Engaging Scholars in Transition:
Strategies for Empowerment and Partnerships

2005 Conference of Ford Fellows
September 30, 2005 and October 1, 2005

Friday, September 30, 2005

The National Academies
2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Entrance on C Street
Washington, DC 20418

7:15–8:15 am	Buses to The National Academies Building Meet buses outside Key Bridge Marriott Hotel
7:30–9:00 am	Registration – all attendees must register C Street Entrance, National Academies Building
	Sign-Up – Publishers By Appointment
	Sign-Up – One-On-One Interviewing Skills
	Set up Posters
8:00–9:00 am	Working Breakfast for Liaisons and Planning Committee Members Room
	Continental Breakfast by Discipline Great Hall
9:00–9:15 am	Welcoming Statements and Morning Sessions Auditorium
	Welcome of the Co-Chairs 2005 Marisol Berrios-Miranda, University of Washington Jorge Garcia, Boston College
	Introduction of the Conference Planning Committee
	Welcome from the National Academies Ralph Cicerone President of the National Academy of Sciences
	Ford Fellows Fund Jonathan Yorba, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes Fund
9:15–10:15 am	Keynote Presentation Freeman Hrabowski President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
10:15–10:30 am	Break Great Hall
10:30–12:00	Plenary Session (Presentations by Fellows) Sandy Marie Grande, Connecticut College, “At the Crossroads of Democracy and Sovereignty: Preparing an Education Citizenry for the 21st Century, Toward a New Red Pedagogy” Richard D. Robinson, UC Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, “Nanoscience: Big News from the World of the Little” Gabriela M. Soto Laveaga, University of California, Santa Barbara, “Jungles, the Pill and Fertile Mexicans: The Unexpected Birthplace of the Pill”
12:00–12:30 pm	Welcome From the Ford Foundation Susan Berresford President of the Ford Foundation
12:30–1:45 pm	Lunch Boxed Lunches in the Great Hall
2:00–5:00 pm	One-on-One with Publishers Members Room
	One-on-One Advising Auditorium
2:00–4:00 pm	Workshops by Level
	Predoctoral Sciences Executive Dining Room Moderator – Erika Camacho, Loyola University Participants – Daniel Wiley, Cornell University, and Lindzy D. Friend, Washington University in St. Louis The first years of graduate school in the sciences: courses, qualifiers, and advisors Graduate school begins with courses and finishes with research. To complete your PhD, you need to be successful in both of these areas. This workshop will share the experiences of panelists on their first years of graduate school, including how to survive taking courses, qualifying exams, and how to successfully transition into research with a good advisor.
	Predoctoral Humanities NAS Board Room Moderator – Natalia Molina, University of California, San Diego Participants – Barbara Rodriguez, Tufts University, and Lorena Oropeza, University of California, Davis A Road Map to Graduate School Graduate School may seem like it’s going to last forever, but it’s not. You need skills that address your short-term needs (how will these classes help me develop a dissertation topic?) as well as your long-term needs (how will I find a job?). This workshop is intended to help you with both. Presenters will outline and discuss strategies to develop dissertation topics, set and meet writing deadlines, ways to develop a productive working relationship with advisors, and how to establish networks to help you land a job.
	Predoctoral Social Sciences Lecture Room Moderator – Annie Belcourt-Dittloff, University of Montana Participants – Billie Jo Kipp, University of Montana This workshop will discuss strategies to help you survive and thrive the first few critical years of the doctoral program in the social sciences. Topics to be discussed include: The importance of identifying strategies for balancing your professional and personal life in order to get the most out of your doctoral program; ways to enhance creativity, tenacity, and flexibility as you progress through your graduate program; advice on ways you can improve your organizational, communication and oral presentation skills in order to meet the demands of graduate school; and the importance of choosing a mentor/advisor and managing advisor/advisee relationships.
	Dissertation Sciences NAS Room 148 Moderator – Yvette Huet Hudson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Participants – Ingrid Padilla, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, and Nicholas Kenney, Hampton University When you are approaching the end of your graduate career you have to start thinking about putting all your research data into a cohesive written product. At the same time you are looking forward to what you will be doing after it’s turned in. This Workshop will highlight some of the useful skills and tips needed for clearing this important hurdle (i.e., writing your dissertation) and some of the important things to keep in mind while searching for a post-doctoral position or first job.
