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SMP Presentations - Tuesday, May 4 (by Department)

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Art & Art History

Bartholomew, Kellie | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
"Fashion,Iconograpyy and Physiognomy: Representing Foreign Queens in 18th and 19th Century Frame" | Mentor(s): Joe Lucchesi

Burtenshaw, Molly | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"Surface Layers" | Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson

Gates, Molly | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Sin titulo: Documentation and Ways of Seeing Buenos Aires" | Mentor(s): Cristin Cash

Johnson, Stephanie | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Stenciled Remarks" | Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson

Kendrick, Molly | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
"Fixing Transience: The Pre-Raphaelite Brrotherhood and the Sublime Lens" | Mentor(s): Joe Lucchesi

Lamar, Jennifer | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Assessing Advanced Placement Art History and Addressing the Challenges of Teacher Preparation" | Mentor(s): Joe Lucchesi

Nicholls, Clare | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
"Dentata Dresses" | Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson

Occhipinti, Caitlyn | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The Fight Within the Frame: A Comparative Analysis of American Conflict Photojournalism" | Mentor(s): Joe Lucchesi

Padding, Rachel | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
"Omega/Alpha" | Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson

Pollasch, Kate | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery | 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
"The Price of Process: Bodies, Value, and Performance" | Mentor(s): Joe Lucchesi

Asian Studies

Castle, Daniel | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
"The Wild Way: Anarchy and Daoism" | Mentor(s): Brad Park

Firoozmand, Shahin Martin | Tuesday, May 4 | Daugherty Palmer Commons | 7:20 PM to 7:35 PM
“Misrecognition, Nihilism and Authority in Lu Xun's Fiction” | Mentor(s): Haomin Gong

Litherland, Devon Elise | Tuesday, May 4 | Daugherty Palmer Commons | 6:50 PM to 7:05 PM
“Reform Implications on Health Care, Education, and Social Security Policy in China” | Mentor(s): Michael Ye

Miller, Nicholas Cox | Tuesday, May 4 | Daugherty Palmer Commons | 7:05 PM to 7:20 PM
“Sua Daeng: Thaksin's Bought Millions or the Awakening of the Rural Majority?” | Mentor(s): Charles Musgrove

Biology

Anderson, Meghan | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Components in ultra violet light protection lotions: New Carcinogens?" | Mentor(s): Rachel Myerowitz

Bailey, James | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Effect of the aminoglycoside antibiotic gentamicin on the auditory brainstem response of the goldfish, Carassius auratus" | Mentor(s): John Ramcharitar

Barnes, Andrea | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"The Role of ELT-2 in the immune system of Caenorhabditis elegans" | Mentor(s): Dr. Walter Hatch

Bradley, William | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106 | 4:20 PM to 5:00 PM
"Analysis of the toxicity of a heat- Phosphate- catalyzed fructose by product" | Mentor(s): Jeffrey Byrd

Brewer, Erin | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"A Comparison of zooplankton populations between two mangrove lagoons: How destruction of nursery habitats impacts Coral Reefs" | Mentor(s): Walter Hatch

Carroll, Brianne | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Complementary and alternative veterinary medicine" | Mentor(s): Jordan Price

Chiplis, Anna | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Evaluation of clinical trials for chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia" | Mentor(s): Samantha Elliott

Egorova, Elena | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"The influence of tourism on the behavior of the callithrix monkey, Chlorocebus sabaeus, at Abuko Nature Reserve and Bijilo Forest Park, The Gambia." | Mentor(s): Dr. Mike Baltzley

Fawcett, Emily | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall 106 | 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
"Analysis of the effects of organic land management on bacterial diversity through 16S rRNA sequencing." | Mentor(s): Samantha Elliott

Ford, Jonathan | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Bacterial spore degradation: Isolation and characterization of potential bacterial spore predators" | Mentor(s): Jeffrey Byrd

Gittings, Justin | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Therapeutic modalities for Type 2 Diabetes" | Mentor(s): Jeffrey Byrd

Glover, Justin | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Fish Otoliths: A literature review" | Mentor(s): John Ramcharitar

