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SESSION XIII: CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Senior Research |
Arey 5
Session Chair: Kevin Rice |
| 11:00-12:30 pm |
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Emily McClure ('07) |
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Senior Research Project |
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Trevor Hanly ('07) |
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Senior Research Project |
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Ta-Chung Ong ('07) |
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Photochemical Production of Superoxide |
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SESSION XIV: ECONOMICS
Economics Honors |
Smith Room
Session Chair: Debra Barbezat |
| 1:00-3:30 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Aimee Williams ('07) |
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An Analysis of the Effectiveness and Impacts of Child Cap Provisions in Welfare Reform |
| 1:30 pm |
Michael Aquino ('07) |
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Can the Business Cycle Be Used to Create Predictable Mutual Fund Outperformance? |
| 2:00 pm |
Carolyn Adler ('07) |
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The Determinants of Recovery Rates on Defaulted Corporate Securities: Why do Fallen Angels recover more than Original High Yield Issues? |
| 2:30 pm |
Magda Tsaneva ('07) |
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Voices of the Poor: Poverty and Growth in Albania |
| 3:00 pm |
Horacio Diaz Adda ('07) |
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The Divergent Effect of Social Cohesion on Economic Growth in East Asia and Latin America |
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SESSION XV: AFRICAN STUDIES
African Studies |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Laura Chakravarty Box |
| 1:00-2:30 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Ajima Olaghere ('07), Theater and Dance
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CHANGE THROUGH TRADITION IN THE WORK OF ZULU SOFOLA |
| 1:30 pm |
Annelene Fisher ('08), Theater and Dance
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What Colour is Coloured? Expressions of Coloured Identity and Experience in South African Theatre |
| 2:00 pm |
Roy Wilson ('07), Theater and Dance
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Good and/or Evil: Osofisan and his Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels |
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SESSION XVI:
General Session |
Whitney Room
Session Chair: Mark Serdjenian |
| 1:00-5:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Elani Gonzalez ('07), American Studies
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Unlikely Romeo or a Modern Day Stepin Fetchit?: How Flavor of Love Negatively Portrays the African-American Community and Women on Television |
| 1:30 pm |
Lindsay Tolle ('08), American Studies
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It [Doesn't] Always Got to be Blood: Alternative Kinship Systems and Agency of Naming and Self-Identity in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' |
| 1:45 pm |
Meghan Church ('07), American Studies
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A Gay Gangsta: The Wire's Omar and Homosexuality on Television |
| 2:15 pm |
Avram David ('08), Music
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A Day in the Life: Beethoven's Influence on Modern Musical Thought |
| 2:30 pm |
Ian London ('07), Music
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African-American Influences on Barbershop Harmony |
| 3:00 pm |
Jessica Harold ('08), Biology
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Determining the Effectiveness of Planted Corridors on the Atherton Tableland using Small Mammals as Indicators of Environmental Factors |
| 3:15 pm |
Kristen Thatcher ('07), Psychology
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The Immunological Effects of Written Disclosure in Athletes |
| 3:30 pm |
Marissa Meyer ('07), Psychology
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Developmental Timing of Exposure to an Enriched Environment in Rats |
| 3:45 pm |
Katherine Lillehei ('07), Psychology
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Of Mouse and Man |
| 4:00 pm |
Adrian Gilmore ('07), Psychology
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The Effects of Acute Testosterone Exposure on Aggression in Anolis carolinensis Lizards |
| 4:15 pm |
Kaitlin Hanley ('07), Psychology
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Anhedonia and Depression: Anticipation, Consummatory, and Recall Deficits |
| 4:30 pm |
Sarah Faasse ('07), Government
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Tracing the Evolution of the War Power and the Balance Among the Branches |
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SESSION XVII: BIOLOGY
Biology Honors Presentations |
Olin 1
Session Chair: Frank Fekete |
| 1:00-5:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Katharine Dziedzic ('07) |
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D-Pax2 Regulates Crystallin in the Developing Drosophila Eye |
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Leigh Audin ('07) |
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Can the American Lobster, Homarus americanus, Detect Other Lobsters When Selecting a Shelter by Using Water Born Chemical Cues? |
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Emily Devlin ('07) |
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Geographic Distribution of Genetic Variation in Isotria medeoloides |
| 2:00 pm |
Amanda McGarry ('07) |
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Mate Choice in the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata |
| 2:30 pm |
Tara Bergin ('07) |
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Hormonal Influence on Butterfly Territoriality and Aggressive Behavior |
