2017 Spring Student Symposium Programme

2017,

21st - 21st April

2017 Spring Student Symposium

Conference Programme

Friday, 21st April
Friday 7:00am - 7:00am	INFO Program Note
Program Note » undergraduate research
Friday 8:30am - 9:00am	Presenter Check-in and Refreshments Venue McCardell Bicentennial Great Hall
Friday 9:00am - 9:15am	Welcome by Laurie Patton Venue McCardell Bicentennial Great Hall
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-104 Narrating the Self Chaired By: Christopher Star, Associate Professor of Classics Venue MBH 104
9:15am - 9:30am Learning to Love: the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius » Caius Mergy '17 9:35am - 9:50am The Traveling Folktale: Exploring Cross-Cultural Storytelling through Devised Theatre » Akhila Khanna '17, Nolan Ellsworth '17 9:55am - 10:10am Female Voices East and West: A Comparison between Heroides 7 of Ovid and Changmen Fu of Sima Xiangru » Wentao Zhai '17 10:15am - 10:30am The Sound of Music: Dissonance and Harmony in "The Dead" » Erin Winseman '17
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-216 MiddMakers and Making Midd Chaired By: Amy Morsman, Associate Professor of History Venue MBH 216
9:15am - 9:30am Speaking Their Truths: An Analysis of Middlebury's First Sexual Harassment Policy and Campus Community Attitudes Surrounding Sexual Harassment between 1983 and 1989 » Jiya Pandya '17 9:35am - 9:50am "I Miss Greens, but Not Kale": A Qualitative Analysis of Black and Latina Women's Experiences with Food at Middlebury College » Hana Gebremariam '17 9:55am - 10:10am MiddMakers: Bringing Ideas into the World » Leo McElroy '18, Joey Button '17 10:15am - 10:30am The Baking of "Granola Privilege": Outdoors Orientation at Middlebury College » Hye-Jin Kim '17
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-219 The Medium and the Message Chaired By: Robert Schine, Professor of Jewish Studies Venue MBH 219
9:15am - 9:30am The Image of the Eastern European Jew in the Making of German-Jewish Identity, 1850-1914 » David Rubinstein '18 9:35am - 9:50am "In Suffering, a Dazzling Light": Jewish Historiography in the Debate over Zionism, 1837-1919 » Andrew Smith '17 9:55am - 10:10am Narratives of Lynching in the Los Angeles Times: The Stories of Francisco Torres and Jesus Fuen » Melissa Ortega '17 10:15am - 10:30am Media Portrayals of Palestinians and Israelis in Anglophone Countries » Razan Jabari '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-220 Exploring Displacement: Refugees and Migration Chaired By: Ellen Oxfeld, Professor of Anthropology Venue MBH 220
9:15am - 9:30am Displaced and Disoriented—Ethiopian Jews in Israel » Klaudia Wojciechowska '17 9:35am - 9:50am Climate Refugees in a Time of Nationalism: An Analysis of Europe's Political Discourse on Refugees » Elaine Forbush '17 9:55am - 10:10am Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs): New Heroes or Obstacle to Development? » Gabbie Santos '17 10:15am - 10:30am Between East and West: Cosmopolitanism in the Eighteenth Century » Huirong Jia '17
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-303 Hidden Histories Chaired By: Louisa Burnham, Associate Professor of History Venue MBH 303
9:15am - 9:30am "Willie Horton Syndrome": A Case Study in the Transformation of United States Penal Culture » Aliza Cohen '17 9:35am - 9:50am Horst Unbound: An Examination of Surrealist Vocabulary in The Mainbocher Corset » Danielle Weindling '17 9:55am - 10:10am Who's Next? Predicting and Understanding the Islamic State's Overseas Expansions » Ben Hawthorne '17 10:15am - 10:30am Those Who Worked, Those Who Fought, and Those Who Played: Exploring Scenes of Clerical Homosexuality in the Middle Ages » Charlie Shotton '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-311 Influences and Intersections: The Relations of Nations Chaired By: Damascus Kafumbe, Assistant Professor of Music Venue MBH 311
9:15am - 9:30am And the Weak Suffer What they Must?: Responses to Austerity Policy in Greece and Spain » Sophie Vaughan '17 9:35am - 9:50am Keith Jarrett's 1975 Köln Concert: African, European, and South Asian Musical Syncretism in American Jazz » Jack Herscowitz '20 9:55am - 10:10am Bridging the "Yawning Gap": Richard C. Patterson, John Moors Cabot, and the Transformation of U.S. Embassy Policy in Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1948 » David Hogan '17 10:15am - 10:30am Pentecostalism and Pan-Africanism: A Path Forward » Gregory Treiman '19
