Mercedes Ferrer, In search of the feminine 'ideal' through anime in the 1990s
James Kamihachi, Godzilla and the Bomb: Fears Become Films
Zack Pintchik, Reclaiming Japan: Trauma and Narrative in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Linda Yu, Receiving an Education in China: The Effects of Policy on Cultures of Learning
Biochemistry
Peter Benedict, Explorations of the Protective Qualities of Calcium Alginate Beads for Encapsulated Enzymes
Chris Boisvert, Carbohydrate Functionalized Stable Protein-1 Metal Hybrids as Nanotheranostics
Harry Chan, Constructing phylogenetic trees with spliceosomal proteins as the genetic marker
Alex Dao, Cholesterol effects on Membrane-bound Piscidin 1: A Structure-Function Study
Erica Losito, Role of Neuraminidase Electrostatics in the Binding of Ligands
Andrew Scott, A Study of Pore Formation of Calcium-Alginate Beads in Polyacrylamide Gels
Matt Therkelsen, Molecular characterization of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Alex Wood, Investigating oxidative dehalogenation of p-halophenols by horseradish peroxidase immobilized in calcium alginate
Max Yelbi, Are Spliceosomal Proteins Good Indicators to Infer Phylogenetic Trees Among Eutherians?
Biology
Sarah Andrus, Investigating the relationship between diet-induced insulin resistance and sporadic AD pathology in Drosophila melanogaster
Clare Browne, The effect of Garlic Mustard on oat plants: Examining mycorrhizal interactions
Daniel Bruzzese, Garlic Mustard and its effects on Nematode communities
Lyle Cleary, Assessing calbindin distribution in alligator pancreas
Emily Evans and Christine Roback; Lauren Brousseau and Megan Gibbons, Apoptosis: An investigation of cell death during cardiogenesis and amniotic fusion in early chick development
Daniel Feinberg, Does invasive Garlic Mustard have trophic effects on salamanders and their prey in the Hamilton College forests?
Jeannie Folan, Helen Madsen and Catherine Torcivia, An expansion upon the hygiene hypothesis: investigating the effects of H. bakeri infection on a Type I Diabetes mouse model
Krisitin Forgrave, Untangling the ecology, taxonomy, and evolution of the Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta: Annelida) species complex
Meghan Griesbach, Metagenomic analysis of the microbial biodiversity of Green Lake's chemocline using Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (T-RFLP)
Shahin Islam, Phylogenetic analysis of Nematodes using various molecular markers
Christopher Kline, Identifying cryptic species of Echinostoma spp. in Muskrats using molecular techniques
Chun Yee Lau, Further investigation of sexual reproduction in ectoparasite, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Erin McNally,Soil microbial communities of invasive plant species and associated plant-soil biota feedback relationships
Dilyana Mihaylova, Does the invasive shrub Amur Honeysuckle increase the human risk of exposure to Lyme Disease?
Elizabeth Myers, The effect of Garlic Mustard on the above- and below-ground growth of oat plants
Sumithra Nair, Expression, purification, and antibody production of Tyramine ß-hydroxylase related protein: An avenue towards function
Amanda Nelson, Gonadectomy and androgen replacement therapy in mice: A study of androgen depletion on various body systems
Kerry Nieman, Is apoptosis present in the late maturing mouse placenta?