	Dissertation Humanities NAS Room 280 Moderator – Gabrielle Foreman, Occidental College Participant – Richard Yarborough, University of California, Los Angeles, Peniel Joseph, SUNY at Stony Brook, and Ruth Burks, Bentley College Bringing it Home Away from Home: How to Make a Residential Dissertation Fellowship or Temporary Position Work for You or, How to Work a Dissertation Fellowship This humanities workshop will explore the advantages and potential pitfalls of residential fellowships and visiting professorships available to students as they finish their dissertations. What should you consider when applying? How can you balance your teaching workload and institutional expectations while making maintaining your dissertation as your priority? How do you identify landmines and problem departments? How do you best maintain communication with your advisor and committee? How can you use human and institutional resources to effectively transition out of graduate school and into your first job? What about multi-year fellowships and transitions to post-doctoral grants? What can you negotiate in terms of housing, travel funds, and responsibilities? This workshop aims to equip participants with information that will help them make good choices and take full advantage of these fellowships. There will be plenty of time for discussion.
	Dissertation Social Sciences NAS Room 180 Moderator – Connie L. McNeely, George Mason University Participants – Alfonso Morales, University of Wisconsin, Madison A wide variety of questions, decisions, and challenges can arise for students at the beginning, in the midst, or nearing completion of the dissertation phase of their graduate careers. Focusing on the social sciences, this workshop will address both practical and strategic issues and will look to provide information and resources for dealing with the academic and personal demands that the dissertation process can pose. Discussion topics will include, among other things, mentor and committee relationships, identifying and avoiding pitfalls while staying the course, professional networks, dissemination tactics, and looking ahead. Moreover, the workshop will take an interactive format, allowing opportunities for fellows to pose questions and to offer insights from their own experiences.
	Postdoctoral Sciences NAS Room 142 Moderator – Beronda Montgomery, Michigan State University Participants – Elena Casey, Georgetown University, Steven Richardson, Howard University, and Delfina Dominguez, University of Texas at El Paso Postdoctoral experience is a de facto requirement for an academic career in research science, as well as many positions in industry and government. As such, the importance of planning for a successful postdoc and choosing a supportive host laboratory can not be underestimated. The necessity of strategically mapping out the postdoctoral research plan and the career beyond will be discussed. Timing, funding and institutional location of postdoctoral experiences also will be addressed.
	Postdoctoral Humanities NAS Room 250 Moderator – Peaches Henry, Baylor University Participants – Otto Santa Ana, University of California, Los Angeles, and Marie-Theresa Hernandez, University of California, Santa Cruz This workshop will help you make the most of your fellowship. The panelists will offer advice on how to avoid pitfalls and how to take advantage of opportunities. They will answer frequently asked questions about the postdoctoral experience. Also, panelists will suggest ways to network and develop meaningful relationships with your host institution and colleagues.
	Postdoctoral Social Sciences NAS Room 150 Moderator – James Jackson, University of Michigan Participant – Michael Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles This workshop will address the transition from doctoral student to postdoctoral fellow in the social sciences. Although not yet a required aspect of the student to job transition, as in the physical sciences, postdoctoral fellowships are becoming an increasingly larger part of job preparation and job transition processes in the social sciences. This workshop will focus on the conceptual, strategic and practical aspects of deciding upon whether or not to pursue a postdoctoral experience, what are the choices and types of experiences possible, and practical strategies for applying and securing postdoctoral positions. The workshop will use an interactive format, allowing fellows to interact among the organizers and other workshop participants, with plenty of time for questions and answers.
