Preface
Preface to The Eagle Feather 2012
Editor-in-Chief: Gloria C. Cox, Honors College and Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Editor: Susan Brown Eve, Honors College and Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Scholars Day Keynote Address 2012
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Geoff Gamble, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, University of North Texas
Humanities
“That One Congenial Friend:” Hawthorne’s Search for a Careful Reader
Alejandro Garrido, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences; Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program; Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Richard Joines, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
Shutters Shut and Open: Photographic Theory in Gertrude Stein’s Literary Portraits
Laure Parkinson, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences; Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Stephanie Hawkins, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
Star Trek and “The Other”: Race, Gender and the Cultural Imagination
Ramon Resendiz, Department of Anthropology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service; Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, College of Arts and Sciences; Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Irene J. Klaver, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Elliott Kidd, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences; Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Susan Brown Eve, Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service; Honors College
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Mark Moudy, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Faculty Mentors:
Kamesh Namuduri, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, and David Keathly, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Awareness of Aphasia and Aphasia Services in South India: Public Health Implications
Emlynn Chazhikat, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Gloria Streit Olness, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Social Sciences
Five Experience Rooms of Snuggie in a Social Media
Yujin Choi, Department of Merchandising, College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism
Faculty Mentor:
HaeJung Maria Kim, Department of Merchandising, College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism
Mark Adams, Department of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences; Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Emile Sahliyeh, Department of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Poverty and HIV/AIDS in East Texas
Meagan Hatton, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Joseph Oppong, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences; Toulouse Graduate School
An Unheard Voice: The American Muslim Struggle for Political Inclusion
Tahirah Dean: Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences; Summer NSF REU at Columbia University, New York; GSAS-SRP 2012 Mellon Political Science Cohort
Faculty Mentor:
Robert Shapiro, Department of Political Science, Division of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University
Cultural Competency in the Learning Environment: Promoting the Development of Diversity Training
Kendal Tolle, Department of Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions, College of Public Affairs and Community Service; Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Kenneth Scott Smith, Department of Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
The Court of the Captain of the People
Desirae Hamilton, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences; Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program; Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Laura Stern, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Special Section: Biological Sciences: HHMI Scholars Program
Guest Editors:
Lee E. Hughes, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Robert C. Benjamin, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Comparative Immunity Analysis in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacteriophage
Amy E. Schade, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Lee E. Hughes, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Stoperators in Cluster A Bacteriophages
Zane Gibbs and Amanda Salazar, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentors:
Lee E. Hughes and Robert C. Benjamin, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Special Section: Art History
Guest Editor:
Jennifer Way, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Briana Camp, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design; Honors College
Faculty Mentors:
Jennifer Way and Denise Baxter, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Candy Jernigan’s Rejectamenta: Collage, Photography, and (Discarded) Body Memory
Jonathan Garcia, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Faculty Mentor:
Jennifer Way, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Hanging on to Home: Representations of Handala and the Home
Breana Hyche, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Faculty Mentor:
Jennifer Way, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Do As the Romans: Greco-Roman Iconography in Eleanor Antin’s Last Days of Pompeii
Catherine Parkinson, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Faculty Mentor:
Jennifer Way, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Hitler as Sculptor: Molding Germany’s Collective Memory of “Degenerate” Art
Tory Warner, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Faculty Mentor:
Jennifer Way, Department of Art Education and Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Special Section: Teacher Education
Guest Editor:
Jeanne Tunks, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Incorporating RTI and the Mastery Model into Mathematics Tutoring Sessions
Elizabeth Carlson, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Faculty Mentor:
Jeanne Tunks, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
The Effects of Tutoring with Concrete Manipulatives and Real Life Concepts
Kiley Hughes, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Faculty Mentor:
Jeanne Tunks, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Anita Jamadar, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Faculty Mentor:
Jeanne Tunks, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Codi Potter, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Faculty Mentor:
Jeanne Tunks, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Becoming a Teacher of Mathematics to Elementary Students
Wynona Walker, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Faculty Mentor:
Jeanne Tunks, Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education
Political Science Summer NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
Guest Editors:
John Ishiyama, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
J. Michael Greig, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Reconciliation and Relapse: The Case for the Inclusion of Women
Jena Daggett, Department of Political Science and Department of Human Communication, Trinity University
Faculty Mentors:
Marijke Breuning and Angela D. Nichols, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Lethal Negotiation: The Effect of Violence on the Likelihood of State-Organization Negotiation
Daniel Gustafson, Department of Political Science, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Public Policy, University at Albany, SUNY
Faculty Mentor:
Paul Hensel, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Modalities of Power and Peace: The Implications of the Nature of the State
Kara Haberstock, Department of International Studies, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, The University of Arizona
Faculty Mentors:
John Ishiyama and Michael Widmeier, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Ryan J. Madden, Department of Political Science, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton
Faculty Mentors:
John Ishiyama and Eric Keels, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Angela Manglaris, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Faculty Mentor:
Idean Salehyan, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Towards a Theory of Electronic Communication and Protest
Byron Stoner, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
Faculty Mentors:
Michael Greig and Michael Widmeier, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Coming Home Again: Repatriation and Peace Durability
Katie Reinhardt, Department of Political Science, College of Sciences, University of Central Florida
Faculty Mentors:
James Meernik and Angela D. Nichols, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Resource Access in Multiethnic States: The Role of Economic Discrimination in Conflict Onset
Benjamin Tjaden, Department of Political Economy, College of Idaho
Faculty Mentors:
John Ishiyama and Eric Keels, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Roman D. Torres, Department of Political Science, College of Sciences, University of Central Florida
Faculty Mentors:
Michael Greig and Eric Keels, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
The Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment and Intrastate Conflict
Nia Imon Yarborough, Department of Language and Communications, Prairie View A&M University
Faculty Mentors:
T. David Mason and Eric Keels, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas