| Sponsoring Dept/Prgrm |
Lead Author |
Title |
Date Time |
Project Type |
Mentor |
| American Studies |
Melissa Martin ('09) |
America the Beautiful, the Bountiful, the Healthful and the Hungry: Understanding Contemporary American Food Culture |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| American Studies |
Henry Powell ('09) |
Consuming Generations: Race and Society in George Romero's Zombie Films |
May 1
2:15 pm |
Presentation |
Laura Saltz |
| American Studies |
Jamie Quine ('09) |
Disney's Daughters: The Representation of Gender in Popular Animated Disney Films |
May 1
2:40 pm |
Presentation |
Laura Saltz |
| American Studies |
Hope Rosenfeld ('09) |
Friend or Foe? Examining the Impact of Facebook and Social Networking on Modern American Society |
May 1
1:25 pm |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| American Studies |
Tiffany Martin ('09) |
The Selfish versus The Lazy: Intra-racial Relationships in Aaron McGruder's 'The Boondocks' |
May 1
1:50 pm |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| Anthropology / African-American Studies |
Katie-Elyse Turner ('09) |
2008 Election Archive: Diaspora, Encounter and Place as the Production of Political Identities in the United States. |
April 30 |
Poster |
Chandra D. Bhimull, Chandra D. Bhimull |
| Anthropology |
Jordana Flick ('11) |
Michelle Obama's Interaction with the African Diaspora in the 2008 Presidential Election |
May 1 |
Poster |
Chandra D. Bhimull |
| Anthropology |
Danielle Sheppard ('11) |
Racial Identity, Double Consciousness and the African Diaspora in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election |
April 30 |
Poster |
Chandra D. Bhimull |
| Anthropology |
Eitan Green ('09) |
Re-imagined Communities: Global Climbing on Local Mountains |
April 30
2:30 pm |
Presentation |
Mary Elizabeth Mills |
| Art |
Margaret Gribbell ('09) |
A Limoges Reliquary |
April 29
4:15 pm |
Presentation |
David L. Simon, Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Whitney Lynn ('09) |
Byzantine Paten and Chalice |
April 29
4:00 pm |
Presentation |
David L. Simon, Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Brittany Canniff ('09) |
Dutch Food and Identity in 17th Century Still Lives |
April 30
4:20 pm |
Presentation |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Thomas Winter ('09) |
Façade Relief with Two Birds |
April 29
4:45 pm |
Presentation |
David L. Simon, Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Megan Conroy ('10) |
Ivory Diptych with Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, Crucifixion, and Last Judgment |
April 29
4:30 pm |
Presentation |
David L. Simon, Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Samantha Richens ('11) |
The American Portrait and the Invention of the Daguerreotype |
April 29
2:30 pm |
Presentation |
David L. Simon |
| Art |
Laure-Helene Caseau ('10) |
European Chocolate: the Early Years |
April 30
4:40 pm |
Presentation |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Fiona Braslau ('10) |
Meat in European Art |
April 30
5:00 pm |
Presentation |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Art |
Virginia Robbins ('10) |
Sins of the Flesh: Gluttony and Lust in Medieval Culture |
April 30
4:00 pm |
Presentation |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Biology |
Sinead Nyhan ('09) |
A Plasmid to Rescue the Bristle Phenotype of Shaven Mutants and the Eye Phenotype of Sparkling Mutants of Drosophila melanogaster |
April 30 |
Poster |
Peter Joshua Kavaler |
| Biology |
Charlotte Carrigan ('09) |
Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Environments of Carcinus maenas and its Effect on Invasiveness |
April 30 |
Poster |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Biology |
Jonathan Lefcheck ('09) |
Behavioral Traits Maintain a Physical Boundary Between Two Morphs of the Rough Periwinkle (Littorina saxatilis L.) in the Gulf of Maine Rocky Intertidal Zone |
April 30 |
Poster |
W. Herbert Wilson |
| Biology |
Escar Kusema ('09) |
Cellular Mechanisms of Melatonin-induced Neurite Growth in Crustacean X-organ Cells. |
May 1
3:00 pm |
Presentation |
Andrea R. Tilden |
| Biology |
Zachary Zalinger ('09) |
Characterization of the Incompatibiity Group A/C Conjugative Plasmid Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Frank A. Fekete |
| Biology |
Catarina Ruksznis ('10) |
