2018 Spring Student Symposium Programme

2018,

20th - 20th April

2018 Spring Student Symposium

Conference Programme

Friday, 20th 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 Crafting Gender, Crafting Identities Chaired By: Matt Lawrence, Assistant Professor of Sociology Venue MBH 104
9:15am - 9:30am In Her Shoes: Marisa Merz and the Arte Povera Movement » Claire Borre '18 9:35am - 9:50am Grammatical Gender and Discrimination » Daniel Buchman '18.5 9:55am - 10:10am How the Summer Camp Experience Influences Boys' Expectations of Toughness and Expression of Weakness » Joey LaLiberte '18 10:15am - 10:30am Opportunity and Threat in International LGBT Rights Activism » Emma Bliska '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-216 Chinese Places in New Spaces Chaired By: Hang Du, Associate Professor of Chinese Venue MBH 216
9:15am - 9:30am 五味俱全 Every Flavor Under the Sun: An Exploration of Yunnan Cuisine » Cara Eisenstein '18, Hannah Beach '17.5 9:35am - 9:50am Authoritarianism in the Age of Big Data: Implications of the Social Credit System on Social Control in China » Mika Wysocki '18 9:55am - 10:10am Contemporary Drag Queen Culture in Beijing: Transnationalism in a Chinese Space » Christopher Boutelle '18 10:15am - 10:30am Are Chinese Investments in Africa Creating Jobs for Locals? » Yuchen Zhu '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-219 Schooling Behavior Chaired By: Trinh Tran, Assistant Professor or Sociology and Anthropology Venue MBH 219
9:15am - 9:30am Intergenerational Learning: A Look into the Middlebury Community » Jin-Mi Sohn '18 9:35am - 9:50am Locke and Rousseau on Education » Joanna Balla '18 9:55am - 10:10am Placing 'the Child' in School » Sarah Koch '18.5 10:15am - 10:30am Acknowledging Biases: Implementing Feminist Science in Middlebury Classrooms » Mikayla Hyman '20, Mika Morton '19
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-220 Corporate Welfare and Faring Well Chaired By: Jamie McCallum, Assistant Professor of Sociology Venue MBH 220
9:15am - 9:30am Investigating the Relationship between Political Contributions by Pharmaceutical Companies and Speed of FDA Drug Approval [CANCELLED] » Haroon Ashraf '18 9:35am - 9:50am More Month at the End of the Money: The Effects of Welfare Benefits on U.S. Prostitution Markets » Naomi Eisenberg '18 9:55am - 10:10am Measuring the Work of "Médecins Sans Frontières" in the European Migrant Crisis » Meredith Tulloch '18 10:15am - 10:30am Reevaluating the NCAA Lacrosse Championship Location » Parker Lawlor '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-303 Motive Forces Chaired By: Michael Sheridan, Associate Professor of Anthropology Venue MBH 303
9:15am - 9:30am The Effects of Temperature on Grouping and Feeding in Woodlice (Oniscus asellus) » Bryce Williamson '18 9:35am - 9:50am Plato and the Purpose of Afterlife Myths » Jason Meuse '18 9:55am - 10:10am Does the Timing of Welfare Payments Lead to Increased Drug Treatment Admissions? » Connor McCormick '18 10:15am - 10:30am Defying Hammurabi: Is Reciprocity Driven Exclusively by Internal Motives? » Javier del Cid '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-311 The Good the Bad and the Ugly / Domestication vs. Foreignization Chaired By: Erik Bleich, Professor of Political Science; Karin Hanta, Director of Chellis House Venue MBH 311
9:15am - 9:45am The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Corpus Linguistics Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Latinx, 1996-2016 » Georgia Grace Edwards '18, Amelia Fichman, Razan Jabari '18, James Callison '17.5, Erin Hoynes '19, Erik Bleich, Maurits Van Der Veen 10:00am - 10:30am Domestication vs. Foreignization: A Clear-cut Line? » Mahli Knutson '20, David Rubinstein '18, Haruna Takeda '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-403 Sex, Religion, and Power Chaired By: Louisa Burnham, Associate Professor of History Venue MBH 403
