2017 Academic Conference Program

Office of the Dean, College of the Holy Cross

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

How Do Race, Age, and Sexual Orientation Impact the Effects of Sexual Objectification?

Ambra Dhima, College of the Holy Cross

9:00 AM

Adolescent Identity Struggle and the Role of Adolescent Romantic Relationships: A Case Study on “Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood”

Ana-Sofia Reyes, College of the Holy Cross

9:50 AM

Rationality vs Reality: The Dissonance between Economic Models and Experimental Data

Piotr Broda, College of the Holy Cross

9:50 AM

Becoming Queer in the 20 th Century: An Analysis of Print Literature and Changing Queer Identity

Keith Plummer, College of the Holy Cross

10:15 AM

Do Credit Ratings Matter? An Examination of the Relationship Between Sovereign Ratings and Capital Flows Pre and Post Financial Crisis

Greg Violante, College of the Holy Cross

10:15 AM

Fashion & Body Positivity: The Impact of Body Positivity within the Fashion Blogosphere

Alicia Perry, College of the Holy Cross

10:15 AM

Barbie As Cultural Compass: Embodiment, Representation, and Resistance Surrounding the World’s Most Iconized Doll

Hannah Tulinski, College of the Holy Cross

11:05 AM

Maternal Provisioning of Eggs of the Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella Vectensis: Selection Pressures Favoring the Evolution of Coloniality

Asmani Adhav, College of the Holy Cross

11:30 AM

The Convergence of Schenkerian Music Theory and Generative Linguistics: An Analysis and Composition

Michael A. Ciaramella, College of the Holy Cross

11:55 AM

Beauty and the Beast: Pageants and Ethno-National Representation in the Dominican Republic

Kary Suazo, College of the Holy Cross

12:20 PM

Think With Your Fork: Five Areas of Intervention for Kimball Dining Hall

Kristin Lane, College of the Holy Cross
Christina Nee, College of the Holy Cross
Julia Metzger, College of the Holy Cross

12:45 PM

Concurrent Surgery and Informed Consent

Andrew M. Weller, College of the Holy Cross

1:10 PM

Extending Title IX to Transgender Students

Raha Maalin, College of the Holy Cross

2:25 PM

It’s an “Ad World”: the Advertising Industry and its Interaction with Culture and Gender

Elizabeth Pearce, College of the Holy Cross

2:50 PM

STEM Education: Comparing College of the Holy Cross to the United States

Julia A. Jesielowski, College of the Holy Cross

3:40 PM

Unconventional Lawfare: Operational Law in the War on Terror

L. P. Miller, College of the Holy Cross

3:30 PM

The Demilitarization of Costa Rica

Patrick Buscone, College of the Holy Cross

10:15 AM

Understanding NGOs and their Effectiveness through a Comparative Study of their Role in REDD+

Jessica Russo, College of the Holy Cross

1:40 PM