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- Larry Vote, Provost
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:
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
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
| Chemistry
Akca, Rose
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Recipes for Change: Women Reimagining the Mexican Kitchen"
| Mentor(s): Leslie Bayers
| International Languages & Cultures
Alexander, Bryan Jenkins
| Monday, May 3
| Daugherty Palmer Commons
| 8:05 PM to 8:20 PM
Bashô and Whitman: Comparing Poetic Personality in the Cultural Landscape
| Mentor(s): Brad Park and Bruce Wilson
| Asian Studies
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
| Biology
Ashworth, Alexa
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 10:20 AM to 10:40 AM
"An evolutionary force on the human genome"
| Mentor(s): Jeffrey Byrd
| Biology
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
| Biology
Bamberger, Katie
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Gender Messages in Children's Fairy Tales: An Examination Using Content Coding and Literary Analysis"
| Mentor(s): Renee Dennison
| Psychology
Barbera, Nicoletta
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Classroom 213
| 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Is Integration Possible for Muslims in a Christian Europe?"
| Mentor(s): Sahar Shafqat
| Political Science
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
| Biology
Barnes, Andrew
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM
"Effect of Farnesol on Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans mixed species biofilm"
| Mentor(s): Jeffrey Byrd
| Biology
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
| Art & Art History
Beattie, Lindsay
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 2:00 PM to 2:20 PM
"The effects of Lithium Chloride on embryonic MAPK expression in the Squid, Loligo pealei."
| Mentor(s): Karen Crawford
| Biology
Beaulieu, Kathryn
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 4:40 PM to 5:00 PM
"Creation of an Escherichia coli OP50 transposon insertion mutant library."
| Mentor(s): Samantha Elliott
| Biology
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
| Political Science
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
| Psychology
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
| Chemistry
Black, Peter
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Classroom 213
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
"Confronting the Impact of the Melendez-Diaz Decision"
| Mentor(s): Susan Grogan
| Political Science
Bogdan, Alex
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 2:20 PM to 2:40 PM
"The Creation of Human/Drosophila Muscleblind Chimeric Proteins"
| Mentor(s): Danielle Cass
| Chemistry
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
| Biology
Bramble, Amanda:
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"Barkley Training: A Look at Parent-child Interactions in Families with ADHD"
| Mentor(s): Deborah O'Donnell
| Psychology
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
| Biology
Brock, Christine
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 10:40 AM to 11:00 AM
"Changing Perspectives: An Ecofeminist Reading of Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia."
| Mentor(s): Bayers
| International Languages & Cultures
Brothers, Robert
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall
| 2:50 PM to 3:10 PM
"Enantiomerically-Specific Microwave Synthesis of Ibuprofen Catalyzed by Alcohol Dehydrogenase D from the Archea pyrococcus furiosus"
| Mentor(s): Leah Eller
| Chemistry
Brown, Daniel
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 4:20 PM to 4:40 PM
"The effect of prey type on intraspecific kleptoparasitism; empirically evaluating a game theory model"
| Mentor(s): Jordan Price
| Biology
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
| Chemistry
Bruckner, Andrew
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 10:45 AM to 11:15 AM
"Progress: How the Economic Development of British East Africa Benefited the Native Population"
| Mentor(s): Gail Savage
| History
Brunner, Elizabeth
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 9:00 AM to 9:20 AM
"Factors affecting cyanobacterial nitrogen-fixation on the Sassafras River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay"
| Mentor(s): Robert Paul
| Biology
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
| Chemistry
Brunot, Kristen
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
"Influence of Schemas on Media Programming Choice and Perception of Criminals"
| Mentor(s): Richard Platt
| Psychology
Bryant, Vaughn
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Conscientiousness and the Theory of Planned Behavior: An Integrative Theory Incorporating Personality and Other Predictors of Health Behaviors Among College Students"
| Mentor(s): Cynthia Koenig
| Psychology
Buckingham, Cameron
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room 316
| 1:30 PM to 1:55 PM
"Training a Guardian: Social Transformation at United States Coast Guard Training"
| Mentor(s): Bill Roberts
| Anthropology
Burtenshaw, Molly
| Tuesday, May 4
| Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery
| 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"Surface Layers"
| Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson
| Art & Art History
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