9:15am - 9:30am To Taste the Forbidden Fruit: An Exploration of Clerical Celibacy and Those who Failed to Maintain It » Charlie Shotton '18 9:35am - 9:50am Slavery in the Name of Islam: Human Trafficking and Geopolitical Maneuverings within ISIS » Emma Dunlap '18 9:55am - 10:10am Coping with Mortality: The Fear of Death as Discussed by Shakespeare's King Lear and Romances, and Psychology's Terror Management Theory » Caroline Jaschke '18 10:15am - 10:30am Faust and Don Juan: Manifestations of Sex and the Divine in European Fiction » Andrew Smith '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-411 Framing the Environment Chaired By: Jon Isham, Professor of Economics Venue MBH 411
9:15am - 9:30am Representations of Disabled Individuals in Outdoor Experiences: Valuing All Experiences Equally » Austin Stevens '18.5 9:35am - 9:50am Collective Struggle or a War? The Effectiveness of Adversarial Framing in the Climate Debate » Ry Storey-Fisher '18 9:55am - 10:10am Human Rights on the Altars of Extractive Economies: A Case Study of Tiltil as a "Zona de Sacrificio" in Chile » Laura Dillon '19 10:15am - 10:30am An Enemy of the People » Sebastian LaPointe '18
Friday 9:15am - 10:30am	S1-438 Adapting to a Changing Environment Chaired By: Elizabeth Morrison, Associate Professor of Religion Venue MBH 438
9:15am - 9:30am 'An Indescribable Chemistry': Fandom and Pilgrimage in Contemporary Japan » Shane Healy '18 9:35am - 9:50am Cash for Corporations? The Effects of State Incentives on Economic Development » Jigar Bhakta '18 9:55am - 10:10am Acid Mine Drainage: A Tale of Extremophilic Organisms in Vershire, VT » Katherine Morillo '18 10:15am - 10:30am Christian Missions among the Lisu People of Nujiang, China » Jonathan O'Dell '18.5
Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm	ART Art Exhibits Venue Johnson
The Pit: Senior Independent Study Studio Class » Sanford Mirling Open Studio Room 203: ART 370 Oil Painting & Ceramics "Portraits of Power" » James Butler Hallway Outside Room 205: ART 300 Advanced Drawing » Hedya Klein Projections of an Online Exhibition in Room 205: ART 388 Pictures in Space » Michelle Leftheris Hallway Outside Room 208: ART 380 Photography NOW » Michelle Leftheris Johnson 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? Section A, MBH 331 & 338 » Saher Al-Khamash '21, Jacqueline Atkins '20, Raffi Barsamian '21, Danielle Brown '21, Brigid Connor '21, Perry DeLorenzo '20, Pablo DiBenedetto '20, Nadani Dixon '20, Dan Miguel Espinosa '20, Nicholas Floe '21, Tanner Hellickson '21, Connor Lloyd '20, William MacKintosh '20, Wyllis McKissick '20, Gillian O'Connor '21, Maxwell Polito '20, Charles Smith '20, Chloe Smith '21 What is the Good Life and How Do We Live It Together? Section B, MBH 331 & 338 » Marquise Adeleye '20, Ayesha Bhalla '20, Robert Cheng '20, Julian DiPersio '20, Jessica Guo '21, Mike Hayes '20, Skyler Heller '21, Audrey Kelly '21, Elizabeth Knox '20, Sara Kunin '20, Annika Landis '20, Ayman Quadir '20, Benjamin Rivitz '20, Peter Scibilia '21, Kira Waldman '20, Christopher Walker '20 What is the Good Life and How Do We Live It Together? Section C, MBH 331 & 338 » Ginger Adams '20, Cam Allan '20, Stefan Asamoah '20, Jennifer Crandall '20, Matthew Donohue '20, Henry Fleming '20, Richard Holley '20, Haley McCreary '20, Miki Nakano '20, Benjamin Potter '20, John Purcell '20, Kaley Ritz '20, Spencer Shores '20, Emily Soule '20, Lynn Travnikova '20, Henry Wilhelm '20, Martin Williams '20 Material Culture in Focus: Constructing a Relic Chair, Poster 2 » Grayson Ahl '19.5, Chris Bradbury '19, Pate Campbell '20, Lubo Cuba '19, Noah Fine '20.5, Colin Flaherty '20, Peter Martin '19, David McDaniel '19, Ibrahim Nasir '20, Luke Peterson '19, Harry Rich '17.5, Ryan Rudolph '18, Trevor Schmitt '18, Eric Haotian Sun '20, Spencer Tonies '19 Augmented Reality Sandbox, Poster 3 » Sam Kaelin '19.5, Kira Waldman '20 Soil Carbon Sequestration in a Vermont Regenerative Grazing System, Poster 4 » Kate Porterfield '18.5 Synthesizing a Novel Branched Surfactant for Improved Contaminant Removal from Water, Poster 5 » Katharine Fortin '18, Molly Costanza-Robinson, Rick Bunt Selected Translations from Li Juan's "Winter Pasture" and "Altay's Corner," Poster 6 » Moe Pwint Phyu '18 Patterns of Motor Cortical Activity Described by the First Latent Dimension Predict Presence of an Object, Poster 7 » Delaney Moran '18, Anjelica Herrera, John Downey, Jennifer Collinger The Collective Poetry of Topography, Poster 8 » Liesel Robbins '18 An Analysis of Healthy Food Pricing Incentives and BMI Outcomes for Low-SES Americans, Poster 9 » Alexander Carlson '18 Intersections of Wildfire Risk and Social Vulnerability in Montana, Poster 10 » Patrick Schmidt '18 Geochemical Analysis of Near and Far-Field Tsunami Deposits: Little Pigeon Bay, New Zealand, Poster 11 » Bryce Belanger '19, Samuel Hampton Museum Design for Middlebury College: Architectural Studies Thesis, Poster 12 » Olivia Tubio '18 The Women of Andalucía, Poster 13 » Robert Engel '18 Measuring the Impacts of a Man-Made Barrier on the Spatial Distribution of Diatom Genera in a First-Order Stream, Poster 14 » Emilie Seavey '18 Qualitative and Simple Quantitative MRI Measures of Infant Brain Size: Is Prematurity a Risk Factor in the Setting of Surgery and Critical Care with Prolonged Sedation? Poster 15 » Stacy Goins '19, Chandler Mongerson, David Gilman, David Zurakowski, Russell Jennings, Dusica Bajic Comparing Vulnerability Indices in Malawi, Poster 16 » Alyne Cristina Figueiredo Goncalves '18.5 Optimization of a Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscope, Poster 17 » Emma Moskovitz '18, Michael E. Durst The Impact of Real-Time Visual Feedback on Electric Consumption at Middlebury College, Poster 18 » Thomas Wentworth '18 Bmi1 and its Potential Role in Lens Regeneration, Poster 19 » George Lampe '18 Simulation-based Genotyping of Structural Variants in Whole Genome Sequencing Data, Poster 20 » Crystal Paudyal '19, Michael Linderman Massachusetts Policy on Atlantic Cod in the Gulf of Maine: Failure of the Quota System and Examination of a Fish Tax, Poster 21 » Wilson Brown '19 Geology of the Lunar Moscoviense Basin, Poster 22 » Samuel Cartwright '18, Paul Spudis Parameterization of a Forest Growth Model for Addison County, Vermont, Poster 23 » Matthew Reala '18, David Allen The Effect of Moral Foundations Framing and Political Identity Priming on Environmental Attitudes, Poster 24 » Emma Shumway '18 Combinatorial Nullstellensatz and No-Four-on-a-Circle Problem, Poster 25 » Sirawit Woramongkhon '18, John Schmitt Does Forest Loss Increase Human Disease? Evidence from Tanzania, Poster 26 » Jonah Simon '18, Julia Berazneva, Tanya Byker The Effect of Calcite-Bearing Veins on Groundwater Geochemistry, Poster 27 » Nathan Beningson '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-104 Express Yourself Chaired By: Will Nash, Professor of American Studies and English & American Literatures Venue MBH 104
11:15am - 11:30am The Changing Practices of Texting Abbreviations » Monique Santoso '21 11:35am - 11:50am Songs of My Soul: Healing and the Black Music Tradition » Kizzy Joseph '18 11:55am - 12:10pm The Adaptation of Italian Language and Dialects as Identity » Maria Del Nava '18 12:15pm - 12:30pm Ethics as First Philosophy: Responses to Skepticism in Levinas and Cavell » Bernardo Andrade '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-216 Making the Lens Visible: The Influence of Medium and Message Chaired By: Amanda Crocker, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Venue MBH 216
11:15am - 11:30am Reality TV and Disability: Kylie Jenner as Disability Savior » Sierra Jackson '18 11:35am - 11:50am On Walter De Maria: The Problem of Representing His Naoshima Works » Maddie Hampton '18 11:55am - 12:10pm Inaccessible and Misinterpreted: Understanding Science in Today's World » Mackenzie Yedlin '18 12:15pm - 12:30pm U.S. & U.K. Media Portrayal of Refugees and Asylum Seekers » Kathryn Bullen '18, Rand Jibril '20, Emily Stabler '19
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-219 Technologically Driven Interactions Chaired By: Ryan Clement, Data Services Librarian Venue MBH 219
