Tinker Summer Research Symposium

March 5–7, 2008

 

Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, March 5
1:00-3:00 pm: "Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean"
1:00 Introduction
1:10

Monica Gonzalez, Spanish and Portuguese, “ Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines 1895–1898”

1:25

Liz Harvey, Latin American Studies, “ Religious Change in Southeastern Mexico ”

1:40 Esperanza Sanchez, Social Welfare, “Food Sovereignty Among Mexican Campesinos”
Break
2:10

Arturo Vargas-Bustamante, Public Policy, “The Tradeoff Between Centralized and Decentralized Health Services: Evidence From an Anti-Poverty Program in Mexico ”

2:25

Lindsey Fransen, Energy and Resources Group, “ Dynamics of Local Natural Resource Management”

 
Thursday, March 6
1:00-2:45 pm: "The Andes"
1:00 Introduction
1:10

Anna Harkey, Anthropology, “Desert and Clouds: Excavations on the Pukara, Wanderings in Peru and Some Observations on the Unexpected”

1:25 Igor Rodriguez, Latin American Studies, “The Modernization of Colombian Indigeneity; 1920–1950”
1:40

Heidi Lehto, Latin American Studies, “Intersection of Medical Systems in an Amazonian Slum”

Break
2:10 Lourdes Rodriguez-Chamussy, Agriculture and Resource Economics, “Local Electoral Rewards From Centralized Social Programs in Mexico”
 
Friday, March 7
1:00-3:00 pm: "South America"
1:00 Introduction
1:10

Lygia Navarro, Journalism/Latin American Studies, “The Rise of Neo-Nazism in Chile”

1:25

Brooke Finkmoore, Public Health, “Transmission Dynamics of Leptospirosis in an Urban Slum Population”

1:40

Olivia Maciuceanu, Political Science, “Unions, Business and the State: Labor Relations Lessons From the Automotive Industry ”

Break
2:10

Natalia Valencia, Spanish and Portuguese, “Speech and Thought: Socializing Knowledge Through Language”

2:25

Katheryn Zamora-Moeller, Education, “Emerging Actors in Development Practice: Transnational Corporate Investment in Girls’ Education in Brazil”

2:40

Bryce Breslin, Latin American Studies, “Peruvian Migration to Santiago de Chile, 1990–Present”

 

 



 



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