| Department/Program |
Lead Author |
Title |
Date Time |
Project Type |
Mentor |
| American Studies / English |
Edward J. Piasecki ('03) |
Unmasking 'The Perfect Stranger': Pierre Boulez, Frank Zappa, and the Common Ground Between Modernism and Postmodernism |
May 1
4:00 pm |
Paper |
Steven E. Saunders |
| Anthropology |
Michael Greenberg ('04) |
Conceptions Of Stewardship And Ownership In The Cleanup Of Nomans Land Island: A Study Of Tribal/Non-Tribal Relations In The Town Of Aquinnah, Massachusetts |
|
Paper |
David L. Nugent, Jeffrey D. Anderson |
| Anthropology / Music |
Sarah Chapple-Sokol ('04) |
Cross-cultural, Technological, and Sociopolitical Influences in South African Kwela Music |
May 1
3:45 pm |
Paper |
Steven E. Saunders |
| Anthropology |
Kathryn Spirer ('03) |
From Maine Farms to Maine Colleges: The Symbolism and Reality Behind the Local Purchasing Efforts at Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin |
May 2
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Mary Beth Mills |
| Anthropology / African-American Studies |
Amina McIntyre ('04) |
Gathering Together in His Name: An Analysis of the Christian Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches' Pending Merger |
May 2
3:15 pm |
Paper |
Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes |
| Anthropology / African-American Studies |
Alexandra Gelbard ('03) |
Racism in Cuba: Yesterday and Today |
May 1
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Cheryl Townsand Gilkes |
| Art |
Adam N. Grassi ('03) |
Early Admission: A Redesigned Entrance to the Colby Campus |
May 1
3:45 pm |
Paper |
David L. Simon |
| Art |
Doan Trang T Nguyen ('03) |
St. Francis' Ideology and Its Franciscan and Clarissan Implementation |
May 2
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art / Philosophy |
Tracy Schloss ('03) |
The Allegorical and Artistic Use of Mirrors in Late Medieval Devotional Art |
May 2
2:00 pm |
Paper |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Kate Lydecker ('03) |
The Pilgrimage to the Sacro Monte at Varallo: A Journey in Personal Devotion |
May 2
2:20 pm |
Paper |
Veronique Plesch |
| Art / East-Asian Studies |
Doan Trang T Nguyen ('03) |
Vietnamese Interpretation and Integration of Religions |
May 1
1:45 pm |
Paper |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Elizabeth Urstadt ('03) |
Andachtsbilder: Aspiring to Become the Bride of Christ Through Images of Christ and St John and the Pietà |
May 2
1:20 pm |
Paper |
Véronique Plesch |
| Art |
Nicole Russo ('03) |
Nuns and Devotional Objects, Images and Practices |
May 2
1:40 pm |
Paper |
Veronique Plesch |
| Biology |
William S. McCloy ('03) |
Analysis of Land Use Patterns and Lake Water Quality in Central Maine Using Remote Sensing and a Geographic Information System (GIS) |
|
Poster |
Daniel Tierney, F. Russel Cole |
| Biology |
William S. McCloy ('03) |
Assessment of the Webber Pond Watershed Using a Geographic Information System (GIS) |
|
Poster |
David H. Firmage, F. Russell Cole |
| Biology |
Christopher P. Blomberg ('04) |
Automated Extraction and Analysis of Primers from Sequence Data. |
|
Poster |
Clare Bates Congdon, Judy L. Stone |
| Biology |
Mari Nishino ('03) |
B Cell Response by IL-4 Overproduction in Flaky Skin Mutant Mouse Spleen |
May 2
1:15 pm |
Paper |
Lynn Hannam |
| Biology / Computer Science |
Michelle J. Keady ('03) |
Finding Evidence of Selection for the BRCA1 Tumor Suppressor Gene |
|
Poster |
Clare Bates Congdon, Judy L. Stone |
| Biology |
Sarah E. Pierce ('03) |
Investigation of the Gene Governing Gametophytic Self Incompatibility (the S-gene) in a Population of Witheringia solanacea (Solanaceae) |
May 2
2:30 pm |
Paper |
Judy L. Stone |
| Biology |
Nicholas O. Markham ('04) |
Isolation and Characterization of Mercury Resistant Bacteria From Trout and Sediment Samples of the Governor Hill Fish Hatchery in Augusta, ME. |
|
Poster |
Frank A. Fekete, Keith Johnson |
| Biology |
Anna O. Carlson ('03) |
Isolation and Characterization of Mercury and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria from the Governor Hill Hatchery, Augusta, Maine |
|
Poster |
Frank A. Fekete |
| Biology |
Emily L. Weiser ('04) |
Kirk's Dik-dik In Tanzania: A Study of Territory Characteristics of A Dwarf Antelope |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Biology |
Erin Estey ('03) |
Lake Water Quality and Possible Remediation Techniques for Webber Pond, Kennebec County, Maine |
|
Poster |
David Firmage, Russell Cole |
| Biology |
Stephanie Tat ('03) |
Male Vocalization and Territoriality of a Brazilian Treefrog, Hyla faber |
|
Poster |
Catherine Bevier |
| Biology / Chemistry |
Erin Estey ('03) |
Mighty Bacteria: The Role of Microorganisms in the Cleanup of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill |
|
Poster |
Frank Fekete |
| Biology |
Jill S. Wentzell ('03) |
Screening the Human Genome for Trinucleotide Repeat Expansions |
May 2
1:45 pm |
Paper |
Judy L. Stone |
| Biology / Computer Science |
Andrew G. Harnett ('03) |
Secondary Structure Protein Folding In Silico |
|
Poster |
Clare Bates Congdon, Judy L. Stone |
| Biology |
Paul D. Mathewson ('03) |
The Diversity and Conservation of the World's Mammal Species |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Biology |
Kristin Larson ('03) |
The Effect of Male-male Interaction on Calling Behavior in the Brazilian Treefrog, Scinax perpusillus |
|
Poster |
Catherine Bevier |
| Biology |
Deborah Doberne ('03) |
The Effects of Selection on the Gene G6PD in Drosophila |
|
Poster |
Clare Bates Congdon, Judy L. Stone |
| Biology |
Jenna Morrison ('06) |
The Foraging Behavior of Butterflies on Bougainvillea |
|
Poster |
David Firmage, Russ Cole |
| Biology |
Elizabeth Mayhall ('03) |
The Primary Immune Response of Landlocked Salmon (Salmo salar) to the Protein Antigen DNP-KLH |
May 2
2:00 pm |
Paper |
Lynn Hannum |
| Biology |
Brie A. Drummond ('03) |
The Selection of Native and Invasive Plants by Frugivorous Birds. |
May 2
1:00 pm |
Paper |
W. Herbert Wilson |
| Biology |
Douglas C. Melzer ('03) |
Three Cereal Grain Proteins,TaABF, TaWD40, and AFN1, Have Putative Roles in the Abscisic Acid-mediated Gene Expression Pathway |
May 2
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Russell R. Johnson |
| Biology / Computer Science |
Daniel P. Morrison ('03) |
Tissue-specific Tissue Analysis Suggests Increased EST Library Contamination |
|
Poster |
Clare Bates Congdon, Judy L. Stone |
| Biology / Environmental Studies |
Sarah Brown ('03) |
Using a Geographic Information System (GIS) as a Tool for Land Use Change Analysis at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. |
|
Poster |
Daniel Tierney, F. Russell Cole |
| Chemistry |
Eric Nguyen ('04) |
Comparison of Stimulated Osteoclastogenesis in Two Mouse Strains |
May 2
4:25 pm |
Paper |
|
| Chemistry |
Amity Burr ('03) |
DNA-Binding Studies of Potential Anticancer Dirhodium Acetate Compounds |
|
Poster |
Shari Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Szymon Mikulski ('05) |
Determination and Optimization of Calcium and Phosphorus Content of Captive Bird Diets |
|
Poster |
Shari Uldrich Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Matthew Courtney ('03) |
