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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

Smithipedia

Emma Forrest '11, Alexandra Ghiz '12 and Kaitlin Hovanes '12
Smithipedia
PowerPoint presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Carol Christ, president and professor of English Language and Literature, and Nanci Young, college archivist

Sociology

Sonja Harrower '11 and Rebecca Pringle '11
The Unique Gentrification of Northampton
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Nancy Whittier, professor of sociology

Mia Teitelbaum '09, Teresa Kenyon '09, Elizabeth Bieber '09 and Sarah Krautheim MH09
Who Speaks? Who Cares? Twenty Years of Mobilization around Environmental (In)Justice in Holyoke, Massachusetts
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Ginetta Candelario, associate professor of sociology and Latin American Studies

Kimberly Kufel '09
Voting Patterns and Political Participation: A Look at Holyoke, MA
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Ginetta Candelario, associate professor of sociology and Latin American Studies
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Emily Yen '09
How to Find Your Population: Social Science Sampling Strategies
Workshop deriving from thesis and Mellon Mays Fellowship with Nancy Whittier, professor of sociology

Spanish Language and Literature

Amelia Mitchell '11
The Impact of NAFTA on Filmmaking in Mexico
PowerPoint presentation deriving from STRIDE and International Experience Grant research with Maria Helena Rueda, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese

Ellen Daoust '09
Academic Smack Talk: The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Nancy Sternbach, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of the study of women and gender

Rachel Miller '09
The Language of Mexican Food
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Nancy Sternbach, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of the study of women and gender

Emily Smith '09
Politics Gone Bananas: United States and United Fruit in Central America
Paper presentation deriving from classwork with Nancy Sternbach, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of the study of women and gender

Study of Women and Gender

Erin Molloy '09 and Alyssa Pluss '09
Researching Cultural Feminism: The Works of Joan E. Biren and Olivia Records
Panel presentation deriving from internship and classwork with Susan Van Dyne, professor of the study of women and gender

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