Peace Young ’12, Maya Kutz ’15, Brittany Bennett ’15 and Alexandria Julius ’14
Fabrication of a Cargo Cycle; science poster session deriving from Engineers for a Sustainable
World, Smith College Chapter, with Denise McKahn, assistant professor of engineering
Shawn McMahon ’12 and Michelle Cortrite’13
Investigating Coral Reef State of Health off San Salvador Island, Bahamas; science poster
session deriving from classwork with Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological
Sciences
Tia Novak ’13 and Courtney Faria ’12
Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) Shells Serve as Microhabitats in Seagrass Beds, Graham’s
Harbor, San Salvador, Bahamas; science poster session deriving from classwork with L. David
Smith, professor of biological sciences, and Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor
of Biological Sciences
Katharine Robb ’14, Margaret Snelgrove ’13 and Caroline Hackett ’14
Target Fish Abundance on Patch Reefs off San Salvador, Bahamas; science poster session deriving
from classwork with Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences
View the Presentation
Saira Huq ’12
Bioactive Compounds and Their Utility in Lymphatic Filariasis Drug Development; science poster
session deriving from thesis with Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences
Francesca Tomaino ’12
A Point-of-Care Assay for the Detection of Filarial Parasites in Mosquitoes; science poster
session deriving from thesis with Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences
Rachael Sirois GS and Ivy Mead ’12
Metagenomic Study of the Equine Gastrointestinal Tract Before and After Treatment with the
Parasite Medication Ivermectin; science poster session deriving from thesis with Steven Williams,
Gates Professor of Biological Sciences
View the Presentation
Yisi Lu ’12
>Exploring the Expression, Localization Pattern and Potential Immunogenic Function of a Novel
Protein Family Juv-p120 in Parasite Brugia malayi; science poster session deriving
from thesis with Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences
View the Presentation
Kristin Peck ’12, Katharine Robb ’14 and Aunaly Palmer ’14
Comparative Effects of Herbivory on Castanea dentata and Quercus (spp.);
science poster session deriving from classwork with Jesse Bellemare, assistant professor of
biological sciences and Katherine Halvorsen, professor of mathematics and statistics
View the Presentation
Karyn Nelson GS
The Role of Biotic and Abiotic Factors in the Decline of Clintonia borealis in Western
Massachusetts; science poster session deriving from thesis with Jesse Bellemare, assistant
professor of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Michael Cardozo GS, Emily Barbour ’15 and Marika Witkus ’14
The Role of Seed Banks in Restoration Ecology; science poster session deriving from classwork
with Jesse Bellemare, assistant professor of biological sciences
Grace Anderson ’12
Micro-Biogeography of Stream Bryophytes: Evidence of Rock Size and Downstream Accumulation
Effects; science poster session deriving from classwork with Jesse Bellemare, assistant professor
of biological sciences
Jenna Zukswert ’13, Katherine Dymek ’14 and Meredith Gallogly ’12
Red-Backed Salamanders, Leaf Litter Mesofauna and Soil pH in Hemlock and Deciduous Forests;
science poster session deriving from classwork and STRIDE research with Jesse Bellemare, assistant
professor of biological sciences
Emily Barbour ’14 and Katherine Dymek ’14
Horticultural Insights to the Realized vs. Fundamental Niches of Rare Endemic Plants; science
poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Jesse Bellemare, assistant professor of biological
sciences
Katy Hofmeister HC ’13, Megan Svoboda ’12, Courtney Faria ’12 and Lilly
Dalton ’12
Seed Bank Species Richness in Three New England Habitats, MacLeish Field Station, Whately,
Mass.; science poster session deriving from classwork with Jesse Bellemare, assistant professor
of biological sciences and Katherine Halvorsen, professor of mathematics and statistics
Jessamine Finch ’12 and Brittany Innis ’13
Coarse Woody Debris and Land Use History: Limited Recovery of Old-Growth Characteristics in
Secondary Forests at the MacLeish Field Station; science poster session deriving from classwork
with Jesse Bellemare, assistant professor of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Lidiya Berhanu Denu ’13
Novel Proteins Involved in Zebrafish Forebrain Development; science poster session deriving
from research with Michael Barresi, assistant professor of biological sciences
Cat Lagdameo ’12, Lydia-Rose Kesich ’15 and Rachael Stein ’12
Effects of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill in Zebrafish Development; science poster session deriving
from thesis with Michael Barresi, assistant professor of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Naihan Chen ’14 and Martha Dillon ’14
An Upcoming Genetic Teaching Lab; science poster session deriving from special studies with
Robert Merritt, professor of biological sciences and Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological
Sciences
View the Presentation
Cait Kirby ’12
What’s Your Orientation? science poster session deriving from special studies with Robert
