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9:15am EDT

Black and White and Red All Over: Communism, the Press and the Trial of Willie McGee, 1950-51 MBH 303Jim Ralph • Katie Gill ’14 Philosophy and History in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire MBH 411Jessica Teets • William Prince ’14 • Kathy Skubikowski The Jews of No Religion MBH 311Kemi Fuentes-George • Toby Israel ’14 • Ellen Oxfeld The Social Psychology of Evil: Why Do Good People Do Bad Things? MBH 104Ian Barrow • Hannah Deoul ’14 • Carlos Velez-Blasini Variation in Cation Exchange Capacity Across a Humid Tropical Landscape, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica MBH 403Peter Ryan • Lauren Pincus ’14

9:35am EDT

Aristotle and the Best Life MBH 311Kemi Fuentes-George • Sarah Bates ’14 • Stanley Bates From the Acropolis to the Rive Gauche: Gendered Urban Space and the Caryatid MBH 403Peter Ryan • Hannah Ostrow ’14 • Pieter Broucke I’m Not Clairvoyant, But I’ve Had My Moments MBH 411Jessica Teets • Rebekah Wilson ’14 • Karin Gottshall Love and Honor in the Middle Ages: A Destructive Force or a Unifying Value of a Repressed Society? MBH 216Barbara McCall • Olivia Hipkins ’14 • Jennifer Tamas Mass Incarceration and Rural Prison Development: The Disempowerment of Urban Centers and Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Louisiana MBH 303Jim Ralph • Alexandria Jackman ’14 • Peter Nelson Sikhs in Transition: The Effects of Religious Reform on Colonial Nationalism MBH 104Ian Barrow • Rajsavi Anand ’14

9:55am EDT

Caliphate Reborn: How the Syrian Conflict Is Redefining Jihad for al-Qaida MBH 104Ian Barrow • David Russell ’15 • Robert Greeley Federalism in Environmental Policy-Making: A Tool of Progress or Hinderance? MBH 311Kemi Fuentes-George • Eleni Polychroniadou ’14 Gatsby's Career as Trimalchio: The Great Gatsby and The Satyricon MBH 411Jessica Teets • Caitlin Morton ’16 • Christopher Star Land in Mo Yan's Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out MBH 403Peter Ryan • Alena Shish ’14 • Wei He Xu That's So Gay: Appropriate Contexts for Reclaimed Slurs MBH 216Barbara McCall • Rebekah Moon ’15 • Shawna Shapiro The Northern Student Movement: Civil Rights Work in the North MBH 303Jim Ralph • Alexandra Yanson ’14 • Jamie McCallum

10:15am EDT

Disunited We Stand: District Partisan Bias as a Source of Polarized Voting in Congress MBH 311Kemi Fuentes-George • Katherine Hamilton ’15.5 • Matthew Dickinson Emergency Room Tensions: Institutional Design and Public Uses MBH 303Jim Ralph • Molly Benedetto ’14 • Marybeth Nevins Exploring Literary Translation Strategies in a Trilingual Context MBH 411Jessica Teets • Yuexin Zeng ’16 • Stephen Snyder Love Unlimited MBH 216Barbara McCall • Magda Nazer ’17 • Hector Vila Pudacuo National Park in Shangri-La, China and the Life of Local Tibetans Living There MBH 403Peter Ryan • Jiayi Zhu ’14 • Ellen Oxfeld Violent Crime in Brazil - Breaking Down the Contributing Factors MBH 104Ian Barrow • Catherine van der List ’14 • John Maluccio

11:15am EDT

'The Most Awesome of Human Experience': An Exploration of Mothers' Meaning-Makings Throughout the Childbirth Process MBH 411Rebecca Gould • Adina Marx-Arpadi ’13.5 • Maria Hatjigeorgiou Carrying Us Closer to a Carie-Free Dentition: A Mutational Analysis in the Oral Pathogen, Streptococcus mutans MBH 338Catherine Combelles • Jennifer Melgar ’14 • Grace Spatafora I Can't Grow Tomatoes Anymore: Heirlooms, Tilling, and Death MBH 403Carlos Velez • Charles Steinberg ’15 • Karin Gottshall Real Food at Middlebury MBH 104Linus Owens • Forrest Carroll ’15.5 • Robin Weisselberg ’16.5 • Karma Lama ’17 • Nick Muller Scouting Bayes: A Bayesian Baseball Forecast with Scouting Priors MBH 219Suzanne Gurland • Kevin Tenenbaum ’15 • David Allen State Sovereignty and Human Rights MBH 311Steven Viner • Mike Gadomski ’13.5 • Steve Viner The Dynamics of Social Capital: A Study of Town Clerks as Key Participants in Exchange Relationships in Addison County MBH 303Michael Sheridan • Emily Bensen ’14 Ukraine's Struggle for Democracy MBH 220Orion Lewis • Benjamin Wiggins ’14 • Michael Kraus

