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SESSION XIV: GERMAN AND RUSSIAN
German Studies Senior Seminar |
Hurd
Session Chair: Arne Koch |
| 11:00 - 12:45 PM |
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| 11:00 am |
Sommer Engels ('09), German/Russian
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Bernhard Schlinks 'Der Vorleser' und deutsche Vergangenheitsbewältigung |
| 11:15 am |
Samuel Morales ('09), German/Russian
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Die Individualisierung der gesellschaftlichen sittlichen Sorgen in 'Frühlings Erwachen' und 'Der Vorleser' (The individualization of societal moral problems in 'Spring Awakening' and 'The Reader') |
| 11:30 am |
Nicole Veilleux ('09), German/Russian
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Die Darstellung des Anderen und des Bekannten: Rassenvorurteil, Menschenrecht und Philosophie in Heinrich von Kleists 'Die Verlobung in St. Domingo' |
| 11:50 am |
Katherine Dutcher ('09), German/Russian
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Moralphilosophie in Frank Wedekinds 'Frühlings Erwachen': Freiheit plus Ordnung gleich Sittlichkeit |
| 12:10 pm |
Justin Mohler ('09), German/Russian
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Die Darstellung moderner Identität in Doris Dörries „Bin ich schön?“ |
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SESSION XV: CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Senior Research Presentations |
Arey 5
Session Chair: Jeff Katz and Das Thamattoor |
| 11:00 AM |
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Andrew Young ('09), Tom Sisto ('09) and Whitney Miller ('09) |
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SESSION XVI: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations |
Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 AM |
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Lauren E. Corke ('10), Amanda R. Lindsay ('10) and Sean T. Prockter ('09), Conservation Biology Presentations
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Management and Protection of Mangroves |
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SESSION XVII: ECONOMICS
Economics Honors Research Presentations |
Whitney
Session Chair: Guillermo Vuletin |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Ling Zhu ('09), Economics
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A Nouval Measure of Central Bank Independence |
| 1:25 pm |
Ian Cummins ('09), Economics
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Cyclicality of State Budgeting: A Political-Economy Analysis |
| 1:50 pm |
John Roberts ('09), Economics
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Forecasting Commodity Prices with Parallel Exchange Rates |
| 2:15 pm |
Gregory Zartarian ('09), Economics
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Occupational and Geographic Mobility of Armenian Immigrants |
| 2:40 pm |
Po Wong ('09), Economics
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The Effect of Natural Disasters: The Indonesian Forest Fires in 1997 |
| 3:05 pm |
Yilin Xu ('09), Economics
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Public Goods Provision and Local Governance in China: Evidence from Rural Gansu Province |
| 3:30 pm |
Prabhav Rakhra ('09), Economics
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Business-Time |
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SESSION XVIII: AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Senior Theses |
Hurd
Session Chair: Margaret McFadden |
| 1:00 - 3:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Melissa Martin ('09), American Studies
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America the Beautiful, the Bountiful, the Healthful and the Hungry: Understanding Contemporary American Food Culture |
| 1:25 pm |
Hope Rosenfeld ('09), American Studies
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Friend or Foe? Examining the Impact of Facebook and Social Networking on Modern American Society |
| 1:50 pm |
Tiffany Martin ('09), American Studies
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The Selfish versus The Lazy: Intra-racial Relationships in Aaron McGruder's 'The Boondocks' |
| 2:15 pm |
Henry Powell ('09), American Studies
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Consuming Generations: Race and Society in George Romero's Zombie Films |
| 2:40 pm |
Jamie Quine ('09), American Studies
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Disney's Daughters: The Representation of Gender in Popular Animated Disney Films |
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SESSION XIX: HISTORY/LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Counterinsurgency and Violence in Colombia and Guatemala |
Smith
Session Chair: Ben Fallaw |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM |
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Catherine Coffman ('09), History
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Dust Between Two Fires: Civilian Militias in Ayacucho, Peru and Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia in the Late Twentieth Century |
| 1:40 pm |
Sarah DeLiefde ('09), Latin American Studies
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From Colonization to Civil War: Gendering the Guatemalan Counterinsurgency |
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SESSION XX: BIOLOGY
Biology Honors Research Presentations |
Olin 1
Session Chair: Russell Johnson |
| 1:00 - 3:30 PM |
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Zachary Zalinger ('09), Biology
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Characterization of the Incompatibiity Group A/C Conjugative Plasmid Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida |
| 1:15 pm |
Katharine Harmon ('09), Biology
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Engrailed and Other Pax-2 targets |
| 1:30 pm |
Ruth Langton ('09), Biology
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The Effect of Glutamate on Neurosecretory Cells in the Crustacean Nervous System |
| 1:45 pm |
Kimberly Cohen ('09), Biology
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Diet Manipulation in Painted Lady Butterfly Larvae, Vanessa cardui: Effects on Larvae, Adult Morphology, and Flight Performance |
| 2:00 pm |
Andrew McEvoy ('09), Biology
