| Sponsoring Dept/Prgrm |
Lead Author |
Title |
Date Time |
Project Type |
Mentor |
| American Studies |
Johanna L. W. Schroeder ('04) |
'Who Are They?': Gender, Class, and Politics in Contemporary Country Music |
April 29
10:15 am |
Paper |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| American Studies |
Kristan D. Jiggetts ('04) |
Crazy, Beautiful, Clueless and at the Crossroads: Representation of Reality in Contemporary Teenage Film |
April 29
10:45 am |
Paper |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| American Studies |
Alicia M. Burrows ('04) |
The Construction of Killers: Morality and Representation in Vietnam War Films |
April 29
11:00 am |
Paper |
Margaret T. McFadden |
| American Studies |
Kelly McGowan ('04) |
Viewing Race: Deconstructing 'Blackness' in American Situational Comedies, 1969-1992 |
April 29
10:00 am |
Paper |
Margaret McFadden |
| Anthropology / Sociology |
Adam Saltsman ('04) |
Alternative Sites of Misrepresentation: Going from Borderland to Homeland in a Transnational Setting |
April 30
4:30 pm |
Paper |
Professor Anderson, Professor White |
| Anthropology |
Meredith Needle ('04) |
Anti-Semitism: The Past and Present of the Jewish Community of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
April 29
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Howard Lupovitch |
| Anthropology |
Vanessa L. Verri ('04) |
How Natural History Museums Fell From Grace and Why They Shouldn't Have or, Defending Museums During The Age of Hypersensitivity |
April 30
4:00 pm |
Paper |
Jeffrey D. Anderson, Laura Saltz |
| Anthropology |
Michael B. Greenberg ('04) |
Power, Positionality, and Conceptions of Stewardship and Ownership in the Cleanup of Nomans Land Island, Massachusetts. |
April 30
5:00 pm |
Paper |
David L. Nugent, Jeffrey D. Anderson |
| Anthropology |
Morgan S. Pratt ('04) |
Seeing Double: The Duality of Body Image in Female College Athletics |
April 29
1:45 pm |
Paper |
Jonathan White |
| Anthropology |
Adam Saltsman ('04) |
Looking at Sites of Cultural Production: the Tourist Industry in Vietnam |
April 29
3:30 pm |
Paper |
Jeffrey D. Anderson |
| Anthropology |
Josiah J. Taylor ('05) |
Steam Rising : Innu Environmental Struggle In Nitassinan (Labrador), Canada |
April 30
5:30 pm |
historical background, photographs, and poetry |
Jeffrey D. Anderson |
| Art |
Kathryn Hulick ('04) |
Thought Made Visible |
April 30
2:00 pm |
Paper |
Bevin Engman, Veronique Plesch |
| Art |
Rachel Tobie ('04) |
Word & Image in the Contemporary Artist's Book |
April 30
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Veronique Plesch |
| Art |
Josh McConnell ('04) |
Rethinking Israhel van Meckenem's Engraved Oeuvre |
April 30
1:30 pm |
Paper |
Veronique B. Plesch |
| Biology |
Emily Arell ('04) |
Characteristics of Downy, Hairy and Pileated Woodpecker Foraging Excavations |
|
Poster |
Herb Wilson |
| Biology |
Gregory A. Cary ('04) |
Determining the Effects of Melatonin on in vitro Neural Regeneration from Uca pugilator X-Organ Neurons |
April 30
1:45 pm |
Paper |
Andrea Tilden |
| Biology |
Rebecca Evans ('04) |
Development of Microsatellite Markers For Evaluation of Plant Mating Systems |
April 30
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Judy L. Stone |
| Biology |
Patrick Ely ('05) |
Development of Genetic Markers in the Endangered Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens) |
|
Poster |
Stacey Lance |
| Biology |
Meredith Crane ('04) |
Development of a Radioligand Binding Assay for the Identification of [3H] Melatonin Binding in the Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii |
April 30
2:15 pm |
Paper |
Andrea Tilden |
| Biology |
Molly Hyde ('04) |
Dissemination of Mercury Resistance Genes and Antibiotic Resistance Genes by Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Trout Gastrointestinal Tract Flora. |
April 30
4:15 pm |
Paper |
Frank Fekete |
| Biology |
Miranda R. Bertram ('04) |
Environmental and Hormonal Influences on Activity Patterns in Free-Ranging Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) |
