2008 Integrated Conference Program
Society For Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR)
Society For Anthropological Sciences (SASci)
Le Pavillon Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
February 20-23, 2008
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20
1:00PM - 5:45PM
Registration in MAIN LOBBY
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Opening Reception (Live Jazz, Cash Bar): Honoring Past, Present & New SCCR & SASci Officers - TERRACE ROOM
7:00PM - 7:20PM
SCCR/SASci Invited Talk (following Reception) - TERRACE ROOM
"Can Restaurants Save New Orleans?"- David Beriss (University of New Orleans, Anthropology)
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21
8:00AM - 4:15PM
Registration in MAIN LOBBY
8:15AM - 6:30PM
Book Exhibit - DENECHAUD ROOM
8:20AM - 10:00AM
SASci Session 1a: "Language & Culture" (Chair: Nana Yaw Boaitey) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Nana Yaw Boaitey WRITINGS ON THE FEELINGS OF THE LEWD & HOMELY: AURAL COMPETENCE & A GENEALOGY OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN TAMIL NADU
Michelle Fiedler MIXING IT UP: EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE SHIFT IN CAJUN LOUISIANA
SASci Session 1b: "Anthropology & the Larger World" (Chair: Merry Bruns) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Merry Bruns NAMING THE SOURCES: ANTHROPOLOGISTS IDENTIFIED IN SCIENCE MEDIA
Ted Cloak HOW DOES ID WORK? TWO NEGLECTED ARGUMENTS AGAINST INTELLIGENT DESIGN CREATIONISM
SASci/SCCR Session 2: "Evolution of Culture" (Chair: William Irons) - BARONNE ROOM
Thomas Abel THE NEW SYNTHESIS HARDENS: IS THERE ANOTHER PATH TO A SCIENCE OF THE SOCIAL?
Chris Boehm FEMALE HUNTING IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
William Irons WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE (WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SEE AS) CRAZY IDEAS
Matt Rossano THE EMERGENCE OF SHARED INTENTIONALITY IN HOMININ EVOLUTION
8:30AM - 10:00AM
SCCR Symposium 1: "Explaining The Relative Influence of Fathers’ & Mothers’ Acceptance-Rejection on Offspring Outcomes" (Robert Veneziano, Chair; Ronald Rohner, Discussant) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Robert Veneziano, Allison Goldman, David E. Cournoyer, & Katsura Hirao CULTURE, ETHNIC AFFILIATION, & THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF FATHERS & MOTHERS FOR OFFSPRING BEHAVIOR
David E Cournoyer, Katsura Hirao, Robert Venieziano, & Allison Goldman DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF FATHER & MOTHER ACCEPTANCE & REJECTION ON CHILDREN
Abdul Khaleque & Ronald P. Rohner MATERNAL ACCEPTANCE, CONTROL, & PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF YOUTH: A MULTI-ETHNIC STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES
William Divale, Vadim Aftene, & Anatol Nacu THE PANSS & THE PARQ: CROSS VALIDATION OF THE RUSSIAN POSITIVE & NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA & PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION
SCCR Paper Session 1: "Women, Social Change, & Identity" - ORLEANS ROOM
Elizabeth Mount INDIAN WOMEN'S EMBODIED EXPERIENCES OF WEARING THE SARIAnneMarie Profanter & Stephanie Cate WOMEN’S CULTURAL IDENTITY CRISIS IN THE ARABIAN GULF: THE RE-EVALUATION OF SELF IN ACCORDANCE WITH A MASS-GLOBALIZED MODEL
Stephanie Cate & AnneMarie Profanter THE C WORD - FEMALE CIRCUMCISION & THE IMPACT OF CROSS CULTURAL POLLINATION REGARDING SEXUAL RESPONSES & EXPECTATIONS
SCCR Paper Session 2: "Children, Childrearing, & Language: Diverse Settings" (Chair: Ralph Bolton) - GRAVIER ROOM
Ralph Bolton CHILDHOOD IN THE ANDES: DIVERGENT ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES
Vicki Ashton CULTURAL EFFECTS ON APPROVAL OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, JUDGMENT OF SERIOUSNESS & REPORTING OF CHILD MALTREATMENT
Heather Rae-Espinoza CHILDREN'S AGENCY: CONSENTING VS. PERMISSIVE PARENTS IN ECUADOR
HyeEun Shin & Kyoung-Sook Choi UNDERSTANDING OF TELEOLOGICAL THINKING IN KOREAN CHILDREN & ADULTS
Esther Barkat DISTINGUISHING LINGUISTIC & CULTURAL FACTORS FROM LEARNING COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
SCCR Paper Session 3: "Identity & Psychological Problems" (Chair: Wally Karnilowicz) - NAPOLEON ROOM
Wally Karnilowicz IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: THE CULTURAL MEANING OF OWNERSHIP IN DISEASE STATE
Christine L. Kuznar & Lawrence Kuznar PRELIMINARY COMPARISON OF HAZING DETERMINANTS ACROSS NCAA SPORTS
Ramadan Ahmed & Ahmed M. Megreya IDENTITY DISORDERS IN KUWAIT & EGYPT: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY
Henry Grubb & Emiko Tsuchiya A CULTURE-BOUND ANXIETY-DEPRESSIVE SYNDROME: HIKIKOMORI
Teru Toyokawa, Reiko Kogo, Naoki Kamiya, & Aya Sowa A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF JAPANESE YOUNG PEOPLE’S PERCEPTIONS OF ADULTHOOD
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Maple Street Book Store Books on Sale - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
9:15AM - 10:45AM
Poster Session 1 - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
Colby King INVESTIGATING CULTURAL INTERACTION & ASSIMILATION THEORY IN A MIXED AMERICAN INDIAN & CAUCASIAN COMMUNITY
Noriko Toyokawa & Teru Toyokawa CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN FAMILISM: A COMPARISON BETWEEN IMMIGRANT HISPANIC & ASIAN ADOLESCENTS IN THE U.S.