| Physics
Caffey, Brian
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 3:20 PM to 3:40 PM
"A Look into the Lives of Chinese Migrant Workers"
| Mentor(s): Haomin Gong
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Psychology
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
| Political Science
Carino-Herrera, Ariana
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall 311
| 9:30 AM to 9:50 AM
"Insufficient Funds: The Impact of the Recent Economic Crisis on Latino College Enrollment and Their Experiences at St. Mary's College of Maryland - A Case Study"
| Mentor(s): Helen Daugherty
| Sociology
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
| Chemistry
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
| Biology
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
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Asian Studies
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
| Psychology
Chaudhary, Sheena
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Long-term Effects of Adolescent Antipsychotic Drug Treatment on Reward-related Behavior and Cognition Functioning in Adult Rats"
| Mentor(s): Aileen Bailey
| Psychology
Chergui, Adel
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 2:20 PM to 2:40 PM
"The search for a CDK4 pseudogene in mouse"
| Mentor(s): Rachel Myerowitz
| Biology
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
| Chemistry
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
| Biology
Clemens, Grace & Morgan, Erin
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 12:00 PM to 12:40 PM
"Examining the Link between Gender Role Orientation and Aggression in Adolescence"
| Mentor(s): Renee Dennison
| Psychology
Clement, Becca
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
"Developing Outreach Exhibits for an Emerging Children's Museum"
| Mentor(s): Laraine Glidden
| Psychology
Cole, Trey
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"The Effects of Adolescent Stress on Adult Working Memory and Susceptibility to Drug Addiction in a Neurodevelopmental Animal Model of Schizophrenia"
| Mentor(s): Anne Marie Brady
| Psychology
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Corwin, Cheryl
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room 316
| 1:00 PM to 1:25 PM
"Useful Plants at Chancellor's Point"
| Mentor(s): Bill Roberts
| Anthropology
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
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Physics
David, Katherine
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 2:40 PM to 3:00 PM
"Examining Intercalary regeneration of Ambystoma mexicanum limbs using GFP blastemas"
| Mentor(s): Karen Crawford
| Biology
Davis, Brennan
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
"Function vs. Fashion: The Extent of Literacy in Roman Society"
| Mentor(s): Linda Hall
| History
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
| Physics
Diallo, Binta
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room 316
| 2:00 PM to 2:25 PM
"Ethiopia: My Vision for Improving Maternal and Child Health"
| Mentor(s): Bill Roberts
| Anthropology
DiGiacomo, Nick
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall
| 12:40 PM to 1:00 PM
"Alternative Solvents for the Grignard Experiment"
| Mentor(s): Leah Eller
| Chemistry
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
| Psychology
Doran, Julia
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 10:00 AM to 10:20 AM
"Feminist Activism and the Paris Commune of 1871"
| Mentor(s): Katie Gantz
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
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
| Math & Computer Science
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
| Math & Computer Science
Eckert, Caitlin
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
"Are the Evolutionary and Social Cognitive Theories of Romantic Jealousy Products of a Poorly Constructed Methodology? A Closer Examination of Gender Disparities in Emotional Reactions to Hypothetical Infidelity Scenarios"
| Mentor(s): Richard Platt
| Psychology
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
| Biology
Escalante, Rossina
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 186
| 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"A Qualitative Investigation of Gender Identity and Emotional Expressivity in American and Peruvian Romantic Relationships"
| Mentor(s): Renée Dennison
| Psychology
Espinoza, Stephanie
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 4:00 PM to 4:20 PM
"The Regulation of Immune Genes by ELT-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans: Validation of microarray results through analysis of published results"
| Mentor(s): Samantha Elliott
| Biology
Ewing, Katie
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 186
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
"How Motion and Non-motion Adaptation Affects Gender Recognition"
| Mentor(s): Eric Hiris
| Psychology
Faggio, Julie
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 186
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Taking a Closer Look at Bullying: Analysis of the Travesties at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech and What We are Continually Missing"
| Mentor(s): Debbie O'Donnell
| Psychology
Fallon-Oben, Honora
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall 311
| 11:20 AM to 11:40 AM
"Interpretations of The Wire: Language Use in a Criminal Drug Subculture"
