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T H I R T E E N T H    A N N U A L

 

ACADEMIC
SPREE DAY

 

 

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APRIL 25, 2003  12:30-4:30 PM

 

H I G G I N S

UNIVERSITY CENTER

 

 

 

 

TILTON HALL

12:30-4:30 POSTERS

 

Biology

1.       “Analysis of Pats 1 in Cytokinesis Through Anti-Peptide Antibodies” Sarah Deroko ’03 (Anton Fellow) (sponsor Professor D. Larochelle)

2.       “Analysis of Centrosome Function in Dictyostelium discoideum” Mary Badon ’05 (sponsor Professor D. Larochelle)

3.       “A Cellular Approach to Mapping the Rana pipiens Genome” Larissa Georgeon Richard ’04 (in collaboration with Charles J. Clark; sponsor Professor T. Lyerla)

4.       “Knocking Out a Potential Tyrosine Phosphorylation Site in Drosophila PLC-Gamma” Nicole Mills ’05 (sponsor Professor J. Thackeray)

5.       “Characterization of Glutamine Synthetase in the Dinoflagellate, Alexandrium tamerense” Laura Brentner ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Robertson)

6.       “Molecular Characterization of Glutamine Synthetase” Molly Letsch ’04 (sponsor D. Robertson)

7.      “The Distribution of Carcinus maenus in the Rocky Intertidal” Laran Kaplan ’05 (sponsor Professors T. Livdahl & D. Robertson) 

8.      “Monitoring the Health and Disease of Diploria strigosa in Bermuda” Melinda Hanson ’03 (sponsor Professors T. Livdahl and D. Robertson)

9.      “Variation in Nucella lapillus Shell Morphology Along a Vertical Gradient” Amjad Atwi ’03 & Holly Arthur ’04 (sponsor Professors T. Livdahl & D. Robertson)

10.   “Littorina obtusata and Color Morphology” Ellen Machala ’03 (sponsor Professors T. Livdahl & D. Robertson)

11.  “Competition in the Intertidal Zone” Julius Lagliva ’05 (sponsor Professors T. Livdahl and D. Robertson)

12.  “Run Nerita Run: Movement Patterns of Intertidal Snails” Matt Chmielewski ’04 (sponsor Professors T. Livdahl and D. Robertson)

13.  “A Fungal Model System to Study Uncontrolled Abnormal Growth” Julie Mazcika ’03, Kathleen Kapycinski ’03, & Aaron Wilson ’03 (sponsor Professor T. Leonard)

14.  “Substrate Binding by Whole and Truncated Drosophilia tRNA Nucleotidyltransferase” Jinal Patel ’04 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

 

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

15.    “Checkpoint Regulation of the Fission Yeast Cell Cycle” Sanjay Ranjit ’04 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

16.    “Heterogeneity in Recombinant Osteogenic Protein-1 (rhOP-1) by 2-D PAGE” Bradford Stanley ’04 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

17.   “Deletions in an Archaebacterial CCA-adding enzyme” Branka Stanĉević ’04 (Anton Fellow) (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

18.   “Mutants of Pab 1p that Affect the Positive Activator of Poly(A) Nuclease, Pan3p” Matthew Evans ’04 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

19.   “Grid-20 Docking of ATP and CTP into Nucleotide-Binding Sites of Nucleotidyl Transferases” Stephanie Roy ’04 (sponsors Professors D. Nelson & D. Thurlow)

 

Chemistry

20.   “Characterizing the Segmental Motron of Pure HHPP” Jessica Mendes ’04 (in collaboration with David Azar, Guoxing Lin, graduate students; sponsor Professor A. Jones)

21.    “Toward Magnetic Chains and Ladders: Copper and Nickel Acetyl Acetone Compounds” Brian Landry ’05 (sponsor Professor Turnbull)

22.   “An Investigation into the Oxidation Mechanism of Bimetallic Phosphorus Cage Complexes” Jessy Corwin ’04 (sponsor Professor M. Turnbull)

23.   “Irreversible Inhibitors in Potassium Channels” Michaela Martin ’05 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

 

Communication and Culture

24.   “Media and Perception of the Female Body” Elinor Goldman ’03 (sponsor Professor F. Johnson)

 

 

Economics

25.   “What Is Better Education Worth? A Look at Public School Quality and Housing Values in Massachusetts” Aaron Kostoss ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Geoghegan)

