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SESSION XXIV: ART
Sex in Art |
Hurd Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Véronique Plesch |
| 9:00 - 11:30 AM |
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| 9:00 am |
Virginia Robbins, Art
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Veiled Eroticism in Gothic Ivories |
| 9:20 am |
Caroline Dickson ('10), Art
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Assessing Caravaggio's Homosexuality; An Examination of the Homoerotic Content in Caravaggio's Work in both Private and Religious Commissions |
| 9:40 am |
Fiona Braslau ('10), Art
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Rodin's Drawings: An Erotic Obsession |
| 10:00 am |
Megan Conroy ('10), Art
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Egon Schiele: Drawing His Sexual Biography |
| 10:20 am |
Lindsey Anderson ('10), Art
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René Magritte and the Enigma of the Female Nude |
| 10:40 am |
Katherine Gagnon ('11), Art
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Woman as Object in Consumer Culture |
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SESSION XXV: ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology: Honors and Independent Studies |
Smith Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Mary Beth Mills |
| 10:00 - 12:00 AM |
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| 10:00 am |
Audrey Jacobsen ('10) |
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Health, Human Rights and Commodity: HIV/AIDS Healthcare Provision in Maine |
| 10:40 am |
Hanna Pickwell ('10) |
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Imagining Love in Contemporary China |
| 11:20 am |
Emily Pavelle ('10) |
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Tourism, Colonialism, and “Third Gender” in Pacific Island Cultures |
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SESSION XXVI: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Tropical Forests and Sustainable Development |
Lovejoy 213
Session Chair: Janette Bulkan |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM |
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Ellen Ramage ('11) |
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Desertification in the Sahel |
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Lauren Kerr ('12) |
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Value Chains and Fair Trade |
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Olivia Lattanzi ('11) |
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Invasive Species |
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Hana Haver ('11) |
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Environmental and Human Health Threats Posed by Mercury in Gold Mining |
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Sam Brakeley ('10) |
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Tourism and the San of Southern Africa |
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Shannon Merrell ('10) |
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Effects of Tourism on Costa Rican Rainforests |
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SESSION XXVII: AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Honors Thesis Projects |
Whitney Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Katherine Stubbs |
| 10:00-12:00 |
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| 10:00 am |
Erica Block ('10) |
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Race&Rock&Roll: an Analysis of Representation on Rolling Stone Magazine Covers |
| 10:30 am |
Katherine Perez ('10) |
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Jewish American Renaissance: The role of the Jewish Blogosphere in Identity Negotiation |
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SESSION XXVIII: CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Senior Presentations |
Arey 5
Session Chair: Rebecca Conry |
| 11:00 AM |
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Brian DiMento ('10) |
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The Chemiluminescent Detection of Superoxide and Hydrogen Peroxide |
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Greg Klein ('10) |
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Optimization of a 2D LC/SFC Interface Build |
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Elizabeth Disney ('10) |
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The Effect of Antiobiotics on the Conjugation Frequency of Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida |
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SESSION XXIX: GERMAN
German Studies Senior Seminar: Identities and Ideologies |
Smith Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Arne Koch |
| 12:15 - 1:45 PM |
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| 12:15 pm |
Ross Nehrt ('10) |
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Film und Text als Darstellungen widerstreitender Verantwortungsgefühle (Film and Text as Representations of Conflicting Feelings of Responsibility) |
| 12:45 pm |
Susannah Hufstader ('12) |
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Trennung, Absonderung und Individualität in Grillparzers 'Der arme Spielmann' (Separation, Isolation, and Individuality in Grillparzer's 'The Poor Fiddler') |
| 1:15 pm |
Joshua Connell ('10) |
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Gewalt in 'Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum' (Violence in 'The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum') |