Yin-Che Chen, Yun-Chi Chen, & Ya-Lun Tsao A TRAJECTORY OF THE CURRICULAR CHANGES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN TAIWAN
Isabel Montemayor PROFUNDO FE ACROSS THE BORDER: POPULAR CATHOLICISM & ITS MANIFESTATION IN A CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY
Mehrdad Moharamzade, Meer Mohahammad Kashef, & Mohammad Sadegh Afroozeh MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS OF VOLUNTEERS IN UNIVERSITY SPORT IN UNIVERSITIES OF IRAN
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Coffee Break, Sponsored by Houghton-Mifflin - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
10:30AM - 12:00PM
SCCR Symposium 2: "Community Subcultures & Informal Social Structures: Providing Risks for Psychological Problems & the Focus for Community Health Promoting Programs" (Robert Kleiner, Chair; Juris Draguns & Douglas Caulkins, Discussants) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Tom Sørensen, Olav M. Klepp, Robert Kleiner, Arne Mastekaasa, & Nils Bøe EFFECT MODIFICATION OF SENSE OF COHERENCE ON THE STRESS-BUFFER-EFFECT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT WITH REGARD TO MENTAL HEALTH
Robert Kleiner, Tom Sorensen, & Olav Klepp THE PSYCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY SUBCULTURES & SOCIAL STRUCTURES
Olav Klepp, Tom Sørensen Robert Kleiner, & Nils Bøe EMPOWERMENT - DIMENSIONAL PROFILES & MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE
SCCR Paper Session 4: "Ethnicity & Identity" (Chair: Michelle Fiedler) - ORLEANS ROOM
Hidetada Shimizu & Bill Tsang SOCIETY, CULTURE & HONG KONG ADOLESCENTS' SENSE OF IDENTITY: REFLECTIONS FROM A MULTIVOCAL VIDEOGRAPHY STUDY
Jay Sweifach, Heidi Heft-LaPorte, & David Strug AFFILIATION PATTERNS & PRACTICES OF JEWISH INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN HAVANA CUBA
Michelle Fiedler SLURRED IDENTITIES: ETHNICITY & LANGUAGE IN CAJUN LOUISIANA
Danielle Axt THE WALLS THAT ENCOMPASS US: UNPACKING WHITE ETHNICITY
SCCR Paper Session 5: "Parenting, Childrearing & Families" (Chair: Heather Rae-Espinoza) - GRAVIER ROOM
April Brayfield & Marta Korintus LONGITUDINAL PATTERNS IN EUROPEAN CHILDREARING VALUES
Herbert Barry III PAIRS OF SIMILAR SOCIETIES THAT DIFFER IN PREMARITAL SEXUAL PERMISSIVENESS
Brien K. Ashdown, Janet E. Keubli, Jill Campo, & Lisa Pine PARENTING & TIME PERSPECTIVE IN THE UNITED STATES & GUATEMALA
Peter B. Gray & Benjamin C. Campbell HUMAN MALE TESTOSTERONE, PAIR BONDS & FATHERHOOD: A REVIEW OF THE DATA
Zeynep Copur, Louisa Chang, Isik Denizman, Nuri Dogan, & Constance Shehan COMPARISON OF FAMILY DYNAMICS IN TURKEY, JAPAN, & USA: GENDER, MARRIAGE, PARENTING & FAMILY VALUES
SCCR Paper Session 6: "Cultural Change, Decay, & Revitalization" (Chair: Robert Manlove) - NAPOLEON ROOM
Robert Manlove PROVING YOU ARE AN INDIAN: THE MOUNTAIN MAIDU CASE
Ray Brassieur DEMISE & REEMERGENCE OF ISHAK/ATTAKAPAS IDENTITY
Joseph H. Hall & Katrina Carter-Tellison OBSERVERS, CONSUMERS, & LEADERS: THE CULTURAL REVITALIZATION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA HAITIAN COMMUNITY
Craig Forsyth, Robert Gramling, & George Wooddell COMPARING LOUISIANA FISHING COMMUNITIES
Jennifer Hardin THE EMERGENCE OF THE TRANSNATIONAL HACIENDA: CULTURAL & GENERATIONAL SHIFTS IN NEOLIBERAL ANDEAN ECUADOR
10:30AM - 12:10PM
SASci Session 3: "Anthropology & Social Network Analysis" (Chair: Eric C Jones) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Eric C Jones, Arthur Murphy, Linda Whiteford, Graham Tobin, AJ Faas, & Isabel Perez-Vargas USING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND CLASS RELATIONS IN AN AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE IN MEXICO
Arthur Murphy, Eric C Jones, Linda Whiteford, Graham Tobin, AJ Faas, & Isabel Perez NETWORKS OF RECIPROCITY IN A VILLAGE IN PUEBLA, MEXICO: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR OUTMIGRATION
Laura Krueger, Sarah Post, Eric C Jones, Arthur Murphy, & Linda Jencson MENTAL HEALTH & POST-DISASTER SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
Thomas Pluckhahn & Eric C Jones THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATASETS: AN APPRAISAL OF HOPEWELLIAN INTERACTION NETWORKS ON THE GULF COAST
SASci Session 4: "Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology" (Chair: Paul Roscoe; Discussant: Robert Carneiro) - BARONNE ROOM
Panelists: Thomas Abel, Ted Cloak, Frank Elwell, William Irons, Paul Roscoe, Matt Rossano
10:45AM - 12:15PM
Poster Session 2 - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
Yasunori Aizawa & Kenichiro Taneda HOSPITAL SURVEY ON PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE IN JAPAN
Jill Rickerson, Alison Kalkhoff, Marissa Lima, & Ana Claudia Tanajura WORKPLACE INCIVILITY BY COWORKERS & EMOTIONAL REGULATION IN THE US & BRAZIL - RELATIONSHIPS & STRAINS
Maiko Kimura & Ritsuko Tsugawa THE EFFECT OF HUMOR STYLES ON MENTAL HEALTH - THE COMPARISON OF CANADIAN & JAPANESE
Molly Hjerstedt, Ana Paula da Silva Rezende, Eduarda De Conti Dorea, & Suilan Maria Sambrano Rossiter FIRST IMPRESSIONS & EMOTIONALITY: A CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Vicki Valosik El Zarrad THE DEVELOPING CONSUMER CULTURE IN SYRIA
1:30PM - 3:00PM
SCCR Symposium 3: "Teaching Cross-Cultural Studies" (Harry Gardiner, Chair) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Harry Gardiner TEACHING BY EXAMPLE
Judy Gibbons TEACHING ABOUT SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Pablo Chavajay BUILDING TRUST WHILE EXAMINING & CHALLENGING MAINSTREAM ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Parminder Parmar WHAT? AFGHANS DON’T EAT PEANUT BUTTER?