26.   “The Effect of Currency Unions on Trade: The Case of the Czech Republic” Milica Kecmanovic ’03 (sponsor Professor M. Callan)

27.   “The Japanese Economy” Kurt Viehl ’03 (sponsor Professor M. J. Callan)

28.    “Modeling Environmental Voting in the U.S. Senate” Nathan Lavery ’03 (sponsor Professor W. Gray)

29.   “How Are Regulations Affecting Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing?” Chris Chamalian ’03 (sponsor Professor W. Gray)

30.   “How Does the Stringency of State Environmental Regulation Affect the Location of Plants in the Manufacturing Industry?” Mollie Grotpeter ’03 (sponsor Professor W. Gray)

31.   “Sales Pitch: A Study of Pitcher Compensation in Major League Baseball” Brock Tibert ’03 (sponsor Professor F. Puffer).

32.   “How Does the Stringency of State Environmental Regulation Affect the Location of Plants in the Manufacturing Industry?” Mollie Grotpeter ’03 (sponsor Professor W. Gray)

 

Education

33.   “The Extent of Belief in the Active Presence of a Higher Being in Daily Life as Held by Faculty, Undergraduates, and Alumni of an Academic Community” Jennifer MacDonald ’04 (sponsor Professor D. Zern)

 

English

34.   Winners of the Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest: Margaret Bethray ’04 “Bis Dat Qui Cito Dat,” “Adeste Fidelis,” “The Wendy House,” Christina Rizzo ’03 “Blood Oranges,” Kristen Bieri ’03 “The Stairs” (sponsor Professor S. Sultan)

35.    Winners of the Short Story Contest: Gregory Dufresne ’06 “The Matted Shroud”; Amanda Manley ’ 05; “The Room in Miss Shelby’s Basement”; Adrian Alexander ’05 “Something to Do” (sponsor Professor S. Sultan)

36.   “The Relationship Between Power and Violence in Shakespeare’s Macbeth” Layla Coleman ’03 (sponsor Professor V. Vaughan)

37.   “The Literature of Impoverishment: Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street and Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge” Adrienne Mattern-Schain ’03 (sponsored by Professor. J. Elliott)

38.   “Lila’s Garden: An Original Screenplay” Lauren Goode ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Elliott)

 

Environmental Science & Policy

39.  “Protecting Our Wetlands” Marissa Staples ’04 (sponsor Professor S. Ratick)

40.   “The Role of Agriculture in Marine Eutrophication: Cranberries and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts” Laura Brentner ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Goble)

41.    “Common Problems Associated with Human Cancer-Risk Assessment: A Closer Look at Current Methods” Jennifer Ericson ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Goble)

42.   “A Tale of Two Rivers: Pollution, Cleanup, and the Present” Jill-Elisabeth Mailloux ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Goble)

43.   “Access and Availability of Cancer Care to Native Americans in the United States” Kathleen Carneiro ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Goble)

 

Foreign Languages

44.   “Gardens of Pompeii” Rachel Cunningham ’06 (sponsor by Professor P. Burke)

45.   “The Birth of Gods” Jessika Maddocks ’06 (sponsor Professor P. Burke)

46.   “La Force Soleil” Christine Turkovich ’03 (sponsor Professor B. Gale)

 

Geography

47.   “Specifying the Resolution at Which a LUCC Model Performs Well” Diana E. Huffaker’03 (sponsor Professor R. Gil Pontius, Jr.)

48.   “Geographic Preferences and Internal Migration” Monica Stephens ’04 (sponsor Professor B. L. Turner)

49.   “Climate Change in Central Massachusetts” Breanna Flannagan ’03, Christopher Russell ’03, Danielle Souliere ’03 (sponsor Professor N. Kuhn)

 

Government

50.   “East Timor Post-Independence: Working with the U.N. to Build a Nation” Amanda Grossman ’03 (sponsor Professor V. Sperling)

51.   “Analysis of Policy Alternatives: Organ Transplant Supply Problems” Jacqueline Anto ’03, Isaac Brown ’03, Kathleen Carneiro ’03, Heather Castillo ’03, Richard Fields ’03, & Jamie Mohr ’05 (sponsor Professor B. Cook)

52.    “Screaming in the Dark: The Independent Media in Milosevic’s Yugoslavia” Ian Harris ’04 (sponsor Professor V. Sperling)

 

Human Environment Regional Observatory (HERO)

53.   “Methods to Compare the Accuracy of Different Types of Land-Use Change Models at Multiple Resolutions” Jeffrey Malanson ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Gil Pontius, Jr.)

