Quick FactAssistant Professor Tricia Bruce was among 30 young faculty from across the country selected to attend the Young Scholars in Sociology and Religion Conference, a 3-day conference at Notre Dame held in 2007. The purpose of the conference was “to bring together some of the most promising young scholars in the sociology of religion . . . to discuss their own work and larger intellectual issues and directions in the field.” Student Research/Achievements:Spring semester, 2008 two Sociology majors will be involved in community-based research under the auspices of the Center for Strong Communities. Cate Culberson ‘09 is assisting the Maryville Housing Authority in exploring the under-utilization of housing vouchers. Grant McCarty ’08 is assisting with oral histories of elder African Americans in Blount County and descendants of people who lived in Cades Cove. Sarah Brown ‘08, an International Studies major, used her 2007 summer internship in South Africa to do research for her Senior Study on sustainable development. Five students had their Senior Studies accepted for presentation at the Southeastern Case Research Association conference held February 14-16, 2008, in Myrtle Beach, SC. The students and their papers are: Courtney Dalton ‘08, “IdleAire: from Idea to IPO”; Adam Koontz ‘08, “Ruby Tuesday, 2007”; Stephen Shankles ‘08, “Harley-Davidson, 2007”; Sarah McPhetridge ‘08, “The Evolution of Wyndham Corporation”; and Brian Wilder ‘08, Hewlett-Packard.” Student Kristina Sales ‘07 and Assistant Professor Rebecca Treadway co-authored a paper “Caribou Coffee” and an accompanying Instructor’s Manual that was accepted for presentation at the national conference of the North American Case Research Association in Keystone, CO, October 2007. Lauren Smalley'08, Scott Stevens'08, Courtney Dalton '08, Adam Koontz '08, and Evan Giordano '08 were named Eakes Entrepreneurship Fellows in 2008 for their Senior Study research on entrepreneurial organizations. Sarah Richardson’s ‘06 Senior Study “Tiffany & Co.: Changing with the Times,” was accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the North American Case Research Association held in San Diego, October 2006. Sociology major Caitlin Teaster ‘07 received a Ledford Research Award from the Appalachian College Association to work with Dr. Barbara Wells on the research project, "Mexican American Family Research: Analyzing the Data" for Summer, 2006. Dr. Scott Henson and students Josh Phillips ’08, Ally Ketron ’08, Amanda Brooks ’09, Cory Everett ’09 and Whitney Downing ’09, will travel to rural Western China this summer to research two groups, the Kham Tibetans and the Dong People. The primary focus of their research is on globalization in a minority setting, looking specifically at culture and family, economics and communication, and politics and public services. They have been awarded a grant through ASIANetwork to fund their expedition. |
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