4:15–6:00 pm	Poster Presentations Rotunda Moderators: Beronda Montgomery, Michigan State University, Erika Camacho, Loyola University, and Yvette Huet-Hudson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Participants – Robert Carrillo, Yale University, “Constructing a Genetically-Encoded, Synapse-Specific Calcium Indicator” Socorro Castañeda-Liles, University of California, Santa Barbara, ”A Mi Virgensita la Llevo en la Sangre: A sociological account of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the lives of working class Chicanas & Mexicanas” Christena Cleveland, University of California, Santa Barbara, “The Relationship between Perceived Ability to Succeed, Teammate Performance and Cardiovascular Responses” Victoria Coleman, American University, “Racial and Gender Differences in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents’ Perceptions of Mentoring” Lindzy D. Friend, Washington University in St. Louis, “Disruption of the Proline Rich C-terminal Motif of CD28 Results in Formation, and Cytokine Production” Amina Humphrey, University of California, Los Angeles, “Reading Race, Reading Gender: An Analysis of Picture Books about Skin Color and Hair Texture for African American Females” Scott Izu, New Mexico State University, “An Interpretation of Laplacian Eigenmaps in the LLE Framework” Kayenda T. Johnson, Virginia Tech University, “Process, Preference, and Performance: The Role of Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status in Computer Interface Metaphor Design” Stephanie A. Morris, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “Histone H3K36 methylation is associated with transcription elongation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe” Anna Osland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “Increasing Disaster Resilience for the Latino Population of Durham County, North Carolina” Keshari Thakali, Michigan State University, “K+ Channels Differentially Modulate Constraction to Hydrogen Peroxide (H202) in Arteries and Veins; Effects in Deoxycorticosterone Acetate (DOCA)—salt Hypertension”
	Representatives from other Fellowship Programs and Resources Outside Auditorium Aziza Baccouche, Aziza Productions Wilsonia D. Cherry, National Endowment for the Humanities Phillip Atiba Goff, Pennsylvania State University Melissa Green, Harriett Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowships, United Negro College Fund Frank Hall, National Science Foundation Shirley Malcom, American Association for the Advancement of Science Tere Martinez, Academy for Educational Development Chris McPhaul, Science and Technology Fellowship Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science Richard Nader, National Science Foundation Susan Parris, International Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation Alyson Reed, National Postdoctoral Association Cynthia Robinson, American Association for the Advancement of Science Sage Russell, American Association for the Advancement of Science Robert Shepard, Science & Engineering Alliance Anthony Teolis, International Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation Chad Womack, NIH Postdoctoral Health Disparities Scholars Fellowship Program, National Institutes of Health
6:00–8:00 pm	Reception Great Hall
6:30–8:30 pm	Buses to The Key Bridge Marriott Hotel Meet buses outside the C Street Entrance

Saturday, October 1, 2005

Key Bridge Marriott Hotel
1401 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA

8:00–8:30 am	Continental Breakfast View Ball Room and JW Steakhouse, Top Floor of Hotel
8:30–8:45 am	Announcements and Opening Sessions Potomac Ballroom, Lobby Level
8:45–9:15 am	Reflections on the Theme: Strategies for Empowering Communities and Developing Partnerships Antonia Castañeda, St. Mary’s University
9:15–10:00 am	Reflections on the Theme: Strategies for Empowerment in the Current Climate Kimberlé Crenshaw, Columbia University
10:00–5:00	One-on-One with Publishers Jackson and Madison Rooms, Third Floor
	One-on-One Advising Lincoln Room, Third Floor
9:45–10:00 am	Break
10:15–11:45 am	Academic Exchange Sessions
	Philosophy and Religion Francis Scott Key Ballroom B, Lower Level Moderator – Jualynne Dodson, Michigan State University Participants – Jerry Miller, Haverford College, “How to be Immune to Terror” Joel Martinez, University of Arizona, “Virtue Ethics and Moral Education” Michael Leo Owens, Emory University, “Collaborating with Caesar: Factors Predicting Church Willingness to Seek Public Funding for Social Welfare Provision in the United States”
	Anthropology Georgetown Salon A, Lower Level Moderator – Kesha Fikes, University of Chicago Participants – Erick Castellanos, Brown University, “The Failure of Imagination: Latino Union Activism and Struggles in Washington” Socorro Castañeda-Liles, University of California, Santa Barbara: ”A Mi Virgensita la Llevo en la Sangre: A sociological account of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the lives of working class Chicanas & Mexicanas” T. S. Harvey, Case Western Reserve University, “The Anatomy of Race: An Essay Towards Lasting Equality”