| Mentor(s): Helen Daugherty
| Sociology
Farber, Seth
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room
| 9:00 AM to 9:25 AM
"Yor Lspps: ffaithfull Servtt: Social Mobility in Late 17th Century Maryland"
| Mentor(s): Julia King
| Anthropology
Farkas, David
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Economics Seminar Room 222
| 11:40 AM to 12:10 PM
"An Economic Analysis of Oyster Aquaculture on the Patuxent River"
| Mentor(s): Asif Dowla
| Economics
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
| Biology
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
| Political Science
Fiedelholtz, Sarah
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 1:30 PM to 1:45 PM
“O Kia Ora!: Maori Literary Identities in the Post-Colonial Era”
| Mentor(s): Ruth Feingold
| English
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
| Asian Studies
Foerster, Matt
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Where Loyalty Lies: German versus Christian Identity in Interwar Germany, 1928-1939"
| Mentor(s): Christine Adams
| History
Fomum-Mugri, Larissa
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 184
| 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
"An Investigation of Preclinical Cognitive Impairments in the Rat Cycad Progressive Model of Parkinson's Disease"
| Mentor(s): Aileen Bailey
| Psychology
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
| Biology
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
| Psychology
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
| Art & Art History
George, Laura
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 8:25 PM to 8:40 PM
"Incomplete and Insensible Women: Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Female Authorship in the Nineteenth Century"
| Mentor(s): Jennifer Cognard-Black
| English
Gibbons, Kaitlin
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall 106
| 11:40 AM to 12:00 PM
"Pressure mechanosensory neuron interactions and connections in the leeches Macrobdella decora and Hirudo verbana"
| Mentor(s): Mike Baltzley
| Biology
Gilbert, Patrick
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Economics Seminar Room 222
| 12:20 PM to 12:50 PM
"Network Neutrality in the United States: An Economic Analysis"
| Mentor(s): Barbara Beliveau
| Economics
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
| Biology
Glassberg, Dan
| Tuesday, May 4
| Montgomery Hall Theater
| 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"Candide, the Graphic novel"
| Mentor(s): Leon Wiebers
| Theater, Film and Media Studies
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
| Biology
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
| International Languages & Cultures
Gonda-King, Liahna
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 3:20 PM to 3:40 PM
"The Importance of Light Conditions and Species Interactions in the Invasive Grass, M. vimineum"
| Mentor(s): Christopher Tanner
| Biology
Graham-Pardus, Allison
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 7:15 PM to 7:30 PM
“Slaughterhouse Five, Mother Night, and Bluebeard: Vonnegut’s Creation of Absurdity”
| Mentor(s): Colby Nelson
| English
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
| Biology
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Gregorini, Sarah
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room 316
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Going, Going, Gone: Telling the Tale of Half-Die"
| Mentor(s): Bill Roberts
| Anthropology
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
| Psychology
Gyorgy, Noah
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 9:40 AM to 10:00 AM
"Applied biology in the modern brewing industry"
| Mentor(s): Jeff Byrd
| Biology
Hall, Linda
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
"The Spear of Longinus: Crusader Sanctity and Politics"
| Mentor(s): Tom Barrett
| History
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
| Chemistry
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Hawbaker, Neil
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall
| 2:30 PM to 2:50 PM
"Synthesis of pyrroles from Itaconic Acid"
| Mentor(s): Leah Eller
| Chemistry
Hawkins, John
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
"The Quest for the Real Arthur: An Inquiry into the Arthurian Legend and its Variations"
| Mentor(s): Gail Savage
| History
Hemady, Karim
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
"Niche partitioning in Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) and Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus)"
| Mentor(s): Jordan Price
| Biology
Hendrix, Erin
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 2:25 PM to 2:35 PM
“Here, There, and the Spaces In-Between: Building a Home in The Gambia”
| Mentor(s): Jeffrey Hammond
| English
Hines, Kaitlin
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 184
| 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM
"Filling in the Blanks: Self-Projection onto Fictional Characters"
| Mentor(s): Roger Stanton
| Psychology
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Hotchko, Rachel
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall
| 1:20 PM to 1:35 PM
"SHAPE Analysis of the Insulin Receptor pre-mRNA"
| Mentor(s): Danielle Cass
| Chemistry
Johnson, Shane
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 3:40 PM to 4:00 PM
"The Neighborhood Watch in Coral Communities Testing for chemical alarm signaling in Capnella sp, and Paralemnalia sp."
