PROGRAM SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

Time

Wednesday Nov 1

Thursday Nov 2

Friday Nov 3

Saturday Nov 4

8:00 - 9:40

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BREAKFAST

Public Address:
John Duke Anthony, President, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, "Future Implications of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Arab and Islamic World"

Introduction by Byron Augustin, Texas State University-San Marcos

Venue: LBJ Ballroom

BREAKFAST

Public Address:
Rolando Hinojosa, University of Texas at Austin, "This Writer's Sense of Place"

Introduction by Jaime Mejia and Ann Marie Ellis, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University-San Marcos

Venue: LBJ Ballroom

8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Fieldtrips in Central and South Texas

Hispano San Antonio
Leader: Frank de la Teja, Texas State University-San Marcos
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Ghettos, Enclaves, and Citadels in Austin
Leader: Emily Skop, University of Texas at Austin

10:00 - 11:40

10:30-11:30

Recognition of Central Texas School Children Posters about Race and Ethnicity

San Marcos School Children Ballet Folklorico, Break Dance, and Mariachi Bands

Organizer and Chair: Kimberly Porterfield, Texas State University-San Marcos

Welcome by Rosalinda Barrera, Gilda Garcia, Sandra Mayo, and Ruth Welborn, Texas State University-San Marcos

Venue: Outside LBJ Student Center South Entrance
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Session 2101
AAG Panel on U.S. and Latin American Collaboration in Geographic Research and Education
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Session 2102
Health in U.S. Places
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Session 2103
Language, Culture, and Ethnicity
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Session 2104
Asian Ethnic Settlements
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Session 2105
Housing and Neighborhoods
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Session 2106
Adjustments of Underrepresented Students to University Life
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Session 2107
Education and Inequities
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Session 2108
Panel on Using Service Learning to Help Preservice Teachers Learn About Diversity
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Session 2109
Panel on Cultural Competency in Healthcare
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Session 2110
Panel on Mentoring a Diverse Student Body: Professional Perspectives
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Session 2111
Panel on First Generation College Students
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Session 2112
Panel on Affordable Housing I ________________

Session 2113
On The Front Lines: Latino  Healthcare Providers    in Central Texas

Session 3101
Understanding Privilege in America: Issues of Race and Ethnicity
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Session 3102
Architecture, Cultural Interaction, and Place
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Session 3103
Hurricane Impacts on Ethnic Groups
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Session 3104
Ethnic Profiles and Dimensions
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Session 3105
Panel on Internationalization of Our Campuses and Discipline
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Session 3106
Race and Ethnicity in Literature
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Session 3107
Healthcare and Politics
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Session 3108
Women, Children, and Ethnicity
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Session 3109
Why Take Risks? Understanding Adolescent Behaviors Focusing on Race/Ethnicity Factors
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Session 3110
Panel on Teaching Latino Students in the New South
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Session 3111
Race, Memory, and Landscape in the American South
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Session 3112
Ethnic Pasts
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Session 3113  
Tejanos and their Homeland
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Session 3114
Workshop on Diversity Issues
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Session 3115
Student Posters

Ethnicity along the San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers
Leader: James Kimmel, Texas State University-San Marcos
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A Taste of Hill Country German Culture--New Braunfels Wurstfest Leader: Byron Augustin, Texas State University-San Marcos
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Culture Groups of the Texas Hill Country
Leaders: Richard Earl and Donald Huebner, Texas State University-San Marcos
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Wimberley: Preserving the Past, Preserving Place
Leader: Sally Caldwell, Texas State University-San Marcos
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Ethnic Change: The Tale of Two Central Texas Communities
Leader: Brock Brown, Texas State University-San Marcos
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Environment, People, and Culture: Stories of San Marcos
Leaders: Miguel Guajardo and Mike Gividen, Texas State University-San Marcos

Fieldtrips

12:00 - 1:40

REGISTRATION OPENS

Venue: LBJ Student Center on Third Floor Outside Ballroom Main Entrance
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Diversity Canvas Painting Begins

Venue: Outside LBJ Student Center South Entrance ______________

12:00 Noon - 2:00 p.m.