Merrit, professor of biological sciences, Lori Saunders, laboratory instructor of biological
sciences, and Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences
Kelsey Hartman ’12
Marine Protected Areas: Are They Protecting the Right Reefs? science poster session deriving
from special studies with Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences,
and Jon Caris, spatial analysis lab coordinator
Caroline Keroack ’14
Investigating the Structure and Function of Pinniped Vibrissae; science poster session deriving
from research with Virginia Hayssen, professor of biological sciences, and Dr. Joy Lapseritis
’94
Diane Chen ’14
Reproductive Pattern Within Family Herpestidae: Patterns Among Genera; science poster session
deriving from STRIDE research with Virginia Hayssen, professor of biological sciences
Veronica Falconieri ’12
Light It Up: Finding Proteins in Muscle Cells; science poster session deriving from research
with Stylianos Scordilis, professor of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Emma Sundberg ’14
Exploring Differential Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana; science poster session
deriving from STRIDE research with Lou Ann Bierwert, technical director of the Center for Molecular
Biology and lab instructor
View the Presentation
Sarah Winokur ’15, Helen Smith ’14, Lindsay Roth ’15, Farzana Kibria ’15,
Malayna Hocker ’15, Jo-Ellen El Khoury ’14, Sarah Devine ’15, Cheryl Creed ’15, Sarah
Coffee ’15, Sophia Carroll ’15, Joanna Bagienska ’15, Abigail Antoine ’15 and Priscilla Yong ’15
Our Phage Phamily: Mycobacteriophage Captured on the Smith College Campus; science poster
session deriving from classwork with Robert Merritt, professor of biological sciences, and
Lori Saunders, laboratory instructor of biological sciences
Linda Kim ’15, Esther Hong ’14, Signe Dahlberg-Wright ’14 and Virginia
Diaz ’14
Extruded Liposomes as Cell Membrane Models for Ion Transport; science poster session deriving
from AEMES research with Cristina Suarez, associate professor of chemistry
View the Presentation
Jing Zhang ’14, Rebecca Gerdes ’15 and Jinglin Huang ’14
Biofilm Growth on Nano-scale Surfaces; science poster session deriving from special studies
with Kate Queeney, associate professor of chemistry, and Robert Dorit, associate professor
of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Susanna Michael ’12
Investigating the Sources and Significance of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Avery Brook Watershed,
Whately, Mass.; science poster session deriving from thesis with Kate Queeney, associate professor
of chemistry, and Robert Newton, professor of geosciences
Megan Januszewski ’14
Quantifying Nanoscale Topography of Functionalized Silicon Surfaces; science poster session
deriving from special studies with Kate Queeney, associate professor of chemistry
View the Presentation
Risha Sinha ’14 and Elizabeth Stewart ’13
Investigation of the Thermodynamic Stability of the Spiro Aminodihydantoin Lesion; science
poster session deriving from special studies with Elizabeth Jamieson, associate professor of
chemistry
View the Presentation
Julea Vlassakis ’12
Accuracy of DNA Pairing by the RecA Protein; science poster session deriving from thesis with
Elizabeth Jamieson, associate professor of chemistry, and Kate Queeney, associate professor
of chemistry
Kimberly Kupinski ’15, Alexandra Page ’12 and Hana Cha ’14
The Chromatographic Separation of the Diastereomers of 2,6-Dimethylcyclohexanol, a Potential
General Anesthetic; science poster session deriving from thesis with Kevin Shea, associate
professor of chemistry
Sarah Rothstein ’12 and Mera Hoddinott ’12
Synthesis and Application of a Novel Cationic Diels-Alder Dienophile Stabilized by Adjacent
Cobalt Complexed Alkynes; science poster session deriving from thesis with Kevin Shea, associate
professor of chemistry
Elsa Hinds ’13 and Catriona Blunt ’12
Development of a Tandem Diels-Alder/ Pauson-Khand Strategy for the Synthesis of Tetracycles;
science poster session deriving from thesis with Kevin Shea, associate professor of chemistry
Amelia Valladares ’12
Carbonyls Bending Backwards?; science poster session deriving from thesis with Robert Linck,
professor of chemistry
Eliza Kate Spear ’12
Ruthenium Gallops the Nicotinamide Ring; science poster session deriving from thesis with
Robert Linck, professor of chemistry
Bo Ram Yoo ’14 and Lexiaochuan Wen ’12
An Environmentally Friendly Synthetic Approach: Making Vanillin From Colored Clay; science
poster session deriving from thesis with Lâle Burk, senior lecturer in chemistry
View the Presentation
Ruth Eichinger ’12, Johanna Ravenhurst GS and Robin Currens ’14
Characterization of a Circadian Clock Gene in Brugia malayi; science poster session
deriving from thesis with Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences
Nguyen Huynh ’12, Iju Shakya ’13 and Krithika Venkataraman ’15
Decoding the Promoter of the Thioredoxin peroxidase-2 gene in Brugia malayi; science
poster session deriving from thesis with Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences
View the Presentation
Christina Johns ’12 and Jennifer Chan ’12
Beta-Amyloid Pores in Cell Membranes; science poster session deriving from special studies
