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Posted on Friday, May 25, 2012
During the 2011-2012 academic year, 46 Hobart and William Smith students successfully completed Honors projects. They were recognized, along with their advisers, at a Porch Party given by Acting Provost and Dean of Faculty Pat McGuire. Their accomplishments were also noted in this year's commencement program.
The Hobart and William Smith Honors Program allows students to complete work at the most sustained and sophisticated level available in the Colleges' curriculum. Qualified students take two or three self-designed courses that concentrate on the same project and are guided throughout their exploration by a faculty adviser.
In addition to the culminating Honors project, usually a research or critical paper or its counterpart in the creative arts, each Honors candidate takes a written examination in their Honors field and an oral examination that covers both the Honors project and the written examination.
Receiving Honors this year are:
Cory M. Andrews, English
A Doorknob, a Floor, or a Sister to Marry
Caroline Manring, Adviser
Wendi A. Bacon, Spanish and Hispanic Studies
Translating Stereotypes: Accent in the Spanish Dubbing of Disney Films
Caroline Travalia, Adviser
Wendi A. Bacon, Biochemistry
Myeloma Cell Biology: The Role of the Bone Marrow Environment in Promoting Myeloma Cells
Patricia Mowery, Adviser
Adam D. Brooks, Chemistry
Precipitating the Future of Technology: The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Molecular Wire Candidates
Christine de Denus, Adviser
Timothy H. Carter, English
The Subjunctive Life
David Weiss, Adviser
Sarah V. Cutts, Art History
Women's Patronage in Rome: Paralleling Anna Colonna and St. Teresa of Avila
Elena Ciletti, Adviser
Samantha M. Dighton, Writing and Rhetoric
Cyra de Berg: A Young Adult Novel Chapters 1-5
Cheryl Forbes, Adviser
Nina E. Dotti, Writing and Rhetoric
Violence in Fiction: Mapping the Language of Violence on the Page and in the Imagination
Cheryl Forbes, Adviser
Scott A. Earl, Economics
The Economics of U.S. Immigration: A Literature Review and Synthesis
Elizabeth Ramey, Adviser
Daphney Etienne, Writing and Rhetoric
Imagining Haiti
Neeta Bhasin, Adviser
Isaias D. Garcia, Writing and Rhetoric
$wagonomics - The Financial Literacy Empowerment Electronic Textbook
Michele Polak, Adviser
Owen H. Henn, Sociology
Medical Sociology: Diabetes in the United States as a Social Institution
Jack Harris, Adviser
Sara M. Hollingshead, Writing and Rhetoric
A Trail of Strips: A Collection of Short Narratives
Cheryl Forbes, Adviser
Matthew P. Hursh, Public Policy
Affirmative Action: Examining Its Validity in American Society
Craig Rimmerman, Adviser
Gina M. Iannitelli, Studio Art
Abstraction and Atmosphere--Exploring Spatial Relationships
Nicholas Ruth, Adviser
Patrick P. Kana, Studio Art
Production and Design: Crafting a Chair in Light of 20th Century Modern Design
A. E. Ted Aub, Adviser
Rachel A. Kopicki, Classical Studies
Ancient Medicine: Progress and Women's Bodies
James Capreedy, Adviser
Kristen N. Kush, Chemistry
Molecular Wire Candidates: Synthesis and Characterization for the Race in Technological Advancement
Christine de Denus, Adviser
Hunter LaCroix, History
Blood in the Soil: Conquest, Revolution, and War in the Caucuses
Derek Linton, Adviser
Katherine E. Levenstein, Writing and Rhetoric
AmaZINE women: An Informative Online Zine about Young Women's Health and Guidance for Healthful Living
Cheryl Forbes, Adviser
Yaoxin Liu, Mathematics
A Mathematical Model: Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D Co-infection
Jonathan Forde, Adviser
Constance H. Mandeville, History