Circadian Fluctuation of Clock Gene Expression in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Kidney |
May 1 |
Poster |
Lynn Hannum |
| Biology |
Olena Marchenko ('10) |
Comparative Analysis of Broad-Host-Range Multi-Drug Resistance IncA/C Plasmids |
May 1 |
Poster |
Brooke A. Jude, Frank A. Fekete |
| Biology |
Kimberly Cohen ('09) |
Diet Manipulation in Painted Lady Butterfly Larvae, Vanessa cardui: Effects on Larvae, Adult Morphology, and Flight Performance |
May 1
1:45 pm |
Presentation |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Biology |
Katharine Harmon ('09) |
Engrailed and Other Pax-2 targets |
May 1
1:15 pm |
Presentation |
Peter Joshua Kavaler |
| Biology |
Philip Crystal ('09) |
Estimation of population reduction and gene flow in the rare orchid Isotria medeoloides |
May 1
2:30 pm |
Presentation |
Judy L. Stone |
| Biology |
Andrew McEvoy ('09) |
Evaluation of Nocturnal Flight Calls as Useful Tool in the Study of Avian Migration |
May 1
2:00 pm |
Presentation |
W. Herbert Wilson |
| Biology |
Andrew Hardigan ('10) |
Isolation and Characterization of Colonization Factor GbpA in Vibrio cholerae and Related Marine Species |
April 30 |
Poster |
Brooke A. Jude, Frank A. Fekete |
| Biology |
Corey Martin ('10) |
Preferential Phagocytosis of Gram-negative Bacteria by Zebrafish Leukocytes |
April 30 |
Poster |
Lynn Hannum |
| Biology |
Daniel Heinrich ('09) |
Reaction Latency Period in Response to Tactile Stimuli |
April 29
1:45 pm |
Presentation |
Andrea R. Tilden |
| Biology |
Seth Johnson ('10) |
Regulation of D-Pax-2 by Proneural Genes |
April 30
1:45 pm |
Presentation |
Peter Joshua Kavaler |
| Biology |
Seth Johnson ('10) |
Regulation of D-Pax2 by Proneural Genes |
April 30 |
Poster |
Peter Joshua Kavaler |
| Biology |
Kirby Walker ('09) |
Sub-inhibitory Effects of Chloramphenicol on Biofilm Production in Pseudomonads with and without the Presence of an Efflux Pump Inhibitor |
April 30 |
Poster |
Frank A. Fekete |
| Biology |
Zachary Zalinger ('09) |
The Effect of Chloramphenicol on the Conjugation Rate of Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida |
May 1 |
Poster |
Frank A. Fekete |
| Biology |
Ruth Langton ('09) |
The Effect of Glutamate on Neurosecretory Cells in the Crustacean Nervous System |
May 1
1:30 pm |
Presentation |
Andrea R. Tilden |
| Biology |
Lisa Portis ('09) |
The Effect of Sea Star Predators on the Retractability of the Whelk Nucella lamellosa |
April 30 |
Poster |
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| Biology |
Jennifer Myers ('09) |
The Effects of N-acetylserotonin and Prazosin on Fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator) X-Organ Cell Neurite Growth |
May 1
2:45 pm |
Presentation |
Andrea R. Tilden |
| Biology |
Colin O'Shea ('10) |
The Neurological Phenotyping of Methylmalonic Acidemia |
April 30
2:45 pm |
Presentation |
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| Biology |
Talia Savic ('09) |
The PKABA1-interacting Factor TaABF1 Mediates Both Abscisic Acid-suppressed and Abscisic Acid-induced Gene Expression in Wheat Grains |
April 30 |
Poster |
Russell R. Johnson |
| Biology |
Cara Whalen ('09) |
The Veterinary Care of Retired Racing Greyhounds: The Medical Aspects of the Transition between the Racetrack and the Adoption Home |
May 1 |
Poster |
W. Herbert Wilson |
| Biology |
Soren Craig-Muller ('09) |
The rDNA Cluster Regions ITS-1 and ITS-2 Can Be Used to Distinguish Natural Populations of the Sea Anemone Metridium senile |
April 30 |
Poster |
Paul G. Greenwood |
| Biology |
Brian Huntington ('09) |
Toxicity of Plastic Lures |
May 1 |
Poster |
G. Russell Danner |
| Biology |
David Brazel ('12) |
Transfer of a Multi-Drug Resistance Mediating Megaplasmid to Vibrio cholerae |
May 1 |
Poster |
Brooke A. Jude, Frank A. Fekete |
| Chemistry |
Matthew Strickland ('10) |
Familial Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas: Succinate Dehydrogenase Deficiency as a Result of SDHB Mutation |
April 30 |
Poster |
Julie T. Millard |
| Chemistry |
Eric Braunstein ('10) |
Analysis of the Electron Withdrawing Capability of Acetylene Groups for Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution. |
April 29
2:00 pm |
Presentation |
Jeffrey L. Katz |
| Chemistry |
Brian Wadugu ('09) |
DNA Cross-linking and Apoptotic Potential of (1-chloroethenyl)oxirane |
