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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 2010 event featured the work of 328 students who participated in 205 presentations, with the guidance of 102 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

Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Computer Science, Dance,
East Asian Languages &
Literatures, Economics,
Education & Child Study

Engineering

English Language &
Literature, Environmental Science & Policy, Exercise & Sport Studies, Film Studies,
French Studies

Geosciences

German Studies,
Government, History

Kahn Institute,
Mathematics & Statistics

Museum Studies, Museums Concentration

Neuroscience

Philosophy, Physics,
Psychology

Religion, Smith Studies,
Sociology, Spanish
Language & Literature,
Study of Women & Gender,
Theatre

Philosophy

Fatinha Santos '10
Punishment: Our Neglected Conversation
Paper presentation deriving from thesis with Susan Levin, associate professor of philosophy

Tander Simberloff '13, Sarah Kay '13 and Kalsang '11
It's Not What You Know It's How You Know: Evidentials and Modals in Tibetan and English
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology, and Jay Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities (Philosophy)

Physics

Aimee Shore '10
Quartz Detectors for PREX at Jlab
Science poster session deriving from research with Piotr Decowski, professor of physics

Psychology

Amanda Gibbs AC11J
Using PhotoVoice: Review of the Literature
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Martina Louis '10
Community-Based Approaches to Addressing Sexual Violence
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology

Nicole Leyva AC
Meditation, Health and the Embodied Self
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology

Christiana von Hippel '11J
Psychoeducational Resources at Smith for Pre-Orgasmia
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Gretchen Evans '10 and Dianna Peterson '10
Mindful Breathing: Psychology, Health and Smith
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Lauren Kiernan '11
Get Some Sleep, Smithies!
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Kim DiGioia '11 and Denise Wilkins '10J
Reducing Work Stress: Getting the Word Out About How Work Study Works
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Lynnette Kim '12
Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Melissa Lee '11
Exercise Adherence
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Tenzin Dechen '10
Reducing Meat Consumption
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Christina Cheung '11, Carina Ahuja '12 and Samantha Hinds '12
The Effects of Mothers' Vocabulary on Children's Language Development
Science poster session deriving from work with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Heather Crawford '10
The Role of Empathy in the Development of Theory of Mind
Science poster session deriving from work with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Ann Nordmeyer '11
Tiger Jump Over Baby: How Small Children Encode Events
Science poster session deriving from work with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Hannah Kistler '13, Luvana Chowdhury '13 and Danielle Maco '13
"He's Real Inquisitive": Do Mother's Descriptions of their Children Predict their Theory of Mind Development?
Science poster session deriving from work with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Rachel Ravina '12
Clues from Verbs: Eclipsing the Subject
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Emma Thomas '10
Pronoun Differentiation in Young Children: An Eyetracker Study
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Rhys McGovern '11 and Ellen Harrington '13
Follow the Ball: Intent, Desire or Belief?
Science poster session deriving from work with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Anna Leversee '12, Robin Spencer '12 and Miah Williamsen '12
Narrative Skills in Low-Income Preschoolers
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology, and Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology

Stacy Diaz '10
Non-Literal Language Understanding in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Yi Yi Lu '11, Christabel Breen '10, Uzuri Sims '11J and Deborah Song '11
Authoritarianism: The Effects of Threat on Intolerance of Ambiguity
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Lauren Duncan, associate professor of psychology

Hannah Polakoff '10 and Dylan Ruby '10
Authoritarianism: Sources of Political Information and Political Knowledge
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Lauren Duncan, associate professor of psychology

Mia Terkowitz '11
Circadian Rhythms of the Esophagus in PER2::LUC Mice
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences

Catherine Castillo '10, Caitlyn Wasserman '10 and Miyu Kikuci '10J
Effects of Circadian Disruption on Peripheral and SCN Tissue in PER2::LUC Mice, and on Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus of wt C57 Mice
Science poster session deriving from special studies and work-study with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences

Nina Waldron '11, Awa Ndiaye '11, Insung Song '11 and Miyu Kikuci '10J
Chronic IL-1β: An Animal Model of Cancer-Related Fatigue?
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences

Martha Luitje AC, Kayla Correia '11, Insung Song '11 and Katharine Wright '12
Is the Liver a Functional, Coupled, Circadian Oscillator?
Science poster session deriving from laboratory work with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences

Emily Jean Brown '12 and Alyssa Shaw '13
Making Sense of Children's Mark-making: Children's Artwork as Marking to Make Meaning vs. Marking that Preserves Style
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Peter Pufall, professor emeritus of psychology
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