2017 Participants
Areas of Study
Africana Studies
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The Role of International Institutions in the Continued Oppression, Exploitation and Underdevelopment of Various Caribbean Countries
Advisor: Nigel Westmaas, associate professor of Africana studies
Anthropology
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Lyla Connolly ’20
Women’s Relationship to Food, Body, and Health in Nepal
Advisor: Julie Starr, assistant professor of anthropology -
Jane Haffer ’19
Branding and Person-Making in Business School
Advisor: Julie Starr, assistant professor of anthropology
Archaeology
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Petra Elfström ’18
Archaeological Practice at Slocan Narrows
Advisor: Nathan Goodale, associate professor of anthropology
Art
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Approaching the Unsystematic: Studying the Glazing Process in Ceramics to Replicate Patterns in Nature
Advisor: Rebecca Murtaugh, associate professor of art -
Infinity in a Finite Space: Visual Representations of Cantor’s Theorem
Katharine Kuharic, professor of art
Art History
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Egyptian Musical Film 1956-1973
Advisor: Scott MacDonald, professor in art history -
Paula Ortiz ’18
A Cinematic Healing: Dual Energies in Urban Spaces
Scott MacDonald, professor in art history
Biology
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Does geographic location or species-specificity determine a sea urchin's microbiome?
Advisor: Simon Coppard, visiting assistant professor of biology -
Andre Burnham ’18
Nosema Cure in Honeybees
Advisor: Herman Lehman, professor of biology -
Genotyping Saunders Peonies
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring -
Maya Cote ’19
Urban Ecology of Crows
Advisor: Andrea Townsend, assistant professor of biology -
Emily De Jong ’19
Infertility in Diabetic Mice
Jessica Fellmeth, visiting assistant professor of biology -
Elizabeth Egey ’19
Expression of Chemosensory Genes in Sea Urchin Globiferous Pedicellariae during an Envenomation
Advisor: Simon Coppard, visiting assistant professor of biology -
Austin Fanburg ’19
Neuroscience of the Behavior of Crows
Advisor: Andrea Townsend, assistant professor of biology -
Jack Goodman ’18
Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Treatment for Cancer
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring -
Katherine Guzzetta ’18
Impacts Of Binge Drinking and Depression in the Gut Microbiome
Advisor: Cynthia Downs, assistant professor of biology -
Christopher Hart ’19
Ovarian Development in Diabetic Mice
Advisor: Jessica Fellmeth, visiting assistant professor of biology -
Bird Disease Transmission
Advisor: Cynthia Downs, assistant professor of biology -
Erik Johansson ’17
Urban Ecology of Crows
Advisor: Andrea Townsend, assistant professor of biology -
Emily Lei ’19
Deer Immunology
Advisor: Cynthia Downs, assistant professor of biology -
Suxian Lin ’18
Silencing Cohesin Gene in Tetrahymena T
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring -
Alice Long ’20
Function of Apoptosis-Inducing Factor in Tetrahymena
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring -
Kaia Miller ’18
Analysis of KTSA Pond Microbiome
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring -
Tayzia Santiago ’19
Regulation of Heat-Shock Proteins Before, During and After Aestivation in Sea Cucumbers
Advisor: Simon Coppard, visiting assistant professor of biology -
Kai Scarangella ’20
Analysis of Geochemistry and Microbial Community Composition at High Spatial Resolution in Meromictic Green Lake
Advisor: Michael McCormick, associate professor of biology -
Anneka Sheppard ’19
Green Lake Microbial Survey
Advisor: Michael McCormick, associate professor of biology -
Zoe Singer ’18
Irregularly Shaped Nuclei in Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring -
Circalunar Clock Control of Lunar Spawning Cycles in Sea Urchins
Advisor: Simon Coppard, visiting assistant professor of biology -
Meghan Wilkinson ’19
Glycolysis Inhibitors for Protozoans
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring -
Charley Winner ’19
Immunology of Mule Deer
Advisor: Cynthia Downs, assistant professor of biology -
Stephen Wisser ’20
Survey of Microbial Communities in Green Lake
Advisor: Michael McCormick, associate professor of biology -
Emily Yong ’19
The Effect of Type II Diabetes on Ovarian Development in Mice
Advisor: Jessica Fellmeth, visiting assistant professor of biology
Chemical Physics
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Silver Nanomaterials for Improved Sensor Technology
Advisor: Farah Dawood, assistant professor of chemistry
Chemistry
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Alisha Blades ’20
N-(1-Ethoxyvinyl)Pyridinium Salts toward the Synthesis of Bioactive Heterocycles Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry
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Liam Bradley ’19
Nanocrystalline Iron Oxide Electrodes for Water Oxidation
Advisor: Farah Dawood, assistant professor of chemistry -
Giovanny Dominguez ’18
Investigating Novel Cascade Reactions in the Total Synthesis of Antimicrobial Natural Products and Analogues
Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry -
Nicholas Falcone ’19
Potentially Anticancer Peptide Related to Cryptomaldamide
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus Chemistry -
Danielle Gomes Rodrigues ’19
Development of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Bioactive Small Molecules
Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry -
Janice Kang ’20
Computational Investigations of the Binding Pathways of Neuraminidase Inhibitors
Advisor: Adam Van Wynsberghe, associate professor of chemistry -
Phoebe Keyes ’19
Development of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Bioactive Small Molecules
Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry -
Priti Kharel ’18
Fabrication of High Surface Area Nano-Electrofes
Advisor: Farah Dawood, assistant professor of chemistry -
Juliana Larson ’20
Formulation of Antibacterial Peptides
Advisor: Angela Blum, assistant professor of chemistry -
Helen Lin ’19
Synthesis of TPVN/TPVNP
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus -
Danielle McConnell ’20
Development of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Bioactive Small Molecules
Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry -
Catherine McCutcheon ’18
Microorganisms in the Plastisphere
Advisor: Sarah Rosenstein, Laboratory Supervisor in Chemistry -
Willa Mihalyi-Koch ’19
Toward Large-Area Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Sensors: Fabrication of Patterned, Nanostructured Surfaces
Advisor: Farah Dawood, assistant professor of chemistry -
Mackenzie Morshead ’18
Structure Activity Relationships of Antimicrobial Indole Alkaloids
Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry -
Binding Pathway of the Zanamivir/Neuraminidase System
Advisor: Adam Van Wynsberghe, associate professor of chemistry -
Allen Park ’18
Multiscale Modeling of the Association of Small Molecules to Influenza Neuraminidase
Advisor: Adam Van Wynsberghe, associate professor of chemistry -
Zachary Perez ’19
Formulation of Antibacterial Peptides and Small Molecules to Circumvent Resistant Measures
Advisor: Angela Blum, assistant professor of chemistry -
Travis Roeder ’18
Combined Radical Addition and Suzuki Coupling Reactions
Advisor: Ian Rosenstein, associate professor of chemistry -
Olivia Simone ’19
Development of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Bioactive Small Molecules
Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry -
Caroline Sullivan ’20
Development of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Bioactive Small Molecules
Advisor: Max Majireck, assistant professor of chemistry
Classics
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Griffin Warrior Tomb Project
Anne Feltovich, assistant professor of classics
Computer Science
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Ines Ayara ’20
Environments for a strongly-typed dialect of Python
Advisor: Alistair Campbell, associate professor of computer science -
Geoffrey Engel ’20
Impact of UI Design on the Trust of Automated Systems
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science -
Matthew Jenkins ’20
Environments for a Strongly-Typed Dialect of Python
Advisor: Alistair Campbell, associate professor of computer science -
Paul Magnus ’18
Environments for a Strongly-Typed Dialect of Python
Advisor: Alistair Campbell, associate professor of computer science -
Drew McArthur ’19
Machine Learning on Brain States
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair in Computer Science -
Risa Ulinski ’19
Impact of UI Design on the Trust of Automated Systems
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair in Computer Science -
Algebraic Classification of Formal Languages
Richard Decker, professor of computer science -
Judy Zhou ’19
Impact of UI Design on the Trust of Automated Systems
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair in Computer Science
Digital Arts
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Rachel Cooley ’18
Touching Mortality through Animation Advisor: Ella Gant, professor of art
Economics
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Megan Bates ’18
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology -
Micaela (Mia) Caterisano ’19
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology -
Mariani German ’19
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology -
Almahdi Mahil ’20
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology -
Ben Morgan ’19
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology -
Thomas Morris ’18
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology -
Public Health & Development: Serving the Underserved: A Case Study of Morocco
Advisor: Erol Balkan, professor of economics -
Hersheena Rajaram ’19
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology -
Morgan Walsh ’18
Refugee Connections to Utica and U.S. Financial Institutions
Advisors: Paul Hagstrom, Professor of Economics & Chaise LaDousa, professor of anthropology
Education Studies
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Narrowing the Literacy Gap: Examining Difference in Early Childhood Education
Advisors: Meredith Madden, visiting assistant professor of education studies & Vivyan Adair, associate professor of women's and gender studies -
Mind. Body. I Am Somebody.