54.   “Conservation Effectiveness: An Analysis of Future Conservation Projects and Their Ability to Protect Against Conflict from Development” Patrick Morris ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Gil Pontius, Jr.)

55.  “A Study of Energy Efficiency for Residential Space Heating in New England” Hua Wang ’04 (sponsors Professors R. Gil Pontius, Jr. & S. Ratick)

56.   “Land-Use Change Analysis Across HERO Study Sites” Nicholas Malizia ’05 (sponsor Professor R. Gil Pontius, Jr.)

 

International Development

57.   “State Building in Iraq – Following Suit” Katarzyna A. Kedzia ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Bell)

58.   “Gendercide and Its Implications: Special Focus on China” Smita Pendharkar ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Bell)

59.   “Helping Ourselves to Aftica” Caroline M. Smith ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Bell)

60.   “International Solidarity and Re-appropriated Technology” Matthew Feinstein ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Bell)

61.   “Women Refugees: A Biased in Policy and Decision Making in the UK” Christian F. Tran ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Bell)

62.   “Social – Democracy in Latin America” Michael Metivier ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Bell)

63.   “The Roma of Eastern Europe” Carrie Benis ’03 (sponsor Professor D. Bell)

64.   “Community-Building in Nicaragua” Miranda Jennings ’04, Matthew LeBlanc ’04, Melanie Brubaker ’05, & Karen Caiazzo ’03 (sponsor Professor L. Ross)

 

Math & Computer Science

65.   “Caffeine: an Heterogeneous Distributed Computing System” Ansley Barnes ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Breecher)

66.   “The Event Horizon: Posting an Event – Notification System to Linux” Aaron Brown ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Breecher)

67.   “Loss Reserving” Eric Timinski ’03 (sponsor Professor L. Bernhofen)

68.   “Elliptic Curves and Cryptographpy” Jonathan Kleiner ’03 (sponsor Professor L. Morris)

 

Peace Studies

69.   “Should Campus Police Be Armed?” John Phelan ’03, Anthony Giampetruzzi ’03, Abe McKenney ’03, & Adam Cotton ’03 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

70.   “Rehabilitating the Aggressive Intimate Partner” Nicole Giroux ’06, Timothy Newman ’06, Cara Wood ’05, & Chris Caesar ’06 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

71.   “Peace in the Middle East” Irena Kaci ’06, Jackie Fortier ’06, Jenny Terrill ’04, & Matt Giorgio ’04 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

72.   “Case Studies in Anger Management” Melissa Shannon ’03 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

73.   “Sustainable Development & Social Forums” Brian McFarland ’05, Elisabeta Gega ’05, Vanessa Lopes ’05, Ana Toro ’06, & Brigitta Jozen ’06 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

74.   “Controlling the Global Arms Trade” Nathan Upton ’05; Ayana Goldman ’05; Matt Scanlon ’03; Michael Agnelli ’05 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

75.   “Child Abuse: Community Solutions” Erin Merrill ’05; Moira Campbell ’05; Laura Kurzius ’05; Torrie Blodget ’06 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

 

Philosophy

76.   “State v. Kelly: Battered Women’s Syndrome” Robert Nelson Rantilla ’04 (sponsor Professor J. DeCew)

77.   “Sindell v. Abbott Labs: Effects of Experimental Drugs” Abigail Rowlings ’04 (sponsor Professor J. DeCew)

78.   “Payne v. Tennessee: Victim Impact Statements” Lanie M. Brown ’03 (sponsor Professor J. DeCew)

79.   “State v. Guido: Evaluating the Insanity Defense” Carrie Brown ’04 (sponsor Professor J. DeCew)

Physics

80.   “Epoxy Impregnation of High Field Magnets” Vincent Ciarametaro ’03 (sponsor Professor C. Agosta)

81.   “Frictional Force and Creep-Like Motion in a Granular Spring-Block System” Ryan N. O’Donnell ’03 (Anton Fellow) (sponsor Professor A. Kudrolli)