11:35am EDT

Equal Land Rights and Outcomes for Women: Evidence from Ethiopia MBH 311Steven Viner • Kelsey Barton- Henry ’14 • Caitlin Myers Inducing Subtype-Specific Neuron Differentiation through Direct Protein Transduction MBH 338Catherine Combelles • Ben Mansky ’15 • Kim Cronise Religiously Offensive Art and Its Role in Public Discourse MBH 220Orion Lewis • Madeleine Dai ’14 • James Calvin Davis Revitalizing the Robert Frost Cabin MBH 303Michael Sheridan • Rebecca Hartje ’14 • Richard Saunders Ribbons of Concrete: The Impact of the Interstate on Vermont MBH 104Linus Owens • Linnea Burnham ’14.5 • Amy Morsman Service, Story and a Shared Meal: A Summer at the Charter House MBH 411Rebecca Gould • Catherine Costley ’15 • Catherine Collins The Rise of Syrian Nationalism During the Early French Mandate MBH 403Carlos Velez • Cole Ellison ’17 • Febe Armanios

11:55am EDT

Circlesong Vocal Improvisation: My Week with Bobby McFerrin MBH 411Rebecca Gould • Suzanne Calhoun ’14 • Larry Hamberlin Defining the Role of Proton Pumps at the Synapse MBH 338Catherine Combelles • Kai Lee ’14 • Glen Ernstrom Development or Disaster?: An Audio Documentary Contextualizing the NEKEDI in the History of Tourism in Vermont MBH 104Linus Owens • Catherine Hays ’15 • Maggie Morris ’15 • Scott Gilman ’15 • Kathy Morse Putin's Pronatalist Policies: Tackling the Russian Demographic Crisis, One Baby at a Time MBH 311Steven Viner • Jacqueline Voluz ’14 • Guntram Herb Sex & Stigmas: Examining the Role of Prostitution Policies in Explaining HIV/AIDS Variations Across Sub-Saharan Africa MBH 219Suzanne Gurland • Mikaela Perry ’14 • Nadia Horning The Personality Psychology of Evil MBH 403Carlos Velez • Megan McNamara ’14 • Carlos Velez-Blasini The Power of Linear Programming: Using Mathematics to Solve Housing at Middlebury MBH 303Michael Sheridan • Duncan Levear ’15 • Steve Abbott “One Dark Night”: A New Look at Robert Lowell’s Confessional Persona MBH 220Orion Lewis • Taylor Scott Berkley ’16.5 • Kathy Skubikowski

12:15pm EDT

Can Establishing a Regular Meditation Practice Reduce College Students' Physiological Responses to Stressful Testing Situations? MBH 411Rebecca Gould • Hana Kahn ’14 • Kim Cronise Cruelties Well Used? The Efficacy of Coercive Violence in Counterinsurgency MBH 403Carlos Velez • Max Kagan ’14 • Amy Yuen Flying the Unfriendly Skies: Price Effects of Domestic Airline Mergers MBH 104Linus Owens • Daniel Ladd ’14 • Caitlin Myers Mary Annette Anderson: Middlebury's First Black Female Graduate MBH 303Michael Sheridan • Samantha Sidhu ’15 • Amy Morsman Putting a Price on Security Council Membership: Vote Buying at the UN MBH 220Orion Lewis • Alec MacMillen ’14 • Erick Gong The European Union Instrument of Conditionality and Its Effect on Turkey's Kurdish Question MBH 311Steven Viner • Martin Naunov ’17 • Febe Armanios Wood or Manure? The Future of Middlebury’s Energy MBH 219Suzanne Gurland • Yuan Zhang ’14 • Jon Isham

