T W E L F T H    A N N U A L

 

ACADEMIC

SPREE DAY

 

 

 

 

APRIL 26, 2002  1:00-5:00 PM

 

H I G G I N S

UNIVERSITY CENTER

TILTON HALL

1:00-5:00 POSTERS

 

Biology

1.       “Isolation and Characterization of Six New Cell Division Defective Cell Lines” Sarah Deroko '03 & Andrew Somberg '04 (sponsor Professor D. Larochelle)

2.       “Knocking Out SH2 Domains in PCL-Gamma by In Vitro Mutagenesis” Josh Suhl '02 (sponsor Professor J. Thackeray)

3.       “Desiccation and Egg Hatch Rate in Aedes albopictus” Rebecca Silverman '02 (in collaboration with Christopher Vitek, graduate student; sponsor Professor T. Livdahl)

4.       “Development of immunological probes to examine glutamine synthetase expression in marine diatoms” Michael Gershenovich '02 (sponsor Professor D. Robertson)

5.       “Regulation of luciferase expression in marine dinoflagellates” Victoria Byfield '02 (sponsor Professor D. Robertson)

6.       “Does nitrogen availability regulate the growth of the intertidal alga, Ascophyllum nodosum?” Misha Wood '02 (sponsor Professor D. Robertson)

7.       “A demographic survey of the intertidal alga, Ascophyllum nodosum:  Does sex matter?”  Charlene Sangenario '02 (sponsor Professor D. Robertson)

 

Chemistry

8.       “Hydrogen Sulfide Equilibria in the Deep Anoxic Regions of the Black Sea” Anna Zabierek '02 (sponsor Professor D. Nelson)

9.       “Spectroscopic Characterization of the Interaction of Al³⁺, Pd²⁺ and Other Metals with Suwannee River Fulvic Acid” Elissa Larrivee '02 (sponsor Professor D. Nelson)

10.   “Molecular Dynamics of Single-Site Variants of Human SuperOxide Dismutase Linked to Lou Gehrig's Disease” Erika Pearson '02 (sponsor Professor D. Nelson)

11.   “Effects of Heavy Metals on the Activity of Human tRNA nucleotidyltransferase” Boris Klebanov '02 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

12.   “Glutamine Removal from Recombinant CHO Culture Medium” Bradford Stanley '03 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

13.   “Streptococcus pneumoniae Genome Diversity” Branka Stancevic '03 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

14.   “Mechanism of Early Endosome Tethering by Rab 5, EEA1, and PtdIns(3)P” Craig Stone '02 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

15.   “RNA Recognition Motifs in Overexpression of Yeast Poly (A)-Binding Protein” Jenni Pacheco '02 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

16.   “Activity of Mutant tRNA nucleotidyltransferases” Kuan Ju Lai '03 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

17.   “Purification of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase for Structural Studies” Lored Asllani '02 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

18.   “CHD4 Interaction with RORgamma” Michael Hirsch '02 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

19.   “Mapping Protein Interactions in the Regulatory Network Controlling Pabl1p-Dependant Poly (A) Nuclease” Nathan Agrin '02 (sponsor Professor D. Thurlow)

20.   “Mutants and Models of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase” Megan Albert '02 (Anton Fellow) (sponsor Professors D. Thurlow & D. Nelson)

 

Communication & Culture

21.   “The ‘Disnification’ of Women: Traditional Gender Roles through Language in Disney's Animated Movies” Matthew D'Aprile '02 (sponsor Professor F. Johnson)

 

Economics

22.   “External Debt and Probability of Default” Alijaan Awan '03, Jamie Castillo '02, Othman Noussairi '03, Moria Handel '03, & Muzaffir Pataudi '03 (in collaboration with Mihai Paun, Hamza Al-Salem, & Vjacheslav Dombrovsky, graduate students; sponsor Professor A. Ott)

23.   “Resource Constraints of the Public Economy as Impediment to Economic Development” Hiroko Shimoda '02, Azita Rafique '02, Joachim Plavnik '02, Pavel Rusinov '04, & Rajeev Gopinadh '02 (sponsor Professor A. Ott)

24.   “A Stimulus Package for the U.S. Economy” Leon Goodwin '04, Rahal Doshi '04, & Razmig Tchaghlasian '04 (sponsor Professor A. Ott)

