Detailed Schedule
Breakfast, 8-8:30 am, David Lawrence Hall Lower Lobby
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Panel Session 1, 8:30-10 am
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Asia and the Asian Diaspora, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 203
Gabrielle Kohl, Saint Vincent College, The Cultural and Historical Differences between Mothers and Daughters in Amy Tan's Novels
Zoe Creamer, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh's Lost Chinatown
Mariam Shalaby, University of Pittsburgh, Quranic Recitation and the Egyptian American Diaspora: Attitudes and Practices of Egyptian Muslims in Pittsburgh and Cairo
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Challenges and Minorities in Asian Studies, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 205
Victoria Murray, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Education and Ethnic Minorities in China: The Example of the Uighers
Kyle McErlean, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan Face Towards Education
Elise Tran, Kenyon College, "Romancing the Savage": Whang-Od and Changing Perceptions of Igorots in the Philippines
Art and Politics in East Asia, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 207
Alexander Ruiz, Duquesne University, An understanding of Regime Change through East Asian Film
Ahona Raka Sarkar, University of Pittsburgh, Navigating Desire and Disgust in Japanese Art
Linus Morales, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Typography in Relation to Prosody, Semantics, and Syntax in Chinese Propaganda Posters
Fangjun Li, University of Pittsburgh, The research on Lolita fashion as a subculture in Japan
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Japanese Language and Language Pedagogy, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 209
Madison Cato, University of Pittsburgh, The Pragmatic Meanings of Wakamono Kotoba (Youth Language) in Japanese
Jordan Carr, University of Pittsburgh, Japanese Written Language Learning Techniques Applied to an Interactive Web Application
Evan Mason, University of Pittsburgh, Comparing and Reconstructing the Realization of Approximants /j/ and /w/ in Japanese and Latin
Andrea Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Sources of cross-cultural miscommunication in team teaching of English as a foreign language in Japan
Coffee Break, 10-10:30am, David Lawrence Hall Lower Lobby
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Panel Session 2, 10:30-12pm
Attending the Boston Career Forum: Some Reflections and Suggestions for Japanese Career Success, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 203
Paige Bruckner, University of Pittsburgh
Konomi Yamauchi, University of Pittsburgh
Schyler Verna, University of Pittsburgh
Gregory Reiland, University of Pittsburgh
Chinese Language and Pedagogy, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 205
Alice Cusick, Kenyon College, Language Contact in Lijiang: The impact of Mandarin loanwords on the Naxi language
Margaret Collings, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Simplification of Written Chinese; History and Trends
Tim Jaung, University of Pittsburgh, Text Memorization in Chinese Foreign Language Teaching
Mara Wearden, University of Pittsburgh, Buddhism in China: Instruction to Upper Elementary Aged Students
Korea: Now and in the Future, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 207
Hailey Toporcer, Hiram College, Depression in “Please Look After Mom” by Shin Kyung-Sook: Symptoms, Lack of Help, and Fate in South Korean Culture
Dayne Feehan, Binghamton University, A World-Ecological Perspective on Famine: North Korea's History of Industrial Agriculture and Juche Ideology
Sean Deeves, Binghamton University, Can Communism Corrupt and Rebuild? Case Study of North Korea and Vietnam
Development in East, South, and Southeast Asia, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 209
Dominic Farina, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Problems Deterring Economic Development in India and Thailand
Courtney Yu, University of Pittsburgh, Is Myanmar a Democracy?
Josielyn Daupan, Sablan National High School, School Absenteeism: Contributing Factors
Lunch and Keynote Speaker Jomo Smith, 12-1:30 pm, Dining Room A William Pitt Union
Panel Session 3, 1:30-3pm
East Asian History, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 203
Joseph Cacese, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Steel Tigers: China's Struggle against Foreign Imperialism in Manchuria, 1929-1931
Richard Napotnik, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Hegemons (霸 ba) as the "Masters of the Covenant"
Ahona Raka Sarkar, University of Pittsburgh, Of Monsters and Men: The Evolution of the Tengu in Classical Japanese Art
Brian Fitzgerald, University of Pittsburgh, The effect of United States assistance on Japan’s post-war recovery
Food, Drink, and Sociability in East Asia, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 205
Michael Mauer, Cornell University, Social Structures in Japanese Fencing Clubs
James Westbay, University of Pittsburgh, Conspiracy Larger than Life: Revelations from Japanese Beer Brewed Domestically and Abroad
Amanda Michael, University of Pittsburgh, The different types of reverse culture shock from Americans who have studied abroad in Japan
Chinese Politics in the 21st Century, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 207
Melissa Adams, University of Pittsburgh, Between Generations: The Development of Chinese Marriage Culture through One-Child Policy, 'Leftover' Women, and Familial Hierarchy
Zachary Ward, University of Pittsburgh, Internal Migration in Modern China: Examining the Hukou System as a Tool for Governance
Brooke Adkin, University of Pittsburgh, Responding to Institutional Denial of Access for Trans Persons in Chinese Language Countries
Jeannie Showers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, China’s one child policy: Its impact on marriages and female empowerment
Economic Development in East Asia, David Lawrence Hall Rm. 209
Brittany Humensky-Miller, University of Pittsburgh, The Keiretsu Debate: Are Financial Keiretsu Competitive or Exclusionary?
Shih-Hao Chu, University of Pittsburgh, The Japanese healthcare system: Maintaining top quality healthcare while minimizing cost per-capita
Larisa Tomassoni, University of Pittsburgh, Gazing on the Multiple: the Bio-political Chinese and American Bodies
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Screening of Tsunami Punx: The Tohoku Live House Movement, 3-4:30, 120 David Lawrence Hall