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Celebration of Scholarship 2010 Schedule
The ninth annual A Celebration of Scholarship! will be held the week of March 22, 2010 at John Carroll University. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
NOTE: The schedule is subject to change.


Monday, March 22, 2010
| All Week |
Celebrate the Art Exhibit
Grasselli Library Lobby |
12:00 - 1:00
PM |
Celebrate The Arts at Lunch!
Lombardo Student Center Atrium |
2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session A
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. John Day, Academic Vice President
Presenters:
(A.1) Natalie Terry: "The Ethics of Outsourcing on a Jesuit Campus"
(A.2) James Menkhaus: "The Catholic After Image of Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island"
(A.3) Dr. Charles Zarobila: “The Mystery of the Incunabulum”
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2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session B
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Susan Long, Sociology & Criminology
PANEL: "Community Health in JCU and Northeast Ohio"
Presenters:
(B.1) Mary Benson, Lauren Bianchi, Chelsea Getts, Katherine Pollock, Lauren Singley, Alicia Sovocool: "Making the JCU Community Healthier: Results from the 2009 Survey and Interview Research"
(B.2) Theresa Prabucki: "Birth Practices in Northeast Ohio"
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3:30 - 4:45 PM |
Paper/Panel Session C
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Jan Larsen, Psychology
(C.1) Jamie Ott: “A sin tax on bottled water to save public drinking water”
(C.2) Christopher Axelrod: “International Monetary Lending and Trade Involvement"
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3:30 - 4:45 PM |
Paper/Panel Session D
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Stiiles, Political Science
(D.1) Kristen Kolenz: “El Salvador, Then and Now”
(D.2) Maggie Antonelli: “Intersexuality and Biopower: The Deconstruction of Gender/Sex Binaries”
(D.3) Dr. Simran K. Kahai: "Determinants of Innovative Capability of A Nation"
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| 5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session E
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Philip Metres, English Department
PANEL: "Creative Writing in the World: Reflecting on Service"
Presenters: Kara Krawiec, Joey Kim, Sarah Miller, Lydia Munnell |
| 5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session F
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Brenda Wirkus, Philosophy
(F.1) Mike Piero: “Orwell’s Animal Farm and Picasso’s Guernica: The Union of Allegory and Modernism”
(F.2) Sarah Barchick: “Meret Oppenheim’s Transformation: Subject to Signifier”
(F.3) CANCELLED Candice Markle, M. Ellen Matthews, Lora Zoller: "Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage: An Examination of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Allied College Populations and General College Populations"
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| 6:00 PM |
Opening Reception for Participants
Dolan Science Center, Reading Room
By Invitation Only
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| 7:00 -
8:30 PM |
Poster Session
Dolan Science Center, Muldoon Atrium
Refreshments
See Poster Presenters a list of presenters, poster titles, and poster numbers. Poster Abstracts are available here. |
| 7:30 PM |
Tres Vidas
Administration Building, Kulas Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Tim Russert Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, the Honors Program and Latin American Studies |


Tuesday, March 23, 2010
12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Scholarly Lunch Series
Dolan Science Center, Reading Room
Reservations required
Dave Rainey, Psychology
Title: "Trash Talk in Sport: A Normative Rule"
Katherine Gatto, CMLC
Title: "Gonzalo de Berceo, Medieval Spanish Poet of Miracles"
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2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session G
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Peter Kvidera, Associate Dean, Arts & Sciences
(G.1) Dr. Lisa Shoaf, Dr. Linda Quinn and Nikki Modarelli: “Examining the Strategic Planning Process in a Catholic Grade School”
(G.2) Dr. Medora W. Barnes: “Balancing Beliefs, Behaviors, and a Baby: How women decide on maternity leave length”
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2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session H
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Ruth Fenske, Grasselli Library
Session Cancelled
(H.1) Jillian Landon: “Entomology: Collecting and Pinning Insects”
(H.2) Dr. Diane Campbell & Dr. Tom Short: “Predicting Student Of Color Persistence: A Conceptual Model Using Student, Institutional, And Environmental Characteristics”
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3:30 - 4:45 PM |
Paper/Panel Session I
Dolan Science Center, Dolan E 243 [Note Room Change]
Moderator: Dr. Daniel Palmer, Math & Computer Science
PANEL: "Virtual Learning Moments: Using Second Life as a Second Classroom"
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3:30 - 4:45 PM |
Paper/Panel Session J
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderators: Dr. Peggy Finucane and Tracee Patterson, Center for Service & Social Action
PANEL: "Partners in Pedagogy: The Praxis of Service Learning"
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5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session K
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Sheila McGinn, Religious Studies
(K.1) Joe Merry: “Consuming All-Inclusive Resorts: Fantasy, Reality, & Nightmare”
(K.2) Megan McGinnity: “Exploration of Women and Cosmopolitanism in the Victorian Novel: Charlotte Brontë’s Villette, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh, and George Eliot’s Middlemarch”
(K.3) Patrick Neff: "The Significance of Erfurt 1 with regard to Augustine’s Thought on Perpetua and Felicitas”
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5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session L
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. James Krukones, Associate Academic Vice President
(L.1) Mark Bartholet: “Moral Development in El Salvador: An Analysis of Hydroelectricity”
(L.2) Sara Lynn Gafford: “The Others: Neither Recusants Nor Protestants: The Principles of the Henrician Catholic Bishops "
(L.3) Bridget Ludwa: "Drawing Lines in Syria”
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| 5:00 - 6:15 PM |
PANEL: “Student Activism on the JCU Campus”
Dolan Reading Room
Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Santilli
Andy Trares
MOVED to Thursday at 5:00 PM |


