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Urban Studies Senior Thesis Dinner

April 29 and 30
6pm - 9pm
Faculty Lounge, Rose Hill Campus


You are cordially invited to spend a special evening of food, fun, and conversation at the Urban Studies Senior Thesis Dinner!  Join us in honoring our graduating seniors as they present their outstanding research.

 

Featuring Seniors

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

 

Ashley Aldrich – “Breakin’ An Entering: The Hip Hop and Break Dance Tradition and Its Incorporation into Contemporary Dance Media”

 

Jeb Bent – “Hit From The Blind Side: How Class and Racial Backgrounds Shape the Professional Success of College Football Players”

 

Tessa Berkhout – “Regulation by Revelation: Transparency in New York city Government and Agencies”

 

Carolyn Conner – “From Immigration to Integration: The Role of Organizations in the Adjustment of Immigrants in New York City

 

Alietta Gordon – “Reasonable Doubt: Can After School Programs Prevent the Middle School Crisis in Bronx Neighborhoods”

 

Mireille Martineau – “All in Our Backyard: Exploring How Environmental Discrimination Affects Health and Social Conditions in the South Bronx

 

Minhajul Meje – “ Voice of the Silent: The Imprisonment and Abuse of Immigrant Domestic Workers”

 

Matthew Moran – “Urban Renewal Reconsidered: Creating a Neighborhood in Boston’s South Bay”

 

Robert Offring – “A Family Tradition: Alcohol and Drug Imageryin Hip Hop and Country Music”

 

Andrea Stella – “Just Say Yes: Is Harm Reduction, Rather than Harm Prevention, the Best Strategy for Dealing with People Who Use Hard Drugs”

 

Lauren Walley – “Beyond Male and Female: Breaking Through the Gender Binary”

 

Emily Weiss – “Si Se Puede: How Social Policy Debates Affect Recent Latino Immigrants to the U.S.

 

Bree Winchell – “Catalyst of Nightmare?: The Evolution of the Bronx and Oregon Zoos from an Animal Rights Perspective”

 

Rhodette Zuniga – “Video Vixens Unite: The Construction and Marketing of Images of Female Beauty in Hip Hop Videos and Their Impact on Women of Color”

 

 

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 

Michael Binns – “When the Cheering Stops: Are Chicago Basketball Players Realistic About Their Futures”

 

Joseph Blankenship – “Ahead of the Pack: The Pioneer Club and the Integration of Track and Field in the Lower East Side

 

Peter Calcaterra – “Decking the Bronx

 

Danielle Carvalho – “Six Days of Hell: The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755”

 

Cathy Chan – “Pork Fried Rice and Platanos: A Study of the Settlement and Adjustment Patterns of the Chinese Community in the Bronx

 

Taylor Cuffaro – “Prison Sex: HIV Transmission Behind Bars”

 

Brigette Kearney – “There Is More Than Once Kind of Cracker: Strategies for Defending Whiteness in Milton Massachusetts”

 

Michael Partis – “Everyday Struggle: The Lives and Experiences of Young People Growing Up in the Patterson Houses in the South Bronx

 

Paloma Rahner – “The Personhood of Mobility: The Political Economy of Transportation in New York City

 

Jenna Schlosbon – “Cash Rules Everything Around Me: The Origins and Consequences of the Crack Epidemic in the Bronx

 

Jasmine Velasquez – “The Journey of The 21st Century Black Woman: The Quest for Self-Love and Self Acceptance”

 

Miranda Wyckoff – “If Rents Keep Rising Where Will We Go?: The Gentrification of the Lower East Side

 

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