People
Faculty and Staff
Aaron Hanlon, Associate Professor and Department Chair
Ashton Wesner, Visiting Assistant Professor
Alice Ridky, Administrative Secretary
STS Advisory Committee
Melissa Glen, Psychology
Kara Kugelmeyer, Science Library
Gianluca Rizzo, French and Italian
Tanya Sheehan, Art
Judy Stone, Biology
Emeritus Faculty
Charles Bassett
Jim Fleming
Henry A. Gemery
Homer T. (Pete) Hayslett
Thomas Longstaff
Robert McArthur
Leonard Reich
Current Students
Bauwens, Eleonor C. 2020
Colarusso, Ava M. 2020
Garza, Emily A. 2020
Rabins, Sabrina S. 2020
Schibli, Scott W. 2020
Viggiano, Benjamin K. 2020
Young, Jacob H. 2020
Pratico, Samuel R. 2020 J
Bahudodda, Sravya S. 2021
Harris, Henry B. 2021
Holding, R. Chase 2021
Jahrling, Heather 2021
Joseph, Mackjeannie 2021
Kirby, William J.,, IV 2021
Macphee, Jack D. 2021
Olson, John A. III 2021
Rami, Ali S. 2021
Raschid Farrokhi, Minou 2021
Robinson, Carter W. 2021
Shaw, Savannah R. 2021
Smead, Spencer F. 2021
Steib, Benjamin O. 2021
Turner, Nicolas M. 2021
Eisenhauer, George M. 2022
Getschow, Alessia R. 2022
Kim, Joshua J. 2022
Klingenberg, Connor T. 2022
LaMountain, Fariel C. 2022
Marti, Avery F. 2022
Sine, Jack P. 2022
STS Graduates and Thesis Titles
Haley Andonian (Honors), From Forced to Voluntary Participation: The history of human experimentation in the United States
Steven Kohli, Death and Rebirth of the Music Monopoly: The transformation of an industry through peer-to-peer platforms
Alisha Lee, How Will Artificial Meat Impact the Environment?
Olivia Stein, Advancement of Life-saving Technologies: Constructing a society that avoids discussion of death and artificially prolongs life at all costs
Sarah Taft, Plastics: The potential in pairing STS and Environmental Studies
J.R. Farthing, Unpresidential Precedent: Historical Conflict and Cooperation Between the Media and the US Presidency
Lucas Lam, Institutionalized Discrimination in the Sharing Economy
Sophie Swetz (Honors, STS Scholar Award), America’s National Parks and the Anthropocene: Addressing the Present to Accommodate the Future in Acadia National Park
Carina Wallack (Honors, STS Scholar Award), Crops and Controversy: Industry’s Role in the GMO Debate
Katie Chow (Honors), Park Politics: Political Influences on Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) & the Creation of Central Park
Emily Glaenzer (Honors), Neuromarketing: The Neurological Reasons Behind our Choices
Thomas Kienzle, Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Technology, Discovery, and the Dawn of Science Fiction
Abe Krieger (Honors, STS Scholar Award), Elections on YouTube: Messaging and Online Communication in the 2016 Presidential Nomination Process
Connor Rozinsky, How With the Help of Technological Innovation, the Marijuana Industry in Maine is Capable of Greatly Improving the State’s Economy
Sarah Jeanne Shimer (Honors), Entering Into a Dialogue with Pope Francis’ Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home
Kevin Adair, Environmental Implications and Public Perception of Nuclear Power and High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal and the Former Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Shadiyat Ajao, Science News and Public Discourse: The GMO Debate
Olivia Avidan (Honors), The Social Determinants of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Maine
Jeanne Barthold (Honors, STS Scholar Award), Sociological Impacts of Wind Farms in Maine
Brooke Chandor (Honors), Prevention Programs: The Answer to ACL Injuries in Female Athletes?
Jonathan Eichholz, On Terroir: How The Taste of Place Made a Case For Camembert
Alex Kohn, Visual Authority and Natural Processes: A Cultural Critique of the Fetal Ultrasound
Kam Olaogun, The Influence of Technology on Track & Field and Sports Culture
Dustin Satloff, The Evolution of Sports Media and Their Symbiotic Relationship with Technology and Society
Sonia Vargas, Diversity in STEM and Higher Education in the United States
Peter Willauer, Innovative, Sustainable, and Dynamic Fish Farms in Maine: Solutions to Feeding the Future
Alexa Williams, Shark: An Investigation of Management Measures in Light of Media Impacts and Culture
Sarah Barrese, “A golden age free from crime, disease, filth, and poverty”: Muckrakers and Public Health Reform in the Progressive Era
Marianne Ferguson, Three’s a Crowd: Lobstermen, Scientists, Policymakers and the Management of the Maine Lobster Industry
Peter Grayson Hamblett, The Educated Terrorist: The Formative Years and Philosophy of Ted Kaczynski
Sydney Hammond, Russian Censorship vs. Twitter: An examination of Global Policing
Monique Kelly, Watch What Whe-eat: An Analysis of the Gluten-Free Diet
Lauren Lacy, Bad Blood: Investigating the Ban on MSM Blood Donation
Madeline Wilson, Blowing in the Wind: Evaluating Community and Operator Relations in the Maine Wind Energy Industry
James Wyse, The New Space Race
Victoria Feng, Architecture and Behavior at Colby: How our built environment affects the way we learn and socialize
Ben Hannon (Honors), Development of a Standardized and Functional Tactical Emergency Medical Support Training Program
Dan Hussey, What Is High Fructose Corn Syrup and What Does It Do? It depends on whom you ask.