Graybeal, Melissa | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Comparison of West Nile Virus antibody titres of vaccinated and unvaccinated horses in Southern MD" | Mentor(s): Rachel Myerowitz

Kara, Benton | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall 106 | 3:40 PM to 4:00 PM
"Landfill Efficiency: tackling environmental and societal impacts" | Mentor(s): Bob Paul

Kenny, Erika | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"In search of the cause for feline hyperthyroidism: environmental, genetic, or dietary factors." | Mentor(s): Rachel Myerowitz

Keppel, Andrew | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"An analysis of total suspended solid (TSS) in storm-water runoff" | Mentor(s): Robert Paul

King, Emily | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"The effect of salinity and temperature on the growth of Eelgrass, Zostera marina" | Mentor(s): Chris Tanner

Kuschner, Michael | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106 | 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM
"Box model of nutrient transport within the St. Mary’s River Estuary" | Mentor(s): Christopher Tanner

Maness, Kari | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM
"Brine Shrimp (Artemia franciscana): Determining a vendor for the "white rat" of ballast water treatment" | Mentor(s): Bob Paul

Martin, Andrew | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"ELT-2 transcriptional regulation during bacterial infection of Caenorhabditis elegans" | Mentor(s): Samantha Elliott

Martin, Hannah | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The science supporting the use of botanicals in alternative medical treatments" | Mentor(s): Rachel Myerowitz

Mastny, Jacqueline | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Toxicity of Sodium Perchlorate on developing vertebrate and invertebrate systems, using Danio rerio (Zebrafish) and Lumbriculus variegates (California Blackworm)" | Mentor(s): Karen Crawford

McCleery, Kyle | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Vitamin D content in Agaricus bisporus mushrooms exposed to ultraviolet light prior to harvest" | Mentor(s): Sarah Melissa Witiak

McConkey, Katelin | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Behavioral effects of hand rearing conditions on the stereotypy levels of adult captive Sun Bears" | Mentor(s): Dr. Christy Wolovich

McLernon, Tara | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The potential for proliferation and differentiation of adult stem cells and the possible outlooks of their therapeutic application" | Mentor(s): Karen Crawford

Myron, Emily | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall 106 | 2:00 PM to 2:20 PM
"Caterpillar cognitive capacity: learning and memory retention in Manduca sexta" | Mentor(s): Jordan Price

Nguyen, Minh | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The effect of white noise on primary stress response in zebrafish (Danio rerio)" | Mentor(s): Dr. John Ramcharitar

Nichols, Caitlin | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"The relation between positive computed tomography findings and symptom manifestations in concussed children" | Mentor(s): Dr. Michael Baltzley

Parzynski, Paul | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 AM
"A multi-generational study of fluctuating asymmetry within a white-tailed deer population" | Mentor(s): Jordan Price

Puzak, Julia | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall 106 | 4:00 PM to 4:20 PM
"Effect of high temperature on Eelgrass (Zostera marina) and on the wasting disease pathogen (Labyrinthula zosterae)" | Mentor(s): Chris Tanner

Scudder, Chelsea | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Toxin production in sexually reproducing Convolutriloba macropyga" | Mentor(s): Dr. Walter Hatch

Searle, Tessa | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Childhood and adolescent obesity: A national epidemic with dire consequences" | Mentor(s): Rachel Myerowitz

Skrabacz, Kelly | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Red colobus (Procolobus badius temminckii) parasite ecology and behavior" | Mentor(s): Bob Paul

Spehnkouch, Patrick | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Live Bait or Lures:The Effect of Temperature on the Feeding Preferences of Micropterus salmoides, the Largemouth Bass" | Mentor(s): Dr. John Ramcharitar

Zdilla, Katherine | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106 | 2:20 PM to 2:40 PM
"Piliocolobus badius temminckii and Chlorocebus sabaeus distribution, resource use, and behavior in a forest fragment of The Gambia" | Mentor(s): Bob Paul

Zweimiller, Lydia | Tuesday, May 4 | Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106 | 3:20 PM to 3:40 PM
"A local song dialect in the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)" | Mentor(s): Jordan Price

