THE SENIOR SYMPOSIUM

April 19, 2013Melly Academic Center and Warren Hunting Smith Library

Schedule of Panel Presentations

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THE SENIOR SYMPOSIUM

Senior Symposium 2013

Throughout this fifth annual day of presentations by Hobart and William Smith seniors and Masters of Arts in Teaching students, we will honor the best traditions of a liberal arts education: taking academics outside the classroom, giving individual academic passions a broad audience, and exchanging ideas across the HWS community. As you will see, many Senior Symposium panels connect students’ work across disciplines, sites, and insights in a way that highlights the HWS commitment to interdisciplinary study.

We invite you to engage with our panels of students in this exciting synthesis of their college work. Come explore connections among the drink of the gods, racial justice and Tumblr (“Social Bonds” panel at 8 a.m.); among play, education and embodied learning (“Multidisciplinary Movement Education” panel at 10:10 a.m.), or among Pueblo culture, medieval love, yeast, and the Mytilene debate (“Context” panel at 3 p.m.).

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8-8:55 a.m., Geneva RoomRoutes to Health (Moderator: David Slade, Chemistry Lab Instructor)Martin, Anastasia Healthy Patterns: Susceptibility to Emotional Contagion

and Its Relationship to Emotional Regulation StrategiesAssistant Professor of Psychology Portia Dyrenforth

Pawlak, Kathryn Analysis of Virulence and Pathogenicity Genes from the Genome of the Plant-Associated Bacteria Curtobacterium Strain ER1.4/2Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Luciana Cursino Parent

Reindel, Alison Cows, Cats, and Care: Communication in Different Veterinary Practices Associate Professor of Education Jim MaKinster

8-8:55 a.m., Learn LabTeacher Professionalism and Student Equality (Moderator: Mihaela Petrescu, Visiting Assistant Professor of German Area Studies)

LoPresti, Morgan Mendoza, LillianaMiller, Cameron Serrano, Josh

Are Teachers Professionals?Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Marra, Megan Ragan, Kathleen Welter, Julia

Revolutionizing Early Education: Promoting Equality through Policy and Structure Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

8-8:55 a.m., Sanford RoomSocial Bonds (Moderator: Chip Capraro, Associate Dean of Hobart College)Criniti, Claire Operation of the Sexual Double Standard

Associate Professor of Sociology Renee Monson

Dreyer, Hilary Chicha, Drink of The Gods: A Means of Social Cohesion in Bolivian SocietyAssistant Professor of Anthropology Brenda Maiale

Dunn, Haley “Let’s Talk”: Dialogue Groups for Racial Justice Assistant Professor of Sociology Kendralin Freeman

Leavitt, Julia They Know More than We Think: An Observation of LGBT Youth Exploring Sexualities through Tumblr.com Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Maggie Werner

9:05-10 a.m., Geneva RoomMedia and Message (Moderator: Jonathan Forde, Assistant Professor of Mathematics)Ashburn, Paul Frantz, Zachary Halkyard, Kelly

Perceptions of Race and Crime at Hobart and William SmithAssistant Professor of Sociology James Sutton

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Goral, Kim Communicating Climate Change: Methods and Deficits of Environmental Broadcast JournalismAssistant Professor of Media and Society Leah Shafer

9:05-10 a.m., Learn LabPerception and Identity (Moderator: Meghan Brown, Associate Professor of Biology)Crisco, Rachel Harris, Emily Kittle, Jessica

Collegiate Athletes’ Playing Time and Self-EsteemAssistant Professor of Psychology Portia Dyrenforth

Hadley, Rachel Perceptions of Intersecting Group Identities: Gender and Ethnicity among College-Aged Women Assistant Professor of Psychology Brien Ashdown

Mathis, Callan The Social Illness: Socially Constructed Perceptions and Associations Professor of Media and Society Linda Robertson

9:05-10 a.m., Presentation RoomChildren’s Literature Home and Abroad (Moderator: Sarah Berry, Visiting Assistant Professor of English)Boghosian, Elizabeth Phail, Evan

Reading Through Someone Else’s Eyes: Children’s Literature Here and AbroadAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Perkins, Emily Building Classroom Tolerance through Multicultural LiteratureAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

9:05-10 a.m., Sanford RoomCreation (Moderator: Nick Ruth, Associate Professor of Art and Architecture)

McCarthy, Jillian The Loss of Duality: What Does KnowledgeMean When We Lose Ourselves?Dean of Hobart College, Professor of Philosophy Eugen Baer

Mele, Alessandra “I Don’t Know”: Confronting the Unanswerables within the Process of Image MakingAssociate Professor of Art and Architecture Nicholas Ruth

Moreau, Youdlyn Words, Music and Emotions: TriadicTransformations in Open ScarsInstructor of Music Charity Lofthouse

Peraro, Leila Developing Anticancer Therapeutics in anUndergraduate LabAssociate Professor of Chemisty Justin Miller

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10:10-11:05 a.m., Geneva RoomMultidisciplinary Movement Education (Moderator: Charity Lofthouse, Instructor of Music)Bartsch, Tristan Moving to Teach, Moving to Learn

