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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

Environmental Science and Policy

Marie Wallace 11, Emily Ulrich 11, Lily Maynard 11 and Caitlin Kennedy 11
Coral Reef Ed-Ventures
science poster session deriving from summer program with H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Geolosciences, Susan Etheredge, professor of education and child study, and Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences

Christina Goethel 13
Walrus: An Indicator Species of a Changing Arctic Environment
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Thomas Litwin, director of the Clark Science Center and adjunct professor of biological sciences

Kelsea Thornton 11
Geochemical Groundwater Analysis of Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Bed - Fiddle Lake, PA
science poster session deriving from special studies with Amy Rhodes, associate professor of geosciences

Sarah Hussain 13, Abby Dornbusch 13 and Laurel Bryggman 13
Effects of Snow Disposal on Aquatic Ecosystems: Case Study of the Mill River in Northampton, MA
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Caron Dewey AC
Correlation of Stream Order and Invasive Species Distribution Mapping Polygonatum sp. Along the Mill River
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Victoria Helms 12
Invading Mount Tom: The Correlation Between the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Elevation
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Hannah Hurvitt 13, Rosa Goldman 12 and Emily Peake 13
We Eat Wheat: An Examination of the Energy and Resources Used in Wheat Production
science poster session deriving from classroom with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Elizabeth Esposito 13
Going Native: Strategies for Naturalizing Green-Space on the Smith College Campus
science poster session deriving from work with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Anna Mokros 13
Crude Oil and Vinegar: The Energy Consumption Behind Your Salad
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy
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Sophie Mettler-Grove 13
Environmental Effects of Meat Production
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Estefania Cervantes 13
Population Growth and the Effects on Clean Water
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Christina Goethel 13 and Margaret Snelgrove 13
The Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Oxygen Dynamics
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Meghan Smith 12
Heating Our Dorms in Winter: The Effect of Personal Heat Manipulation
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Elizabeth Isenstein 11
A Multivariable Model Correlating Stormwater Contamination and Land Use
science poster session deriving from classwork with Michael Vorwerk, lecturer in environmental science and policy

Exercise and Sport Studies

Katlin Okamoto GR
Positive Youth Development through Coaching: Achieving Positive Experiences and Happiness
science poster session deriving from thesis with Donald Siegel, professor of exercise and sport studies, and Samuel Intrator, professor of education and child study

Anna Baeth GR
The Voice behind the Whistle: Storytelling in Coaching
science poster session deriving from thesis with Jane Stangl, lecturer in exercise and sport studies

Film Studies

Emily Sternlicht 11
Two Sides of the Spectrum: A Comparative Study of Activist Documentary Cinemas
paper presentation deriving from special studies with Bernadine Mellis, Five College visiting artist in film studies, and Alexandra Keller, associate professor of film studies

First Year Seminar

Nadia Belkin 14, Helena Hassen 14, Rebecca Holtz 14 and Kathryn (Petey) Fear 14
Rebellious Women in the Archives
panel presentation deriving from classwork with Kelly Anderson, lecturer in the study of women and gender

Amanda MacAvoy 14, Jessica Sweeney 14 and Hannah Schiff 14
Autism, Cutting, and Addiction: Three Projects from "Literature and Medicine" (FYS 140)
panel presentation deriving from classwork with Sabina Knight, associate professor of Chinese and comparative literature

Jingyang Zhang 14
Starving Souls
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Barbara Brehm-Curtis, professor of exercise and sport studies
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Marie Jones 14, Alejandra Doucette 14, Erin Caitleen Desetti 14, Donna Dong 14, Meg Collins 14, Gabrielle Martone 14 and Amina Seay 14
Transformations of Snow White: Damsel in Distress, Little Mother, Rape Victim, Beautiful Corpse
multimedia presentation deriving from classwork with Thalia Pandiri, professor of classics

French Studies

Sofia Walker 11, Elyse Martin 11, Quinn Fusting 11 and Ramsay Leimenstoll 11
The French Revolution of 1830: Differences of Perspective
panel presentation deriving from classwork with Mary Ellen Birkett, professor of French studies
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Sheona Sauna 13 and Zoe Zaferiou 13
Mapping Paris through Space and Time
PowerPoint presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Hélène Visentin, associate professor of French studies
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