Ronald McNair Scholars:
2005-2006
Vanessa Jimenez. Chicana Feminist
Writers: Reclaiming Sexuality, Subjectivity, and Culture. Advisor:
Dr. Maythee Rojas
Elizabeth Recharte. Tools
of Hegemony: How Abstinence-Until-Marriage Sex Education
Perpetuates Patriarchy. Advisor: Dr. Monica Lange.
Jessie
(Post) Zaylia. Biblical Language and
Sexual Abuse: A Comparative Scriptural Analysis. Advisor:
Dr.
Patricia-Anne
Johnson.
2003-2004
Charissa Jefferson. The Riot Grrl Movement:
Feminism for a New Generation. Advisor: Dr. Liz Philipose, Women's
Studies major
Jacqueline Ruiz. Advisor: Dr. Maythee Rojas,
Women's Studies major
2002-2003
Rebecca Bailey. Don't Ask, Don't
Tell: Sexual abuse in the Mormon Church. Advisor: Dr.
Wendy Griffin, Women's Studies major
Heather Ireland. Re-visioning History:
Puerto Rican women, activism and sexuality. Advisor:
Dr. Eve Oishi, Women's Studies major
Karina Sicairos. Factors Affecting Self-Esteem
Development of Adolescent Females in the Eureka! Program.
Advisors: Dr. Patricia Rozee and Dr. Michael Conno, Psychology
major/Women's
Studies minor
Barbara Wacker. Internalized
Homophobia in Lesbian and Bisexual Women: A cross-cultural comparison.
Advisor: Dr. Sherry Span, Psychology major/Women's Studies minor
2000-2001
Lana H. Lott. The Dark Side of Honor:
Power and sexuality in Arab cultures. Advisor: Dr. Monica
Lange, Women's Studies major.
Carol Toney Tran. Ethnic Crossroads:
Exploring the Influence of American culture on the bicultural
Identity
of Asian
American women. Advisor: Professor Tracy Faye Tolbert, Women's
Studies major.
1999-2000
Mae Henderson. Examining
Gender Relations in Criminality: A study of male
influence on
female criminal behavior. Advisor: Dr. J. Davis, Adjunct Advisors: Dr.
Angela Bowen, and Dr. Kris Zentgraf, Sociology major / Women Studies minor
Suzy Zepeda. The Formation of a Working
Class Chicana Lesbian
Feminist Identity: A historical perspective. Advisor:
Dr. Norma Chinchilla, Double Major in Women's Studies and Sociology
Zapatistas:
Building a Movement Through an Electronic Fabric of Struggle,"
1998 - 1999
Stephanie Evans. The Quality
of Rights: A literary analysis of the United Nations' Universal
Declaration
of Human Rights and the United States' Bill of Rights. Advisor:
Dr. Margaret Costa, Interdisciplinary Women's Studies major.
Mae Henderson. Non-Mothering
Mothers: An examination of women's
experience within a social construct. Advisors: Dr. J. Davis, Adjunct
Advisors: Dr. Angela Bowen, and Dr. Kris Zentgraf, Sociology major / Women
Studies minor
Suzy Zepeda. Zapatistas:Building a movement
through an electronic fabric of struggle. Advisor: Dr. Norma
Chinchilla,
Double Major in Women's Studies and Sociology
1997-1998
Stephanie Evans. How Solid is the Rock?:
Gauging the historical accuracy of schoolhouse rock. Advisor:
Dr. Margaret Costa, Interdisciplinary Women's Studies major
Elise Marinos. Title. Advisor: Psychology major/Women's Studies
minor
1996-1997
Michelle Aragon and Elise Leahy. A
Content Analysis of the Images of Women in Teen Magazine Advertisements:
Differences
between African-American and European-American women. Advisor:
Dr. Patricia Rozee, Psychology major/Women's Studies minor and
Women's Studies major/Psychology minor
1995-1996
Pauline Wilcox. Challenge to the Treatment
of Southeast Asians in the Psychological
Literature on Counseling Cultural Minorities. Advisor: Dr. Kathryn McMahon,
Psychology major/Women's Studies minor
Outstanding Seniors:
2003 - Renee Bedouin
2002 - Jolene Sagan
2001- Allison Haffman
1999- Michelle Aragon and Barbara Sinclair
Special
Awards and Honors:
2003
Lara Worm,
Women's Studies minor, won an Outstanding Service Award for
her outstanding commitment
and contribution to
the structure and functioning of a new program in which CSULB students
and WomenShelter
interns work
in the Long Beach Superior Court and provide crisis intervention,
community resources and follow-up support to women whose perpetrators
are in the court system. Lara was the first student intern
to participate in the program and is now the supervising
intern and trainer for new interns.