25.   “External Debt and Default” Pamela Miller '02, Anita Patel '02, & Madhur Choudhary '02 (sponsor Professor A. Ott)

26.   “Up In Smoke? An Economic Survey of Cigarette Excise Taxes” David Gluckman '02 (sponsor Professor D. Bernhofen)

27.   “Globalization and its Effects On Poverty in India” Doyel Bhattacharya '02 (sponsor Professor D. Bernhofen)

28.   “How Does Globalization Affect Child Labor?” Elise Langenohl '02 (sponsor Professor D. Bernhofen)

29.   “Disparities in Real GDP Growth Rates in Former French and British Colonies: A Study on African Colonial Legacies” Trudi Lampart '02 (sponsor Professor D. Bernhofen)

30.   “Dollarization in Nicaragua” Lucia Caldera '02 (sponsor Professor M. Callan)

31.   “Remedy for High Inflation in Turkey: Currency Board or Floating Exchange Rate Regime? A Comparative Analysis of Turkish and Argentinian Experiences” Mehmet Yildirim '02 (sponsor Professor M. Callan)

32.   “Bringing Capitalism to the Rural Poor: The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh” Martha Grotpeter '03 (sponsor Professor R. Hsu)

33.   “How Have Computers Influenced Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing Industries?” Robert Carney '02 (sponsor Professor W. Gray)

 

English

34.   “Winners of the Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest”: “Losing October” & “The Winding Stair, Poetry Reading” Emily Darling '05 & “Invoking Lavinia” Kenneth St. Onge '02 (sponsor Professor S. Sultan)

35.   “Winners of the Short Story Contest”: “The Cooking Circle” Emilie Desjardins '03, “Pilgrimage to the Seaside (Aria of the Lost)” Margaret Bethray '04, & “Invincibility and Other Falsehoods” Stephanie Moll (sponsor Professor S. Sultan)

36.   “The Forest by Moonlight: Shakespeare for Children” Helena Gaffin '02 (sponsor Professor V. Vaughan)

37.   “Literature and Music: Building Bridges” Matthew Gilbert '02 (sponsor Professor V. Vaughan)

 

Environmental Science & Policy

38.   “Crisis Management and Corporate Environmental Decision-Making” Ethan Moore '02 (sponsor Professors J. Sarkis & R. Goble)

39.   “Bicycle Movement: The Creation of Transportation Networks in Worcester, MA” Jeremy Child '02 (sponsor Professor L. Lewis)

40.   “Brownfield Remediation” Michelle McArdle '02 (sponsor Professor R. G. Pontius, Jr.)

41.   “Outdoor Education for Worcester Public Schools” Emily Corday '02 (sponsor Professor R. Goble)

42.   “Voluntary Environmental Reporting Metrics: A Study Beyond Compliance” James Salo '02 (sponsor Professors R. Goble & H. Brown)

 

Geography

43.   “Landscapes of Cultures” Jonah Vitale-Wolff '02 (sponsor Professor D. Rocheleau)

44.   “Impact of Silvicultural Practices on Herpatiles in Mixed Hardwood-Spruce Stands” Rachel Regeczi '03 (sponsor Professor D. Rocheleau)

45.   “Statistical Analysis of Phosphorus Concentrations In the Blackstone River Headwaters and its Relation to Urban Land Lovers” Ethan Frost '02 (sponsor Professor R. G. Pontius, Jr.)

46.   “Mapping Land Use Change In Central Massachusetts” Jeffrey Malanson '03 (sponsor Professor R. G. Pontius, Jr.)

47.   “Effects of Land Cover, Precipitation and Surficial Geology On Mean Annual and Low Flows in Central and Eastern Massachusetts” Jory Hecht '02 (sponsor Professor R. G. Pontius, Jr.)

48.   “Water Quality as a Function of the Spatial Distribution of Land Use” Stephen Aldrich '02 (sponsor Professor R. G. Pontius, Jr.)