Breezy Nature: The Story of Elizabeth Smith Miller, Anne Fitzhugh Miller and Political Equality in Geneva, New York
William Harris, Adviser
Sarah E. Marlow, Philosophy
Find and Flourish: Plato's Theories of Education as a Potential Basis for Reforming Urban Education
Eugen Baer, Adviser
William R. McConnell, Sociology
THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SUICIDE: Exploring the Network Approach
Wes Perkins, Adviser
Mark C. McInerney, Economics
Financial Instability: The Effects of Economics Trends on Financial Deregulation
Felipe Rezende, Adviser
Marcela S. Melara, Computer Science
ELARA: Environmental Liaison and Automated Recycling Assistant
John Vaughn, Adviser
Jordann Myers, Africana Studies
With a Touch of Make-Up
Africana Womanism: A Case Study of Miriam Makeba
Thelma Pinto, Adviser
Caitlin R. O'Brien, Political Science
Toward a Better Democracy: Non-Rational Political Engagement and the American Democratic Structure
Paul Passavant, Adviser
Bevin M. O'Connor, English
Holding Ivory
Caroline Manring, Adviser
Mirel J. Oese-Siegel, International Relations
The CAPed Farmer: The Common Agricultural Policy and the Commodification of the European Farm
David Ost, Adviser
Wade S. Perkins, Chemistry
Depsipeptidic Anticancer Natural Products and Analogs via Improved Latent Thioester Mediated Solid-Phase Methodology
Justin Miller, Adviser
Elizabeth A. Perry, Studio Art
Developing My Ability to See: The Exploration of Success in Visual Relationships and Development of a Voice in Painting
Nicholas Ruth, Adviser
Gideon V. Porter, Political Science
A Perfect Storm: Why America Does Not Do More to Combat Poverty
Iva Deutchman, Adviser
Mary K. Posman, History
"Why Rochester?" Jewish Refugees 1930-1950 an Anomaly in the Historiography of Guilt
Derek Linton, Adviser
Imani Schectman, Studio Art
Seeking the Self: Reflecting and Reconstructing Female Identity
Christine Chin, Adviser
Emma E. Pierce Schell, Media and Society
Constructing Communities: Non-Native Korean Drama Fans Online
Leah Shafer, Adviser
Lauren M. Schwarzenberg, Architectural Studies
Jogo: An Educational Game for Literacy Enhancement
Kirin Makker, Adviser
Carrie A. Stevens, Writing and Rhetoric
FitFluence: A Diet and Fitness Website
Cheryl Forbes, Adviser
Josephine P. Stout, Biology
The Genetics of Fruit Fly Eye Development: Identifying the Critical Amino Acids of Sobp that Mediate Interaction with the Transcriptional Regulator Sine oculis
Kristy Kenyon, Adviser
Mirabelle F. Thevenin, Writing and Rhetoric
Miranda Rights: Theory and Practice United States Supreme Court Case Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Cheryl Forbes, Adviser
Tra T. To, International Relations
BEWARE OF THE DRAGON: Vietnam's Foreign Policy Toward China
Jack D. Harris, Adviser
Jade D. Vasquez, Latin American Studies
Sin City: The Real Life Story of Violence and Corruption in Ciudad Juarez
Brenda Maiale, Adviser
Shaun P. Viguerie, Computer Science
ISTAT: Online Interface for Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Analysis
David Eck, Adviser
Melissa M. Warner, Russian Language and Culture
"Date with a Bird:"Translating Tatyana Tolstaya
Kristen Welsh, Adviser
Elizabeth J. Wasmund, Religious Studies
2011 - A European Declaration of War: A Religious Studies Approach to Understanding Anders Breivik's Path to Kill
Richard Salter, Adviser
Mary M. Williamson, Art History
Snake/Skin: A Study of the Transformation of Women into Reptiles in Japanese Narrative Art
Lara Blanchard, Adviser
Chuan Wu, Art
Landscape Perceptions
Nicholas Ruth, Adviser
Also being recognized this year is
Shelby M. Pierce, International Relations - completed honors in 2010-2011
Language from the Barrel of a Gun: Understanding the Lord's Resistance Army Beyond the Western Press
Prof. Kevin Dunn, Adviser