Chemistry

Adanve, Bertrand | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall | 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM
"Novel Synthesis of Aryl Azides" | Mentor(s): Andrew Koch

Bergdorf, Taylor | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Synthesis of Novel Calix Pyrroles" | Mentor(s): Leah Eller

Brown, Danielle J. | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
“The Effect of Pyridinium Diaryliodonium in Directing Reductive Elimination” | Mentor(s): Andrew Koch

Bruno, Nicholas | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall | 2:30 PM to 2:50 PM
"Investigation into new methods for hypervalent iodine compounds" | Mentor(s): Andrew Koch

Carrol, Karisa | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The Chemistry of Teeth Whitening" | Mentor(s): Danielle Cass

Chimento, Clio | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Synthesis of Pyrroles from Itaconic Acid via Paal-Knorr Methods" | Mentor(s): Leah Eller

Hartwick, Stephanie E. | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Thermal and Microwave-assisted Reactions of 4-tert-butyl-pyridine and 4-Dimethylaminopyridine with Diaryliodonium(III) Salts." | Mentor(s): Andrew Koch

Montgomery, Thomas | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall | 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
"Reaction of viologen compounds with aryl iodonium PF6 salts" | Mentor(s): Andrew Koch

Noubissie, Raissa | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Mutation of Fox-1 Binding Site within Insulin Receptor Intron" | Mentor(s): Danielle M. Cass

Peterson, Anita | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall | 2:50 PM to 3:10 AM
"The Preparation of Camphor Sulinamide for the Asymmetric synthesis of Amines" | Mentor(s): Andrew Koch

Vardy, Philip | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall | 1:00 PM to 1:20 PM
"Enhancing electrical current generation in a two chamber pure culture Microbial Fuel Cell" | Mentor(s): Paul Blanchette

Vaudin, Anna | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
"The effect of milk protein versus soy protein on catechin antioxidant activity." | Mentor(s): Pamela Mertz

Economics

Jonathan Gill | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Salary Caps in Professional Sports: To Cap or Not to Cap?" | Mentor(s): Robbins, Sandy

Educational Studies

Meyer, Stacey M | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 230 Medium Seminar Room | 1:15 PM to 1:55 PM
"Causes and Solutions: An investigation of the science achievement gap" | Mentor(s): Ardith Harle

Saint-Aubin, Stephanie | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 230 Medium Seminar Room | 2:45 PM to 3:25 PM
"Reflections, reseearch, and the impact of losing a parent during college" | Mentor(s): Katy Arnett

Scanlon, April | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster 230 Medium Seminar Room | 2:00 PM to 2:40 PM
"Welcome to America: The Child Immigrant Experience" | Mentor(s): Katy Arnett

Shatto, Julia | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 230 | 12:30 PM to 1:10 PM
"Using Dramatic Activities in Reading Instruction" | Mentor(s): Katy Arnett

International Languages & Cultures

Carson, Amy | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 198 | 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM
"The Revoutionary Works of José Clemente Orozco" | Mentor(s): Joanna Bartow

Curry, Layne | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 198 | 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
“The Legacy of Colonization in Urban Space: The Transformation of French Immigrants in the 20th and 21st Centuries.” | Mentor(s): Katie Gantz

Goldsmith, Lindsey | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 198 | 1:00 PM to 1:20 PM
"Propaganda and Revolution: Nicaraguan and U.S. Perspectives on the Sandinista Revolution" | Mentor(s): Jorge Rogachevsky

Kachinske, Adam | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 198 | 10:00 AM to 10:20 AM
"Brecht Handbuch" | Mentor(s): Anne Leblans

Kaleyias, Juline | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 198 | 10:40 AM to 11:00 AM
"Children's Literature: The First Step to Strengthening Sino-U.S. Relations" | Mentor(s): Haomin Gong

Lathrop, Jarrod | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 198 | 10:20 AM to 10:40 AM
"Indistinguishable Truth: The Relationship between Organized Crime and Chinese Cultural Beliefs are Portrayed in Andrew Lau / Alan Mak's Wu Jian Dao Trilogy" | Mentor(s): Haomin Gong

