Amherst Explorations: A Celebration of
Student Research and Creative Work
Friendly Periodicals Reading Room, Frost Library
Friday, April 1, 2016
Point at a topic title to see its description, if available.
| Prelude | Performance | Rob Croll ’16 | Solo Jazz Guitar |
| 11 AM | Introduction | Alex Vasquez, Dean of Students | |
| Lightning Talks |
Katerina von Campe ’17 and Mindy Kim ’17 | Bonding with Books: Positive Effects of the Eric Carle Museum’s Outreach Program on Narrative Production and Literacy | |
| Gabriela Espinosa ’16 | The Guru Gives Hugs, Divine Knowledge, and Hershey’s Kisses: Devotional Aesthetics, Material Religion, and the Creation of a Transnational Bhakti Bazaar in Mata Amritanandamayi's Movement | ||
| Azka Javaid ’17 | Building the Capacity to Assess Design and Interpretation in a Study of Studies | ||
| Posters |
Mindy Kim ’17 | Understanding the Role of Endothelial IP3R1 in Regulating Blood Pressure | |
| Aditi Krishnamurthy ’18 and Samuel Hendel ’15 | Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Characterization of a BODIPY Dyad Series | ||
| Tiffany Lee ’16 | Inhibition in the Zebrafish Startle Response | ||
| Samantha Newby ’16 | “Use Your Head”: Can Concussion Interventions Presenting Short-Term or Long-Term Consequences Improve Concussion Reporting in Student Athletes | ||
| Athri Ranganathan ’16 | The Place of Experimental Schools in Educational Discourse Today | ||
| Noon | Introduction | Catherine Epstein, Dean of the Faculty | |
| Lightning Talks |
Sam Hart ’16 | On Mass Incarceration in Australia and the United States | |
| Caroline Rose ’16 | One City, Two Buildings, Three Schools:How Race and Politics Impact Educational Opportunity in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-Present | ||
| Sylvia Hickman ’16 | More Than Sustenance: Health, Morality, Authority, and the History of College Dining at Amherst, Smith and Mount Holyoke, 1821-1941 | ||
| Annika Nygren ’16 | Where Is the Love? | ||
| Digital Scholarship Panel |
A Hitch in Time — Digital Scholarship interns spent last summer engaged in a critical reexamination of the life and legacy of one of Amherst College’s best-remembered presidents: geologist and minister Edward Hitchcock. Moderator: Sarah Walden, Digital Projects Librarian |
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| Darya Bor ’18 | Eight Sides | ||
| Seanna McCall ’17 | The Cross in Nature | ||
| Daniel Rivera ’17E | A Day in the Life | ||
| Lightning Talk & Model | Russell Einbinder ’16 | Redesign for the Whitney Breuer | |
| 1 PM | Introduction | The Amherst Explorations Committee | |
| Performance | Elena Marione ’16 | Weaving Twine: After Troy | |
| Lightning Talks |
Adaugo Ugocha ’16 | Spacing Culture: Unveiling Hidden Structures of Violence towards Displaced Indigenous Peoples | |
| Kyle Obana ’18E | Racial Disparities in the Prevalence of Arthritis among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, Whites, and Asians | ||
| Sung Joo Choi ’16 | Korea and Its Leap into a Global Society | ||
| Omar Pineda ’16 | Dominicano Donde Sea: 60 Years of Globalization, Migration, and Integration in the Nikkei Dominican Community | ||
| Performance | Ashley Montgomery ’16 | What Does A Superhero Sound Like?: On New Media and Heroines | |
| 2 PM | Introduction | Bryn Geffert, Librarian of the College | |
| Folger Fellows Panel |
Irisdelia Garcia ’18 Emma Hartman ’17 Kevin Mei ’16 Jacob Pagano ’18 Crystal Park ’17 |
Folger Fellowships support students whose academic work can most profit from intensive research at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Moderator: Michael Kelly, Head of Archives & Special Collections |
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| Lane Fellows Panel |
Elena Marione ’16 Rob Croll ’16 |
Lane Fellowships support students engaged in projects in the arts, using historical and rare source materials from the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections as inspiration or content. Moderator: Michael Kelly, Head of Archives & Special Collections |
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| Performance | Mark Boyer ’16 Hannah Tandon ’16 Victoria Luizzi ’17 Patrick Williams ’18 |
DIY Alphorns | |
| 3 PM | Introduction | Jyl Gentzler, Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Writing Center | |
| Performance | Heru Craig ’17 | Human Revolution: Acknowle--ERASING the Dichotomy Between Self and Other | |
| Lightning Talks |
Kiana Cardwell ’16 | Moralizing Titian: The Annunciation of Danaë | |
| Manuel Morales, Jr. ’16 | The Dark Side of Empathy: Whites’ Status-Legitimizing Beliefs and Intergroup Support | ||
| Rachael Abernethy ’16 | We Are Here, but Where Does the “I” Belong? | ||
| Course Panel |
Louise Atadja ’16 Ashley Bohan ’16 Gaby Mayer ’16 Kathryn Ariyibi ’18E Olivia Truax ’16 Sanyu Takirambudde ’18 Ruth Manzanares ’18 Chelsea Nkansah‑Siriboe ’18 Emma Ryan ’17 |
Being Human in STEM is a collaboratively designed, project-oriented course that looks specifically at the theme of diversity within STEM fields — at Amherst College and beyond. Moderator: Sheila Jaswal, Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
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| Performance | Andrew Lindsay ’16 | Alone: The Phenomenology of Grief | |