Evaluation of Fe(II) Analysis Techniques in a Range of Natural Water Types |
May 2
4:50 pm |
Paper |
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| Chemistry |
Gregory Sawyer ('03) |
Flanking Sequences Modulate Diepoxide Cross-Linking Efficiencies at the 5'-GNC Site |
May 2
3:50 pm |
Paper |
Julie Tamsen Millard |
| Chemistry |
Andrew Moraco ('03) |
Hydrogen Bonding in Discrete Base Pairing Complexes Containing 6-Thioguanine |
May 2
5:15 pm |
Paper |
Stephen Ulrich Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Erik Lisk ('03) |
Mechanism of Hydrogen Peroxide Detection in Natural Waters |
May 2
3:00 pm |
Paper |
D. Whitney King |
| Chemistry |
Joshua Weitz ('03) |
Photochemical Generation of an Oxiranylcarbene |
May 2
3:25 pm |
Paper |
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| Chemistry / Biology |
Elizabeth Frederick ('03) |
S-RNase Gene Synthesis and Expression in Escherichia coli |
|
Poster |
Stephen Dunham |
| Computer Science / Biology |
Mahdi W. Bseiso ('04) |
Database Search for N-tuple Nucleotide Repeats in the Human Genome |
|
Poster |
Clare Bates Congdon, Judy L. Stone |
| Computer Science / Biology |
David A. Cohen ('04) |
Using Genetic Algorithms to Improve Genefinders |
|
Poster |
Clare Bates Congdon, Judy L. Stone |
| East-Asian Studies |
Ellie Roan ('03) |
Search for Roots: The Influence of 'The Past' on Fifth Generation Film |
May 1
2:00 pm |
Paper |
Kimberly A. Besio |
| East-Asian Studies |
Jonathan Devers ('05) |
Shusaku Endo's Novel Silence is Fiction |
May 2
5:00 pm |
Paper |
Tamae Prindle |
| East-Asian Studies |
Evan McGee ('03) |
Mishima Yukio's Short Stories |
May 2
3:45 pm |
Paper |
Tamae Prindle |
| Economics |
Vanessa L. J. Haleco ('03) |
Alternative Currencies: Their Social and Economic Contribution to Communities |
May 1
9:30 am |
Paper |
Michael R. Donihue |
| Economics |
Donna M. Pitteri ('03) |
Solid Waste Management in Maine: Challenges and Possible Solutions for Waterville |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Michael R. Donihue |
| Economics |
Christopher A. Zeien ('03) |
Tying Together World Economies: Using an Estimation of the J-Curve Phenomenon to Recreate the Asian Currency Crisis of 1997 |
May 1
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Michael R. Donihue |
| Economics |
Abigail Benjamin ('03) |
Economic Impact of Colby College on the Waterville Economy |
May 1
2:30 pm |
Paper |
Michael R. Donihue |
| Economics |
Peter Newberry ('03) |
Possible Contraction and Its Effect on 2002 Major League Baseball Attendance |
May 1
11:00 am |
Paper |
David W. Findlay, Michael R. Donihue |
| Economics |
Thomas V. Richardson ('03) |
The Effect of Competitive Balance on Individual Game Attendance in Major League Baseball |
May 2
2:00 pm |
Paper |
Randy A. Nelson |
| Economics |
Katrina Noyes ('03) |
The Economic Effects of British Colonialism on India: An Analysis of the Goods and Capital Markets, 1853-1947 |
May 1
10:00 am |
Paper |
Professor Micheal Donihue |
| Economics |
Grete Rod ('03) |
Capital Market Integration in Europe: Differing Experiences in the East and the West |
May 1
1:30 pm |
Paper |
Kashif Mansori |
| Economics |
Benjamin S. Hoffman ('03) |
Environmental Regulation and Its Effect on Technical Change for Electric Utilities |
May 2
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Randy A. Nelson |
| English / Anthropology |
Erin Hanrahan ('03) |
Media and the Use of English in Tanzania |
May 2
3:30 pm |
Paper |
Andrew Brown |
| English |
James B. Cowan ('03) |
Unwilling To Explain: Deceptiveness in Robert Frost |
May 2
