1-2:30 p.m.
Seelye Hall 106 – The Mind-Body Connection
Claire Kelly ’26 *30 minute presentation
Detection of Low Prevalence Groupings in Clinical Psychology Data: A Test of Robustness to Class Imbalance and Nonormality for Cluster Analysis Methods; presentation deriving from honors thesis with Randi Garcia, Department of Psychology, Department of Statistical and Data Sciences
Gabriela Eastwood ’26
Team Performance and Game Attendance in the WNBA; presentation deriving from classwork with Ben Baumer, Department of Statistical and Data Sciences
Xinxin Zhang ’26, Lucy O’Brien ’26, Glenvelis Perez ’26, Ella Sylvester ’26, Tana Liu ’26, Patrizia Picado Ávila ’26, Dayana Caluna ’26, Xiomara Dominguez Valenzuela ’26, Nancy Jimenez Sandoval ’26, Selam Maher ’26, Kathleen Bacigalupi ’26
Mapping the Body; presentation deriving from classwork and Capstone with Nikko Stevens, Department of Statistical and Data Sciences
Seelye Hall 109 – Film and Literature
Amaya Boulanger ’26
The Consumer, Consumed: Reading Representations of Feminized Consumption in ‘Hot Girl’ Literature; presentation deriving from honors thesis with Michael Thurston, Department of English Language and Literature
Amalia Tomas ’26
Modern Pastoral: Agriculture in Short Fiction; presentation deriving from honors thesis with Kelly Link, Department of English Language and Literature
Alanna Town ’26
“Fujoing Out”: Pride, Shame, and Transcultural Fujoshi Identity; presentation deriving from classwork with Şebnem Baran, Department of Film and Media Studies
Seelye Hall 110 – Global Environmental Justice
Louisa Goltry ’26
The Political Economy of the Salima-Lilongwe Water Development Project: Squaring Food Security and Megafarming; presentation deriving from special studies with Colin Hoag, Department of Anthropology
Kennedy DeVries ’26
Healing in Exile: Refugee-Led Arts and Cultural Preservation Organizations as Pathways to Trauma Recovery and Agency in the Levant Region; presentation deriving from honors thesis with Steven Heydemann, Program in Middle East Studies
Eva Larson ’27, Zane Reedy ’27
Desert Adaptations in the Golden Spiny Mouse: a Wildlife Genomics Lab Investigation; presentation deriving from special studies and graduate advanced studies with Tanya Lama, Department of Biological Sciences
Seelye Hall 302 – Research in Romance Languages
Grace Macedonia ’26
Classificazioni e Rappresentazione delle Donne nei Gruppi Artistici: uno Studio su Marisa Merz; presentation deriving from independent project with Michele Monserrati, Department of Italian Studies, and Barbara Kellum, Department of Art
Madigan Dwyer ’26, Gabriela Eastwood ’26
Utopian Visions, Harem “Realities”: A Transnational Reading of Cristina di Belgioioso’s Travel Writings; presentation deriving from special studies with Michele Monserrati, Department of German and Italian Studies
Liz Rodriguez Sehara ’26
Women and Samba: A Conversation with Professor Flávia Terra da Cunha; presentation deriving from special studies with Malcolm McNee, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Flavia Terra da Cunha, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Program in Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Mount Holyoke College
Zahra Tshai ’26
On est les Maudits?: The Black American Experience of Leisure, Exile, and Immigration in France During the 20th Century; presentation deriving from honors thesis with Mehammed Mack, Department of French Studies, and Crystal Fleming, Department of Africana Studies
Seelye Hall 308 – Through a Journalistic Lens
Rowan Schwartz ’26
Should AI Literacy Become a Part of Liberal Arts Education? Rethinking Critical Thinking in the Age of Algorithms; presentation deriving from concentration project with Dusty Christensen, Journalism Concentration
Veronica Murray ’26
The Cultivated Class Divide: How do Varsity and Club Sports differ Culturally at Smith College?; presentation deriving from classwork and concentration project with Dusty Christensen, Journalism Concentration
Madison de Santos ’26
The Promise of Sanctuary? Navigating the Nuances of Sanctuary Cities in Western Mass; presentation deriving from concentration project with Dusty Christensen, Journalism Concentration
Charlotte Lawrence ’26
Queer Parents in Northampton and Hampshire County; presentation deriving from classwork with Dusty Christensen, Journalism Concentration