McKay, Alex | Tuesday, May 4 | Goodpaster Hall 198 | 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
"Constructed Memory: A Close Examination of the Memory Park in Buenos Aires" | Mentor(s): Jorge Rogachevsky

Math & Computer Science

Eaton, Marshal | Tuesday, May 4 | Computer Lab 165 | 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
"Mutative Training of a Learning Algorithm in Go" | Mentor(s): Lindsay Jamieson

Eaton, Marshal | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Mutative Training of a Learning Algorithm in Go" | Mentor(s): Lindsay Jamieson

Nearing, Virginia | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Controlling Multiple Robots with a Multi-Touch Interface" | Mentor(s): Alan Jamieson

Soussov, Yuri | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"High Prformance Computing: A Compasison of OpenMP, MPI and Distributed Computing" | Mentor(s): Alan Jamieson

Philosophy & Religious Studies

Acquaviva, Megan | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab | 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
"Her Will, Her Way: Women's Claim to Authority in the Patriarchy of the Catholic Church" | Mentor(s): Katharina von Kellenbach

Cooke, Zach | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab | 9:45 AM to 10:15 AM
"One Voice: Reflections on Religion, Culture, Community and Identity" | Mentor(s): Bjorn Krondorfer

Earlbeck, Jessica | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel Hall 105 | 3:15 PM to 3:45 PM
"The Possibility of Ecofeminist Politics" | Mentor(s): Kate Norlock

Greenfield, Rhett | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 1:45 PM to 2:15 PM
"Platonic Bodies: Ethics as First Philosophy in Plato's Dialogues" | Mentor(s): Michael Taber

Hasek, William | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
"The Role of Pedagogy in Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy" | Mentor(s): Bradley Park

Hinton, Sydnee | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 11:15 AM to 11:45 AM
"The Compatibility of Religion and Politics" | Mentor(s): Sybol Cook Anderson

Manrodt, Peter | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
"The Zen of Farming" | Mentor(s): Bradley Park

Minor, Allison | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab | 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Defining Civil Society in the Moroccan Context: Ideals, Traditions and Influences" | Mentor(s): Betul Basaran

Pullman, Sean | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 3:15 PM to 3:45 PM
"Meditation and Its Implementation as a Form of Moral Education and Civil Disobedience" | Mentor(s): Bradley Park

Rader, William | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 9:45 AM to 10:15 AM
"A Deleuzo-Guattarian Analysis of Surrealism" | Mentor(s): Sybol Cook Anderson

Roper, Megan | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab | 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
"Female Physicality and Sanctity in Medieval Hagiographies" | Mentor(s): Katharina von Kellenbach

Safford, Noel | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab | 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
"St. Benedict" | Mentor(s): Devorah Schoenfeld

Schell, Daniel | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab | 11:15 AM to 11:45 AM
"Unknown Platonists: Plato's Influence on Gnostic Belief" | Mentor(s): Michael Taber

Siegel, Aaron | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 107 | 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Regulating Sex" | Mentor(s): Kathryn Norlock

Spivak, Rachel | Tuesday, May 4 | Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab | 1:45 PM to 2:15 PM
"Education Reform in Burma" | Mentor(s): Devorah Schoenfeld

Physics

Byrnes, Ian | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 AM
"The Effects of the Magnus Force on the Trajectory of a Projectile in 3-dimensions" | Mentor(s): Chuck Adler

Damiano, Michael | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Dispersion and Interference of Free Particle Wave Packets" | Mentor(s): Katsunori Mita

DeSavage, Sara | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Bichromatic Cooling" | Mentor(s): Josh Grossman

McHugh, Martin | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"The Search for a Fourth Generation" | Mentor(s): Erin De Pree

Political Science

Beavers, Jimmy | Tuesday, May 4 | Kent Hall Classroom 213 | 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
"The Auspicious Effect of Personality on the Presidency: Enhancing Barber's Model" | Mentor(s): Sandy Robbins

Capone, Thomas | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Saving Lives: Evaluating Maryland's Attempt to Reduce Alcohol Related Fatalities" | Mentor(s): Walter Hill

