Panel I--Sound Check: Music, Nation, and Sexuality Chair: Oneka LaBennett

       
"Black, White and Copyright: Hegemony at Work in the Music Industry.”
Sarah Laskin 

“Breaking Boundaries: How Salsa Forged a New Latino Unity” (proposal).
Sara Devany

“Who’s the Boss?: Cultural Reception of Springsteen’s ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ During the Reagan Era.”
Doug Giombarrese

“From Bessie Smith to Janis Joplin: An Undercurrent of Feminism Emerges” (proposal).
Allison Haag

“Flex Your Head!: The Development of Style, Music, and Masculinities in New York Punk Rock and D.C. Hardcore.”
Amanda Ruggieri

   


Panel II--Sports, Drugs, and Other Pastimes  Chair: Glenn Hendler

“Wading Into the Deep End: Uncovering Racial Disparities in the Sport of Swimming.”
Katelynn Gray

"The Harlem Globetrotters: A Lesson on Wheelin’ and Dealin.’"
Al Gable

“Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Drug Courts and American Indians.”
Callagee O’Brien

“Take This and See What Happens: The FDA and Pharmaceutical Advertising" (proposal).
Patrick Kelly
 


Panel iii--Identity, HEgemony, and Counter-hegemony  Chair: James Kim

“There’s Something About Bob: Imagery of Gender Roles and Sexuality in SpongeBob SquarePants.”
Max Siegal

“Covering Campus Chaos: The Student Press During the 1960s New Left Movement.”
Amanda Fiscina

“Electronic Catacombs for the 21st Century: Engaging Evangelical Dispensationalist Identity in Formation” (proposal).
Matt Benjamin

     


Panel IV--Embodying power: politics and feminism  Chair: Oneka LaBennett

“‘Gurley Girls’: Helen Gurley Brown and Third Wave Feminism.”
Katie Schaller

“Where My Girls At?: Women in Politics: How They Get into Office and What They Do There.”
Jess Cahill

“The Ugly Side of Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty: The Exploitation of Multiculturalism for Profit.”
Meredith Wright

 


Panel v--Theorizing Spaces, Placing Communities   Chair: James Kim

  

“Encountering Gentrification: Italians and Puerto Ricans in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.”
Carmela M. Dormani

“‘Keep it Wild/Keep on the Path’: How the Friends of the High Line Provoke ‘Spontaneous’ Identity Formation through the Park’s ‘Spontaneous’ Landscaping.”
Mary Loane

“The True Cost of Robert Moses’ Means of Getting Things Done: Flaws in the Recent Revision of the Master Builder’s Reputation and Methods in New York.”
Jess Valentino

“The Way We Make ‘Gay’: Constructing and Creating Gay Community on Glee.com, an Online Social-Networking Website for Gays, Lesbians and Everyone Else.”
Alanna Rohan
   
   
RECEPTION!