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SESSION VIII: ANTHROPOLOGY
Asia Pacific Modernities Presentations |
Diamond 323
Session Chair: Mary Beth Mills |
| 11:00 PM |
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Diana Sternberg ('09) |
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The Sex Trade in Thailand and its Effect on Gender Roles |
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Katie-Elyse Turner ('09) |
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Narratives of China: Bodies and the 2008 Beijing Olympics |
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Silas Gill ('09) |
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Localization in Chinese Rock Music |
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Ethel Chou ('10) |
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Taiwan’s Foreign Brides |
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SESSION IX: RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Death and Spirituality Presentations |
Lovejoy 319
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 11:00 AM |
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Fran Still ('10) |
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Families, the State, and the Church of Christ, Scientist: Balancing Religious Autonomy and Child Welfare |
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Becky Feldman ('08) |
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The Complicated Relationship between Music, Religion, and Suicide |
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SESSION X: AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Honors Presentations |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Margaret McFadden |
| 11:00-12:45 PM |
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| 11:00 am |
Julie Bero ('08) |
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Coalitions for Victory: The Necessity of Alliance Creation for Progressive Ballot Initiative Campaigns |
| 11:30 am |
William Fong ('08) |
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Kung Fu Fighting and Masculinity |
| 12:00 pm |
Carolyn Lovejoy ('08) |
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Portrayal of Masculinity in American Society as seen Through The Pickup Artist |
| 12:15 pm |
Lindsay Tolle ('08) |
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Seeing Through Color-Blindness: Negotiations of Multiracial Relationships on 'Six Feet Under,' 'The L Word,' and 'Ugly Betty' |
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SESSION XI:
General Session |
Smith Room
Session Chair: Clem Guthro |
| 1:00-3:30 PM |
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| 1:45 pm |
Meaghan Jerrett ('08), Religious Studies
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Western Converts to Eastern Religious Traditions: Authenticity or Escapism |
| 2:00 pm |
William Kinder ('08), Geology
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Societal Implications and Management of Coastal Erosion in Chatham, Massachusetts |
| 2:15 pm |
Escar Kusema ('09), Kirsten Duda ('09) and Jennifer Myers ('09), Biology
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Cellular Mechanisms of Melatonin-Induced and Calmodulin-Inhibited Neurite Growth in Uca pugilator X-Organ Cells. |
| 2:30 pm |
T. U ('08), East Asian Studies
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Advocating at the Margins: Women’s NGOs in China |
| 2:45 pm |
Nahita Nishmin ('08), East-Asian Studies
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The West's Impact on the East: Perceptions of Women through Times |
| 3:00 pm |
Melyn Heckelman ('08), Anthropology
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The Language of Sex: Moral Socialization and Reproductive Education in Public Schools |
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SESSION XII: WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
Whitney Room
Session Chair: Lisa Arellano |
| 1:00-3:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Lindsay Tolle ('08), Women, Gender, Sexuality
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'I'm a Carrie' becomes 'I'm a Cutter': Selling Girls Self-Harming Behavior in Young Adult 'Issue Lit' |
| 1:30 pm |
Patrick Sanders ('08), Women, Gender, Sexuality
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Failing Women and the Failures Who Dress Them: How Gay Male Hosts of Lifestyle Makeover Shows Fail to adDress the True Failure, Heteronormativity |
| 2:00 pm |
Laura Webb ('08), Women, Gender, Sexuality
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Creating PIP: Conveying the Feminist Movement to the Next Generation |
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SESSION XIII: BIOLOGY
The Cell Cycle and Cancer Symposium |
Olin 234
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 1:00 PM |
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Dylan Perry ('09) |
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and Lynch syndrome: two forms of hereditary colorectal cancer |
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Jessica Egan ('08) |
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Improving treatment of ALL in adults and infants |
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Megan Watts ('08) |
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Surviving pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: Emily’s story of relapse and remission |
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Jennifer Zuar ('08) |
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Proteasome inhibitors: a treatment for multiple myeloma and applications to other cancers |
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Richard Katz ('08) |