1:30pm EDT

A Bidirectional Blessing: Contemporary Jewish Synagogues and the U.S. Sustainable Food Movement MBH 220Charlotte Tate • Rebecca Wasserman ’14 • Rebecca Gould Contemporary Chinese Literary Prose Nonfiction--Sanwen MBH 411Thomas Moran • Jialu (Audrey) Fang ’16 Egypt, Turkey, Greece: 19th Century Travel Photography MBH 104Cynthia Packert • Lily Miao ’14 Methane Production in Coarse Woody Debris MBH 403Helen Young • Clifton Bueno de Mesquita ’14 • Marc Lapin Songs from Solitude MBH 216Leger Grindon • Dustin Lowman ’15 • Karin Gottshall The Effect of Reminders and Goal Setting on Environmental Behavior MBH 311Kathy Skubikowski • Abigail Karp ’14 • Michelle McCauley The Orange Revolution Revisited MBH 303Michael Kraus • William Gevertz ’14.5 Thrift Shop: A Sociological and Linguistic Analysis MBH 219Marcos Rohena-Madrazo • William Painter ’17

1:50pm EDT

A Woman’s Stance: Titian’s 'La Schiavona' MBH 411Thomas Moran • Audrey Martino ’14 • Katy Smith Abbott Alexander Hamilton—Mercantilist, Smithian or Both? MBH 303Michael Kraus • Taylor Custer ’15 • David Colander Assessing Internet Censorship in China: Weibo, Sensitive Discourse, and Collective Action MBH 104Cynthia Packert • Julia Madden ’14 • Orion Lewis Charles Baudelaire and Leopoldo Lugones: The Moon in Relationship to Melancholia and Poetic Inspiration MBH 220Charlotte Tate • Maria Macaya ’14 • Patricia Saldarriaga Examining Catholic 'Ad hoc Theologies' in American Public Discourse MBH 219Marcos Rohena-Madrazo • Peter Murray ’13.5 • James Calvin Davis Expectations vs. Reality for Character and Viewer in (500) Days of Summer MBH 216Leger Grindon • Benjamin Savard ’14 Illiteracy and Its Implications for Today’s Pakistan MBH 311Kathy Skubikowski • Zeest Hassan ’17 Organic Modification of Clay for Environmental Water Remediation MBH 403Helen Young • Connor Stoll ’14 • Elaine Dellinger ’14 • Lauren Pincus ’14 • Molly Costanza-Robinson

2:10pm EDT

A Voice of Their Own: Bongo Flava Music and Youth Identity in Contemporary Tanzania MBH 216Leger Grindon • Lucas Avidan ’15 • Damascus Kafumbe Analysis of the Role of the Chinese Military in a Changing China MBH 303Michael Kraus • Zhenyu Li ’14 Reflections on Japanese Dystopia: A Collection of Translated Japanese Science Fiction Short Stories MBH 411Thomas Moran • Stewart Hoffmann ’14 • Stephen Snyder Relation between the Jones and Q Polynomial Knot Invariants MBH 220Charlotte Tate • Melanie Dennis ’14 • Frank Swenton Social and Linguistic Effects on the Pronunciation of (r) in Buenos Aires Spanish MBH 219Marcos Rohena-Madrazo • Madeline Gilbert ’14 The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music MBH 104Cynthia Packert • John Sprague ’14 • Larry Hamberlin • Christian Keathley The Impact of State Environmental Policy on Carbon Emissions MBH 403Helen Young • Jeremy Janson ’14 • Caitlin Myers The Neurobiology of Nurture: Strengthening Resilience in 'High-Risk' Youth through Mindfulness, Compassion, and Empowerment MBH 311Kathy Skubikowski • Simran Sabharwal ’14 • Jonathan Miller-lane

2:30pm EDT

A Collector’s Perspective: Henry James and Edith Wharton MBH 411Thomas Moran • Audrey Martino ’14 • Deb Evans Could Arts Education be Important for Economic Development? MBH 311Kathy Skubikowski • Sebastián Fica-Contreras ’17 Exploring an Artist's Role in Society MBH 104Cynthia Packert • Mari Vial-Golden ’14 • Alex Draper Networked, Faceless, and Everywhere: The Information Revolution and Global Terrorism MBH 220Charlotte Tate • Ben Kallas ’14 • Orion Lewis Social Media and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 MBH 303Michael Kraus • Ben Tindall ’17 • Febe Armanios The Effect of Invasive Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on Northeastern Tree and Fungal Communities MBH 403Helen Young • Morgan Childs ’14 The Youth in Protest (Again): Emplacing the Shahbag Riots in Narratives of Transnational Youth Resistance MBH 216Leger Grindon • Parker Ziegler ’16 • Kacy McKinney “Boston Strong” Commodified Participation and the Construction of City Unity: Perspectives from Linguistic Anthropology MBH 219Marcos Rohena-Madrazo • Lee Schlenker ’16 • Marybeth Nevins

