism of Synthetic Protein Scaffolding for Improving Metabolic Yield
Sponsor:Professor Professor John Dueber, Bioengineering |
5:00-6:15PM |
New Scholars Reception, Durant Hall - 3rd Floor Atrium, in honor of the 2011-2012 Haas Scholars and Mentors |
SATURDAY, April 23
9 Durant Hall , UC Berkeley Campus
| 10:00-10:30AM |
Welcome and Coffee |
10:30-12:00PM |
Alternate Geographies: Connecting Social and Natural Spaces
Chair: Professor Paul Groth, Geography
Jonathan Wang(Art Practice and Anthropology major)
Mapping the Non-Spectacle: A Counter-narrative to the 2010 South Africa World Cup
Sponsor: Professor Greg Niemeyer, Art Practice
Mio Kitayama (Economics and Molecular Envorionment Biology major)
Modeling the Future Expansion of Oil Palm Production and Its Impacts on Global Biodiversity
Sponsor: Professor Richard Norgaard, Energy & Resources Group, and Professor Mathew D. Potts, Environmental Policy, Science, and Management
Jessica Pizzagoni (Geography major)
The Allure of Granite: Contrasting Identities Created around the Yosemite Valley
Sponsor: Professor Paul Groth, Geography |
12-12:45 PM |
Lunch, 9 Durant Hall |
1:00-2:30PM |
At the Intersection of Power, Culture, and Work
Chair: Victoria Robinson, Lecturer, Ethnic Studies
Katherine Hood (Sociology major)
Discouraged Workers? Making Sense of Long-Term Unemployment in the Midst of the Great Recession
Sponsor: Professor Michael Hout, Sociology
Hector Gutierrez (Ethnic Studies major)
Permanent Workers in the Temporary Economy Sponsor: Victoria Robinson, Lecturer,American Cultures and Ethnic Studies
Ekaterine Moiseeva (Political Science major)
The 'Russian Geisha': Commodity of a Commodity
Sponsor: Professor M. Steven Fish, Political Science |
2:45-4:15PM |
A Trinity of Repression: Marginalized Voices from South Africa, Ireland, and Japan
Chair: Professor Katherine Sherwood, Art Practice
Marguax Fitoussi (History major)
"'A Specter Haunting South Africa'”: Cuba's Significance to the Women of the South African Anti-apartheid Struggle, 1975-1991
Sponsor: Professor David Cohen, Rhetoric and Classics
Louisa deCossy (Art Practice major)
Women in a Landscape of Change: Filmic portraits of Irish women and a culture in transition Sponsor: Professor Katherine Sherwood, Art Practice
Sonia Gomez (History major)
The Loneliest Brides in America": Japanese War Brides and African American GIs in Postwar America
Sponsor: Professor Waldo Martin, History |
| 4:30-5:30PM |
Film Screening and Discussion: Women in a Landscape of Change by: Louisa DeCossy |
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