Tani Leigh, Reconstructing the Eukaryotic Tree of Life using ribosomal proteins as molecular markers
Nicholas Richards, Analysis of Mirex in Salmon River, New York Salmon
Lucas Sadoff, Metagenomic analysis of fungal life in the marine sediment of Hughes Bay, Antarctica
Matthew Seaman and Kristen Pallen, Molecular genetic analysis of bacterial colonies extracted from hydrocarbon contaminated and pristine Antarctic environments: RFLP and clone libraries
Erica Skinner, The expression of glycogen synthase kinase-3ß, Tau, and amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer's Disease
Jaclyn Specht, Description of a new nematode species Gammarinema orconecti sp. nov., an associate of the crayfish Orconectes obscurus
Max Vaickus, PTU-induced hypothyroidism in mice
Sarah Weatherall, Expression, purification, and analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Tyramine ß-hydroxylase
Chemistry
Shawon Akanda, Enhancing the Selectivity of β-L-Rhamnosidic Linkages Using Sulfonate Directing Groups
Connor Brown, Progress on the Synthesis of a Repeating Unit of Pneumococcal Serotype 31
Eric Kuenster, Progress on the Synthesis of Tri-, Tetra- and Pentasaccharide Derivatives of Trehalose for Preservation Studies
Jason McGavin, How do the Molecular Features of Neuropeptide Y and Lipid Bilayers Affect Each Other?
Sara Miller, Synthesis and Luminescent Properties of Eu(TTA)3Ÿ3H2O Nanocrystallites in Sol-gel Derived Materials
Kate Otley, Radical Expansion to Seven-Membered Bicyclic Systems
Rachel Rothbarth, Progress on the Synthesis of Carbohydrate-Porphyrin Conjugates Using Click Chemistry
Talia Steiman, Formation of Tricyclic Systems via Radical Cascade Reactions
Cara Vennari, Competitive Ring Opening of Diaryl Substituted Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radicals
Max Williams, Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Water-Soluble Phosphines for Enantioselective Liquid-Liquid Extraction
Todd Woodworth, Synthesis of the Serinol Portion of Dichlorobouillonaminde
Chinese
Andrew Libin, Reflections upon Westernization and Commercialization in Chinese Contemporary Art
Alexander Snow, Gender Identity and Status in the Chinese Language
Laura Barth, The Online Cultural Identity of China's Ethnic Minorities: Manchu and Uighur Case Studies
Communication
Frank Campagnano, Hegemony in Sports: How Football Dominates the Media While Soccer Struggles for Attention
Lamarana Diallo, Generational Perceptions of Romantic Relationships
Jordan Eck, Twitter's Impact on the Celebrity-to-Fan Relationship
Josie Jones, Social Media and Consumer Behavior: The Effects of Engagement on Purchasing Behavior
Leah Koren, Mobile Advertising's Effects on Consumer Attitudes and Purchase Intentions
Perry Ryan, Child Kidnappings: Society's Chance to Solve a Mystery
Pat Sullivan, Expectancies of a Financial Advisor-to-Client Relationship
Comparative Literature
Foxfire Buck, Gone With the Wind and the Contemporary Romance Genre: Quality Literature and the Redefinition of a Classic
Allison Eck, Literary Listening: The Rhetorical Function of Music Criticism in Fiction
Rachel Freire, There is No Revolutionary Art Without Revolutionary Form
Maeve Gately, One Art: Bridging the Ekphrastic Divide
Nora Grenfell, Literary Theorems: Spatial Narrative in Borges and Stoppard
Kate Harloe, Secularisms, Gandhi, & Society
Haley Riemer-Peltz, Ma'am on the Run: Exploring the Sung Narrative of the Classic Blues Women
Economics
Louis Boguchwal, Socially Optimal Vaccination Policies
Henry Burchenal, The Effects of Innovative Work Practices and Shared Capitalism on Worker Outcomes
Brandon Broad, The Effect of Cigarette Taxes on Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors
Yinghan Ding, Risk and Return: An Agent-Based Model Approach to Explain Bubbles and Crashes
Evan Feegans, The Effects of Operation Twist on Long-Term Interest Rates
Mercedes Ferrer, On the Road to Happiness: Government Spending Breakdown, Trust and Happiness
Sarah Flisnik, The Earned Income Tax Credit and Childbearing: the Effect of Marginal Benefits on Low-Income Women
David Hibbard, Understanding the Nature of the Relationship Between Education and Health: Does Quality of Education Matter?