11:15am - 11:30am The Age of Wifi in Cuba: Trends, Use and Distribution Between Habaneros and Extranjeros » Georgia Grace Edwards '18 11:35am - 11:50am Influence of Surfactant Headgroup Charge Density on Removal of Aromatic Contaminants from Water by Surfactant-Modified Montmorillonite » Emory Payne '18 11:55am - 12:10pm Agriculture Extension in the Peruvian Andes: Exploring the Relationship Between Farmers and Technicians » Jennifer Crandall '20, Mikayla Haefele '20.5, Ellie Carr '19, George Wells '18, Lauren Howerton, William Troy 12:15pm - 12:30pm Investigating Post-Translational Regulation of the SloR Metalloregulator in Streptococcus mutans » Zack Peters '18.5, Grace Spatafora
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-220 Women Negotiating the Margins Chaired By: Laurie Patton, President of Middlebury College Venue MBH 220
11:15am - 11:30am Tax on Blood: Access, Boundaries, & Class in the Discourses on Menstruation in India » Priyanjali Sinha '18 11:35am - 11:50am Rumors and Gawking: How Women Judge Men -- A Look at the Literary Female Gaze and Narration in Pride and Prejudice and its Modern-Day Adaptations » Julia Desmarais '18 11:55am - 12:10pm Unraveling Bonds, Broadening Contours: Excavating the Matrilineal Nair Woman from the Colonial Archive » Sarah Karerat '18 12:15pm - 12:30pm La Vie en Blanche: The Gendered Experience of Women with Albinism in Cameroon and Tanzania » Sylvia Lynch '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-303 Pressure Cookers Chaired By: Jim Ralph, Professor of American History and Culture Venue MBH 303
11:15am - 11:30am The Banality of Trafficking: Exploitation in Migrant Labor Markets in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates » Eleanor Eagan '18 11:35am - 11:50am Suburb and Spring: An Architectural History of Two American Towns, 1893–1918 » Ethan Brady '18 11:55am - 12:10pm Refugee Camps as Neoliberal Space: The Case of Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan » Vignesh Ramachandran '18 12:15pm - 12:30pm Pre-Eruptive Storage and Evolution of High-Mg Basalts in the Southern Cascade Arc » Sophie Leiter '18, Kristina Walowski
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-311 Busted Stuff: Disrupted Relationships Chaired By: Martin Seehuus, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Venue MBH 311
11:15am - 11:30am EPA Science in a Time of Fake News: Understanding the Politicization of Environmental Science and Protection » Simon Willig '18 11:35am - 11:50am An Analysis of the Effects of Sexual Orientation and Gender on Opinions of Infidelity » Fiona Mohamed '18 11:55am - 12:10pm Impacts of Civil War in Migration and Remittances: Evidence from Nepal's Districts » Ojaswi Pandey '18 12:15pm - 12:30pm Investigating the Effects of Prenatal Xenoestrogen Exposure on Digit and Metatarsal Epiphyseal Maturation » Audrey Bangs '18, Stephanie Blair '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-403 Matters of Choice Chaired By: Tanya Byker, Assistant Professor of Economics Venue MBH 403
11:15am - 11:30am Identità in Italia: migranti e nuovi italiani » Rajan Ramdev '18.5 11:35am - 11:50am Restricted Access in the Land of Plenty: Identifying and Addressing Policy Causes for Agricultural Underperformance in Sub-Saharan Africa » Colin Boyle 11:55am - 12:10pm Exploring the Motives of Humanitarian Aid: A Comparative Study » Eliane Helitzer '18 12:15pm - 12:30pm The Formation of Party Identification: How Economics, Social Groups, and Other Factors Influence our Political Opinions » Will Dowling '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-411 What's Language Got to Do with It? Chaired By: Brandon Baird, Assistant Professor of Spanish Venue MBH 411
11:15am - 11:30am Language and Behavior » Aaron Low '18.5 11:35am - 11:50am Agents of the Times: The Role of Intercultural Bilingual Education and the Post-Peace Accords Generation in the Maya Movement » Natalie Figueroa '18, Brandon Baird 11:55am - 12:10pm Media Portrayals of Victims of Sexual Assault and Misconduct » Mira Chugh '20, Jamison Fletcher '18, Erika Nakagawa '21, Will DiGravio '19 12:15pm - 12:30pm "How to Be Funny in Japanese," or Kobanashi in the Modern World: Independent Research Results » Jenny Do '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-438 Let's Get Small Chaired By: Chris Herdman, Assistant Professor of Physics Venue MBH 438