 

Government & International Relations

49.   “A Redesign of the Constitution of the United States” Aliana Bazara '02, Richard Fields '03, Kurt Graser '02, Nathan Lavery '03, Jeffrey Malanson '03, Alex Moscato '02, & Chris Shouldice '02 (sponsor Professor B. Cook)

50.   “Communist Propaganda and Realities for African-Americans” Devon Tarmasiewicz '02 (Anton Fellow) (sponsor Professors V. Sperling & S. Krefetz)

 

International Development, Community Planning & Environment

51.   “Global to Local: The Transnational Effect of the AIDS Pandemic” Miriam Swaffer '05 (sponsor Professor L. Hammond)

52.   “Literarily Connecting Communities” Sara Connarley '04 & Maki Maeda '05 (sponsor Professor L. Hammond)

53.   “Methods to Detect a Process within a Pattern” Emily Shusas '02 (sponsor Professor R. G. Pontius, Jr.)

 

Jewish Studies

54.   “Journey to Jerusalem: Armenian Arrival and Life in the Old City” Briellen Price '02 (sponsor Professors P. Burke & E. Fox)

55.   “The Four Quarters of Jerusalem” Brooke Carreras '02 & Edward Herman '02 (sponsor Professors P. Burke & E. Fox)

 

Management

56.   “Barriers to Women in Management” Krista Calderone '02 (sponsor Professor P. Elsass)

 

Peace Studies

57.   “Human Rights” Amira Adel '02, Anneke Mueller '05, Liat Zilberstein '04, Karely Cerritos '04, & Gabby Schrader '05 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

58.   “How Safe Should You Feel? A Study of Gun Control and Conflict on College Campuses” Eamonn McDonough '05, Jeff Gagnon '05, Laura Marlin '04, Scott Phan '02, & Craig Giaquinto '05 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

59.   “The Network of Non-Violence” Eneida Thomollari '05, Denise Traboini '02, Tara O'Connor '04, Yae Sahashi '05, & Branwen Cale '04 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

60.   “The Effects of Meditation on College Students” Molly Bullock '05, Missy Holzbauer '05, Sarah Nelson '05, & Laura Kuehn '05 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

61.   “State Gun Control” Monica Stephens '04, Rachel Van Raan-Welch '05, Angeles Hernandez '04, & Ray Barnum '04 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

62.   “Violence: Is it Becoming the Norm for Most Americans?” Nichole Arnett '02, Lisa Cohen '04, Sarah Finkelstein '04, Laura French '05, Martina Green '03, & Ian Price '02 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

63.   “The Conflict between Israel and Palestine” Ahmed feras Al-Khalid ’05, Shamika Finlayson ’04, Mariya Gadon ’04, & Noah Fellman ‘05 (sponsor Professor J. de Rivera)

 

Philosophy

64.   “Who's Blood is it Anyway?” Rachelle Suzanne Mercier '02 (sponsor Professor P. Derr)

65.   “Holding Countries Accountable for Human Rights” Jennifer Goldstein '05 (sponsor Professor W. Wright)

 

Physics

66.   “Vortices in Vibrated Granular Needles” Eric Frederick '03 (in collaboration with Toni Neicu & Daniel Blair, graduate students; sponsor Professor A. Kudrolli)

67.   “Stick Slip Friction and Earthquake Dynamics” Ryan O' Donnell '03 (in collaboration with Azadeh Samadani, graduate student; sponsor Professor A. Kudrolli)

 

Psychology

68.   “Flavor of French Fries: A Hand to Mouth Experiment” Brendan Reilly '04 (sponsor Professors D. Stevens & N. Thompson)

69.   “Attachment Security and the Socialization of Autobiographical Memory” Nicole Flynn '02 (sponsor Professor E. Reese)

70.   “Is That Your Final Answer? Individual Differences in the Impact of Reconsidering One's Answer to Questions” Allision Ratner '02, Aaron Shafer '04, Jared Nelson '02, & Jennifer Franco '02 (sponsor Professor J. Laird)

71.   “Does Better Emotion Self-Regulation Reduce Altruistic Action in Non-Emergencies?” Dana Earley '02 (sponsor Professor J. Laird)

72.   “Heuristic-Produced Feelings and Failure of Statistical Knowledge: Which Produces Heuristic-Driven Errors in Reasoning?” Lisa Brzostek '03 (sponsor Professor J. Laird)

73.   “Illness and Medication” Amrei Joerchel '03 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

74.   “The Dialogical Dating Game: A Cultural Study of Anxiety in the Context on Dating Initiation” Brady Wagoner '03 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

