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 Student Fellows 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.