with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences
Jun Huang ’12
Confirming the 3D Solution Structure of a DNA Sequence Using NMR Spectroscopy; science poster
session deriving from special studies with Cristina Suarez, associate professor of chemistry
View the Presentation
Malia Charter ’15
Protecting Archaic Languages: The Use of Computer Analysis of Handwritten Syriac; science
poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Nicholas Howe, associate professor of computer
science
Caitlin T. Crowl ’12, Katherine H. Lipow ’14 and Joselyn L. Quintanilla ’15
Detecting Exoplanet Transits Using the McConnell Rooftop 16-inch Telescope; science poster
session deriving from special studies, STRIDE and AEMES research with James Lowenthal, associate
professor of astronomy, and Suzan Edwards, L. Clark Seelye Professor of Astronomy
Maya Lewin-Berlin ’13 and Brenda Carballo-Ramirez ’14
Gravity Driven Dense 3D Flow of Granular Material; science poster session deriving from AEMES
research with Nalini Easwar, professor of physics
Ruby Zucker ’12, Bhavna Mungur ’12, Elizabeth Helbling ’12 and Sylvia
Altreuter ’12
Design Improvement of Off-Highway Truck Frame Components; science poster session deriving
from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponsored by Caterpillar with Susannah Howe, director
of the design clinic and senior lecturer in engineering
Xizhu Zhao ’12, Jingxin Wu ’12 and Kasama Euchukanonchai ’12
Design of an Organic Waste Digestion and Composting Facility; science poster session deriving
from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponsored by Fuss & O’Neill with Susannah
Howe, director of the design clinic and senior lecturer in engineering
Kasie Wong ’12, Vilma Reyes ’12, Ashleigh King ’12 and Alecia D’Entremont ’12
Design of a Device to Detect Acidosis/Alkalosis in Diabetics; science poster session deriving
from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic in conjunction with collaborators at Marquette
University with Susannah Howe, director of the design clinic and senior lecturer in engineering
Megan Mussehl ’13J, Peter Modest HC and Christopher Camp HC
Design of a Treatment System for Silage Leachate; science poster session deriving from classwork
in Engineering Design Clinic sponsored by the Natural Resources Conservation Service with Susannah
Howe, director of the design clinic and senior lecturer in engineering
Androniki Tsakiridou ’12, Tiffany Liu ’12, Helen Johnston ’12 and Adina-Elena
Draghici ’12
Design and Development of a High-Elongation Strain Gage for Medical Applications; science
poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponsored by Protopeutics
with Susannah Howe, director of the design clinic and senior lecturer in engineering
Peace Young ’12, Jayna Shea ’12, Shelly Hagerman ’12 and Lydia Bussiere ’12
Design of a Rapid Deployment Water Purification System; science poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic, sponsored by the Department of Defense in collaboration with colleagues at the U.S. Naval Academy, with Susannah Howe, director of the design clinic and senior lecturer in engineering
Lingyi Wu ’15, Najneen Sultana ’14, Sarah Stephen ’14, Fred Shipley AM ’13, Vilma Reyes ’12, Katherine Maines ’12, Ashleigh King ’12, Caroline Kang ’12, Shelly Hagerman ’12, Zin Min Aye
’13 and Alecia D’Entremont ’12
Applied Design and Prototyping in IDP 250; science poster session deriving from classwork
with Susannah Howe, senior lecturer in engineering, and Eric
Jensen, manager of the Center for Design and Fabrication
Peace Young ’12, Maya Kutz ’15, Hannah Hitchner ’12, Brittany Bennett ’15
and Lindsay Duran ’13
Design of Norwottuck Rail Trail Spur in Leeds; science poster session deriving from special
studies with Susannah Howe, senior lecturer in engineering
Defne Abur ’14 and Erika Miguel ’15
Intrasubject Variability in Power Reflectance Measurements; science poster session deriving
from special studies with Susan Voss, associate professor of engineering
View the Presentation
Claudette Nitard ’13, Yanning Yu ’13 and Jacob Pecht ’12
Methodology Development for Studying the Differences in Sap Fluxes between Hemlock and Deciduous
Forests; science poster session deriving from SURF research with Andrew Guswa, professor of
engineering
View the Presentation
Heather Osorio ’12
Oxytocin Receptors and the Neuroanatomy of Sociality in South American Rodents; science poster
session deriving from special studies with Annaliese Beery, assistant professor of psychology
View the Presentation
Emily Starr-Phillips AC ’12
Naturally-occurring Variation in Maternal Care Affects Social Interaction Behavior but not
Central Oxytocin Receptor Expression in Adult Rat Offspring; science poster session deriving
from thesis with Annaliese Beery, assistant professor of psychology
View the Presentation
Jacqueline Baron ’13
Look at That: A Case Study in Word Learning From Six to Fourteen Months; science poster session
deriving from research with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin
Smith Professor of Psychology
View the Presentation
Katherine Margulis ’14 and Courtney Collins ’15