Mai-Linh Hoang, The Impact of Demographic and Economic Factors on Household Spending at Fast-Food and Full-Service Restaurant during the Great Recession
Sara Leshen, The Effect of the 2008 Recession on Spending Habits: Variation Across Demographic Groups
Hon Ng, The Effect of Credit Events and Bank Distress on Credit Constrained Firms: Evidence from the Financial Crisis
Matt Poterba, How Employment Responds to Changes in Assets at U.S. Banks and Credit Unions
Kristin Stenerson, Sovereign Default Risk: Fiscal Sustainability and Credit Default Swap Rates in the European Economic and Monetary Union
Will Thoreson-Green, A Cross-Country Analysis of Religion and Subjective Well-Being
Kendall Weir, Do Character Concerns Matter? The Effect of Criminal Records and Team Suspensions on NFL Draft Status and Subsequent Performance
Shichen Xu, Innovative Work Practices, Shared Capitalism, and Firm Outcomes
Hanbin Yang, The Credit Channel of Monetary Policy: Evidence From Stock Market Returns After the Financial Crisis in 2008
Sky Zhang, How do Education Loans Affect Household Saving and Spending Patterns?
Vic Zimmerman, Shared Ownership, Mutual Monitoring and the Effect of Team Composition
English
Laura Gilson, Jane Austen's Censure of Mercenary Marriage: Who Crosses the Line and How Do We Know?
Caitlin Hult, A Cultivated Wildness: How Emotive Animals Symbolize the Relationship between the Wilderness and Civilization in The Bear and The Jungle Books
Hayden Kiessling, The Male Fantasy of Female Beauty in the Works of John Keats and Mary Robinson
Patrick McNally, Modernism and Cultural Economies: Neo Marxian and Keynesian Anticipations in T.S. Eliot
Sarah Schultz, What's All the Hype About?: A Critical Exploration of Hypertext Theory and Authorship
Andrew Taub, Prison Writing and Beckett
Chelsea Wiggins, Once Upon a Time in Victorian England: Translating the Brothers Grimm for a British Audience
Environmental Studies
Sorina Seeley, Can Spinoza Help Us? Cultivating a New Ecological Consciousness Through Spinoza's Philosophy and Deep Ecology
Patrick Dunn, Making Mountains Out of Mountains and Molehills Out of Molehills: Language and its Implications in Environmental Perception
Beth O'Meara,The Distribution of Invasive Plants in Relation to Historic Land Use and Management in Hamilton College Forests
Mary Lehner, The Effects of Invasive Species on Forest Regeneration and the Ethics of Restoration
Lucas Harris, Garlic Mustard, Honeysuckle, Earthworms and Leaf Litter Dynamics in the Hamilton College Forests
Tory Grieves,For Peat's Sake! Finding the path to effective wetlands regulation in the United States
Glenn Watkins, The Politics of Pa-hay-okee: How Concepts of Place Shape Florida's Everglades
Ryn Steck, Know Thyself, Know Thy Waste: Understanding and Evaluating the Social Implications of Waste Management Strategies at Hamilton College
Katrina Rabeler, Methane in Domestic Wells in Otsego County, New York
Henry Edelson, The Smart Grid and Dynamic Pricing: Promoting a Sustainable Future
Emily Hodes,Distributive Justice and Global Climate Change Treaties
Laurie Horesta, The High Line: An Evaluation of Authenticity
Nick Constantino, Drinking Local: How Hops and Craft Beer Factor into Relocalization in Central New York
French
Kelsey Brow, Entre Aurore et Apollon : Monsieur et les masculinités sous l'absolutisme de Louis XIV
Alexandra "Lexi" Nisita, Frivolite eternelle: la mode, le temps et la cocotte chez Marcel Proust
Government
Henry Anreder, Statebuilding Without a State: Comparative Palestinian Statebuilding under Arafat and Abbas/Fayyad
Isaac Blasenstein, Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Occupy Wall Street Protests and the Tea Party Movement
Rachel Boylan, Palestinian Nonviolence: Altering Asymmetric Power Relations
Woody Faugus, Corruption in Haïti: A Longitudinal and Policy-Prescriptive Analysis
Annie Hudson, Immigration Policy in Europe: A Return to Nationalism
Mikayla Irle, Power in the Policy-Making Process: A Case Study of NAFTA
Adam Minchew, U.S. Intelligence in Iraq and Afghanistan
Biff Parker-Magyar, Reform vs. Regime Change: The Durability of the Moroccan and Jordanian Monarchies in the Arab Spring
Tyler Roberts, What are the effects of Citizens United v. FEC?