| Mentor(s): Dr. Walter Hatch
| Biology
Johnson, Stephanie
| Tuesday, May 4
| Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Stenciled Remarks"
| Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson
| Art & Art History
Johnson, Tricia
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 186
| 5:00 PM to 5:40 PM
"A Documentary Comparing the Development of a Child with Autism to the Development of a Child without Autism"
| Mentor(s): Laraine Glidden
| Psychology
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
| Economics
Jordan, Sarah
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 195 Lecture Hall
| 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
"Muscular Dystrophy: Novel Targets and Methods of Assessment"
| Mentor(s): Danielle Cass
| Chemistry
Kachinske, Adam
| Tuesday, May 4
| Goodpaster Hall 198
| 10:00 AM to 10:20 AM
"Brecht Handbuch"
| Mentor(s): Anne Leblans
| International Languages & Cultures
Kaisler, Rebecca
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Living Truths in Dying Times: A Social Examination of Plague in Early Modern England"
| Mentor(s): Gail Savage
| History
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
| International Languages & Cultures
Kamal, Saara
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 1:00 PM to 1:20 PM
"Tomber la Chemise: Undressing Cultural Secrets through the Music of Zebda"
| Mentor(s): Zara Bennett
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Biology
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
| Art & Art History
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
| Biology
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
| Biology
Killebrew, Jacen
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Economics Seminar Room 222
| 1:40 PM to 2:10 PM
"Does Ownership Determine Success? A Study on Major League Baseball"
| Mentor(s): Russ Rhine
| Economics
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
| Biology
Kircher, Dan
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Perinatal Exposure to Bisphenol-A: Does it Produce Similar Behavioral Deficits to Those Observed in Animal Models of Schizophrenia?"
| Mentor(s): Anne Marie Brady
| Psychology
Klapper, Stephanie
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
"Exploring Kawaii in a Sample of Japanese College Women: a Mixed-methods Study"
| Mentor(s): Renee Dennison
| Psychology
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
| Political Science
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
| Psychology
Kolm, Richard
| Monday, May 3
| Anne Arundel 107
| 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
"Transcendence of Suffering"
| Mentor(s): Kate Norlock
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Konigsdorffer, Ian Scott
| Monday, May 3
| Daugherty Palmer Commons
| 7:50 PM to 8:05 PM
“Burma in a Sea of Crisis: A Nation in Need"
| Mentor(s): Bruce Wilson
| Asian Studies
Konka, Kimberly (Kimmie)
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Investigating the Effects of Postnatal Exposure to Prozac on Adult Rat Motor and Emotional Behavior"
| Mentor(s): Aileen Bailey
| Psychology
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
| Biology
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
| Art & Art History
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
| International Languages & Cultures
Leathers, John
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall 106
| 9:20 AM to 9:40 AM
"Embryonic sensitivity of Kryptolebias marmoratus to sexual development-disrupting chemicals Atrazine and Fadrozole"
| Mentor(s): Karen Crawford
| Biology
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
| Psychology
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
| Asian Studies
Lopez-Lezama, Danielle
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall 311
| 11:00 AM to 11:20 AM
"Queervision 2010: A Content Analysis of Queer Representation inPrime Time Television"
| Mentor(s): Helen Daugherty
| Sociology
Lyman, Austin
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 3:40 PM to 4:00 PM
"Mexican Immigration to Alabama: The Effects of Gender and Economics on Female Mexican Immigrants' Access to U.S. Dental Care in the New Southeast"
| Mentor(s): Joanna Bartow
| International Languages & Cultures
Mahvi, Artemis
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Classroom 213
| 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
"From 'Just Saying No' to 'Just Staying Safe': Sexuality Health Education Policy in the United States"
| Mentor(s): Todd Eberly
| Political Science
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
| Biology
Manrodt, Peter
| Tuesday, May 4
| Anne Arundel 107
| 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
"The Zen of Farming"
| Mentor(s): Bradley Park
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Marian, Claire
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM
"The Attention Benefits of Nature"
| Mentor(s): Roger Stanton
| Psychology
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
| Psychology
Marth, John
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 7:00 PM to 7:15 PM