Jill White REDESIGNING FOR UNDERSTANDING . . . BACKWARDS
1:30PM - 3:45PM
SCCR Paper Session 7: "Literature, Music, & Culture" (Kevin Grace, Chair) - ORLEANS ROOM
Inge Korber-O'Connor CREATING TRACELEEN(S): THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL CLUES IN LITERARY CHARACTER CREATION
Isabel Ferreira RELIGIOUS DUALITY IN PAULINA CHIZIANE’S O SETIMO JURAMENTO
Anisoara Popa THE PERSONALITIES’ CONTRIBUTION IN THE INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE:
V.A.URECHIA
Kevin Grace AN ANALYSIS OF CROSS-CULTURAL ASSIMILATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY GRAPHIC NOVEL
SCCR Paper Session 8: "Psychological Health & Illness" (William Divale, Chair) - GRAVIER ROOM
William Divale, Vadim Moldovan, & Anatol Nacu BURNOUT & STRESS AMONG PSYCHIATRIC PERSONAL IN MENTAL HOSPITALS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Vadim Moldovan, Alexandru Ciobanu, William Divale, & Anatol Nacu ROLES, RULES & RITUALS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF A COMMUNITY OF THE CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL
Sarah Buila INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT TO PSYCHIATRIC CARE IN BLACK & WHITE
Ramadan Ahmed & Jasem M.A. Al-Khawajah PREVALENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES AMONG INTERMEDIATE & SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KUWAIT
Gila Acker SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CAHARACTERISTICS OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS & BURNOUT, ROLE STRESS & INTENT TO QUIT
Amber Haque PROMINENT CULTURE BOUND SYNDROMES & TREATMENT PRACTICES IN MALAYSIA
SCCR Paper Session 9: "Cultural Change, Revival & Continuity" (Tanya Hedges-Duroy, Chair) - NAPOLEON ROOM
Earl Tai CRITIQUING FRAMEWORKS OF INTERPRETATION: MATERIAL CULTURE IN SHANGHAI
Hani Henry, Nayla Hamdi, & Gina Shedid REVERSE IMMIGRATION & THE PROCESS OF LOSS & MOURNING OF U.S. EXPATRIATES
Tanya Hedges-Duroy IRELAND ON THE CUSP OF CHANGE: CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL & CULTURAL IDENTITY
Grant Rich DA WAHN FAAMLI TING: PERSPECTIVES ON BELIZEAN CREOLE TWENTY FIVE YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE
Craig Forsyth CULTURAL CLATTER: CONTESTS OF POACHERS & GAME WARDENS
Mary Nyasimi FRIENDSHIP, POWER & SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: EVOLVING MEANING OF FOOD AMONG THE LUO & KIPSIGIS PEOPLE, WESTERN KENYA
Md. Aminul Islam Sumon & Chang-Hyun Moon THE TRANSITION OF BEDY SOCIETY FROM NOMADISM TO SETTLER: A CASE STUDY ON MANTHA BEDY
1:30PM - 4:30PM
SASci Session 5: "Issues in Humans as Cooperative Breeders" (Chair: Barry Hewlett; Discussant: Patricia Draper) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Courtney Meehan THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF COOPERATIVE CHILD REARING
Adam Boyette MALE REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES: AN ANALYSIS OF REARING ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON PATERNAL INVESTMENT
Alyssa Crittendon COOPERATIVE CARE AMONG THE HADZA FORAGERS OF TANZANIA
Edward Hagen IMPACT OF ADOLESCENT SHUAR WOMEN ON THE GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT OF SIBLINGS
Barry Hewlett WOMEN WHO BREASTFEED OTHER WOMEN'S CHILDREN
Shane MacFarlane AN EMPIRICAL MEASURE OF THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE ON ECONOMIC REASONING IN A DOMINICAN VILLAGE
Joint SASci/SCCR Session 2: "From Ethnography to Ethnology & Back Again" (Chairs: Carol Ember, Melvin Ember) - BARONNE ROOM
Douglas Caulkins CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH AS PART OF A MULTI-METHOD STRATEGY
Garry Chick OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS, PROJECTIVE QUESTIONS, & CULTURAL EXPERTISE.
Victor de Munck A NEW METHOD FOR ETHNOGRAPIC-ETHNOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSISRobert Moore ROMANTIC LOVE IN 1950S RURAL CHINA: REPRESSED, SUPPRESSED OR SIMPLY NOT THERE?
Rosalyn Negron CONTEXTUAL, LINGUISTIC, & "FOLK" CONSISTENCY OF LATINO ETHNIC CATEGORIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
Douglas Raybeck `WOULD YOU TELL ME, PLEASE, WHICH WAY I OUGHT TO GO FROM HERE?' `THAT DEPENDS A GOOD DEAL ON WHERE YOU WANT TO GET TO,' SAID THE CAT.