Professor of Dance Donna Davenport

Crawford, Kelsey Play and Movement EducationProfessor of Dance Donna Davenport

Dosky, Caroline Rubrics, Checklists, and Analyses: Addressing the Role of Descriptive Observational Assessment in Teacher Preparation and GrowthProfessor of Dance Donna Davenport

Joubert, Jordunn Movement Education in the Classroom: Embodied LearningProfessor of Dance Donna Davenport

10:10-11:05 a.m., Learn LabPast to Present (Moderator: Susan Cushman, Director of Introductory Biology Laboratories)Cappio, Laura Historic Changes in Mercury Fluxes to Two New York Finger

LakesAssociate Professor of Geoscience Tara Curtin

Campbell, Brandon Vygotsky in Context Assistant Professor of Psychology Brien Ashdown

Moshier, Catherine Accidental Traveler: Tales of a Cossack WandererAssociate Professor of Russian Area Studies David Galloway

10:10-11:05 a.m., Sanford RoomCivil Rights Narratives (Moderator: Scott MacPhail, Health Professions Advisor)Abrams, Jennifer Rowe, Lucia

Minority Education in a Society Dominated by White Supremacy Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Berkley- Cramer, Kazia Not Just Rosa Parks? Civil Rights Narratives for KidsAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Wasmund, John Written by the Victors: Countering the Hegemonic Discourse of an American History TextbookAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

11:15 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Geneva RoomCultural Systems (Moderator: Chris Annear, Assistant Professor of Anthropology)Ditchek, Rebecca Upper Class Women and Their Transition

from Victorianism into ModernismProfessor of History Clifton Hood

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Ellis, Brianne Nobody’s Children: Social Exclusion and Embeddedness among Street Children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Assistant Professor of Anthropology Brenda Maiale

Francisco, Nathan Japanese Society: Inner Reflection through Outward ThinkingAssociate Dean for Global Education Thomas D’ Agostino

Haun, Lindsey Fiction + History = Healthcare Reformation: How Social Perceptions of Mental Illness Influenced the Quality of Psychiatric Nursing Care from 1750-1918Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Cheryl Forbes

11:15 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Learn LabSocial Justice and Education (Moderator: Donna Davenport, Professor of Dance)Nannig, Bridget O’Leary, Tess

The School to Prison Pipeline: Is It Being Addressed? Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Mitchell, TiffanyParente, Peter Szwejbka, Elizabeth

Combating Social Injustice in EducationAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

11:15 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Sanford RoomSolutions (Moderator: Kristin Slade, Assistant Professor of Chemistry)Abel, Alexander Biasiucci, Christina

Sustainable Community Development in Downtown GenevaProfessor of Art and Architecture Phillia Yi

Taylor, Blake Cultivating Community: People, Expression and the Overcoming of Socio‐Economic Hardships Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jason Rodriguez

Thomas, Patrice Charter School: HaitiAssistant Professor of Sociology Kendralin Freeman

12:20‐1:15 p.m., Geneva RoomFracking Out Loud (Moderator: Robin Lewis, Luce Environmental Studies Postdoctoral Fellow)Crossan, Eleanor Donnelly, Maeve Lucas, Noah Silberlicht, Jacob Zhong, Congjing

Hydrofracking through the Media and Music Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Beth Kinne

Coster, Caroline Garvey, Arthur Leous, Courtney Prescott, Sarah

Fracking and Aggressive Non-Violence Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Beth Kinne

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12:20‐1:15 p.m., Learn LabRethinking (Moderator: Emily Fisher, Assistant Professor of Psychology)Biasiucci, Christina Nowhere Left to Hide

Professor of Art and Architecture Phillia Yi

Carson, Jordan Is There a Tipping Point between Excess Debt and Lower Growth?Assistant Professor of Economics Felipe Rezende

Perkins, Emily The Power and Purpose of Metaphor: Making the Abstract Concrete and Visual Dean of Hobart College, Professor of Philosophy Eugen Baer

Shils, Nathaniel The Resource Curse Thesis: Normativity of Capitalist Ethics and DesertAssistant Professor of Political Science Stacey Philbrick Yadav

Williams, Augusta Winter Bird Migration Observed by WSR- 88D Radar in the Vicinity of the Great Salt Lake, Utah Associate Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird

12:20‐1:15 p.m., Sanford RoomChallenging Silence (Moderator: Naomi Rodriguez, Visiting Instructor of Education)Chang, Jiaqi Morosky, Lauren Van Nostrand, Zoë Woods, Amanda

Privilege, Hope, and the Color 1Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Dosky, Caroline Halkyard, Kelly

The Power of Silence: Using Dance to Incite ChangeAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

1:55-2:50 p.m., Geneva RoomWhat You Eat (Moderator: Susanne McNally, Dean of William Smith)Faughnan, Kristen Growing Money: Redefining the Value of Food

Assistant Professor of Economics Elizabeth Ramey

Pollard, Kevin Cabbage Resistance to Onion ThripsCoordinator of Writing Initiatives Caitlin Caron

Van Dorp, Megan You Are What You Eat: A Lesson on Eating Your PetsAssociate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Salter