"The Soul-Destroying Middle: Alcoholic Modernism in Three Novels by Jean Rhys”
| Mentor(s): Jennifer Cognard-Black
| English
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
| Biology
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
| Biology
Mason, Elizabeth
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
"An Intervention on Music Therapy with Grieving and Hospitalized Children"
| Mentor(s): Janet Kosarych-Coy
| Psychology
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
| Biology
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
| Biology
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
| Biology
McDermott,Katie
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 3:35 PM to 3:50
“A Graphic Novel About Sex Education”
| Mentor(s): Karen Anderson
| English
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
| Physics
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
| International Languages & Cultures
McKee, Molly
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall 311
| 10:10 AM to 10:30 AM
"The Perfect Storm and The Response That Followed: A Case Study of Greenville, MS"
| Mentor(s): Elizabeth Osborn
| Sociology
McKerlie, Katelyn (Kate)
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
" 'If you think you have, then you haven't.' The Female Orgasm: a Socially Constructed, Subjective Experience"
| Mentor(s): Cynthia Koenig
| Psychology
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
| Biology
Mercer, Melissa
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
"Crafting a Character: Theatre and Performance in Colonial Annapolis, 1748-1774"
| Mentor(s): Ken Cohen
| History
Metz, Sara
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall 213
| 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"Islamic Radicalism in Western Europe"
| Mentor(s): M. Fevzi Bilgin
| Political Science
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
| Educational Studies
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
| Asian Studies
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Monroe, Amelia
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room 316
| 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"On the Outside: Feral Felines in Society"
| Mentor(s): Dan Ingersoll
| Anthropology
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
| Chemistry
Morgan, Erin & Clemens, Grace
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 12:00 PM to 12:40 PM
"Examining the Link between Gender Role Orientation and Aggression in Adolescence"
| Mentor(s): Renee Dennison
| Psychology
Mountain, Taylore
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Implementation and Evaluation of a Leadership Training Program for Campus Club Officers"
| Mentor(s): Janet Kosarych-Coy
| Psychology
Murphy, Neil
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall 213
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Politics of Reinterpretation: The Failure of the Honduran Constitutional Moment"
| Mentor(s): M. Fevzi Bilgin
| Political Science
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
| Biology
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
| Math & Computer Science
Newcomb, Melissa
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 8:10 PM to 8:25 PM
“You Won’t Know Me: Disrupted Autobiographies by Asian-American Women”
| Mentor(s): Jennifer Cognard-Black
| Asian Studies
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
| Biology
Nicholls, Clare
| Tuesday, May 4
| Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery
| 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
"Dentata Dresses"
| Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson
| Art & Art History
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
| Biology
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
| Chemistry
Nugent, Kenneth
| Monday, May 3
| Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center
| 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Identification of unknown bacterial soil isolates from a two year fallow organic field"
| Mentor(s): Jeff Byrd
| Biology
O'Donnell, Claire
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM
"Sustainable Community Development in Nicaragua: A case study on the Foundation for Sustainable Development"
| Mentor(s): Jorge Rogachevsky
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Art & Art History
Ormaza, Denisse
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM
"Haitian Bodies in America: Edwidge Danticat and Dany Laferrière"
| Mentor(s): Zara Bennett
| International Languages & Cultures
Padding, Rachel
| Tuesday, May 4
| Montgomery Hall Boyden Gallery
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
"Omega/Alpha"
| Mentor(s): Carrie Patterson
| Art & Art History
Park, Shinhee
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 198
| 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
"Comparison of History of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States and the Use of Western Medicine in China Nowadays"
| Mentor(s): Haomin Gong
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Biology