82.   “Effects of Friction in a Vertically Shaken System of Granular Rods”  Eric Frederick ’03 (in collaboration with Daniel Blair, graduate student; sponsor Professor A. Kudrolli)

83.   “Modifications to the Process of Winding Extremely High Field Magnets” David Barbee ’04 (sponsor Professor C. Agosta)

84.   “Magneto-Structural Relationships in the Copper Bromide Pyridine (C5H5N) Family” Gerardo Joel Pena ’03 (sponsor Professor C. Landee)

 

Psychology

85.   “Individual Differences in Pain Perception” Jessica Pettit ’03, Katherine Reidel ’04, Andrew Hinkle ’03, Samantha Lachance ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Laird)

86.   “Sex Differences in Jealousy: Methods Make the Difference” Sarah Bush ’06 & Rebecca Chernin ’06 (in collaboration with Sarah Hymes, Sarah Strout, & Rose Sokol, graduate students; sponsor Professor J. Laird)

87.   “Stress, Writing About Stress, and Athletic Injury” Rachael Turkinton ’04 (sponsor Professor J. Laird)

88.   “Gaze and Guilt: Looking Away Makes you Feel Down” Kate Donnelly ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Laird)

89.   “Dissonance vs. Self-perception: Awareness and Attitude Change” Aaron Shafer ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Laird)

90.   “Mimicry and Self-perception of Emotion” Heather Rodrigues ’04 & Katherine Reidel ’04 (in collaboration with Sarah Strout, graduate student; sponsor Professor J. Laird)

91.   “In and Out of Hospitals: Regulation of Control Beliefs” Philip Rosenbaum ’04 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

92.   “Personal Culture Effects on the Perceptions of a Merger Process” Danielle Sohn ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

93.   “Embarrassment Exposed: Examining How Americans and Estonians Deal with Embarrassment” Jennifer Oelfke ’04 (in collaboration with R. Diriwächter; sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

94.   “‘You Always Hang Around That Fruit-Punch Girl’: Status Versus Vulnerability in ‘Having a Girlfriend’ in 10-year-old Boys” Caitlin Morey ’04 & Amelia Dietsche ’04 (sponsor Professor M. Bamberg)

95.   “‘Go Ahead, Take a Punch at Me’: Adult Status Orientations in ‘Having a Girlfriend’ in 12-year-olds” Edward Jacob Farwell ’03 (sponsor Professor M. Bamberg)

96.    “‘I Think This Conversation Bothers a Few Kids in This Room’: Sexuality and Adult Forms of Positioning in 14 year-old Boys” Steven P. Power ’03 (sponsor Professor M. Bamberg)

97.    “Differences in the Expectations for High School of Eighth Grade Students and the Experiences of Ninth Graders in High School” Erin E. Davis ’05 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

98.   “Body Image and Self-concept in High School and College Students” Heather Gould ’03 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

99.   “Morpheus Awakened: Finding Emerging Patterns in Daydreaming” Stacey Pereira ’04 (in collaboration with R. Diriwächter; sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

100.            “A Bonobo Attachment Between Mothers and Son: Eroto-morphic Interaction” Amrei Joerchel ’03 (sponsors Professors N. Thompson & J. Valsiner)

101.            “Making Decisions About Taking Medicines: A Social Coordination Process” Amrei Joerchel ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

102.            “I Want It Now! Toddler Emotion Expressiveness, Temperament, and Family Processes” Beth Richey ’04 (sponsor Professor J. McHale)

103.            “Gender Differences and Behavior of Preschool Children” Meghan Harrison ’04 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

104.            “Relationship Satisfaction in Men and Women” Danielle Porter ’04 (in collaboration with Rebecca Solomon, graduate student; sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

105.            “Parental Involvement in Children’s Academic Lives” Beth Gundlach ’03 (in collaboration with Carrie Price, Krista Beiswenger & Christine Sauck, graduate students; sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

106.            “Effects of Causality Orientation, Self-esteem Level and Stability and Experienced Pressure on Controlling Behavior” Sara Ziegler ’03 (sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

107.            “The Relationship Between Physical Activity & Self-esteem” Fritha I. Reeve ’04 (in collaboration with Christine Sauck, graduate student; sponsor S. Gurland)

108.            “Evaluating the Metaphysics of Mind: The Effect of College” Lindsay Demers ’04 & Alex McGowen ’04 (sponsor Professor E. Amsel)