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-403 Share and Share Alike Chaired By: Mike Roy, Dean of the Library Venue MBH 403
9:15am - 9:30am A Unique Aid?: Towards a Placement Logic of Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa » Kyler Blodgett '17 9:35am - 9:50am Beyond NGO Lines: A Window into Jukuku, Northern Ghana » Alexie Lessing '19 9:55am - 10:10am The Sharing Economy: Understanding the Distortionary Effects of Airbnb on Residential Rents » Travis Stephens '17 10:15am - 10:30am Carnegie Libraries: An Investigation on the Impact of the Presence of the Libraries on Literacy Rates across the United States between 1890 and 1930 » Nicole Lantigua '17
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-411 Masculinities, Poetics, and Power Chaired By: Roman Graf, Professor of German Venue MBH 411
9:15am - 9:30am Who Scheduled the Meeting? Gender Biases in Group Initiatives » Alden Cowap '17 9:35am - 9:50am Maus: Uncovering Images of Fathers and Sons » Jack Brisson '19 9:55am - 10:10am Stifled with Filth: The Body as Critique of Mankind in Gulliver's Travels and Ulysses » Camille Kellogg '17 10:15am - 10:30am The Maasai: Colonial Impacts on Gender Roles, Spatial Alienation and Reallocation, and the Dichotomization of Food and Space » Cora Kircher '20
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-438 This/That: Making Comparisons Chaired By: Ryan Clement, Data Services Librarian Venue MBH 438
9:15am - 9:30am School Choice & Crime: Has the Charter School Boom Affected Juvenile Crime Rates? » Maddie Webb '17 9:35am - 9:50am Solar Power Development in Vermont and Jordan » Karina Toy '17 9:55am - 10:10am Community Engagement in Sustainable Resource Use and Management in the Montseny and Channel Islands Biosphere Reserves » Evelin Toth '17 10:15am - 10:30am Glaciofluvial Sediment Deposition at the Outwash Plain of Seljavallajökull Outlet Glacier, South Iceland » Sophie Leiter '18
Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm	ART Art Exhibits Venue Johnson
In the Pit: Senior Independent Studio Class » William Ransom Hallway outside Room 205: ART 300 Advanced Drawing » Hedya Klein Open Studio Room 203: ART 370 Oil Painting & Ceramics "Portraits of Power" » James Butler On the Mezzanine: ART 315 Intaglio Prints » Hedya Klein
Friday 10:30am - 11:15am	P1 Poster Presentations: Group 1 and Refreshments Venue MBH Great Hall, 331 and 338
What Is The Good Life and How Do We Live It Together? MBH 338, Group 1 » Ciara Staveley-O'Carroll '19.5, Jay Silverstein '19, Jimmy Mckee '19, Emilio Ovalles-Misterman '19, Dan Cho '19.5, Holley McShan '19.5, MJ Pascual '19, Grant Schultz '19, Asher Brown '19.5, Randy Spillane '19, Amanda Bayer '19, Charlie Nuss '19, Grace Hwang '19.5, Lily Barter, Conner Gilbert '19, Brendan Leech '19, Morgan Matsuda '19, Lulu Zhou '19 How Can Farmers' Markets Enhance Urban Food Access? A Spatial and Temporal Investigation of Farmers' Markets and Food Deserts in Washington, DC., Poster 2 » Alison Surdoval '17 Protein Bioengineering in the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System, Poster 3 » Christopher Diak '18.5, Tom Rapoport Magical Thinking in Competition, Poster 4 » Jason Lock '17 Disrupting Unhealthy Health Policy: The Lack of Endocrine Disruptor Education in Health Policy at a State Level, Poster 5 » Mariah Dawson '17 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Field Regulation at CERN, Poster 6 » Evan Patz '17 The Varieties of Religious Experience, Poster 7 » Matthew Blake '17 Renovating Kalorama Lodge on Christine Lake, Poster 8 » Josh Espy '17 Coping Mechanisms and College Students' Stress: An Investigation, Poster 9 » Jack Simonds '17, Cecelia Richter '17.5, Eleanor Lorton '17, Terumi Smith-Randle '17 The Influence of Hanna Somatic Practice on Flexibility and Proprioception in Young Adult Athletes, Poster 10 » Maddie Pronovost '17 The Addison Collective: Connect and Embrace, Poster 11 » Adara Wicaksono '17 Optical Fiber Dispersion and Nonlinear Effects on Ultrashort Laser Pulses, Poster 12 » Kirsten McNeill '18 Procrastination's College Cruelty, Poster 13 » Will Fleming '17, Dorosi Valle Flores '17, Nidhi Malik 16.5, Anna Jacobsen 16.5, Robert Moeller Pavlov's Dog, Poster 14 » Katrina Moore '17 Bridging the Gap: Using 3D Computer Animation to Explain Processes in Borrelia burgdorferi, Poster 15 » Hosain Ghassemi '17 Let's Play Cell: Developing a Computer Game to Teach Cell Organelles, Poster 16 » Coumba Winfield '17 Examining Labor Force Outcomes from the Vietnam War: Volunteers versus Draftees, Poster 18 » Allen Jackson '17 The Relationship Between Adaptive Functioning and Wellbeing: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Poster 19 » Sarah Caffry '17 Relationships Between Home Range Size, Hippocampal Cell Proliferation, and Testosterone in Wild Male Meadow Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), Poster 20 » Mark Sinks '17 Le Chat du Rabbin: The Woman Hidden in the Body of a Speaking Cat, Poster 21 » Emily Cox '17 Prison Gerrymandering: How Rural Prisons are Removing Funding and Votes from Urban Areas, Poster 22 » Tabitha Mueller '18 Power, Art or Identity: A Study on French Gardens During the 17th and 18th Centuries, Poster 23 » Qingying Wang '17 Striking a Balance Within: Characterizing Putative Efflux Transporters in the Oral Pathogen, Streptococcus mutans, Poster 24 » Andrew Stoner '17, Grace Spatafora Third-Party Perceptions of Infidelity Based on Gender and Type of Infidelity: Using Same-Sex Couples, Poster 25 » Amanda Haik '17 Reconstructing a Postglacial Mineral Dust Record in the Eastern Uinta Mountains, Utah, Poster 26 » Luna Wasson '17 Elevation as a Driver of Lyme Disease Dynamics: Density, Phenology, and Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Rate of Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Central Vermont, Poster 27 » Laura Bashor '17, Sebastian Zavoico '17.5 Mapping Alistair MacLeod: A Digital Storytelling Project, Poster 28 » Tom Dils '17 Organo Chromium Polymers As Molecular Wires, Poster 29 » Eric Stanton '17, Jeff Byers Intraspecific Variation in Morphology of Larval Amphibians and the Influence of Morphology on Predator-Prey Interactions, Poster 30 » Elizabeth Green '17 Social Media and the Fear of Missing Out at Middlebury College, Poster 31 » Norris Ou '17, Corrine Milbury '16.5, David Fine '17 "Are You Insane‽": Mental Illness and Cinematic Climaxes, Poster 32, MBH 331 » Spencer Watson '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-104 Journeys to Buddhism Chaired By: Laurie Patton, President of Middlebury College Venue MBH 104
11:15am - 11:30am A Path to Heaven—Reinterpreting Two Western Wei Mogao Caves » Jingchen Jiang '18 11:35am - 11:50am Muriel Rukeyser's Journey to Ajanta » Matthew Blake '17 11:55am - 12:10pm Women and Buddhism in Charles Johnson's Oxherding Tale » Jerrica Davy '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm Experiencing Womanhood as a Buddhist Nun » Michaela Maxwell '17.5
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-216 Facets of Public Health Chaired By: Barbara McCall, Director of Health and Wellness Education Venue MBH 216
11:15am - 11:30am Science, Support, and Sexual Trauma » Ariana Mills '17, Katie O'Neill '17.5 11:35am - 11:50am Infectious Diseases as Threats to Security? A Case Study on the West African Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak of 2014-2016 » Madelaine Hack '17 11:55am - 12:10pm Moderators of Self-Compassion as it Relates to Prosocial Compassion and Helping Intentions » Sarah Caffry '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm Active Ingredients: Exploring the Key Factors Affecting the Rising Cost of Developing New Drugs » Sarah Fossett '17
Friday 11:15am - 12:50pm	S2-219 Science's Impact Chaired By: Peter Ryan, Professor of Geology Venue MBH 219
11:15am - 11:30am The Intriguing "War" between Science and Christianity » Patrick Monette '17 11:35am - 11:50am The Patient's Experience of Conventional and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine: Ambivalence, Autonomy and Rationality » Yasmine Gilbert '17 11:55am - 12:10pm The New Great Game in the Caucasus: Hydropower and Energy Security in the Republic of Georgia » Matt Floyd '17.5 12:15pm - 12:30pm H.I.T. or Miss: The Effects of Healthcare Information Technology on Clinical Efficacy and Efficiency » Jackson Adams '17 12:35pm - 12:50pm Investigating a Mechanism for Contaminant Uptake by Organically Modified Clays » Emory Payne '18, Rachael Morris '17
