2016 Early Afternoon Presentation Session

Government: Seelye 107

Sarah Cassidy-Seyoum, ’16
French Islam in the Public Sphere: The Media, Official Rhetoric and Radicalization
Presentation deriving from thesis work with Gregory White, Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of Government

Ke (Coco) Zhang ’16
The Cambodian Crisis at the End of the 1970s: International Humanitarian Aid and Documentary Representation
Presentation deriving from classwork with Mlada Bukovansky, professor of government

Kaitlyn Marasi ’16
What is a Camp? What is a City? An Examination of Refugee Camp “Permanentization”
Presentation deriving from classwork with Mlada Bukovansky, professor of government

Health & Wellness: Seelye 202

Megan Baker ’16, Clare Jacobson ’16, and Rebecca Ratusnik ’16
Investigating the Reproductive Health Literacy and Healthcare Access Among Tibetan Students Living in India
Presentation deriving from special studies and research trip to India with Leslie Jaffe, college physician and director of health services

Ella Ansell ’16
The Challenges of Micro Health Insurance and the Benefits that Arise from Combining It with Microfinance: A Case Study of Parvati Swayamrojgar Yojana (Pune, India)
Presentation deriving from internship work for South Asia concentration with Andy Rotman, professor of religion

Kahn Liberal Arts Institute: Seelye 204

This session of presentations derives from research conducted by Student Fellows in the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute project titled Play with Michael Thurston, Wiliam R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English Language & Literature.

Bree Currier ’16
Play and Innovation

Lucy Gouvin ’16
Encouraging Play Through Interface Design

Katie Mikulka ’16
Moving Through Play, Playing Through Movement: Locations of Play in Dance Making, Performance, and Practice

Liz Tan ’16
Learning Through Play with Synthetic and Biological Substrates

Diverse Literatures: Seelye 208

Dinah Lensing-Sharp ’16
Sensational Internationals: Gender, Sexuality, and Foreignness in Ruth Landshoff-Yorck’s Die Vielen und der Eine
Presentation deriving from thesis research with Dawn Fulton, professor of French studies, and Jocelyne Kolb, professor of German studies

Katie Welles ’16
The Authenticity of Rachid Djaïdani’s Work as Presented by the Media
Presentation deriving from classwork with Dawn Fulton, professor of French studies

Evelyn Mandel ’17
Deconstructionism Applied to e. e. cummings
Presentation deriving from classwork with Anna Botta, professor of Italian and comparative literature

Economics & Philosophy: Seelye 211

Nadezhda Chotreva ’16
Behavioral Economics of Principal-Agent Relations
Presentation deriving from special studies with Simon Halliday, assistant professor of economics

Marianna V. Mapes ’16
Plato and Social Determinants of Health: Towards an Ethical Framework for Priority-Setting
Presentation deriving from thesis work with Susan B. Levin, professor of philosophy

English Language & Literature: Seelye 308

Erin Halling ’16
Agency Against the (Super)Natural in Coleridge & Shelley
Presentation deriving from special studies with Cornelia Pearsall, professor of English language and literature

Julia Greider ’16
The Peril of Audience in Sarah Waters’ Victorian Novels
Presentation deriving from special studies with Cornelia Pearsall, professor of English language and literature

Emily (Mia) Council ’16
The Floating Cities—Excerpt from a First Novel
Presentation deriving from special studies with Gillian Kendall, professor of English language & literature

Film Studies: Seelye 311

Yinan Song ’16
Psychosis
Presentation deriving from independent research with Bernadine Mellis, Five College Lecturer in Film & Video Production

Elizabeth Walber ’16
CAM GIRLS: A Thesis Film
Presentation deriving from thesis work with Alexandrea Keller, professor of film studies, and Bernadine Mellis, five-college lecturer in film and video production

InnovativeEducational Approaches: Seelye 312

Eleana Thompson ’16
Translating Arabic into Psychology: Language Development in Saudi Arabian Children
Presentation deriving from Translation Studies Concentration project with Jill de Villiers, Sophia & Austin Smith Professor in Psychology

Tracie Benally ’17
Beyond Grit: Self-Determination in Indigenous Education
Presentation deriving from classwork with Carol Berner, lecturer of education and child study

Brittany Collins ’18
The Power of Presence: Integrating Mindfulness Practices into Physical Education
Presentation deriving from classwork with Carol Berner, a lecturer in education and child study

Bess Hepner ’16
Unpacking Restaurant Worker Identities in Northampton: Community-Based Learning with PVWC
Presentation deriving from special studies work with Michelle Joffroy, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese

Status, Livelihood, and Agency: Latinx Immigration in the U.S.: Seelye 313

This session of presentations derives from special studies with Velma Garcia, professor of government

Catherine Cain ’16
Food, Livelihood, and Survival: Latinxs in Environmental Justice

Janette Oseguera ’16
Gaining a Voice: DACAmented Latino/a Youth at the Center of Social Activism

Celia Meredith ’16
Status and Benefits: Legal Frameworks of Access to Public Benefits for Undocumented Folks in Massachusetts