Advisor: Meredith Madden, visiting assistant professor of education studies -
Our Red Brick Schoolhouse: An Ethnographic Case Study of Small School Education
Advisors: Susan Mason, director of the education studies program & Meredith Madden, visiting assistant professor of education studies
French
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La beautãest dans la rue: Paris Graffiti and the 2017 French Presidential Election
Advisor: Cheryl Morgan, professor of French
Geosciences
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Alexander Holmwood ’19
Examining Enigmatic Ridge Networks in the Eocene Limestone of Egypt's Western Desert
Advisor: Barbara Tewskbury, the Upson Chair for Public Discourse and Professor of Geosciences -
Chris Klein ’18
Using Geophysics to Investigate Saltwater Contamination of Aquifers
Advisor: Todd Rayne, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies -
Ryan Sedwick ’19
Using Geophysics to Investigate Saltwater Contamination of Aquifers
Advisor: Todd Rayne, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies
Government
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Value of Sustainable Practices on Public Health in Utica
Advisor: Peter Cannavò, associate professor of government -
Allyson (Ally) D’Antonio ’20
Legitimacy and Social Media: Trump’s Retweets
Advisors: Heather Sullivan, assistant professor of government & Joel Winkelman, lecturer in government -
Alexandra (Allie) Gale ’19
Legitimacy and Social Media: Trump’s Retweets
Advisors: Heather Sullivan, assistant professor of government & Joel Winkelman, lecturer in government -
Sabrina Gattine ’18
Child Malnutrition and Nonprofit Response in Argentina: A Study of the Differing Challenges and Methodology in Rural Versus Urban Nonprofits
Advisor: Frank Sciacca, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Associate Professor of German and Russian Languages and Literatures (Russian) -
Amelia Mitchell ’18
Empowering Communities Against Child Malnutrition: A Survey of the Methodologies Utilized to Combat Childhood Malnutrition in Argentina
Advisor: Heather Sullivan, assistant professor of government -
Caroline Moore ’19
Legitimacy and Social Media: Trump’s Retweets
Advisors: Heather Sullivan, assistant professor of government & Joel Winkelman, lecturer in government -
Elizabeth O’Keefe ’20
The Role of Identity Politics of the Latin American Community in the 2016 Election
Advisor: Gbemende Johnson, assistant professor of government -
Micaela Rostov ’19
Legitimacy and Social Media: Trump’s Retweets
Advisors: Heather Sullivan, assistant professor of government & Joel Winkelman, lecturer in government
History
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Marx, Nietzsche, Foucault: Anti Logic and Epistemology
Advisor: Alfred Kelly, the Edgar B. Graves Professor of History -
Analyzing the Effects of Western Human Rights Standards on South Korean Culture and Politics
Advisor: Kevin Grant, professor of history -
The Traveler’s Dilemma: Feminism vs. Orientalism in Travel Writing
Advisor: Lisa Trivedi, professor of history
Japanese
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“HÄ?fuâ€?: The Lives and Legacy of Half-Japanese Women in America
Kyoko Omori, associate professor of East Asian languages and literatures (Japanese)
Literature and Creative Writing
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Mackenzie Bettmann-Adcock ’18
From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Female Experience in Buenos Aires post-1980s
Advisor: Nhora Serrano, visiting assistant professor of comparative literature -
Zachary Deming ’20
The Author as Adversary: Secret-Keeping, Narrative Paradox, and Homodiegetic Deception
Advisor: Steven Yao, the Edmund A. LaFevre Professor of Literature -
Xiaohan Hou ’18
Writers in Exile: Reconstructing the Disappearing Homeland in Literature
Advisor: Steven Yao, the Edmund A. LaFevre Professor of Literature -
James O’Connell ’18
‘the song of the prisoner who’s come to love his cage: metamodernism and the literature’s next big rebels’
Advisor: Nancy Rabinowitz, professor of comparative literature -
When a Loved One Vanishes in The Age of Mass Incarceration: Local Narratives on Losing a Loved One to Prison
Advisor: Doran Larson, the Walcott-Bartlett Chair of Ethics and Christian Evidences -
Art as Resistance: New Narrative Writers and Queer Zine Culture of the 1980s
Advisor: Tina Hall, associate professor of literature and creative writing -
John Wellers ’19
Reflecting Place: An Expression of Non-Normativity, Reconstitution of Home from Displacement and Felt Connection to Place
Advisor: Steven Yao, the Edmund A. LaFevre Professor of Literature
Neuroscience
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Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Olivia Hack ’18
The Influence of Musical Training on Human Learning and Inference
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology -
Sanju Koirala ’19
Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Study Learning in Children and Adults
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology -
Ashna Lalwani ’19
Traumatic Brain Injury and Amyloid Precursor Protein: The Connection
Advisor: Herman Lehman, professor of biology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning and Memory