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-220 What Does It Do? Policy Administration and Implementation Chaired By: Rob Moeller, Assistant Professor of Psychology Venue MBH 220
11:15am - 11:30am Green Dot Bystander Intervention: Does it Reduce College Sexual Violence Rates? » Matthieu St. Amour '17 11:35am - 11:50am How ISIS Administered Its Way to Dominance in Syria » Katherine Preston '17 11:55am - 12:10pm Does Access to Methadone Maintenance Treatment Reduce Opiate Related Deaths? » Sean Indrelie '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm Examining the Effects of Contraceptive Mandates on the Black-White Birth Gap » Birgitta Cheng '17
Friday 11:15am - 12:50pm	S2-303 Communities Engaging Governance Chaired By: Rebecca Tiger, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Venue MBH 303
11:15am - 11:30am The Political Response to State Abuse of Power: Evidence from the NYPD » Jake Brown '17 11:35am - 11:50am "Stolen is Our Land, Education is Our Stand!" Mexican-American Educational Access and Activism, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1968- 1979 » Maeve Moynihan '17 11:55am - 12:10pm Pirates and Populism: The Left-Wing Consolidation of Icelandic Anti-Establishment Politics » Alex Newhouse '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm Voting Behaviour in General Elections vs. Referenda: An Analysis of the UK » Hollie Haigh '19 12:35pm - 12:50pm Re-blogging and Resistance: Constructing an Oppositional Black Feminist Aesthetic on Social Media » Erin Reid '17
Friday 11:15am - 12:50pm	S2-311 It Takes a Village: The Influence of Caregivers on Children Chaired By: Megan Brakeley, Assistant Director of Community Engagement Venue MBH 311
11:15am - 11:30am Reading for Children in Rural China: Misconceptions on Effective Reading Practices by Rural Chinese Caregivers » Paul Irizarry '17, Annie Tong '19 11:35am - 11:50am Emotion Regulation and Building Relationships: Socialization of Emotion in Early Childhood Classrooms » Eleanor Fisk '17 11:55am - 12:10pm Crafting a Teaching Philosophy: A Portfolio Presentation » Brittany Parker '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm Breaking Through the Stereotypical Image of the Scientist: The Importance of Representation and Familiarization » Brooke Angell '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:50pm	S2-403 Let There Be Light! Chaired By: Michael Durst, Assistant Professor of Physics Venue MBH 403
11:15am - 11:30am In Vivo Optogenetic Acidification of Synaptic Vesicles in C. elegans » Julie Merchant '17, Glen Ernstrom, Mark Palfreyman, Eddie Hujber, Robert Hobson, Erik Jorgensen 11:35am - 11:50am Assembly of a Fiber-optic Probe for Raman Spectrographic Analysis » Sarah Lake '17 11:55am - 12:10pm Biomedical Optics: Looking Inside Things by Shooting Lasers at Them » Colin Laurence '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm Thermal Decomposition of Thiophene » Thomas Cowell '17, Jared Whitman '17, Stuart Yandell '17, Maggie Phillips '19 12:35pm - 12:50pm Smart Tracking to Increase the Efficiency of the Middlebury College Solar Farm » Noah Klammer '17
Friday 11:15am - 12:50pm	S2-411 Mutual Shaping of Margins and Centers Chaired By: Marcos Rohena-Madrazo, Assistant Professor of Spanish Venue MBH 411
11:15am - 11:30am Whiteness: Understanding Identity Through the Cultural Imagination » Shuba Maniram '17 11:35am - 11:50am Modernization and Manipulation: The Decline, Preservation, and Implications of Minority Language Use in Russia » Mikayla Hyman '20 11:55am - 12:10pm Perceptions of Slang in Iberian Spanish: The Case of Caló Loanwords » Caroline Cating '16.5 12:15pm - 12:30pm Cultures of Consent and Sexuality Among People with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities » Kyle Wright '19.5 12:35pm - 12:50pm "Optical Politics": Film and Spectatorship in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest » Renee Chang '17
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-438 Equations, Models, and Understanding Chaired By: Wendy Shook, Science Data Librarian Venue MBH 438
11:15am - 11:30am The Quantum Hall Effect » Elizabeth Noelle Blose '17.5 11:35am - 11:50am The Leading Digit Law in Nature and Chaos » Nimrod Sadeh '17.5 11:55am - 12:10pm Building the Middlebury Language Tables Web App » Amir Amangeldi '17, Gordon Nickerson '17, Peter Huffman '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm The Structure of Poetry » Jack Parker '19
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-538 Humane Ecologies Chaired By: Molly Anderson, Professor of Food Studies Venue MBH 538
11:15am - 11:30am The Importance of Access in Understanding Disability and Political Reality for Disabled Jordanians » Jinseul Jun '17 11:35am - 11:50am Measuring the Impact of Gentrification on Individual and Aggregate Voting Behavior in Chicago and Boston Municipal Elections » Oisín Reed-Kelly '17 11:55am - 12:10pm Health, Physical Activity and Rural Environments » Alessandria Schumacher '17 12:15pm - 12:30pm Reflections on Climate Change and Loss on the U.S. Gulf Coast » Heather Tourgee '17
Friday 12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch for Presenters, Sponsors, and Moderators Venue Atwater Dining Hall (available from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-104 Negotiating Resource Access in a Changing World Chaired By: Jessica L'Roe, Assistant Professor of Geography Venue MBH 104
Negotiating Resource Access in a Changing World » Lea LeGardeur '17, Julianna Childs '17.5, Emma Auden '17, Katy Greene '17, Mairin Wilson '17.5, Spence Peterson '18, Tabitha Mueller '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-216 In Search of Inclusion in Young Adult Novels Chaired By: Tara Affolter, Assistant Professor of Education Studies Venue MBH 216
In Search of Inclusion in Young Adult Novels » Irene Margiotta '19, Will Fleming '17, Eliza Renner '18, Timothy Ogle '17, Jeremy Stratton-Smith '17, Brian Ketchabaw '20
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-219 Framing the Discourse Chaired By: Katrina Spencer, Literatures and Cultures Librarian Venue MBH 219
1:30pm - 1:45pm Securitization of Immigration in American Discourse » Claire Treesh '17 1:50pm - 2:05pm "A Man's Rights Are Not to Be Measured by His Economic Status": The La Follette Civil Liberties Committee and Moral Authority in the New Deal » Nicholas Delehanty '17 2:10pm - 2:25pm The Kalahari San: The Exploitation on "Primitivity" and "Indigeneity" » Sylvia Choi '19 2:30pm - 2:45pm The Political Tragedy of Aeschylus and Thucydides » Leo Trotz-Liboff '17
Friday 1:30pm - 2:05pm	S3-220 Embodied Research: Senior Dance Theses Chaired By: Krista Miranda, Visiting Lecturer in Dance Venue MBH 220
Embodied Research: Senior Theses in Dance » Mandy Kimm '17, Andrew Pester
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-303 Revolutions of Culture in China Chaired By: Tom Moran, Professor of Chinese Venue MBH 303
1:30pm - 1:45pm Shifting Gears: Vocational Education and the Transformation of the Chinese Economy » Emily Cipriani '19.5, Orion Lewis, Ngor Luong '19, Priyanjali Sinha '18, Jin-Mi Sohn '18, Giulia Zoppolat 1:50pm - 2:05pm US-China Comparison: Youth Engagement in the Common Good » Emma Ronai-Durning '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm Representations of Disability in Maoist China 1949-1976 » Sarah Scott '17 2:30pm - 2:45pm The Perpetual Foreigner: How Persisting Ideas of Exoticization, Otherness, and Discrimination Plague Chinese Cinema » Addis Fouche-Channer '17
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-311 Evolution, in the Broadest Sense Chaired By: Dave West, Professor of Geology Venue MBH 311
1:30pm - 1:45pm ISIS Recruitment in the West: New Media and the Creation of a Global Terrorist Network » Nicole Caci '17 1:50pm - 2:05pm Investigating the Origins of Clays in Alpine Soils in the Uinta Mountains, Utah » Atticus Proctor '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm The Co-evolution of Post-merger Galaxies and Dust-reddened Quasars » Milena Crnogorcevic '17 2:30pm - 2:45pm Taking Down the Big Top: The Animal Rights Movement and the Rise and Fall of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus » Ashley Babcock '17
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-403 Governing Society Chaired By: Sarah Stroup, Associate Professor of Political Science Venue MBH 403
