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Department of Anthropology, University of Montana
Missoula, Montana
Title
Second Language Socialization: Beliefs about Intercultural Communicative Competence and Foreign Language Acquisition
Synopsis
Language and culture are intricately linked, and the process by which learners acquire a language impacts the way that it is used. Over the past 60 years, research has encouraged policy on language education to shift from one of “grammar” centered to “communication” centered. However, the literature reports that practice and research remain largely out of sync. This poster session aims to explore why this gap between research and practice continues to exist.
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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC, RHODES COLLEGE
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Title
The Choral Music of Dave Brubeck: Yes, That Dave Brubeck!
Synopsis
Dave Brubeck is an American jazz icon, named a Living Legend by the United States Library of Congress. He received an abundance of awards in his lifetime, including the President’s award for the Arts from Barack Obama. What is far less known is that he was also a prolific composer of choral and choral—orchestral music worthy of dissemination and performance. The influences in his choral music include jazz elements as expected, but his primary compositional training under Darius Milhaud, making his choral music a fusion of jazz and contemporary, “classical” elements. These blend into a composite, unique musical statement that, when coupled with his important choice of text(s), speak profoundly to musicians and audiences. This session will introduce Dave’s choral works, discussing their essential musical and stylistic traits. Some excerpts will be demonstrated and discussed. This session is being presented as part of an international Brubeck Centennial year, celebrating the 100 th anniversary of his birth in 1920.
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Division of Criminal Justice, California State University
Sacramento, California
Title
Immigrants and Victimization: Understanding Immigrant Communities and the Fear of Seeking Help
Synopsis
Like other vulnerable populations, immigrants are at increased risk of victimization. Immigrants are less likely to report due to fear of police, deportation, among other reasons. Using semi-structured interviews, this study explores victimization in the immigrant communities. Participants revealed being threatened and harassed because of their immigrant status and the reasons that kept them from reporting.
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History Department, Vancouver Island University
British Columbia, Canada
Title
“Justice Through Strength and Courage!” Television and North American Cold War Childhoods in the 1950s
Synopsis
The 1950s was Canada’s first televised decade: a period during which the majority of Canadian families became television consumers and watched programs produced both by the country’s national broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and by private networks across the border in the United States. It was also the height of the Baby Boom, when the country’s largest generation was born and grew up watching television. The expansion of mass culture on the small screen caused significant anxiety among Canadian adults who worried about television’s disruption of family life and its long-term consequences for children’s education, health, and identities.
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History Department, University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Title
Immigration to the Intermountain West: The Case of the Colorado
Synopsis
The paper discusses the immigrants who have come to Colorado from its beginnings as a territory in the 19th century to the present. It evaluates their effect on Colorado’s development and considers how immigration has changed from one period to the next and how it has not. In doing so, it enhances our understanding of how immigration has contributed to the nation’s growth as well as shed light on the current national debate over immigration.
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Performance Design and Technology Department, Alfred University
Alfred, New York
Title
Teaching the Epiphany
Synopsis
Are we overfeeding knowledge to our students? As a professor of theatrical design, I have come to an impasse in my teaching that has led me to question my own process of educating the next generation of theatre artists. This talk and paper outlines my discoveries.
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Department of ISQS, Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Department of English, Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Title
You Like Day-tuh and I like Daa-tuh; Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off!
Synopsis
Pronunciation of “data” in the US (approximately 2/3 “day-tuh” and 1/3 “daa-tuh”) is little affected by region and demographics, but is strongly affected by peers’ pronunciation; further, the tendency to “fit in” with peers is more pronounced in some regions and demographics than others.
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Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Title
Identifying Landform Patterns of Areas Prone to Post-fire Debris Flows in Colorado Front Range in Light Feng-shui
Synopsis
Using feng-shui, Chinese geomancy, as a clue, the author identified landform patterns in field investigations in Colorado and compared them with geomorphic knowledge. This research found significant agreement between feng-shui principles and geomorphic concepts in identifying landform patterns of post-fire debris flow zones. In particular, dry washes play a significant role in generating debris flows. This cross-culture research could benefit site selection processes and evacuation strategies.