3:30pm EDT

Carceral Queerness: Sexual Citizenship, Slow Death, and the Abolition of Prisons MBH 216Laurie Essig • Jenny Marks ’14 • Jamie McCallum Chinese Transboundary Water Agreements: The Politics of Water Scarcity and Their Environmental Repercussions MBH 219Marybeth Nevins • Timothy Fraser ’16 • Kemi Fuentes-George Conquering the Ghost of Andrew Jackson: How Nelson Aldrich Laid the Foundation for the Federal Reserve System MBH 311Tom Root • Deidre Miller ’14 • Amy Morsman Following an Impulse: Pursuing Self, Body, and Performance MBH 303Christal Brown • Aoife Duna ’16.5 James Turrell: Art for a New Age of Enlightenment MBH 220Vendela Vida • Greg Vitercik • Emily Singer ’14 • Eliza Garrison Medicare and Utilization of Preventive Care: The Effects of Universal Health Care Coverage MBH 403Caitlin Myers • Alexander Ruocco ’14 Reality, Perception, and Representation: Notions of 'The Wild' in American Culture MBH 411Jack Byrne • Jacob Faber ’16.5 • Dan Brayton

3:50pm EDT

Bjerre: Excerpts from a Creative Nonfiction Memoir MBH 220Vendela Vida • Greg Vitercik • Emily Banks ’15 • David Bain Self-Reported and Observed Person-Centeredness in Conversation MBH 303Christal Brown • Emily Colton ’14 • Suzanne Gurland Sudan and South Sudan: From Civil War to Secession MBH 219Marybeth Nevins • Floor El Kumeshi ’14 • Nadia Horning The Bridge or the Cliff: Stories of Natural Gas, Fracking, and Vermont’s Energy Future MBH 411Jack Byrne • Isaac Baker ’14.5 • David Bain The History of the UN’s Response to the Palestinian Refugee Crisis MBH 403Caitlin Myers • Ben Hawthorne ’17 • Febe Armanios The Relationship between GDP and Unemployment Before and During the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 MBH 311Tom Root • Ayaka Sasaki ’14.5 • Naina Qayyum ’15 • John Maluccio Women in Science MBH 216Laurie Essig • Joanna Georgakas ’14 • Sujata Moorti

4:10pm EDT

Between Rhetoric and Reality: Russian and Georgian Leaders’ Perspectives on the Future of Bilateral Relations MBH 311Tom Root • Connor Wakayama ’14 • Thomas Beyer Case Studies in Mathematical Models and Wilderness Medicine MBH 403Caitlin Myers • Raquel Reisinger ’14.5 • Bill Peterson Code-Switching and Cultural Identity Among Bilingual Speakers of Korean and English MBH 219Marybeth Nevins • Lydia Kim ’17 • Marcos Rohena-Madrazo Community Engagement with MiddCOREplus: Fostering Entrepreneurship with the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies MBH 220Vendela Vida • Greg Vitercik • Naila Jahan ’15 • Catherine Collins Great Poets Do Not Die: The Works of Shakespeare Reborn in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway MBH 303Christal Brown • Alison Lewis ’14 • Stephen Donadio Loud and Proud: Social and Academic Experiences of Black Women Voiced MBH 216Laurie Essig • Veronica Coates ’14 • Sujata Moorti Volcano Ecology: Mechanisms of Plant Recolonization after the 2008-9 Eruption of Volcán Chaitén, Chile MBH 411Jack Byrne • Leif Castren ’14 • David Allen

4:30pm EDT

American Photographer Eliot Porter and the Glen Canyon Dam Controversy MBH 411Jack Byrne • Sophia Green ’14.5 • Kirsten Hoving Civic Engagement, Christian Virtue, and Webster’s Enlightened American English MBH 219Marybeth Nevins • Sophie Bufton ’15 Experiencing Isolation: Can Xue's Short Fiction MBH 303Christal Brown • Mary Behan ’14 • Thomas Moran How Genealogical Arguments Fail MBH 403Caitlin Myers • Blake A. Harper ’15 • Laurie Essig Mathematics of Voice & Music in Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring MBH 311Tom Root • Suzanne Calhoun ’14 The Curious Case of Richard A. Conaway: The 1950s, the Red Scare, and the Man Who Wore Makeup MBH 216Laurie Essig • Caroline Kahlenberg ’14

4:50pm EDT

The Under/The Over?: Behind the Scenes MBH 220Vendela Vida • Greg Vitercik • Hai Do ’14