Seelye Hall 311 – Lights and Sound Design
Leila Suess ’27, Claire Shaw ’27
Designing Lights for Eurydice; presentation deriving from special studies with Lara Dubin, Department of Theatre
Leila Suess ’27, Ruth Andrews ’27, Christy Ye ’26, Beyla Ridky ’28, Leah Levensailor ’28
Designing Lights for the Senior Dance Concert; presentation deriving from personal interest with Lara Dubin, Department of Theatre
Via Sussman ’26
Eurydice Sound Design; presentation deriving from special studies with Lara Dubin, Department of Theatre
Seelye Hall 312 – Narrative and Storytelling
Beatriz Cazho Garcia ’28
How Do Students Access Social Capital: A Conversation About Belonging, Mattering, and Resources at Smith College; presentation deriving from special studies with Jessica Bacal, Reflective Practices Narratives Project, and Shannon Audley, Department of Education and Child Study
Morgan Beaty ’27
Positive Impacts of Parental Storytelling; presentation deriving from classwork with Shannon Audley, Department of Education and Child Study
K. Citlali Navarrette 27′
The Power of and in Stories and Storytelling: Children’s Identity, Lived Experiences of Realities, and Well-Being; presentation deriving from classwork with Shannon Audley, Department of Education and Child Study
Audrey Weir ’26
Gendered Language in Early Adolescent Narratives; presentation deriving from classwork with Shannon Audley, Department of Education and Child Study
Hazel Kleinman-Eddy ’28
Harm, Forgiveness, and Meaning-making; presentation deriving from classwork with Shannon Audley, Department of Education and Child Study
Whitney Marks ‘28
How Children Use the More-Than-Human World in Storytelling; presentation deriving from classwork with Shannon Audley, Department of Education and Child Study
George Brownstein ‘27
Children and Moral Agency in the Context of Culture; presentation deriving from classwork with Shannon Audley, Department of Education and Child Study
1-3:30 p.m.
Seelye Hall 201 – Research in Translation
Sarah Rubinov ’26
The Language of Race: Objectification Through Translation in “Le Baobab fou” by Ken Bugul; presentation deriving from concentration project with Meg Arenberg, Program in World Literatures, and Josiane Banini, Department of French Studies
Sofia Calavitta, ’26
An Ocean of Possibility: Travesti Identity in the Poetry of Vir del Mar; presentation deriving from concentration project with Meg Arenberg, Program in World Literatures, and Maria Helena Rueda, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Tyresse Oviedo Fermin ’26
“The Wandering Arrow”: Interpreting Wounds of Desire in the Work of Juan Francisco Manzano; presentation deriving from classwork and concentration project with Meg Arenberg, Program in World Literatures, and Ethel Barja, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Fiona Bloom ’26
From Night to Dawn: Translating women and illness in the workplace; presentation deriving from concentration project with Kimberly Kono, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Meg Arenberg, Program in World Literatures
Dinah Rogers ’26
“Una especie inclasificable”: Translating the Evasive Self in María Villar Buceta’s /Unanimismo/; presentation deriving from classwork with Meg Arenberg, Program in World Literatures, and Adrián Gras-Velázquez, Department of Spanish
Xinhe Li ’26
Ghosts and Corpse: Translating Horror Across Cultures; presentation deriving from classwork and concentration project with Meg Arenberg, Program in World Literatures, and Jessica Moyer, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Lucinda Holland ’26
/Silence, Moteur, Action ! / Capturing the Modernist Gaze in the Fiction of Margeurite Duras; presentation deriving from classwork and concentration project with Meg Arenberg, Program in World Literatures, and Dawn Fulton, Program in World Literatures
Chloé Chauvot de Beauchêne ’26
“Une épreuve ordinaire”: Translating abortion experience, grammatical gender and class divide in Annie Ernaux’s L’Événement; presentation deriving from concentration project with Meg Arenberg, Department of World Literatures, and Dawn Fulton, Department of French Studies
Corin Ford ’26
Der/die/das Roboter: Non-binary Representations in Becky Chambers’s A Pslam for the Wild Built; presentation deriving from classwork with Susanne Fuchs, Department of German and Italian Studies
1:30-3 p.m.
