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One of the unique features of the Sociology and Anthropology program at Wheaton College is the senior seminar thesis requirement. The senior seminar is the final advanced core requirement for Anthropology and Sociology majors and is taken in the fall semester of the senior year. The objective of the seminar is to enable majors to design and conduct an independent research project, to produce a written thesis based on the project, and to make the research findings known to the Wheaton community through an oral presentation at the Senior Majors Symposium held in February each year. The Anthropology and Sociology Senior Seminars generally meet for 2-3 hours per week and are coordinated by a team of department faculty. Majors prepare for the seminar with written papers, projects, and presentations in Theory and Methods seminars typically taken during the junior year. The first step in senior thesis preparation is the acceptance of a research proposal and many majors choose to revise the draft proposals submitted for Research Methods seminars for their senior thesis projects. Senior majors in Sociology and Anthropology complete their training at Wheaton with proposal writing, research, analytical, and oral presentation skills that are distinctive. The following Symposia Programs serve as examples of the work students have presented:
20h Annual SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY SENIOR RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Woolley Room, Mary Lyon Hall
Open to the Public Wednesday February 6, 2001 9:00-10:00
Dara Croci "The Significance of Family Dining Rituals
in American Families"
Sarah Biolsi "Changing Definitions of Family and Marriage in Vermont" Erica Clifton "Father Involvement in Childcare and its Influence on School Performance" Moderator:Professor Kersti Yllo 10-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-11:30 Liz Ander"Gender Roles in Wedding Rituals"
Tom Clarke "Alcoholic Family Support Systems: The Impact of Treatmeant and Divorce on Emotional Support" Jennifer S. Jones "Understandings in the Midst of Death: Ritual, Symbols, and Bereavement in Bali" Moderator: Professor Donna Kerner 11:30-11:45 Break 11:45-12:45 Life Satisfaction Liz Anderson "Conspicuous Consumption in the
Pet Industry"
Nicole Lafreniere "Life Satisfaction of the Working Poor" Heather Gibbs "Factors Influencing Marital Happiness" Moderator: Professor Javier Trevino 12:45-2:00 Lunch 2:00- 3:00
Emi Fujiwara "The Impact of Stereotypes and Discrimination
on the Identity of Japanese Americans in WWII and Contemporary Muslims"
Keri Martin "The Influence of Gentrification on the Cultural Identity of Bostonian North-Enders" Micaela Devaney "How Gender, Ethnicities and Sexualities Shape the Way College Students Embrace and Respond to Hip Hop Music and Culture" Moderator: Professor Michelle Harris 3:00-3:30 Faculty Scholarship Reception and Refreshments 3:30-4:30
Noah Hill "Discourses of Race and Ethnicity in
Formulations of Cape Verdean Identity"
Kati Gill "Irish Mothers Riding the Celtic Tiger" Libby Bixby "Embodying Inequality in Ecuador: Childhood, Identity, and Pedagogy" Moderator: Professor Rob Albro Thursday February7 9:00- 10:30 a.m.
Andrea Pelkey "Representations of Racial Minorities
in Popular Teen Magazines"
June Martin "Portrayal of Stereoypical Gender Roles in Animated Cartoons" Mignonne Marchand "Family Images in Disney Animated Feature Films" Melissa Hutchins "Constructions of Gender in Contemporary Lesbian Films" Meg McGrath "Much Apu about Nothing? Appropriations of the Simpsons in Popular Culture" Moderator: Professor John Grady 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break/ Book Signing: Richard Chalfen, Cole Professor 11:00- 11:45 a.m.
Stephen Benenson "From Confusion to Influence:
Towards an Anthropology of Capital 'A' in Art"
Jerrica Kallio "Dancing for Profit in Ghana: New Market, New Moves" Moderator: Professor Bruce Owen 11:45 -12:30
Will Bissonette "The Relationship between Economic Change
and Serial Killing"
Dustan Peet "Cultural Constructions of Autism and Normalizing the Autistic" Moderator: Professor Javier Trevino 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00- 4:00
Robin Shea "Influence of Gender on Emotional Response
to Tragedy"
Jen Simpson "Social Cohesion and Self" The Lasting Effects of a Disaster" Chris Agee "Social Cohesion in the Wake of a National Tragedy: Norton Firefighters After September 11th" Diana Chuman "The Representations of Patriotism and Nationalism : Muslims Today and Issei and Nisei During WWII" Alicia Vinal "Changing Views of the American Flag Among WWII, Vietnam Baby-Boomers, and the Millenials" Moderator: Professor Hyun KIm SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT DINNER "Education as a Survival Technique?" Richard Chalfen, Professor of Anthropolgy at Temple University, is one of the most eminent visual anthrpologists in American and has written numerous books, including: Through Navajo Eyes, the first study where members of a culture used visual techniques to create a document of, and about, their own culture; Snapshot Versions of Life, one of the first and most comprehensice studies of howpeople use photography and photographs to record important events in their daily lives: and the Turning Leaves, an exploration of the photograph collections of Japanese American families. Richard Chalfen was the William Isaac Cole Professor of Sociology/Anthropology for the fall 2001 semster. _____________________________
19th Annual SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY SENIOR RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Woolley Room, Mary Lyon Hall
Open to the Public Wednesday February 7, 2001 9:30-10:30 Stigma and Deviance 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:00 Sports and Society 12:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:00 Law and Justice 3:00-3:30 Faculty Scholarship Reception and Refreshments 3:30-4:30 Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll Thursday February 8 9:30-10:30 Social Networks and Exchange 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:20 Ethnicity 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:00 Ritual and Religion 3:00-3:30 Book signing with Cole Speaker, Marilyn Halter 3:30-4:30 Expressive Performance SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT DINNER 6:00 PM "LONGINGS AND BELONGINGS: ETHNICITY FOR SALE" Professor Halter specializes in the history and sociology of immigration, race, and ethnicity. She is author of four books: Shopping for Identity: The Marketing of Ethnicity; New Migrants in the Marketplace: Boston's Ethnic Entrepreneurs; Between Race and Ethnicity: Cape Verdean American Immigrants; and (with Richard Lobban) The Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde. Her latest book (with Lisa MacFarlane) Unmasking Ethnic New England will be published this spring. Professor Halter is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and a Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture at Boston University. She will be joining us next year to run the Cole Lecture Series on Cape Verdean ethnicity. _____________________________ 1997 Sociology/Anthropology Senior Research SymposiumWednesday, February 5th 10:00-10:50 am I. Gender and Identity 10:50-11:15 Book Reception for Sociology/Anthropology Faculty :11:15-12:00 II. Environmental Justice 12:00-1:00pm Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm III. Families in Transition lO:l5-12:00 VII. Popular Culture and Representation 12:00-2:00 pm Prospective Sociology Majors Lunch 2:00-3:00 pm VIII. Crime and Substance Use/Abuse 3:00-3:30 pm Book Reception for Dr. Victoria Lynn Swigert 3:30-4:30 pm IX. Medical Treatment and Patient Response Sociology/Anthropology Department Dinner
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