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1:55-2:50 p.m., Learn LabAesthetics and Perceptions (Moderator: Margueritte Murphy, Acting Chair of Writing and Rhetoric)Carmichael, Keira Not All Meters are Created Equal: How We Perceive and

Perform Unusual Metric PatternsInstructor of Music Charity Lofthouse

Ekstrom, Emily Exploring Mathematics and Poetry through American Sign Language: Factors for TranslationVisiting Instructor of Writing and Rhetoric Sam Cappiello

Gallop, Amy Aesthetic Stability: How We Remember the Paintings We ForgetAssistant Professor of Psychology Daniel Graham

Joubert, Jordunn Lexical Ambiguities: The Effect of Context on Lexical ProcessingAssociate Professor of Psychology Michelle Rizzella

1:55-2:50 p.m., Sanford RoomSchool and Community (Moderator: Jeremy Ortloff, Assistant Professor of Education)Halkyard, Kelly “Where the Sidewalk Ends”: How Residential Segregation

Affects Educational EquityAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Pawlak, Kathryn Truancy as a Public Health IssueDirector of Introductory Biology Laboratories Susan Cushman

Wilson, Halie Write It Out(side)!Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Cheryl Forbes

Hafer, Elizabeth From School to Community: A Resource Guide for Geneva Youth and Family Support ServicesAssistant Professor of Education Mary Kelly

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3-3:55 p.m., Geneva RoomEcological Disruptions (Moderator: Kristen Brubaker, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies)Gunn, Patrick Calibrating Paleoclimate Indicators through a High‐

Resolution Investigation of Modern Sedimentation in Seneca LakeAssociate Professor of Geoscience Tara Curtin

Mucciarone, Leah Stories of the Asian Elephants of Thailand: Repairing the BrokenDirector of Introductory Biology Laboratories Susan Cushman

Paufve, Matt The Bloody-Red Shrimp (Hemimysis Anomala): Potential Impacts of a New Invasive Species in Seneca LakeAssociate Professor of Biology Meghan Brown

Saetama, SandraWilliams, Kian

A Hydrofracking Newsletter at HWSAssistant Professor of Environmental Studies Beth Kinne

3-3:55 p.m., Sanford RoomContext (Moderator: Jason Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology)Freedline, Joshua Investigating Cultural Identity: A Look at Pueblo Culture

through Time with a Focus at San IldefonsoAssociate Professor of Anthropology Ilene Nicholas

Romanazzi, Julianna The Art of Love: Origins and Introduction of Love as a Central Theme in Medieval LiteratureAssociate Professor of English Laurence Erussard

Schneider, Samuel Yeast in Context: The Effects of Macromolecular Crowding on the Enzyme Kinetics of Yeast Alcohol DehydrogenaseAssistant Professor of Chemistry Kristin Slade

Stoner, Krissy Treachery and Justice in the Mytilene DebateAssociate Professor of Political Science Vikash Yadav and Associate Professor of Classics Leah Himmelhoch

3-3:55 p.m., The Library AtriumInteractive Education (Interactive Poster Presentation)Blake-Whitney, LaurenLucas, Noah

Integration: An Idea of the Past?Assistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

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4:05‐5 p.m., Geneva RoomMovement (Moderator: Eric Nelson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics)Beneduce, Jennifer Teaching: I Thought It Was Simple

Coordinator of Disability Services David Silver

Krifka, Molly Spatial Awareness: Analysis of Musical Spaces in an Andean Huayno Instructor of Music Charity Lofthouse

Kuhn, Jillian EMDR as a Successful Therapeutic Intervention for Guatemalans Experiencing Symptoms of Trauma Assistant Professor of Psychology Brien Ashdown

4:05‐5 p.m., Learn LabIdentity: Determining and Disrupting (Moderator: Matt Crow, Assistant Professor of History)Hynd, Matthew Who Wrote Εικων Βασιλικη?

Assistant Professor of English Robert Carson

Martin, Nathan Understanding the Developmental Mechanisms That Create Sexual Dimorphism during Moth Antennal Development Associate Professor of Biology Kristy Kenyon

Sarokin, Hannah The Anthropologist and the Other: A Reflection on Visual MethodologyAssistant Professor of Anthropology Brenda Maiale

Vallabhaneni, Deepak Can HWS Knockout Cancer? Testing Drugs That Have Never Been Made BeforeProfessor of Biology Sigrid Carle

4:05‐5 p.m., Sanford RoomSocial Impact (Moderator: Judith McKinney, Associate Professor of Economics)Anderson, Ellie Snyder, Cameron Walls, Kellsey

Imagining Natural Gas Development near HWSAssistant Professor of Environmental Studies Beth Kinne

Day, Michele Relationships between Community Identification and Sexism at Hobart and William SmithAssistant Professor of Psychology Emily Fisher

Hill, Kelsey Effect of Socioeconomic Status and AttitudesAssistant Professor of Education Khuram Hussain

Zhong, Congjing China’s Real Estate Market: Is the Bubble Bursting?Assistant Professor of Economics Felipe Rezende

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