75.   “Patterns in the Development of Response to Ambiguity: Monologicality and Dialogicality” Clara Chu '02 (in collaboration with Emily Abbey, graduate student; sponsor Professor J. Valsiner)

76.   “The Transition into College and the Effect that It Has on Relationships” Krystle Cassino '05, Danielle Lerner '04, Chris Lutz '04, Brendan Wolfe '05, & Vanessa Lopes '05 (sponsor Professor J. Valsiner & the UPC)

77.   “Physical Variable Underlying the Salient Properties of Babies Cries” Kelly Yee Lai Ku '03  (Anton Fellow), Catherine Marsh '02, Karen Webster '04, Laysha Osystrow '03, & Dana Elfenbein '04 (sponsor Professors N. Thompson & D. Stevens)

78.   “The Dimensions Underlying Adult Judgment of Similarity in the Cries of a 3-month-old Baby” Kelly Yee Lai Ku '03  (Anton Fellow), Catherine Marsh '02, Karen Webster '04, Laysha Osystrow '03, & Dana Elfenbein '04 (sponsor Professors N. Thompson & D. Stevens)

79.   “Breaking the Experimental Mold: Autism and the Theory of Mind” Alissa Lavelle '02 (sponsor Professor P. Vinden)

80.   “Can Pretend Play Be Taught? A Case Study of a Child With Autism” Amelia Rishworth '02 (sponsor Professor P. Vinden)

81.   “Constructing Gender in the Family: A Study of Mother-child Interactions” Gabrielle Leone '02 (sponsor Professor P. Vinden)

82.   “Ten Simple Rules for the 21st Century Health Care System” Agnes Selinger '02 & Sara Merih Ertas '03 (sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

83.   “Choices of Food: Individual Differences and Invariance” Ian Price '02 (in collaboration with Kevin Blot, graduate student; sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

84.   “‘Listening Is Not Hearing’: How Accurate Is the Researcher in Hearing What the Research Participant Said?” Kim Duclos '03, Katherine Donnelly '03, Stefanie Giampa '03, & Leah Handverger '03 (in collaboration with Rahael Kurrien & Manuela Cooperman, graduate students; sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

85.   “‘No Way! He's Too Short’: The Role of Height in the Selection of a Romantic Partner” Kim Duclos '03, Katherine Donnelly '03, Stefanie Giampa '03, & Leah Handverger '03 (in collaboration with Manuela Cooperman & Rahael Kurrien, graduate students; sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

86.   “We May Have More in Common Than You Think!” Stefanie Nye '02 (sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

87.   “Listening Is Not Hearing: A Partnership Approach to Research Interviewing” Zenepe Serifovski '02 & Naomi Schwartz '02 (sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

88.   “Differentiation Between Normal and Abnormal Heart Sounds” Kadie Crowley '02 (in collaboration with Jeremy Golding, M.D.; sponsor Professors R. Bibace & D. Stevens)

89.   “Questionnaires: True, False or Hard to Say: The Misleading Nature of Self Reports” Talia La Pushin '04 (sponsor Professors R. Bibace & J. Valsiner)

90.   “Otitis Media: Beliefs of Physicians and College Students” Sara Merih Ertas '03 & Agnes Selinger '02 (in collaboration with Daniel Lasser, M.D.; sponsor Professor R. Bibace)

91.   “Gender and Age Differences in Experience and Actions of Cat and Dog Owners with Respect to their Pets” Heather Gould '03 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

92.   “Interpersonal Social Networks of Caucasian and Asian Undergraduates” Jaehee Lee '02 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

93.   “Experience and Action of Undergraduate Students with Respect to their Housing Environment” Jason Reischutz '02 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

94.   “Cultural Differences in Experience of Vegetarianism: Undergraduates in Japan and the United States” Mari Yuasa '02 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

95.   “Differences between Freshman and Seniors in their Interpersonal Relationships at the University” Stamatia Dafoulas '02 (sponsor Professor S. Wapner)

96.   “The Effects of Parenting Style on Children's Stereotypes of Adults” Anna Lyssiotou '02 (in collaboration with Suzanne Gurland, graduate student; sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

97.   “Influence of Intrinsic Motivation on the Development of Science Knowledge” Bridgette Woodman '02 (sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

98.   “The Father’s Role in Child Development: An Investigation of Family Structure and Levels of Father Involvement on Child Behavior Problems” Elizabeth Litewka '03 (sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