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Viruses, parasites, and cancer: a critical interplay between Epstein-Barr virus, malaria, and Burkitt lymphoma with implications on public health |
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Cadran Cowansage ('08) |
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Ewing's sarcoma: an overview of symptoms, treatment, and current research |
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SESSION XIV: RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Women in American Religion Presentations |
Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 2:30 PM |
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Nicole Raheja ('10) |
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The Struggles and Triumphs of Muslim Women In America |
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Amanda Burgess ('10) |
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The Habit: Official Vatican Position, Impact of Vatican II, Modern Roadblocks to Wearing It |
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SESSION XV: ECONOMICS
Advanced Topics in Environmental Economics |
Diamond 341
Session Chair: Tom Tietenberg |
| 2:30 PM |
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Brett McNeice ('08) |
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Electricity Deregulation: Theory and Evidence |
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Bobby Gorman ('08) |
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The Economics of Green Architecture |
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SESSION XVI: FRENCH
The Other French Empire, Then and Now |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Adrianna Paliyenko |
| 2:30-5:00 PM |
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| 2:30 pm |
Kristin Weigle ('08), French/Italian
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Catholic Missionnary Efforts in the Antilles and French Guyana Under Colonial Rule: History, Motivation, and Methods |
| 3:00 pm |
Nathalie-Claire Chiavaroli ('08), French/Italian
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The Black Napoleon: Post-Colonial Figures of Toussaint Louverture |
| 3:30 pm |
Alexandra Kenyon ('08), French/Italian
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War on the Seas: Franco-British Scramble for Mauritius Island |
| 4:00 pm |
Amber Collins ('08), French/Italian
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Rhetoric and Reality: Changing Principles and Ambivalent Implementation of Colonial Policy in French Indochina |
| 4:30 pm |
Sarah Goldstein ('08), French/Italian
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The Role of Gender in French Colonial Indochina |
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SESSION XVII: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Dammed Maine Biographies |
Diamond 223
Session Chair: Peter Sly |
| 2:30 PM |
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Hannah Lafleur ('11) |
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Edwards Dam |
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Anders Nordblom ('10) |
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Passamaquoddy/ St Croix |
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Amanda Lindsay ('11) |
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Veazie Dam and Penobscot River Restoration Project |
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Sarah Stevens ('09) |
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Harris Station |
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Megan Saunders ('09) |
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Churchill Dam |
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SESSION XVIII:
General Session |
Whitney Room
Session Chair: Jim Terhune |
| 3:45-6:00 PM |
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| 3:45 pm |
Emily Parker ('08), English
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Moral Philosophy in Twentieth-Century Legal Dramas |
| 4:00 pm |
Hillary Smith ('08), English
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Representations of Grief in Akhmatova's Requiem and Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman |
| 4:30 pm |
Julie Casper ('08), Religious Studies
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A Comprehensive Examination of New Immigrants: The Reverse Diaspora of Argentinean Jews to Israel |
| 5:00 pm |
Kristen Kouttab ('08), International Studies
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Urban Islamists: Reshaping Moroccan Politics in the 21st Century |
| 5:20 pm |
Evan Phelps ('08), International Studies
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The Informal Economy in Urban Dakar: What Role Can Formalization Play? |
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SESSION XIX: HISTORY
History Honors |
Smith Room
Session Chair: Raffael Scheck |
| 4:00-5:00 PM |
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| 4:00 pm |
Caroline Brooks ('08) |
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A Movement in Moments: Exploring Women's Rights and The Iranian 1979 Revolution |
| 4:15 pm |
Laura Perille ('08) |
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Fashioning an Ideal: Constructions of Honor Leading Up to the English Civil War |
| 4:30 pm |
Jason Hayes ('08) |
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Western Missionary Perspectives of the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) |
| 4:45 pm |
Timothy Regele ('08) |
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A Difficult Beginning: American Educational Reform in Post-World War II Germany |