Forming Concepts While Eyetracking: Artifact vs. Natural Kind; science poster session deriving
from STRIDE research with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith
Professor of Psychology
View the Presentation
Vanessa Vieites ’12, Hannah Kistler ’13, Carina Ahuja ’12, Rosie Alig ’14 and Cindy Chiang ’14
Communication between Parents and Their Preschool Children with Autism; science poster session
deriving from laboratory and STRIDE research in Peter de Villiers’ language acquisition
lab, as well as STRIDE research with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of
Psychology
Christina Nelson ’14 and Katharine Wilson ’15
Exploring Ways Children Convey Narrative in Words and Images: A Longitudinal Study of Alva
and Gus’ Drawings and Writings; science poster session deriving from STRIDE research
with Peter Pufall, professor emeritus of psychology
Jinghui Zhang ’12
Self-Verification and Symbolic Identity Concerns; science poster session deriving from thesis
with Fletcher Blanchard, professor of psychology
Alyssa Stanek ’13, Victoria Santarsiero ’13 and Julia Dobner-Pereira ’12
The Role of Perfectionism: Decoding the Relationship Between the Superhero Ideal and Disordered
Eating Behaviors; science poster session deriving from classwork with Patricia DiBartolo, professor
of psychology
View the Presentation
Calliandra Lombard ’13 and Belinda Nhundu ’13
Isoflurane Impacts the Actin Cytoskeletal Signaling Pathway by Depleting Cofilin Reserves
in the Developing Murine Cortical Tissue; science poster session deriving from special studies
with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Luvana Chowdhury ’13, Salma Bargach ’14 and Celine Croft ’12
A Patch-Clamp Investigation of the Modulation of GABAA Receptor Currents With Isomers of the
Potential Anaesthetic Compound 2,6-dimethycyclohexanol; science poster session deriving from
thesis with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Amanda MacAvoy ’14, Bonnie Hawkins ’15, Emily Flynn ’14 and Alexis Ziemba ’12
Investigating the Molecular Mechanism of Anesthetic Preconditioning; science poster session
deriving from thesis with Adam Hall, associate professor of biological sciences
View the Presentation
Gabrielle Giacalone ’12
High Line, High Rise; science poster session deriving from special studies with James Middlebrook, assistant professor of art
Jeong Min Kwak ’14, Janet Ku ’14 and Evelina Federyuk ’13
Jet-Lag Induced Stress: Effects on Mouse Organ Morphology; science poster session deriving
from AEMES research with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences (Psychology)
Ann Slingerland ’13, Atema Addy ’14 and Salma Bargach ’14
Detection of Dopamine Levels in the Frontal Lobe Area of C57 and 129 Mice; science poster
session deriving from classwork with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences
(Psychology)
Lauren Kauffman ’14, Abbey Fleming AC ’14, Emily Crowley ’14, Rebecca Broadhurst ’14 and Sarah Barstow ’13
Hippocampal Involvement in Learning in Mice; science poster session deriving from classwork
with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences (Psychology)
Laura Duran ’13, Bethany Ashworth ’14, Martha Dillon ’14 and Kat Katides ’14
Neurotransmitters and Behavior Associated with the Arcuate Nucleus; science poster session
deriving from classwork with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences (Psychology)
Hyunji Kim ’14, Hailun Li ’14 and Shishona Jones ’12
Modeling Chronic Fatigue in Young Mice With Chronic Interleukin 1-B; science poster session
deriving from special studies with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences (Psychology)
View the Presentation
Kristen Warren ’13, Lois Lee ’14, Elissa Carney ’14 and Deborah Ok ’14
The Connections of the Mouse Olfactory Bulb; science poster session deriving from classwork
with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences (Psychology)
Alyssa Stanek ’13 and Angela Oliverio ’12
Coral Reef Ed-Ventures: An Environmental Education Program in San Pedro, Belize; science poster
session deriving from summer program project with H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor
Emeritus of Geolosciences, Susan Etheredge, professor of education and child study, and Paulette
Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences
Margaret Snelgrove ’13
Effects of Oil on New England Coastal Invertebrates; science poster session deriving from
special studies with Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences
Christina Goethel ’13
Oxygen Minimum Zones and Biogeography of Mesopelagic Fish; science poster session deriving
from special studies with Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences
View the Presentation
Kaylyn Oates ’12
Microbial Communities in Neoproterozoic Successions of Death Valley, Calif.; science poster
session deriving from thesis with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geosciences
Katie Castagno ’12
Geochemical Analysis of the Cambro-Ordovician Cow Head Group, Western Newfoundland, Canada;
science poster session deriving from thesis with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geosciences
Monica Rolls ’12
Sedimentology, Ichnology, and Soft-Bodied Preservation of the March Point Formation, Western
