2006 Presenters

SPRING 2006 STUDENT PRESENTERS

Sarah Angell '06, nursing
"Sexual Decision Making"

David Baldwin '06, computer science & cognitive psychology
"Shallow Acquisition of Domain Concepts by Naieve Learners"

Danielle Chaplick '06, political science
"Social and Fiscal Challenges Facing Medicaid System"

Cynthia Gillham '06, economics
"Development Policy of South America: Its Success and Failures"

Megan Healy '06, nursing
"Neuropsychological Sequlae of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury"

Ben Jacobs '06, mechanical engineering
"Combustion Lab"

Erica Kemp '06, mechanical and industrial engineering
and Michael Jenkins '06, industrial engineering
"Engineering a Better Tomorrow: Enablement in Action"


Daniel Knudsen '06, behavioral neuroscience
"Creating Functional Neural Control Circuits Incorporating Both Discrete-time, map based neurons and Hindmarsh Rose Electronic Neurons"

Ilya Luvish '06, history
"Post War Pogroms in Eastern Europe: An Analysis"

Liane Marquis '06, English
"Marlowe, Tamburlaine and the Demise of Traditional Elizabethan Monarchy"

Tracie Munzert '06, nursing
"Messages in Gestures: Voices of 11-14 Year Old African American Girls and Their Mothers in Regard to Talking About Sex"

Heidi Nelson '06, theatre
"Confronting the Tragic Flaw: Dramaturgy, A View from the Bridge, and the American Citizen"

Cristin O'Leary'06, political science
"Lessons from Female Massachusetts Elected Officials: How Women can be Encouraged to Run for Political Office"

Vanessa Russo '06, nursing
"Parents of Chronically Ill Children: Exploring the Coping Styles of Partnered and Un-Partnered Parents"

Rebekah Sherman '06, pharmacy
"Knowledge and Attitudes of Massachusetts Pharmacists Regarding MMA 2006: A Needs Assessment"

Angela Sparrow '06, behavioral neuroscience
"Kappa Opioid Activation of the MAPK Pathway and Its Involvement in Cocaine Locomotor Sensitization and Drug Reward"

Elizabeth Vivanco '06, international affairs
"Socio Economic Impacts of Micro Credit: Case of Rural Mexico"

Paula Weinberger '06, criminal justice
"Evaluations of Boston's Delinquency Prevention Programs"

Christopher Yarsawich '07, independent major - russian studies
"Vladimir Nabokov as a Multilingual Writer"

Theresa M. Young '06, criminal justice
"Validity of the FBI's Profiling Typology"

Angelica Zatorski '07, nursing
"Voices of Parents on their Child's Disorder eurofibromatosis 1"

Sophomore Abeba Attles, international affairs also presented her paper
"Exploring the African immigrant Community in Boston", and plans to complete a Junior/Senior Project in the future.

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