April 30 |
Poster |
Julie T. Millard |
| Chemistry |
Christopher Buros ('09) |
Disruption of the Thioredoxin System by the Anticancer Prodrug Laromustine |
May 1 |
Poster |
Kevin P. Rice |
| Chemistry |
Jonathan Guerrette ('09) |
Intramolecular Rearrangements of Carbenes |
April 30 |
Poster |
Dasan M. Thamattoor |
| Chemistry |
Zachary Helm ('09) |
Measuring and Modeling the Kinetics of Bulk Antioxidant Activity in Natural Waters |
April 30 |
Poster |
D. Whitney King |
| Chemistry |
Brian DiMento ('10) |
Method for the Photochemical Production of Superoxide Radicals in Water-Ethanol Solutions |
May 1 |
Poster |
D. Whitney King |
| Chemistry |
Thora Maltais ('09) |
Synthesis and Characterization of Organometallic Complexes |
April 30 |
Poster |
Rebecca R. Conry |
| Chemistry |
Abbie Frederick ('09) |
The Consequences of Carbamoylating Activity from Anticancer Sulfonylhydrazines on the Enzymes of DNA Base Excision Repair |
May 1 |
Poster |
Kevin P. Rice |
| Chemistry / Biology |
Kristen Hitchcox ('09) |
The Effects of Exogenous Insulin and Exercise on Glucose and Lactate Metabolism in the Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei. |
April 30 |
Poster |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Chemistry |
Nichole Schmidt ('09) |
The Synthesis of a Biomimetic Mo Complex with a New Bidentate Sulfur Ligand |
April 30 |
Poster |
Rebecca R. Conry |
| Computer Science / Biology |
Daniel Nolan ('10) |
Imaging for Biological Applications |
April 30 |
Poster |
Bruce A. Maxwell |
| East-Asian Studies |
Amy Lu ('09) |
China's Environmental Challenges |
May 1
4:00 pm |
Presentation |
Hong Zhang |
| East-Asian Studies |
Jesica Chang ('11) |
20th Century Japanese Fiction |
April 30
3:00 pm |
Presentation |
Tamae K. Prindle |
| Economics |
Ling Zhu ('09) |
A Nouval Measure of Central Bank Independence |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Guillermo J. Vuletin |
| Economics |
Prabhav Rakhra ('09) |
Business-Time |
May 1
3:30 pm |
Presentation |
Jason M. Long |
| Economics |
Ling Zhu ('09) |
Central Bank Independence: The Missing Link in Cyclicality of Monetary Policies |
April 29
4:00 pm |
Presentation |
Guillermo J. Vuletin |
| Economics |
Ian Cummins ('09) |
Cyclicality of State Budgeting: A Political-Economy Analysis |
May 1
1:25 pm |
Presentation |
Guillermo J. Vuletin |
| Economics |
John Roberts ('09) |
Forecasting Commodity Prices with Parallel Exchange Rates |
May 1
1:50 pm |
Presentation |
Guillermo J. Vuletin |
| Economics |
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Hydropower Development and Resettlement Policy on China’s Nu River |
April 30
3:55 pm |
Presentation |
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| Economics |
Gregory Zartarian ('09) |
Occupational and Geographic Mobility of Armenian Immigrants |
May 1
2:15 pm |
Presentation |
Jason M. Long |
| Economics |
Yilin Xu ('09) |
Public Goods Provision and Local Governance in China: Evidence from Rural Gansu Province |
May 1
3:05 pm |
Presentation |
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| Economics |
Po Wong ('09) |
The Effect of Natural Disasters: The Indonesian Forest Fires in 1997 |
May 1
2:40 pm |
Presentation |
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| Education and Human Development |
Ruth Langton ('09) |
Coloring Class Lines |
May 1
3:15 pm |
Presentation |
M. Adam Howard |
| Education and Human Development |
Katherine Butler ('09) |
No Child Left Inside |
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Presentation |
M. Adam Howard |
| Education and Human Development |
Amanda Palffy ('11) |
Perceptions of Social Class at Colby College |
April 30 |
Poster |
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| Education and Human Development |
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Student Teaching Portfolio Presentation |
May 1
2:30 pm |
Presentation |
Mark B. Tappan, Mark B. Tappan |
| English |
Colin Cummings ('09) |
Reading Joycean Comedy and Faulknerian Tragedy: Exploring the Significance of Location, Literary Influence and the Possibilities of Heroism with Leopold Bloom in Joyce’s Ulysses and Quentin Compson in Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! |
April 30
1:25 pm |
Presentation |
Cedric Gael Bryant |
| English |
Ellen London ('09) |
