Second
Annual Undergraduate Research Conference
Saturday, May 25, 2002
9:00am - 4:15pm
Deutz Seminar Room
Institute of the Americas Complex, UCSD
La Jolla, California
Program
9:00am Welcome
Wayne Cornelius,
Director, CCIS
Takeyuki
(Gaku) Tsuda, Associate Director, CCIS
Idean
Salehyan, Conference Coordinator
10:00am
Session I
Silicon
Valley's New Vietnamese Entrepreneurs
Tam Bui,
UC Berkeley
Advisor:
AnnaLee Saxenian, City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
Ethnic
Grocery Stores: A Window into American Society
Jody Aguis,
UC Irvine
Advisor:
Feng Wang, Sociology, UC Irvine
Legal
Needs Assessment of Asians and Pacific Islanders
in San Diego
Hope Chau,
UC San Diego
Advisor:
Keith Pezzoli, Urban Studies & Planning, UC San Diego
11:15am
Break
11:30am
Session II
Tarnished
Promises of Freedom: Implementation of Detention Policies Under
IIRIRA and the Impact on
South East Asian Families
Tami Bui,
UC Irvine
Advisor:
Mark Petracca, Political Science, UC Irvine
The Escalation
of U.S. Border Control: Welfare Politics
and National Identity in the Era of Globalization
Mytoan Nguyen,
UC Berkeley
Advisor:
Amy Gurowitz, Political Science, UC Berkeley
The Forgotten
Americans: Filipino World War II Veterans and their Life-Long
Struggle for Citizenship
Melissa
Sanicolas, UC San Diego
Advisor:
Yen Espiritu, Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
12:45pm
Lunch
1:30pm Session
III
Obstacles
Preventing San Diego's East African
Refugee Population for Seeking Medical Treatment
for their Ailments
Kerry Contini,
UC San Diego
Advisor:
Keith Pezzoli, Urban Studies, UC San Diego
International
Educational Exchange: The Historical Implications and Future
Possibilities in an Era of Globalization
Rick Mbiad,
UC Irvin
Advisor:
Cecelia Lynch, Political Science, UC Irvine
Quest
for Equality in the Islamic Republic: Issues of Homeland
and Ethnicity for Jews in Modern Iran
Nazgol
Ashouri, UC Davis
Advisor:
Carole Blair, American Studies, UC Davis
2:45pm
Break
3:00pm
Session IV
Migration
and Labor of Filipina Healthcare Workers:
Stories of Struggle and Resistance
Ethel Regis,
UC San Diego
Advisor:
Yen Espiritu, Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
Latina
Housekeepers "Without Papers" in Southern California
Cosme Francisco
Perez, UC Irvine
Advisor:
Feng Wang, Sociology, UC Irvine
Attitudes
of Citizenship and Entitlement Among Day Laborers in Los
Angeles and Orange Counties
Rebekah
Lynn, UC Los Angeles
Advisor:
Abel Valenzuela, Chicana/o Studies and Urban Planning, UC Los
Angeles
4:15pm
Adjournment
4:15pm
Reception