	Math, Physical Science & Engineering 1 Washington Room, Third Floor Moderator – Ron Mickens, Georgia Institute of Technology Participants – Robert Fairchild, Georgetown University, “Anionic ‘Guest’ Encapsulation Within Metalated ‘Hosts’” Kim M. Lewis, Louisiana State University, “Conductive Probe Atomic Force Microscopy Characterization of Porphyrin-Based Molecules for Molecular Electronics” James W. Mickens, University of Michigan, “Modeling Epidemic Spreading in Mobile Environments”
	Psychology (Clinical & Experimental) Georgetown Salon B, Lower Level Moderator – Alex Chaparro, Wichita State University Participants – Sabine E. French, University of Illinois at Chicago, “Ethnic Identity in Context” Kimberly Rios Morrison, Stanford University, “The Effects of Threat and Ingroup Identification on Social Dominance Orientation” Elizabeth J. Santa Ana, Yale University School of Medicine, “Efficacy of Group Motivational Interviewing for Dually Diagnosed Inpatients”
	Cultural Studies Georgetown Salon C, Lower Level Moderator – Maude Hines, Portland State University Participants – Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman, Gettysburg College, “Aberrance and Abjection in Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” Eden Osucha, Duke University, “The Intimate Bounds of Whiteness: Private Personhood between the Commodity and the Color Line” Derrick R. Spires, Vanderbilt University, “The ‘Deepest of All Southern States’: Mississippi in the New York Times, 1960-1963”
	Social Science 1 Francis Scott Key Ballroom A, Lower Level Moderator – Angela Gonzales, Cornell University Participants – Anastasia C. Curwood, Vanderbilt University, “Stormy Weather: New Negro Marriages 1918-1940” Renee Pualani Louis, University of Hawaii, Manoa, “Hawaiian place names: Mnemonic symbols in a Hawaiian performance cartography” Rita Rico, University of California, Los Angeles, “Dual Nationals: La Raza in Solidarity for Citizen Rights”
	Biomedical Sciences & Molecular Biology Jefferson Room, Third Floor Moderator – Veronica Sandoval, Duke University Medical Center Aaron Snead, University of California, San Francisco, “Fast Action Activities of Thyroid Hormone Metabolites” Rigo Pantoja, California Institute of Technology, “Incorporating a fluorescent unnatural amino acid into the nicotinic receptor” John Kauwe, Washington University in St. Louis, “A Scan of Chromosome 10 Identifies Novel Candidate Genes Showing Strong Association to Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease”
11:45–12:45	Lunch View Ball Room and JW Steakhouse, Top Floor of Hotel
1:00–2:30 pm	Special Interest Sessions
	1. Public Advocacy and Public Intellectuals Jefferson Room, Third Floor Moderator – Annie Belcourt-Dittloff, University of Montana Participants – James Jennings, Tufts University, and Estevan Rael-Gálvez, State Historian of New Mexico The special interest session for public advocacy and public intellectuals will feature discussion and interaction with three Ford Fellows. Dr. James Jennings (Tufts University) is nationally renowned for his expertise regarding issues of public advocacy and intellect for persons of color. He will discuss the role public advocacy and public intellectualism plays in the national arena and resultant contemporary implications for Ford Fellows. Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez (New Mexico State Historian) will speak about the role of public advocacy within New Mexico’s history and culture. Moderator Annie Belcourt-Dittloff (The University of Montana) will focus on the role of public advocacy in mental health and health care for persons of color, particularly for Native Americans.
	2. Balancing Life and Career Georgetown Salon B, Lower Level Moderator – Yvette Huet-Hudson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Participants – Gregory Florant, Colorado State University, and Teresita Martinez-Vergne, Macalester College As graduate students, we typically learn from our mentors about how to be successful in our particular area of academia. If we are lucky we will learn something about how to handle the mix of work, home life and other interests. One thing we have learned over the years is that there is no 'right way' to balance different parts of your life. Different approaches work for different people and at different times of our lives. This session will address issues related to this balancing act and hopefully give everyone new ideas for creating space for all the pieces of their lives.
	3. Teaching Georgetown Salon C, Lower Level Moderator – Dorceta Taylor, University of Michigan The workshop will focus on teaching effectively in multicultural classroom settings. This session will examine teaching about race, gender and social inequality in courses traditionally considered "science" courses where students don't expect to encounter such content. The seminar will focus on how to teach large classes of students of a variety of racial backgrounds who are also from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. The discussion will cover how to establish a presence in the classroom, establish norms of high academic standards, spot cheating (especially plagiarism), set up electronic classroom support systems, and evaluate students with consistency. The seminar will also cover teaching aids, activities that get students motivated to take the course seriously and learn the materials, and career and professional development within the classroom.