99.   “Perceived Parenting Style and Its Effect on Child Outcomes” William Atherton '02 (sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

100.      “The Effects of a Discourse-Driven After-School Science Program on Middle-School Students’ Achievement Motivation” Robert Kelley '02 (sponsor Professor W. Grolnick)

 

Women's Studies

101.      “Eleanor Roosevelt and the U.N.” Amanda Wittman '02 (sponsor Professor C. Enloe)

 

Computer Science: Demonstration

·   “The Mandelbrot Fractal: A Java Implementation” Laura Waldman '03 (sponsor Professor D. Kramer)

 

ABRAHMS GALLERY and UNIVERSITY CENTER                                  

 

1:00-5:00  Visual & Performing Arts: Studio Art Exhibitions

“Sculpture Exhibit” Tara Baratono '02, Jillian Bromage '02, Kara Caesar '02, Alex Camelio '04, Erica Ciporen '05, Ramsay Cole '02, Rebecca Deschaine '05, Sarah Finkelstein '05, Rachel Gaskin '04, Damon Ginandes '04, Natalia Karoway-Waterhouse '03, Matthew Kline '04, Lisa Korf '02, Rachel Rosen '02, Lucy Terzis '02, & Eljon Wardally '03 (sponsor Professor A. Tracy)

 

“The Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative: Creating an Identity” Jane Androski '02, Andre Friedel '02, Jaimie Knapp '03, AnnMarie Nichols '02, Reagan Savas '02, Catherine Wechsler '02, Justin Hallman '02, Aimee Lee '02, & Nathalie Milord '02 (sponsor Professors S. Buie & A. West)

 

BEMIS CONFERENCE ROOM                                                               

 

1:00-5:00  Education: Presentations (sponsor Professor S. Michaels)

·   1:00-3:00        “Cohen Endowment Roundtable on Educational Research” Tim Dzurilla '05, Emily Stein '05, Ethan Prosnit '05, Lindsay Demers '05, Cruz Mejia '02, Chrissy Tulloch '02, Harriet Holder '02, Reagan Savas '02, Aimee Lee '02, & Maureen Oakes '02

·   3:00-5:00        “Transformative Schooling: Documentary Video for Social Change” Sarah Anderson '05, Krystle Cassino '05, Aaron Church '05, Lindsay Demers '05, Tim Dzurilla '05, Andrea Finkelstein '05, Cameron Gilbert '05, Aaron Green '05, Matt Grill '05, Ethan Prosnit '05, Emily Stein '05, Rachel Thomasy '05, Cara Wood '05, Matt LeBlanc '04, & Rebecca Giordano '02

 

GRACE CONFERENCE ROOM                                                                    

 

1:00-4:00  Visual & Performing Arts: Music Performances

·   Tchaikovsky, “The Seasons” (for piano, performed round-robin): January:By the Hearth, February:Carnival: Luke Moissinac (graduate student, psychology); March: Song of the Lark: Jacqueline DiFrancesco '04; April: Snow Drop: Sarah Kroesser '04; May: Starlit Night: Kuan-Ju Lai '03; June: Barcarolle, July: Song Of The Reaper: Jacqueline Anto '03; August: Harvest Song, September: Hunter’s Song: Matthew Gilbert '02; October:Autumn Song: Kuan-Ju Lai '03; November: Sleigh Ride, December: Christmas: Luke Moissinac (graduate student, psychology); (sponsor Professor S. Kustanovich)

·   Beethoven, “Sextet, Op. 71”, IV-Rondo(Allegro) Woodwind Sextet: Randi Brown '04, Jennifer Brown '04, clarinets; Melissa Hurst '04, Catherine O'Keefe '04, Kristina Gannon '05, French horns; Andrew Hynes '04, bassoon (sponsor Professor J. McGinn)

·   Kreisler, “Tambourin Chinois” Edward Guldi '04, violin; Sarah Kroesser '04, piano (sponsor S. Kustanovich)

·   Drigo, “Valse Bluette” Kuan-Ju Lai '03, piano; Stacie Amaral '04, violin; Mikhaila Gonzales '05, cello (sponsor Professor S. Kustanovich)

·   Milhaud “Suite for clarinet, violin and piano” Edward Guldi '04, violin; Rebecca Wright '03, clarinet; Jacqueline Anto '03, piano (sponsor Professor S. Kustanovich)