109.            “The Nature of Regret and Its Relation to Guilt and Shame” Michelle Powers ’04 (sponsor Professor E. Amsel)

110.            “Self Esteem and Adult Attachment: How Perceived Regard Influences Intimate Relationships” Christine M. Gower ’04 (in collaboration with Christine Sauck, graduate student; sponsor S. Gurland)

111.       “Self-actualization Potential in a Homosexual Population” James Gayler ’04 (sponsor S. Gurland)

112.      “Peer Interactions and Emotion Understanding Among a Group of Children with ADHD” Anna Klosinska ’03 & Cristen Gabriele ’03 (sponsor Professor P. Vinden)

113.      “Four-year-olds’ Stories About Happy, Sad, Mad, and Worried Families” Oliver Hartman ’05 & Stefanie Giampa ’03 (sponsor Professor J. McHale)

114.      “Roots of National Identity” Laura Miller ’05 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

115.      “Predictors of Child-Adult Rapport” Erica Fitch ’04 (in collaboration with Suzanne Gurland, graduate student; sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

116.      “Mommies and Daddies and Friends Oh My! The Transition into College and How It Affects Relationships” Krystle Cassino ’05, Tim Markantes ’05, Sam Bonacci ’05, Allie Bulliman ’05, Ksenia Varlyguina ’06, Brendan Wolfe ’05  & Vicky Irovando ’05 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

117.      “A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words, But Can You Remember Them?” Krystle Cassino ’05 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

118.      “Russian Reflections on Post-Soviet Life” Ksenia Varlyguina ’06 (sponsors Professors N. Thompson & J. Valsiner)

119.      “Children’s Memories of Early Childhood” Paivi Pitkanen ’03, Carolyn Roman ’05, & Heather Wotton ’04 (in collaboration with Emily Cleveland, graduate student; sponsor Professor E. Reese)

120.      “Adolescence: The Years of Pre-Adult Experimentation” Paulina Klosinka ’05 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

121.      “The Relationship between Body Image and Introversion/Extroversion” Victoria Irovando ’05 (in collaboration with Christine Sauck, graduate student; sponsor S. Gurland)

122.      “Roles of Mass Media in Adolescent Girls’ Identity Development” Maura Casey ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

123.      “Attribution Processes in Touch Perception” Kathleen Madden ’04 & Brady Wagoner ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

124.      “General Factors and Precipitating Events Involved in Use of Alcohol by College Students” Evan Grogan ’04 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

125.      “Language, Intentions and Theory of Mind on Hispanic Families” Pilar Hernandez ’04 (sponsor Professor P. Vinden)

126.      “Promotion of Promiscuity” Christina Lutz ’04, Danya Fortess ’06, Arthur Schiro ’06, & Andrea Weisman ’05 (sponsor Professor N. Thompson)

127.      “An Evolutionary Psychological Approach to Prosidy” Karen Webster ’04, Dana Elfenbien ’04, & Laura Lobo ’06 (in collaboration with Rose Sokol, graduate student; sponsors Professors D. Stevens & N. Thompson)

128.      “The Family Context of Preschoolers’ Emotion Understanding” Rebecca Jorgensen ’03 (Anton Fellow) (sponsors Professors J. McHale and R. Kuersten-Hogen)

129.      “Winnie the Pooh Versus Sponge Bob: Does Size Matter?” D.M. Small ’03; (in collaboration with K. Kavanaugh and J. Waszkiewicz, graduate students; sponsor Professor M. Wiser)

130.      “Understanding Written Text: Can Experience with an Arbitrary Symbol System Facilitate Literacy Development?” K. Thibodeau ’04 & Michelle Goldstein ’04 (in collaboration with S. Srivastava, graduate student; sponsor Professor M. Wiser)

131.      “Adult Perception of Infant Cries: A Multidimensional Analysis Identifying Salient Features and Associated Acoustic Characteristics” Rachael Falcon ’03 & Kelly Ku ’03 (sponsored by Professors N. Thompson & D. Stevens)

132.      “Effectivity of a New Measurement Device in Diagnosing TBI Survivors” Dmitry Meyerson ’03 (sponsor Professor. M. Wiser)

133.      “Reversing the Roles Between Researcher and Research Participant” Amy Szetela ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

