Thinking Matters:
A Student Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Symposium
Thinking Matters Schedule - Oral Sessions
April 17, 2009
Oral Session #1 - 11:15-12:30 pm
- Luther Bonney 303:
- From Rosy to Regrettable: Mixed Nostalgia and the Meanings of Jell-O Salad. Presenter Clare Forstie
- Chew on This: Food, Culture, Politics. Presenter: Cathleen McQuiston
- Luther Bonney 403:
- Agent Smith: a Real-Time Game-Playing Agent for Interactive Dynamic Games. Presenter: Ryan Small
- Real -Time Agent That Learns How to Play Ms. PacMan. Presenter: Alan Fitzgerald
- Search for Functional Elements in Noncoding DNA. Presenter: Junes Thete
- Luther Bonney 410:
- Irish and Scottish Immigrants in the Market Revolution. Presenter: Meredith Treat
- Pido Justicia: Woman and Land in Rural Guatemala. Presenter: Lucas Desmond
- Payson Smith 41:
- Space Weathering Among Primitive Asteroids in the Near-Infrared. Presenter: Matthew Walker
- Extremeophile Biology at Callahan Mine. Presenter: Karoline Perry
- Payson Smith 43:
- Evaluation of Discharge Planning Service of Clients Being Discharged from Riverview Psychiatric Center. Presenter: Kathryn Leonard
- Comparison of Two Elementary Schools. Presenter: Victoria Wright
- Program Evaluation of Aftercare Services for Juvenile Offenders. Presenter: Melissa Marcinuk
- Payson Smith 44:
- Individuation as Process: Transindividuality, the Subject, and Society. Presenter: Nigel Stevens
- Ethical Issues in the Use of Unconsented Human Cadavers. Presenter: Amanda Fickett
- Payson Smith 208:
- Refugee Experience Stage #1. Presenter: Hannah Corbin. Co-Authors: Jelena Sarenac and Corey Saenz
- Payson Smith 209:
- Refugee Experience Stage #2. Presenter: Louis Hall. Co-Authors: Hamida Suja, Anne Dietrich, Mohammed Dini, Brenna Widdis and Molly Dolby
Oral Session #2 - 1:00-2:15 pm
- Luther Bonney 303:
- Investing in Maine Women's Financial Security. Presenter: Annie Bradbury
- Community Health and the Campaign against Chronic Disease. Presenter: Sarah Hawkes
- Luther Bonney 310:
- Walkability of Portland, Maine's METRO Bus System: a GIS Network Analysis. Presenter: Andy Smith-Petersen
- Problems with Erosion at Sebago Lake, Maine. Presenter: Annie Scriven
- Luther Bonney 403:
- PC Controlled Testing Platform for Acceleration and Capacitance Sensing. Presenter: Steve Coleman
- MEMS Acceleration Sensors: Design, Fabrication and Testing as Class Projects in a New MEMS Course at USM. Presenter: Mustafa Guvench
- Luther Bonney 410:
- Changing Land in the Age of the American Market Revolution. Presenter: Todd Hopkins
- Payson Smith 41:
- Phosphorus Uptake Comparison between Marine Picoplankton. Presenter: Kate Callnan
- Marine Microbal Biogeography across the Patagonian Shelf Upwelling Region. Presenter: Heather Wright
- Payson Smith 43:
- Effects of an Intergenerational Program between Older Adults with Memory Loss and High-school Service-learning Students: a Program Evaluation. Presenter: Amy Wescott
- Relationships of Weight Gain, Autonomy, and Resident-Centered Dining Service Among Older Nursing Home Residents. Presenter: Mark McLaughlin
- Maine Alzheimer's Association Helpline: A Mixed-Methods Program Evaluation. Presenter: Patricia Oh
- Payson Smith 44:
- Analyzing Expressionism in Film: An Examination of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo". Presenter: Benantonio Forgione
- Sonia Delaunay: Modern Art, Design, and "Decoration". Presenter: Arielle Morabito
- Payson Smith 208:
- Refugee Experience Stage #3. Presenter: Thaddeus Herman. Co-Authors: Alison Parker, Heather Rogers and Byron Saavedra
- Payson Smith 209:
- Refugee Experience Stage #4. Presenter: Eliza Rae. Co-Authors: Matthew Gilpartick, Fatima Al Friehy, Emily Phillips, Liban Suleiman and Daneille Potvin
Oral Session #3 - 2:30-3:45 pm
- Luther Bonney 303:
- Caregiver Discrimination in the Workplace. Presenter: Katherine Crossman
- Measuring Subjective Happiness/Well-being. Presenter: Lanna Lee Maheux-Quinn
- Luther Bonney 310:
- New England as a Metaphor for National Identity in Presidential Politics. Presenter: Ryan Farnkopf
- Letters to Home: Everyday Life in Industrial Towns in 1930's Soviet Russia. Presenter: Allison Ryall
- Luther Bonney 410:
- Place to Belong. Presenter: Arlita Hallee
- Embracing Diversity: A Look at the Struggles of LGBTQ Youth. Presenter: Heather Rice
- Home Away From Home? Understanding the Nature of a Youth Crisis Unit. Presenter: Kellen Tucker
- Payson Smith 43:
- Study of Social Worker's Improvement in Resiliency Traits. Presenter: Lisa DuVall
- What is Keeping Clients from Therapy in Summer Months? Presenter: Ann Lowell
- Health Choices in the Mental Health Community. Presenter: Robert Cameron
- Payson Smith 44:
- Community Service Learning: Harnessing Synergies of Student Leadership to Power Civic and Academic Engagement. Presenter: Daphne Comeau
- Payson Smith 208:
- Refugee Experience Stage #5. Presenter: Jennifer Murray. Co-authors: Sharif Adan, Kelsey Albert, and Lindsey Perry