Melvin Ember & Carol Ember CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH AS PART OF A MULTI-METHOD STRATEGY
2:00PM ~
Afternoon Beverages Sponsored by Dianne Lindsay, Representing Wadsworth/Cengage Learning - 2ND FLOOR LOBBY
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Conversation Hour for Students & Young Scholars I: "Career Paths & Publication in Cross-Cultural Research" - DENECHAUD ROOM
Suzanne Frayser, Robert Manlove, Lisa Oliver, Mihaela Robila, Barbara J. Shwalb
4:15PM - 5:30PM
Joint SCCR/SASci KEYNOTE Session 1: "Cajun, Creole, & Indigenous Cultures of Louisiana" - DENECHAUD
Barry Ancelet (University of Louisiana - Lafayette) - Folklore
Ray Brassieur (University of Louisiana - Lafayette) - Anthropology
Tom Klingler (Tulane University) - French & Linguistics
Carl Bankston (Tulane University) - Sociology, Discussant
David W. Shwalb (Southeastern Louisiana University) - Psychology, Moderator
4:30PM - 5:30PM
SASci Session 8: "Workshop: Kinship Terminology Elicitation" - BARONNE ROOM
Michael Fischer
Murray Leaf
5:30PM - 6:30PM
SCCR/SASci Joint Reception (Cash Bar) Honoring Keynote Speakers & Louisiana Attendees - DENECHAUD ROOM
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22
8:00AM - 3:15PM
Registration in 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
8:15AM - 3:30PM
Book Exhibit - DENECHAUD ROOM
8:20AM - 10:00AM
SASci Session 9: "The Individual & the Group" (Chair: Michael Burton) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Michael Burton FOOD PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, & TRANSFERS IN YAP & KOSRAE
Kateryna Maltseva COLLECTIVE VALUES & VALUES OF COLLECTIVITIES
Austin Sawicki FINDING CULTURE IN LIFE GOAL PROBABILITY JUDGMENTS
Lisita Taufa TONGAN CONVERSATION STYLES: POWER, GENDER & LAUGHTER
SASci Session 10: "The Future of Cognitive Anthropology 1" (Chairs: Giovanni Bennardo, David Kronenfeld) - TERRACE ROOM
David Kronenfeld THEORY, RELEVANCE, METHODS, & THE FUTURE OF COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY
Gene Anderson INTERACTIONS, HEURISTICS, & FEELINGS: EXPANDING COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY
Norbert Ross COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY IN ANTHROPOLOGY & THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Kris Lehman CAN COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY THROW LIGHT ON PROBLEMS OF GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY?
8:30AM - 10:00AM
SCCR Symposium 4: "Fathers in the Family: Theories & Cross-Cultural Research" (Ziarat Hossain, Chair; Donald Bruce Carter, Discussant) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Jaipaul Lalla Roopnarine, Ambika Krishnakumar, & Prarthana Pant INDO CARIBBEAN FATHERS' PARENTING STYLES & CHILD OUTCOMES
Rudy Ray Seward EXPLORING FATHERS’ INVOLVEMENT WITH CHILDREN: THEORIES, MODELS & RESEARCH
Toral Chirag Sanghavi, Jaipaul Lalla Roopnarine, & Ambika Krishnakumar FATHERS' PARENTING STYLES IN ASIAN INDIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES: ASSOCIATIONS WITH EARLY ACADEMIC SKILLS
Ziarat Hossain PREDICTORS OF FATHERS' INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S CARE & ACADEMIC WORK IN MEXICAN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
SCCR Paper Session 10: "Personality, Religiosity, & Terrorism" (William Costanza, Chair) - ORLEANS ROOM
Jerome Tobacyk, Mary Livingston-Hindman, & Eric Robbins CROSS-CULTURAL VALIDITY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE IN POLAND
Amy Knepple, James Carney, Mino Rios, Sara Santos Chaves, & Gilcimar Santos Dantas ATTITUDES TOWARD AFFIRMATIVE ACTION & COLLECTIVISM: A CROSS-CULTURAL ASSESSMENT FOR BRAZIL & THE UNITED STATES
William Costanza MISUNDERSTANDING THE TERRORIST: THE LACK OF CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN STUDIES OF THE TERRORIST MIND
Swee-Hoon Chuah & Robert Hoffmann RELIGION, RELIGIOSITY & COOPERATION: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
SCCR Paper Session 11: "Identity, Biculturalism, & Acculturation" (Colleen Ward, Chair) - GRAVIER ROOM
Colleen Ward, Jaimee Stuart, & En-Yi Lin ACCULTURATION & IDENTITY CONFLICT IN MIGRANT YOUTH
Rayette Martin BORDERED IDENTITIES: SECOND GENERATION MEXICAN-AMERICANS
Pedro Portes & Casey Nixon DEVELOPMENT OF A CULTURAL ADAPTATION & ADJUSTMENT SCALE - REVISED: THE PERSISTING ISSUE OF CULTURAL VALIDITY
Carrie Brown, Judith L. Gibbons BICULTURALISM AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF DIVERSE ETHNIC & NATIONAL BACKGROUNDS
Zimmerman Erica FINDING IDENTITY IN THE POINT: NARRATIVES OF A KOREAN LEARNER OF JAPANESE
SCCR Paper Session 12: "Education, Multiculturalism, & Classroom Diversity" (Scott Smith, Chair) - NAPOLEON ROOM
Scott Smith TEACHING MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY VIA THE "NET": REFLECTIONS ON MY 400TH STUDENT
Lawrence E. Acker ANDRAGOGY IN AN ASIAN CLASSROOM
Becky Parton, Robert Hancock, & Wendy Siegel WEB ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE ACROSS DIVERSE CULTURAL SLICES OF SOCIETY
William Anders PUBLIC SCHOOL REACTION TO ISSUES OF STUDENT DIVERSITY
SCCR Paper Session 13: "Political, Organizational & Economic Perspectives" (Peter Peregrine , Chair) - BARONNE ROOM
Peter Peregrine POLITICAL STRATEGY & CROSS-CULTURAL VARIATION IN GAMES
Garry Chick, Ling Ping, Erwei Dong, & Geoffrey Godbey LEISURE LIFESTYLES IN URBAN CHINA: A SIX CITY COMPARATIVE STUDY
Quentin Duroy WHAT?! CULTURE MATTERS? A SOCIAL ECONOMIST’S PERSPECTIVE
Gary Oster AMBIDEXTROUS ORGANIZATIONS: CELEBRATING THE STASIS/INNOVATION DIVIDE
Curtis Hsia, Jessica Tobin, Micah Hillis, Katrina Alston, & Beth Reisler DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS & PUNISHMENTS ACROSS CULTURES
9:00AM - 1:00PM
Maple Street Book Store Books on Sale - 2ND FLOOR LOBBY
9:15AM - 10:45AM
Poster Session 3 - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
Yunhee Kim PARENTING IN A COLLECTIVISTIC CULTURE: IMPACT ON CHILD SCHOOL BEHAVIOR
Clarissa Uttley PREDICTORS OF MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS IN COLLEGE FRESHMEN
Ilse Carrizales & Sara Villanueva Dixon RISKY BEHAVIORS IN MALE VERSUS FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS: A MODERN DAY WOMEN’S LIB MOVEMENT?
