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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

Religion

Mary Kate Long '10
Changes at Church: Exploring the Consolidation of Northampton's Catholic Parishes
Film presentation deriving from special studies with Vera Shevzov, associate professor of religion, and Carol Zaleski, Professor of World Religions (Religion)

Sarah Woodbury '10
Separations at Sinai: Boundaries in Exodus 19
Paper presentation deriving from thesis with Lois Dubin, professor of religion

Laura Stanford '11J
The Russian Icon
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Carol Zaleski, Professor of World Religions (Religion), and Vera Shevzov, associate professor of religion

Yael Langer '10
"Fiery Women" in Jewish Feminist Discourse
Paper presentation deriving from thesis with Lois Dubin, professor of religion

Smith Studies

Kaitlin Hovanes '12, Alexandra Ghiz '12 and Natasha Zuniga '13
Smithipedia
Panel presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Carol Christ, president and professor of English Language and Literature, and Nanci Young, college archivist
View Natasha Zuniga's Presentation | View Alexandra Ghiz's Presentation

Thealexa Becker '13
Concerned Citizens, Supermoms and World Leaders: 100 Years of Smith Commencement Advice
Paper presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Maureen Mahoney, dean of the college
View the Presentation

Sociology

Darcy Rendón '11
Elena Arizmendi and Her Liga Internacional de Mujeres Ibéricas e Hispanoamericanas
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Ginetta Candelario, associate professor of sociology and Latin American Studies

Justine González '10
Indian by Default: The Puerto Rican Experience at the Carlisle Indian Industrial Boarding School
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Ginetta Candelario, associate professor of sociology and Latin American Studies

Sarah Nichols '10
Agents of U.S. Imperialism, Benevolent Feminists or Both? Adaline Satterthwaite and Edris Rice-Wray's Testing of Family Planning Methods on Puerto Rican Women
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Ginetta Candelario, associate professor of sociology and Latin American Studies

Spanish Language & Literature

Amber Rounds '13, Yaesshna Pillay '13 and Michelle Yeo '13
What's in a Recipe?
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Nancy Sternbach, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of the study of women and gender
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Mary Kate Long '10 and Katherin Hudkins '10
Listen Deeply, Tell Stories: Digital Narratives as a Response to Two Students' Experiences Living in Ecuador and Argentina
film presentation deriving from classwork with Nancy Sternbach, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of the study of women and gender, and Molly Falsetti-Yu, lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese

Susan Salinas '10
El Salvador: The Role of Women During the Salvadoran Civil War (1980-1992)
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Nancy Sternbach, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of the study of women and gender

Study of Women & Gender

Elizabeth Williams '13
Socialism in the YWCA Archives: How Religion Led to Radicalism
Paper presentation deriving from special studies with Susan Van Dyne, professor of the study of women and gender
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Stefania Gawron '11, Kendra Poppy '11, Fatinha Santos '10 and Nikki Widger '10
Sex, Drugs and Family: Making Artful Memoirs from Our Difficult Truths
Memoir reading deriving from classwork with Susan Van Dyne, professor of the study of women and gender

Alix Korn '11
Institutional Rights, Individual Choices: Planned Parenthood's Use of Rhetoric Regarding Abortion Pre and Post Roe v. Wade
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Daniel Rivers, lecturer in the study of women and gender

Sarah Nichols '10
The Lives of Heterosexually Married Men Who Loved Men from 1945 to 1969
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Daniel Rivers, lecturer in the study of women and gender

Lena Eckert-Erdheim '11
Queering Care: Lesbians, Caretaking and AIDS, 1981-1989
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Daniel Rivers, lecturer in the study of women and gender

Theatre

Abbie Chase '10
Translating the 17th Century into Contemporary Theatre Costumes
Art presentation deriving from special studies with Catherine Smith, professor of theatre
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Stella Schwartz '11 and Rebecca-Emma Kaplan '11
Dressing the Pioneer Smithie
Art presentation and exhibit deriving from special studies with Catherine Smith, professor of theatre
View the Presentation

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