Kelly Kneeland, Controlling the Maine Environment: Three Attempts to Alter the Natural World
Nick Kondiles, License and Regulation, Please: New Standards for the Practice of In Vitro Fertilization
Neal Kopser, Callendar’s Following
Matt Lapine, Water Quality Monitoring Technology in Maine Communities: Where Human Understanding Meets Ecological Change
Eoin McCarron (Honors, STS Scholar Award), Electromagnetic Disturbances from Natural and Nuclear Sources: History and Public Policy
Charlie Spatz (Honors), Building with Waste: The Concrete Block in the 20th Century
Robert T. Canning (Honors), Forecasting the Future: The Early United States Weather Bureau
Jeff Carpenter, Your Brain in the Cloud: Online Learning and the Paradigm of Education
Kyle Donovan, Saving Hollywood? The Struggle to Protect Intellectual Property Rights
Katie Graichen, Defining a Place by the Sea: The Revitalization of the Portland Waterfront
Christopher J. Kasprak (Honors), Hurricanes as Social Probes: The Social, Political and Economic Impact of the Hurricanes of 1900, 1938, and 2005 (Katrina)
Thomas P. Meehan (Honors), Health Information Technology and Quality Improvement: The Use of Electronic Health Records to Improve Quality of Care in Primary Care Practices in Connecticut
Elliot Mermel, Breaching the Boundaries: The Impact of Intellectual Property Laws on Healthcare and Society
Arya Moallem, Blooming Industry, Ancient Roots: Green Buildings in Red China
Spencer Phillips, Keeping the Center Alive: Portland, Oregon and the Urban Growth Boundary
Amanda Reynolds, From Bubble to Burp: The Unlikely Technologies that made Brewing an Industry
Nicole G. Sintetos (Honors), The Sexual Brain: Essentialism in Queer Popular Science: A Study of the Science of Dr. Simon LeVay
Campbell Stephenson, Neglected Green Space: Urban Parks and City Development
Margie L. Weiner (Honors), Programmed for Success? Computers in American Public School Classrooms
Emiko L. Boezeman, From Humans to Machines: The Evolution of Japanese Communication Technologies and Their Influence on the Written Language
Noah B. Bonnheim, The Search for a Hero: The Psychological Appeal of Geoengineering
Sarah M. Carter (Honors), HAPPY PILLS: The Discovery, Development and Societal Implications of Antidepressant Technology
Stephan J. Cizmar, An Assessment of Technological Progress as a Catalyst of Economic Growth Through an Analysis of Two General Purpose Technologies: Electrification and the Internet
Marisa K. Crommett (Honors), Communicating Health Care Options: Dominican Herbal Remedies in the Dominican Republic and New York City
Beta Eaton, Lobstering in Stonington, Connecticut and Stonington, Maine: Two Cases Demonstrating Necessary Cooperation Among Scientists, Fishermen, and Policy Makers for A Sustainable Fishery
Nathan A. Eberly (Honors), Mediavision: Social Lessons Learned from Television History
Amie R. Fleming (Honors), Urban Sprawl: Critiquing the Place of Community and Environment in Suburban America
Tucker Gorman, A Student’s View of the Colby College Campus
Hana L. Haver (Honors), Genes on Trial: An Evaluation of Gene Therapy in the Media
Alexander M. Koallick, Energy, Environment, Embargo: A look at How the Oil Embargo of 1973-74 Changed American Perceptions of Environmental Protection
Mark E. McNulty, Examining and Understanding Methods to Mitigate the Effects of Agricultural Oil Shock
Erin M, Schnettler (Honors, STS Scholar Award), Tipping Point to Turning Point: Horatio Crie and the Development of a Conservation Ethic in the Maine Lobster Industry
Danielle C. Sheppard, Social Solutions for Climate Change: Cross Cultural Lessons from Denmark to the United States
Nick Bromley, Thirty Pieces of Silver: A Dystopian Science Fiction Story
Alice Evans, Complimentary and Alternative Medicine and the Western Biomedical System
Dan Opalacz and Foster Huntington, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Data Acquisition and Colby Systems Integration
Zach Rich, The Asthma Puzzle: A Comparison of Factors Contributing to Asthma in the US and China
James Westhafer, The Maturation of the Armed Sky: A Comparison of the Influences on German and American Aerial Warfare Technologies from 1914 -1945
Sally Drescher (Honors), Cold War Games: The system and science of Soviet domination in international games
Caitlin Dufraine (Honors), Uncharted Dimensions of Media: A map of the social implications of geographic information systems (GIS)
Jessica Leuders-Dumont, Ocean Iron Fertilization — Is it feasible? Is it ethical? Addressing the scientific and ethical considerations of OIF in the global community
Camden Bucsko, Head Injuries in Football and Protective Equipment used to Prevent Them
Maddie Given (Honors), The Ironic History of Medical Radiation: From Cancer Causing to Cancer Treatment
Kim Rudolph, What is Internet Addiction and Why is It a Problem in East Asia?