Joe Ring, Jr. HOPE THEORY & TIME PERSPECTIVE
Magdalena Kulesza & Amy L. Copeland ALCOHOL & DRUG USE AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN & CAUCASIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Coffee Break with King Cake, Sponsored by John Wiley & Sons - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Joint SCCR/SASci Invited Symposium 5: "Inner Worlds of Adolescents: Identity & Space" (Bonnie Hewlett, Chair; Judith Gibbons & Alice Schlegel, Discussants) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Judith Gibbons, Ramadan A. Ahmed, Claire T. van den Broeck, & Carrie M. Brown TRADITIONAL DRESS IN KUWAITI ADOLESCENTSâ DRAWINGS: RELATION TO SOCIAL ATTITUDES
Kiyoshi Takeuchi FOOD AVOIDANCE OF AKA FORAGER ADOLESCENTS IN REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Marcelo Diversi WITH GRACE: STREET YOUTH PERFORMANCE AS SELF-REFLEXIVE CULTURAL CRITIQUE
William Jankoviak CHINA YOUTH: MORALITIES, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR & THE GOOD PERSON
SCCR Symposium 6: "Child Care Practices Across Different Developmental Contexts" (Jill Brown & Maria deGuzman, Chairs; Thomas Weisner, Discussant) - GRAVIER ROOM
Maria de Guzman & Carolyn Pope Edwards TO TARONG: PARENTAL ETHNOTHEORIES ACROSS GENERATIONS
Jill R. Brown & Carolyn Edwards CHILD FOSTERAGE & THE DEVELOPMENTAL MARKERS OF CHILDREN IN NAMIBIA, SOUTHERN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS OF GENDER & KINSHIP
Patricia Draper GRANDMOTHERS, THEIR SURVIVORSHIP & PROXIMITY VIS-A-VIS GRANDCHILDREN: A HUNTER GATHERER CASE EXAMINATION
SCCR Paper Session 14: "Family Relationships" (Mihaela Robila, Chair) - ORLEANS ROOM
Loren Marks & Cassandra Chaney A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF STRONG, HAPPY, ENDURING AFRICAN-AMERICAN MARRIAGES
Thomas Skurky, Ziarat Hossain COLLECTIVISM & INDIVIDUALISM: SELF-OTHER PERSPECTIVES IN TRADITIONAL & BI-CULTURAL NAVAJO COUPLES ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION
Susan Letteney DISCLOSURE RATES & REASONS IN URBAN HIV POSITIVE PARENTS
Hema Ganapathy-Coleman AT THE INTERFACE OF BELIEFS, RESOURCES, & SCHOOL NETWORKS: FAMILY PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN A SMALL CITY IN THE U.S. MIDWEST
Mihaela Robila & Veronica Kerschek ROMANIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES: ADAPTATION TO THE UNITED STATES
SCCR Paper Session 15: "Youth, Community, & Identity" (Uwe P. Gielen, Chair) - NAPOLEON ROOM
Uwe P. Gielen & Ramadan A. Ahmed YOUTH IN THE ARAB WORLD
Sara Villanueva Dixon & Ilse Carrizales DEFINING RISK IS RISKY BUSINESS: AN EXAMINATION OF RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS IMMIGRANT & NON-IMMIGRANT COLLEGE STUDENTS
Deborah Stiles, Meganne Vaivadas, Etienne Marais, Marshall Godschalk, Elizabeth Viana, & Oona RitchersTHE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL IDENTITIES IN FIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
Diane Grams THE IDEAL AMERICAN COMMUNITY: MONO-CULTURAL OR DIVERSE?
Tomoya Tsutsumi DIVISIONS & CO-EXISTENCE OF CULTURES WITHIN NORTH AMERICAN CLASSROOMS: CYCLE OF INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION
SCCR Paper Session 16: "Women’s Roles & Identity" (Pamela Schulze, Chair) - BARONNE ROOM
Pamela Schulze, Baomei Zhao, & Sunny Carlisle CHINESE & AMERICAN MOTHERSÂ INFANT FEEDING BELIEFS & PRACTICES: IMPLICATIONS FOR BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION
Sylke Bartmann BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH KOREAN WOMEN
Kristie Collins SINGULAR VOICES: EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF CANADIAN & JAPANESE SINGLE WOMEN ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
Madiha Bhatti POLITICS OF GENDER & SOCIAL CHANGE: WOMEN & HIGHER EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN
10:30AM - 12:10PM
SASci Session 11: "Biocultural Studies" (Chair: Ben Campbell) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Michelle Osborn THE SHOULDER BONE IS CONNECTED TO THE…SKULL BONE
Peter Gray HORMONAL CORRELATES OF PATERNAL INTERACTIONS: A HOSPITAL-BASED INVESTIGATION IN URBAN JAMAICA.
Ben Campbell ADHD IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
William Dressler A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF GENES, CULTURE, & DEPRESSION IN URBAN BRAZIL
SASci Session 12: "The Future of Cognitive Anthropology 2" (Chairs: Giovanni Bennardo, David Kronenfeld) - TERRACE ROOM
Giovanni Bennardo CULTURAL MODELS: THE LANGUAGE OF CULTURE
Michael Fischer UNITY & DIVERSITY IN THE COMMUNITY OF MINDS: EXO-COGNITION & CULTURAL CHANGE IN URBAN PAKISTAN.