April 30
3:15 pm |
Paper |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Biology |
Lauren E. Henderson ('04) |
Enzyme Activities of Muscles Used for Locomotion and Sound Production in the Catfish, Trachelyopterus galeatus |
|
Poster |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Biology |
Steve Bayes ('04) |
Examining Species Diversity in the Proposed Maine Woods National Park Using GIS |
|
Poster |
Daniel C. Tierney, F. Russell Cole |
| Biology |
Jenn Tackaberry ('04) |
GIS Analyses of Land Use Patterns and Characteristics in The Threemile Pond Watershed Kennebec County, Maine |
|
Poster |
David H. Firmage, F. Russell Cole |
| Biology |
Nicholas O. Markham ('04) |
Isolation and Characterization of Mercury and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria from the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Hatchery Grown Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis |
April 30
4:45 pm |
Honors Thesis Presentation |
Frank A. Fekete |
| Biology / East-Asian Studies |
Michael Howard ('06) |
Karate and Kendo: Martial Arts and Experiences from Japan |
April 29
4:45 pm |
A short talk about the experiences had studying Martial Arts |
R. Keller Kimbrough |
| Biology |
Joel Morash ('05) |
Kinetics of Plasma Cell Production During The Primary Immune Reponse In Landlocked Salmon (Salmo salar) |
|
Poster |
Lynn Hannum |
| Biology |
Emily C. Arell ('04) |
Lake Water Quality Analysis and Possible Remediation Techniques for Threemile Pond, Kennebec County, Maine |
|
Poster |
David H. Firmage, F. Russell Cole |
| Biology |
Aubris L. Pfeiffer ('04) |
Neurogenesis in Fiddler Crabs: is Neuronal Proliferation Regulated by Tidal Rhythms? |
April 30
2:45 pm |
Paper |
Andrea R. Tilden |
| Biology |
Courtney Zecher ('06) |
Patterns of Relatedness Among Territorial Adult Male Northern Fur Seals |
|
Poster |
Stacey Lance |
| Biology |
Lawrence M. Dagrosa ('05) |
Phagocye Oxidative Burst Assays as an Indicator of Innate Immune Function in Fish |
|
Poster |
Lynn Hannum |
| Biology |
Christine F. Jones ('04) |
S-RNase Gene Transformation and Over-expression in E. coli |
|
Poster |
Stephen Uldrich Dunham |
| Biology |
Andrew A. McKenna-Foster ('04) |
Sequences of Attack Modes and Prey Handling Behavior for the Spider Nuctenea patagiata |
|
Poster |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Biology / Chemistry |
Jennifer A. Mojo ('04) |
Sequencing and Overexpression Efforts of Three Abscisic Acid-mediated Cereal Grain Proteins -TaABF, TaWD40 and AFN1-3 |
|
Poster |
Russell R. Johnson |
| Biology |
Steve Bayes ('04) |
The Effect of Processed Food on Activity and Body Mass in Laboratory Mice |
|
Poster |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Biology |
Jonathan Romak ('04) |
The Effect of pH on an Antitumor Drug as Determined by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry |
April 30
3:45 pm |
Paper |
Steve Dunham |
| Biology |
Christin N. P. Reckman ('04) |
The Effects of Eavesdropping on the Aggressive Ability and Testosterone Levels of the Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) |
|
Poster |
Sharon E. Lynn |
| Biology |
Naomi Appel ('04) |
The Effects of Melatonin on the Metabolism of Fiddler Crabs |
April 30
1:15 pm |
Paper |
Andrea Tilden |
| Biology |
Jenny Kalman ('04) |
The Location of IL-4 Producing Cells in Fsn Mutant Mice by Immunohistochemistry |
|
Poster |
Lynn Hannum |
| Chemistry |
Jeffrey H. Goldberg ('04) |
A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Dihalocarbenes in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids |
April 30
4:15 pm |
Paper |
D. Whitney King |
| Chemistry / Geology |
Galia T. Debelouchina ('05) |
A Preliminary Investigation of Metal-Ion Uptake by Vegetation at the Harborside Mine Site, Cape Rosier, Maine |
|
Poster |
Jennifer D. Shosa, Shari Uldrich Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Clara Z. Koh ('05) |
Binding Affinities of hMutS-alpha for 6-thioguanine and 6-methylthioguanine Base Pairs in DNA: A Basis for Lesion Toxicity |
|
Poster |