Newfoundland; science poster session deriving from research with Sara Pruss, assistant professor
of geosciences
Wanda Feng ’15
Drilling Predation of Mollusk Assemblages, Alligator Point, Cat Island, Bahamas; science poster
session deriving from STRIDE research with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geosciences
View the Presentation
Lilly Dalton ’12
Investigating the Ecology of Post-Sturtian (~716Ma) Microfossil Assemblages in a Cap Carbonate,
the Rasthof Formation, Northern Namibia; science poster session deriving from thesis with Sara
Pruss, assistant professor of geosciences
Kiara Gomez ’14
Ooid Formation at Pigeon Creek Delta, San Salvador, Bahamas; science poster session deriving
from classwork with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geosciences
Sarah Brisson ’14
Distinctive Features of Subaerial Seeps in the Holocene Carbonate Eolian Strata From Cat Island,
Bahamas; science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Bosiljka Glumac, associate
professor of geosciences, and H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus of
Geosciences
Naomi Barshi ’12
Conflicting Kinematics of the Salerno Creek Deformation Zone, Grenville Province, Ontario;
science poster session deriving from thesis with Jack Loveless, assistant professor of geosciences,
and Michelle Markley, Mount Holyoke College associate professor of geology
Julia Signell ’14, Katherine Broadwater ’13 and Ngozika Onuzo ’12
Avery Brook Project: Implications of Chemical and Biological Processes Due to Climate Change;
science poster session deriving from special studies with Robert Newton, professor of geosciences
Susan Wu ’13, Kiara Gomez ’14 and Taylore Shaw ’14
Naticid Predation on Mollusk Shell in Western San Salvador, Bahamas; science poster session
deriving from classwork with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geosciences
Paula Burgi ’14 and Sarah Brisson ’14
Distribution and Origin of Caliche Crusts in Ancient Sand Dune Deposits on San Salvador, Bahamas:
Implications for Understanding Variations in the Patterns of Sedimentation and Climate; science
poster session deriving from classwork with Bosiljka Glumac, associate professor of geosciences
View the Presentation
Winter Schwaid-Lindner ’14 and Camille Dwyer ’14
Storm-deposited Boulder Ridges on San Salvador, Bahamas: Implications for Coastal Development;
science poster session deriving from classwork with Bosiljka Glumac, professor of geosciences,
and H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Geosciences
View the Presentation
Emily Barbour ’14
Perceptions and Impacts of Plant-Based and Local Food Diets; science poster session deriving
from special studies with Julianne Busa, lecturer in environmental science and policy
Tia Novak ’13
Apples in Academia: Integrating Agroforestry and Ecological Design Into Education at MacLeish
Field Station; science poster session deriving from special studies with Reid Bertone-Johnson,
lecturer in landscape studies
Jessamine Finch ’12 and Jennifer Krain ’12
Redesigning the Systematics Garden; science poster session deriving from special studies with
Reid Bertone- Johnson, lecturer in landscape studies
View the Presentation
Seneca Gray ’13
MacLeish Pavilion: Sustainable Design for Multidisciplinary Education; science poster session
deriving from special studies with Reid Bertone-Johnson, lecturer in landscape studies and
James Middlebrook, assistant professor of art
View the Presentation
Meredith Gallogly ’12
Ownership and Land Use History of the MacLeish Field Station; science poster session deriving
from work-study internship with Reid Bertone-Johnson, lecturer in landscape studies, and Nan
Wolverton, lecturer in American studies
Ellena Baum ’14
Edible Forest Garden at the MacLeish Field Station: A Permaculture Design Demonstration; science
poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Reid Bertone-Johnson, lecturer in landscape
studies
View the Presentation
Iris Howorth ’12
Historic Tour Focusing on Smith’s Oldest Buildings
Maggie Kraus ’12
The “Little School” of Landscape: A History of Landscape Architecture at Smith
(1934–42)
Alexandra Ghiz ’12
The Coeducation Debate at Smith College: Reaffirming an Institutional Identity in the 1970s
View the Presentation
Wendy Essery AC ’12
American Women Who Paved the Way: A History of Scientific Pioneers
View the Presentation
Hannah Frydman ’12
Illustrating a Movement: Blanche Ames and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
Christianne Beasley ’12
Prêt-à-Saper: The Cultural Identity of Congolese Fashion.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Dawn Fulton, associate professor of French studies
View the Presentation
Alexandra Ankudowich ’12
Paulette Nardal: The Negritude Movement and Black Identity.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Dawn Fulton, associate professor of French studies
View the Presentation
Nora Nadire ’14
L’identité d’une fille algerienne et française (The Identity of
an Algerian and French Girl).
Presentation deriving from classwork with Anouk Alquier, lecturer in French studies
View the Presentation
Erika Earley ’15
Stravinsky and Nijinsky: Revolutionary Vision in "The Rite of Spring".