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Peter B. Harris |
| English |
Alicia Ford ('03) |
William Blake and Popular Musical Interpretations of his Songs of Innocence and Experience |
May 2
4:45 pm |
Paper |
Karen Karbiener |
| French/Italian |
Kimberly Niederberger ('03) |
The Paradox of Napoleon Bonaparte: A Fallen Genius |
May 2
3:45 pm |
Paper |
Adrianna M. Paliyenko |
| Geology |
Amy Lansdale ('03) |
A Hydrogeochemical Analysis of a Contaminated Industrial Site |
|
Poster |
Jennifer Shosa |
| Geology |
Jonathan Allen ('03) |
A Sedimentologic and Plant Taphonomic Evaluation of the Early Middle Devonian Trout Valley Formation, Maine |
|
Poster |
Robert A. Gastaldo, Robert E. Nelson |
| Geology |
Christopher J. Becker ('03) |
An Exploration of The Mineralogy Along The Ultramafic - Mafic Contact of The Southern Moxie Pluton, Maine |
|
Poster |
Donald B. Allen |
| Geology / Chemistry |
Eleanor Boyce ('03) |
An Investigation of the Geology, Geochemistry, and Environmental Effects of the Harborside Mine on Cape Rosier, Maine |
|
Poster |
Jen Shosa, Shari Dunham |
| Geology |
Justin E. Ossolinski ('03) |
An Investigation of the Seasonal Hydrogeochemical Dynamics of a Complex Wetland in Central Maine |
|
Poster |
|
| Geology |
Robert W. Selover ('04) |
Estuarine Macrofossils From The Trout Vally Formation In The Northeast Corner of Baxter State Park |
|
Poster |
Robert E. Nelson, Robert Gastaldo |
| Geology / Science, Technology, and Society |
Robert W. Selover ('04) |
Geophysics and The Growth of the Oil Industry: A Comprehensive Look Into Technological Development And Its Role In Society |
|
Poster |
Leonard S. Reich |
| Geology |
Eleanor Boyce ('03) |
Petrologic Investigations of the Sloko Group Volcanics, Juneau Icefield, Northern British Columbia |
|
Poster |
Donald B. Allen, Mark Brandriss |
| Geology / Environmental Studies |
Beth Dushman ('03) |
Geochemical and Environmental Studies in the Belgrade Lakes Watershed, Central Maine |
May 2
3:15 pm |
Paper |
David Firmage, Jen Shosa |
| Government / Science, Technology, and Society |
Nathaniel Arguelles ('03) |
Challenges to Developing Iraq's Oil in the Post-Hussein Era: International Law and Legacies of Hussein's Rule |
May 2
4:15 pm |
Paper |
Lenny Reich |
| History |
Amity Burr ('03) |
A Surgical History of Breast Cancer |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Paper |
James Webb |
| History / Education and Human Development |
Melvin K. Ladera ('03) |
Early Minority Students of Colby College |
May 1
4:15 pm |
Paper |
Mark Tappan, Pat Burdick |
| History |
John Knoedler ('03) |
International Disease in Minnesota: The Effect of Immigration on Tuberculosis in the 19th and 20th Century |
May 1
2:00 pm |
Paper |
James Webb |
| History |
Matthew Mahoney ('03) |
Stopping the Spread of Influenza in 1918: The Maine Method |
May 1
2:30 pm |
Paper |
James Webb |
| History |
Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb ('03) |
The Biography of a Man and a Magazine: Max Ascoli and The Reporter |
May 2
4:30 pm |
Paper |
Richard Moss |
| History |
Lauren Tiberio ('03) |
Transformation Through Time: A History of Anorexia Nervosa |
May 1
3:00 pm |
Paper |
James Webb |
| History |
Elyssa Ford ('03) |
Yellow Fever in 19th Century Texas: A Critical Study and a Comprehensive Analysis |
May 1
1:30 pm |
Paper |
James Webb |
| History / Religious Studies |
Erin Bodner ('03) |
Panel Discussion Regarding the Intersections of Judaism, Feminism and the Queer Movement |
May 1
4:45 pm |
Paper |
Howard Lupovitch |
| International Studies |
Elyssa Ford ('03) |
