2017 Early Afternoon Presentation Session

Mark Me: A Thesis Film  ::  Seelye 105

Erin Batchelder ’17
Presentation deriving from thesis with Alexandra Keller, professor of film studies and Bernadine Mellis, Five College lecturer in film and video production

Asian Studies  ::  Seelye 107

Karin Honarvar ’17
Fung Ping Shan: A Museum Building in Colonial Hong Kong
Presentation deriving from special studies and a research internship with Marnie Anderson, associate professor of history

Sarah Kolick ’19 and Nancy Yun ’19J
Exploring Korean Culture and Language through “Iyagi Cafe”
Presentation deriving from classwork with Suk Massey, lecturer in East Asian languages and literature

Alexa Ray ’19, Xiaoqing Luo ’19 and Mallory Strider AC
The Contentious Past and Present in East Asia: Remembering World War II
Presentation deriving from student-faculty working group funded by Mellon Foundation with Marnie Anderson, associate professor of history

Biology and Geosciences  ::  Seelye 109

Gina Cho ’17
Studying Embryo-Environment Interactions: The Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) on Craniofacial Development
Presentation deriving from thesis with Michael Barresi, associate professor of biological sciences

Anny Sainvil ’17
Using Autonomous Phase Sensitive Radar to Analyze Polar Firn Densities in West Antarctica
Presentation deriving from special studies with Robert Newton, professor of geosciences and director of Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability and Dr. Erin Pettit, associate professor of geology and geophysics

International Governments and History  ::  Seelye 202

Kinyaa Luka ’18
When the World Went South: Rethinking the Global North-South Paradigm in Development Studies and Practice
Presentation deriving from research in the  Global Engagement Seminar and the School for International Training’s comparative Development Studies program under the supervision of Bozena Wellborne, assistant professor of government, and Jeffrey Ahlman, assistant professor of history

Chenjia Zhu ’17
Let the Right One In: A Short Exploration of Chinese Development Assistance to the Arab World
Presentation deriving from special studies with Bozena Welborne, assistant professor of government

Education and Social Work  ::  Seelye 206

Molly Hurd ’18, Caty Seger ’17, Dana Vera ’19, Miles Bond ’19
Inclusivity in Education
Presentation deriving from classwork with Carol Berner, lecturer in education and child study

Rose Geiger ’17
Centering the Client’s Voice
Presentation deriving from classwork with Nnamdi Pole, professor of psychology and Seth Dunn, licensed independent social worker

Economics  ::  Seelye 208

Abigail Doctor ’17
What Makes You Happier? An Empirical Study on the Economic Drivers of Happiness in the United States
Presentation deriving from classwork with Robert Buchele, professor of economics

Emily Bae ’17
The Impact of Inequality on Social Capital and Trust in the United States
Presentation deriving from classwork with Robert Buchele, professor emeritus of economics

Yaqi Xiong ’17
Declining Manufacturing Employment: Robots vs. Globalization
Presentation deriving from classwork with Robert Buchele, professor of economics

Study of Women and Gender  ::  Seelye 211

Sam Davis, ’17
In Our Own Words: On Being a Trans at Smith
Film screening and presentation deriving from special studies with Alexandra Keller, professor of film studies; Elisabeth Armstrong, professor in the program for the study of women and gender; and Jennifer DeClue, assistant professor in the program for the study of women and gender

Philosophy and Poetry  ::  Seelye 308

Helen Mayer ’17
Harming the Speaker: the Role of Audiences in Conversation
Presentation deriving from thesis research with Jay Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor of Philosophy;  Nalini Bhushan, professor of philosophy; and Susan Levin, Roe/Straut Professor of Philosophy

You Jeen Ha ’20, Halley Haruta ’20 and Emma Taussig ’20 
David Hume Reinterpreted
The Concealed Influence of Custom: Hume’s Treatise from the Inside Out
Presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Jay Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor of Philosophy and professor of philosophy, logic and Buddhist studies

Food, Dress and Health  ::  Seelye 311

Sarah Shannon ’17
Comida y Cubanidad: The Sociology of Cuban Food and its Relationship to Tourism
Presentation deriving from special studies with Leslie King, associate professor of sociology

Poorni Arunachalam ’18
A Sociological Perspective of Vision Health in College Students
Presentation deriving from special studies with Leslie King, associate professor of sociology

Kaila Temple ’18
Reading and Reconstructing a c. 1790 Gown
Presentation deriving from special studies with Catherine (Kiki) Smith, professor of theatre

Music and Poetry  ::  Seelye 312

Emily Duncan Wilson ’17
The Making of Stages: A Musical Revue:
Presentation deriving from independent and collaborative work on an original musical theatre revue performed February 2017 with Raphael Atlas, professor of music.

Grainne Buchanan ’17
For Four: An Exploration of Grief, Love, and Elegy Through Poetry and Collage
Presentation deriving from special studies with William Hagen, adjunct professor of English language and literature