11:15am - 11:30am Utilizing Trace Element Diffusion Models in Clinopyroxene and Olivine to Determine Ascent Rates of Cinder Cone Magmas in the Southern Cascades » Andrew Hollyday '18.5, Kristina Walowski 11:35am - 11:50am Analysis of Endocytic Protein Dynamics by Stochastic Modeling of Fluorescent Signal Lifetimes » Sabina Haque '18 11:55am - 12:10pm Modeling Trajectories of Cold Atoms in Flight » Sasha Clarick '19, David Cohen '20, Anne Goodsell 12:15pm - 12:30pm Numerical Studies of Entanglement of Atoms Trapped in an Optical Lattice » Jacob Volz '18
Friday 11:15am - 12:30pm	S2-538 An Ounce of Prevention Chaired By: Mark Spritzer, Associate Professor of Biology Venue MBH 538
11:15am - 11:30am Political Influences on Preventive Healthcare Policies in the U.S. and Chile » Nora Lenhard '18 11:35am - 11:50am Characterizing the SloR Binding Sequence in an IGR that Precedes the S. mutans sloR Gene by DNA Footprinting » Maddison Morgan '18, Grace Spatafora 11:55am - 12:10pm Effects of the Ependymin Mimic BTX-1039 on Spatial Memory in a 12-month-old Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease » Daryl Morrison '18.5, Kevin Zhang '19.5 12:15pm - 12:30pm Does Paid Maternity Leave Improve Maternal Health? » Becca Raffel '18
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 Videographic Film and Media Studies Chaired By: Sinhead Keirans, Assistant in Instruction for Film and Media Venue MBH 104
1:30pm Videographic Film & Media Studies: A Showcase of Video Essays » Will DiGravio '19, Alyne Cristina Figueiredo Goncalves '18.5, Emma Hampsten '18.5, Jack Ralph '18, Ian Scura '19.5
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-216 Borderwork: Action on the Margins Chaired By: Joyce Mao, Associate Professor of History Venue MBH 216
1:30pm - 1:45pm Barriers to Healthcare Access for Migrant Agrilcultural Workers in Vermont » Molly Kemball '18 1:50pm - 2:05pm Defining Home: Contextualizing the Spectrum of Homelessness using Literary and Geographic Analysis » Tabitha Mueller '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm "No way on earth that we can gain any kind of political power unless we have some kind of economic power": Fannie Lou Hamer and the Freedom Farm Corporation, 1969-1977 » Hazel Millard '18 2:30pm - 2:45pm Belonging to the Nation: Chinese Immigrants and the Politics of Race and Class in the Mexican Borderlands, 1882-1931 » Hayle Wesolowski '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-219 Rules Were(n't) Made to be Broken Chaired By: Larry Hamberlin, Professor of Music Venue MBH 219
1:30pm - 1:45pm Referenda: The Key Factor for Successful Self-Determination Movements » Margot Graham '18 1:50pm - 2:05pm Modal Shift in Sarum Chant Melodies » Annie Beliveau '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm Storytelling in Academic Writing » Christine McDow '21 2:30pm - 2:45pm Private Conservation and Rural Gentrification: Exploring Vermont's Affordability Crisis » Otis Streeter '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-220 Challenging "Otherness" Chaired By: Jason Vrooman, Curator of Education and Academic Programs Venue MBH 220
1:30pm - 1:45pm Visions from the East: The Beginnings of International Relations as Told by Two Japanese Paintings, 1500-1800 » Minori Fryer '18 1:50pm - 2:05pm On the Edge of Hope: Internally Displaced Peoples and Urban Humanitarianism » Esteban Arenas-Pino '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm Indigenous Knowledge and Mainstream Education Systems » Christina Brook '18 2:30pm - 2:45pm Iconic Influences: Ethiopian Christian Art's Adaptation of Venetian Style in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries » Michael Lally '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-303 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows' Stories Chaired By: Nadia Horning, Associate Professor of Political Science Venue MBH 303
1:30pm Social Entrepreneurship Fellows' Stories » Miguel Castillo '18, Naomi Eisenberg '18, Razan Jabari '18, Abdijabar Mohamed '18.5, Michael Shrader '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-311 Middlebury Zero Energy School Team Chaired By: Ashar Nelson, Visiting Assistant Professor in Architecture Venue MBH 311