Presentation deriving from classwork with Anouk Alquier, lecturer in French studies
View the Presentation
Karina Peterson ’14
Fertility and Contraception in Modern Europe: Separating Myth from Historical Reality.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Ernest Benz, associate professor of history
View the Presentation
Emma Whetsell ’14
The Goths After Death: Burial Practices Among the Wielbark and Cernjachov Cultures.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Craig Davis, professor of English language and literature
Hannah Sultan ’12
Comparative Food Security: Brazil and Mozambique.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Nola Reinhardt, professor of economics
Catherine Leung ’12
Inclusion and Exclusion: The Social Implications of Afghanistan: Crossroad of the Ancient
World.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Richard Lim, professor of history, and Cornelia Pearsall,
professor of English language and literature
View the Presentation
Margaret Dodge ’12
Images of the Garden in Poetry From the Arab Caliphate in Al-Andalus
Dylan Farrell ’12
A Renaissance of Local Heroes: Visually Representing the Local Food Movement
View the Presentation
Janelle Gatchalian ’12
Recycled Paper Artifacts: Futurist Print Media in Circulation
View the Presentation
Anna Hallman ’13
Strange Fruit and Renaissance: Evaluating Past and Present, Black and White Cultures,
Gender, and Blues and Jazz
View the Presentation
Rachel Johnson ’12
Transcultural Negotiations: Cherokee Women, Slavery and the Domestic Ideal
Kelsey Cummings ’13
Heroism and Marginalization in Blade and Underworld.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Alexandra Keller, associate professor of film studies
View the Presentation
Molly Gavin ’12
The Dream of the Rood: A Translator’s Tale.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Nalini Bhushan, professor of philosophy; Craig
Davis, professor of English language and literature; and Barry Moser, Irwin and Pauline Alper
Glass Professor of Art
View the Presentation
Filippo Cervelli GS
The Poetry of Cathy Song.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Floyd Cheung, associate professor of English
language and literature
Esra Karamehmet ’13J
Sylvia Plath’s “Fever 103°”.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Karen Kukil, associate curator of special collections
View the Presentation
Pauline Pelsy-Johann GS
Yuayuan, a Chinese Woman.Presentation deriving from special studies with Bernadine Mellis, Five College visiting artist
in film studies
Kailin Weng ’12
Investing in the Hottest: On the Art Market for Top Ten Chinese Contemporary Artists.
Presentation deriving from thesis work with Mahnaz Mahdavi, professor of economics, and Deborah
Haas-Wilson, Marilyn Carlson Nelson Professor of Economics
View the Presentation
Yuanyuan Liu GS
Ginling: Empowerment and Challenge.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Susan Bourque, Esther Booth Wiley Professor
of Government, and Lane Hall-Witt, lecturer in history and director of the American Studies
Diploma Program
View the Presentation
Charlotte Helmer ’13
Return to the Castle: How Early Smithsonian Architecture Could Affect the Next Smithsonian
Museum
View the Presentation
Camille Kulig ’13
Embracing Portraits of the Feminist Body: An Exercise in Curating a Mock Exhibition for the
National Portrait Gallery
View the Presentation
Megan Porter ’13
The Roswell Conspiracy Theory: Demonstrating the Need to Think Critically About History in
Secondary Schools
View the Presentation
Shama Rahman ’13
Reclaiming the Political: How Women Entered the Public Sphere in Antebellum America
View the Presentation
Sophia Carroll ’15 and Meredith Nnoka ’13
The Nightmare of Success: Literary Dystopias and Their Societal Implications.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Maria Banerjee, professor of Russian language
and literature
View the Presentation
Sarah Birgitta Hendron ’13
The Russian Woman: A Bilingual Poetry Reading.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Maria Banerjee, professor of Russian language
and literature
Lauren Young ’12
“Senseless Dreams”—Slavophilism in the Reign of Nicholas II: His Court Photographs
and Private Correspondence.
Presentation deriving from thesis work with Maria Banerjee, professor of Russian language and
literature
View the Presentation
Deborah Nadler ’12
Inscribed on the Body: The Soul and the Physical Form in the Philosophical Novels of Dostoevsky,
Kafka, Musil and Kundera.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Maria Banerjee, professor of Russian language
and literature
Anna Leversee ’12
Sword, Speech, Silence: Weapons of Conquest in the Epic Nuevo Mundo y conquista by
Francisco de Terrazas.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Reyes Lazaro, associate professor of Spanish
and Portuguese
View the Presentation
Samantha Edwards ’12
Translating “Nada”: The Struggle for Identity in Post-War Spain.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Reyes Lazaro, associate professor of Spanish
and Portuguese
View the Presentation
Chloe Hill ’12
Baladas: Brazilian Poetry in Translation.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Marguerite Itamar Harrison, associate professor
of Spanish and Portuguese, and Charles Cutler, lecturer and professor emeritus of Spanish
and Portuguese
Karen Ho ’12
Translating Italian: Special Studies Project.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Giovanna Bellesia, professor of Italian language
and literature
Carolyn Griffin ’12
Oskar Schlemmer’s Battle Against the Real in The Triadic Ballet.
Presentation deriving from final paper with Lester Tomé, assistant professor of dance
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Brandy Neary ’14
Revolution on Stage: The Validity of Hip Hop Theatre.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Lester Tomé, assistant professor of dance
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Danielle Pite ’12
A Neoclassical Exploration of Quantum Mechanics.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Rodger Blum, professor of dance
Sichu Mali GS
Microcredit Loans: A Comparative Study.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Charles Staelin, professor of economics
Kyoko Kitada GS
Changing Economic Mobility in the U.S.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Lane Hall-Witt, lecturer in history and director
of the American Studies Diploma Program
Guangye Cao ’12
Financial Liberalization and Inequality.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Roisin O’Sullivan, associate professor of economics
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Hannah Sultan ’12
Food for Thought: Critical Food Studies in Landscape Studies Curriculum.
