Washington & Jefferson College Howard J. Burnett Center 292 E. Wheeling St. Washington, PA tel

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1 Howard J. Burnett Center 292 E. Wheeling St. Washington, PA tel

2 CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS WELCOME to the fourth annual Undergraduate Asian Studies Research Conference, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Asia Consortium and. PITTSBURGH ASIA CONSORTIUM The Pittsburgh Asia Consortium (PAC) is a collaboration of academic and non-profit organizations in and around the greater Pittsburgh area. PAC aims to foster greater knowledge and understanding about Asia. The goal is to bring together organizations with an interest in educating academics, students, and the community about Asia, but who may individually lack sufficient faculty, resources, or finances to do so on a sustained basis. Members include the of Pittsburgh, Slippery Rock, Indiana of, Saint Vincent, Duquesne, Carlow, Grove City, Chatham, California of, and. ABOUT WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE, located in Washington, Pa., is a selective liberal arts college founded in Committed to providing each of its students with the highest-quality undergraduate education, W&J offers a traditional arts and sciences curriculum while emphasizing a diverse community committed to multicultural and global understanding. Poojan Jayeshbhai Shah Aashil Alay Shah Rutva Kalpeshkumar Shah Rishi Maulik Shah Pranav Shekhawat Kinjal Suketu Sheth Sanjot Singh Sartaj Singh Chelsea Sisk Paul Snyder Ben Su Anna Sun* Stephanie Sweat Hallie Synan Philip Tanenbaum Sakshi Chiragbhai Thakkar Rakshita Vinodkumar Totla Sue Tran Jainam Jigneshbhai Turakhia Zachary Vasicak Sakshi Lalbahdur Vyas Rebecca Wallace Mark Weaver Kristin Woodlen Cori Woods Anthony Zinobile* at Buffalo Bloomsburg of of Pittsburgh SUNY Binghamton Kenyon of Pittsburgh Indiana of of Pittsburgh Grove City Bloomsburg Indiana of sanjotni@buffalo.edu Cs36573@huskies.bloomu.edu pxs1@pitt.edu bsu8@binghamton.edu suna@kenyon.edu sweats@jay.washjeff.edu synanhe@jay.washjeff.edu pht4@pitt.edu transl@jay.washjeff.edu z.vasicak@iup.edu rew60@pitt.edu WeaverMR1@gcc.edu khw55272@huskies.bloomu.edu csts@iup.edu ajzinobile@hotmail.com

3 CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Tyler McCullough Aaditya Hasmukhkumar Mehta Lijuan Meng* Shashwat Modnath Mishra Riddhi Parimal Modi Linus Morales Madison Nervig Ashley Nicholson Himisha Kiritkumar Parmar Nirja Mehulkumar Patel Rootu Vinay Patel Palak Dilip Patel Keval Arvindbhai Patel Garrett Plue Het Milan Pobaroo Neeta Paavan Prakash Molly Pratt-Cassidy Lev Pravda Farah Rahman Shivrajsinh Rajendrasinh Rana Vatika Satyanarayan Rathi Ellen Raum Lucas Ray Kayleigh Reed Hanna Santanam Alexandria Sayers Grove City Indiana of Chatham Indiana of at Buffalo Binghamton, State Univeristy of New York Case Western Reserve Indiana of Duquesne at Buffalo at Buffalo 8:00-10:00 AM REGISTRATION Howard J. Burnett Center, First Floor Lobby 8:30-10:00 AM PANEL SESSION 1 PANEL 1 PANEL 2 PANEL 3 The Rise of China, Chinese Nationalism, and Territorial Disputes in the East and South China Seas Chair: Katherine Carlitz, of Pittsburgh MICHAEL DICIANNA, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY The Future of the East China Sea PHILIP TANENBAUM, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Chinese Military on the South China Sea: How Economic Trends and Force Modernization Will Dictate Military Policy in the Region BENJAMIN BLACK, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY The South China Sea in State Media Propaganda: a Nationalistic Perspective REBECCA WALLACE, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Chinese Nationalism and the Confucius Institutes War, Rebellion, and Refugees in the Chinese and Muslim Worlds Room 203, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Patrick Caffrey, PAUL SNYDER, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH The Intersection of the Taiping Rebellion and the Second Opium War HALLIE SYNAN, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Roots of Anti-Arab Sentiment in Australia FARAH RAHMAN, CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY Political and Historical Context of Refugee Health Challenges: Jordan and Lebanon in Comparative Perspective Marketing, Consumption, Investment, and Development Assistance Room 209, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Robert East, DAVID GARDNER, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Cross-Cultural Consumption in the East and West: Divided Consumer Habits and the Western Commodification of East Asian Goods

