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| Graffiti from project of Amie Csiszer '02, anthropology major
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The Sophomore Project gives students an opportunity to work closely with a faculty member on a research project of significant scope. Each year, sophomores work for two terms on their projects with the aim of presenting them at the Steinmetz Symposium in the spring. Often the project take its final form as an academic paper, but students have also written plays, put together photography exhibits, built web sites, and given performances. This page presents some of their recent work. There are full-text versions of some papers, as well as a PowerPoint presentation from a recent Steinmetz Symposium.
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Featured Sophomore Projects
Some Sophomore Project Titles
Monitoring of Cataclysmic Variables Using the Union College Observatory
by Courtney Audet, '02 and Jessica Lavine, '02
Supervisor: Jon Marr, physics
The European Union as Seen From Its Core:
Power, Greed and Exploitation?
by Kerry Barrett '02, history and french double major
Supervisor: Charles Batson, modern languages
Modern Japanese Cinema through Three Directors: Ozu,
Kurosawa, and Itami
by Hans Black '02, history major
Supervisor: Ian Condry, anthropology
Portrayal of Death in Children's Literature
by Jaclyn Brittman '02
Supervisor: Linda Stanhope, psychology
Deadly Desire: The Dichotomy of Spectator and Actant in Serial Killer Films
by Alex Chase '02
Supervisor: Tom Lobe, political science
Aspects of Jazz: On- And Off-Stage
by Peter Chan '03, electrical engineering major
Supervisor: Tim Olsen, performing arts
abstract | web site
Urban Art in the Concrete Jungle: New York-Style Graffiti as Contemporary Art
by Amie Csiszer '02, anthropology major
Supervisor: Ian Condry, anthropology
entire text | PowerPoint
"Night Vision": Photographs After Dark
by Remi Drozd '02, biology major
Supervisor: Martin Benjamin, visual arts
An Interpretive Approach to Reading French Literature
by Lisa DeMar '03, electrical engineering major
Supervisor: Charles Batson, modern languages
entire text
The Correlation of Ovid's
Metamorphoses and Greek Perspectives
by Natasha Eckert '02, biochemistry major
Supervisor: Sarah Mace, classics
abstract | entire text
Effects of Fire, Succession, and History on Nitrogen Cycling in the Albany Pine Bush
by Robert Federici '02
Supervisor: Steve Rice, biology
web page
Rumble in Schenectady (a Kung Fu film)
by Mike Genadri '02, computer systems engineering major
Supervisor: Hugh Jenkins, english
Membrane Channels
by Mary Grose '02
Supervisor: Jay Newman, physics
Identification of Paint in Arts using Laser
Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy
by Anna Hurst '02
Supervisor: Seyffie Maleki, physics
Velocity Dependence of the Drag Force on a Packaging Peanut
by William Johnson '01, mathematics major
Supervisor: Gary Reich, physics
The Structure and Function of Rod Cells and Rhodopsin in the Eye
by Daniel Kelmanovich '99
Supervisor: Jay Newman, physics
Prodigal Prodigy - Virtual Virtuosity:
Parallels in the Incorporation of Classical Music
Into Rock and Heavy Metal
by Shaun Kirk '04, english major
Supervisor: Timothy Olsen, performing arts
entire text with music
The Religious Struggle for a True Christianity in the Second Century
by Matthew King '03, mechanical engineering major
Supervisor: Steve Leavitt, anthropology
abstract | entire text
86 Days After Dawn - a novella for the future
by Allyson Kohlmann '03, chemistry major
Supervisor: Jordan Smith, english
abstract | entire text
Gender Bias in Housing: A Comparative Study between Union College, Colgate University and SUNY Albany
by Jillian Laudin '02, political science major
Supervisor: Zoe Oxley, political science
abstract
The Effect of Ultraviolet Exposure
on Rubberized Concrete
by Melissa Lesmeister '04
Supervisor: Ashraf Ghaly, civil engineering
entire text
Robert Toombs and William Seward in the Secession Crisis of 1850-1860
by Stephen Nemeth '02
Supervisor: Andrea Foroughi, history
entire text
The Marginalization of Gypsy Women in Southern
Spain
by Leah J. Nero '02, political science and spanish double major
Supervisor: Ibon Izurieta, modern languages
Printmaking Project
by Francesco Queirolo '02, computer systems engineering
Supervisor: Sandra Wimer, visual arts
Printmaking Project
by Francesco Queirolo '02, computer systems engineering
Supervisor: Sandra Wimer, visual arts
Investigation of Collegiate Elections
by Matt Rapoport '02, mathematics
Supervisor: Richard Fox, political science
Time Spent in Day Care and its Effect on Moral Develpment
by Corrina Robertson '01, psychology major
Supervisor: Linda Stanhope, psychology
abstract
Intellectual Property Rights:
The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Culture
by Kristen Weida '03, biochemistry major
Supervisor: Steven Rice, biology
web site
The Effects of Birth Order and Parental Attention on Self-esteem
by Stephanie Wilson '02, mathematics major
Supervisor: Linda Stanhope, psychology
entire text
Dark Matter in Our Universe
by Candi Yurkovic '04, mathematics major
Supervisor: Rebecca Koopmann, physics
web site
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