Adam Salamon, The Development of Large-Scale Beer Brewing and the Significance of Microbreweries
Aaron Bradford, A Very Moral Concern: Molecular Biology and the Development of Chemotherapy
Brian W. Fulmer (Honors), Political Biology: Peter Kroptkin’s Mutual Aid and the ‘Darwinian Revolution
Tom Reznick (Senior Scholar’s Thesis), Morals and Milk: Neo-Luddism and Bovine Somatatopin, Science Technology and the Garden of Maine
Tom Testo (Honors), Last Blast: The Politics and Sponsorship of Formula One
Joseph D. Berg, Eisenhower and the Fascist Interstate System
Madeline Horwitz, (Honors), Man Made Menopause: A history of the medicalization of the female body
Jakob Moe, The Peak and Plummet of the Maine Fishing Industry: How Maine was removed from the Fishing Map in the progressive Era
James Oh, Stem Cell Research: The Unspoken Benefits
Ethan Payne, Hazard or Disaster? Social Implications in Earthquakes in Developing Countries
George Anthony Williams, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices
Chase D. Cohen and Corwith Cramer III, (Independent Study), Throwing Things: Construction and demonstration of a Roman onager
Caroline E.V. Collins, Broadacre City: An urban plan Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford could agree upon?
Zachary S. Sager, Industrial and Wild Snow: The legacies of 10th Mountain Division soldiers David Brower and Pete Seibert
Allison Stewart, The U.S. Forest Service’s Quest for Power and Money: Implications for the American Public
Lauren Abbott, Raising America’s Energy IQ: Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Consumption
Erica Ayotte, Spar and Spindle: The Effect of Lowell’s Textile Industry on Nineteenth-Century Agrarian New England
Nicholas Battista, The New Eco-Technic Paradigm Parker Thompson, Hydrogen Fuel: An Outlook on the Renewable Energy Future
Vincent Domestico, The Clash of New Military Technology with Old Ways of Fighting: The Civil War Rifle and How It Changed Warfare
Jessica Kellett, GMO Technology and Corporate Agribusiness. Why is the U.S. such a strong supporter of GMO crops and such a weak supporter of labeling GMO foods?
Brittney Lazar, The Looking Glass Media: The Media’s Construction of Identity for College Athletes as seen through the University of Notre Dame Football Program
Nina Martin, The Effects of West Nile Virus on the Environmental Movement of the North Shore of Massachusetts
Leif Pearson, A Critical Look at the Evolution and Future of Signal Transmission
Derek Snyder, Economic Transition in New England: The Case of Waterville, Maine within the Last Fifty Years
Nicholas Walendziak, Elk Ecology and Habitat Management in Eastern Tennessee
Sabina Warren, The Effects of Climate on People: An Anthropological Analysis of Ellsworth Huntington’s Theories
Marshall White, What’s for Dinner? A Brief History of Refrigeration
Brock Barton, Flat Screens and Fat Kids
Jamie Lue, Digital Eyes in Sports
Mike Moran, Surveillance Nation: Technology and the Erosion of Privacy
Jeff Owen, Crea-Teens: The Use of Performance-Enhancing Supplements by High School Athletes
Michael R. Pincus, The Environmentalism of Saint Francis
Carter Pace, The Irish Republican Army: Why They Fought the Anglo-Irish War
Russell B. MacPherson, Hazards of Technical Diving
David J. Manning, Tecological Disaster: Newfoundland’s Cod Fishery
Nathan Gehlert, Creationists and Scientists: Social, Religious, and Scientific Foundations of the Genesis Debate
Fredrick Perowne, The First Spike: Forging the Canadian Nation
Kathryn Rowen, Technology, the Environment and Home Depot:How Technological Innovation is Making the Lumber and Hardware Industries more Sustainable
Tom Dulong, Commercial Fishing at the Crossroads: Technology, Regulation, Conservation
Jared Lazzaro, Ships with Chips: The Effects of Electronic Navigation on Marine Transportation, 1900-2000
Melissa Shea, The Effects of Trap Limits and Vent Size Reductionson the Maine Lobster Industry
Wesley Baff, Atheistic Existentialism, the Life of Goods, and the Good Life: The Impact of Technological Society on Human Self-Determination
Warren Dixon, Technological Savior? Technologies in the U.S. Meat and Agriculture Industries
Peter Downing, Finding Peace in a War against Desertification: Reconceptualizing Grassroots Participation in Dryland Management
Raji Gupta, Universal Health Care in the United States: Canada, Clinton and the Constitution
Patrick Upatham, The French Nuclear Industry
Melissa Carpenter, To Clone or Not to Clone: A World Divided: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Regarding Human Cloning and the Need for Educated Public Opinion
Amy Lyons, Responsible Bioprospecting or Reprehensible Biopirating? An Examination of Bioprospecting Initiatives in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Darren Perry, The Challenger Launch Decision: An STS Perspective
Mike Truman, An STS Original: H.G. Wells and the Merging of Science and Literature
Josh Walton, The Outlook for Weather Prediction: A Chaotic Future?