Stephen Uldrich Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Szymon Mikulski ('05) |
DNA-binding Studies of Potential Anticancer Rhodium Compounds. |
|
Poster |
Shari Uldrich Dunham |
| Chemistry |
John Cole ('05) |
Elemental Analysis of Crickets and Cricket Diets as Suitable Food for Captive Animals |
April 30
5:15 pm |
Paper |
Shari Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Jonathan Lees ('04) |
Guest Host Binding of Nizatidine and Pyridoxine |
|
Poster |
D. Whitney King |
| Chemistry |
Bram Geller ('06) |
Identification of Covalent Metal-Modification Sites on a DNA Duplex: A Study of Several Antitumor Active Dirhodium Compunds |
|
Poster |
Shari Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Justin E. Juskewitch ('04) |
Mapping of Diepoxybutane Damage in the Cytochrome b Domain of Mitochondrial and the b-globin Domain of Genomic Chicken DNA Using Quantitative PCR |
April 30
3:45 pm |
Paper |
D. Whitney King |
| Chemistry |
Graham M. Poage ('04) |
Phosphate Chemistry of a Potential Anticancer Ruthenium Compound |
|
Poster |
Shari Uldrich Dunham |
| Chemistry |
Jessica H. Hayward ('04) |
Synthesis of a Tetradentate Sulfur Ligand and New Biomimetic Nickel Complexes of That Ligand |
April 30
3:15 pm |
Paper |
D. Whitney King |
| Computer Science |
Kevin J. Septor ('04) |
Creating a Video Device Application |
April 29
|
Paper |
Clare B. Congdon |
| Computer Science |
Rachel T. Noiseux ('04) |
Designing and Implementing a User-Focused Web-Based Database System |
April 29
|
Paper |
Clare B. Congdon |
| Computer Science |
John G. Jones ('06) |
Study Of Video Games In Japan |
|
Paper |
Randolph M. Jones |
| East-Asian Studies |
Anna Royer ('04) |
Fuji Eco Park Village: An Organic Farm in Japan Seeking Self-Sustainability |
April 29
4:00 pm |
Paper |
Tamae Prindle |
| East-Asian Studies |
Lynn Cole ('04) |
Religious Tolerance in Vietnam |
April 29
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Peter Ditmanson |
| East-Asian Studies |
Caroline Swindells ('04) |
The Tet Nguyen Dan Festival in Vietnam |
April 29
3:45 pm |
Paper |
Peter Ditmanson |
| Economics |
Katherine Brown ('04) |
Passenger Car Sales in the Peoples Republic of China: What Are the Macroeconomic Factors Affecting Automobile Demand in China? |
April 30
1:45 pm |
Paper |
Michael Donihue |
| Economics / International Studies |
Andriy Avramenko ('04) |
Wealth Effects on Consumer Spending in the US Economy |
April 30
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Clifford E. Reid, Michael R. Donihue |
| Economics / Mathematics |
Andre Garron ('04) |
A Theoretical Mathematical Model of Fishery Economics |
April 30
2:15 pm |
Paper |
Kashif Mansori, Thomas Berger |
| Education and Human Development |
Emily R. Brostek ('06) |
Dr. Seuss and Adolf: the Good Doctor's Take on Fascism |
April 29
1:30 pm |
Paper |
Mark B. Tappan |
| Education and Human Development |
Laura Barrow ('04) |
Hearing our Voices: The Creation of a Girls Magazine as a Means of Social Action |
|
Poster |
Lyn Brown, Mark Tappan |
| Education and Human Development / Sociology |
Ariel Martin-Cone ('04) |
Restricted Environments: Reformatting Special and Specialized Education to Effectively Teach Children with Learning Disabilities. |
April 29
11:30 am |
Paper |
Terry Arendell |
| English / Art |
Alan Stimpson ('04) |
Exploration of Implied Line and Motion |
April 29
1:45 pm |
Slide Presentation of Sculpture Pieces |
Harriett Matthews |
| English |
Elizabeth W. Lund ('04) |
Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke |
April 29
5:00 pm |
Paper |
Laurie E. Osborne |
| English |
Rebecca Avrutin ('04) |
Reinforcement of Patriarchal Society Through Film: An Examination of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Literature and Film |
April 29
5:45 pm |
Paper |
Laurie Osborne |
| English |
Emma McCandless ('04) |
The Aesthetics of Adaptation: Plain Jane Goes to the Movies |
April 29
5:15 pm |
Paper |
Laurie Osborne |
| Environmental Studies / Environmental Studies |
Brian Kittler ('04) |
An Evaluation of Energy Conservation Competitions to Reduce Consumption and Change Habits on a College Campus |
