2004 Graduate Student Papers, Published Work, or Awards
—International, National, Regional, State

Anthropology
Bousman, Britt (mentor). Abby Weinstein. “The 2004 Investigations at the Cross Bar Ranch.” Texas Archaeological Society, College Station, TX
---. Abby Weinstein. Field Chief Award, National Park Service
Juárez, Ana M. (mentor). Christine Alvarez. “Bioarchaeology of the Stiver Ranch Site.” Texas Archaeological Society, College Station, TX
---. Eric Oksanen. “Archaeological Investigations at the Sessoms Creek Diversion Project.” Texas Archaeological Society, College Station, TX
 

English
Evans, Patricia (mentor). Amy Eoff. “William Gibson’s ‘Virtual Light’: The Conversational Construction of Chevette Washington.” Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Grimes, Tom (mentor). Christine Granados. El Chuco: Tall Tales from Texas. University of Arizona Press

Hennessy, Michael (mentor). Olivia Burgess. “Father Figures and Sons Disfigured: Joyce’s ‘Ivy Day in the Committee Room.’“ Conference of College Teachers of English, Beaumont, TX

Jackson, Rebecca (mentor). Moriah McCracken. Fellowship, PhD program in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas Christian University

Lochman, Daniel (mentor). Ryan Paul. “Spenser’s Psychological Allegory: The Palmer as Superego.” South Central Renaissance Conference, Austin, TX

Wilson, Steve (mentor). Lauren Dixon. “Undermining Patriarchal Structures in Poetry: Nikki Giovanni’s ‘Woman Poem.’“ Women and Creativity, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
---. Stacey Swann. “Traditional Community or Transitional Community?: Reassessing Synge’s The Aran Islands.” American Conference for Irish Studies, Southern Regional Meeting, Houston, TX
---. Tina Zigon. “‘Say it Loud, I’m Irish an’ I’m Proud’: Alan Parker’s Film Adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments.” American Conference for Irish Studies, Houston, TX

Wilson, Nancy (mentor). Moriah McCracken. “Bobcat Chat: A New Approach to Online Tutoring.” Conference of College Teachers of English, Beaumont, TX
---. Oakes, Lauren. “Writing Center Layout as Pedagogical Space.” Conference of College Teachers of English, Beaumont, TX
 

Geography
Boehm, Richard G. (mentor) and David Rutherford. Guest Editors. The Social Studies 95.6

Boehm, Richard (mentor). David Rutherford. “Round Two: Standards Writing and Implementation in the Social Studies.” National Council for Geographic Education, Kansas City, KS
---. David Rutherford. Grosvenor Scholar, National Geographic Society

Butler, David R. (mentor), George P. Malanson, and Lynn M. Resler. "Turf-banked Terrace Treads and Risers, Turf Exfoliation, and Possible Relationships with Advancing Treeline." Catena 58.3, 259-274

Cerney, Dawna L., and David R. Butler (mentor). "Examining Montane Ecotone Change with Repeat Photography." Papers of the Applied Geography Conference 27, St. Louis, MO, 111-121

Curran, Joanna C. (mentor). Amanda Keen-Zebert. “Determining the Grain Size Distribution and Volume of Sediment Accumulation Behind Dams in Bedrock Channels” (poster presentation). Association of American Geographers. Philadelphia, PA
---. Dennis Fowler. “Calculating Gains and Losses Between Cyprus Creek and the Edwards Aquifer” (poster presentation). Association of American Geographers. Philadelphia, PA

Dixon, R. (mentor). R. Brown. “Impact of Interrannual Climate Variability on Texas Tornado Occurrence.” Applied Geography Conference, St. Louis, MO

Estaville, Lawrence (mentor). Bernadette Marion. “Experiences of Minority Students in Geography Departments: A Preliminary Study.” Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA
---. Edris Montalvo. “African Americans and Latinos in Professional Academic Associations in the United States.” Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA
---. Nikki Williams. “African-Americans and Latino Students in Geography Departments in the United States.” Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA
---. Mark Rockeymoore. “Spatial Trends in High School Graduation Rates and University Acceptance Rates for African Americans and Latinos.” Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA

Eyton, J. Ronald (mentor). Martinez, Vanessa. “A Comparison of Three Simple 3D Techniques for Displaying Terrain Data” (2nd place, poster competition). Applied Geography Conference, St. Louis, MO
---. J.A. Parsons. “Developing a Cellular Automaton for Surface Water Flow.” Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA
---. J.A. Parsons. Graduate Student Paper Competition Award, Water Resources Speciality Group of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA

Giordano, Alberto (mentor). Alexis Buckley. Scholarship from SSHA-Rockefeller Graduate Student Travel Awards

Lu, Yongmei (mentor). J. Tang. “Fractal Dimension of Transportation Network and Its Relationship with Urban Growth: A Study of Dallas–Fort Worth Area.” Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 31.6, 895-911
---. Ionara DeLima. “Investigating the Spatial Relationship between Drug Possession Arrests and Residential Burglaries in Austin.” Southwestern Geographer 7, 1-25
---. Ling-Tzong Shing. “The Anisotropy and Heterogeneity of Sub-Region in Local Spatial Autocorrelation.” Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA

Resler, Lynn M., Mark A. Fonstad, and David R. Butler (mentor). "Mapping the Alpine Treeline Ecotone with Digital Aerial Photography and Textural Analysis." Geocarto International 19.1, 37-44

Sawyer, Carol F., and David R. Butler. "Landslide Aspect: A Methodological Approach to Circular Data for Hazard Analysis." Papers of the Applied Geography Conference 27, St. Louis, MO, 67-74

Stea, David (mentor). G. Shane Lewis. “Ecotourism in los Cumbres de Monterrey and Big Bend.” Mexico Norte, Mexico City

Wang, Le (mentor). Shuo-sheng Wu. First place, student paper competition, Applied Geography Conference, St. Louis, MO

Zhan, F. Benjamin (mentor). G. Wu. Hydrologic Modeling Using Remote Sensing and GIS – A Case Study in the San Marcos Basin . Association of American Geographers. Philadelphia, PA
---. X. Chen. “Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of Urban Evacuation: Relative Effectiveness of Simultaneous and Staged Evacuation Strategies.” Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC
---. J. Brender, Y. Han, I. De Lima, L. Suarez, and P. Langlois. GIS-Based Spatial Search for Environmental Health Research: Environmental Hazards and Birth Defects in Texas. Centers for Disease Control Environmental Health Tracking Conference, Philadelphia, PA
---. X. Chen. “What Is ‘the Weakest Links’ in Intermodal Transportation?” Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA
 

History
Bargeron, C. (mentor). Bradley Roemer. “The United States and Saudi Arabia: Defining A Relationship.” World History Association of Texas, San Marcos, TX

Dunn, Dennis (mentor). Bradley G Shreve. “The U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Space Exploration, 1957-1963.” International Journal on World Peace (June), 76-83

Garner, Lydia M. (mentor). Debra Law. “Two Colonies, Two Empires: The Transcendental Exceptionalism of the Americas at the Time of Independence.” World History Association of Texas, San Marcos, TX

Mauck, Jeffrey (mentor). Rebecca Ramsey. Victoria College Graduate Student Paper Award (for “When the Boys of Summer Still Wore Flannel: The History and Success of the San Antonio Missions Baseball Team, 1932-1933”)

Modern Languages
Echeverría, M. (mentor). S. Fernanda Bueno. “The Transgressive Cinematic Imagination of Maria Luisa Bemberg.” South Central Modern Language Association, New Orleans, LA
 

Political Science
Leder, Arnold (mentor). Amy Wilson. Full financial support for doctoral study in Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Shields, P. (mentor). Amy Jones. “Exploring the Facets of the Digital Divide in Texas Public Schools Grades K-12.” Thirtieth Anniversary Commemorative Monograph, Pi Alpha Alpha
---. Gerard Bickham. “Cyber Security: Assessing the Effectiveness of Medium-Sized Texas Counties to Counter a Cyber Terror Attack.” Texas Conference, American Society for Public Administration, San Marcos, TX
---. J. Good. “State Homeland Security Issues.” Texas Conference, American Society for Public Administration, San Marcos, TX
---. Julie Loera. “A Model Approach to Developing Food Safety Emergency Response Standard Operating Procedures.” Texas Conference, American Society for Public Administration, San Marcos, TX
---. Julie Loera. “Developing State Food Safety Emergency Response Standard Operating Procedures.” Thirtieth Anniversary Commemorative Monograph, Pi Alpha Alpha
---. Julie Loera. McGrew Public Policy Research Award (tied for first). Central Texas Chapter, American Society for Public Administration, Austin, TX
---. Julie Loera. Pi Alpha Alpha, Student Paper Award (Master’s level). National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Conference, Indianapolis, IN
---. Kevin Baum. “Municipal Homeland Security Issues.” Texas Conference, American Society for Public Administration, San Marcos, TX
---. Luci Cantu. “Texas Regional Councils’ Assessment of Security Vulnerabilities in Local Infrastructures.” Texas Conference, American Society for Public Administration, San Marcos, TX
---. Rachael Pitts. McGrew Public Policy Research Award (tied for first). Central Texas Chapter, American Society for Public Administration Austin, TX

Tajalli, Hassan (mentor). Amy Jones. “Exploring the Facets of the Digital Divide in Texas Public School Grades K-12.” McGrew Public Policy Research Award, CenTex American Society for Public Administration

Wright, Walter (mentor). Ito, Yumi. “Victim Meets Offender: The Impact of Restorative Justice and Mediation” (book review). The Texas Mediator 19.2, 11
 

Psychology

Davis, John M. (mentor). Catherine A. Bower, Richard B. Cano, Krystle A. Frahm, and Russell P. Corrigan. “Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum: Resources for Teachers” (poster presentation). Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX

Ginsburg, H.J. and M. Czyzewska (mentors). N. Corish, M.F. Miller, and V. Fenter. “National Anti-drug Media Campaign Television Ads Evaluation: Methodologies and Outcomes” (poster presentation). Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX

Stimmel, Theron (mentor). Carol Crayton. “Pain Perception and Emotional Factors.” Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX