Faculty Research Presentations
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Faculty Research Presentations (Group 1) 9:00–9:45 a.m.
Baseball’s Natural Experiments: Statistical Studies in America’s Pastime
Lee Kennedy-Shaffer (Mathematics and Statistics), Rockefeller Hall 203
Social Fabric: Quilts and American Studies
Lisa Gail Collins (American Studies), Old Laundry Building 205
Vampires, Monks, and Holy Fools: The Mystical in Russia and Eastern Europe
Charles Arndt III (Russian Studies), Rockefeller Hall 200
Playing in the Mud: How Earth Scientists Learn About Climate Change!
Kirsten Menking (Earth Science and Geography), Bridge for Laboratory Science 115
Returning Native American Ancestors and their Objects: Repatriation at Vassar College
April M. Beisaw (Anthropology), Blodgett Hall 101
From Galilei to Mozart: Itineraries of Italian Opera
Paolo Scartoni (Italian), Rockefeller Hall 210
Building Robots to Understand How Animals Behave and Evolve
John Long (Cognitive Science), Olmstead Hall 273
What is the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Chronic Disease?
David Esteban (Biology), Olmsted Hall 169
Uniform Fetishism and Queer Emancipation in Imperial Germany
Jeffrey Schneider (German Studies / Women’s, Feminist and Queer Studies), Rockefeller Hall 101
Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Songbird Behavior, Audition, and Signal Propagation
Megan Gall (Biology/Neuroscience and Behavior), Olmstead Hall 266
Performance Historiography: Searching for Shakuntala across India and Europe
Amanda Culp (Drama), Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film 309
W.E.B. Du Bois and Philosophy
Osman Nemli (Philosophy), Rockefeller Hall 201
What Can We Learn from Plato?
Bryan Van Norden (Philosophy), Rockefeller Hall 212
Faculty Research Presentations (Group 2) 10:00–10:45 a.m.
This is a True War Story
Robert Brigham (History), Rockefeller Hall 210
Studying Human Cognition with Mobile Games
Josh de Leeuw (Cognitive Science), Olmsted Hall 162
Using Data Science Techniques to Answer Questions About How NGOs Respond to Government Repression
Simon Hoellerbauer (Mathematics and Statistics), Rockefeller Hall 200
From Yoga to YA Fantasy: The Early Roots of Popular Hinduism
Nell Hawley (Religion), Rockefeller Hall 203
You Are Who You Know: Social Networks and Personality at Vassar
Allan Clifton (Psychological Science), New England 105
The Worst Humans (in the Fossil Record)
Zach Cofran (Anthropology), Blodgett Hall 101
Insect Biodiversity and Abundance in the Vassar Preserve
Timothy Lampasona (Biology), Olmstead Hall 266
From the Crusades to “Europe”: Early Concepts of Western Identity
Nancy Bisaha (History / Medieval and Renaissance Studies), Rockefeller Hall 201
Getting the Word Out: Communicating Science in the Anthropogenic Age
Kate Susman (Biology / Neuroscience and Behavior), New England 206
The Babysitter’s Club: Young Women and Work from 1897–2023
Light Carruyo (Sociology), Rockefeller Hall 104
Tiny Fossils, Big Stories: The History and Future of the Ocean
Laura Haynes (Earth Science), Ely Hall 200
Terrorism, Digital Surveillance, and Resistance
Anna Mayer (German Studies), Chicago Hall LL-104
Epistemological Criminals’: 17th Century Poetry as Subversive Philosophy
Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa (Philosophy), Rockefeller Hall 307
Performance and Politics in Italy
Emily Antenucci (Italian), College Center Multi Purpose Room
Faculty Research Presentations (Group 3) 11:00–11:45 a.m.
The Feldenkrais Method—An Enhanced Way of Being
Drew Minter (Music), Skinner Hall Room 400
The Brick And The Book: That Time I Totally Screwed Up
Marc Epstein (Religion/Jewish Studies), Taylor Hall 203
Of Long and Short Skirts: Race, Gender, and Islam in France
Kirsten Wesselhoeft (Religion), Blodgett Hall 201
Ritual, Brain, & Belief: The Cognitive Science of Religion
Ken Livingston (Cognitive Science), Rockefeller Hall 312
“Great Books”: Rereading Classical Texts
Rachel Friedman and Chris Raymond, (Greek and Roman Studies and Philosophy),
Rockefeller Hall 210
The Poetics of the Erotic in the Russian Silver Age
Farida Tcherkassova (Russian Studies), Rockefeller Hall 203
Christianity, Policing, and Prisons: A Religious Studies Approach
Klaus Yoder (Religion), Blodgett Hall 305
What Did it Say, Exactly? A Quick Intro to Translation Studies
Alberto Gelmi (Italian), Rockefeller Hall 310
Trashcano: An Analog for an Explosive Volcanic Eruption
John Zayac (Earth Science), Ely Lawn
Measuring Social Behavior in Mice
Bojana Zupan (Psychological Science), Olmsted Hall 162
Science Between Myth and History: The Stories Scientists Tell
Jose Perillan (Science, Technology, and Society/Physics and Astronomy), Sanders
Physics 105 - Encounters in the Infraordinary: Making Ultra Short Films to Recover Our Sense of Wonder
Denise Iris (Film), CDF Vogelstein: Rosenwald Theater
Immigration, Financial Frictions, and Labor Market Outcomes
Esteban Argudo (Economics), Kenyon Hall 131
Can China Green Their Buildings: Policy Approaches in the World’s Largest Construction Country
Yu Zhou (Geography), Ely Hall 200
Music and Health: A Bizarre and Complicated History
Tahirih Motazedian (Music), Rockefeller Hall 201
Water in Fiji and Singapore: Environment, Advertising, Postcoloniality
Martha Kaplan (Anthropology), Blodgett Hall 105
The Most Important Black Theologian You’ve Never Heard Of: Howard Thurman and His Relationship To Vassar College
Jonathon Kahn (Africana Studies/Religion), Blodgett Hall 201