(Note):  Speakers were not fully illuminated since lighting was decidedly dimmed for their PowerPoint presentations.

Juliana Aracely Rocha: The Globalization of Ecocide in the Arctic

Deanna Ali Plunkett Williams: The Individual "Oorah": An Analysis of the Exploitation of Service Members in Relation to Governmentality

Rachelle Berry: Can Queerness and Blackness Coexist?

Andrea Lavilles: Mixed Messages: How Race and Gender Affect How Young Adults Understand Cultural Events

Karly Chavez: White Collar Crime to its Full Extent

Michelle R. Medina: A Cross Cultural Observation of Women and the Production of Verbal Art


Aside from being sociology students in our department, many students are also members of the sociology international honor society Alpha Kappa Delta.