Wednesday, March 24, 2010
12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Scholarly Lunch Series
Dolan Science Center, Reading Room
Reservations required
Speaker: Dianna Taylor, Philosophy
Title: "'Two Answers to the Question: What is Enlightenment?" |
2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session M
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Tracy Masterson, Psychology
PANEL: Autism
Presenters:
(M.1) Tyler Bond, Lindsey Gandolf, Emily Ferron: "Undergraduate Internship at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism: Benefits to JCU Students"
(M.2) Matthew Taylor, Nicole Ryder, Cassandra Brown: "Incorporation of Service Learning in Developmental Psychology Courses: A Mutually Beneficial Learning Tool"
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2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session N
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Penny Harris, Sociology & Criminology
PANEL: "Brendan Manor Program Evaluation: Qualitative Community-Based Research"
Panelists: Abby Burns; Audra Distefano; Kathleen Fibbi; Katherine Funk; Chelsea Getts; Sarajane Kukawka; Anastasia Mitchell; Lauren Rich; Clarissa Sarsama; Dylan Schroeder; Lauren Singley; Kaitryn Snider; Nikita Stange; Bridgit Wyrock
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2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session O
Dolan Science Center, E241 [Note Room Change]
Moderator: Mark Bartholet, Graduate Student
PANEL: “Six Contemporary Catholics: Jim Caviezel Steven Colbert, Mary Ann Glendon, Anne Rice, Tim Russert, & Tim Shriver"
Panelists: Ian Bailey, Trevor Burke, Patricia Mariano, Gabby Ruchames, Matt Loya & Michael Carano
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| 3:30 - 5:00 PM |
Faculty Research Reception
Dolan Science Center, Reading Room
(By invitation only) |
5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session P
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Maria Marsilli
PANEL: "Student Research on Yucatán’s Society, Economics, and Ecology"
Presenters:
(P.1) Catherine Distelrath, “Expatriates in Mérida City”
(P.2) Carolyn Ellis, “Micro-Finances in Mexico and Yucatán,”
(P.3) Heidi Mathiott, “Ecology of the Yucatán’s Cenotes”
(P.4)
Heather Rosenberger, “Continuity and Change in Yucatecan Culture”
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5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session Q
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Jackie Schmidt, Tim Russert Department of Communication and Theatre Arts
PANEL: “Creativity, Innovation, Invention and Idea Development”
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| 6:30 PM |
Woelfl Seminar in Public Policy "Health Care Reform: This Time is Different?"
Speaker: Mark Rushefsky, Ph.D. Dolan Science Center, Donahue Auditorium
Sponsored by the Department of Political Science
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Celebrate The Arts at Lunch!
Lombardo Student Center Atrium |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
"Meet the Artists" Reception
Grasselli Library Lobby
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2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session R
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Santa Casciani, CMLC Department
PANEL: "Issues in Italian Literature"
Presenters:
(R.1) Chelsea VanBergen: “A Journey In and Out of Color: Narrative Techniques in C. E. Gadda’s That Awful Mess on Merulana Street”
(R.2)
Dr. Luigi G. Ferri: “A New Approach to an Old Question: on the Structure of A. Manzoni’s I Promessi Sposi”
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2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session S
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Mark Waner, Center for Faculty Development
PANEL: “Innovative Solutions for Retreat Centers”
Panelists: Maya Saryyeva; Kelly White; Xiaoyan
Zhou
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3:30 - 4:45 PM |
Paper/Panel Session T
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Kathleen Lis Dean, Student Development & Assessment
PANEL:"Inspiring leaders to excel: An Ignatian appr
oach to student leadership development at John Carroll"
Panelists: Dr. Kyle O'Dell; Lena Chapin
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3:30 - 4:45 PM |
Paper/Panel Session U
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderators: Dr. Peggy Finucane, CSSA and Dr. Mark Waner, Center for Faculty Development
PANEL: "Creating Lives of Meaning"
Panelists: Dr. Michele Scott Taylor; Dr. Nancy Taylor
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5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session V
Dolan Science Center, A202
Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Santilli, Associate Academic Vice President
(V.1) Katie Kavulic: “Regulating Soil and Water Conservation in Cuyahoga County”
(V.2) Jane Killian: “Ethics and Modernity: The Reconceptualization of Western Morality”
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5:00 - 6:15 PM |
Paper/Panel Session W
Dolan Science Center, A203
Moderator: Dr. Duane Dukes, Sociology & Criminology
(W.1) Nikita Stange: "Catholic University Students and the Connection between Religion, Contraception, and Personal Beliefs- Understanding the Importance of Various Factors in Helping Students Make Decisions about Contraception in Their Lives"
(W.2) James W Rudyk Jr: “Where Black Meets Queer: The Intersection of Race and Sexuality in Popular American Culture"
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| 5:00 - 6:15 PM |
PANEL: “Student Activism on the JCU Campus”
NOTE: New Time
Dolan Reading Room
Moderator:
Andy Trares |

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