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.
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