1:30pm - 1:45pm Cultivating Legitimacy and Deconstructing Indigeneity: The Case of a Community Farm in Hong Kong » Adrian Leong '16.5 1:50pm - 2:05pm Falling Out of Love with Democracy: Evidence from Mauritius, South Africa and the United States » Sebastian Kern '17 2:10pm - 2:25pm The Paradox of Reform: Rising Inequality, the Welfare State, and Decentralized Governance in Modern China » William Weightman '17 2:30pm - 2:45pm The Interconnectedness of Women in Iringa, Tanzania: Their Stories, Constraints, Resistance, and Relational-Esteem » Sara Swett '17
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-411 Africa Chaired By: Jim Ralph, Professor of American History & Culture Venue MBH 411
1:30pm - 1:45pm Child Witches of Kinshasa: Modernity and Anxiety » Adam Fisher '19 1:50pm - 2:05pm Sagara Stories: Agrarian Narratives from the Women of the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania » Anahi Naranjo '17 2:10pm - 2:25pm African Leadership University: Rethinking Education in Africa » Sena Voncujovi '17 2:30pm - 2:45pm The Straight Path to Nutrition: Roads and Weather Shocks in Nigeria » Marcos Barrozo '17
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-438 World Wide Webbing: Case Studies of Connection Chaired By: Peter Nelson, Professor of Geography Venue MBH 438
1:30pm - 1:45pm The Construction of Moralistic Values in Hero Shows in Japan » Michiko Yoshino '17 1:50pm - 2:05pm Crossover: Basketball, Public Space and Spectacle in Mexico » Charlie Dulik '17.5 2:10pm - 2:25pm Women of the Islamic State: Social Media, State Creation & Sisterhood » Francesca Conde '17 2:30pm - 2:45pm Ingredients of Integration: A Study of Collaborative Cooking Classes as Mechanisms of Social and Cultural Integration of Syrian Refugees in Germany » Amir Sohn Firestone '17
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-538 Beyond Walden: New England Natures Chaired By: Catharine Wright, Director of the Writing Program Venue MBH 538
1:30pm - 1:45pm Welcome Homo: Finding Queer in Rural Vermont » Jenevra Wetmore '17 1:50pm - 2:05pm Atom's Tomb » Michael Schermerhorn '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm U-Pb Dating of Calcite Veins in the Champlain Valley: Constraints on Post- Paleozoic Rejuvenation in the Eastern North American Margin » Matt Barr '17.5 2:30pm - 2:45pm From Parlor Moralists to Classroom Scientists: Female Normal School Students' Use of Nature-Study to Professionalize Public Education and Expand the Woman's Sphere » Sarah Dohan '17
Friday 2:45pm - 3:30pm	P2 Poster Presentations: Group 2 and Refreshments Venue MBH Great Hall & 338
What Is The Good Life and How Do We Live It Together? MBH 338, Group 2 » Sabrina Quintanilla '19, Haley Roe '19, Nick Garber '19, Audrey Pan '19, Holton Huntington '19.5, Ivy Geilker '19.5, Rowen Felt '19, Grace Stimson '19, Corinne Winsten '19.5, Faraz Ahmad '19, Jeremy Barovick '19, Charlotte Reider-Smith '19, Catherine Harrison '19, Tiffany Martinez '19, Minhaj Rahman '19.5, Sam Wood '19, Ian Sexton '19, Spencer Cage '19 Examining the Relationship Between Self-Determination Theory's Basic Needs Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Poster 34 » Alanna Brannam '19 Envisioning Feminist Science at Middlebury, Poster 35 » Matea Mills-Andruk '18.5, Erin Work '18, Cassidy Campbell-Mueller '17, Abby Chick '16.5 The Role of Astn2 in Neurodevelopment, Poster 36 » Malik Gomez '18, Hourinaz Behetsi Unraveling the Geologic History of Mid-Coastal Maine: The Edgecomb Gneiss, Poster 37 » Jessica Chen '17 Research Proposal: Sleep Treatment Efficacy in Schizophrenic Individuals With Severe Symptoms, Poster 38 » Daryl Morrison '18.5 Creating an Online Card Game, Poster 39 » Cole Hilscher '17 RIVIR (Remote Inspection Vehicle with Infra-Red), Poster 40 » Jonah Simon '18, Jen Johnson '18, Annie Cowan '18, Robert Pritchard '19, Aayam Poudel '18, Bennett Doherty '18, Shougat Barua '19 Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of Volcanic Rocks from North Haven Island, Penobscot Bay, Maine, Poster 41 » Mackenzie Best '17.5 Characterizing Six Genotypes of the Cholinergic Receptor Nicotinic Alpha 7 Genes CHRNA7 and Duplication CHRFAM7A with TaqMan, Poster 42 » Josh Goldenberg '18, Mustafa Ghanem, Kim Simpfendorfer, Houman Khalili, Peter Gregersen The Biopower of Organic Intellectuals: Reconciling Foucault and Gramsci to