Audrey Stano, Courting Justice? The Prosecution of Terrorism in Federal Court
Hispanic Studies
Rachel Ward, Música y melancolía: Un análisis de la música en los documentales políticos de Patricio Guzmán y Santiago Álvarez
Brynn Tomassone, Una ruptura con el ciclo de la negación: La reclamación y la celebración de la identidad afro-latina para mujeres afro-latinas en los Estados Unidos
Kendall (Sarah) Todd, El refuerzo de la identidad dictatorial franquista en la arquitectura española
Thea Spittle, Deslimitaciones en la poesía y el arte visual: poemas, objetos, instalaciones y esculturas de Joan Brossa y Cristina Iglesias
Emily Potter, La familia y la representación cinematográfica de los inmigrantes hispanos en los Estados Unidos
Rachel Grannis, La historia de Marcela y Grisóstomo: Una afirmación de la justicia femenina
Audrey Espey, La Ciudad de México y sus representaciones fragmentadas en Y tu mamá también, Amores Perros y El callejón de los milagros
History
Sam Gomez, The Decisive Battle for Central America: U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua and El Salvador During the Reagan Years
Eli Remillard, Tools of Change: A Critical Reexamination of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
Neuroscience
Rebecca Williams, The Effects of Buspirone and Nonreward on Frustration
Julia Litzky, Highways Through the Brain: Using Microfluidic Chips to Explore Brain Tumor Stem Cell Migration
Danielle Abatemarco, Sensorimotor Gating in the Post-pubescent Rat: The Double-Hit Model of Schizophrenia
Mary Meinke,The Neural Interaction of Verbal and Nonverbal Cues in Empathy Perception
Caitlin Burzynski,Long-term Effects of Maternal Separation and NMDA Receptor Antagonism in Early Life: A Rat Model of Schizophrenia
Peter Lauro, BPA, Sea Squirts, and You: Proposing Ciona Intestinalis as a Bioindicator Species for Bisphenol-a Accumulation in Marine Environments
Katie Peterson, Language Comprehension Networks for Proficient English-French Speakers as a Function of Immersion
Sarah Kane, Brain Networks for Discourse Content, Mouth Movements, and Gestures During Language Comprehension
Psychology
Meredith Bitterman, Sports Anxiety, Motivation, and Performance
Hailey Bobin, Communication for All: Enabling Nonverbal Individuals with Autism
Samuel R. Briggs, Resinging in the Brain: Prior Experience with Music Helps the Brain to Predict Forthcoming Words
Elizabeth Chapin, Cracking the Stigma: The Impact of Pro/Antisocial Priming and Prior Knowledge on the Acceptance of Autism
Laura DiCarlo, First Year Transition To College: The Effects of Athletic Participation on Adjustment
Sarah E. Dryer-Oren, Discrepant Self-Esteem, Ego Threat, and Risk-Taking
Charlotte Breene Gendron, Contingent Self-Esteem, Ego Threat and Risk-Taking Behavior
Carly E. Hachey, College Students' Perceptions of a Mentally Ill Person with a Controllable versus Uncontrollable Stigma
Annie Hull, Exploring the Process of Intentional Forgetting with Explicit and Implicit Measures of Memory
Josephine Jones, Socialization Agents' Influence on Children's Consumer Behavior: The Power of Peers in the Digital Age
Hayden Kiessling, Predicting Successful Transition to College: Gender Differences in Academic and Social Adjustment
Thea-Jenel Moore, Race-Based Stigma Consciousness and Academic Disengagement: The Buffering Role of College Mentorship Programs
