Session I • 9-10:15 a.m.

Women’s Identity
Olin Hall 130
Lyndsey Wilson, moderator

Erika Horwege | Sex and Seclusion: The Ideal and Reality of Women in Ancient Greece, 9 a.m.
Nanyonjo Mukungu | Transnational Black Feminist Solidarity Through a Critique of the Global Justice Movement, 9:15 a.m.
Mehera Nori | Reproductive Rights, Gender Inequality, and Female Identity in Modern China, 9:30 a.m.
Lyndsey Wilson | Race and the Experience of Commercial Sex Workers: Recommendations for Policies to End Sexual Exploitation, 9:45 a.m.

Literary Inquiries
Olin Hall 157
Aaron Aguilar Ramirez, moderator

Andrew Ryan | Tales Re-Told: Transformations in the Icelandic Sagas, 9 a.m.
Cara Lowry | A Magnetic Marriage: Beaumarchais, Mesmer, and the Circulation of Ideas in Prerevolutionary France, 9:15 a.m.
Madeline Jacobson | Searching for the Mind: Psychological Discourse in Gothic Literature, 9:30 a.m.
Aaron Aguilar Ramirez | Between Life and Death: Eroticism, Suicide and Dissidence in the Writings of Arenas and Piñera, 9:45 a.m.

Encounters
Reid Ballroom B
Sabrina Wise, moderator

Yonah Biers-Ariel | Why God Likes Sin, 9 a.m.
Benjamin Roberson | Apocalyptic Feminism in Revelation and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” 9:15 a.m.
Samuel Chapman | Odysseus’ Greatest Lie, 9:30 a.m.
Sabrina Wise | Sensation of a Void: Exile, Awareness, and Evil in Genesis and “The Plague,” 9:45 a.m.

The Physical Universe
Science 100 (Brattain Auditorium)
Zach Schierl, moderator

Bryant Fong | BalloonSAT: Educational Outreach and High Altitude Atmospheric Research, 9 a.m.
Alexe Helmke | Observing the Sun, 9:15 a.m.
Samuel Schonfeld | Isochrone Fitting of NGC 6712, 9:30 a.m.
Zachary Schierl | Origin of Sinuous Channels on Ascreaus Mons, Mars, 9:45 a.m.

Chemistry Matters
Science 151
Mitchell Lee, moderator

Ruben Raychaudhuri | A Brief Computational Study of the Active Site of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase, 9 a.m.
Yon Choi | An Analysis of Surface Tension on Anionic Hydrotropic Salts in Solutions Containing Sodium Octyl Sulfate Micelles Using the Drop Weight Method, 9:15 a.m.
Alec White | A Xe NMR Study of Hydrotropes in Solutions Containing Sodium Octyl Sulfate Micelles, 9:30 a.m.
Kira Peterson | Elemental Analysis of Mo’orean Scleractinian Corals by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, 9:45 a.m.
Mitchell Lee | Elemental Analysis of Mo’orean Scleractinian Corals by Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, 10 a.m.

Environmental Impacts and Politics
Science 165 (Gaiser Auditorium)
Julia Stone, moderator

Emily Doyle | The Decomposition and Oxidation of Crude Oil, 9 a.m.
Rachel Alexander | Mining and Protest in Intag, Ecuador, 9:15 a.m.
Hayley Mauck | The Celebritization of Environmental Politics: Amusement or Advancement?, 9:30 a.m.
Shelly Le, Sean McNulty, Monica Simmons, Julia Stone | Reflections on a Summer in Guatemala: Studies in Sustainable Development, 9:45 a.m.

Arab Springs and Other Revolutions
Kimball Theatre
Molly Johnson, moderator

Benjamin Menzies | Eelam in Exile: Nationalism in the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora, 9 a.m.
Kelley Hall | Al Jazeera: A Pipeline for Revolution, 9:15 a.m.
Mitchell Dunn | Chinese Propaganda and the Arab Spring, 9:30 a.m.
Dhavan Vengadasalam | After the Reformasi: Visions of Political Reform in Malaysia, 9:45 a.m.
Molly Johnson | Balancing Islam and Politics: Al-Banna’s Brotherhood and Egypt’s Contemporary Freedom and Justice Party, 10 a.m.

Food for Thought
Reid GO2
Hannah Joseph, moderator

Suzanne Jaszczult | The Meaning of Meat: Politics of Diet in Gujarat, India, 9 a.m.
Marcial Díaz Mejía | The Globalization of Food Consumption in Guatemala City, 9:15 a.m.
Kyla Flaten | Food Consumption and Class Identity on the Whitman Campus, 9:30 a.m.
Sarah Wolf, Lydia Lund | Wild Edibles I, 9:45 a.m.
Molly Hayes, Sophie Davis, Lindsay Cameron,  Hannah Joseph | Wild Edibles II, 10 a.m.

Children and Poverty
Sherwood 222
Evelina Miropolsky, moderator

Stacey Rosenzweig | Newborn Health in Arica, Chile, as Seen Through the Practice of Breastfeeding, 9 a.m.
Helen Jenne, Nick Tacke, Lillian Bailey, Sarah Stanger | The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Infant Manual Exploration, 9:15 a.m.
Peter Olson, Lauren Hopson | Early Effects of Maternal Stimulation on Attention in Low Socioeconomic Status Infants, 9:30 a.m.
Autumn Knutson, Lindsay Olson, Evelina Miropolsky | Poverty’s Effects on the Development of Adolescent Identity, 9:45 a.m.