The Public Honors College
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Parents

From the
Provost

Welcome to St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
At St. Mary’s we are all learners, dedicated to creative and intellectual exploration in a community revolving around our students. We invite you to engage fully in the exciting academic life that we create together and to challenge yourself to work toward excellence in all that you undertake. My staff and I wish to provide you with the support you need to be successful in your endeavors. Don’t hesitate to call on us.

- Larry Vote, Provost

St. Mary's
Projects

Students collaborate and research for their SMPs

SMP Presentations (by Name)

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

Aerial view of St. Mary's College of Maryland campus

St. Mary's College of Maryland
18952 E. Fisher Rd
St. Mary's City, MD 20686-3001
240-895-2000