	4. Tenure Georgetown Salon A, Lower Level Moderator – Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, University of California, Davis Participants – Denise Anne Segura, University of California, Santa Barbara, James Curry, University of Colorado, and Deena Gonzalez, Loyola Marymount University Tenure. This workshop introduces Ford Fellows to the tenure process. In this workshop, past Ford Fellows will give advice on what to expect in the tenure process, how to work towards securing tenure, and how to balance the three requirements of research, teaching, and service. The three workshop presenters include a sociologist, historian and mathematician and represent faculty in both a liberal arts college and research universities.
	5. Publishing Books Francis Scott Key Ballroom A, Lower Level Moderator – Franklin Knight, Johns Hopkins University Participants – Furaha Norton, Oxford University Press, Ian Randle, Ian Randle Publishers, Theresa May, University of Texas Press, and Seetha Srinivasan, University of Mississippi Press Four large, successful academic publishers from Oxford University Press, Ian Randle Publishers, the University of Texas Press, and the University of Mississippi Press will discuss the ways in which their academic presses make their selections and the requirements for making successful submissions. Academic publishing constitutes one of the most important aspects of a successful academic career and this session offers an excellent opportunity to de-mystify the process and gain valuable insights for Ford Fellows' future publishing.
	6. Negotiating for Success Washington Room, Third Floor Moderators – Gabrielle Foreman, Occidental University, and Federico Subervi, Texas State University Participants – Otto Santa Ana, University of California, Los Angeles and Sandy Grande, Connecticut College In "Negotiating for Success," we will explore strategies for job negotiation that serve both fellows and their communities. With so much attention placed on salary and status, it is easy to overlook the substantive things that allow fellows to both partner with and support our constituencies inside and outside of the Academy. Of course we also need to protect ourselves as we move toward tenure and promotion. The group of scholars on this panel will speak to fellows at all levels of their professional development about that critical nexus of negotiation and job selection. How did they negotiate with their institution to enact their particular vision? What rewarding community partnerships have they enacted? What have they learned? What would they do differently? This workshop will discuss items to negotiate beyond salary, start up funds, and office space including: research and programming assistance and budgets, course releases, professional development funds, and funds and staff support for the work with students of color, community partnerships. Our goal is to empower fellows to empower themselves and the communities they care about.
	7. Publishing Science Articles Adams Room, Third Floor Moderator – Wilson Francisco, Arizona State University Participants – Sekazi Mtingwa, Harvard University, and Susan Anton, New York University Publishing is one of the most important aspects of a scientific career. It is widely accepted that the scientific endeavor is not complete until it has been documented. This panel will discuss the various types of scientific publications, tips on the preparation of “publishable“ papers and the review process. Other topics, including authorship, selection of referees and dealing with rejection, will also be discussed. This session should be of interest to graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty.
	8. Funding Resources Francis Scott Key Ballroom B, Lower Level Moderator – Jonathan Yorba, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes Foundation Participants – Wilsonia Cherry, National Endowment for the Humanities; J.V. Martinez, U.S. Department of Energy, and Frank Hall, National Science Foundation Grant writing and funding is of the utmost importance for career development of many, if not all, academics, including Ford Fellows. The goal of this session is to provide Ford Fellows with information regarding funding resources at the NEH, NSF, and DOE. This session will be mostly devoted to offering information about funding resources and basic grant writing skills, with time for questions from the audience. We are very fortunate and honored to have the following panelists with us for this session: Dr. Wilsonia Cherry (NEH), Dr. Frank Hall (NSF) and Dr. J.V. Martinez (DOE). Not only are these panelist leaders in their respective Institutes and fields, they also have significant experience in grant writing and evaluating, mentorship and guidance. Therefore, the time these important panelists have allocated to us underscores the importance of this session for all predoctoral, postdoctoral and starting faculty. It is our intention that each panelist speak for about 10-15 minutes about their programs followed by 5 minutes of questions. This session promises to be a very informative session for all.