Presentation deriving from summer internship with Nina Antonetti, assistant professor of landscape
studies
Rebekah Garder AC ’12
Can Local Food Work?.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Julianne Busa, lecturer in environmental science
and policy
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Marta Sicinska ’12
From Beantown to Beetown: A Sociological Perspective on the Urban Beekeeping Community and
Its Activism in Boston, Mass.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Leslie King, associate professor of sociology
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Liesa Ruhlmann GS
Project Coach: Youth Development and Academic Achievement Through Sport.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Samuel Intrator, professor of education and
child study
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Kristen Krumbiegel ’12 and Megan Lonsdale ’13
The Design of Indoor Playscapes in the Early Childhood Environment: Developmental Benefits
for Young Children.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Susannah Howe, director of the design clinic
and senior lecturer in engineering, and Susan Etheredge, professor of education and child study
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Yanning Yu ’13
Grazing or Digesting? Learning Environments That Prepare Students for the Knowledge Economy.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Al Rudnitsky, professor of education and child
study
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Hannah Shadrick ’12
Telling the Body Story
Amanda Picardi ’12
Cartography of Un-: Mapping the Self through Art and Poetry
Victoria Henry ’13J
Exploring Transience and the Fragmented
Elizabeth Tyra ’14
Mobility of American Women’s Dress in the ’Teens.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Catherine Smith, professor of theatre
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Clarke Knight ’14
Footnotes in Architecture: An Annotated Bibliography of Women Designers.
Presentation deriving from STRIDE research with James Middlebrook, assistant professor of art
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Grace McKay-Corkum ’14 and Lorna Pyle ’12
The Coupling Mechanism of Circadian Rhythms in the Liver.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences
(Psychology)
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Jenna Zechmann ’12
A Glacial Erosion Model Designed to Re-create Pleistocene Longitudinal Bed Profiles for the
Gilkey and Thiel Glaciers, Juneau Icefield, Alaska.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Robert Newton, professor of geosciences
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Clare Landefeld ’12
The Effectiveness of Engineered Bacteriocins as Target-Specific Antibiotics.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Robert Dorit, associate professor of biological sciences
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Tatiana Cassel ’13, Hannah Chan ’12, Hyojung Chang ’13, Cindy Chiang ’13,
Melissa Cho ’13, Amy Deng ’12, Julie Fieldsteel ’12, Irene Hofstetter ’12,
Kinari Horton ’14, Hee Yeon Koo ’12, Amy Lam ’12, Joon Young Lee ’13,
Jessica Levine AMH ’13, Caitlin Snow ’13, Alice Tan ’13 and Lingyan Xu ’14
Journey Beyond Words: Encounters between Chinese Poetry and Painting
Presentation deriving from classwork with Sujane Wu, assistant professor of East Asian languages
and literatures
Margaret Kurkoski ’12
Portable Rome: Exploring and Exhibiting Ancient Coins
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Francesca LoGalbo ’12
Clarence Kennedy: Advocate for Photography as a Medium for Art Historical Education
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Sophia Ong ’12
Conserving A Beauty: The Conservation of Two Japanese Hanging Scrolls in the Smith
College Museum of Art
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Alynn McCormick ’12
A Man, A House, A Community’s History: Exploring Erastus Hopkins, the Underground Railroad
and New England Abolition Through the Historic Sites of Northampton, Mass.
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Catherine Leung ’12
From Monet to McQueen: The Politics of the Costume Collection Within Fine Art Museums
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Kimberly Drew ’12
Museum 3p0: New-Wave Social Media Usage in Museums
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Sara Sargent ’12
Exploring Art Through Play: Envisioning a Hypothetical Children’s Museum Exhibit
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Rebecca Baroukh ’12
Photography and Community: Designing a Collaborative Youth Project and Exhibition
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Esther Kwon ’12
Genocide Education and Social Change through Museums: The Case of the Tuol Sleng Genocide
Museum
Kendra Danowski ’12
The Museum as Activist: Social Justice Initiatives and Community Engagement at Cultural Institutions
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Elaine Speer ’14
Queer Reconciling: Sexual Minorities and the Reconciling Movement at Wallingford United Methodist
Church in Seattle.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Gary Lehring, associate professor of government
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Carina Ahuja ’12, Margaret Harpin ’12, Karisa Klemm ’12 and Ruth Romero ’13
Reproductive Health Needs of Tibetan Students in India.