Romantic Representations: The Intercultural Translation of Body and Commodity in Orientalist Discourse |
April 30
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
David B. Suchoff, Tilar J. Mazzeo |
| Environmental Studies |
Lauren Corke ('10) |
An Assessment of Mangrove Degradation and Conservation Efforts |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Li Chan ('11) |
Atlas of Maine: Alpine Ski Areas of Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Francis Gassert ('11) |
Atlas of Maine: Atlantic Salmon Habitat and Dams in Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Emma Balazs ('09) |
Atlas of Maine: Biophysical Regions of Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Aurore Anastassiadis ('11) |
Atlas of Maine: Farm Size and Lymphoma Cancer in Maine. |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Jennifer Helm ('11) |
Atlas of Maine: Fire Incidences, Water Bodies, and Population in Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Brian Lynch ('09) |
Atlas of Maine: Hurricane Surge Inundation and Critical Resources in Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Katherine Orrick ('10) |
Atlas of Maine: Rabies in Maine: 1998-2008 |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Meghan Cornwall ('11) |
Atlas of Maine: Range of Endangered Turtle Species in Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Jordan Schoonover ('10) |
Atlas of Maine: Sources of Drinking Water and Agricultural Chemical Use in Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Gordon Padelford ('11) |
Atlas of Maine: State Senate Environmental Performance |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Kimberly Bittler ('11) |
Atlas of Maine: Wetlands, Conservation Lands and Population of Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Andrew McEvoy ('09) |
Atlas of Maine:Cell Phone Tower Location and Size in Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Hannah Lafleur ('11) |
Atlas of Maine:Medically Underserved Areas and Populations in Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Katherine Orrick ('10) |
Consumption of Endangered Animal Parts as Food and Medicine |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Rachel Baron ('11) |
Ecoagriculture |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Kimberly Bittler ('11) |
Effectiveness of Conservation Lands in the State of Maine Protecting the Habitats of Federally and State Listed Animals |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Megan Saunders ('09) |
Factors Influencing Conservation Success or Failure in Tiger Range States |
April 29
1:30 pm |
Presentation |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Sarah Stevens ('09) |
Greening the Colby Libraries |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Jordan Schoonover ('10) |
How Eco-Friendly are Wind Farms? |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Aurore Anastassiadis ('11) |
Human Tiger Conflict in Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Ian McCullough ('10) |
Land Use Patterns in the Belgrade Lakes |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Patrick Roche ('09) |
Learning the Lay of Their Land: Data Collection by Maine Land Trusts |
April 29
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Michael Ambrogi ('09) |
Maine: Cropland and Aquifers |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Emma Balazs ('09) |
Orangutans, Palm Oil, and Forest Destruction in Indonesia |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Francis Gassert ('11) |
Outdoor Lighting on Colby College Campus |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Lindsay Dreiss ('09) |
Protecting Maine's Mammals: A Model of Human Footprint and Biodiversity in the North Woods |
April 29
2:45 pm |
Presentation |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Katherine Orrick ('10) |
Spread of Variable Leaf Milfoil in Maine |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Andrew McEvoy ('09) |
Spring Migration Routes of Birds Returning to Maine |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Michael Ambrogi ('09) |
The Effect of Climate Change on Arctic Landscapes |
May 1 |
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
William Tyson ('09) |
The Human Landscape of Potential Wolf Habitat in the Northeastern United States: A Spatial Analysis of the Political and Social Suitability of Wolf Re-Colonization |