John Gatewood CONJOINING CULTURAL MODELS & CONSENSUS ANALYSIS: VARIATIONS IN RESIDENTS' UNDERSTANDINGS OF TOURISM IN THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
Victor de Munck SIZING UP CULTURAL MODEL APPROACHES
10:45AM - 12:15PM
Poster Session 4 - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
Marie Nakada & Kazunori Hanyu EXAMINING PLACE ATTACHMENT IN JAPAN: AN EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN ITS CONCEPT
Danielle Babbel THE VARYING EFFECT OF EMIGRATION ON COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHEAST MEXICO
Mary Sundblom EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TOWARDS CONSERVATION IN AFRICA
James Young ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN HUANCHACO, PERU
Gokce Bulgan, Azadeh Ghaffari, Silvia Donatelli, & Ayse Ciftci ACCULTURATION MODELS: APPLICATIONS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Jordan Lewis SUCCESSFUL AGING THROUGH THE EYES OF ALASKA NATIVES
1:30PM - 3:00PM
SCCR Invited Symposium 7: "Psychotherapy Across & Within Cultures: Innovative Research Approaches" (Juris Draguns, Chair/Discussant) -DENECHAUD ROOM
Teru Toyokawa FAMILY INTERVENTIONS IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT: THE CASE OF JAPAN
Curtis Branch INTERRUPTING THE INTERRUPTIONS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM 15 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING
Ting Lei, Aja Pittman, & Dmitry Burshteyn CROSSING CULTURES WITH FINGERS: CO-CONSTRUCT SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS WITH DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY
Dmitry Burshteyn, Ting Lei, & Ina Momjian NEUROTHERAPY’S EFFICACY IN TREATING ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: CLINICAL, CORTICAL, & CULTURAL ANALYSES
SCCR Paper Session 17: "Linguistics & Communication" (Margaret Marshall, Chair) - ORLEANS ROOM
Margaret M. Marshall PSYCHOLINGUISTIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN LINGUISTIC INSECURITY IN FRENCH CREOLES
Denise Lussier EMPIRICAL STUDY & VALIDATION OF A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
Marie Sanford BI-CULTURAL & BI-LINGUAL PERSPECTIVES IN CHILD INTERVIEWING PRACTICES
Ana Beatriz Soares de Almeida BRAZILIAN WORKING CLASS BODY SOCIAL SPEECH
Yaffa Al Bayyari & Nigel Ward STUDIES IN CROSS-CULTURAL INTERPRETATIONS OF BACK-CHANNELING BEHAVIOR
SCCR Paper Session 18: "Self-Esteem, Identity, & Personality" (Sawa Senzaki, Chair) - GRAVIER ROOM
Romin Tafarodi, Sarah Shaughnessy, Susumu Yamaguchi, & Akiko Murakoshi SELF-PRESENTATION & THE REPORTING OF SELF-ESTEEM IN JAPAN & CANADA
Jennifer Miles RACE & IMAGE FIXATION IN COLLEGE WOMEN
Misty Luminais TEASING OUT SELF-WORTH: GARIFUNA WOMEN RESISTING GLOBAL PRESSURES
Sawa Senzaki, Laura A. DeBroux, Daniela Navaes, & Diogo Cavalcanti A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF ALTRUISM & COMPETITIVENESS IN BRAZIL & THE UNITED STATES
Bhim Maya Tamang CULTURAL DIALOGUES: A TOOL FOR A WORLD PEACE
SCCR Paper Session 19: "Parenting, Respect, & Acceptance/Rejection" (Shaila Khan, Chair) - NAPOLEON ROOM
Sara Villanueva Dixon RESPECT FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT THIS CONSTRUCT REPRESENTS FOR OLDER ADOLESCENTS
Shaila Khan & Ronald P. Rohner A CROSS CULTURAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT & PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS
Roney Srour & Marsha Kaitz MODERATING ROLE OF CULTURAL FACTORS IN THE LINK BETWEEN FATHER INVOLVEMENT & PRESCHOOLERS' BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS IN A PALESTINIAN SAMPLE
Tiia Tulviste CHILDREN’S RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS & TEACHERS AS RELATED TO THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS & BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS: THE CASE OF ESTONIA
Shaila Khan, Alfredlene Armstrong, & Linden Haynes INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL & TEACHER ACCEPTANCE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
SCCR Paper Session 20: "Abuse, Violence, & Resilience" (Benjamin Roebuck, Chair) - BARONNE ROOM
Bonnie Ahn RISK MARKERS OF SPOUSAL ABUSE AMONG KOREAN AMERICANS
Josephine Nwagwu THE INFLUNENCE OF ACCULTURATION ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE POST- INDEPENDENT AFRICAN WOMAN: A STUDY OF WOMEN FROM HAUSA, IBO, & YORUBA ETHNIC GROUPS OF NIGERIA
Michele Kelly THE EXPERIENCES OF REFUGEE YOUTH FROM THE CONFLICTS IN THE SUDAN: A COLLECTIVE CASE STUDY
Benjamin Roebuck WESTERN CONCEPTS OF JUSTICE & AFRICAN CONFLICT: THE CASE OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN SIERRA LEONE
1:30PM - 4:00PM
Joint SASci/SCCR Session 14: "The Elastic Nature of Childhood" (Chair: David Lancy; Discussant: Heather Rae-Espinoza) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Kristin E. Cheney CHILDREN OR REBELS? A RE-EXAMINATION OF 'NORMATIVE' CHILDHOOD IN WAR-TORN NORTHERN UGANDA
I.M. Garcia Sanchez WHAT DOES IT MEAN "TO BE A CHILD"?: MOROCCAN IMMIGRANT CHILDREN SOCIALIZATION INTO RESPONSIBILITIES
Deepak Behera THE NATURE OF CHILDHOOD IN THE MULTI-CLASS, MULTI-ETHNIC, DIVERSE ECONOMY OF ORISSA
David Lancy FOLK THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE: WHEN SHOULD TEACHING BEGIN
Elise Berman IT'S A 'HEART-BITER': HOW K'ICHE' MAYA CHILDREN MEDIATE ADULT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
Dawn Grimes-MacLellan LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES: DEVELOPING RESEARCH METHODS FOR JAPANESE ADOLESCENTS
SASci Session 15: "The Future of Cognitive Anthropology 3" (Chairs: Giovanni Bennardo, David Kronenfeld) - TERRACE ROOM
Andrea Bender & Giovanni Bennardo SPACE & TIME IN THE TONGA, GERMANY & US
Ben Blount COGNITIVE MODELS AS METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS: USE IN QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS
Kimberly Hedrick LOCAL LEVEL CONFLICT & NATIONAL RANGELAND POLICY
Andrea Bender DO THE LIMITS OF COUNTING LIMIT NUMERICAL COGNITION?
