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.
- Dr. Beth Rushing, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kachinske, Adam
| Tuesday, May 4
| Goodpaster Hall 198
| 10:00 AM to 10:20 AM
"Brecht Handbuch"
| Mentor(s): Anne Leblans
| International Languages & Cultures
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kachinske, Adam
| Tuesday, May 4
| Goodpaster Hall 198
| 10:00 AM to 10:20 AM
"Brecht Handbuch"
| Mentor(s): Anne Leblans
| International Languages & Cultures
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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