Patterson, Christine
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 3:00 PM to 3:20 PM
"Salvadoran Women Chasing the American Dream: An Oral History of War and Immigration"
| Mentor(s): José Ballesteros
| International Languages & Cultures
Perry, Justin Alexander
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 3:50 PM to 4:05 PM
“Re(a)d All Over, Still?—An Investigation Into the Lasting Political Power of American Newspapers in the Twenty First Century”
| Mentor(s): Ben Click
| English
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
| Chemistry
Piantadosi, Patrick
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
"The Effect of Intrabasalis Orexin A Infusion on Reversal Learning Performance in Rats with 192 IgG-saporin Lesions of the Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis"
| Mentor(s): Aileen Bailey
| Psychology
Piantadosi, Sean
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
"Examining the Effect of Voluntary Exercise on Spatial Memory, Fear Conditioning and BDNF Levels in the Hippocampus of Male and Female Rats"
| Mentor(s): Anne Marie Brady
| Psychology
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
| Art & Art History
Prince, Ian
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 1:15 PM to 1:30 PM
“The Noh Mask”
| Mentor(s): Holly Blumner
| English
Publicover, Amy
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room
| 9:30 AM to 9:55 AM
" 'The Most Proper Place' : The Search for the Zekiah Fort"
| Mentor(s): Julia King
| Anthropology
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
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
| Biology
Quick, Tony
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 8:40 PM to 8:55 PM
“Double Fault”
| Mentor(s): Jeffrey Coleman
| English
Rabano, Nick
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 198
| 10:20 AM to 10:40 AM
"Lies of Necessity: The Story of a Gay German Youth in Nazi Germany"
| Mentor(s): Anne Leblans
| International Languages & Cultures
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Ramsay, Lauren
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 3:20 PM to 3:35 PM
“The Face of Homelessness”
| Mentor(s): Jeffrey Hammond
| English
Reynolds, Amanda
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Economics Seminar Room 222
| 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
"Conditional Cash Transfers: An Innovation in Poverty Reduction"
| Mentor(s): Asif Dowla
| Economics
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
| Psychology
Ritzinger, Louis
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Classroom 213
| 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
"Islam and the Creation of Pakistani Identity: An Analysis of Religion as a Function of Power"
| Mentor(s): Sahar Shafqat
| Political Science
Robinson, Fawne
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
"Caught Between Two Passions, Your Job and Your Spouse"
| Mentor(s): Cynthia Koenig
| Psychology
Rodkey, Chris
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Classroom 213
| 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
"The Chesapeake Bay: Restoration Politics and Policies"
| Mentor(s): Todd Eberly
| Political Science
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Rowlands, Abby
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 184 Large Seminar
| 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
"Effects of Isolation Rearing on the Motivational Properties of Cocaine in the Conditioned Place Preference Test"
| Mentor(s): Anne Marie Brady
| Psychology
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
| Psychology
Safford, Noel
| Tuesday, May 4
| Anne Arundel 105 Computer Lab
| 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
"St. Benedict"
| Mentor(s): Devorah Schoenfeld
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
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
| Educational Studies
Saunders, John Martin
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room 316
| 11:00 AM to 11:25 AM
"Barn Then, Barn Now: An Examination into the History and Restoration Efforts of the Klobusicky Tobacco Barn"
| Mentor(s): Dan Ingersoll
| Anthropology
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
| Educational Studies
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
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
| Biology
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
| Biology
Selckmann, Gordon
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall 106
| 11:20 AM to 11:40 AM
"An investigation of the teleost sensory saccular epithelia: cranial nerve arborization and innervation of the saccule sensory epithelia"
| Mentor(s): John Ramcharitar
| Biology
Seyoum, Zinash
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
"Soccer, Development, and International Aid (1904-2010): The Case of South Africa"
| Mentor(s): Garrey Dennie
| History
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
| Political Science
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
| Educational Studies
Shimek, Virginia