134.      “Exploring the Relationship Between Immigration Status and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of Ethnically Diverse 5th- and 6th-grade Children” Vanessa Lopes ’05 & Stephen Wong ’04 (in collaboration with Ellen O’Donnell, graduate student; sponsor Professor E. Cardemil)

135.      “Exploring the Effects of Family Structure on Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of Ethnically Diverse 5th- and 6th-grade Children” Krystle Cassino ’05, Kathleen Madden ’04, Melissa Moreau ’04, Amber Rodman ’05 (in collaboration with Ellen O’Donnell, graduate student; sponsor Professor E. Cardemil)

 

Visual and Performing Arts

136.    “The Caryatid Maidens of the Erechtheion” Kathleen Gatton ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Townsend)

 

Women’s Studies

137.      “All Kinds of Girls Working with Worcester Girls” Erin Penoyer-Gerbino ’04; Alexandra Kelly ’06; Sharon Vargo ’04; Molly Amster ’05 (sponsor Professor J. Emel)

 

ABRAHMS GALLERY in the UNIVERSITY CENTER

12:30-4:30     Visual & Performing Arts: Studio Art Exhibitions

“Wild Winter/Seeing Beneath the Snow and Ice” Carissa Williams ’03, Shaun Kesssler ’03, Natalia Karoway-Waterhouse ’03, Jennifer Clark ’03, Vita Giannone ’03, Marc Lasseolf ’04, Katherine Lindsay ’06, James Rice ’04, Stephen Schuster ’03, Danielle Souliere ’04, Lauren Undelhoven ’05, Kristen Reed ’06, Heather Mullin ’04 (sponsor Professor S. Buie)

 

Painting Exhibition: Students in Intermediate Painting will show work completed this semester. Lesley Anderson ’06; Lydia Bennett ’05; Rachel Gaskin ’04; Rebecca Herskovitz ’06; Melinda Hewitt ’03; Miranda Jennings ’05; Peter Legasey ’06; Victoria Mata ’05; Stephanie Sheridan ’06; Daniel Sullivan ’06 (sponsor Professor E. Crocker)

 

BEMIS CONFERENCE ROOM

 

12:30-2:00    Foreign Languages and Literature: Presentations

12:30 – 1:00         “The Representation of the Indigenous in Contemporary Mexico” Maura Minardi ’03 (sponsor Professor C. D’Lugo)

1:00 - 2:00            The National Imagination Presents: “Tango—Popular National Culture in Argentina” Lauren Colwell ’03 and “Staging the Nation—France” Anna Sokol ’06 & Rachel Hart ’06 (sponsor Professor S. Spingler)

2:00-3:00      International Development: Presentations

“Challenging Convention, Changing Our Schools: Student Focused Approach to Transforming Secondary Education in Worcester” Michele Gotay ’03, Kendra Fehrer ’03, Miriam Swaffer ’05, Kate Jorden ’04, & Hans Mayer ’03 (in collaboration with Amy Mosher & Jennifer Smith, graduate students; sponsor Professor L. Ross)

 

GRACE CONFERENCE ROOM

 

12:30-3:00    Visual and Performing Arts: Music Performances

12:30 - 1:00          Presentation of Recent Music by Geo Poor ’04 (sponsor Professor J. McGinn)

1:00 – 1:30           Theory III—Inventions by Counterpoint Students (sponsor Professor M. Malsky)

1:30 – 2:30           Chamber Ensemble (sponsor Professor M. Malsky)

2:30-4:00      Anton Fellowship Program Presentations

Question: What Do Vikings, Frictional Forces, Transylvania and the Pied Piper Folktale, and the Polish Solidarity Movement Have in Common? Answer: They’re All Research Topics Explored by Anton Fellows (sponsor Professor S. Krefetz, Anton Fellowship Program Director) Margaret Bethray ’04 (sponsor Professor V. Vaughan); Ryan O’Donnell ’03 (sponsor Professor A. Kudrolli); Emily Darling ’03 (sponsor Professor S. Gertz); Piotr Orlowski ’03 (sponsor Professor V. Sperling)

 

LURIE CONFERENCE ROOM

 

12:30-2:00    Government: Presentations

12:30 – 1:00         “Government Department Honors Theses” Heather L. Castillo ’03 & Piotr Orlowski ’03 (Anton Fellow) (sponsor Professors M. Miller and V. Sperling)