4 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS PANEL 3 PANEL 4 Understanding Contemporary China and Japan through History and Traditions Room 213, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Jim Cook, of Pittsburgh LUCAS RAY, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY Traditions and their Implications for the Future: China and Japan in Literature and History ELLEN RAUM, INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Reddening City: The Survival of the CCP in Shanghai, NOEL ELIZONDO, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY Nation, Market, and the Chinese Form of Government Today 10:15-11:45 AM PANEL SESSION 2 PANEL 5 PANEL 6 MELANIE MARINO, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Marketing Tactics in Thailand MADISON NERVIG, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Neocolonialism or Good Investment: An Analysis of Chinese Investments in Nigeria, Uganda, and South Africa KIRA BAIERL, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Foreign Aid and its Relevance to the Middle East Contending with Growth in China and India Chair: Jing Li, Duquesne BENJAMIN KLUB, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE The Rise of China and India INGRID LEXOVA, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Eco-cities in the PRC LAURA KILBURY, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY The Intersection of Sanitation and Education on Girls Education in Urban and Peri-urban Environments in India Love, Sexuality, and Gender Preference in East and South Asia Room 203, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Karen Kingsbury, Chatham Robert East* Noel Elizondo Zheya Gai* David Gardner Jody Gazda Radha Mukeshkumar Ghodasara Samuel Gonzales Ye Han* Manthan Dipakkumar Kanani Lynn Kawaratani* Ryan Kenney Neeta Khurana* Karen Kingsbury* Laura Kilbury Benjamin Klub Alexandra Kovacevic Alexander Krol John Kulp Gabrielle Lee Michelle Lei Elizabeth Levy Ingrid Lexova Jing Li* Margaret Mallonee Melanie Marino Evan Mason Jackie McCarthy Duquesne of Pittsburgh Indiana of of Pittsburgh sag117@pitt.edu yhan@washjeff.edu of Pittsburgh lyk12@pitt.edu kenneyrc@jay.washjeff.edu Chatham The George Washington of Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh at Buffalo at Buffalo Duquesne of Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh Saint Vincent reast@washjeff.edu elizondon@duq.edu zgai@washjeff.edu drobertgardner@gmail.com krxs@iup.edu kkingsbury@chatham.edu lkilbury@gwu.edu klubbd@jay.washjeff.edu kovacevicaj@jay.washjeff.edu krolam@washjeff.edu john.h.kulp@gmail.com gql1@pitt.edu mengjial@buffalo.edu ejlevy@buffalo.edu lexovai@jay.washjeff.edu lij@duq.edu mlm171@pitt.edu mkm66@pitt.edu ewm14@pitt.edu jacquelyn.mccarthy@stvincent.edu

