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SESSION XX: BIOLOGY
Behavior and Physiological Ecology Presentations |
Olin 335
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 11:00 AM |
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Lauren Bizzari ('09) |
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The effects of melatonin on thermoregulation in the nocturnal gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus |
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SESSION XXI: CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations |
Arey 5
Session Chair: Rebecca Conry and Das Thamattoor |
| 11:00 AM |
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Tyler Schleicher ('08) |
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The Inhibition of Thioredoxin Reductase by the Anticancer Drug Cloretazine |
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Katie Harris ('08) |
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Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Deep, Suboxic Lake Waters |
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Doug Rooke ('08) |
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The Synthesis Of Oxacalixarenes Using Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Catalyzed By Cesium Fluoride |
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SESSION XXII: ECONOMICS
Economics Honors Presentations |
Smith Room
Session Chair: David Findlay |
| 12:30-3:00 PM |
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| 12:30 pm |
Andrei Roman ('08) |
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Developing Reliable Estimates of Poverty and Inequality for Chile’s Ethnic Groups |
| 1:00 pm |
Joerose Tharakan ('08) |
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Demographic Differences in Household Expenditure for Low Income Families: Evidence from the United States |
| 1:30 pm |
Ishan Singh ('08) |
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Stock Markets and Household Wealth: Can a Stock Market Crash Cause a Recession in The US Economy? |
| 2:00 pm |
Yauheniya Sidarchuk ('08) |
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How Widely Watched Stock Market Indexes Predict Future Economic Activity: Two Centuries of Evidence Since 1800 Until Present |
| 2:30 pm |
Kyle Smith ('08) |
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An Incumbent's Guide to Reelection: Economic Voting by State in U.S. Presidential Elections |
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SESSION XXIII: BIOLOGY
Biology Honors Presentations |
Olin 1
Session Chair: Frank Fekete |
| 1:00-4:15 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Leslie Wardwell ('08) |
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Pervasiveness of Heavy Metal and Antibiotic Resistance Due to Co-selection in Sphagnum Core Samples Dating Back 2000 Years |
| 1:15 pm |
Sarah Clark ('08) |
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The Identification of a Chloramphenicol Inducible Multidrug Efflux Pump in Flavobacterium johnsoniae-like Isolates |
| 1:30 pm |
Victoria Work ('08) |
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The Effects of the Antibiotic Chloramphenicol on Bacterial Slime and Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas putida |
| 1:45 pm |
Megan Watts ('08) |
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Cytotoxicity of Diepoxybutane and Epichlorohydrin in Relation to Stages of the Cell Cycle |
| 2:00 pm |
MaryClaire McGovern ('08) |
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The Effects of Alcohol and Training on Exercise Recovery Metabolism and Sprint Performance in the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) |
| 2:15 pm |
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Fifteen Minute Break |
| 2:30 pm |
Timothy Miller ('08) |
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The Pollination Biology of a Peripheral Population of Witheringia solanacea (Solanaceae) |
| 2:45 pm |
Emily Lyczkowski ('08) |
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Microhabitat Selection by the Tortoiseshell Limpet, Tectura testudinalis, in Tide Pools on the Mid-Maine Coast. |
| 3:15 pm |
Joshua Lord ('08) |
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Movement Patterns and Feeding Behavior in the Limpet Tectura testudinalis Along the Mid-Maine Coast |
| 3:45 pm |
Jennifer Mizen ('08) |
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Spring Arrival Dates of Maine Migratory Breeding Birds: 1896-1911 vs. 1994-2006 |
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SESSION XXIV: EAST ASIAN STUDIES
Between Tradition and Modernity: Reconfiguration of Public Spaces in Urban China |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Hong Zhang |
| 1:00-2:30 PM |
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Jessie Tang ('08), Keane Ng ('08), Thomas Huff ('08), Robert Ferriter ('08) and Hye Kim ('08), East-Asian Studies
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'Between Tradition and Modernity: Reconfiguration of Public Spaces in Urban China' |
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SESSION XXV: PSYCHOLOGY
Research in Psychology |
Whitney Room
Session Chair: Thane Pittman |
| 1:30-3:15 PM |
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Walter Campbell ('08) |
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Movement Coordination in Joint Action |
| 1:45 pm |
Stacey Dubois ('08) |
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Stereotype Threat Affects False Memory Susceptibility in Older Adults |
| 2:00 pm |
Cheryl Hahn ('08) |
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The Effects of Reproductive Experience and Maternal Behaviors on Mother Rats’ Cognitive Abilities and Anxiety Reponses |
| 2:15 pm |
Linsey Walker ('08) |
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The Effects of Contextual Backgrounds of Natural and Artifactual Images on ERPs |
| 2:45 pm |
Madeline Ragan ('08) |
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Group Decision Making in the Dictator Game: The Effect of Gender and Offer Method |
| 3:00 pm |