Stephanie Evans, Interdisciplinary Women's
Studies major, is the first McNair scholar in the history of CSULB
to go on to earn a Ph.D. A special reception honoring her was
held in the University Art Museum on June 25, 2003.
2002
Jolene
Sagan,
Women's Studies major, was the recipient of CSULB's Student Community
Service Award. A President's Scholar, Jolene demonstrated her
volunteer commitment to campus
programs
and
issues
by her work
with numerous organizations, serving as co-chair
of the Women's Studies Student Association, secretary for the College
of Liberal Arts Student Council, student liaison for Women and
Philanthropy and volunteer for the Women's Resource Center, Circle
K International Organization and Sexual Assault Crisis Agency.
2001
Lana
Lott. The Dark Side of Honor:
Power and Sexuality in Arab Cultures. Paper awarded
First Place, Social and Behavioral Sciences, California
State University Long Beach Student Research Competition
1999
Mae Henderson. Graduate School
Medal Award AND Excellence in
Teaching Award from the University of Washington
1997
Michelle Aragon and Elise Leahy. A
Content Analysis of the Images of Women in Teen Magazine Advertisements:
Differences between African-American and European-American women.
Paper awarded First Place, Social
and Behavioral Sciences, CSULB Student
Research
Competition
and system-wide CSU Student Research Competition held
at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Conference Presentations:
Papers:
2001
Lott, Lana. The Dark Side of Honor: Power
and Sexuality in Arab Cultures. June 16, 2001 Paper presented at
the
National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, at
the Western Psychological Association 81st Annual Convention Maui, HI, at
the Association for Women in Psychology 26th Annual Conference,
Los Angeles, CA, and at the California State University Statewide Student Research
Competition, San Jose, CA.
Lange, M.D., Adams, L., Rodrigues,
L., & Campbell, D. Media contributions to the social
construction of stalking tolerance. Paper presented at
the annual conference of the American Psychological Association,
San Francisco, CA
1999
Rozee, P. D., Evans, S. Y. and Aragon, M. Activism: The Fundamental
Link Between Women's Studies and Service Learning. Paper
developed to accompany a workshop for the annual conferences of
the National Women's Studies Association.
Panels:
2003
Lange, Monica D., Bailey, B., Bastas, H.,
Falk, L., Gilhooley, M., Klimke, R.,
Mendoza,
R., & Yanez, J. Situating sexuality and body education curricula:
Past experiences and present needs. A Roundtable Discussion presented at
the
National Women's Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2002
Lange, M. D., Bailey, B., Bastas, H., Gilhooley,
M., Klimke, R., Little, E. B., Mestas, J., & Ramos, G. Deconstructing
women's body knowledge: What does sexuality education have to do
with it? Roundtable presented at the annual conference for the National
Women's Studies Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Rojas, M., Rivera, R., Lewis, C., Schyadre,
C., and Ross, K. Cuz I'm Real: Popular Culture and Young Women
of Color's Self-Identity.
Panel presentation at the National Association of Ethnic Studies
Conference, April
4-7, Vancouver, Canada.
2001
Lange, M. D., Klimke, R., Mendoza, R., Sawyer,
D., & Yanez,
J. Situating sexuality and body education curricula: Past
experiences and present needs. A Roundtable Discussion presented
at the Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association Conference,
Pomona, CA.
Lange, M. D., Lott,
L., Bastas, H., & Gilhooley,
M. Applying relational/cultural theory to recruiting student facilitators
for interpersonal discussion groups. A Roundtable Discussion
presented at the National Women's Studies Association Conference,
Minneapolis,
MN
Lange, M.D., Adams,
L., Rodrigues, L., & Campbell,
D. Stalking
themes in the media: What part of 'No' don't you understand? Symposium
presented at the 26th Annual Association for Women in Psychology,
Los Angeles, CA
Lange, M.D., Adams, L., & Rodrigues,
L. From monsters to
mayhem: Stalking themes in popular media. Symposium presented
at annual conference of
Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI
2000
Lange, M., Ramirez, S., Toney, C., & Lott,
L. Of products,
bodies and comfort zones: Why we aren't making informed consumer
decisions. 10th Annual Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Conference,
San Diego State University, CA
Note: Unfortunately, our records of student
presentations at professional conferences only go back a few years.
Historically, our faculty
has made a point of organizing these opportunities for our students;
thus there have been far more than those listed above. If you have
more information for us, please contact our
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