Conference Schedule
8:30 - 9:00 am: Registration and Check-In
Hepner Hall 221
9:00 - 10:30 am: First Panel Sessions
Theme: Contemporary Iterations of Social Problems
Panel A (Hepner Hall 206)
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“Class in Space: A Critical Analysis of Modern Trends in Science Fiction Film and Television”
Paul Poggemeyer, Department of Sociology, San Diego State University
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“Assessing the Relationship between School Climate and School-Level Chronic Absenteeism”
Vilma Poroj, School of Public Health - Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, San Diego State University
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“The Long Reach of Home: Remittances and Psychological Distress Among Adult Mexican Immigrants in Los Angeles County”
Alyssa Hernandez, Department of Sociology, San Diego State University
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Panel B (Hepner Hall 210)
“Haunting as Reclaiming Identities: A Queer-Feminist Analysis of La Llorona”
Bertha Rodriguez, Department of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University
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“Abortion Rhetoric as an Institution: How "Pro- Choice" Marginalizes Religious Womens' Bodies”
Ciara A. Simonian, Department of Politics, Administration, and Justice, California State University, Fullerton
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“Why do we go to college? An analysis of the perceived, intended, and actual functions of higher education”
Lauren Pon, Department of Sociology, San Diego State University
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10:30 – 12:00 pm: Second Panel Sessions
Theme: New Perspectives on Social Problems & Solutions
Panel A (Hepner Hall 206)
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“Employer Scheduling Practices and Impacts on Workers and Students”
Zahra Ghannadian and Lauren Rabago, San Diego State University
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“A Punk Public Sphere: The Politicization of Punk Rock”
Sean Jones, Department of Sociology, San Diego State University
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“Security and Spectacle: Pulse and San Bernardino as Catalysts in Contemporary Securitization of (Arab) Muslim Communities”
Yazan Za3za3, Department of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University
Panel B (Hepner Hall 210)
“Identity Transformations: The Emotional and Faith Transitions to Become a GSM Affirming Mother”
Wendy Nelson, Department of Sociology, California State University, Fullerton
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“Building Bridges: Inter-Racial Dynamics of Community Organizers of Color”
Joshua Hudson, Department of Sociology, San Diego State University
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“Mobilizing Opioid Addicts to Provide Community Care Among Drug Users in Private Settings”
Nicholas Asher Farley, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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12:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch at Oggi's Pizza Express
(Lunch will be provided for conference panelists)
2:00 - 3:50 pm: Final Panel Session
Theme: Cultural Imperatives to Social Change
Hepner Hall 221
“Renaming the World through Hip-Hop: The Soundtrack of the Revolution”
Jonathan Sabino Baltazar, Department of Sociology, San Diego State University
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“Organizing and Moving beyond the Nation-State”
Leena A. Ali, M.A.L.A.S - Cultural/Interdisciplinary Studies, San Diego State University
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“"It's Just Who I Am": Experiences with Stigma amongst Asexual Individuals”
Mary Underwood, Department of Sociology, California State University, Fullerton
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“Unpacking Self-Care: Avant-Garde Trend for SJWs or Newest Facet of the Neoliberal Capitalist System?”
Deena Naime, Department of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University
4:00 – 5:00 pm: Keynote Address
Why "Mass Incarceration" is the Wrong Term: Race, Policing, and Domestic War
Dr. Dylan E. Rodríguez
Hepner Hall 221