April 29
4:00 pm |
Paper |
Tom Tietenberg |
| Environmental Studies |
Todd Hunsdorfer ('04) |
Are North American Zoos Effective Tools For Conservation? |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Brendan J. Carroll ('05) |
Are Old National Parks Better World Conservation Union Category Two Protected Areas? |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
E. Parker Thompson III ('04) |
Biodiesel: A Green Fuel |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies / Biology |
Emma Lynch ('05) |
Can We Save the Great Whales: A Review of Past, Present, and Future Threats to Conservation |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Emily L. Weiser ('04) |
Captive Breeding as a Tool for Conservation |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Brandon Smithwood ('06) |
Colby's Role in Global Climate Change |
April 29
3:45 pm |
Paper |
Thomas Tietenberg |
| Environmental Studies |
Dana Wheeler ('04) |
Conservation Issues of the Great Barrier Reef |
|
Poster |
Russ Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Kate Ennis ('04) |
Environmental Attitudes of Colby Students |
|
Poster |
Russ Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Kellie K. Phelan ('04) |
Estimating the Impact of State Policy Incentives on Wind Power Development. |
April 29
3:15 pm |
Paper |
Thomas H. Tietenberg |
| Environmental Studies |
Mary P. Karottki ('04) |
Something in the Daily Bread: The Phenomenon of the Witch in Southern Germany, ca. 1600 |
April 29
2:00 pm |
Paper |
James L.A. Webb |
| Environmental Studies |
Stephen Bayes ('04) |
Sustainability of Fishing Practices in the Gulf of Maine |
|
Poster |
F. Russell Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Caitlin Cleaver ('06) |
Techniques of Sustainable Agriculture: Implications for Biodiversity |
|
Poster |
Russ Cole |
| Environmental Studies |
Wendy A. Sicard ('05) |
The Role of the Parietal Eye in Thermoregulation and Light Sensitivity in the Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis |
|
Poster |
Catherine R. Bevier |
| Geology |
Lorraine M. Beane ('04) |
A Geospatial Investigation of Water Availability and Water Stress in India |
|
Poster |
Robert A. Gastaldo |
| Government / Philosophy |
Chris W. Surprenant ('05) |
Kant’s Argument for the Immortality of the Soul |
April 30
3:15 pm |
Paper |
Joseph R. Reisert |
| Government |
Laura Mistretta ('04) |
Who Comes Out to Play? Opportunity and Interest In College Sports: A Critical Analysis of Title IX and Its Effects on Intercollegiate Athletics 1972-2004 |
April 29
2:30 pm |
Paper |
L. Sandy Maisel |
| History |
Laura L. Snow ('04) |
Cholera and the Crisis of Public Health in Peru |
April 29
1:30 pm |
Paper |
James L.A. Webb |
| History |
Karen Prager ('04) |
Defense and Defiance: The Russian Old Believers of the 1660s |
April 29
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Paul Josephson, Sheila McCarthy |
| History |
Holli Grover ('04) |
Local Reactions to the Cape Cod Canal |
April 29
1:30 pm |
Paper |
Jason Opal |
| History / Art |
Karsten Solberg ('04) |
The Course of the Emprire: The Hudson River School and the Landscape of Progress |
April 29
1:15 pm |
Paper |
Paul R. Josephson |
| History |
Margaux Leonard ('04) |
The Eugenics Movement in America: The Case in Massachusetts, 1920-1940. |
April 29
1:45 pm |
Paper |
Paul Josephson |
| History |
Sarah G. Wolfrum ('04) |
The Implications of Culture on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Thailand |
April 29
2:30 pm |
Paper |
James L.A. Webb |
| History |
Ashley A. Porter ('04) |
The Marketing of Depression: The Ladies' Home Journal in the 1950s |
April 29
1:00 pm |
Paper |
James L.A. Webb |
| History |
Peter L. Burch ('04) |
The Political Dimension of Hoof-and-Mouth Disease in the United Kingdom, 2001 |
April 29
3:00 pm |
Paper |
James L.A. Webb |
| International Studies |
Elizabeth L. Holmes ('04) |
Building Morocco through Literacy - Women's Participation in Development |
April 29
3:30 pm |
Paper |
Jennifer A. Yoder |