April 30
3:15 pm |
Presentation |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Blair Braverman ('11) |
The Iditarod Trail as a Model for Conservation |
April 30
3:00 pm |
Presentation |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Megan Saunders ('09) |
The Impacts of Golf Courses on Stream Water pH and Dissolved Oxygen in the Upper Piedmont, Greenville, SC |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Jordan Schoonover ('10) |
Wind Power in Maine: Balancing Conservation and Energy Production |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Emma Balazs ('09) |
Wind Turbine Visibility on Colby Campus |
May 1 |
Poster |
Philip Nyhus |
| Environmental Studies |
Caitlin Dufraine ('09) |
An Identification and Assessment of Human-Carnivore Conflict Hotspots and Large Carnivore Policy Implications in the United States |
April 29
2:15 pm |
Presentation |
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| Geology |
Stephanie Grocke ('09) |
A Textural and Mineralogical Analysis of Selected Enclaves within the Waldoboro Pluton, Friendship, Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Valerie Reynolds |
| Geology |
Rachel Guest ('09) |
Can Predatory-Prey Arms Races Intensify during a Mass Extinction Event? Strombid Gastropods from Late Neogene of Florida |
April 30
2:00 pm |
Presentation |
Robert A. Gastaldo |
| Geology |
Geoffrey Malick ('09) |
Contributions to the Understanding of Glacial Lake Bigelow Between Eustis and Coburn Gore, Northwestern Maine |
April 30 |
Poster |
Robert E. Nelson |
| Geology |
James Beltran ('09) |
Geochemical Analysis of Mill Creek Sediments, Bermuda |
April 30 |
Poster |
Bruce F. Rueger |
| Geology |
Frederick Freudenberger ('09) |
Morphological Fluctuations of the Sahara Desert: An Overview of Quaternary Climate Change and Geomorphology with Special Attention to Water. |
May 1
4:30 pm |
Presentation |
Robert E. Nelson |
| Geology |
Jacob Schwarz ('09) |
Reconnaissance Fabric Analyses of the Northern Mylonite Zone, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming |
May 1 |
Poster |
Walter A. Sullivan |
| Geology |
Caroline Hunt ('09) |
Testing the Transpression Hypothesis Using Qualitative Porphyroclast Analyses: An Example from the Southern Mylonite Zone of the Cheyenne Belt Shear-zone System, Wyoming |
April 30 |
Poster |
Walter A. Sullivan |
| Geology |
Amanda Smith ('09) |
The Influence of Anthropogenic Factors on Trace Metal Content in Bermuda Pond Sediments |
May 1 |
Poster |
Bruce F. Rueger |
| German/Russian |
Sommer Engels ('09) |
Bernhard Schlinks 'Der Vorleser' und deutsche Vergangenheitsbewältigung |
May 1
11:00 am |
Presentation |
Arne Koch |
| German/Russian |
Justin Mohler ('09) |
Die Darstellung moderner Identität in Doris Dörries „Bin ich schön?“ |
May 1
12:10 pm |
Presentation |
Arne Koch |
| German/Russian |
Samuel Morales ('09) |
Die Individualisierung der gesellschaftlichen sittlichen Sorgen in 'Frühlings Erwachen' und 'Der Vorleser' (The individualization of societal moral problems in 'Spring Awakening' and 'The Reader') |
May 1
11:15 am |
Presentation |
Arne Koch |
| German/Russian |
Nicole Veilleux ('09) |
Die Darstellung des Anderen und des Bekannten: Rassenvorurteil, Menschenrecht und Philosophie in Heinrich von Kleists 'Die Verlobung in St. Domingo' |
May 1
11:30 am |
Presentation |
Arne Koch |
| German/Russian |
Katherine Dutcher ('09) |
Moralphilosophie in Frank Wedekinds 'Frühlings Erwachen': Freiheit plus Ordnung gleich Sittlichkeit |
May 1
11:50 am |
Presentation |
Arne Koch |
| German/Russian |
Sei Harris ('10) |
The Sound of Yourself Listening: Faust and the Politics of the Unpolitical |
April 30
3:35 pm |
Presentation |
Arne Koch |
| German/Russian |
Matthew Von Vogt ('11) |
The Concept of the Modern Family in Fassbinder's Group Films of 1960s Germany |
April 30
3:15 pm |
Presentation |
Cyrus Shahan |
| Government |
James Goldring ('09) |
Identity Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Obstacles to Reconciliation and Stability |
April 29
3:00 pm |
Presentation |
Jennifer A. Yoder |
| History |
Lauren Duval ('09) |
'La Belle Américaine': Sarah Jay's Experience Abroad during the American Revolution |
April 30
1:50 pm |
Presentation |
Jason M. Opal |
| History |
Emily Schofield ('09) |
10th and 29th Maine Regiments |
May 1
3:30 pm |
