Tulane University

Please join us for the annual Graduate Student Summer Field Research Symposium. Every fall semester, Graduate Students who received a previous summer field research grant through the Stone Center present their summer field research experiences in a day long symposium.

Symposium Schedule:

Breakfast: 8:00 – 8:30 am

Panel A 8:30 – 10:00 am

• “Comprehensive Visual Analysis of Sculptural Representations of Tlaloc, the Aztec Rain God” Shannen Winfield
• “Political Culture of Protest and Mobilization in Contemporary Mexico City” Diana Soto
• “An Archaeological Examination of an Ancient Maya Community at Escalera al Cielo, Yucatan, Mexico” Evan Parker
• “Ideology of Containment in Aztec Culture” Julia O’Keefe

Panel B 10:15 – 11:45 am

• “Haitian Broadcast Media’s Role in Haiti’s Reconstruction” Shearon Roberts
• “Contesting Decentralization: Agricultural Production, Peasant Movements and International Development in Haiti” Matthew Olson
• “Nation and Diaspora: Identity and Community Politics in the Fiction of Earl Lovelace” Cherif Saloum Diatta
• “Markets in the Time of Cholera” Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Panel C 12:00 – 1:30 pm

• “La configuración periodística del bandido en Cuba: batallas impresas (1878-1898)” Xose Pereira Boan
• “Estimating Physiological Consequences of Roosting Densities in the Austral Migrant Fork-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus Savana)” Maggie MacPherson
• “The Rainbow Connection: The Unlikely Alliance between Chile’s Mapuche and LGBT Movements” Baird Campbell
• “Reworking Notions of Citizenship and Culture: Post Katrina Migrant Workers and their Return to Honduras” Sarah Fouts

Panel D 1:45 – 3:15 pm

• “Female Inmates’ Access to Healthcare in Fortaleza, Brazil: A Qualitative Study” Venessa Vosteen
• “Assessment of the Health Referral System in Bolivia: A Qualitative Approach” Alejandra Leyton
• “How Does Fruit Abundance Influence Seed Dispersal and Predation by Vertebrates in the Choco Forests of Ecuador?” Luke Browne

Panel E 3:30 – 5:00 pm

• “Identifying Factors Mediating the Survival of Panamanian Atelopus Populations” Matthew James Robak
• “Cultural Heritage Revitalization and Development in Panama City’s Historic District, Casco Antiguo” Maille Faughnan
• “Dengue Symptom Thresholds (Duration and Intensity) in Patient Seeking Behavior in Iquitos, Peru” Keith Esch