Honors in the Major at Florida State University

Honors in the Major Symposium

Cosponsored by the University Honors Program and Phi Kappa Phi

Wednesday, April 11, 2001
4:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Oglesby Student Union, Rms 313 - 315

This symposium will provide an overview of the Honors in the Major Program, followed by research presentations by current students in the program. A full schedule will be posted on Friday, April 6.
Refreshments will be served during a break between the student presentations. This will provide an opportunity to speak with students and faculty currently involved with Honors in the Major about their experiences.

Schedule of Events:

Room 313

Welcome and Introductory Remarks -- 4:30 pm
Kenneth A. Goldsby, Director, University Honors Program

Session One -- 4:40 pm
Room 314	Going Back into Grief: Resurrecting Voices of Silenced Slaves Mothers in Beloved by Sandra Gunter, Department of English (Directing Professor: Dennis Moore)
Room 315	Own-Race Bias in Relation to Facial Recognition by LaRicka R. Wingate, Department of Psychology (Directing Professor: John C. Brigham)

Session Two -- 5:00 pm
Room 314	Dimensions of Communal Heroism in Homer's Iliad and Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan by Javier Betancourt, Program in the Humanities (Directing Professor: Leon Golden)
Room 315	Synthesis of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids by a Magnesium-Directed Ireland Claisen Rearrangement by Stephen F. Keteltas, Department of Chemistry (Directing Professor: Marie Krafft)

Room 313

Break and Refreshments -- 5:20 pm

Session Three -- 5:40 pm
Room 314	Effects of Age and Circadian Rhythms on Perception of Quality of Life by Adrienne Blanchard, Department of Communication Disorders (Directing Professor: Leonard L.LaPointe)
Room 315	How Does Selection Maintain the Potential for Outcrossing in Viola septemloba? by Elizabeth W. Boyd, Department of Biological Sciences (Directing Professor: Alice A. Winn)

Session Four -- 6:00 pm
Room 314	Approaches Towards Democracy and Justice in Latin America by Adria Perez, Political Science (Directing Professor: Nancy R. Powers)
Room 315	The Impact of Racial Stereotypes on Eating Disorder Recognition in Ethnic Minority Female Adolescents by Kathryn Gordon, Department of Psychology (Directing Professor: Thomas Joiner)

Room 313

Concluding Remarks -- 6:20 pm

The Honors in the Major Symposium is funded, in part,
by a Phi Kappa Phi Promotion of Excellence Grant.