The Capstone research project represents one of the most significant portions of the Cultural Studies curriculum. The annual Graduate Research Conference is an opportunity for graduating students to present their work. Here is the 2010 conference program:
Friday May 21, 2010
North Creek Events Center, University of Washington Bothell
Welcome, coffee & pastries
8:30 – 9:00
Emcees: Ben Gardner and Susan Harewood
Panel A - Bodies, Borders, Belonging
9:00 – 10:45
Chair: Eric Stewart
Salena Farris
OutWrite Identities
Capstone Advisor: Jeanne Heuving
Second Reader: Aimee Beth Leggett
Portfolio Advisor: Kari Lerum
Ann Ferreira
Recontextualizing Hakani
Capstone Advisor: Ron Krabill
Second Reader: Bruce Burgett
Portfolio Advisor: Jeanne Heuving
Joshua Heim
In an Adda Space and Time?
Capstone Advisor: Benjamin Gardner
Second Reader: Manish Chalana
Portfolio Advisor: Bruce Burgett
Myrella Thompson
The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Knowledge and Understanding
Capstone Advisor: Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren
Portfolio Advisor: Elizabeth Thomas
Alan Williams
"Mormon" and "Queer" at Crossroads
Capstone Advisor: Susan Harewood
Portfolio Advisor: Jeanne Heuving
Panel B - Ethnography: Self, Space, and Belonging
11:00 – 12:15
Chair: Kari Lerum
Joy MacTavish-Unten
Mixed-Race LGBTQ Families: Identities, Strategies and Support Systems
Capstone Advisor: Kari Lerum
Second Reader: Rebecca Aanerud
Portfolio Advisor: Bruce Burgett
Faith Simonelli
Cultural Identity in Children within Shifting Cultural Boundaries
Capstone Advisor: Elizabeth Thomas
Second Reader: Leslie Ashbaugh
Portfolio Advisor: Eric Stewart
Jayne Swift
Hot for Teacher: Sex Work and Academic Spaces
Capstone Advisor: Kari Lerum
Portfolio Advisor: Eric Stewart
Lunch
12:15 – 1:15
Panel C - Locating Auto-ethnography
1:15 – 2:30
Chair: Jeanne Heuving
Trina Ballard
Environmentalism On Board - Becoming a Surfer Citizen Scientist
Capstone Advisor: Benjamin Gardner
Second Reader: Sean Schmidt
Portfolio Advisor: Elizabeth Thomas
Valerie Heuschkel
Private Pleasure
Capstone Advisor: Kari Lerum
Second Reader: Jeanne Heuving
Portfolio Advisor: Eric Stewart
Christine Nelson
Becoming a Diversity Worker
Capstone Advisor: Jeanne Heuving
Second Reader: Susan Harewood
Portfolio Advisor: Elizabeth Thomas
Panel D - Sights, Sites, Re: cites
2:45 – 4:15
Chair: Joe Milutis
Tyler Pratt
Re:Sounding Community: Soundscapes and the Performance of Community Meaning
Capstone Advisor: Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren
Portfolio Advisor: Ben Gardner
Randi Courtmanch
The Black Heart and other works – Meaning Making in Art Practices
Capstone Advisor: Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren
Portfolio Advisor: Susan Harewood
Angelica Macklin
Scholarly Activism Through the Documentary Process
Capstone Advisors: Ron Krabill and Jonathan Warren
Second Reader: Greg Mullins
Portfolio Advisor: Susan Harewood
Jeremy Richards
Nietzsche! The Musical
Capstone Advisor: Joe Milutis
Second Reader: Constantin Behler
Portfolio Advisor: Jeanne Heuving
Reception
4:15 – 6:00