·   Handel “Piangero la sorte mia” Elena Morgenlender '04, soprano; Sima Kustanaovich, piano (sponsor Professor D. Boothman)

·   Mendelssohn, F. “Romance in c minor” Kuan-Ju Lai '03, Jacqueline Anto '03, piano, 4 hands (sponsor Professor S. Kustanovich)

·   Mozart “Flute Quartet in D Major”, Allegro Melanie Najarian '02, flute; Mette Fog Olwig '05, violin; Edward Guldi '04, viola; Sara Rachlin '05, cello (sponsor Professor S. Kustanovich)

·    “Selected Compositions and Exercises from the Fall '01 Counterpoint Class (MUSC223)” Catherine O’Keefe '04, Elena Morgenlender '04, Geoffrey Poor '03, Marguerite LaCroix '03; John McGinn, piano (sponsor Professor J. McGinn)

·   Fauré “Les Berceaux” Zhanna Alkhazova '02, soprano; Sima Kustanovich, piano (sponsor Professor M. Ferrante)

·   Fauré “Apres d’un Réve” Kuan-Ju Lai '03, piano; Mikhaila Gonzales '05, cello (sponsor Professor S. Kustanovich)

·   Couperin “La Paix du Parnasse” from L’Apothéose de Lulli: I-Gravement 4-Vivement Laura Kaplan '05, flute; Abbie Rollings '04, flute; Susannah McCandless (graduate student), bassoon; John McGinn, piano (sponsor Professor J. McGinn)

·   Mandell “Emily” Adam Slater '05, jazz piano (sponsor Professor R. Odgren)

 

GRIND CENTRAL                                                                                    

 

1:00-2:50  Women’s Studies: Presentations

(in collaboration with Annalyssa Gypsy Helgeland, graduate student; sponsor Professor C. Enloe)

·   1:00-1:50        “International Feminist Thinking” Robyn Long '03, Thomas Dobrowski '02, & Shannon Kelly '02

·   1:50-2:50        “All Kinds of Girls” Erin Penoyer-Gerbino '04, Martha Reiter '02, Molly Amster '05, & Amy Mahoney '02

 

2:50-3:40  Visual & Performing Arts: Theatre Performance

·   “Shakespeare: Page to Stage: Scenes from Othello and Other Plays” Lauren Goode '03, CJ Fischer '02, Jon Rubinski '05, Susan Monroe '05, & Layla Coleman '03 (in collaboration with Georgia Rushing, graduate student; sponsor Professors G. Dilorio & V. Vaughan)

 

LURIE CONFERENCE ROOM                                                               

 

1:00-1:20  Philosophy: Presentation

·   “Moses and the Anti-Christ: Freud and Nietzsche on Heresy” Roey Ahram '02 (sponsor Professor G. Overvold)

 

1:20-1:40  Holocaust Studies: Presentation

·   “Dehumanization as a Process of Genocide” Morgan Blum '02 (sponsor Professor D. Dwork)

 

1:40-3:55  Government & International Relations: Presentations

1:40-2:25           Legal Internships (sponsor Professor M. Miller)

·   “Committee for Public Counsel Services” Anelia Delcheva '02

·   “Environmental and Real Estate Law at Bowditch & Dewey” Jeremy Child '02

·   “Real Estate Law with Attorney Tom Millott” Joshua Shirazi '02

·   “Worcester Juvenile Court” Megan Bayer '02

2:25-3:10         Government Honors Theses (sponsor Professor M. Miller)

·   “The Changing Role of Women in the U.N. Secretariat” Amanda Wittman '02

·   “Varying Ideologies of Three U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals” Duncan Remage-Healey '02

·   “The International Criminal Court: Effects on State Behavior and World Order” Richard Couture '02

3:10-3:55         “The Supreme Court in American Society” Sarah Davis '03, Richard Fields '03, Jason Forman '03, & Danielle Tizol '02 (sponsor Professor M. Miller)

 

3:55-4:40  History: Presentations

Asian Studies

·   “Japan's Colonization of Taiwan and Korea: Ambiguous Legacies” Kristen Armandt '02 (sponsor Professor C. Enloe)

·   “The Pacific War in Japan's Historical Memory” Joshua Silverman '02 (sponsor Professor E. Kissi)

