2022 Symposium

Session 1A: Experiencing Stratification and Difference: Class, Work, and Identity

  • "Less Money = Less Human? The Relation between Annual Household Income and Experiences of Daily Dehumanization," Sean Tucker and Andy Martinez
  • "Consequences of the Perceived Controllability of Social Class," Devin William Johnston, Camille Babida, Rachel Burson, Madison Duggin, Narjes Faraji, Genea Gettig, Gabi Hyland, Amish Patel, Isabella Podesto, and Wenwen Ni.
  • “The Effects of Speed-up on Latino Manual Laborers,” Elida Perez Corrales

Session 1B: Ideology, Rhetoric and Political Action

  • "American Individualism and Nonviolent Resistance," August Wilson
  • "De Facto Jim Crow: How Color Blindness was used to uphold the Jim Crow System," Daniel Olivas
  • "How The Presidents Speak," Robert Martinez

Session 2A: Envisioning Change: Intervening to Prevent Discrimination, Disparity, and Harm

  • "Aliens Versus Humans: Comparing Two Forms of Undergraduate Online Bystander Intervention Training," Michael Trujillo, Jason King, Clay Brookfield, Connor Howard, Drew Davis, Terra Bransfield, Jacob Crocker, Diana Grant, and Heather Smith
  • "Reimagining Diversity Training through Mindfulness and Compassion Cultivation," Amish Patel
  • "Say My Name: See Me, Hear Me," Pamela Cruz, Morgan Newens, Jace Voice, and Helen Jimenez
  • "How Forensic Anthropologists Can Help Human Trafficking Victims," Kai ToriAnne Suter
  • "Social Work in Sonoma County Emergency Medical Services," Brian Crabb

Session 2B: Race, Nation, Empire: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives

  • "Revitalizing the Independence Movement in Puerto Rico," Lydia Maldonado
  • "A Leading Nation with the Shadow of an Empire," Christopher Alan Orozco
  • "Italian Jewish Identity: The Intersection of Memory and Politics after Fascism," Rosemary Trenholm
  • "Band of Mothers: A Reproductive Medical History of Active-duty Women and Military Spouses in the United States," Joelynn S Lee

Session 3A: Environmental Governance in Comparative and International Contexts

  • "An Analysis of Germany's Emergency Management Systems - A Case Study on the Flooding of 2021," Molly Oates, Matthew Johnson and Audrey Cordisco 
  • "Comparing Tourism Economies and Conservation of Coral Reefs in Belize and Palau," Ellyse Cappellano, Sean Kenneally, and Quinn Stewart

Session 3B: Community Action Plans: Learning from the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights

  • OCHR graduates Orleana Plytas, Priscilla Cespedes, Bryanna Alfaro, Jill Kawakami, and Melia Zimmerman will be talking about the role of research in planning campaigns for political and social change.