Seelye Hall 206 – Media, Politics, Equality: Research in Francophone Studies
Mia Guillen ‘27, Valentine Chechenkova (HC) ‘27, Grace Gavin ‘28, Liz Leland ‘28, Anna Taverna ‘28
Media, Politics, Equality: Research in Francophone Studies; presentation deriving from research lab with Dawn Fulton, Department of French Studies, and Sarah Hunter, Neilson Library
2-4 p.m.
Kahn Liberal Arts Institute, 21 Henshaw – Khan Projects
Cynthia Arguijo ’27J
Racial Disparities in Industrial Pollution Exposure and Environmental Remediation in Houston, Texas; presentation deriving from Kahn Institute Fellowship with Alex Callender, Department of Art, and Jennifer DeClue, Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
Hala Anderson ’26
Power and Politics in the Northampton Built Environment; presentation deriving from Kahn Institute Fellowship with Alex Callender, Department of Art, and Jennifer DeClue, Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Nikté Lopez-Aleshire ’26
Artwork as Exiles: The Migration of Visual Culture Between Chile and Cuba during the Pinochet Regime; presentation deriving from Kahn Institute Fellowship with Alex Callender, Department of Art, and Jennifer DeClue, Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Laura Torraco AC’26
Haunted Trees of Sicily; presentation deriving from Kahn Institute Fellowship with Alex Callender, Department of Art, and Jennifer DeClue, Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
2:20-3:30 p.m.
Carroll Room, Campus Center 208 – Design Clinic Celebration
Elliot Burroughs ’26, Keona Edwards ’26, Angelina Lenych ’26, Ginger Silverman ’26
Design of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) for Rooftop Applications; presentation deriving from classwork and Design Clinic with Susannah Howe, Picker Engineering Program
Grace Cordova ’26, Ellie Dye ’26, Dina Sehnawi ’26, Chris Wu ’26
Design of a Continuous Monitoring System for the 3K Card Tester; presentation deriving from classwork and Design Clinic with Susannah Howe, Picker Engineering Program
Clara Merry ’26, Karina Padilla ’26, Lilies Tencic ’26, Brooke Testa ’26
Culvert Replacement Design for Cobble Mountain Road; presentation deriving from classwork and Design Clinic with Susannah Howe, Picker Engineering Program
2:45-4 p.m.
Seelye Hall 106 – Solidarity Building via the Smith Alliance for Justice and Equity Fellowship
Charlie Clason ’26, Arden Grim ’26, Ashly Lopez, ’27, Kennedy DeVries ’26, Lena Baker ’26, Simran Baveja ’27, Brooke Schwartz ’28J, Sadri Mohamed ’28, Elena Roby ’27, Grace Brown ’28, Janet Tian ’28
Solidarity Building via the Smith Alliance for Justice and Equity Fellowship; presentation deriving from Jandon Fellowship with Nancy Zigler, Asli Ali, Hannah Gates, Maddie DelVicario, and Denys Candy, Jandon Center for Community Engagement
Seelye Hall 109 – State Policing and Justice
Yunxi Liu ’26
Optimal Policing with Criminal Search and Strategic Signaling under Asymmetric Information; presentation deriving from honors thesis with Jorge Vasquez, Department of Economics
Riley Austin ’26
Bootstrapping on Defense Contracts: Eighty Years of Libertarian Tech, State Violence, and the Silicon Valley Carceral Machine; presentation deriving from special studies with Erin Pineda, Department of Government, and Casey Bohlen, Department of History
Cadence Dorrian ’26
Fitting the Mold: The Role of Stereotype Congruence in Sentencing Mitigation; presentation deriving from honors thesis with Yael Granot, Department of Psychology
Seelye Hall 110 – Foreign and Domestic Governance
Maia Hinesley-Saunders ’27, Sonya Townsend ’27
“Nonsensical Waste of Our Time”: Republican Oversight of the Second Trump Administration; presentation deriving from research lab with Claire Leavitt, Department of Government
Zephyr Smith ’26
The Kremlin’s New Front: Information Warfare and Interference in West Africa and the Sahel; presentation deriving from classwork,special studies, and honors thesis with Anna Mwaba, Department of Government