Presentation deriving from interdepartmental seminar with Leslie Jaffe, college physician and
director of health services
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Jeanne Lowrey ’14
Thinking Through The Farmington Valley Herald: Social Media Then and Now.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Kerry Buckley, executive director of historic
Northampton Museum, and Michael Thurston, professor of English language and literature
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Alana Eichner ’12
Breaking the Glass Dome: An Analysis of Women’s Candidacies for the House of Representatives
in 2008 and 2010.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Howard Gold, professor of government
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Kaitlin Hodge ’12
More Than Words: The Politics of Classifying Mass Atrocities.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Brent Durbin, assistant professor of government
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Emma Shreefter ’12
ABCs for Adults? How do Adult Learning Programs Affect Feelings of Political Efficacy?.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Martha Ackelsberg, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor
of Government and professor of the study of women and gender
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Hannah Hastings ’12
Bolsa Familia: Raising the Bottom Line.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Velma Garcia, associate professor of government
Emily Atkinson ’13
Sociopaths and the Internet: Reclaiming “Evil” in New Media
Kristen Connor ’12
Evil in Political Discourse: The Case of the Demonization of Homosexuality in Uganda
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Samantha Noble ’12
The Strength of Stones: Depictions of Evil in Contemporary Theatre
Emily Rider-Longmaid ’13J
Social Capital and Bodily Autonomy: Manifestations of Evil in Medical Research
Hannah Shadrick ’12
The Conversation Surrounding a Recent Surge in Gang Violence in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Alexandra Zaleski ’12
Evil as Other: Monsters, Prostitution and Rape in the Middle Ages
Madeline Zehnder ’13
Mapping American Understandings of Evil Through the Devils of Mark Twain
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Marie Schenk ’12
Sports Diplomacy and U.S. Foreign Policy.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Mlada Bukovansky, professor of government
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Nazpari Sotoudeh ’14
Repression and Radicalism in the Post-Soviet Space: Comparing Opposition Movements in Kyrgyzstan
and Uzbekistan.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Regine Spector, lecturer in government
Nhung Bui ’12
Explaining China's Strident Human Rights Diplomacy: The Role of Domestic Factors.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government
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Miguel Angel Fernandez Porras GS
Cultural Analysis of Militarism in the Contemporary U.S.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Lane Hall-Witt, lecturer in history and director
of the American Studies Diploma Program
Catherine Betances ’13, Esther Eloi MH ’12, Amanda Ferrara ’13, Erica Ibarguen ’12,
Caitlin Keegan ’12, Allison Langley ’13, Yudany Lopez ’12, Kristen Rosa ’12
and Alexandra Schklair
’12
Fearing Haiti: Revolution, Repression, and Representation of the Black Republic.
Poster presentations deriving from classwork with Ginetta Candelario, associate professor of
sociology
Christianne Beasley ’12
Can a Three-Week Immersion Course in a Second Language Make a Difference in Student Learning?.
Presentation deriving from collaborative research with Janie Vanpée, professor of French
studies, and Christiane Metral, lecturer in French languages and literatures
Claire Andersen ’14, Malka Coburn ’13, Aviva Jacobstein ’13, Mabel Padilla ’13,
Anne Regan
’12, Elizabeth Rosenfield ’12, Red Smith ’12, Alyssa Stanek ’13, Madeleine
Stein ’13, Hania Thomas-Adams ’12, Sarah Walker ’13 and Miah Williamsen ’12
A Qualitative Understanding of the Emotional Effects of Homework on Students, Teachers and
Parents at the Smith College Campus School.
Presentation deriving from seminar research with Patricia DiBartolo, professor of psychology
Jessica Daubner ’12
Life After Smith: Alumnae Outcomes and Baccalaureate Preparation.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Katherine Halvorsen, professor of mathematics
and statistics; Sarah Moriarty, director of administrative technology services (ITS); and
Cate Rowen, director of institutional research and educational assessment
Lisa Kuzel GS
Female Subjectivity in Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Daphne Lamothe, associate professor of Afro-American
studies
Alison Yong ’13
Give Pluralism a Chance: Changing the Problematic of the Harlem Renaissance.
Presentation deriving from classwork with Daphne Lamothe, associate professor of Afro-American
studies
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Hyun-Jung Oh ’14
Search for Identity in Contemporary Korean Art.
Presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Jina Kim, assistant professor of East Asian
studies
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Jada He ’12
The Long-Term Effects of Race-Neutral Admissions Policies on Minority Admissions and Enrollments
Kearney Erauda ’13
Success Before and After Graduation From College
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Xinhui Zhai ’12
Are Smith College’s Tuition Increases Sustainable?
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Maisha Huq ’13
The Trend of High Student Loan Default Rates at For-Profit Universities: Who Is Responsible?
Sonu Shrestha ’12
Inflation Convergence in the European Union
Dong Joo Park ’12
Out-Group Images and Stereotypes: Applying Image Theory and the Stereotype Content Model to
Inter-Group American Countries.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Fletcher Blanchard, professor of psychology
Ilana Teitelman ’12
Using Path Analysis to Examine Mass Media Exposure, Sociocultural Views About Women, and Disordered
Eating Symptomatology.
Presentation deriving from thesis with Lauren Duncan, professor of psychology, and Patricia
DiBartolo, professor of psychology
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Shuyao Kong ’13
Escalation of Commitment in the Case of Sunk Cost Fallacy.
Presentation deriving from special studies with Fletcher Blanchard, professor of psychology
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Participating Students
Maya Bidanda ’12, Elizabeth Gadilauskas ’12, Nicole Glotzer ’12, Katie Hoyer ’13,
Corinna Kasiman ’12, Julia Lipkis ’15, Sarah Lodico ’13, Kate Margulis ’14,
Colleen McGaughey ’12, Joydita Sarkar ’12, Connie Wang ’12 and Megan Yee ’12
Participating Faculty
Kivie Cahn Lipman, Judith Gordon, Grant Moss, Clifton J. Noble, Jr., Joel Pitchon, Alice Robbins
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