investigate the Socionature of Community Supported Kitchens, Poster 43 » Henry Thomson '17 Building a Wavelength-Tunable Two Photon Microscope to Image GFP and mEos2 Fluorescent Proteins, Poster 44 » Emily Miller '17 Flippity Floppity: Investigating Specific Nucleotides in Streptococcus mutans that are Essential for SloR Binding, Poster 45 » Roger Winters '17 The Three French Estates of 1789 - Set in Oil Paintings, Poster 46 » Elizabeth Stasior '17.5 On An Average Day: An Independent Study in Scenic Design, Poster 47 » Ben Rose '17.5 Characterization of an Otx2 Retinal Enhancer, Poster 48 » Emma Office '17, Sophie Schneider, Joseph Brzezinski Investigating the Role of the KLHL9 Gene Through CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Deletion, Poster 49 » Ariana Mills '17, Dr. Christian Schindler Is Moral Disengagement Contagious? The Effect of Peers on Moral Disengagement, Poster 50 » Kristen Regenauer '17 Generalizing Adinkra-like Structures onto Graphs of Symmetry Groups, Poster 51 » Jeremy Stratton-Smith '17 Does Universal, Free Pre-Kindergarten Encourage Female Labor Force Participation? Poster 52 » Madeline Logue '17, Jeffrey Carpenter, Tanya Byker Experimental Evidence for Status-Seeking Through Debt Accumulation, Poster 53 » Taylor Banaszewski '17 Geochemical Analysis and Origin of Uranium in Groundwater Wells in the Clarendon Springs, Skeels Corner, and Danby Formations, Colchester/Milton, VT, Poster 54 » Tucker Meredith '17 Community Health Worker Pay and Workload: The Case of Ethiopia's Women's Development Army, Poster 55 » Yasmine Gilbert '17, Yihenew Tesfaye, Kenneth Maes, Svea Closser Putative Interaction Between Branch Site and 5' Splice Site During the Exon-Ligation Conformation of Splicing, Poster 56 » Sarah Koenigsberg '17 Between Water and Garden, Poster 57 » Qingying Wang '17 Observatory Stargazing, Poster 58 » Samuel Cartwright '18, Jackson Adams '17, Jacob Brady '17, Tatum Braun '20, Milena Crnogorcevic '17, Julia Kendrick '17, Avery Travis '18, Roo Weed '18.5 Convene: An Open Invitation for Civil Engagement, Poster 59 » Emma Picardi '17.5 Trigger Warnings: A Preliminary Empirical Investigation, Poster 60 » Jen Koide '17 Steps Towards Reproductive Justice: A Middlebury 5k, Poster 61 » Mika Morton '19, Imogen Arzt Jones, Miranda-Max de Beer '19, Hannah Redmon '20 Next-Generation Taxonomic Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton, Poster 62 » Benjamin Ramcharitar '17, Tom Root The Importance of Belonging: The Relation Between Undergraduate Student Expectations and Stress, Poster 63 » Kristen Regenauer '17, Haley Jo Tetreault '17, Alexandra Fields '17, Greg Conrad '17
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-216 Brain Storming: Cognitive Constraints and Affordances Chaired By: Andrea Robbett, Assistant Professor of Economics Venue MBH 216
3:30pm - 3:45pm A Limit to Learning?: Effects of Plasticity on Brain Energy Utilization » Natalie Burlant '17, Mike Dash 3:50pm - 4:05pm So You Think You Can Juggle? » Alaa Abdelfattah '17, Jeffrey Carpenter 4:10pm - 4:25pm Conceptions of Madness in Post-Soviet Spaces » Brenna Christensen '17 4:30pm - 4:45pm Do Bilinguals Behave Differently Depending on Language? Investigating the Foreign Language Effect Among Balanced Bilinguals » Mohamed Hussein '17
Friday 3:30pm - 5:05pm	S4-219 Negotiating Identities Chaired By: Baishakhi Taylor, Dean of Students Venue MBH 219
3:30pm - 3:45pm Do Famines Happen in Democracies? » Hannah Blackburn '17 3:50pm - 4:05pm Mixed Race Identity on Facebook » Samantha Lamont '17 4:10pm - 4:25pm Exposing Interior Identity: A New Perspective on Ornament in the Bodies of Klimt's Society Portraits » Zara Corzine '17 4:30pm - 4:45pm Female Empowerment in Sierra Leone: Resistance and Solidarity » Maggie Nazer '17
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-220 Across Languages Chaired By: Shawna Shapiro, Assistant Professor of Writing & Linguistics Venue MBH 220
3:30pm - 3:45pm Code-Switching and Identity: A Case Study of Mandarin-English Bilingual College Students' Language Use » Emma Auden '17 3:50pm - 4:05pm Rewriting "Happily Ever After": Subversion of Traditional Fairytale Tropes in Creative Writing » Melanie English '17 4:10pm - 4:25pm Women's Rights, Social Reform, and That One Time With the Shotgun » Alexandra Muck '17.5 4:30pm - 4:45pm Dance History in the US: Embodying Alternative Humanity » Mandy Kimm '17
