As some of you may know, this week the BYU Inquiry Conference is taking place in 238 HRCB (The Kennedy Center - directly north of the MARB). I will be presenting my research from my Romania Internship tomorrow at 3:30. The schedule for today and tomorrow is as follows:
Thursday, 18 March
9:00 Presenters’ Meeting: Day’s presenters meet in 238 HRCB
10:00 Nathaniel Freeman (Classical Studies) “Wordmasons: A Literary Treatment of Temples from Virgil to Milton
10:30 Caroline Larson (Art History) “Attributing an Unknown Adoration of the Shepherds in the Brigham Young University Collection”
11:00 Jordan Layton (Anthropology) “Unveiling Ubuntu: Overcoming Individualism and Racial Segregation in a South African Catholic Parish”
11:30 Panel Discussion: Religion and the Arts
12:00 Keynote Lecture: Carol Ward (Associate Professor of Sociology, BYU) “Using the Indigenous Evaluation Framework to Assess Projects in Developing Communities: Examples from Africa and Native America”
2:00 Kendal Blust (English) “Gender Relations and Evaluation: Challenges and Triumphs”
2:30 Amy Smart (Public Health Education) “Uniform of Hope: Reciprocity and Volunteerism in East London”
3:00 Matt Cox (Latin American Studies) “Get Involved: The Role of Cultural Immersion in International NGO Evaluation””
3:30 Yukiko Seino (Anthropology) “’There Is No Progress Because We Lack Business Skills’: Why Grassroots NGO Struggle in a Western-Influenced World”
4:00 Panel Discussion: Giving and Taking: A Practice in International NGO Evaluation
6:00 Presenters’ Banquet: All presenters and mentors meet in 5519 WSC
Friday, 19 March
9:00 Presenters’ Meeting: Day’s presenters meet in 238 HRCB
11:00 Katie Rasmussen (Marriage, Family, Human Development) “Service-Learning in Emerging Adulthood: Positive Development and Outcomes”
11:30 Lauren Wade (Marriage, Family, Human Development) “Corruption and Compliance”
12:00 Kristi Packard (Anthropology) “The Child’s Side of Gender: Gender’s Effect on Children’s Identity and Education in Wiamoase, Ashanti, Ghana”
12:30 Panel Discussion: Human Development in a Cross-Cultural Context
1:00 Keynote Lecture: Gideon Burton (Assistant Professor of English, BYU) “Social Inquiry: Leveraging Field Studies with New Media”
2:00 Branda Quintana (Human Devlopment) “Interactive Musical Activities in the Context of a Romanian Orphanage”
2:30 Amy Nagle (Exercise Science) “Finding Stability at the Core of a Nation: A Physical Approach"
3:00 Michelle Mook (Early Childhood Education) “Perspectives of Health Among Wiamoase School Children”
3:30 Rhett Billen (Marriage, Family, Human Development) “Assessing Reinforcement Preferences of Children in Romanian Institutionalized Care”
4:00 Panel Discussion: Interventions Among Children and Adolescents
6:00 Field Study Reunion: Reunion potluck in 238 HRCB
I'm not too thrilled about being the absolute last presenter at the entire conference, but at least there may not be too many people there . . .
Feel free to stop by!
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