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Interdisciplinary Conference Agenda - 2002

Check out the schedule for the 5th annual conference.

Fifth Annual
Drury University
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Conference/
Faculty Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Teaching

Friday - 22 March 2002

12:00-4:00 Registration (Olin Library - Olin Room)
12:45-1:00 Welcome and Opening of Conference, Dean Stephen H. Good

Undergraduate Conference

1:00-1:45 Ryan J. Marr (John Brown University) "Gandhi, the Gita, and Violence in This Strange World"
2:00-2:45 Katie Hollenberg (Rockhurst University) "Respect for Persons as a Guide to Genetic Enhancement"
3:00-3:45 Andrea San Paolo (Drury University) "Patricia Nelson Limerick: Leading the Movement Toward the New Western History"
4:00-4:45 Casey Williams (Drury University) "Historical Homoeroticism and Its Affect on Modern Society"
5:00-6:00 Reception - President's House
6:30-7:30 Banquet - Faculty Dining Room (Findlay Student Center)
7:30-9:00 Keynote Address - Dr. E. Claire Jerry (MacMurray College) "Susan B. Anthony and Her Lieutenants: A Study in Pudding, Politics, and Passion"
Evening "Explore Springfield" (maps to be provided)

Saturday - 23 March 2002

Undergraduate Conference (continued)

9:00-9:30 Breakfast (Coffee/pastries/fruit) (Olin Library - Olin Classroom)
9:30-10:15 Meghan Barnes, Jeremy McMillan, Lucas Westerman (Drury University) "How to Hitch a Ride on a Really Cool Airplane: Simulation of Keplerian Motion Using Coulomb Attraction, Phase IV"
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Bradley Conant (MacMurray College)"The Debate Over Genetically-Engineered Crops"
11:15-12:00 Rose Mary Stubblefield (Drury University) "Union Rule in Pro-Southern Mid-Missouri: An Examination of the Political Climates of Cole and Callaway Counties during the Civil War"
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Kelly Wisecup (College of the Ozarks) "Elements of Naturalism in Modernist America: New York City as a Decaying Force in John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer"
1:45-2:30 Shelby Thomas (Drury University)"Architectural Symbolism, Recognition, and Its Importance to Cities"
2:30-2:45 Break

Faculty Conference

2:45-3:30 Dr. Jennifer J. Dellner (Interdisciplinary Studies Center, Drury University)"Persephone's Grail: The Transformation of the Kore in Diane Wakoski'sMedea The Sorceress"
Summary Discussion: Insights Gleaned (All Conference Participants)

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Call for Papers, 2002