Abstract: Combining protest art of the 1960's and 70's with the struggle against colonialism in Latin America, Hugo Gonzalez displays works of his own creation that joins the two together in a display of resistance art.

Abstract: Through examining music and its relation to protest in America - from Billie Holiday's haunting "Strange Fruit" to the songs of today - this paper seeks to analyze how music has addressed inequality and whether or not the themes used in protest songs have changed over time.

Abstract: Explore the complicated story of José Limón's place in American history as a Mexican dancer who performed as part of Eisenhower's Fund for the Arts diplomacy program. Using articles from the Atlanta Journal Constitution and other newspapers from the South, this paper explores his role as a Mexican performer during the Cold War, his achieved "whiteness" through government documentation, and the complications of race in the era of Jim Crow.

Abstract: Jamaican Dancehall music, a child of Reggae, was created in the late 1970's to reflect the realities of the nation’s marginalized and impoverished communities. This research explores how and to what extent did lower class Jamaican women use Dancehall music for economic empowerment and sexual liberation in the 1980's – 1990's and seeks to challenge the stereotyping of Dancehall and Jamaican culture in scholarship on the subject that portrays women participants as hyper-sexual and exploited.