Mien Kaufman ’29, Brynja Lockman ’29
Governors’ Positions on China; An Analysis of Subnational U.S.-Chinese Relations; presentation deriving from STRIDE with Sara Newland, Department of Government
Anna Struthers ’26
The OST and Space Debris: Governing the Space Commons in the Age of Satellite Constellations; presentation deriving from classwork, special studies, research lab, and honors thesis with Bozena Welborne, and Greg White, Department of Government
Seelye Hall 211 – East Asian Language and Culture
Eden Menipaz ’28
Mapping Smith, Bridging Cultures: A Multimodal Collaboration in a Language Class; presentation deriving from classwork with Ya-Ching Hsu, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Astrid Johnson ’26, Phoebe Huang ’28, Maia Navarro ’28, Julia Miner ’28, Megan Sepulveda Zamora ’29, Olivia Peltier ’29
Learning From Trees: A Collaboration with Green Legacy Hiroshima; presentation deriving from research with Atsuko Takahashi, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Seelye Hall 302 – Art and History
Nina Paris ’27
Personal Adornment and Modernity in Interwar America: Jewelry and Decorative Arts from the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection, 1918–1940; presentation with exhibit deriving from special studies with Kiki Smith, Department of Theatre
Grace Netti ’26
Reshaping the Van Buren Collection; presentation deriving from concentration project work and research lab with Rebecca Worsham, Department of Classical Languages and Literatures
Eliza McClelland ’28, Lucy O’Brien ’26, Beijia Shen ’27
Cartography Networks: Tracking Relationships and Influences Among Medieval European World Maps; presentation deriving from research lab with Joshua Birk, Department of History
Madison Julio ’26, Eliza McClelland ’28, Marjorie-Rose Coppola ’29
Pre-Modern Provenance Research; presentation deriving from special studies and research lab with Joshua Birk, Department of History, and Erin McGuirl, Neilson Library, Rare Books Library
Seelye Hall 308 – Body Politic
Amina Castronovo ‘26
The University Will Not Save You: Resistance to Social Reproduction of the Worker at Smith College; presentation deriving from concentration project with Elisabeth Armstrong, Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, and Denys Candy, Community Engagement Concentration
Ignatz DeCourcey ’26
InterseXXYion: Demedicalization Through a Crip Intersex Lens; presentation deriving from classwork and Smithsonian Internship Program with Lane Hall-Witt, Department of American Studies
Seelye Hall 311 – Queer Communists at Smith, A Mystery
Josephine Neumann ’26
Queer Communists at Smith: Newton Arvin’s Story; presentation deriving from Quigley Research Fellowship with Elisabeth Armstrong, Program in the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
Via Sussman ’26
Smith’s Marxist History; presentation deriving from Quigley Research Fellowship with Elisabeth Armstrong, Program in the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
Ava Finegold ’26
Miss Lumpkin and Mrs. Douglas: a Smith College Communists Love Story; presentation deriving from Quigley Research Fellowship with Elisabeth Armstrong, Program in the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
3:50-5 p.m.
Carroll Room, Campus Center 208 – Design Clinic Celebration
Jina Lee ’26, Olivia Morningstar ’26, Abi Rusalavitch ’26
Design Enhancements for the LithoVue Elite Flexible Ureteroscope; presentation deriving from classwork and Design Clinic with Susannah Howe, Picker Engineering Program
Arisha Faiyas ’26, Niko Gessner ’26, Bonnie Marriott ’26
Design of a Thermal Energy Storage System for a Campus Building; presentation deriving from classwork and Design Clinic with Susannah Howe, Picker Engineering Program
Taylor Agena ’26, Marah Kluge ’26, Noanah Malati ’26, Lucy Torgerson ’26
Design for Timber Connections in Building Construction; presentation deriving from classwork and Design Clinic with Susannah Howe, Picker Engineering Program