Texas State Student Organizations Activities

Venue: Mall between LBJ Student Center and Alkek Library
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November 1-3,
8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

The Art of Diversity: A Texas Statement

Art Show Organizer: Jerry Kimmel, artist and photographer

Reception at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, 1 November

Artists:
Norma Clark
Fidencio Duran
Tonya Engel
T. Paul Hernandez
Shou Ping Newcomb
Rama Tiru

Venue: Third Floor, LBJ Student Center

LUNCH

Acknowledgments, John Frazier, Binghamton University (SUNY)

Public Address:
President Lois B. DeFleur, Binghamton University (SUNY), President George C. Wright, Prairie View A&M University, and President Denise M. Trauth, Texas State University-San Marcos; "On Race, Ethnicity, and Place in Higher Education"

Introductions by Perry Moore, Texas State University-San Marcos Provost

Venue: LBJ Ballroom

LUNCH

Public Address:
Bernard Rapoport, Founder and Former President of the American Income Life Insurance Company, and Donald Zale, Former Chairman and CEO of Zale Corporation,and Fred Zeidman, Chairman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, "Jewish Leaders in Texas"

Introduction by Richard Golden, Director, Jewish Studies Program, University of North Texas

Venue: LBJ Ballroom

Fieldtrips

2:00 - 3:40

Session 1201
Toyin Falola on African Nationalism
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Session 1202
Black Communities and Commentaries
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Session 1203
Defining Race and Ethnicity ______________

Session 1204
Outreach to Security
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Session 1205
Race and Ethnicity and Popular Culture
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Session 1206
Ethnic Landscapes and Immigrants
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Session 1207
Racial and Ethnic Issues: From Denmark to Alabama
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Session 1208
Student Perspectives on Southwestern Literature
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Session 1209
Student Panel on First-Generation College Students: A Resource for Enhancing the Cultural Competence of the Social Work Profession
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Session 1210
Enhancing International Business Education: The Latin American Business Program at Texas State
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Session 1211
Panel on Texas Latino Music _____________

Session 1212
Student Panel on Mentoring a Diverse Student Body: Student Perspectives
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Session 1213
Perspectives on Study Abroad Programs: Europe
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Session 1214
Student Posters and Photography
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Sesssion 1215
GIS Workshop on Race and Ethnicity

Session 2201
Panel on Latino Health Issues
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Session 2202
Migration and Mobility in North America: Experiences of Africans
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Session 2203
Urban Issues
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Session 2204
Latin American Themes
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Session 2205
Race, Ethnicity, and Place in the Courts
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Session 2206
Student Panel on First-Generation College Students
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Session 2207
Sustainability and Environmental Justice
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Session 2208
Panel on Reducing Disproportionality in Child Welfare through Collaboration and Community Engagement
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Session 2209
Panel on Challenges and Opportunities in Diversifying Academe: A Social Work Perspective
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Session 2210
Affordable Housing II _________________

Session 2211
Panel on An Antidote for Radical Religious Fundamentalism: Interfaith Caregiving, Dialogue, and Alliances
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Session 2212
Perspectives from India _________________

Session 2213
Documentary Film on Mariachi Music in Texas

Session 3201
Rethinking Racism
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Session 3202
Urban Racial and Ethnic Issues in the U.S.
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Session 3203
La(s) Frontera(s) de Desarrollo: The Evolving South Texas Borderland: From Then Til Now
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Session 3204
Cultural and Historical Geographies of African Americans
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Session 3205
Teaching about Race and Ethnicity
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Session 3206
Race, Ethnicity, and Katrina
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Session 3207
Community Stories: Socially Mapping Race, Public Policy, Schools and
Change in San Marcos, Texas
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Session 3208
Language and Place
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Session 3209
Race Is the Place Video
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Session 3210
Indigenous People, Immigrants, and Refugees
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Session 3211A
Student Paper Session I on Understanding Privilege in America: Issues of Race and Ethnicity
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Session 3211B
Student Paper Session II on Understanding Privilege in America: Issues of Race and Ethnicity
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Session 3212
The Business of  Latin American Business at Texas State
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Session 3213
Latinos, Language, and Learning on La Frontera

Fieldtrips

4:00 - 5:40

Session 1301
Living in Limbo: A Century of Successes and Challenges for Latinos at Texas State University-San Marcos
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Session 1302
International Issues and Connections
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Session 1303
Urban Latino Place Making in the U.S.
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Session 1304
Education: Illegal Aliens to Physical Therapists
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Session 1305
Photographers of Race and Place and Racialized Landscapes
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Session 1306
New Faces in Engineering &
Technology: Minority Scholars Achievement Experiences
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Session 1307
Student Panel on Latinas Unidas: Empowering Ourselves
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Session 1308
Panel on the Racial Dynamics of Bilingual Education
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Session 1309
Silent Racism to Yutaibo _____________

