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Senior Distinction

Senior Presentations: Candidates for Distinction in the Field

Support the Class of 2008 as they present their work!

Talks

Thursday, April 17 – Thursday, April 24
Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership Conference Room

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

April 17th

April 18th

April 22nd

April 23rd

April 24th

 

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Laura Kazanjian,
Mathematics
DidA-Rod deserve the 2007 MVP?

 

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Andrew Ammon,Political Science
Isolationism Through Preemption: The Shift in U.S. Foreign Policy  

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Laura Esau, Psychology
The Development of Spatial Abilities in Young Children


9:00-10:00 a.m.

Ryan Hunt,
Sociology
Speaking to those who have no voice: sexual violence, human trafficking and their evolution in society

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Michael O'Brien,
Political Science
It's Not Always the
Economy Stupid:Presidential Elections Since 1960

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Izabela Chmielewski, Political Science
The Populist Challenge in the Consolidation of New Democracies: Brazil and Poland

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Jared Kaner,
History
Jewish Success in America


10:00-11:00 a.m.

Laura Marks, Education
Benefits and Disadvantages of the Inclusive Classroom

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Christine Armour, Psychology
Life Event Stress and its Relation to Depression, Stress Symptoms and Negative Affect in Dental and Medical Students

11:00 a.m.- noon

Christopher Sweeney,
Global Studies
State Forfeiture of Sovereignty: a study of NATO, the World Trade Organization and the International Criminal Court

11:00 a.m.- noon

Kari Davison,
Biology
Fate of diabetogenic T cells in the reversal of autoimmunity by mixed hematopoietic chimerism

11:00 a.m.- noon

Kristen Rogato, Education
Food for Thought: An Examination of the Role of Nutrition in Students' Academic Lives at the K-12 Level

11:00 a.m.- noon

Andrea Dilando, Sociology
Social class and its effects on children


11:00 a.m.- noon

Cecelia Auditore, History
Napoleon: The man, the Emperor, and the Legend

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Thu-Thao Tran,
Biology
Genetic & Chemical Dissection of VEGF Signaling Pathway in the Zebrafish Model System

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Alexandra Bravoco,
Biology
Streptococcus mutans in Severe-Early Childhood Caries

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Andrew Marrone, History
William Lloyd Garrison: Liberator of Women?

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Ian Pike,
English
Comics, Hackers, and the Rat Thing: Violence, Simulation, and the Remainder of Authorship

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Stephen Murphy, Economics
The Environmental Costs of the Expansion of London's Heathrow Airport

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Jessica Nieuwenhuizen,
Psychology
Inducing Empathy To Improve The Attitudes Towards the Homeless

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Mark Logan,
Biology
Developing A Targeted Nanoparticle-Based Vaccine Delivery System

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Patrick Welch, Psychology
Effect of Violent Multimedia on Aggressive Cognition, Aggressive Behavior and Desensitization

1:00-2:00 p.m.

James Galloway, Sociology
Green Consumerism and Socioeconomic Status



1:00-2:00 p.m.

Elizabeth Merritt,
Biology
Genetic screen for elevated lysis (Ely) mutants of E. coli to identify new bacterial cell wall assembly factors

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Victoria Carvalho,Global Studies
The Piqueters (street picket) Movement in Argentina

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Zachery Fallon,
Biology
Loss of RhoB Slows Onset of Diabetic Complications

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Michaela Henry,
English
Figuring the Body Politic: Salman Rushdie, the Rushdie Affair, and The Satantic Verses

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Bridget Dunn, Political Science
American Civil Liberties and Their Effect on United States Democracy		 

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Rachel Charnley,Political Science
The Threatened Viability of the European Union

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Adam Smith, Mathematics
Reducing Household Electricity Consumption

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Gina DiVito,
English
Foucault in the Resource Room: An Analysis of Special Education Policy

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Matthew Hickey,
History
The Anti-Lock: A look at the Iroquois nations influence on American government structure and ideology

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Abigail Taylor,
History
From Pious to Prudish to Real: A Historiography of the Plymouth Puritans

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Lisa Shubert,
Biology
Cross-Presentation of Donor MHC Molecules by Recipient Antigen Presenting Cells in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Emily Willmer,
Biology
Determining the Turnover Rate of Microglial Cells in the CNS Using Mixed Hematopoietic Chimeras

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Carolyn Ferrick,
Biology
Contribution of Peripheral Monocytes to the Central Microglial Cell Population Using a Chimeric Mouse Model

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Hannah Coache, Global Studies
Political Clientalism and the Informal Economy in Mexico and Costa Rica

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Tuyet Nguyen, Psychology
Relationship between Gender & Perceptions of Agressive Behavior

 

Recital

Monday, April 28
Auditorium ~ 6:00 p.m.
Julie D'Alessandro

Art Exhibition

Saturday, May 3 - Saturday May 10
Saint Joseph Hall Foyer
Exhibit opening takes place Friday, May 3 from 5:00 -7:00 p.m.