Presentation |
Elizabeth D. Leonard |
| History |
Noel De Freitas ('10) |
A Study of African American Troops and Their Motives For Fighting in the American Civil War |
April 30
4:30 pm |
Presentation |
Elizabeth D. Leonard |
| History |
Shelley Payne ('09) |
Currents of Aggression: The American Agrarian Dream and Mexican Land Grants in Alta California |
April 29
2:45 pm |
Presentation |
Jason M. Opal |
| History |
Catherine Coffman ('09) |
Dust Between Two Fires: Civilian Militias in Ayacucho, Peru and Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia in the Late Twentieth Century |
May 1
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Ben W. Fallaw |
| History |
Matthew Quinlan ('10) |
Hollywood's Depiction of Irish Soldiers in the American Civil War |
May 1
3:00 pm |
Presentation |
Elizabeth D. Leonard |
| History |
Daniel Franklin ('10) |
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 |
May 1
4:45 pm |
Presentation |
John Jason Thompson |
| History |
Jennifer MacDowell ('09) |
Wartime Attitudes and Morale of Union and Confederate Women |
April 30
4:00 pm |
Presentation |
Elizabeth D. Leonard |
| Independent Studies |
Pamela Colon ('09) |
'It's not all they are': The Lives of Girls in the South End |
May 1
2:00 pm |
Presentation |
Mark B. Tappan |
| International Studies |
Daniela Andreevska ('09) |
Keys and Orchards: Memory and the Palestinian Diaspora, 1948-Present |
April 30
4:00 pm |
Presentation |
Jennifer A. Yoder, Paul R. Josephson |
| International Studies |
Christine Shu ('09) |
Antibiotics, Herbs, and Magic: Health Practices in Contemporary St. Petersburg |
April 30
4:30 pm |
Presentation |
Mary Elizabeth Mills, Paul R. Josephson |
| Latin American Studies |
Sarah DeLiefde ('09) |
From Colonization to Civil War: Gendering the Guatemalan Counterinsurgency |
May 1
1:40 pm |
Presentation |
Ben W. Fallaw |
| Mathematics |
Sarah Harmon ('12) |
Human Perceptions of Self-Motion and Orientation during Acceleration and Deceleration in a Centrifuge |
April 30 |
Poster |
Jan E. Holly |
| Mathematics |
Lauren Harris ('10) |
Three-dimensional Modeling of Vertigo Sensation in Patients Suffering from Benign Paroxysmal Positional Nystagmus. |
April 30
2:30 pm |
Presentation |
Jan E. Holly |
| Physics and Astronomy |
James Jones ('09) |
Beyond the Standard Model: Supersymmetry and Large Extra Dimensions |
April 30
1:30 pm |
Presentation |
Robert T. Bluhm |
| Physics and Astronomy |
Jennifer Dahnke ('10) |
Doppler-Free Diode Laser Spectroscopy of the Balmer-Alpha Transition in Atomic Hydrogen |
May 1 |
Poster |
Duncan A. Tate |
| Physics and Astronomy |
Katherine Nelson ('09) |
High Mass Star Formation and Modeling High Mass Protostar IRAS 18151-1208 |
April 30 |
Poster |
Murray F. Campbell |
| Physics and Astronomy |
David Connick ('09) |
Noether's and Goldstones theorem in particle physics |
April 30
1:15 pm |
Presentation |
Robert T. Bluhm |
| Physics and Astronomy |
Nathan Hill ('09) |
The Higgs Mechanism and the Search for the Higgs Boson |
April 30
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Robert T. Bluhm |
| Psychology |
Alexander Fenstermacher ('10) |
Effects of Changing Stimulus Format and Time Pressure on False Recognition |
April 29 |
Poster |
Jennifer Coane |
| Psychology |
Benjamin Gross ('10) |
A Dynamic System's Approach to Motor Interference |
April 29 |
Poster |
Michael J. Richardson |
| Psychology |
Carla Jacobs ('09) |
Assesing Body Image Concerns in Preschoolers from a Social Cognitive Perspective |
April 29
1:15 pm |
Presentation |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Lauren McClurg ('09) |
Chronic Unpredictable Stress Increases Anxious and Depressive-like Behavior, but Only a Temporary Hedonic Deficit in Middle-aged Female Rats |
April 29 |
Poster |
Melissa J. Glenn |
| Psychology |
Elisabeth Grasser ('11) |
Cognitive Dissonance in Trust-Choice Incompatibility |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry, Thane S. Pittman |
| Psychology |
Claudia Sanchez Gutierrez |
Confusions of Suffixes in Bilingual Contexts |
April 29 |
Poster |
Jennifer Coane |
| Psychology |
Michele Chu ('09) |
David vs. Goliath: Whose Side Are you on Anyway? |
April 29
3:30 pm |
Presentation |
Thane S. Pittman |
| Psychology |
Sara Field ('11) |
Do Gossip Girls Like Cats and Dogs? |
April 29 |
Poster |
Jennifer Coane |
| Psychology |