| International Studies / Latin American Studies |
Kristin Saucier ('04) |
Evaluations and Project Effectiveness |
April 29
4:30 pm |
Paper |
Ariel C. Armony, Patrice M. Franko |
| International Studies |
Ben Sanoff ('04) |
Integration of Non Native Students Through Educational Systems Considered From The Varied Perspectives of Puerto Rico, Spain, and The United States |
April 29
2:15 pm |
Paper |
Jonathan M. White |
| International Studies |
Bonnie L. Dowling ('04) |
Managing the Responsibility: The Private Sector's Role in Combating HIV/AIDS in Lesotho |
April 29
1:30 pm |
Paper |
Jonathan M. White |
| International Studies |
Adelin Cai ('05) |
Manufacturing Visibility |
April 29
2:45 pm |
Paper |
Jeffrey D. Anderson |
| International Studies / Environmental Studies |
Caitlin Cassis ('04) |
Silencing the Singing Stone: The Impact of Modern Technology on Indigenous People in Brazil |
April 29
5:30 pm |
Paper |
Paul Josephson |
| International Studies |
Emma J. James ('04) |
Victim's Justice? The Desirability of Establishing a Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia |
April 29
3:00 pm |
Paper |
Jennifer A. Yoder |
| International Studies / Anthropology |
Spencer Fenniman ('04) |
Participatory Publics? The Limitations of Democracy in Rural Bolivia |
April 29
5:00 pm |
Paper |
Ben W. Fallaw, David L. Nugent |
| Latin American Studies |
Melissa Rosales ('04) |
Education and Participation as Vehicles to Empowerment: The Impact of Non governmental Organizations on Street Children in Latin America |
April 29
4:00 pm |
panel talk |
Ben Fallaw |
| Mathematics / Music |
Sarah Kaminshine ('04) |
The Musical Mondo |
April 29
2:00 pm |
Paper |
Steven Nuss |
| Mathematics / Physics and Astronomy |
Ryan G. Holben ('07) |
Researching How Mathematics is Taught in Japan |
April 29
4:30 pm |
Paper |
Leo Livshits |
| Music |
Kathryn E. Heidemann ('04) |
Schumann's Romance No.3, Op. 94; A Schenkerian Analysis |
|
Poster |
Steven E. Saunders |
| Physics and Astronomy |
Kimberly Prescott ('04) |
Delta-Scuti Variability in CQ Tau |
|
Poster |
Murray Campbell |
| Physics and Astronomy / Mathematics |
Peter J. Rice ('04) |
Polyethylene in Proesthetic Knees |
|
Poster |
Charles W.S. Conover, John Collier |
| Physics and Astronomy / Anthropology |
Nathan J. Sigworth ('06) |
Religiously Motivated Community Development in Uttar Pradesh |
April 29
2:00 pm |
12.5 minute film |
Nikky-Guninder K. Singh |
| Psychology |
Jeremy Jamieson ('04) |
Contagious yawning and self-monitoring |
|
Poster |
Jennifer Yates, Sarah Estow |
| Psychology |
Allison B. Kolkhorst ('04) |
Moral Treatment at the Maine Insane Asylum |
April 29
1:00 pm |
Paper |
Nicholas L. Rohrman |
| Psychology |
Allison B. Kolkhorst ('04) |
Neuropathology of the Auditory Hallucination in Schizophrenia |
|
Poster |
Jennifer R. Yates |
| Psychology |
Katherine Caldwell ('04) |
The Buddy Study: An Examination of College Student's Attitudes Towards Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. |
|
Poster |
Joseph Atkins, PhD |
| Religious Studies |
Cassandra Cote ('04) |
Return to the Womb |
April 30
3:30 pm |
Paper |
Nikky Singh |
| Religious Studies |
Lindsay Grossman ('04) |
Contemporary Orange Robes: Buddhism and the Monastic Community in Modern Laos |
April 29
3:15 pm |
Paper |
Nikky Guninder Singh |
| Religious Studies / Government |
Tu-Quyen Nguyen ('06) |
Japanese Christianity |
April 29
4:15 pm |
Paper |
Carleen R. Mandolfo |
| Sociology |
Brittney Lazar ('04) |
'Big Team, Little Me:' A Social Psychological Study Of Social Identity Placement for Collegiate Athletic Team Members |
April 29
11:00 am |
Paper |
Thomas Morrione |
| Sociology |
Michael Hildebrandt ('04) |
Morphing Master Status and the Tormented Mind, Body, and Soul: Reconstructing Identity as an Ex-Athlete |
April 29
10:30 am |
Paper |
Jonathan White |
| Sociology / International Studies |
Greg Dupuy ('04) |
The Politics of Danger: Constructing Identity, Interests and Security in International Relations |
April 29
10:00 am |
Paper |
Kenneth A. Rodman, Thomas J. Morrione |