Feldman, Marcus | Tuesday, May 4 | Kent Hall Classroom 213 | 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
"Political Satire in the Age of Stephen Colbert" | Mentor(s): Sandy Robbins

Kohlway, Elizabeth | Tuesday, May 4 | Kent Hall Classroom 213 | 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
"Refugee Resettlement in the United States: An Evaluation of National and Local Employment-Based Strategies" | Mentor(s): Todd Eberly

Seyoum, Zinash | Tuesday, May 4 | Kent Hall 213 | 3:15 PM to 3:45 PM
"Soccer, Development, and International Aid: The Case of South Africa" | Mentor(s): Garrey Dennie

Wetherill, Bethany | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Trading Safety for Trade Liberalization? US Food Safety and International Free Trade Agreements" | Mentor(s): Todd Eberly

Wilbur, Kelly | Tuesday, May 4 | Kent Hall Classroom 213 | 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
"Democracy vs. Hierarchy: The Breakdown of Internal Leadership in Three Anti-Globalization Organizations" | Mentor(s): Sahar Shafqat

Psychology

Becker, Annie | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Studies of Low-Income African-American Adolescents: A Critique of the Mobile Youth Survey | Mentor(s): Deborah O'Donnell

Capone, Emily | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Investigations into the Effectiveness of Alternative Medicine from Traditional Asian Practices" | Mentor(s): Aileen Bailey

Chapman, Chris | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Four Different Mental Preparation Techniques in an Individual Athletic Setting and a Team Athletic Setting" | Mentor(s): Roger Stanton

Disque, Monika | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The Use of Different Methods to Self-Disclose: Comparing Introverts’ and Extroverts’ Preferred Means of Communicating" | Mentor(s): Richard Platt

Gardner, Jamie | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Siblings by Chance, Friends by Choice: Determinants of Relationship Qualities" | Mentor(s): Laraine Glidden

Gunther, Julie | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The Effects of Physical Activity and Yoga on Perceived Stress and Health" | Mentor(s): Janet Kosarych-Coy

Kok, Brian | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Threat Assessment and Processing: Evolutionary vs. Ontogenetic Threats" | Mentor(s): Roger Stanton

Lewis, Christopher | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"The Influence of Voice Gender on the Perceived Sex of Biological Motion" | Mentor(s): Eric Hiris

Marshall, Lauren | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Why Do Men Rape? : A Comparison of Rape Theories" | Mentor(s): Richard Platt

Reynolds, Becky | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Attitudes towards Smoking" | Mentor(s): Roger Stanton

Russell, Lisa | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"The Impact of Parental Attachment on Roommate Relationship Quality" | Mentor(s): Renee Dennison

Smith, Liz | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Combining Two Models of Schizophrenia: Behavioral and Neuronal Implications" | Mentor(s): Anne Marie Brady

Southerland, Shauna | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Art Therapy: The Next Generation of Elementary School Counseling Programs" | Mentor(s): Janet Kosarych-Coy

Thomas-Brown, Autumn | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Accented English and the Impressions it Makes" | Mentor(s): Janet Kosarych-Coy

Thompson, Alex | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"The Relationships between Types of Perfectionism and Defense Mechanisms" | Mentor(s): Janet Kosarych-Coy

Turek, Kevin | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Mental Illness Stigma: Even When You're Better?" | Mentor(s): Laraine Glidden

Wersten, Krysta | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Gender and the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype" | Mentor(s): Deborah O'Donnell

Winship, Anna | Tuesday, May 4 | Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"The Effect of Different Types of Music on Anxiety Levels" | Mentor(s): Laraine Glidden

Theater, Film and Media Studies

Glassberg, Dan | Tuesday, May 4 | Montgomery Hall Theater | 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"Candide, the Graphic novel" | Mentor(s): Leon Wiebers

SMP Presentations - Tuesday, May 4 (by Department)

The St. Mary's Project (SMP) is the capstone of study at the College. The project is an eight-credit, independent, sustained endeavor of research or creative expression that is supervised by a faculty mentor and presented in a public forum. The schedule of presentations for May 2010 is as follows:

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