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Carlos Almendárez (History Major)
“The Crafting of the Revolution and the Legacy of Carlos Fonseca”
Sponsor: Associate Professor Margaret Chowning, History
Elizabeth Bremner (Psychology Major)
“Olfactory Localization: the ‘what’ and ‘where’ pathways in human olfaction”
Sponsor: Dr. Noam Sobel, Psychology
Shanesha R. F. Brooks (English and Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major)
“‘Song for Today’: The Dialectic Between Langston Hughes’ Early Jazz and Blues Poetry and the ‘New Poetic Genre’”
Sponsor: Professor Robert Hass, English
Oron Frenkel (Individual Major)
“Is There Biological Evidence for Quantum Consciousness?”
Sponsor: Professor David Presti, Molecular and Cell Biology
Benjamin Goldstein (Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major)
“International Standards for Grassroots Democracy? A Case Study of a Guatemalan Fair Trade Coffee Cooperative.”
Sponsor: Professor Louise Fortmann, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
June L. Gruber (Psychology Major)
“Emotion Narratives in Schizophrenia”
Sponsor: Dr. Ann Kring, Psychology
Saori Haigo (Molecular and Cell Biology and Integrative Biology Major)
“An Analysis of Candidate Genes Involved in Neural Tube Closure during
Xenopus Development”
Sponsor: Professor Richard Harland, Molecular and Cell Biology
Cynthia Houng (History Major)
“Constructing Nature: Cultural Constructions of Nature and the Creation of the San Francisco Bay Area Landscape, c. 1940-1980”
Sponsor: Professor David M. Henkin, History
Eden James (Political Science Major)
"The Framing of Free Trade: Interest Groups, Political Punditry, and Public Opinion"
Sponsor: Professor Susan Rasky, Journalism
Olga V. Kotlyarevskaya (Political Science and Economics Major)
“The Efficacy of International Law in Regulating Trade between LDCs and DCs”
Sponsor: Professor Vinod Aggarwal, Political Science
Debra Jeanne Kraus (Art Practice Major)
“Fiat Lux”
Sponsor: Professor Katherine Sherwood, Art Practice
Kevi Krause (Philosophy Major)
“An Ethnography of Urban Paramedics”
Sponsor: Professor Laura Nader, Anthropology
John Junsuk Lee (BioEngineering Major)
“Developing an Innovative Three-Dimensional Histological System”
Sponsor: Professor Tony Keaveny, Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Lorna Macmillan and Francisco Nanclares (Anthropology Majors)
“Tourism and Ethnic Identity: Creating the Long-Neck Karen of Northwest Thailand”
Sponsor: Professor Nelson Graburn, Anthropology
Shannon Mathes (Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major)
“Rastafari in Jamaica: Resistance to State Economic Policies”
Sponsor: Professor Percy Hintzen, African-American Studies
Marie Mathiesen (English and Scandinavian Major)
“Out of Denmark: Isak Dinesen in a Colonial Context”
Sponsor: Professor Karin Sanders, Scandinavian
Martín Olea (Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major)
“The Illusion of Inclusion: A Proposal to Investigate How Citizenships and Legal Status Shape Community Perspectives on Prison Complexes within a Small California Town”
Sponsor: Professor Ruth Gilmore, Geography
Timoteo Rodríguez (Anthropology Major)
“Maya Perceptions of Archeological Practice”
Sponsor: Professor William F. Hanks, Anthropology
Jennifer Toole (English Major)
“Three Selves: Sexuality, Self-Censorship, and Self-Publication in the works of Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein”
Sponsor: Professor Alex Zwerdling, English
Margaret Zvanut (Psychology Major)
“An Exploration of Emotional Contagion in Infants”
Sponsor: Professor Joseph Campos, Psychology