·   “Unbound Voices: Gender in Chinese Fiction after Mao” Molly Thompson '02 (sponsor Professor P. Ropp)

 

PERSKY FAMILY CONFERENCE ROOM                                           

 

1:00-2:00  Visual & Performing Arts: Presentations (sponsor Professor T. Shary)

·   1:00-1:30        “The Impact of Digital Technology on the Film World” Amanda Wittman '02

·   1:30-2:00        “The Adaptation of the Jews” Harris Daniels '02

2:00-4:10  Sociology: Presentations

2:00-2:40           (sponsor Professor S. Tenenbaum)

·   “Leaving Orthodoxy: A Study of Religious and Cultural Transformation” Adrien Uretsky '02

·   “Religious Options: Children Growing Up in Interfaith Families” Kate Vanderzee '02

2:40-4:10           Mass Media Meet Subculture: Studies in Identity and Behavior (sponsor Professor E. Gordy)

·   “The Unmeltables: Ethnicity in Public Access Television” David Dore '02

·   “The WWF: Wrestling with Stereotypes” Erin Halloran '02

·   “Oops, I Did It Again: Recurring Trends in Fan Culture and Popular Media” Katelyn Wallace '02

·   “Cover This!: Grassroots Responses to Mass Media Framing” Michael Alfoni '04

·   “Up in Smoke: An Analysis of the Effects of Anti-drug Advertising on College Students” Shannon Kelly '02

 

4:10-5:00  Foreign Languages & Literatures: Presentations (sponsor Professor M. D'Lugo)

·   “Luis Buñuel's Los olvidados and the Poverty of Modernization” Alejandra Molina '05

·   “The Ideology of Cultural Representation in Mexican Films of the 40's” Jessica Smith '03

·   “Political and Sexual Power in Arturo Ripstein's The Place Without Limits” Meredith Singer '03

 

ROSENBLATT CONFERENCE ROOM                                                  

 

1:00-1:45  History: Presentations

Kennedy's Cold War (sponsor Professor D. Little)

·   “Trade, Aid, and Dollar Diplomacy” Erin Daily '03

·   “JFK in Berlin” Heather Sensibaugh '02

·   “‘China Syndrome’: JFK, Taiwan, and The People's Republic” Jeffrey Malanson '03

 

1:45-2:45  Government & International Relations: Presentation

·   “An Analysis of the Undergraduate Admissions Yield at Clark University” Victoria Behan '03, Ian Harris '04, Judith Hogan '03, Tiffany Joslyn '04, Arda Buharali '05, Joshua Kleiner '04, & Kenton Kayira (sponsor Professor B. Cook)

 

2:45-4:00  The Anton Fellowship Program: Presentations

Gleanings from the Research, Creative, and Public Service Projects of Clark’s 2001-2002 Anton Fellows

(sponsor Professor S. Krefetz, Director)

·   “Firenze, Italia: An Icon in Strategy and Strength” Heather Olson '02

·   “A Worldly Bicycle” Jeremy Child '02

·   “Whoomsday?: Joyce, Ireland, and the ‘Mass Culture’ Project” Kenneth St. Onge '02

 

4:00-4:20  IDCE: Presentation

·   "A Gendered Perspective on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission" Clare Cady '02 (sponsor Professor P. Trumbore)

 

ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER (on the corner of Charlotte & Woodland Streets)                   

 

Final Projects from Intermediate Painting Exhibition

·   Aana Anowara '05, Alex Camelio '04, Anita Hayashi '05, Caitlin Huppert '02, Lisa Korf '02, Erin Maceiko '03, Jenny Shoby '02, Panayiotis Terzis '05, & Hilary Tobin '03 (sponsor Professor S. Walker)

 

UNIVERSITY GALLERY at GODDARD LIBRARY                          

 

5:00-7:00  Studio Art Senior Honors Theses Exhibition

·   OPENING RECEPTION AT 5:00 PM – Jane Androski, Matthew Bemis, Kara Cesear, Kendra Cox, Erin Dineen, Mike Mitchell, Laura Niemi, Heather Olson, Pascalia Papadopoulos, Joe Perna, Rachel Rosen, Eve Samuels, Jenny Shobe, & Allissa Williams (sponsor Professor S. Walker)