2023 Asian Studies Student Symposium

10:00 am

Opening Remarks: Professor Jon Felt (B104 JFSB)

10:15-11:45 am

Session 1

A. A Truly Foreign Experience? Foreign Identity in East Asia (JFSB B094)

Moderator: Professor Aaron Skabelund

• Sarai Brown, “Nourishing Connections: A Study of Cultural Identity Maintenance among Chinese
• Immigrants in Tokyo through Commensality and Hospitality”
• Josephine Van Slooten, “Filipino Community in Japan"
• Madi Sedgwick, "Foreigners in Korean Communities"

B. Language in Reality (JFSB B099)

Moderator: Professor Jeff Peterson

• Madison Buckles, “Conversion, Relationships, and Identities: Searching the Asian Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”
• Robin Giles, “You Can Hear It In The Silence: The Reflection of Aizuchi in Manufactured Tokyo Soundscapes”
• Lorenzo Tibbitts, “Lost in Translation? Navigating the Nuances of Language & Interpretation in Japanese”

C. East Asian Humanities (JFSB B101)

Moderator: Professor Tim Davis

• Loreen Keliiliki, “Hell Hath No Fury”
• Ryan Christenson, “Gu Dasao the Tigress: An Analysis of the Female Knight-Errant (nüxia) Character Type in Outlaws of the Marsh”
• Kambrie Earl, “Mastery of Immortality in Chinese Mythology”
• Sydney Nai, "Pain is Beauty: The Antagonization of Women in Japanese Horror"

D. East Asia: Connecting the Past and Present (JFSB B104)

Moderator: Professor Jon Felt

• David Howell, “The Unpopular Dynasty of President Ferdinand Marcos”
• Madelaine Gonzales; Emma Naylor, and Katherine Rose, “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn”: a Connection between China’s Past and Present”
• Philip Benson, “The Waking Dragon - China's Growing Global Influence"

E. Cultural Presentation in Society (JFSB B103)

Moderator: Professor Marc Yamada

• Rhiannan Boseman, “Training to Be Aware of Others: Sports, Respect, and Cosmopolitanism Tokyo"
• Tehina Slade, "The Hula in Japan”
• Sarah Palmer, “Korean Gugak - Lost in Translation”
• Emma Steimle, "Medicinal Knowledge in Indian Snake Charmer Communities"

F. Significant People in East Asian History (JFSB B105)

Moderator: Professor Diana Duan

• Sean Fitzgerald, “Helen Foster Snow: Lessons in Mythmaking”
• Philip Sun, “Shoji Ueda--From ordinary to extraordinary”
• William Martindale, “The Many Names of Limahong: Remembering a Chinese Pirate in the Philippines”

11:45-12:15

Lunch

12:15-1:45 pm

Session 2

A. Perspectives in Language (JFSB B094)

Moderator: Professor Shinsuke Tsuchiya

• Megan Scarlet Keys, “Exploring the Gap Between Self-Assessed and Actual Language Proficiency: A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Romance Language Learners”
• Rachael Merrill, “A Sociolinguistic View of Cultural Influences in Conversations about Religion”

B. Religion in East Asia (JFSB B099)

Moderator: Professor Richard McBride

• Essie Workman Durocher, “What is Korean Buddhism?”
• Devon Bollin, “Land of the Rising Son: The Emergence and Character of Japanese Christian Theology”
• Kaitlyn Insch, “Christianity in South Korea and Its Declining Popularity”

C. Sociocultural Studies of East Asia (JFSB B103)

Moderator: Professor Jonathan Jarvis

• Ashlyn Clark, “The Transmission of National Identity: A Case Study of Japan's Memorialization of the Past”
• Cambrie Ball, “Honor, Shame, and Hope: Cultural Contexts of Disciplinary Rehabilitation in Japan”
• Carolyn Hong, “Social Capital and Child Behavioral Problems in China”
• Kaliopasi Uhi, “Multiculturalism of Polynesian Immigrants in Modern Japan”

D. East Asia in the Modern Age (JFSB B101)

Moderator: Professor Eric Hyer

• Anna McConkie, “Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in China ”
• Reed Turley, “Speak the New Chinese Podcast Project”
• Emma Jones, "Biomedical versus Ayurvedic Traditions: The Triumph of Indian Medicine in a Postcolonial World"

E. Authoritarianism, War, and Revolution in East Asia (JFSB B104)

Moderator: Professor Kirk Larsen

• Alette Walker, “China’s Youth of the Revolution: A Study of the Means and Methods that led to Red Guard Violence"
• Zoe Ngan, "Blame in the North Korean Famine of 1994-1998”
• Natalie Grant, “The Cost of Being a Woman in South Korea”
• Susanna Richardson, “The Experience of War: How the Korean War Impacted the Lives of American Soldiers"

F. Material Culture of East Asian Society (JFSB B105)

Moderator: Professor Greg Thompson

• Alondra Paredes, “Toys in Tokyo”
• Cyrus Lee, “Microcosm of the Japanese Man”
• Brooke Robison, “Trash and Culture in Tokyo, Japan”
• Annika Burgoyne, “How and Why Foreigners Should Consider Buying Japanese Homes”

1:45-2:00 pm

Award Ceremony