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Celebrating Collaboration

Smith College’s annual showcase of student research and performance highlights students’ intellectual achievements and their collaborative efforts with faculty in a variety of departmental, program and interdisciplinary projects. It is a celebration of liberal arts education.

The 2009 event featured the work of 257 students who participated in 153 presentations, with the guidance of 104 faculty members. Students participated in individual talks, panels, poster sessions, exhibits and performances, in the areas of science and technology, performing arts, and social, cultural and literary studies.

American Studies, American Studies Diploma Program, Art, Astronomy

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Classical Languages & Literatures, Comparative Literature, Computer
Science

Dance, Economics,
Education & Child Study

Engineering

English Language &
Literature, Film Studies,
First Year Seminar, French Studies

Geosciences

German Studies,
Government, History, Internships, Italian
Language & Literature

Kahn Institute, Landscape Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Music

Physics

Psychology

Smithipedia, Sociology, Spanish Language &
Literature, Study of Women & Gender

Psychology

Kathleen Reutter '09
Three Weeks in a Rural Maternity Clinic in Mali
PowerPoint presentation deriving from fieldwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology

J. Rebecca Young '09
Dinner With Friends: Social Effects and Benefits of an Intervention for Eating With Others
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology

Heather Crawford AC10J
An Experiential Approach to Smoking Cessation
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Jewels Rhode '11 and Lauren Kiernan '11
Higher Social Status Boosts Mastery for White, Not Black, College Women's Future Selves
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Ann Nordmeyer '11, Cora-Lee Picone '11, Julia Cox '10 and Emily Wolf '11
How Gestures Prime Word Recognition
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Wendy Roman '09
Ethnic Differences in How Mothers Describe their Children
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Carina Ahuja '12 and Samantha Hinds '12
Curricular Intervention Effects on Story-telling of Preschoolers in Poverty
Science poster session deriving from AEMES research with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology, Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Cora-Lee Picone '11 and Abigail Wilkins '10J
Depth of AAE Predicts Narrative Skills in African American Preschoolers in Poverty
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research and SURF with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Teresa Kenyon '09
How Preschool Children Handle Relevance Implicatures
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Kate Harrigan '09
Children's Acquistion of Definite and Indefinite Articles in English
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Shana Dooley '09 and Emma Thomas '10
I'm a Perfectionist! Can I Blame My Parents? A Study Examining the Correlations Between Perceived Parental Expectations, Parental Criticism and Perfectionism in Daughters
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Patricia DiBartolo, professor of psychology

Jennifer Chain '09, Jodi Jean '09 and Jessie Katz '09
The Perfect Score: Dimensions of Perfectionism in Relation to Academic Motivation and Statistics Anxiety
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Patricia DiBartolo, professor of psychology
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Jennifer Cowie '09 and Sarah Maxner '10J, Elise Ratchford '09 and William Ryan '09
The Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale: Factor Analytic and Convergent Validity
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Patricia DiBartolo, professor of psychology

Mallery Olsen '11
The Effects of Cytokines TGF-a and Neuregulin-1 on Circadian Rhythms in Mice and the Implications for Cancer-Related Fatigue
Science poster session deriving from work with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences

Alayna Liptak '11, Tsz Wong '11J and Catherine Castillo '10
The Effects of Jet Lag and Shift Work on Sleep: How Shifting Light Dark Cycles Affect Sleeping Patterns in Mice
Science poster session deriving from work with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences

Maya Woodbury '09
Vasopressin in Human Brains
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Benjamin Rood and Geert J. De Vries, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies and Neuroscience and Behavior Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tiffany Anne Tseng '11 and Elizabeth Tanner '10
Personal Drawing Style: Identifying Children's Individual Styles As Profiles of Communicative Dimensions
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research and research assistance with Peter Pufall, professor emeritus of psychology
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Monika Valecic '12 and Sarah Billian '11J
Comparing Children's Views of the '04 and '08 Presidential Elections
Science poster session deriving from research assistance with Peter Pufall, professor emeritus of psychology
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Michelle Steiner '11 and Emily Brown '12
Seeking Organization in Children's Artistic Toolboxes: Stability and Flexibility of Aspects of Formal Drawing Style
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Peter Pufall, professor emeritus of psychology
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Lauren Page Wadsworth '09
Photography for Children
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Peter Pufall, professor emeritus of psychology
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Holly Boyle '09
Processes in Egocentric Mental Transformations Involving Nonbody Objects
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Maryjane Wraga, associate professor of psychology, and Catherine Flynn, research assistant in psychology

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