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Farzonai Muzaffar ’18
The Effect of Concussion on Fruit Fly Behavior
Advisor: Herman Lehman, professor of biology -
Elisa Taylor-Yeremeeva ’20
Examining Learning in Children and Adults
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology -
Julia Tsvyakh ’19
Multisensory Perception and Failures of Attention
Advisor: Alexandra List, assistant professor of psychology -
Emily Williams ’19
Developing Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Methods
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology
Philosophy
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Mackenzie Doherty ’18
Decolonized Poetics
Advisor: Ashley Bohrer, the Truax Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy -
19th and 20th Century Philosophy Project Proposal
Advisor: Marianne Janack, professor of philosophy -
Wilhelgyne Rose ’19
The Self & Dissociative Identity Disorder
Advisor: Marianne Janack, professor of philosophy -
Diana Suder ’18
Concretely Visualizing Abstract Spirituality
Katheryn Doran, associate professor of philosophy
Physics
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The Atomic Structure of Glass
Advisor: Kristen Burson, assistant professor of physics -
Steven Cunden ’18
Gravitational Waves
Seth Major, professor of physics -
Elise LePage ’18
Quantum Gravity
Advisor: Seth Major, professor of physics -
Anna Mowat ’18
House Heating Inefficiencies
Advisor: Seth Major, professor of physics -
Microscopy Studies of the Atomic Structure of Glass
Advisor: Kristen Burson, assistant professor of physics -
Fuming Qiu ’19
Measuring the Luminescence of Nanodiamonds
Advisor: Viva Horowitz, assistant professor of physics -
Alexei Smith ’19
Narrowing A Diode Laser
Advisor: Brian Collett, the Winslow Chair in of Modern Science and Professor of Physics -
Robert Taylor ’19
Narrowing a Diode Laser
Advisor: Gordon Jones, professor of physics -
Josue Velasquez ’18
Magnetometer Based on Rubidium Optical Pumping
Advisor: Gordon Jones, professor of physics -
Houghton Yonge ’18
Nanoscience Laser Lab Development
Advisor: Viva Horowitz, assistant professor of physics -
Mikel Zemborain ’19
Building a Neutron Chopper
Advisor: Gordon Jones, professor of physics
Psychology
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Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Amber Aparicio ’18
Defensive Self-Esteem and Resistance to Attitude Change
Advisor: Jennifer Borton, professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Olivia Hack ’18
The Influence of Musical Training on Human Learning and Inference
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology -
Claudia Karademas ’20
Multisensory Perception and Failures of Attention
Advisor: Alexandra List, assistant professor of psychology -
Lauren Klei ’18
Improving Self-Control in Children and Adolescents
Advisor: Rachel White, assistant professor of psychology -
Sanju Koirala ’19
Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Study Learning in Children and Adults
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning, Memory & Motivation
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Cortical Contributions to Learning and Memory
Advisor: Siobhan Robinson, assistant professor of psychology -
Sandra Saldana ’19
Improving Self-Control in Children and Adolescents
Advisor: Rachel White, assistant professor of psychology -
Gabrielle Stern ’19
Defensive Self-Esteem and Resistance to Attitude Change
Advisor: Jennifer Borton, professor of psychology -
Elisa Taylor-Yeremeeva ’20
Examining Learning in Children and Adults
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology -
Julia Tsvyakh ’19
Multisensory Perception and Failures of Attention
Advisor: Alexandra List, assistant professor of psychology -
Emily Williams ’19
Developing Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Methods
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology -
Rachel Yirigian ’18
Improving Self-Control in Children and Adolescents
Advisor: Rachel White, assistant professor of psychology
Religious Studies
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Muslim Refugees in Utica: Perception and Reality
Advisor: Abhishek Amar, assistant professor of religious studies
Sociology
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Zain Ul Arifeen ’18
Gentrification in New York City: Revitalization of Decaying Areas or Displacement of Poorer Communities Stephen Ellingson, professor of sociology
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Analyzing African American Achievement in Fortune 500 Companies
Advisor: Jaime Kucinskas, assistant professor of sociology
Theatre
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Michael Matt ’20
Forsaken
Advisor: Craig Latrell, professor of theatre -
Speaking Out: How Documentary Theatre Provides a Voice to Sexual Assault Survivors
Advisor: Jeanne Willcoxon, visiting assistant professor of theatre -
Liberal Art(ist): How a Liberal Arts Education Fits into Professional Theatre
Sara C. Walsh, visiting assistant professor of theatre
Women's and Gender Studies
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Kirsty Warren ’18
The Murderous Lesbian Meets the Gay Best Friend: Queer Representation on TV 1967-1997
Joyce Barry, visiting assistant professor of women's and gender studies