1:30pm Middlebury Zero Energy School Team: Designing a Zero Energy Middlebury Elementary School » Maria Abragan '18, Jack Allnut '20.5, Ben Belinski '18.5, Vanessa Dikuyama '18, Elliott Friedman '19, Karen Kobayashi '18, Max Lutzius '20.5, Emma McDonagh '19, Georgiana Miller '18, Olivia Ryder '19, Priyanjali Sinha '18, Ry Storey-Fisher '18, Thomas Wentworth '18, Zachary Berzolla '18, Alex Browne '18, Bennett Doherty '18, Amanda Kirkeby '19, Evan Weinman '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-403 Reflections of Japan Chaired By: Linda White, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies Venue MBH 403
1:30pm - 1:45pm Akumajō Dracula / Castlevania : Localization and Franchise Identity » Salim Terrazas '18 1:50pm - 2:05pm Collective Memory Construction of the "Ianfu" System in China » Mari Tanioka '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm Amakudari: Parachute - The Solution to Japan's Economic Stagnation? » Magda Miller '18 2:30pm - 2:45pm The Threat of Drug Use in Japanese and American Gangster Films » Dylan Quenneville '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-411 Identities in Bodies and in Places Chaired By: Rebecca Mitchell, Assistant Professor of History Venue MBH 411
1:30pm - 1:45pm Sophie and Sethe: Comparing Paths to Liberation, Embodiment, and Selfhood in Angela Carter's "Nights at the Circus" and Toni Morrison's "Beloved" » Tess Weitzner '18.5 1:50pm - 2:05pm A Tale of Two Ethnic Groups: The Legacies of Colonialism, Communism, Imperialism and Nationalism in the Construction of Moroccan Amazigh and Russian Volga Tatar Identities » Toni Cross '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm The Housing and Settlement of Refugees in Norway and Sweden: A Comparative Assessment of Policy's Impact on Integration » Hanna Laird '18 2:30pm - 2:45pm "Attraverso gli occhi di Bassani e di Magrini": The Jewish experience in Ferrara, Italy, during World War II » Hannah Hudson '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-438 Constructing Modern Models Chaired By: Amanda Gregg, Assistant Professor of Economics Venue MBH 438
1:30pm - 1:45pm Modernization in Progress: Part-Year Operation, Capital Accumulation, and Labor Force Composition in Late Imperial Russia » Tamar Matiashvili '18, Amanda Gregg 1:50pm - 2:05pm All that Glitters is Gold: Modeling Catalysis of Hydride Shifts » Sarah Dutton '19, Christina Mcculley, Dean Tantillo 2:10pm - 2:25pm Estimating External Validity Bias in Randomized Controlled Trials » Trisha Singh '18 2:30pm - 2:45pm Modernity and Its Effects on Philosophical Theology: Heidegger, Tillich, and Marion » Hayk Harutyunyan '18
Friday 1:30pm - 2:45pm	S3-538 Earth, Wind, and Amazon Fire Chaired By: Pat Manley, Professor of Geology Venue MBH 538
1:30pm - 1:45pm Evaluating Geochemical Signatures and Tectonic Implications of Calcite Veins within the Champlain Valley » Liesel Robbins '18 1:50pm - 2:05pm Transmission Infrastructure and Wind Integration: What Texas's CREZ Project Means for the Incorporation of Renewable Energy » Alissa Huntington '18 2:10pm - 2:25pm Bedrock Geology of the Ordovician Casco Bay Group, Harpswell, Maine » Atticus Proctor '18 2:30pm - 2:45pm In Pursuit of Molecular Wires: Attempted Syntheses of Benzocyclobutadiene Chromium Tricarbonyl » Peter Dykeman-Bermingham '18.5
Friday 2:45pm - 3:30pm	P2 Poster Presentations: Group 2 and Refreshments Venue MBH Great Hall, 331 and 338
An Atlas of National Monuments and Fragments, MBH 331 and 338 » Nathan Beningson '18, Max Borrmann '20, Alex Browne '18, Joshua Claxton '18, Vanessa Dikuyama '18, Tatsatom Goncalves '19, Will Greene '19, Sarah Howard '19, Peter Howe '18.5, Erin Hoynes '19, Georgiana Miller '18, Tabitha Mueller '18, Kazuto Nishimori '20.5, Seamus Nolan '19, Spence Peterson '18, Liesel Robbins '18, Emma Ronai-Durning '18.5, Patrick Schmidt '18, Tyler Sheldon '18, Priyanjali Sinha '18, Emily Sun '18, Thomas Wentworth '18 Streptococcus mutans Animation, Poster 29 » Michelle Lehman '19 Middlebury College Antique Clothing Collection: Fall 2017 - Spring 2018, Poster 30 » Alexandra Izzard '20 The Relationship between Adult Ixodes Questing Behavior and Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Time of Day During the Late Fall Season, Poster 31 » Nina Job '18 To Bitch or Not to Bitch: A Pilot Study on Gendered Profanity on Middlebury's Campus, Poster 32 » Brigett Weinstein '20, Mary Majerus-Collins '19 The Youngest Victims of Maternal Opioid Dependence, Poster 33 » Sarady Merghani '19 Strange and Supernatural Tales: A Translation of "Luanyang Xulu Wu" from Ji Yun's Yuewei Caotang Biji, Poster 34 » Nicholas Cogswell '18 Creating Datasets for 3D Reconstruction on Mobile Devices, Poster 35 » Kyle Meredith '19, Nicholas Mosier '20 Mid-Level Feature Detection in Abstract Images, Poster 36 » Hans Goudey '19.5 A New Museum of Art for Middlebury College, Poster 37 » Ethan Brady '18 Identifying SloR Binding Partners in Streptococcus mutans, Poster 38 » Sunho Park '18, Skylar Nahi '17, Grace Spatafora Designing Ultra-High Vacuum Components and Stabilizing a Laser to Excite Rubidium Atoms to Rydberg States, Poster 39 » David Cohen '20, Sasha Clarick '19, Anne Goodsell Pilot Study: The Association Between Infant Brain Injury and Repeated Anesthesia Exposure, Poster 40 » Madeline Maloney '19, Dusica Bajic Starting from Zero in Paris: How NGOs and Social Initiative Projects have been Assisting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in France, 2015 to the Present, Poster 41 » Sarah Corsico '18 A Partial Characterization of Novel PFTAIRE Protein Kinase 2, Poster 42 » Katherine Morillo '18 An Exploration of Spatial Relationships Between Ambient Noise Levels and U.S. Demographics, Poster 43 » Hunter Cole '18 Information Measures of Complexity Applied to the Ising Model, Poster 44 » Leo McElroy '18 What Does Language Do? Applying the Master Narrative Framework to Language Ideologies in Multilingual and Monolingual Speakers, Poster 45 » Karen Hiu-Tung Lee '18, Allison Dibianca Fasoli Development Patterns of Houston and Adaptive Capacity Post Hurricane Harvey, Poster 46 » Penelope Spencer '18 The Art Box, Poster 47 » Ke Yu '18 Representing Quantum States with Neural Networks, Poster 48 » Graham Booth '18 Weapons Possession and Gambling Motivations in Adolescents with Varying Levels of Problem-Gambling, Poster 49 » Caitlin Magruder '20, Zu Wei Zhai Effect of Testosterone Dose on Place Learning in Adult Male Rats, Poster 50 » Rajan Ramdev '18.5, Nick Tuta '17.5, Mark Spritzer
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-216 Race and Class in the Green Mountain State Chaired By: Shawna Shapiro, Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Linguistics Venue MBH 216
3:30pm - 3:45pm Defectiveness and the Ideal Citizen: Borders, Exclusion, and Social Control in Vermont's Eugenics Movement » Addie Mahdavi '18 3:50pm - 4:05pm Let's Talk About [Race], Baby » Itzel Diaz Cornejo '20.5 4:10pm - 4:25pm Conceptions of Inclusivity among Middlebury College Students » Bryan Diaz '20 4:30pm - 4:45pm Privilege and Pell Grants: Examining Socioeconomic Status on Middlebury's Campus » Tabitha Mueller '18
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-219 In (and Out of) Our Minds Chaired By: Rob Moeller, Assistant Professor of Psychology Venue MBH 219
3:30pm - 3:45pm Structures in Gravitation and Electromagnetism » Caroline Owen '18 3:50pm - 4:05pm Does the Self-Administered Interview Protect against Misinformation? » Alison Kraner '18 4:10pm - 4:25pm Todos Perdidos: A Composition for Big Band » Jack Herscowitz '20 4:30pm - 4:45pm Form and Content: Dualism and Non-Dualism in the Study of Concepts » Christopher Diak '19
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-220 Mechanisms of Violence Chaired By: Jim Douglas, Former Governor of Vermont Venue MBH 220
3:30pm - 3:45pm Drugs, Crime, and Liberalization: NAFTA's effects on Drug Use and Crime Rates in the United States » Dominick Tanoh '18 3:50pm - 4:05pm Rockets and Right-Wing Parties: The Impact of Terrorism on Elections in Southern Israel » Alexandra Freedman '18 4:10pm - 4:25pm State Pursuit of Radiological Weapons: Case Studies on the United States and Egypt » Adam Druckman '19 4:30pm - 4:45pm Themes of Totalitarian Art in Propaganda from the First Peronist Period, 1946-1955 » Jessica Masinter '19
