Daily Archives: April 6, 2010

Humanities Thesis Symposium

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Come hear our graduating Humanities majors present their research on Friday, April 9 from 2-6 pm in JGB 2.218. You are welcome to come and go in between panels.

Health and Culture 2:15 – 3:00
Paige Binder
“Influence of Parents on Physical Activity Levels of Elementary School Children”
Supervisor: Jules Elkins                                    Second Reader: Andrew Springer

Katherine Hathaway
“The Contribution of Diabetes and Other Factors to Memory among Mexican Americans
in the Rio Grande Valley”
Supervisor: Leanne Field                                    Second Reader: Jennifer Gay

Michelle Miro
“Rural Water Supply in Tamil Nadu, India: A Provider-Based Approach”
Supervisor: Catherine Boone                        Second Reader: Sankaran Radhakrishnan

Communication and Politics 3:15 – 4:00
Cori Dickie
“Technology Expansion and American Quality of Life”
Supervisor: Penne Restad                        Second Reader: Gregory Curtis

Ryan Storey
“Moments of Accountability: The Daily Show, Media Constraints and Democracy”
Supervisor: Natalie Stroud                        Second Reader: Renita Coleman

Will Clark
“Eminent Domain: An Analysis of Equity, Efficiency, and Texas Reforms”
Supervisor: Alan Sager                        Second Reader: Helen Schneider

Cultural Studies 4:15 – 5:00
Jenna Miller
“Theories of Soft Power Hegemony”
Supervisor: Pascale Bos                                    Second Reader: Inga Markovits

Nicole Hutchins
“Social Enterprise as a Tool for Economic Development in Latin America”
Supervisor: Melvin Hinich                        Second Reader: Charles Krecz

Anne Hulsey
“Politics as an Expression of Culture: Honor in Turkish International Relations”
Supervisor: Zoltan Barany                                    Second Reader: George Gavrilis

Literary Perspectives 5:15 – 5:45
Eleanor Hooker
“The Migration of Novel Form: Text, Image, Space”
Supervisor: Karen Grumberg                        Second Reader: Taek El-Ariss

Matthew Morton
“Imperfect Glimpses of the Sky: Poems and a Story: Poems and a Story”
Supervisor: Michael Adams                                    Second Reader: Dean Young

Pre-Grad Internship

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Thinking about Graduate School?
Then you should enroll in a Pre-Graduate School Internship!
What is the internship?
It’s an opportunity for bright UT students in ALL colleges and schools to work closely with a graduate student mentor. Discover the unique aspects of graduate study that make it distinct from the undergraduate experience and decide if graduate school is for you!
What would I have to do?
You’ll attend monthly workshops and meetings with other interns to discuss your experiences, plus you’ll get the opportunity to interact with faculty and graduate student panels. In addition, you and your graduate student mentor determine your projects and assignments for the semester collaboratively.
What Students Say about the Program:
This IE Internship has opened my eyes to possibilities I never before had contemplated. It has allowed me to think about my education and discipline from the bottom up, rather than the top down. How odd that it took until my final year and a class outside my field to be given the opportunity to make these discoveries.” “A doctorate was something I had never considered, but now I feel it is one career path I would want to pursue. The IE program broadened my career choices.”

Because of the generosity of several UT deans, undergraduates who do their pre-grad internship in programs in the following colleges will be eligible to receive travel grants to help cover part of the cost of attending an academic conference (with their grad mentor)– Law, Public Affairs, Communication, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Business, Social Work, Education, Natural Sciences, Fine Arts.
To find out more about the program and about how to enroll, please visit: http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/
For further information, please contact: Professor Richard Cherwitz, spaj737@uts.cc.utexas.edu .