Robert Moore SLANG, COGNITION & SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Nick Gessler PRESENTER
3:15PM - 4:30PM
Joint SCCR/SASci KEYNOTE SESSION 2: "Cross-Cultural Research: Models & Methods for Understanding Others" - GRAVIER & BARONNE ROOMS COMBINED
Richard Shweder (University of Chicago) - Cultural Psychology
Michael Stevens (Illinois State University) - International Psychology
Thomas Weisner (University of California Los Angeles) - Psychological Anthropology
Douglas Caulkins (Grinnell College) - Anthropology, Moderator
David W. Shwalb (Southeastern Louisiana University) - Psychology, Chair
4:00PM - 5:00PM
SASci Session 17 : "Workshop: NSF Funding Opportunities for Anthropology" - TERRACE ROOM
Deborah Winslow
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Book Exhibit/Sale (Benefit: Scholarships for New Orleans College Students: SELL-OFF TIME) - GRAVIER ROOM
NOTE: Each conference attendee is asked to bring 1 book to donate to the Exhibit/Sale
5:30PM - 6:00PM
SCCR Business (Member) Meeting - GRAVIER ROOM
5:30PM - 6:15PM
SASci General Meeting - BIENVILLE ROOM
6:30PM - 8:30PM
SCCR/SASci Banquet (Live Jazz from 6:30PM, Dinner from 7:00PM) - DENECHAUD ROOM
7:00PM - 9:00PM Student-Only Social. (Note: It is not possible to attend both Banquet & Student Social)- OFF-SITE
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23
8:00AM - 12:15PM
Registration in 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
Book Exhibit/Sale (Benefit) - at Registration Desk (if books remaining from Friday sell-off)
8:20AM - 10:00AM
SASci Session 18: "Local Politics 1" (Chairs: David Kronenfeld, Halvard Vike; Discussant: David Kronenfeld) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Halvard Vike THE STATE OF MORALITY, & THE MORALITY OF THE STATE
Kathi Beretran "GETTING THERE FROM HERE" - CAN WE DELIBERATELY FOSTER CULTURAL CHANGE FOR THE COMMON GOOD?
Carol Moore POWER, POLITICAL DISCOURSE & THE DEH CHO DENE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
Joint SASci/SCCR Session 19: "Uses of Cognitive Anthropology Methods in Medical Anthropology Research 1" - (Chair: Margo-Lea Hurwicz; Discussant: Russ Bernard) - BARONNE ROOM
Lynn Sibley CULTURAL THEORIES OF POSTPARTUM BLEEDING IN RURAL BANGLADESH: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY & COMMUNITY- BASED PROGRAMMATIC CHANGE
Jon Poehlman INVESTIGATING MASCULINITY & HIV RISK HEALTH BEHAVIORS USING A MEASURE OF CULTURAL CONGRUENCE
Erin Muladore, David Kennedy, Gerry Ryan FREELISTING & SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION
8:30AM - 10:00AM
Joint SCCR/SASci Panel Discussion: "Hurricane Katrina: Conflict, Community Change & Recovery in New Orleans" (Steve Picou, Chair/Discussant) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Steven Picou HURRICANES KATRINA & WILMA: SOME CROSS-CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS
Pamela J. Jenkins FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS
Shirley Laska REFLECTIONS ON HURRICANE KATRINA
Brent K. Marshall HURRICANE KATRINA: COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY
Antony E. Ladd IMPACTS OF KATRINA ON NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS & FACULTY
SCCR Paper Session 21: "Methods & Data Analysis Issues" (Suzanne Frayser, Chair) - ORLEANS ROOM
Suzanne Frayser METHODOLOGICAL DILEMMAS OF A CROSS-CULTURAL SEX RESEARCHER
Curtis Hsia, Jessica Jobin, Micah Hillis, Katrina Alston, & Beth Reisler HARM TABOOS & REFUSAL RATES IN RESEARCH
Rhianna Rogers & Paul N. Backhouse IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNIQUES FOR SECTION 106 COMPLIANCE: THE USE OF DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Deborah A. Stiles, Oona Ritchers, & Katherine O. Stiles YOU CAN'T STEP INTO THE SAME RIVER TWICE: NON-EQUIVALENCE IN FOLLOW-UP RESEARCH WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Ken Jacobson Cultural ROBOT OR AWARE SELF: RE-THINKING SCHEMA THEORY & CULTURAL MODELING
SCCR Paper Session 22: "Intercultural Communication" (Jaak Rakfeldt, Chair) - GRAVIER ROOM
Kellen Gilbert, William T. Hamilton, & Roxanne Pfeil SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS: WHAT'S CULTURE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Gregory S. Szarycz INTERNATIONAL & CROSS-CULTURAL VIEWPOINTS: THE CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Christine Geserick "TO FEEL THE VASTNESS OF LAND": FUTURE AU PAIRS & THEIR REPRESENTATIONS OF U.S. AMERICAN CULTURE
Jaak Rakfeldt ETHNIC IDENTITY AMONG NORTH-AMERICAN ESTONIANS
Tehmina Gladman & Layton Seth Curl SEX DIFFERENCES IN WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION & ETHNOCENTRISM IN A JAPANESE SAMPLE
9:15AM - 10:45AM
Poster Session 5 - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
Megan Apperson, Amy L. Copeland, Pamela D. Martin, Donna H. Ryan, & Paula J. Geiselman WEIGHT-RELATED VARIABLES & SMOKING OUTCOMES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN & CAUCASIAN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
Gabriel Sinette & Theodore Scott Smith CONTENT ANALYSIS EXAMINING STUDENTS' CHALLENGES IN CONNECTING CIVIL RIGHTS PRECEDENCE & DISABILITY-BASED LEGISLATION
Shari Valentine THE INFLUENCE OF MYTH ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN OVER TIME & ACROSS CULTURES
Polly Stone, Viola McGowan, Kafond Wilder, Jaquez Carr, & Alicia Sanders COMPARISON OF WHITE & AFRICAN-AMERICAN PREJUDICE AGAINST THE MENTALLY ILL & PAROLED CONVICTS
Polly Stone, Dana Hagood, Egor Ananev, Anyaliese Hancock, & Alfonso Holmes WHITE VS. AFRICAN-AMERICAN EVALUATION OF NOPD FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA
Polly Stone, Polina Radchenkova, Loretta Washington, Calandrea Johnson, & Mallory Cameron EVALUATION OF FEMALE BODY IMAGE BY WHITE & AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALES
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Coffee Break, Sponsored by Taylor & Francis - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Joint SCCR/SASci Symposium 8: "Assessing Forager Variability: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Foragers in the 21st Century" (Grant S. McCall, Chair) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Nancy Shields CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON FORAGER VIOLENCE: EXPLORING CONFLICT WITHIN THE "ORIGINAL AFFLUENT SOCIETY"
George J. McCall & Diana Gibson SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS IN TUBERCULOSIS AMONG THE JU/Â HOANSI OF NAMIBIA
Grant S. McCall EMERGING ELITES IN AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE KALAHARI
William Balee AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CRITIQUE OF ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALOGY
SCCR Paper Session 23: "Methods, Measurement, & Theory" (Sarah Buila, Chair) - ORLEANS ROOM
Douglas Raybeck TEMPORALCENTRISM: ANTHROPOLOGY'S INCREASING IMPEDIMENT?