Tory Gray ('11) |
Does Arousal Explain the Effects of Superior Recall After Survival Processing Compared to Other Types of Processing? |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Olivia Bordiuk ('09) |
Gestational Stress Induces Persistent Increases in Anxiety and Alterations in Maternal Care Behaviors in Female Rat Dams |
April 29 |
Poster |
Melissa J. Glenn |
| Psychology |
Hanna Schenk ('09) |
Hippocampal Cell Survival as a Function of Enrichment and Learning in Periadolescent and Adult Male Rats |
April 29 |
Poster |
Melissa J. Glenn |
| Psychology |
Veronica Romero ('09) |
Horsing Around |
April 29 |
Poster |
Michael J. Richardson |
| Psychology |
Julia Bruss ('11) |
How Cognitive Processing Affects Recall of Socially Normative Information |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Pollee Hruby ('09) |
Implicit Effects in Survival Processing |
April 29 |
Poster |
Jennifer Coane |
| Psychology |
Catherine Stewart ('11) |
Is It All About You?: Investigating Essential Components of Stories to Arouse Survival Processing |
April 29 |
Poster |
Thane S. Pittman |
| Psychology |
Jennifer Corriveau ('10) |
Past Availability of Dietary Choline Modulates Subsequent Choline Intake and Adult Choline Levels Mediate the Anxiolytic Effects of Enrichment |
April 29 |
Poster |
Melissa J. Glenn |
| Psychology |
Meredith Tumilty ('10) |
Personality: Do Magazine Quizzes Correlate with the Big Five Inventory? |
April 29 |
Poster |
Christopher J. Soto |
| Psychology |
Kelly Brooks ('09) |
Postnatal Choline Availability Modulates the Behavioral Consequences of Chronic Mild Stress in Male Rats |
April 29 |
Poster |
Melissa J. Glenn |
| Psychology |
Veronica Romero ('09) |
Power Fitness |
April 29 |
Poster |
Thane S. Pittman |
| Psychology |
Tara Brian ('10) |
Relationship Between Preschool Children's Numerical Capabilities and Understanding of Age |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology / Education and Human Development |
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School Readiness: The Underlying Factors of Socio-Economic Status and the Ways in Which Those Factors Affect Waterville Children's Kindergarten Preparedness |
April 29
1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Tarja Raag |
| Psychology |
Megan Dean ('09) |
Self, School, Sports: The Relationships Among General Personality, Role Specific Personalities, and Role-Specific Outcomes |
April 29 |
Poster |
Christopher J. Soto |
| Psychology |
Nina Gold ('09) |
Simon Is Sick: A Therapeutic Book for Pediatric Patients |
April 29
1:30 pm |
Presentation |
Tarja Raag |
| Psychology |
Madison Gregor ('09) |
Social Effects on the Dynamics of Group Synchrony |
April 29 |
Poster |
Michael J. Richardson |
| Psychology |
Jennifer Corriveau ('10) |
Storage of Idioms in the Mental Lexicon: A Comparison Between Native and L2 Learners |
April 29 |
Poster |
Jennifer Coane |
| Psychology |
Carrie Potter ('09) |
The Effects of Eating Behaviors and Exercise Patterns on the Processing of Food and Exercise Related Stimuli |
April 29
3:45 pm |
Presentation |
Jennifer Coane |
| Psychology |
Julia Engelsted ('11) |
The Effects of Mortality Salience and Regulatory Focus on Survival Processing |
April 29 |
Poster |
Thane S. Pittman |
| Psychology |
Alexandra Wesnousky ('10) |
The Effects of Outcome Dependency on Stereotype Processes in an Extrinsic Motivational Context |
April 29 |
Poster |
Thane S. Pittman |
| Psychology |
Amanda Ivey ('10) |
The Effects of Stimulus Variability on Spontaneous Rhythmic Coordination |
April 29 |
Poster |
Michael J. Richardson |
| Psychology |
Alessandra Welker ('11) |
The Effects of Survival and Self-Processing on Reading Comprehension |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Sharonda Bradley ('10) |
The Effects of Thought Speed and Level of Thought on Perceptions of Power |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Aimee Sheppard ('10) |
The Perception of Personality Based on SES Names and Facial Images |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Jessica Frick ('10) |
The Relationship Between Joint Attention and Syntax Development in Preschoolers |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Stephanie Berger ('11) |
The Roles of Arousal and Thought Speed on Affect |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Psychology |
