2^nd Annual Latina(o) Graduate Student Alliance Research Symposium

Student Presenter List

“A Contextual Analysis of Latino/a Undergraduate Persistence”

Presented by Raul Alcala, ASU-Higher and Postsecondary Education

“A Theoretical Framework in Negotiating Identity”

Presented by Victor Begay, ASU-Educational Leadership& Policy Studies

“Path to the future – Mexico: Inequitable Access to Education and Technology in a Knowledge Economy”

Presented by Pablo Garcia Berumen, ASU-Fine Arts

“Geology at Petrified Forest National Park: Using Public Preconceptions to Design Place-Specific Interpretive Programs”

Presented by Nevita Bueno-Watts, ASU-Geological Sciences

“Queer/Migrant Coalitional Politics: Challenging Representations”

Presented by Karma Chavez, ASU-Communication

“Undocumented Status: Academic Trajectories of Immigrant Students”

Presented by Delis Cuellar-Klitzke, ASU-Educational Leadership& Policy Studies

“University School Partnerships That Support Student Teachers”

Presented by Alexandria Estrella, ASU- Curriculum & Instruction (Language/Literacy)

“Trading in Trading Posts for Tribal Enterprises”

Presented by Viola Fuentes, ASU-School of Public Affairs

"Ni de aqui, ni de allá: Bicultural Identities of Puerto Rican Adolescents in the United States"

Presented by Aixa Garcia-Mont, ASU- Social and Philosophical Foundations

“The Space Between Us: Indigenous Cartography in Late Colonial Oaxaca”

Presented by Alexander Hidalgo, U of A-History

“The Other Voice of Desegregation: Latina/o Students in a Voluntary Integration Program”

Presented by Ofelia Huidor, UCLA-Race and Ethnic Studies in Education

“Voicing Reality: Understanding the Perspective of Language-Minority Students through Ethnographic Journals”

Presented by Eric Johnson, ASU-Anthropology

“Closeted Identities: Marginalized Students in Higher Education”

Presented by Tim Kniseley and Irene I. Vega, ASU-Higher and Postsecondary Education

“Creative Writing Infused by Latino Culture and Values”

Presented by Fernando Perez, ASU-Creative Writing

“Public Partnerships: Serving the Public Interest or Institutional/Organizational Self Interest”

Presented by Kenichi Maruyama, ASU-Ed Leadership& Policy Studies & Viola Fuentes, School of Public Affairs

“They forgot all about me: Tales of employees who work in the shadows”

Presented by Yvonne Montoya, ASU-Hugh Downs Schl of Human Communication

“The Politics of Diversity: How Affirmative Action Policies are Interpreted and Enacted in Faculty Hiring Decisions”

Presented by Marcela Muñiz, Stanford-School of Education

“The Role of Behavior Problems in Predicting Maternal Adaptation to a Child With Developmental Delays”

Presented by Anita Pedersen y Arbona and Keith Crnic, ASU-Psychology

“Ethnographic Investigation of Informal Learning in Phoenix”

Presented by Valerie Ramos, ASU- Museum Anthropology

“Mathematics Placement Tests in the Community College: Possible Interventions to Reduce False-Negative Placements”

Presented by Teresa Leyba Ruiz, ASU-Higher and Postsecondary Education

“Studying the job satisfaction rates of faculty in Social Sciences across gender and various types of institutions”

Presented by Meghna Sabharwal, ASU-School of Public Affairs

"Undocumented Women emerging from the Shadows of Abuse."

Presented by Olivia Salcido, ASU-Justice and Social Inquiry

“Chicana Identity in Yxta Maya Murray’s Locas: Recognizing and Defining the Chola Subject”

Presented by Stephanie Serrano, ASU-English (Literature)

“The Commercial Indian”

Presented by Amanda Scott-Williams, ASU-Museum Anthropology

“The Political Spirit in Latino/a Writing”

Presented by Karin Simelaro, ASU-English Department

“Development and Implementation of Advanced Science Training Modules for Elementary Teachers”

Presented by Wandaliz Torres Garcia, ASU Industrial Engineering

Poster Presenter List

“Arithmetic Progressions on Curves of Degree Five”

Presented by Alejandra Alvarado, ASU-Mathematics

“Design & Rapid Prototyping of Robust Fault-Tolerant Embedded control Systems Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)”

Presented by: Jose V. Benavides, ASU-Electrical Engineering

“The Relation between Cultural Socialization and Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Social Orientations among Mexican-American Children”

Presented by Carlos Calderón & George Knight, ASU-Psychology

“Nanotubules Formation from Surface-Attached Liposomes using an Electric Field”

Presented by: Josemar Castillo, ASU-Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

“Implementing Sustainability Practices and Technology in the Sierra Norte de Puebla: Improving the Economic and Social Status of Indigenous Women”

Presented by: Yolanda Serrano Gehman, ASU Polytechnic- Global Technical Development

“Effect of p53 RNA Interference on V(D)J Recombination in Murine SCID Pre-B Cell Line”

Presented by: David Wilson, and Yung Chang, ASU- Microbiology

Questions about schedule for presentations email Viola at Yama814@asu.edu