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4. Mount McGregor Mysteries: The Power of Doing Public History at Skidmore
BOLTON 280
Faculty Sponsor: Eric Morser, History
Presenters: George Lubitz ’17, Matthew Marani ’16, Meaghan McDonald ’18, Isaac
Selchaif ’18, Samuel Wallman ’16
Beginning in the fall semester of 2015, Skidmore students researched the history of
Mount McGregor, a medium security prison located twenty minutes north of campus, as
part of a national exhibit on American incarceration. In this session, five of these
students will discuss the challenges and rewards of the project, how it contributes to a
larger conversation about mass incarceration in the United States, and how public
historians play an essential role in a democratic society.
5. Care and Contention; Charisma and Consumption; Global Trends and
Trajectories
BOLTON 281
Faculty Sponsor: Pushkala Prasad, International Affairs
Presenters: Alicia Graziano ’16, Maria Mayboeck ’16, James Rider ’16, Victoria St.
Dennis ’16
Using interdisciplinary approaches that traverse physical, political, economic and cultural
worlds, the papers in this panel examine the complex dynamics behind such phenomena
as barriers to breastfeeding, the growing popularity of volunteerism and poverty tourism
in the West, the spread of xenophobia, and the trajectory of resistance movements toward
violence and/or peace.
6. “The (In)Visibility of African-American Bodies in Music”
EMERSON AUDITIORIUM
Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Macy, Religious Studies
Student Co-Chair: Lea Peterson
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Presenters: Lea Peterson ’16, John (Jack) Mullin ’17, Leigh Tooker ’17
This panel aims to look at the social and artistic implications of African-American
musical traditions from the development of jazz in the 1920s through to modern day hip-
hop and rap. In examining bebop and jazz fusion alongside the music of Michael Jackson,
Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé, each paper looks at questions regarding public persona, media
representation, cultural appropriation, and identity.
10:30 – 11:50 AM: SESSION 2
1. Senior Capstone Research Projects
TISCH 203
(POSTER SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FROM 12:00-1:20)
Faculty Sponsor: John Brueggemann, Sociology
Presenters: Greer Cohen ’16, Kaleigh Kessler ’16, Maya Obstfeld ’16, Tashawn Reagon
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