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Evaluation of Nocturnal Flight Calls as Useful Tool in the Study of Avian Migration |
| 2:30 pm |
Philip Crystal ('09), Biology
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Estimation of population reduction and gene flow in the rare orchid Isotria medeoloides |
| 2:45 pm |
Jennifer Myers ('09), Biology
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The Effects of N-acetylserotonin and Prazosin on Fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator) X-Organ Cell Neurite Growth |
| 3:00 pm |
Escar Kusema ('09), Biology
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Cellular Mechanisms of Melatonin-induced Neurite Growth in Crustacean X-organ Cells. |
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SESSION XXI: EDUCATION
Student Inquiry and Practice in Education and Human Development |
Diamond 122
Session Chair: Mark Tappan |
| 2:00 - 4:00 PM |
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Pamela Colon ('09), Independent Studies
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'It's not all they are': The Lives of Girls in the South End |
| 2:15 pm |
Amanda Mello ('09) and Margaret Lancaster ('09), Education and Human Development
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Student Teaching Portfolio Presentation |
| 3:15 pm |
Ruth Langton ('09), Danielle Carlson ('10), Ozzy Ramirez ('10), Aleah Starr ('11) and Alyssa Kavanagh ('10), Education and Human Development
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Coloring Class Lines |
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SESSION XXII: RUSSIAN
Russian Senior Symposium: Boris Pasternak's Doktor Zhivago |
Lovejoy 215
Session Chair: Sheila McCarthy |
| 2:00 PM |
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SESSION XXIII:
General Session |
Hurd
Session Chair: Suzi Cole |
| 3:00 - 5:15 PM |
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| 3:00 pm |
Qainat Khan ('11), Women, Gender, Sexuality
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Representing Harvey Milk in the Media 1973-1988 |
| 3:15 pm |
Amy Dunlap ('11), Women, Gender, Sexuality
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The Rise of Second-Wave Feminism at Colby College: The Women’s Organization and Women’s Health on Mayflower Hill, 1973-1980 |
| 3:30 pm |
Emma Anastos-Wallen ('11), Women, Gender, Sexuality
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Improving Lipstick Quotients: The Media’s Construction of Gender and Romance in The Colby Echo During the 1950s |
| 4:00 pm |
Amy Lu ('09), East-Asian Studies
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China's Environmental Challenges |
| 4:30 pm |
Frederick Freudenberger ('09), Geology
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Morphological Fluctuations of the Sahara Desert: An Overview of Quaternary Climate Change and Geomorphology with Special Attention to Water. |
| 4:45 pm |
Daniel Franklin ('10), History
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Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406): The Medieval Dar al-Islam’s Greatest “Renaissance Man”, His Historical and Sociological Contributions, and His Encounter with the Mongol Conqueror Tamerlane |
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SESSION XXIV: HISTORY
Senior Seminar on the Civil War |
Smith
Session Chair: Elizabeth Leonard |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM |
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Matthew Quinlan ('10), History
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Hollywood's Depiction of Irish Soldiers in the American Civil War |
| 3:30 pm |
Emily Schofield ('09), History
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10th and 29th Maine Regiments |
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SESSION XXV: CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Senior Research Presentations |
Keyes 105
Session Chair: Jeff Katz and Das Thamattoor |
| 3:00 PM |
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Zac Helm ('09) |
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A Novel Method for Measuring Antioxidant Activity |
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Nichole Schmidt ('09) |
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The Synthesis of a Biomimetic Mo Complex with a New Bidentate Sulfur Ligand |
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Becky Thorburn ('09) |
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The Synthesis of Chiral Macrocycles Containing BINOL |
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SESSION XXVI: RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religious Studies Senior Presentations |
Lovejoy 213
Session Chair: Carleen Mandolfo |
| 4:00 - 6:00 PM |
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Elizabeth Byrne ('09) |
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Think of the Children: Narratives of Violence in Children's Bibles |
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Esther Boyd ('09) |
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The Popcorn Apocalypse: Judeo-Christian Apocalypticism in Contemporary American Film |
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Sejal Patel ('09) |
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'She Who Lived': Using Film as Means of Examining the Disconnect Between the Subjugation of Women in India and the Reverence for Hindu Goddesses |
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Joseph Slater ('09) |
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There is Neither Greek nor Latin in Christ Jesus |
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SESSION XXVII: SOCIOLOGY
Sociology Honors Research Presentations |
Diamond 122
Session Chair: Terry Arendell |
| 4:00 - 6:00 PM |
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| 4:00 pm |
Abigail Sussman ('09), Sociology
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Midwifery in the USA: An Exploration of the Decline and Rise in Midwife Use. |
| 4:40 pm |
Elizabeth Doran ('09), Sociology
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'Contentment in My Heart': Evangelical Women and Spiritual Journeys |
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SESSION XXVIII: THEATER AND DANCE
New Play Festival |
Strider Theater
Session Chair: Lynne Conner |
| 7:30 PM (see Thurs.) |
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