Session 1310
Student Panel on the Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation _____________

Session 1311
Perspectives on Study Abroad Programs:  Latin America and Japan
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Session 1312
The Praxis of Place: International Social Work _____________

Session 1313
Breastfeeding to Dyadic Mentoring

Session 2301  
 Panel on Affordable Housing in Central Texas   
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Session 2302
Panel on Ethnic Health Advocacy
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Session 2303
Places of Remembrance ______________

Session 2304
Urban African Americans
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Session 2305
Interdisciplinary Research on Indigenous Peoples and Place
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Session 2306
Panel on Perspectives of a Borderlands Pedagogy for Entering and Exiting College Students
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Session 2307
Panel on the Tiger Woods Dilemma: Reflections on Multiracial and
Multiethnic Americans
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Session 2308
Panel on Environmental Justicea
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Session 2309
The Stony Road We Trod: The Civil Rights Movement in Alabama
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Session 2310
Panel on Sources for Data on Race and Hispanic Origin from the U.S. Census Bureau
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Session 2311
Recognizing the Importance of and Achievements in International Education at Texas State   
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Session 2312
Panel on World Musics in Intra and Interdisciplinary Music Teaching and Research
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Session 2313
Disparity within the Latino Population
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Session 2314 
 Workshop on
Cultural Competency in Healthcare

Session 3301
Teaching the Racial and Ethnic Geography at the Collegiate Level: Some Examples
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Session 3302
Identities and Perceptions
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Session 3303
La(s) Frontera(s) de Desarrollo: The Evolving South Texas Borderland: Now
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Session 3304
Latino Socioeconomic Patterns in the U.S.
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Session 3305
Panel on Ethnic Music in Texas
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Session 3306
Globalization, Migration, and African Diasporas
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Session 3307
Computerized Analysis of Natural Language to Understand Ethnicity and Place
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Session 3308
Film Shorts from Indigenous America
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Session 3309
Student Discussions on Understanding Privilege in America: Issues of Race and Ethnicity
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Session 3310
The Lingering Effects of the Stockholm Syndrome: Why White Matters to Today's African Americans
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Session 3311
Minorities in Science
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Session 3312
Media and the Civil Rights Movement
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Session 3313
We Are Asian Americans Too!  South Asian Americans in the Context
of Asian America
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Session 3314
Workshop on Detecting and Mapping Health Disparities Using a Space-time Information System in Geography

Fieldtrips

5:45- 10:30

6:00-6:30

Texas State Mariachi Band

Introduction by Joe Stuessy, Texas State University-San Marcos

6:15-7:15

WELCOME BARBEQUE
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7:15-7:30

Welcomes:
Texas State University-San Marcos President Denise M. Trauth, San Marcos Mayor Susan Narviaz, Hays County Judge Jim Powers, and Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference Founder John Frazier, and Kyle Morris, Texas State Associated Student Government President
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7:30-8:30 p.m.

Public Address:
Ignacio Garza, Former Mayor of Brownsville, Texas and Commissioner of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, "On Immigration"

Introduction by Andrew Sansom and Gilda Garcia
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8:30-10:00

Texas State Salsa Band

Venue: Aquarena Center

5:30-6:15

Reception by Invitation

Texas State Jazz Ensemble

Welcome:
Joan Heath, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos
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6:15-7:00

Ojos Para Volar/Eyes To Fly With
by Graciela Iturbide, Internationally Acclaimed Mexican Photographer

Chair and Presenter:
Connie Todd, Texas State University-San Marcos

Venue: Wittliff Gallery, 7th Floor Alkek Library
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7:00-8:00

TEX-MEX DINNER
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7:45-8:00

Public Address:   
TBA

Introduction by President Denise M, Trauth, and Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference Founder John Frazier
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7:45-8:30

Public Address:
TBA
Venue: Hays County Courthouse Square

6:00-6:30

Texas State Steel Drum Ensemble
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6:30-7:30

DINNER

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7:30-8:30

Public Address:
Ruby Dee, Famed African-American Actress

Introduction by Patricia Candia, Interim President, St. Philip's College

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8:30-9:30

Stars of Texas Program

Entertainment:
Blues and Soul Singer/Songwriter Lavelle White and Latin Rock Band Vallejo

Master of Ceremonies, Gary Hartman, Director, Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University-San Marcos
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9:30-11:00

After Hours at George's

Venue: LBJ Student Center

Fieldtrips

REP III, 2006 Conference Flyer/Poster