Ashley Beaulieu ('09) |
Understanding Self-Efficacy in Others: Children's Knowledge Regarding the Effects of Verbal Persuasion and Vicarious Experiences on Perception of Ability |
April 29 |
Poster |
Martha Arterberry |
| Sociology |
Elizabeth Doran ('09) |
'Contentment in My Heart': Evangelical Women and Spiritual Journeys |
May 1
4:40 pm |
Presentation |
Teresa J. Arendell |
| Sociology |
Kirsten Duda ('09) |
Brushing Up on Fundraising: Maine’s Kennebec Valley Dental Coalition |
May 1 |
Poster |
Thomas J. Morrione |
| Sociology |
Margaret Lancaster ('09) |
Cents and Sustainability: Building a Maine Community Market from the Ground Up |
May 1 |
Poster |
Thomas J. Morrione |
| Sociology |
Laura Bisbee ('09) |
Fun For All Ages: Kicking Off the Alfond Center's New 50+ Clubhouse |
May 1 |
Poster |
Thomas J. Morrione |
| Sociology |
Caroline Hunt ('09) |
LUMINA: Enlightened Advertising for the Maine Film Center |
May 1 |
Poster |
Thomas J. Morrione |
| Sociology |
Abigail Sussman ('09) |
Midwifery in the USA: An Exploration of the Decline and Rise in Midwife Use. |
May 1
4:00 pm |
Presentation |
Elizabeth D. Leonard, Teresa J. Arendell |
| Sociology |
Rebecca Lipson ('09) |
More Shelter with Less Money: Fundraising for the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter |
May 1 |
Poster |
Thomas J. Morrione |
| Theater and Dance |
Andrew Bolduc ('10) |
A QUICK LESSON IN CAUSE AND EFFECT |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Michael Trottier ('12) |
CLARITY |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Lucy Dotson ('12) |
GHOSTS |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Frederick Freudenberger ('09) |
ONLY A THEORY |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Kathleen Brzozowski ('09) |
SEXUAL DEBUT |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Kris Miranda ('09) |
SWORD AND SHIELD |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Sean Senior ('10) |
THAT ONE DAMN BUST |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Kate Vasconi ('09) |
THE ELGIN WAR |
April 30
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Theater and Dance |
Kate Tommasino ('09) |
THINGS YOU CAN'T SEE |
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Presentation |
Lynne Conner |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Pamela Colon ('09) |
'Grass Without Roots': Social Programs and Women's Empowerment in India |
April 29
10:15 am |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Katherine Dammann ('09) |
'Just imagine it being your sister or mom, and then think about how we should talk about that': The Representation and Consumption of Chris Brown, Rihanna, and Domestic Violence |
April 29
10:00 am |
Presentation |
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| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Elizabeth Doran ('09) |
'The Husband, the Wife, and the Lord in the Middle': Evangelical Women, Mutuality, and Submission |
April 29
9:00 am |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Ashlee Holm ('09) |
Fantasies: Staging Feminist Performance Art |
April 29
9:15 am |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Danielle Crochiere ('09) |
How Porn has been Normalized into Society: A Closer Look at its Effect on College Campuses |
April 29
9:30 am |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Cary Finnegan ('09) |
Pushing Boundaries: Expressions of Love and Sexuality in the Life and Work of Edna St. Vincent Millay |
April 29
10:30 am |
Presentation |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Qainat Khan ('11) |
Representing Harvey Milk in the Media 1973-1988 |
May 1
3:00 pm |
Presentation |
Gillian Frank |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Naomi Smith ('09) |
Sexuality, Gender and the Law in the United States |
April 29
9:45 am |
Presentation |
Gillian Frank, Margaret T. McFadden |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Amy Dunlap ('11) |
The Rise of Second-Wave Feminism at Colby College: The Women’s Organization and Women’s Health on Mayflower Hill, 1973-1980 |
May 1
3:15 pm |
Presentation |
Gillian Frank |
| Women, Gender, Sexuality |
Emma Anastos-Wallen ('11) |
Improving Lipstick Quotients: The Media’s Construction of Gender and Romance in The Colby Echo During the 1950s |
May 1
3:30 pm |
Presentation |
Gillian Frank |
