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Society and Environment Studies

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH                                                                                

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS, 2009

Women in the Field and Kitchen: Nourishing Community Food Culture with the Principles of Ecofeminism SALLY M. HERTZ* and HANNAH L. HEMMELGARN and Dr. Johnson, Faculty Mentor.

The Cognitive Implications of Participation in Harvest Rituals JUSTIN L. NICHOLS and Dr. Johnson & Dr. Stewart, Faculty Mentors.

Why Women Do the Dirty Work: Evaluating Ethnographic Data DEBORAH K. MILLER and Dr. Johnson, Faculty Mentor.

 Lift For Life: Does Sports Participation Prevent Delinquency?  LEE A. FLAGG and Dr. Johnson, Faculty Mentor.

 Working Women: Social and Emotional Strain in Relation to Child Care Selection and Household Duties MONA K. BAUCOM and Dr. Johnson & Dr. McDuff, Faculty Mentors.

 Personal Health and Health Knowledge as a Factor in Multivariable Backgrounds of Young Adults AMANDA M. GRAY and Dr. Johnson, Faculty Mentor.

 Dating: What Am I Looking For?  BROOKE-NICOLE W. RUFFIN*, SARAH EBERLE, ERICA L. KEY, and ALEXANDRIA SMITH and Dr. Johnson & Dr. McDuff, Faculty Mentors.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS, 2008
Why the World Needs Anthropologists?"  Christen Gates

Student Notables

Based on student performance on the Sociology MFT (our Senior Test for all majors) Truman’s Sociology/Anthropology program ranks in the top 10% of programs whose students take this test.

Hannah Hemmelgarn secured President Kreuger’s signature on Truman State University’s Sustainability Initiative

Meaghan Quinly & friends are initiating a sustainable living/social justice project in Kansas City

The following majors participated in internships-Mona Baucom with Bruce Normile Juvenile Justice Center in Kirksville as a Counselor; Natalie Shedd with Twin Pines Nursing Home, Kirksville, as an Assistant Social Worker, Christina Brueggen and Cassie Branstetter, Department of Family Services, Kirksville, in the Foster Family Program as Counselors; Kapris Clark with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America in St Louis; and, Claire James with Kirksville Par-Day Headstart as a Teaching Assistant.

These Seniors received the President’s Recognition Award for achieving at or above the 90th percentile on the senior exam. They were also given the President’s Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Academic Achievement:  Amanda Carroll, Nathanael Dollar, Sarah Eberle, Lee Ann Flagg, Timothy Hellman, Hannah Hemmelgarn, Sally Hertz, Deborah Miller, Michael Nachman, Justin Nichols, Samantha Putthoff, Brooke-Nicole Ruffin, Caroline Runyon