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Robert M. Hallock ’16
A previous study demonstrated that concussions, with respect to time from a prior
concussion, significantly impacted olfactory function in football players. The purpose of
the present study was to determine if these results would generalize to undergraduates.
Forty eight participants were administered two standardised tests of olfaction (threshold
and discrimination) and a concussion history interview. Results did not replicate but
weak correlations were found relating to number of concussions and to sex differences.
3. Issues in Education: Education Studies Senior Thesis Presentations
PALAMOUNTAIN 200
Faculty Sponsor: Joan Swanson, Education Studies
Presenters: Jean-Paul Choe ’16, Cynthia Gerber ’16, Linh Hoang ’16, Helene Oshlag ’16,
Jessica Pucila ’16, Erica Walker ’16, Katherine Williams ’17
Education Studies majors and minors will present their senior thesis research on topics
including educating homeless children, teacher certification exams and their implications,
effective behavior management strategies, diminishing proficiency in Social Studies, the
Sudbury education model, the “No Excuses” education model, and evaluating
pedagogical methodology for English Language Learners.
4. Breastfeeding, Gender Politics, and Muslim Culture: Art History Today
PALAMOUNTAIN 300
Faculty Sponsor: Penny Jolly, Art History
Presenters: Mary Cleary ’16, Claire Lipsman ’16, Bailey Threatt ’16
Art History students examine a range of topics and projects involving the visual arts from
the propriety of showing women's bare breasts while breastfeeding in late medieval and
Renaissance Europe, to Renaissance women's use of items of dress to gain power and
prestige, to the creation of museum programs to educate today's children about Muslim
culture.
Claire Lipsman ’16, "Milking It: How Breasts Humanized the Divine and Eroticized the
Human in Renaissance Art"
Mary Cleary ’16, "Fabricating an Image: How Mary Stuart, Isabella d'Este, and Other
Women of the Renaissance Used Dress to Assert Agency"
Bailey Threatt ’16, "Educational Program Design for the Children’s Museum of
Manhattan’s Exhibit, 'America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far'"
5. Capstone Projects in Creative Writing
DAVIS AUDITORIUM
Faculty Sponsor: Linda Hall, English
Presenters: Corey Baumer ’16, Peter O’Connell ’16, Rebecca Haft ’16, Quinn Martin ’16,
Xander Caruso ’16
This panel will showcase some of the best of the English department’s capstone projects
in creative writing and will feature readings in nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