2:45–3:45 pm	The “New” Diversity: Strategies for Empowerment Potomac Ballroom, Lobby Level Moderators – Yvette Huet-Hudson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Jorge Garcia, Boston College
3:45–5:15 pm	Academic Exchange Sessions
	History Georgetown Salon B, Lower Level Moderator – Ben Vinson, Pennsylvania State University Participants – Aisha Finch, New York University, “Slave Communities, Labor, and Resistance in 1844: Cuba’s Conspiracy of La Escalera” Genelle Gaudinez, University of Southern California, “Colonialism and Class Contrast, “Comparing Filipino and Puerto Rican labor Immigration” Gina Marie Pitti, Arizona State University, “To ‘Hear About God in Spanish’: Mexican American Catholics in Northern California, 1942-1965”
	Counseling and Education Washington Room, Third Floor Moderator – Richard Valencia, University of Texas at Austin Participants – Keffrelyn D. Brown, University of Wisconsin, Madison, “What are We Really Afraid of? Locating Conceptions of Risk Across a Multisited Educational Context” Amina Humphrey, University of California, Los Angeles, “Reading Race, Reading Gender: An Analysis of Picture Books and Hair Texture for African American Females” James L. Rodriguez, San Diego State University, “Sociocultural Adaptation and Academic Performance Among Mexican-Origin Adolescents: An Ecological Approach”
	Performance Studies, Art History, Ethnomusicology Georgetown Salon A, Lower Level Moderator – Barbara L. Hampton, Hunter College Participants – Christen A. Smith, Stanford University, “Shock and Siege: Street Theater and the Verbal Revolution without Firearms in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil” Pearlie Rose Salaveria Baluyut, University of California, Los Angeles, “Institutions and Icons of Patronage, Arts and Culture in the Philippines during the Marcos Years, 1965-1986” Carroll Blue, University of Central Florida, “The Dubai Orlando Project and the Dawn Project: an overview of two new media communication prototypes”
	Language, Literature, Linguistics Francis Scott Key Ballroom B, Lower Level Moderator – Jeane Breinig, University of Alaska, Southeast Participants – Shirley Moody, University of Maryland, College Park, “Anna Julia Cooper and the Hampton Folklore Society: Theorizing a Black Folk Aesthetic” Robin V. Smiles, University of Maryland, College Park, “Romance, Race and Resistance in Contemporary African American Narrative” Scott Manning Stevens, State University of New York at Buffalo, “Cultural Mediations: or, How We Listen to Lewis and Clark’s Indian Artifacts”
	Social Science 2 Francis Scott Key Ballroom A, Lower Level Moderator – Paulla Ebron, Stanford University Participants – David Flores, University of Michigan, “An Ethnographic Study of Day Labor Works in the Urban Midwest” Julie A. Garcia, University of Michigan, “Motivations to Disclose a Concealable Stigma: Exploring the Antecedents and Consequences of Ego-Based and Non-Ego Based Goals” Phillip Atiba Goff, Pennsylvania State University, “Whiteness matters: How White Identity Politics Shape Contemporary Discrimination”
	Media & Communications Georgetown Salon C, Lower Level Moderator – Federico Subervi, Texas State University Participants – Deborah L. Jaramillo, University of Texas at Austin, “High Concept Reimagined: CNN, FNC, and the 2003 invasion of Iraq” Laura Isabel Serna, Harvard University, “’Mi Tierruca’: Masculinity, Mass Culture, and Mexicanidad in the 1920s” Angela Reyes, Hunter College, "The Use of African American English by Asian American Speakers"
	Biomedical Sciences 2 Jefferson Room, Third Floor Moderator – Gregory Florant, Colorado State University Participants – Kileen Mershon, University of California, Los Angeles, “Generation of Human IgGs Against GXM with Alterations in Effector Functions” Melanie Moses, University of New Mexico, “Metabolic scaling from individuals to societies” Robert Carrillo, Yale University, “Constructing a Genetically-Encoded, Synapse-Specific Calcium Indicator”
	Math, Physical Science & Engineering 2 Monroe Room, Third Floor Moderator – Ron Mickens, Georgia Institute of Technology Participants – David T. Bradley, University of Nebraska, “The Sound of Buildings: Determining the Effects of Architectural Parameters on Sound Decay in Coupled Volume Spaces” Rosalind Wynne, Villanova University, “Microstructured Optical Fiber Fabrication: An Integrated Parametric Approach” Judith Segura, Stanford University, “Two-way coupled particle-laden large eddy simulation (PLES)”
5:30–6:00 pm	Closing Potomac Ballroom, Lobby Level