Raven Adams ('08) |
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The Effects of Prenatal Choline Availability on Behavioral and Neural Reactions to Social Isolation Rearing in the Rat |
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SESSION XXVI: EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Research and Practice in Education and Human Development |
Diamond 122
Session Chair: Mark Tappen |
| 2:00-4:00 PM |
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Justin Dunn ('08), Education and Human Development
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Prospects for Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act |
| 2:20 pm |
Terri Bello ('10), Education and Human Development
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Learning Differences and Higher Education |
| 2:40 pm |
Jake Obstfeld ('09), Education and Human Development
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Teach for Who? Teach for America's Effects on Inner City Schools |
| 3:00 pm |
Heidi Donahue ('08), none DCE account and Sophia Newbury ('08), Education and Human Development
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Panel on Student Teaching and Portfolio Presentation |
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SESSION XXVII: HISTORY
History Honors |
Smith Room
Session Chair: Raffael Scheck |
| 3:00-5:00 PM |
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| 3:00 pm |
Evan Kaplan ('08) |
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Revolutionary Hijackers in Russia and Iran: How Lenin and Khomeini Seized Control of their Respective Revolutions |
| 3:20 pm |
Brian Sweeney ('08) |
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'A System of Silence': Philadelphia Orphanages and the Limits of Benevolence, 1780s-1830s |
| 3:45 pm |
Adam Boss ('08) |
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A City at War: Daily life and society in Orléans during the 1428-1429 English Siege |
| 4:10 pm |
Hannah Coleman ('08) |
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Jeane Kirkpatrick, the Committee of Santa Fe, and the Origins of the Reagan Administration's Complicity in the Nicaraguan Counterrevolution |
| 4:30 pm |
Lucia Giordano ('08) |
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Lessons on Labor and Loss: Organization, Education, and the Women's Trade Union League of America, 1900-1930 |
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SESSION XXVIII: CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations |
Keyes 105
Session Chair: Rebecca Conry and Das Thamattoor |
| 3:00 PM |
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Danny Herrick ('08) |
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New Frontiers in Reactions of Atomic Carbon |
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Jenn Bushee ('08) |
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The Effects of Cloretazine, an Anticancer Agent, on Human Apurinic/Pyrimidic Endonuclease-1 |
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Matt Stein ('08) |
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Determination of the Cytotoxic Mechanism of Epihalohydrins and Diepoxybutane |
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Leanne Powers ('08) |
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Reactivity of Superoxide in Natural Waters |
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Michael Finnerty ('08) |
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Molecular Dynamics Conformational Study of p-Sulfonatocalix[6]arene with Various Guest Molecules |
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SESSION XXIX: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
International Studies Presentations |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Jennifer Yoder |
| 3:00-5:30 PM |
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Christina Feng ('08) |
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Microfinance through a Governance Lens |
| 3:30 pm |
Nicole Terrillion ('08) |
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Cultivating Urban Ecological Citizenship: NGOs and Environmental Perception in Quito, Ecuador |
| 4:00 pm |
Leonardo Costa ('08) |
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Hasta Luego Sucre and Peseta: An analysis of Ecuador’s and Spain’s decision to abandon their national currencies |
| 5:00 pm |
Gautam Nair ('08) |
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The Crisis of Liberalism in Egypt: Workers and the Wafd Party (Goldfarb Center Student Research) |
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SESSION XXX: GOVERNMENT
Government Studies |
Whitney Room
Session Chair: Joe Reisert |
| 3:30-5:00 PM |
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| 3:30 pm |
Randi Arsenault ('09) |
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Predicting Presidential Performance: What Must a Voter Know? |
| 3:45 pm |
Jacqueline Grady ('08) |
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Decisions to Abrogate Personal Liberty: The Ethics of Conscription in the United States |
| 4:00 pm |
Andrei Roman ('08) |
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Banco Palmas: Towards a Concept of “Solidarity Economics” - Research Report on a Goldfarb Student Research Grant |
| 4:30 pm |
Andrei Roman ('08) |
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Bom Conselho? - A Case Study of Community Involvement Mechanisms in the FUMAC Design of the World Bank Rural Poverty Alleviation Project (RPAP) in Pernambuco, Northeasten Brazil |
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SESSION XXXI: SOCIOLOGY
Sociology Honors Presentations |
Diamond 122
Session Chair: Terry Arendell |
| 4:00-5:00 PM |
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| 4:00 pm |
Sara Benjamin ('08) |
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A Macro-Sociological Perspective on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Why Reauthorization is Not the Issue |
| 4:30 pm |
Carolyn Curtis ('08) |
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Self-Destructive Behaviors of Adolescent Boys and Girls |