1:00 - 1:50            “Legal Internships in D.C. and in Worcester” Tiffany M. Joslyn ’04, Sarah A. Montigny ’03, Shital Shah ’03, & Marc Snyder ’04 (sponsor Professor M. Miller)

1:50 - 2:40            “U.S. Judicial Politics” Lee D. Boratynski ’06, Ashley M. Blake ’05, Sarah A. Montigny ’03, & Matthew Olsen ’05 (sponsor Professor M. Miller)

2:45-3:05      Sociology: Presentation

“Infant Mortality and Inequality” Elizabeth Williams ’04, Erica Ciporen ’05, Michael Metivier ’03 (sponsor Professor R. Ross)

PERSKY CONFERENCE ROOM

12:30-1:30      History: Presentation

“Women as Workers in Early Modern Europe” Sharon Vargo ’04, Amy Macintosh ’03, & Margaret Rose ’03 (sponsor Professor A. Froide)

1:30-2:30        Government: Presentation

“Clark Model United Nations Program” Piotr Orlowski ’03, Christina Simpson ’03, Patchara Ponoum ’03, & Edita Mirkovic ’06 (sponsor Professors M. Miller & K. Williams)

 

ROSENBLATT CONFERENCE ROOM

12:30-1:00      Mathematics and Computer Science: Presentation

“Image Morphing” Stephen Berard ‘03 (sponsor Professor L. Han)

1:00-2:30        History: Presentations

A History Sampler: Honors Thesis Presentations

“The Worlds of Women in American Slavery and Concentration Camps: A Comparison” Lisa Donofrio ’03 (sponsor Professor J. Greenwood)

“Missing the Joke: The Debate on the Classic Chinese Novel, Journey to the West” Ron Comiska ’03 (sponsor Professor P. Ropp)

“The Early Evolution of the Electoral College, 1787-1804” Jeff Malanson ’03 (sponsor Professor D. McCoy)

“Images of a Remembered Past” Ryan Pipke ’03 (sponsor Professor D. McCoy)

“Veteran’s Societies from the Inside Out: Vermont as a Case Study” Keith Hill ’03 (sponsor Professor D. McCoy)

2:30-4:00        Screen Studies: Presentations

“Pro and Con Italian Neorealism: DeSica’s The Bicycle Thief” Zachary Wade Rudes ’03 (sponsor Professor M. Butzel)

“Third World Film Movements” Jordan Corson ’06 (sponsor Professor Marcia Butzel)

“Repression and Resistance in Iranian Women’s Cinema” Nooshin Valizadeh ’06 (sponsor Professor M. Butzel)

“The Contemporary Film Musical” Sara Peddicord ’06 (sponsor Professor M. Butzel)

“Church’s Conspiracy” Ryan C. Winkleman ’06 (sponsor Professor M. Butzel)

 

LITTLE CENTER STUDIO

1:00        Visual and Performing Arts: Theatre Performance

“Scenes from the Advanced Playwriting Workshop” Sean Gardener ’03, Anna Schwartz ’04, Kyle Deviite ’04, & Cara Lisa Powers ’05 (sponsor Professor G. DiIorio)

 

UNIVERSITY GALLERY at GODDARD LIBRARY
and SCHILTKAMP GALLERY at the TRAINA CENTER
FOR THE ARTS

11:00 am-6:30 pm        Studio Art Senior Honors Thesis Exhibition

Opening Reception 5:00 pm-6:30 pm Bree Curtis ’03, Spartan Giordano ’03; Christopher Graff ’03; Melinda Hewitt ’06; Natalia Karoway-Waterhouse ’03; Shaun Kessler ’03; Jaimie Knapp ’03; Rachel Regeczi ’03; Stephen Schuster ’03; Hilary Tobin ’03 (curated by gallery interns Spartan Giordano, Christopher Graff, Jaimie Knapp, Rachel Regeczi; sponsor Professor E. Crocker)

 

TRAINA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

8:30 am - 6:30 pm        Art Exhibit, 2nd Floor Gallery

Opening Reception at 5:30-6:30 — “From Flesh to Bone: A Gradation of the Figure Presented by Advanced Studio Students” Vita Giannone ’03, Matthew Kline ’04, & Sarah Pope ’03 (sponsor Professor A. Tracy)