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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

Philosophy

Angela Oliverio 12
Do We Owe Them Anything?  An Examination of Sustainability and Future Individuals through Parfit's Paradox
paper presentation deriving from classwork with Jeffry Ramsey, associate professor of philosophy

Sofia Walker 11
Two Houses Both Alike in Dignity?  Literature and Philosophy Battle for Supremacy
paper presentation deriving from thesis with Susan Levin, associate professor of philosophy

Physics

Laura Leung 14
A Century of Physics at Smith College
science poster session deriving from AEMES research with Malgorzata Pfabé, Sophia Smith Professor of Physics

Poetry Concentration

Ingrid Jacobsen 11
Verse Video
poetry and video presentation deriving from special studies with Ellen Dore Watson, director of the poetry center and lecturer in English language and literature

Leah Hamilton 11
Unknown Coast
poetry reading deriving from special studies with Ellen Dore Watson, director of the poetry center and lecturer in English language and literature

Psychology

Megan Yee 12 and Adeola Awodele 11
Redefining the Role of Health Reps on the Smith College Campus
panel presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Amanda Gibbs AC11J and Rebecca Nelson 11
Rethinking Drinking
panel presentation deriving from classwork with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Lauren Kiernan 11
Green Space, Psychology, and Health
panel presentation deriving from special studies with Benita Jackson, assistant professor of psychology
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Danielle Kim 11
Self-Stereotyping in Educational Environments: The Effects of Academic Labeling and Group Entitativity on Student Achievement
science poster session deriving from thesis with Fletcher Blanchard, professor of psychology
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Catherine Dodson 11
Examining the Cognitive and Social Responses to Intergroup Attack
science poster session deriving from thesis with Fletcher Blanchard, professor of psychology

Emily Shawruss 11, Carina Ahuja 12, Hannah Kistler 13 and Meg Collins 14
"What Do You Think About That?": The Impact of Mother's Vocabulary on Child's Language Development
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research and NIH research grant with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology, and Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Alyssa Shaw 13, Margaret Kilkelly 12, Jackie Baron 13 and Liza Rosenfield 12
Speak Your Mind: The Relationship Between Teachers' Language and Preschoolers' Linguistic, Cognitive and Social Development
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research and NIH research grant 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
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Zella Henderson 14
Does Language Need Thought?: Insights from Eyetracking
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Ellen Harrington 13, Elizabeth Gadilauskas 12 and Sarah Kay 13
Storybooks Reveal Early Language Understanding
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Ann Nordmeyer 11
To Be or Not to Be: Examining the Role of Language in a Concept of Negation
science poster session deriving from thesis with Jill de Villiers, professor of philosophy and Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Cora Picone 11
Language and Literacy in Low-Income African American and White Children: The School Readiness Research Consortium Project
science poster session deriving from thesis with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Christina Cheung 11, Rosie Alig 14 and Vanessa Raditz 12
Problems with Non-Literal Language in Children and Adolescents with Autism and Asperger Syndrome
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research and NIH research grant with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Markeisha Grant 11
Language and Literacy in Bilingual Hispanic Children: The School Readiness Research Consortium Project
science poster session deriving from thesis with Peter de Villiers, Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology
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Julie Colatrella 12, Afton Hencky 11, Elizabeth Mincer 13 and Olivia D'Angelo 11
Validating a New Measure of Feminist Consciousness
science poster session deriving from classwork with Lauren Duncan, associate professor of psychology

Catherine Dodson 11, Sarah Dunn 11, Kelsey Hoffman 12 and Ilana Teitelman 12
Defining Feminist Consciousness: Validating a New Measure
science poster session deriving from classwork with Lauren Duncan, associate professor of psychology

Veselina Hristova 11
Perfectionism and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
science poster session deriving from classwork with Randy Frost, Harold Edward Israel and Elsa Siipola Professor of Psychology

Katherine Russell 11 and Nicole Leyva AC
The Effects of a Forced Schedule on Circadian Rhythms: An Animal Model
science poster session deriving from classwork with Mary Harrington, Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences (Psychology)

Christina Nelson 14 and Emma Coleman 14
Personal Drawing Style: A Longitudinal Study of Artistic Stability, Variation, and Resourcefulness in Children's Drawings
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Peter Pufall, professor emeritus of psychology

Kelsey Swensen 13
The Interactive Family Tree: An Exploration of Hereditary Patterns of Mental Illness in Virginia Woolf's Family
science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Michele Wick, lecturer in psychology

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