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Co-sponsored by Emory University and Morehouse College Departments of Sociology

Emory University - March 1-2, 2024

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2024 Award-Winning Papers

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Morehouse College, February 24, 2023

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2023 Award-Winning Papers

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Morehouse College (via Zoom), March 12-13, 2021

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  • 2021 Award-Winning Papers

    1st Place - Alex Aiello, Davidson College
    Consent and Pleasure in College Students' Sexual Encounters

    2nd Place - Isi Patterson, Appalachian State University
    Resident Assistant Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Administration Impacts Resident Assistant Wellbeing

    3rd Place - Anisha Dhungana, Davidson College
    Jaat in the Nepali-American Diaspora: The Transnationalism and Racialization of Casteism

    Distinguished Paper - Sarah Williams, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    The Surveillance of Emotional Labor in the Service Triangle

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  • Winners, 2020 Paper Competition:
    • 1st place – Lauren Ferguson, Millsaps College
      • "Considering the Social Nature of School Shootings"
    • 2nd place –Lilah Blalock, Emory University
      • "The Generational and Gender-Based Influences on Medical Specialty Choice"
    • 3rd place –Tierra Alcantara, Fisk University and Bailey Rodgers, Emory University 
      • "Race, Gender, and Intersectionality in Film" - Tierra Alcantara

      • "Investigating the Perspective of Children on the Nanny-Child Relationship" - Bailey Rogers

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  • Winners, 2019 Paper Competition:
    • 1st place – Alaya Wiliams, Fisk University
      • "The Portrayals of Black Men in Media: A Comparison of Portrayals in Predominately Black Television Shows Versus Portrayals in Diverse Television Shows"
    • 2nd place – Shelby Bullock, Fisk University
      • "How Family Structure Affects Children's Academic Success"
    • 3rd place – Jordan Mosby, Morehouse College
      • "Exploring the Relationship Between Military Experience and Officers' Attitudes Towards Living in Neighborhoods They Police"

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  • Winners, 2019 Paper Competition:
    • 1st place – Alaya Wiliams, Fisk University
      • "The Portrayals of Black Men in Media: A Comparison of Portrayals in Predominately Black Television Shows Versus Portrayals in Diverse Television Shows"
    • 2nd place – Shelby Bullock, Fisk University
      • "How Family Structure Affects Children's Academic Success"
    • 3rd place – Jordan Mosby, Morehouse College
      • "Exploring the Relationship Between Military Experience and Officers' Attitudes Towards Living in Neighborhoods They Police"

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  • Winners, 2017 Paper Winners
    • 1st Place - Joie Shakur, UNC-Chapel Hill
      • Killing Spirits: How Black Churches and Families Harm Through Homophobia, Transphobia,
        and Heterosexism
    • 2nd Place - James Nathan Payne, Tennessee Technological University
      • Prescription Pain Reliever Misuse: An Explanatory Study of the Social Factors
    • 3rd Place - Alysa Martin, Fisk University
      • The Effects of Father Absence and Father Presence on Adults

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  • 2016 Award Winning Papers
    • First Place: Xueqing Wang, Emory University; “The ‘Wealthy High-Flyers’: Media’s Framing of Chinese International Students in the U.S., 2009-2015
    • Second Place: Naveed Noordin, Emory University; “How Does Satisfaction with GP Appointment Wait Time Correlate with Overall Satisfaction with the NHS?”
    • Third Place: Phyllis McDaniels Morton, Coastal Carolina University; “State-of-the-State: The Effects of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Educational Achievement and Attainment in South Carolina

    1. First Place and $100:Biracial Identity and the College Social Social Environment: An Examination of the Effect of College Racial Composition on Black-White Biracial Student’s Racial Identity Construction and Maintenance- Kristen Clayton, Emory University
    2. Second Place and $75: Conceptualizing Social Entrepreneurship: The Formation of an Ideal Type- Angela Addae, Fisk University
    3. Tie for Third Place and $50 each:

Pakistani Cultural Preservation, Pan-Islamic Identity Formation and Acculturation Among Second–Generation Pakistani Immigrants in Contemporary U.S. Society - Tehseen Dossul, Agnes Scott College

Race, Sex, and Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of DARE and Zero Tolerance - Sungeun Alice Bae, Emory University

