SENIOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE

100 Towne: Heilmeier Hall

APRIL 24, 2002

9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30 ANTHROPOLOGY Chair: Robert Giegengack
9:30 Christy Bare PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES
9:45 Jaime Bard GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS
10:00 Caroline Yeh HISTORICAL BASES OF THE RITUALISTIC USES OF MERCURY
10:15 Nati Passow BUBER’S I-THOU AND A HORIZONTAL ETHIC
10:45 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY Chair: Gomaa Omar
10:45 Christina Kaba FORWARD MODELING OF NITRATE FLUX IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
11:00 Suzi LeFrancois UPHEAVAL DOME, UTAH
11:15 Hillary Mendillo THE ENIGMATIC WHITE LAYERS OF AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND
11:30 Suzie Richter RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ARCTIC EOCENE FOSSIL FOREST
11:45 Katie Schu IDENTIFICATION OF THE PALEOCENE/EOCENE BOUNDARY FROM STUDY OF PALYNOLOGICAL AND MACROFOSSIL DATA
12:00 LUNCH
12:45 ECOLOGY Chairs: W. John Smith & Yvette Bordeaux
12:45 David Kirk ZEBRA MUSSELS IN AMERICAN WATERWAYS
1:00 Mary Alice Peterson STRATEGIES TO RESTORE NATIVE VEGETATION ON SERPENTINE BARRENS
1:15 Jennie Koonz RECREATING THE PLEISTOCENE IN A MODERN NATIONAL PARK
1:30 Ed Schenck AQUACULTURE: CURRENT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
1:45 Ellen Tarquinio NUTRIENT LOADING IN RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS
2:00 ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH Chair: Elaine Wright
2:00 John Albietz A PLAN TO PREVENT NICOTINE ADDICTION AMONG WEST PHILADELPHIA YOUTH
2:15 Cozz Cozzolino THE TOMS RIVER CASE – TESTING AND TRUSTING SCIENCE
2:30 Eugenie Trott DE-INSTITUTIONALIZATION AS A CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS
2:45 Aparna Wilder POSTPARTUM SMOKING AND RELAPSE IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION OF WEST PHILADELPHIA
3:00 BREAK
3:30 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND PLANNING Chair: Stan Laskowski
3:30 April Birnbaum THE ROLE OF PUBLIC-INTEREST LEGAL RESOURCES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
3:45 Bree Donohue WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME: UNDERSTANDING AND COMBATING SUBURBAN SPAWL IN MODERN AMERICA
4:00 Tico Gangulee THE CLOSURE OF HUECO TANKS STATE HISTORICAL PARK
4:15 Peter James AMERICAN ENVIRONMNENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: A GLOBAL COMPARISON
4:30 Melinda Sanchez HOW DO PEOPLE'S REACTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AFFECT CITY PLANNING AND ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING?
4:45 Linda Wan THE U.S. ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL-
WARMING POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS
5:00 RECEPTION