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-303 The Creative Process: Conventions and Innovations Chaired By: Mira Veikley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Venue MBH 303
3:30pm - 3:45pm Establishing Interdisciplinary Creative Practices With Circus and Poetry » Anja Kuipers '18 3:50pm - 4:05pm The Poet-Laborer: Poetry as Profession in Georgic Works, from Antiquity to America » Victoria Pipas '18 4:10pm - 4:25pm Anecdotes and Archetypes: Constructive Memory in Ovid and Proust » Robert Erickson '18
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-311 Are You What You Eat? Food, Identity and Justice Chaired By: Carly Thomsen, Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Venue MBH 311
3:30pm - 3:45pm Consumptive Womanhood, Reproductive Bodies: Food and Drugs as Sites of Gender Regulation during Pregnancy » Erin Work '18 3:50pm - 4:05pm Gender, Human-Wildlife Conflict, and Environmental Vulnerability in a Postcolonial National Park: A Feminist Analysis of the Sundarbans Mangroves » Becca Brown '18.5 4:10pm - 4:25pm Towards a National Cuisine, Language, and Identity: Reading Italian History Through "La Scienza in Cucina di Pellegrino Artusi" » Erika Saunders '18 4:30pm - 4:45pm Lead Concentrations in Drinking Water in Addison County Public Schools » Jennifer Ortega '18, Gabby Davis '19
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-403 Headspaces Chaired By: Pieter Broucke, Professor of History of Art and Architecture Venue MBH 403
3:30pm - 3:45pm The Whiteness of Natural Spaces: Understanding Race and Class-Based Exclusion in the Outdoor Industry » Liddy Renner '18 3:50pm - 4:05pm Human-Environmental Relations in Japan » Emmet Norris '18 4:10pm - 4:25pm Past Informs Future: Community, Sustainability and Vernacular Building Cultures in Colombia » Vanessa Dikuyama '18 4:30pm - 4:45pm The Wall in the Head: Do Institutions Affect Psychological Dispositions? An Examination of East and West Germany » Tamar Matiashvili '18
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-411 Portraits of the "Other" Chaired By: Marcos Rohena-Madrazo, Assistant Professor of Spanish Venue MBH 411
3:30pm - 3:45pm Impacts of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Provision on Job Lock » Lauren Finkelstein '18 3:50pm - 4:05pm When in America, Do as the Romans Do » Dasha Pimenov '21 4:10pm - 4:25pm Palestine and Israel in the Eyes of American and British Media » Razan Jabari '18 4:30pm - 4:45pm The Response of White Americans to the Hispanic Immigrant Wave: The Role of Local Context » Steven Li '18
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-438 Deep Dives Chaired By: James Berg, Assistant Professor of English & American Literatures Venue MBH 438
3:30pm - 3:45pm Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Strata from Multiple Accreted Terranes in South-Central Maine » Samuel Cartwright '18, Dave West 3:50pm - 4:05pm Credible Serendipity in an Age of Data Mining: Using the Wisdom of Experts with Pre-Analysis Plans and Split-Sample on a Randomized Trial in Kenya » Ana Sanchez Chico '18 4:10pm - 4:25pm Preliminary Results: Deep Drill Core (U-Th)/He Thermochronology, Southeastern Connecticut » Joel Wilner '18, William Amidon 4:30pm - 4:45pm Unsayable and Unsaid: Traversing the Gaps in the Writing of Julian of Norwich » Mercedes McMahon '18.5
Friday 3:30pm - 4:45pm	S4-538 Confessional Writing Chaired By: Hector Vila, Assistant Professor of Writing Venue MBH 538
Confessional Writing: An Ode to and Act of Reclaiming the Confessional Narrative » Naomi Eisenberg '18, Maddie Hampton '18, Miyo McGinn '20, Mike Pallozzi '18.5, Carson Peacock '18
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, Telescope and Scientific Computing Specialist Venue MBH Mittelman Observatory
Mittelman Observatory Stargazing » Jeffrey Ou '19, Ben Belinski '18.5, Tatum Braun '20, Samuel Cartwright '18, Sasha Clarick '19, Sadie Coffin '19, David Cohen '20, Adin Insoft '20, Maggie Joseph '20, Thibault Lannoy '20, Oscar Psychas '21, Shio Sakon, Haruna Takeda '18, Avery Travis '18, Roo Weed '18.5

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