Lenni Marcus, Cyberbullying and Victimization in College Students: The Importance of Parental Relationships
Kate Moore, Witnesses' Responses to Cyberbullying: The Role of the Cyber-bystander
Jodi-Ann Osborne, The Effect of Suppressing a Neutral versus Relevant Thought on Self-Esteem: The Role of Individual Differences in Suppression Tendencies
Dominique Paiement, Predicting Differences in Self-Determined Motivation in the Athletic Context
Libby Schultz, The iVictim: The Relationship Between Cyber Victimization, Personality Types, and Depressive Symptoms
Hannah Schacter, "She Didn't Text Me Back!": Intent Attributions in Cyber Interactions
Caroline R. Senft, "Mean Girls": Socially Intelligent and Powerful Adolescents as Social Agents of Relational Aggression
Lauren Weivoda, The Role of Defensive Self-Esteem in Risk Taking Following Ego Threat
Sociology
Ashley Allen, Women in Television News: A Mirage of Gained Power, Equality and Success
Holly Bailey, Fine Art World vs. Artisan-Craft Worlds: How they differ and why
Kate Bennert, Wear Pink. Have Fun. Fight Breast Cancer: Creating a Culture of Positivity in the American Breast Cancer Awareness Movement
Meghan Carter, Prioritizing the Health of the Students: How Schools and School Districts are Handling the Obesity Epidemic
Amy Dow, Oak or Cherry?: A Study of Rationalization and Emotion Management in the Funeral Home
Frederique C. Dupré, Institutional Variability in Higher Education Systems: The Transmission of Cultural Capital and Social Capital
Samantha Elie, Scores or Results: How schools in New York State are handling standardized education
Rachel Irizarry, Crime or Disease: The Treatment of the Mentally Ill from Court to Jail
Emma Leeds, The Effect of Social Networking Sites on Interpersonal Ties
Ephraim McDowell, Seeking Justice in a System of Mass Incarceration: Why American Prosecutors Plea Bargain Punitively
Jessica Rodriguez, Parental Mediation: Attitudes and Methods in Parental Influence of Preteen Television Consumption
Shelley Sauerhaft, Determinants and Effects of the Study Abroad Experience at Hamilton College
Virginia Slattery, Disabling the Disabled: Investigating the Relationship between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Declining Rate of Employment for People with Disabilities
Chase Tucker, The Modern Alienated Worker: A Comparative Analysis of Wal-Mart and Whole Foods
Alison Turka, Planned Parenthood v. Protestors: A Study of the Challenges of Stigmatized Labor with Planned Parenthood Employees of Central New York
Jian F. Wang, “ABC” vs “FOB”: Identity and Ethnic Labels among Chinese-American High School Students
Bryson Wilson, Organizational Commitment among Veterans: A qualitative study on how Veterans’ interactions with the United States Department of Veteran Affairs affects Veterans’ views of the Department of Veteran Affairs
Theatre
Katherine Watson, Talking With…
Jordyn Taylor and Shayna Schmidt, Under Construction
Kadahj Bennett,12/21
John Whitney and Jonathan Higginbotham, Heads
Women's Studies
Lizzy Buhl, Women and the Anti-HydroFracking Movement of the Southern Tier and Central New York
Danielle Burby, Hookup Culture: Empowerment or Imprisonment?
Maria Peralta, A Feminist Analysis of Commercial Surrogacy in the United States
Hannah Stubley, 211 Pine Street, Mayfield, USA: Space, Gender, and Class within the Cleaver's Home