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SESSION XXX: ECONOMICS
Economics Honors Presentations |
Hurd Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Patrice Franko |
| 12:30 - 2:30 PM |
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| 12:30 pm |
Robert Knipp ('10) |
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Emissions Trading |
| 1:00 pm |
Loredana Popescu ('10) |
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Continuity of Foreign Direct Investment - Determinants and Effects on Growth |
| 1:30 pm |
Mesay Melese ('10) |
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Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: Determinants and Effects |
| 2:00 pm |
J. Delhy Nolivos ('10) |
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Central Bank Independence and Fiscal Dominance |
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SESSION XXXI: AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Senior Seminar |
Whitney Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Margaret McFadden |
| 12:30 - 3:00 PM |
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| 12:30 pm |
Lamont Henry ('10) |
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Why Can't She Have It? |
| 12:45 pm |
Marcus BoisAubin ('10) |
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Interracial Dating in Spike Lee’s Concrete Jungle: An Analysis of Interracial dating Between Black Men and White Women In Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever |
| 1:00 pm |
Erica Block ('10) |
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The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy: Female Sexuality in Spike Lee's 'Crooklyn' |
| 1:15 pm |
Katherine Perez ('10) |
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White Presence through Absence in Spike Lee's 'School Daze' |
| 1:30 pm |
Matthew Von Vogt ('11) |
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Spike Lee's Clockers: A New Vision For Black Cultural Space |
| 1:45 pm |
Michael Talarico ('11) |
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The 25th Hour: Accountability in a Post 9/11 Society |
| 2:00 pm |
Brett Souza ('11) |
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Spike Lee's 'Inside Man': A New Auteurial Direction |
| 2:15 pm |
Hannah Kim ('10) |
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More at Home in Facist Italy |
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SESSION XXXII: BIOLOGY
Biology Honors & Independent Studies Presentations |
Olin Room 1
Session Chair: Russell Johnson |
| 1:00 - 3:30 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Seth Johnson ('10) |
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External Sensory Organ Expression of D-Pax2 is Activated through Two Temporally Distinct Enhancers |
| 1:15 pm |
Colin O'Shea ('10) |
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The Differential Roles of D-Pax2 Variants in Regulating Drosophila Eye and Bristle Development |
| 1:30 pm |
Catarina Ruksznis ('10) |
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The Effects of Melatonin on the Circadian Rhythm of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Innate Immune Response |
| 1:45 pm |
Corey Martin ('10) |
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Variable Phagocytosis of Gram-positive and Gram-negative Bacteria by Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Leukocytes |
| 2:00 pm |
Adam SanMiguel ('10) |
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A Comprehensive Characterization of the Aeromonas salmonicida IncA/C Plasmid Conjugation System |
| 2:15 pm |
Benjamin Keyser ('10) |
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The Wheat bZIP Factor, TaABF1, Mediates ABA-induced Gene Expression in Bombarded Barley Aleurone Layers. |
| 2:30 pm |
Lauren Harris ('10) |
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The role of TaABF1 in abscisic acid-mediated suppression of α-amylase gene expression in cereal grains |
| 2:45 pm |
Steven Armbrust ('10) |
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Vegetation Recruitment of a Restored Habitat Linkage in Tropical North Queensland: A Follow Up Study |
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SESSION XXXIII: PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology Honors Presentations |
Roberts 223
Session Chair: Thane Pittman |
| 1:00-3:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Darshini Mahadevia ('10) |
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Modulation of Hippocampal Development as a Function of Prenatal Choline Supplementation and Ethanol Exposure |
| 1:30 pm |
Alexandra Wesnousky ('10) |
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I'm Really, Really Bad at Math: Competion and Self-verification Theory |
| 2:00 pm |
Anna Kelemen ('10), Jessica Bond ('10), Hilana Bernheimer ('10) and Meredith Tumilty ('10) |
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An Investigation of Contextual and Personal Factors for Kindergarten Literacy Development |
| 2:30 pm |
Chelsea Stillman ('10) |
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The Effects of Aging on the Survival Processing Advantage in Memory |
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SESSION XXXIV: RUSSIAN STUDIES
CBB-USM Russian Student Symposium |
Lovejoy 215
Session Chair: Julie de Sherbinin |
| 2:00-4:00 PM |
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| 2:00 pm |
Larissa Levine ('10), German/Russian
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Nihilism and Nature in Turgenev’s Fathers and Children |
| 2:15 pm |
Craig Zevin ('11), German/Russian