Dana Cease, Water Quality Issues in Central and Eastern Europe
Steve DiLella, Duck and Cover and You’ll be OK: Media Portrayals and the Social Psychology of the Bomb
Thadd Eldredge, Mathematical n-chotomies
Simone Kaplan, Star Trek and Science Fiction: Reflexive Impacts on Cultural Expectations of Technology
Jon Nykvist, Renewable Energy Economics
Betsy Burleson, Be the Change That You Wish to See in the World (Video)
Lou Dagostine, Global Organized Crime, Its Present and Future Use of Technology, and How International Law Enforcement Agencies Are Trying to Stop Them
Karen Goodrich, America’s Cup Technology: History and Effects on the Sport of Sailing
Mark Johnson, The Might of the Marshes: Their Impact and Their Uncertain Future
John F. Smith, Jr., Rural Medicine and Technological Change
Benjamin Waite, Nuclear Weapons and American Popular Culture, 1945-1963
Michael Yunes, Computers and the Internet: Legal and Ethical Issues
Eric Burger, Technology and Art (with emphasis on postmodernist concerns): Towards Hyper-reality
Karen J. Carlson, Over the Counter Modern Technology. and Chemically Processed Nutrition Supplements
Mark Dantos, Technology and Art (with emphasis on postmodernist concerns): Towards Hyper-reality
Sean Devine, What’s NEXRad? Modernization Plans of the National Weather Service
Jan Dutton, Looking Backward to See Forward: The New Paleoclimatology
Eric Kemp, Aesthetics Meets Technology: Issues in Film Colorization
Jennifer Lock, Time for a Change in the Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology
Darrell Oakley, There Are Three Sides to Every Story: The Effect of Deforestation and Urbanization on Migratory Songbirds
Duc Buu Trac, A Brief Overview of Environmental Problems in Communist China
Christopher M. Chin, The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant: Environmental Issues
Daniel W. Connolly, Nuclear Power in New England
Marshal A. Mintz, Virtual Reality: Computer Modeling and Perception
Lisa E. Prenaveau, A Comparative Study of Japanese and American Computer Manufacturing
Lee W. Robbins, III, The Genetic Revolution in Agriculture
David M. Smith, A Comparative Study of Japanese and American Auto Manufacturing
Bethany H. Tilton, Technological Advances and the Ethics of Prolonging Life
Jonathan W. Walsh, Technological Change in Baseball
Walker Fenton, What’s Wrong with this Picture? Manipulation of Digital Images
David Jorgensen, Ethanol Fuel, Vodka for your Volkswagon: The Future of Biomass
Kwok Lui, Uses and Abuses of Telemarketing Technologies
Brian Meehan, The Promise and Problems of Nuclear Power
Norm Stillman, The Farrier’s Toolbox: Town and Country Veterinary Medicine
Gretchen Fisher, The Development of the Sewing Machine and Its Effects on the Women Who Worked in the Garment Industry
Aaron Mosher, Conservation Awareness at Colby
Sam Sharnik, This Stuff is Getting Deep, video production
Jake Silberfarb, Maglev Trains and the Necessity for Rapid Rail Transportation in the United States
Sally White, Technological Advances in Swimming: How Far Can Technology Push the Athlete?
David Coleman, A Photographic Essay of High and Low Technology in Maine Industries
Cindy Demskie, Maine: The Way Life Ought to Be? An Analysis of Technology in Maine and the Work of the Maine Science and Technology Commission, and Developing STS Internships for Colby Student