Undergraduate Honors Thesis Presentations

Candidates in the Graduate School of Education’s Interdisciplinary Honors Program (Class of 2013) will give presentations of their final theses, and we hope that you will join us! Please feel free to drop in at your convenience to see these presentations and enjoy some light snacks and refreshments. Your attendance will mean a great deal to these excellent students!

Noon               Introductory Remarks

12:15              Najja Kossally “Living the Dream: How Enrichment Program Minority Students Negotiate Ethnicity and Conceptualize Class at Elite Educational Institutions”

12:30              Tadeo Melean “Historical Consciousness and Ethnicity Among Mexican American Students”

12:45              Julian Jarvata “Global Ends, Local Means: Learning about Civic Engagement in Filipino American Youth Communities”

1:00                Devney Hamilton “Digital Fluency at the Boundaries of (Dis)ability: Building Independence through Computers and Community”

1:15                Venussa Poovudhikul “The Effects of the Thai College Admissions System on Income and Achievement Disparities: A Country’s Dependency on Private Tutoring as a Pathway to Higher Education”

1:30                Hannah Rich “Digging into Environmental Education: The Value of School Gardens in Under-resourced Schools”

1:45                Closing Remarks