The Water-Babies: Changing Textual Meanings Through a Study of Illustrations |
May 2
4:15 pm |
Paper |
Karen Karbiener |
| Latin American Studies |
Courtney Fry ('03) |
Bolivian Public Policy in the Context of the Global Economy: Is There Another Viable Development Strategy for Bolivia? |
May 1
11:30 am |
Paper |
Betty G. Sasaki, Patrice M. Franko |
| Latin American Studies / Environmental Studies |
Jessica Kellett ('04) |
The Commodification of Life and Water in Northern Luzon, Philippines |
May 1
1:30 pm |
Paper |
Tom Tietenberg |
| Mathematics / Biology |
Sarah E. Pierce ('03) |
Discrimination Between Gravity and Linear Acceleration by Neurons with Both Linear and Angular Input From the Inner Ear |
|
Poster |
Jan E. Holly |
| Mathematics |
Lisa DeKeukelaere ('03) |
Fourier Transforms and the Age of the Earth |
May 2
3:45 pm |
Paper |
Fernando Gouvea |
| Mathematics |
James D. H. Falk ('05) |
Hamiltonian Paths in Graphs |
May 2
3:30 pm |
Paper |
Thomas R. Berger |
| Music / Religious Studies |
Kate Heidemann ('04) |
Hidden Divinity in Music: Gyorgy Ligeti's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Steven R. Nuss |
| Music |
Robert D. MacBain ('04) |
Sampling and the Death of Mechanical Reproduction |
May 1
3:30 pm |
Paper |
Steven E. Saunders |
| Music |
Victoria C. Hayes ('04) |
Taking Note(s): Discoveries in Reception History Through Musical Reviews of the Beethoven Violin Concerto |
May 1
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Steven E. Saunders |
| Music |
Kate Hughes ('03) |
The Last Protest Singers?: Musical Meaning in the Indigo Girls' 'Our Deliverance' |
May 1
3:15 pm |
Paper |
Steve Saunders |
| Music / Religious Studies |
Alexander Browne ('03) |
Time in Music and Contemplative Practices |
May 1
1:30 pm |
Paper |
Steven Nuss |
| Philosophy |
Seth Aylmer ('04) |
Sounding Images, Praying Time |
May 1
2:00 pm |
Paper |
Steven Nuss |
| Physics and Astronomy |
L. Maclagan Cathles ('03) |
The Relation Between Physical Qualities and Gas Flow Through Snow. |
May 1
1:15 pm |
Paper |
Charlie Conover |
| Psychology |
Jennifer A. Varley ('03) |
A Review of Phenomelogy and Treatment of Childhood Depression |
May 1
4:00 pm |
Paper |
George T. Ladd |
| Psychology |
Kristin Schaefer ('04) |
An Investigation of the Possible Biological Basis of Autistic Behavior |
|
Poster |
Joseph Atkins |
| Religious Studies |
Michael S. Crawford ('04) |
Engaged Buddhism in Thailand |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Nikky-Guninder K. Singh |
| Science, Technology, and Society |
Jessica A. Kellett ('04) |
Biodiesel Fuel and the Electric Automobile: The Social, Technical, and Environmental Arguments. |
|
Poster |
Leonard S. Reich |
| Sociology |
Amanda Kellar ('03) |
CHILD LABOR AND CORPORATE AMERICA, IS THERE A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP? |
May 1
10:45 am |
Paper |
Alec Campbell |
| Sociology |
Sarah D. Style ('03) |
Children of Incarcerated Parents: The Theoretical Foundations of Innovative Programming |
May 1
10:00 am |
Paper |
Alec D. Campbell |
| Sociology / Economics |
Kristen M. Heim ('03) |
Comparative Counterfactuals: A Synthesis |
|
Paper |
Alec D. Campbell |
| Sociology |
Andrea Taylor ('03) |
From Propaganda to Publicity: An Analysis of the Advertising Council over the Past 60 Years. |
May 1
11:00 am |
Paper |
Alec D. Campbell |
| Sociology |
E. Ryan Swank ('03) |
Taxation of Advertising as a Tool for Social Change |
May 1
10:30 am |
Paper |
Alec D. Campbell |
| Theater and Dance |
Meade Barlow ('03) |
'Sonqoba Simunye:' Black and White Theatre Under the Apartheid Regime |
May 1
3:30 pm |
Paper |
Laura Chakravarty Box |
