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Second Annual Houston-Area Phi Alpha Theta Consortium
Posted: March 23, 2006
A number of University of Houston graduate and undergraduate students will participate in the second annual Houston-area Phi Alpha Theta Consortium on April 8, 2006 at Houston Baptist University. The University of Houston was the host of the inaugural meeting of this association in April 2005.
Please contact Ron Rexilius (rrexilius@hbu.edu) with any questions. The schedule follows below:
Second Annual Houston-Area Phi Alpha Theta Consortium
Saturday, 8 April 2006, HBU's Hinton Center
8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration & Opening Remarks in Dillon II
9:05 - 10:20 AM ROUND 1 SESSIONS
Red Room 216 Remembering World War II's Legacies
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Ron Rexilius, HBU (E-Mail: rrexilius@hbu.edu)
Stephen Sundquist, UH - Main Campus
"The Real Germans: Victor Klemperer in the Third Reich, 1933 - 1945"
Charolyn Cring, HBU
"Healing on the Frontlines: American Military Nurses Stationed in the Philippines during World War II"
Ebony Jenkins, TSU
"The Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Holocaust"
Yellow Room 202 Leaders and Lessons from the French Revolution
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Bailey Stone, UH - Main Campus (E-Mail: bstone@uh.edu)
Alison Ward, UH - Main Campus
"Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown: The Affects of the American Revolution upon the French Revolution"
LeyAnne Ward, UH - Main Campus
"The Role of the Peasants in the French Revolution"
Kyle Francis, UH - Main Campus
"The Inherent Conservatism of the Abbé Siéyès"
Blue Room 209 Civil Rights / Social Issues in America
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Diane Martin, HBU (E-Mail: dmartin@hbu.edu)
Theresa Jach, UH - Main Campus
"'Penitentiary Whorehouse': Sexual Abuse and Corporal Punishment of Female Convicts in Reconstruction Texas"
Courtney Shah, UH - Main Campus
"'Scourge of the Race': Venereal Disease and Sex Education for African Americans"
Christine Beaudry, UH - Main Campus
"Fighting for the Right to Move Next Door: An Analysis of the Legal History of Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants in America"
Green Room 207 Human Relationships and Roles in Medieval Europe
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Nupur Chaudhuri, TSU (E-Mail: nupurc@earthlink.net)
Courtney DeMayo, UH - Main Campus
"Did Gerbert of Aurillac Have Any Friends? A Ciceronian Analysis of His Correspondence"
Holle Canatella, UH - Main Campus
"Medieval Friendship: Anselm of Canterbury's Correspondence with Ida of Boulogne"
Christine Hall, UH - Main Campus
"Women of Wisdom and Cunning: Women's Roles in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religion"
10:55 - 11:55 AM ROUND 2 SESSIONS
Red Room 216 20th Century World Affairs & The Realm of Religion
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Ron Rexilius, HBU (E-Mail: rrexilius@hbu.edu)
Melissa J. Smith, UH - Main Campus
"Pinochet's Design and the Implications of the 1980 Constitution"
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Diane Martin, HBU (E-Mail: dmartin@hbu.edu)
Phillip Luke Sinitiere, UH - Main Campus
"Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and Houston's Religious Marketplace"
Yellow Room 202 High Seas & Blue Skies: Pirates / Aviators
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Bailey Stone, UH - Main Campus (E-Mail: bstone@uh.edu)
Christi Wulf, HBU
"A History of Pirates: Separating Fact From Fiction"
Mark Scott, UH - Clear Lake
"General Aviation and Aerospace History in the Twentieth Century"
Green Room 207 Environmental Issues & Politics
Chair & Commentator: Dr. Nupur Chaudhuri, TSU (E-Mail: nupurc@earthlink.net)
Jack Todd, UH - Main Campus
"JFK Airport and the Jamaica Bay Environmental Study"
Clarissa Hinojosa, UH - Main Campus
"High Water: The Politics of Flood Management"
12:00 - 12:45 PM Box Lunch and Closing Ceremony in Dillon II
12:45 -- ???? PM Open Forum / PAT Round Table
Important Final Reminders:
- The final draft of your paper should be e-mailed to the "Chair and Commentator" in charge of your session by March 24th.
- Please prepare a short bio on a 3X5 card about yourself for the "Chair and Commentator" to introduce you before you present your paper.
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