5 CONFERENCE conference 1 PARTICIPANTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Shimony Sandeepkumar Agarwal Kira Baierl Aneesah Baksh Indigo Baloch Alan Baumler* Catherine Bayless Elizabeth Betancourt Benjamin Black Javier Borras Maria Brightman Adam Burgh Patrick Caffrey* Chyanne Caldwell Katherine Carlitz* Simran Anil Chhabraia Diarra Clarke James Cook* Jessica Crawford Peter Crivellaro Ryan Currie Priyanka Harish Daryani Joshua Dewaine Rahul Anilkumar Dewani Tejas Dave* Michael Dicianna *Faculty baierkm@jay.washjeff.edu at Buffalo aneesahb@buffalo.edu Chatham ibaloch@chatham.edu Indiana of baumler@iup.edu baylesscl@jay.washjeff.edu State Bloomsburg Chatham Saint Vincent State of Pittsburgh elib3@comcast.net bdb5244@psu.edu jab75148@huskies.bloomu.edu maria.brightman@chatham.edu adam.burgh@stvincent.edu pcaffrey@washjeff.edu coc5353@psu.edu kcarlitz@pitt.edu Chatham huclarke23@gmail.com of Pittsburgh jacook@pitt.edu of Pittsburgh jmc248@pitt.edu Indiana of vfws@iup.edu currierp@jay.washjef.edu dewainejt@jay.washjeff.edu Duquesne diciannam@gmail.com PANEL 6 PANEL 7 PANEL 8 PETER CRIVELLARO, INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Patriarchy, Pensions, and Patrilocality: Explaining Asia s Missing Women CORI WOODS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Daoist Sexual Vampirism and Confucian Self-Cultivation: The Ways of Chinese Fox Spirits ANEESAH BAKSH, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BUFFALO Physical versus Mystical Love in the Madhumalati, an Indian Sufi Romance Nationalism, Economy, and the Environment in Japan Room 209, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Alan Baumler, Indiana of RYAN KENNEY, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE The Yasukuni Shrine: A Geopolitically Controversial Subject STEPHANIE SWEAT, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Abenomics: Success or Failure? JOHN KULP, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH The Extinction of the Japanese River Otter Encounters with Language Study and Film Room 213, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Han Ye, LINUS MORALES, INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Effects of Synesthesia on Learning Chinese: A Personal Reflection SAMUEL GONZALES, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH The Discourse on Script Reform in Modern China EVAN MASON, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Modality in Classical Japanese: Rethinking the Way We Teach the Grammar of Auxiliary Verbs JACKIE MCCARTHY, SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE The Kill Bill Volumes: A Western View of Japanese Culture

6 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 12:00-1:30 PM LUNCH AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS Rossin Ballroom, second floor, Rossin Campus Center LUNCH Welcome to W&J By John Zimmerman, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Welcome to the 4th PAC Undergraduate Research conference By James Cook, Acting Director, Asian Studies Center, of Pittsburgh Introduction of Keynote Speaker By Zheya Gai, Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies, Keynote address: Journey to the East: An Intellectual Voyage By Anna Sun, Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies, Kenyon Anna Sun, a sociologist of religion and culture, shares the intellectual journey that led her to become a scholar of Chinese religion. She also shares what her students have taught her about their own intellectual journeys to the East in the 21st century. 1:45-3:15 PM PANEL SESSION 3 PANEL 10 PANEL 11 KAYLEIGH REED, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BUFFALO Intersection of Gazes: Steve McCurry s Depiction of India in National Geographic HANNA SANTANAM, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BUFFALO The Next King of Action: The Globalization of the Indian Male Body Through Film Culture Resource Issues in China: Water and Energy Room 209, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Robert East, MARGARET MALLONEE, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH China s South-North Water Transfer Project (SNWTP): A Cost- Benefit Analysis TYLER MCCULLOUGH, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Natural Products as an Alternative Fuel Source in China ALEXANDER KROL, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Lithium-ion Batteries as a Replacement for Fossil Fuels in China PANEL 9 Chinese Currency and the Global Banking System Chair: Alan Baumler, Indiana of PANEL 12 Buddhism at the Crossroads: Narcotics, Power, and Development Room 213, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Patrick Caffrey, PANEL 10 BEN SU AND LEV PRAVDA, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BINGHAMTON Chinese Central Bank Policy and Effects on Global Currency Markets MARK WEAVER, GROVE CITY COLLEGE Is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank a Healthy Competitor in the Global Banking System, or is it a Challenger to the World Order of Economics? Protest and Perception in India Room 203, Howard J. Burnett Center Chair: Lynn Kawaratani, of Pittsburgh JOSHUA DEWAINE, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE The Use of Altered Mental States in Buddhist Traditions ALEXANDRA KOVACEVIC, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE A Comparison of Uses of Buddhism as a Political Tool in Burma during the 21st Century ALEXANDRIA SAYERS, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE Mes Aynak: A Buddhist Complex at the Crossroads of Past, Present, and Future CHYANNE CALDWELL, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Progressive Steps in a Modern World: The Methods of Mahatma Gandhi and of the 1989 Tiananmen Protesters 3:15-4:15 PM PITTSBURGH ASIA CONSORTIUM FACULTY MEETING