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-303 Down Time and Mind Fullness Chaired By: Kim Cronise, Associate Professor of Psychology Venue MBH 303
3:30pm - 3:45pm Work Hard, Play Harder: Invisible and Unpaid Student Labor Outside the Classroom » Adriana Ortiz-Burnham '17 3:50pm - 4:05pm An Investigation of Mindfulness Dosages on College Students' Stress Reactivity » Emma Wilkinson '17, Kim Cronise 4:10pm - 4:25pm Why Do We Need to Sleep? Synaptic Homeostasis and the Need for Sleep » Harrison Hsiang '17, Sam Snyder '17, Caitlin Carroll '17, Mike Dash 4:30pm - 4:45pm Understanding Sleep Function Through Patterns of Brain Activity » Sam Snyder '17, Harrison Hsiang '17, Caitlin Carroll '17, Mike Dash
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-311 Dangerous Consumption: From Doctrines to Toxins Chaired By: AnGayle (AJ) Vasiliou, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Venue MBH 311
3:30pm - 3:45pm Caffeine, Your Genes, and What It All Means: Effect of Caffeine Metabolism Genotype on Caffeine Consumption Habits » Erzsebet Nagy '17 3:50pm - 4:05pm Is it Easy Being Green? Exploring the Relationship Between LEED-Certified Buildings and Gentrification in Chicago, IL » Shubha Ganesan '17 4:10pm - 4:25pm Lead Testing in Drinking Water » Mairin Wilson '17.5, Nina Buzvy '17 4:30pm - 4:45pm Thermal Cracking of Ethanethiol » Jared Whitman '17, Thomas Cowell '17, Stuart Yandell '17, Maggie Phillips '19
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-403 Fracturing: Across Physical, Mental, and Sociological Worlds Chaired By: Will Amidon, Assistant Professor of Geology Venue MBH 403
3:30pm - 3:45pm Adding Depolarization Measurements to Raman Spectroscopy » Alex Nichols '17 3:50pm - 4:05pm What Led to the Islamic State (ISIS)? » Sophie Robart '17 4:10pm - 4:25pm Negative Cognitions and PTSD: Using N400 and Reaction Time Measurements to Assess Semantic Expectancy Biases in Trauma Survivors » Emily Mellen '17 4:30pm - 4:45pm Towards Interactive Objectivity in Social Science: Feminist Social Epistemologies, Methodological Debates in Social Science, and Quantitative Literacy » Jingyi Wu '17
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-411 Preferences and Pathways Chaired By: Mez Baker-Medard, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Venue MBH 411
3:30pm - 3:45pm Investigating Effects of Xenoestrogenic Chemicals on Digit Development in the CD-1 Mouse » Andrew Grant '17, Molly Costanza-Robinson, Laura Vandenberg 3:50pm - 4:05pm Human Gene Expression Rescues Mevalonate Pathway Defects in Yeast » Maddison Morgan '18 4:10pm - 4:25pm Tree Huggers in Tampolo: Habitat Preferences for Three Nocturnal Lemur Species in Tampolo Protected Forest » Kristina Ohl '17 4:30pm - 4:45pm Blue » Catherine Feldman '18
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-438 Super Models Chaired By: Daniel Scharstein, Professor of Computer Science Venue MBH 438
3:30pm - 3:45pm Hydrodynamic Modeling of Lake Champlain » Jing He '17, Tom Manley, Noah Graham, Liv Herdman 3:50pm - 4:05pm On the Efficiency of Bio-inspired Dual-wing Generator » Felix Wang '16.5 4:10pm - 4:25pm A Plane-based Approach to Mondrian Stereo Matching » Dylan Quenneville '18 4:30pm - 4:45pm Modeling Neurodegenerative Diseases in S. cerevisiae » Sabina Haque '18
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-538 Language Culture Interface Chaired By: Maria Hatjigeorgiou, Lecturer in Religion and GSFS Venue MBH 538
3:30pm - 3:45pm Perceptions of Spanish Language and Culture in American Advertisements » Drew Buchser '18, Jen Koide '17 3:50pm - 4:05pm Light and Darkness: Language and Experience in the Christian Mystical Tradition » Jonah Heiser '17 4:10pm - 4:25pm Challenges of Learning Cantonese as a Native English Speaker » Oliver Wijayapala '17 4:30pm - 4:45pm From Japan to Rome: Homophonic Translation as Exploration » Ben Freedman '19
Friday 4:45pm - 5:30pm	Closing Reception Venue McCardell Bicentennial Great Hall
Friday 9:00pm - 10:30pm	EVE Evening Event: Stargazing (weather permitting) Chaired By: Jonathan Kemp Venue McCardell Bicentennial Hall Observatory

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