Tamara Neubauer THE RISE & FALL OF QUANTITATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH METHODS IN EUROPEAN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Sarah Buila THE USE OF CASE ANALYSIS IN TEACHING ABOUT CULTURE
SCCR Paper Session 24: "Multicultural Communication" (Lisa Oliver, Chair) - GRAVIER ROOM
Pedro Portes & Spencer W. Salas DISMANTLING GROUP BASED INEQUALITY IN DIXIE: BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN GEORGIA
Bramwell Osula REDEMPTION SONG: PROTEST MUSIC & THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
Lisa Oliver & Ravisha Mathur CULTURAL REALIZATIONS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL BLENDED LEARNING PROGRAM
Beena Achhpal TEACHERS & ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
10:30AM - 12:10PM
SASci Session 21: "Local Politics 2" (Chairs: David Kronenfeld, Halvard Vike; Discussant: David Kronenfeld) - BIENVILLE ROOM
Alan Beals LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA
Evie Plaice POLITICAL GAME: LOCAL POLITICS & THE MANAGEMENT OF HUNTING IN CENTRAL LABRADOR
George Park SEVEN APPROACHES TO THE PHENOMENON [POLITICAL PARTY]
SASci Session 22: "Uses of Cognitive Anthropology Methods in Medical Anthropology Research 2" (Chair: Margo-Lea Hurwicz; Discussant: Russ Bernard) - BARONNE ROOM
Robert Schrauf FREELISTING ILLNESSES: AGE-DIFFERENCES AS INTRACULTURAL VARIATION.
Madelyn Iris A MIXED-METHOD APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN BELIEFS ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN THREE CULTURAL GROUPS
Margo-Lea Hurwicz FROM FREE LIST TO CONSENSUS: EXPLANATORY MODELS OF LATE LIFE ILLNESS
10:45AM - 12:15PM
Poster Session 6 - 2nd FLOOR LOBBY
Tanya Goldman & Vickie Mayer LIGHTS, CAMERA & CASH: INSIDE LOUISIANA'S FILM TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Zenobia Carver JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES & THE SYMBIOSIS OF NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS & CATHOLICISM
Paige Pijor ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CULTURAL INFLUENCE & THE REJECTION OF FEMININE STEREOTYPES
Michael Gremillion SYLVIA PLATHOLOGY: EXAMINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLATH MYTHOS
Michelle Blanchard FINDING THE WOMAN IN KINGSTON’S THE WOMAN WARRIOR
Ashley Carlos TRAUMATIC SILENCE: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES & MARGINALIZATION
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Joint SCCR/SASci Panel Discussion 2: "Ethical Dilemmas in Research Among American Indians/Alaska Natives" (Dan First Scout Rowe, Chair) - DENECHAUD ROOM
Dan First Scout Rowe
Stacy Rasmus ETHICS OR ANSWERS? DILEMMAS OF A RESEARCHER IN AN ARCTIC COMMUNITY
Holly Echohawk THE INTERSECTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES & CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH
Jeff King THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY & TRIBAL WAYS OF KNOWING
SCCR Panel Discussion 3: "Cross-Cultural Research on Religious Diversity & Interfaith Dialog" (Mike McMullen, Chair) - GRAVIER ROOM
Shari Valentine INTERFAITH TRENDS IN THE US & INTERFAITH DIALOG IN HOUSTON
Mike McMullen MEASURING RELIGIOSITY IN NON-BIBLICAL SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
William Kilgore INTERRACIAL CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS: RECENT TRENDS
SASci Session 24: "The Irrelevance of Anthropology" (Chair: Peter Peregrine) - BARONNE ROOM
Peter Peregrine THE IRRELEVANCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Panelists: Douglas Caulkins, Garry Chick, Carol Ember, Melvin Ember, Barry Hewlett, Bill Jankowiak, Kris Lehman, Douglas Raybeck
1:30PM - 3:30PM
SCCR Paper Session 25: "Health, Nutrition, & Health Care" (Dung Ngo, Chair) - ORLEANS ROOM
Dung Ngo, Judith L. Gibbons, & Joan M. Oliver WILLINGNESS TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP AMONG VIETNAMESE-AMERICANS
Carol Madere & Claudia McCalman INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS, EXPECTATIONS, & EXPERIENCES
Shawn Davis CULTURAL VALUE ORIENTATION & TAILORED HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
Cameron Hay, Thomas Weisner, Saskia Subramanian, Naihua Duan, & Richard Kravitz A PROBLEM OF TRANSLATION: MAKING EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE USEFUL IN THE CLINIC
Elizabeth Berzas THE GERMAN SYSTEM AS A FORM OF NATIONAL HEALTH CARE
Heidi Heft LaPorte, Norman Linzer, & Jay Sweifach PREPARING FRONT LINE SOCIAL WORKERS DURING TIMES OF WAR, DISASTERS & EPIDEMICS
David Fazzino HARD TO STOMACH: CONTEMPORARY TRADITIONAL FOOD CONSUMPTION ON THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Conversation Hour for Students & Young Scholars II: "The Past & Future of Cross-Cultural Research, & So Can You!" - DENECHAUD ROOM
David W. Shwalb, Juris Draguns, Douglas Caulkins, David Cournoyer, Judith Gibbons
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SCCR 2008 Program Committee
Pablo Chavajay, Bonnie Hewlett, Brad Huber, Dung Ngo, Barbara J. Shwalb (Conference Co-Organizer), & David W. Shwalb (Conference Co-Organizer)
SASci 2008 Program Committee
Victor DeMunck, Eric C. Jones, Amanda Stronza