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“The Paradox of Similarity in Difference in Turgenev’s Fathers and Children” |
| 2:30 pm |
Rebecca Chenard ('12), German/Russian
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“‘Flying Fish’ and other Birds: Avian Imagery in Turgenev’s Fathers and Children' |
| 2:45 pm |
Jennifer Dahnke ('10), German/Russian
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Confinement and Escape in Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading |
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SESSION XXXV: GOVERNMENT
Government Senior Thesis Presentations |
Diamond 122
Session Chair: Joseph Reisert |
| 3:00 - 5:30 PM |
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| 3:00 pm |
Zachary Ezor ('10) |
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Family Ties: Mainstream Environmentalists' Understanding of Radical Environmentalism in America |
| 3:30 pm |
Emma Hall ('10) |
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Sinn Fein's Symbolic Framework: Social Movement Theory and the Irish War of Independence |
| 4:00 pm |
Andre Rougeot ('10) |
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Conditions for Containment |
| 4:30 pm |
Haolu Wang ('10) |
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The Impact of Civil Society on Democratization in China |
| 5:00 pm |
Fiona Sheridan-McIver ('10) |
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Latin Catholic Political Culture and Voluntary Association in Spain |
| 5:30 pm |
Nicholas Bromley ('10) |
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The 'Lunatic Fringe': Barry Goldwater and the Conservative Revolution of the 1960s. |
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SESSION XXXVI: CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Senior Presentations |
Keyes 105
Session Chair: Rebecca Conry |
| 3:00 PM |
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Adam Paine ('10) |
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Patterns of Apoptotic Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 Cleavage Induced by Laromustine and its Analogs |
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Austin Lee ('10) |
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TBA |
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Mike Baldwin ('10) |
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The Analysis of Bioavailable Copper Using Desferrioxamine-B Based Ligand Extraction and Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy |
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Eric Braunstein ('10) |
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Analysis of the Electron Withdrawing Capability of Acetylene Groups for Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution |
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SESSION XXXVII: WOMEN'S GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
WGSS Senior Seminar |
Whitney Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Lisa Arellano |
| 3:00 - 5:00 PM |
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| 3:00 pm |
Amy Weston ('10) |
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Cosmonette: How the Space Race Informed American Gender Construction in the 1960s |
| 3:13 pm |
Maya Steward ('10) |
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the Hook-Up: the Theology and Reality of Sexual Behavior at Colby College |
| 3:30 pm |
Leigh Bullion ('10) |
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'Difficulty with duality': Batman and Masculinity |
| 3:45 pm |
Sarena Maron-Kolitch ('10) |
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Raising Young Feminists in a Contemporary World |
| 4:00 pm |
Cynia Barnwell ('11) |
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America's Children: The Re-infantry of Female Prisoners |
| 4:15 pm |
Alison Iannotti ('11) |
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Gender and Race Discrimination in Sports |
| 4:30 pm |
Jessica Bushee ('11) |
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'The One' is the Loneliest Number: A Deconstruction of Contemporary Love and Relationships through Reality TV Romance |
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SESSION XXXVII: ECONOMICS
Economics Honors Presentations |
Hurd Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Patrice Franko |
| 3:00 - 5:00 PM |
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| 3:00 pm |
Isaac Opper ('10) |
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Conflict and the Will to Win |
| 3:30 pm |
Robin Daley ('10) |
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Determinants of Credit Ratings for U.S. Private Colleges and Universities |
| 4:00 pm |
Nicholas Van Niel ('10) |
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Revitalizing the Signaling Power of Class Rank at Colby College |
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SESSION XXXIX:
General Session |
Smith Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Clement Guthro |
| 3:00 - 6:00 PM |
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| 3:00 pm |
Maureen Dunn ('10), Psychology
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Advancements in Concussion Management |
| 3:30 pm |
Kathleen Minton ('10), Anthropology
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Understanding the Mental Healthcare System for Refugees in Lewiston |
| 4:15 pm |
Amelia Swinton ('10), Latin American Studies
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Migration, Food and Cultural Production Across Changing Afro-Ecuadorian Geographies |