| 3:00 pm |
Lee Kozakiewicz ('07) |
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Confirmation of Horizontal Gene Transfer of Mercury and Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in Hatchery Lake Trout Gastrointestinal Tract Microflora |
| 3:30 pm |
Jessica Kaplan ('07) |
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Circadian Patterns in the Innate Immune System of Zebrafish |
| 4:00 pm |
Anne Cuttler ('07) |
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The Neuroprotective Effects of Melatonin on Neuronal Growth in Crustaceans |
| 4:30 pm |
Gregory Engel ('07) |
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Characterization of Cells Cultured from Fiddler Crab X-Organs |
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SESSION XVIII: EDUCATION
Student Research in Education |
Diamond 122
Session Chair: Mark Tappan |
| 2:00-3:00 PM |
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Rebecca Anderson ('07), Education and Human Development
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From Policy to Practice: A Look at the Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act in Maine |
| 2:15 pm |
Anne Wachtel ('07), Education and Human Development
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'A Little Child Shall Lead Them': Education and Cultural Identity Destruction in the Great 'Civilizing' of Indian Country |
| 2:30 pm |
Ryan Weaver ('07) and Kate Nevius ('07), Education and Human Development
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The Hill & the 'Ville |
| 3:00 pm |
G. Albaugh ('07), Education and Human Development
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Through the eyes of youth: A documentary |
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SESSION XIX: ENGLISH
Studies in English |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Pat Onion |
| 3:00-5:00 PM |
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| 3:30 pm |
Patrick Benton ('07) |
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The Agent of Change: Trickster in Ojibwa Oral Narratives and in the Works of Louise Erdrich |
| 4:00 pm |
Peter Carty ('07) |
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The Apocolyptic Landscape in Cormac McCarthy's Works |
| 4:15 pm |
Matthew Crane ('07) |
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Literary Ambiguity: Shakespeare and the Resonance of Language |
| 4:30 pm |
Elizabeth Finn ('07) |
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The Apple and the Tree: Shakespeare's Use of Father-Child Relationships in Character Construction |
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SESSION XX: CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Senior Research |
Keyes 105
Session Chair: Kevin Rice |
| 3:00-4:30 pm |
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Alexandra Fulreader ('07) |
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Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide in Natural Waters |
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Colby Souders ('07) |
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Isolation and Characterization of Frog Peptides |
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Eric Bergh ('07) |
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The Synthesis of Biomimetic Tungsten Complexes |
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Martin Ma ('07) |
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Senior Research Project |
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Bernadette Bibber ('07) |
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Senior Research Project |
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SESSION XXI: RUSSIAN/GERMAN
Russian Student Symposium (Talks are in Russian) |
Lovejoy 215
Session Chair: Julie de Sherbinin |
| 3:15-5:00 PM |
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| 3:15 pm |
Nicole Crocker ('09) |
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The Bird and Its Flight: A Struggle for Freedom in Bulgakov's Master and Margarita |
| 3:30 pm |
Holly Duello ('07) |
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The Nighttime is the Right Time: Images of Power and Influence in Bulgakov's Master and Margarita |
| 3:45 pm |
Elise Washer ('07) |
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'An Upside Down World: The Opposition between Light and Dark in Bulgakov's Master and Margarita' |
| 4:00 pm |
Jessica Zia ('07) |
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'Off with His Head!': Inexplicable Faith in Bulgakov's Master and Margarita |
| 4:15 pm |
Cassandra Newell ('08) |
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The Corruption of Morals in Bulgakov's 'Master and Margarita' |
| 4:30 pm |
Benjamin Poulos ('08) |
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'Good and Evil, The Devil and Stalin in Bulgakov's Master and Margarita' |
| 4:45 pm |
Magda Tsaneva ('07) |
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The Image of the Devil in Bulgakov's 'Master and Margarita' |
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SESSION XXII: HISTORY
History Honors II |
Smith Room
Session Chair: Raffael Scheck |
| 4:00-6:00 PM |
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| 4:00 pm |
Alison McArdle ('07) |
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Personal Politics: The Intersection of Federalism and Marriage |
| 4:15 pm |
Andrew Herrmann ('07) |
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Devious Politics, Demon Rum: Neal Dow and the Battle for the First Maine Prohibition Law |
| 4:45 pm |
Christopher Hoffman ('07) |
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Horace Mann and Common Schools: Moral Enlightment and Economic Opportunity |
| 5:15 pm |
Merle Eisenberg ('07) |
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Demographic and Religious Changes in Sixth and Seventh Century Romano-Byzantine Edessa |
