Department of Geography

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Friday June 7, 2002

HUB 309

9:00 Welcome and Introduction

Professor Vicky Lawson

9:05-10:00: Sustainability

Introduction: Professor Tim Nyerges

Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Times	Sean Wellnitz Emily Lee Carlos Barros Max Perry
Seattle P-Patch Siting Project, 2002	Brenda Walsh Sejin Kim Carlton Bronson Chris Kalaluhi
Pollution In King County: A Vulnerability Analysis	Leah Demetillo Teresa Boad Gregory Lyons James Day
Food Sustainability and Development In Rural China	Angela Chen

10:00--11:00: Movement

Introduction: Professor Lucy Jarosz

Seattle Transportation: Getting Capital Improvement Program Projects on a Map	Nick Boone Steve Knapp James Simon Geramy Wong David Butler
King County Suspended Rail Proposal	Teresa Boad Kirstin Highlander
Feasibility of Bus Rapid Transit In Seattle	Yorik Stevens-Wajda
Mathematical Models of Dynamic Marine Transportation Networks	Tyler Roberts Zach Frazier

11:00--11:15 Break

11:15--12:00: Access

Introduction: Professor Kam Wing Chan

Ease of Access To Shopping and Services In King County	Kirstin Highlander Cora Matthew
China's Emerging Middle Class	Mancy Tang
Casa Latina: Making Space For Latinos In Seattle	Erin Mullins
Digital Divide: Access To Technology and Information In Seattle	Andrew Benton Gina Coccia Heather Kandoll

NOON-1:00
Lunch: All Participants Invited

1:00--1:45: Citizenship

Introduction: Professor Michael Brown

Fear On the Fringe: The Relationship Between Fear of Crime and the Geography of Women	Robyn Welch SUMMER HOWE
The Makah Tribe Versus the Environmental Movement	Phillip Musegaa
Racial Profiling and Traffic Stops	John K. Lee
Corporate Handouts and Public Good: The Real and Imagined Effects of Local Economic Development Policies	Ben Kaser

1:45-2:45: Representation

Introduction: Professor Kim England

A Customized Signage Interface For GIS	Sung Lee Joe Wong Michelle Salgado Jungeun Joh Jiyun Shin
DINKy Dog Day Care: A GIS Site Location Project	Kirstin Highlander Carlos Barros Cora Matthew
The Faith of Womanhood: Meanings and Struggles Around Femininity for Christian Women on Campus	Annalisa Steinnes
Designing Popular Health Education In Kenya	Yarrow Goding

2:45--3:00 Break

3:00--3:45: Scale

Introduction: Professor Jonathan Mayer

Watersheds At Multiple Scales	Charles Groth Aimee Pierce Matthew Jackson Malia Jaylo Matt Ike
China's Special Economic Zones.	Annie Han
Fanning the Embers of Disease: An Analysis of Infectious Disease Rates in Honduras Following Hurricane Mitch	Robert Wilson
Growth and Change In Washington's "Timber-Dependent" Counties, 1969--1999	Stephen Hyde

3:45--4:30: Globalization

Introduction: Professor Matt Sparke

Impacts of the WTO and Reforms of the Legal System on Industrialization of China	Marcel Martineau
UN Refugee Policies and Asylum In the US	Sarah Mosely
Debates Over GMOs and Hunger	Danielle Hayashi
Grounding Ground Zero: The President, Geopolitics and Territorialization After September 11	Cale Berkey

The Department would like to thank The Office of Undergraduate Education for a grant for a pilot program developing undergraduate research skills among Geography majors. Recipients of this year's Undergraduate Research Awards included:

Cale Berkey

Steve Hyde

Ben Kaser

Erin Mullins

Philip Musegaas

Annalisa Steinnes

Yorik Stevens-Wajda

Robyn Welch

Robert Wilson

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Thanks to Professors Matthew Sparke and Timothy Nyerges, Dr. Richard Roth, Aaron Dixon, Nikki Tran Chau, Sarah Webb-Smeltzer and Donna Bellinger for program planning and logistics.
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The University of Washington's Department of Geography offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in all aspects of human geography, including the interaction of human activities and the natural environment. It s Doctoral program is rated among the best ten in the U.S., based on the quality of faculty and curriculum. For more information about the department and its programs of study, see our website(http://depts.washington.edu/geog/) or contact Dr. Rick Roth (rroth@u.washington.edu)."