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Anthropology Capstone Presentations - Spring 2019Conversion, Code-Switching, and Varied CommunitiesTuesday May 7, 2019 / 10:00 - 11:40 a.m.Hauge Administration Building, Room 202Marissa MoultrieVijoleta WallaceShannon BaileyLukas AberleMarissa Moultrie “The Assurance of Prosperity: Neoliberalism, the Prosperity Gospel, and Pentecostal Christianity in Southern Ghana” Vijoleta Wallace “Business Code-Switching: Sociocultural Knowledge for Career Advancement in Cosmopolitan Singapore” Shannon

demonstrated by differing prayers, language, and religious figures such as Lady Guadalupe or Santa Muerte. Today, the effects of colonialism can still be seen in Mexico, now in the form of Neoliberalism, most obvious in the maquiladoras, assembly factories reliant on cheap labor, of Mexico’s northern border. Arguments have been made that Neoliberalism is also partly responsible for violence and drug trafficking in the many Latin American states. Past and present violence, injustices, and stigma have

Kenny StancilGraduation Year: 2013 Location: Santiago, Chile Project Title: Confronting Neoliberalism and Creating Spaces of Transformation through the Chilean Students Movement: FAU “en toma” 2011Brief Summary of Research Project:I returned to Santiago for five weeks during the summer of 2012 to learn about how Chilean students have made use of space throughout their movement for free, quality public education. I focused in particular on the five-month long occupation of the University of

deepest gratitude to my advisors; Professor Michael Zbaraschuk, Professor Jordan Levy, and Professor Peter Grosvenor. I also want to say thank you to all of the staff and faculty working in the Global Studies Department at PLU for fostering my love for a globally informed education.Critiquing Neoliberalism: Placing NAFTA and Its Attempt to Reform Under a MicroscopeUsing radical international relations theory, this capstone research project looks at neoliberalism and its hegemonic implementation

, including poverty and inequality, marginalization, informality, urbanization, violence, and sustainable development. Selected bibliography: Love, J. (2005). The Rise and Decline of Economic Structuralism in Latin America. Latin American Research Review, 40(3) Franko, P. (2007). The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Weyland, K. (2004). Assessing Latin American Neoliberalism: Introduction to a Debate. Latin American Research Review, 39(3) Koonings, K., & D