Arts - Buffalo State College

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Humanities III
Room 210B
12:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Presenting:
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
Franchised Folklore: Exploring Beauty and the Beast In Modern
America
Devon Cozad, English
American Folk Music of the 1960s
Dan Darnley, MUS 440W: Ethnomusicology
Geisha’s Melody: Traditional Music of Japan
Kevin McGrath, MUS 440W: Ethnomusicology
Isicathamiya: South African Music From Coal Mines To Paul Simon
Marie Bofinger, MUS 440W: Ethnomusicology
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
A Familiar Tale Turned Upside Down: The Unconventional Use of
Sentimentality and Seduction In the Scarlet Letter
Gail Graesser, ENG 442: American Novel to 1900
Chromatic Modification In Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5,
Op. 100
Abigail Spoth, MUS 303W: Music History 2
Isidor Philipp and the Art of Piano Pedagogy
Aaron Masters, MUS 303W: Music History 2
The Lively and Fabulous Fiddle
Michael Campbell, MUS 440W: Ethnomusicology
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
Fictionalizing Resistance: Scheherazade and Her Reincarnation In
the Modern Arab Novel
Amy Widman, English Education
I m teh Awes0mx0r: Gamer Speak and Establishing Hierarchies
Online
Jeffrey Gumkowski, HON 400: All College Honors Colloquium
Structure and Indeterminacy: The Musique Concrète Styles of
Edgard Varèse and John Cage
John Smigielski, MUS 303W: Music History 2
Shimmying Across the Atlantic: Development In Belly Dance and
Its Music
Laura Klemann, MUS 440W: Ethnomusicology
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
The Global Effects of Hip-Hop Culture
Elenni Davis-Knight, COM 450: Communication and Society
It’s Not a Cartoon - It’s Anime: Foreign Media Mixing In
MacKenzie Clarke, COM 405: Communication and Society
Not Just Fish: The Spanish Musical Tradition “La Tuna”
Rachel Giuseppetti, MUS 440: Ethnomusicology
Social Sciences
Room 210
12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Presenting:
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
The Impact of Social Media On the Field of Journalism
Eric LaClair, COM 450: Communication and Society
Video Games: Growing Issue Or Healthy For the Mind
Daniel Fortuna, COM 450: Communication and Society
The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence On Young Adults: Academic
Achievement, Sleep Quality and Socialization
Chanele Haynes, Criminal Justice
Safe Space: A Creative Approach To Bullying Intervention In a
Virtual Environment
Ted Mallwitz, Creative Studies
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
Edward Murrow: The Misinformed Public
Matthew Sodon, SPC 321: Rhetorical Criticism
Buffalo State College Students: An Analysis of Factors Affecting
Their Perceived Sexual Behaviors
Brittany Edwards, Sociology
Starving For Perfection: U.S. and Beyond
Erin Albert, COM 450: Communication and Society
The Physiological Effects of Gatorade Versus Diluted Fruit Juice
During Exercise
Alexander Ford, Dietetics
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Negative Body Image: Who Is To Blame?
Kathryn Maslanko, COM 450: Communication and Society
Listen To the Hand: Gestures Aid the Comprehension of Ambiguous
Pronouns
Megan Delo, PSY 499: Independent Study
Going the Distance: Comprehending Pronouns As Distracting
Entities Increase
Bryan Wight, PSY 499: Independent Study
How Multi-Cultural Exposure Impacts the Social Health of College
Students
Alexis Amankwanor, Health and Wellness
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (each talk 15 minutes)
Mediated Gender Rules: What Boys and Girls Are “Supposed To Be”
Edward Mazzu, COM 450: Communication and Society
Participatory Action Research In Peru’s Ancash Province
Edward Lazzaro, ANT 499: Independent Study in Andean
Medical Anthropology
Two Short Weeks In the REAL Emerald City: How Does Study
Abroad Affect Learning?
Maureen Vitali, HON 400: All College Honors Colloquium
Democracy In the United States and China
Adonis Kernen, SOC 208: Sociology of Contemporary China