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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 2011 event featured the work of 404 students who participated in 252 presentations, with the guidance of 126 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.

African Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Archives Concentration, Art

Biochemistry, Biological Sciences

Center for Community Collaboration, Chemistry, Classics, Comparative Literature, Computer
Science

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

Engineering, English
Language & Literature

Environmental Science & Policy, Exercise & Sport Studies, Film Studies,
First Year Seminar, French Studies

Geosciences, Global
Learning Seminar,
Government

History, Interdepartmental Programs, Internships,
Italian Language &
Literature, Jewish Studies,
Kahn Institute

Landscape Studies, Latin American & Latino/a
Studies, Linguistics,
Mathematics & Statistics

Museums Concentration,
Music

Neuroscience

Philosophy, Physics,
Poetry Concentration, Psychology

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

Dance

Genevieve Nave 11
Athletic Performance
dance performance deriving from classwork with Candice Salyers, lecturer in dance

Janice Estrada 11, Susana Rodriguez 12J, Sarah Lindblom 11, Drew Wagner 11, Mika Brinson 11, Ashley Brickhouse 11, Caroline Carlisle 11, Amy Parks 11, IdaKate Codington AC11 and Phoebe Mayor 11
Resilient Coalescence: Senior Thesis Collaborations across Campus
dance performance deriving from thesis with Susan Waltner, professor of dance

Susana Rodriguez 12J
Martha Graham's Dance with Freud: Psychoanalytical Implications in Night Journey
paper presentation deriving from classwork with Lester Tomé, instructor of dance
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Mei Maeda 13
Radical Provocateur Exposed: Isadora Duncan in the Nude
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Lester Tomé, instructor of dance
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Imogene Williams 13
Black Bodies' Aesthetics: Urban Bush Women's Naps and Booties
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Lester Tomé, instructor of dance
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East Asian Languages & Literatures

Jaime Estrada 12
Power Dynamics within Intimate Relationships: Patriarchy, Feminism and Same-Sex Love in Taiwanese Short Fiction
paper presentation deriving from classwork with Sabina Knight, associate professor of Chinese and comparative literature

Fan Meyerson 14, Kalsang 11, Nahee Kwak 14, Elis Lee 14, Clarissa Chang 11, Patricia Kim 14, Kayla McTeigue 13, Alex Van De Water 13 and Elayna Lalikos 13
Words and Images in Chinese Culture
poetry reading and art works installation presentation deriving from classwork with Sujane Wu, assistant professor of East Asian languages and literatures

Economics

Wenyue Yang 12
Oil Prices and U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Mahnaz Mahdavi, professor of economics

Nan Xia 12
Relationship Between Exchange Rate and Stock Prices: Case Studies of China and the U.S.
paper presentation deriving from classwork with Mahnaz Mahdavi, professor of economics

Veronica Tjioe 11
The Effects of Parental Education on College Performance
paper presentation deriving from classwork with Roger Kaufman, professor of economics
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Sara Gardephe 11
The Determinants of Matriculation at Smith College
paper presentation deriving from classwork with Roger Kaufman, professor of economics
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Lily Du 11
The Effects of SAT Scores on College Admissions Officers' Ratings of Applicants at an SAT-Optional College
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Roger Kaufman, professor of economics

Candy Lee 11
The Effects of Making SAT Scores Optional at Smith College
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Roger Kaufman, professor of economics
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Education & Child Study

Marie Wallace 11
Igniting the Fire: What Schools Are Lacking That After-School Programs Are Offering
PowerPoint presentation deriving from thesis with Samuel Intrator, professor of education and child study
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Kathleen Daly AC11J
The Mentoring Ada:  Three Portraits of Remarkable Ada Comstock Scholars in Education
paper presentation deriving from special studies with Rosetta Cohen, Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Professor (Education and Child Study)
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Ariella Frishberg 12
Teaching about Rape Culture in High School Curriculums
paper presentation deriving from special studies with Rosetta Cohen, Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Professor (Education and Child Study)
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Hannah Green 13
Policies and Practices for Our Youngest Citizens: Perspectives from Pistoia, Italy
PowerPoint presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Susan Etheredge, professor of education and child study
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Annie Sussman GR
Merging the Verbal with the Visual: Teaching Literacy through the Arts
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Susan Etheredge, professor of education and child study
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Jade Bowden 11
An Encounter with the Grouchy Ladybug: A Literacy Experience in a Preschool Classroom
PowerPoint presentation deriving from special studies with Susan Etheredge, professor of education and child study
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Glendean Hamilton 13, Megan Porter 13, Danielle Santos 11, Claire Abisalih 13J and Carlie Dennison-Leonard 13
Bridging Schools and Communities: Models for Education in the 21st Century
panel presentation deriving from classwork with Carol Berner, lecturer in education and child study
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