    1. First Place and $100: Thomas Mowen, University of Louisville

    2. Tie for Second Place and $75 each:

      Michal David and Rebecca Li, Emory University

      Nicole A. Overley, Johns Hopkins University

  1. First Place and $100:Focusing on Success: Analysis of High-Academic Achieving African American Males - Matthew Piagatt, Morehouse College
  2. Second Place and $75:The Soft Material Significance of Race: An Examination of White Stereotypes - Kasey Henricks, Austin Peay State
  3. Third Place and $50:Contact Culture and Conflict Linguistics between U.S. and Caribbean Students on a Historically Black College Campus - Tonja Khabir, Fisk University
  • PowerPoint Presentations
    • COMMUNITIES
      • “Issues of Authority in a Grassroots Organization” Leslie Elmore, Rhodes College
      • “Factors Contributing to Redevelopment of a Neighborhood: A Case Study of Tomorrow’s Hope” Jonique Green, Fisk University
      • “How Gentrification is Viewed by the Indigenous Residents of East Austin” Larry Graham, Morehouse College
      • “Social Welfare and Its Misconfiguration in the African American Community” Shaunita Felder, Bethune-Cookman University
      • “From Foster Care to Adoption” Christopher Lynn-Logue, Morehouse College
    • CRIME AND DEVIANCE
      • “Social Control, Social Structure and Social Learning, and General Strain Theories: Evaluating Delinquent Peer Influences and the Efficacy of Specified Intervening Processes”  Bradley Quarles, Morehouse College
      • “Social Suicide: An Exploration of Marx’s and Durkheim’s Interpretations of Social Structural Explanations for Suicide” Julie Hudson, Augusta State University
      • "The Motives behind Mothers Who Kill” Rachael Roberts, Augusta State University
      • “Fear of Crime Among College Students” Alyssa Williams, Fisk University
    • ETHNIC CONTACT AND CULTURAL CHANGE
    • GENDER
      • “Media Portrayals of Women” Sharrelle Armstrong, Fisk University
      • “Not so ‘Silent’ Partners: Exploring Women’s Contributions to U.S. Civil Rights Movement” Brittney Little, Agnes Scott College
      • “Identifying Emotional Differences by Gender Using Social Feedback and Physiological Emotion Measures” Janece Maze, Miles College
      • “Conceptualizing Janet Chafetz’s book Masculine, Feminine, or Human? and the Women’s Liberation Movement in a Marxian Framework” Lauren Seaborn, Augusta State University
    • GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
      • “Uchi and Soto in Cyberspace: How Japanese Sociology Manifests in a Virtual World” Nicole Meanor, Agnes Scott College
      • “The UNDP and Legitimate Global Investment Processes Sustainable Human Development, Capacity Building, and the Millennium Development Goals” Aaron Dickerson, Morehouse College
      • “Ending the Silence: Searching for Social Justice in Sudan” Lauren Seaborn, Augusta State University
      • “Nicaragua’s ‘Great Transformation’: Regulation and Liberalization 1979-1995” Carrie Freshour, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • ISSUES OF RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER
      • “Are You Too White?” Shaunte Randall, Miles College
      • “The Soft Material Significance of Race: An Examination of White Stereotypes” Kasey Henricks, Austin Peay State University
      • “Asian Blepharoplasty: The Clash between Ethnic/Cultural Identity and Western Culture, and Ideas of Feminine Attractiveness” Andrene Foster, Agnes Scott College
      • “On the Gay Question: Queer Theory and Marxism” Tiara Chapman, Augusta State University
    • MUSIC AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE
      • “Being a ‘Budgetarian’: Shoppers, Stores, and Organic Foods” Carrie Freshour, Georgia Institute of Technology
      • “Love Me and My Tattoos: A Qualitative Study of Modification Motivation in Tattoo Culture” Quintin Harrell, Morehouse College
      • “Gender Differences in Self-Presentation on Facebook” Lendel Marshall, Morehouse College
      • “Applying Durkheim to Host Country Advantage in the Summer Olympic Games" Angela Degroat, Oglethorpe University
    • SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
      • “I Can Achieve Academically Too! An Analysis of High-Academic Achieving African American Males” Matthew Pigatt, Morehouse College
      • “Synthesizing Two Educational Traditions: Pedagogical Discourse in Light of Political Correctness” Rami Abdoch, Rhodes College
      • “Declining Test Scores in DeKalb County Public Schools: Evaluating the Need for, and Potential Role of, Charter Schools” Craig Belinfanti, Morehouse College
      • “Does School Type Affect Student Success?” Tashaye Byrdsong, Fisk University

    1. First Place and $100:The Effects of Cognitive, Contextual and Cultural Factors on Racial Self-Segregation - Stephen Foy, Emory University
    2. Second Place and $75:Payola: A Case Study in Controlling Musical Taste- Benjamin Sinclair, Wake Forest University
    3. Third Place and $50: An Examination of the Experiences of African American Students on a Predominately White Campus in the Southeast - Stephanie Terry, Agnes Scott College

    1. First Place and $100:A Different Type of Medicine: Women’s Experiences with Ophthalmic Diseases in Rural and Urban Tamil Nadu, India - Keerthika M. Subramanian, Emory University
    2. Second Place and $75: The Racial Integration of Baseball in Atlanta Covered from Different Sides of the Field - Elizabeth Darnall, Georgia Institute of Technology
    3. Third Place and $50:Hatred and the South: An Investigation of Southerness and Hate Crimes against Homosexuals - Robert R. Maddox, Augusta State University
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