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall SOAN Seminar Room 316
| 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
"The Amish: A Student's Experience"
| Mentor(s): Dan Ingersoll
| Anthropology
Siegel, Aaron
| Tuesday, May 4
| Anne Arundel 107
| 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
"Regulating Sex"
| Mentor(s): Kathryn Norlock
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
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
| Biology
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
| Psychology
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
| Math & Computer Science
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
| Psychology
Specht, Rachel
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 11:00 AM to 11:20 AM
"The effects of Perchlorate on Lumbriculus variegatus regeneration"
| Mentor(s): Karen Crawford
| Biology
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
| Biology
Spencer, Jean-Paul
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster Hall 195
| 3:10 PM to 3:30 PM
"Greening up the Maltol Experiment"
| Mentor(s): Leah Eller
| Chemistry
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
| Philosophy & Religious Studies
Stutman, Jason
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
"Lifting the Veil: Exploring the Subjective Foundations of Diagnoses in American Psychiatry"
| Mentor(s): Janet Kosarych-Coy
| Psychology
Swope, Alex
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 7:30 PM to 7:45 PM
“What Are We Working For? The American Dream of Self-Making in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century American Literature”
| Mentor(s): Colby Nelson
| English
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
| Psychology
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
| Psychology
Thorpe, Marie
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Classroom 213
| 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
"Unraveling the microfinance panacea: a sociological study on achieving the double bottom line"
| Mentor(s): Sahar Shafqat
| Political Science
Townsend, JaVon
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpastor 198
| 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
"Las Aventuras de la Superminoria: Reflexiones de Mis Experiencias en el Extranjero (The Adventures of SuperMinority: Reflections on My Experiences Abroad)"
| Mentor(s): José Ballesteros
| International Languages & Cultures
Travers, Deborah
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 2:40 PM to 3:00 PM
"Survival assays In ELT-2 and ELT-7 knockdown Caenorhabditis elegans infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa")
| Mentor(s): Samantha Elliott
| Biology
Tupper, Mary
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall 311
| 9:50 AM to 10:10 AM
"A Small Town with Big City Needs: Social Services in St. Mary's County, Maryland"
| Mentor(s): Helen Daugherty
| Sociology
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
| Psychology
VanBlargan, Laura
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 10:40 AM to 11:00 AM
"The effect over time of gentamicin on goldfish auditory hair cell densities"
| Mentor(s): John Ramcharitar
| Biology
VanBlargen, Kristen
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 1:45 PM to 2:00 PM
“Transforming Silence: Feminist Reinterpretation of Father-Daughter Incest in Fairy Tales”
| Mentor(s): Ruth Feingold
| English
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
| Chemistry
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
| Chemistry
von Gohren, Anna
| Monday, May 3
| Glendening Annex
| 2:35 PM to 2:50 PM
“Mark Twain the Traveler: An Investigation of the American Vandal Abroad”
| Mentor(s): Ben Click
| English
Watters, Sara Morgan
| Monday, May 3
| Goodpaster 186 Large Classroom
| 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
"The Study Abroad Experience: an Investigation into How International Education Changes St. Mary's Students"
| Mentor(s): Deborah O'Donnell
| Psychology
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
| Psychology
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
| Political Science
Wichtendahl, Kyle
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 11:15 AM to 11:45 AM
"Lincoln in London: Abraham Lincoln and Anglo-Americanism in the Early 20th Century"
| Mentor(s): Gail Savage
| History
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
| Political Science
Williams, Olivia
| Monday, May 3
| Kent Hall Smart Room 120
| 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM
"'Eatables': Food and the Politics of Memory at Point Lookout Prison"
| Mentor(s): Chuck Holden
| History
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
| Psychology
Wright, Rebecca
| Monday, May 3
| Schaefer Hall Lecture Hall 106
| 8:40 AM to 9:00 AM
"The effect of wave energy on Epiphyte Biomass and Diversity"
| Mentor(s): Christopher Tanner
| Biology
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
| Biology
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
| Biology
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