Final Talks and Panels Schedule 2023

MDS 2023 Schedule

The 2023 Mount David Summit will be held in-person. Our programming is covered over three sessions throughout the day.

Summit SessionTimeJump to Schedule
Session 11:45 – 3 PMJump to Session 1
Session 23:15 – 4: 30 PMJump to Session 2
Session 34:45 – 6 PMJump to Session 3

Complete Schedule

The complete schedule below allows for searching of names and keywords as well as filtering Summit session.

Session Time Location Student Name/Moderator Title Advisor
0All DayPettengill HallBarlow Off-Campus Study Photography ExhibitionJennifer Hyde, Center for Global Education
01:30 PMAtriumPresident Clayton Spencer: Dean of the Faculty Malcolm HillOpening of the Summit: Welcome

1

11:45 -3 PMMark L. Tizzoni, Classical and Medieval Studies, ModeratorNegotiating Belief in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G10Mary Trafton ’23Negotiating Belief in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern WorldMark Tizzoni, Classical and Medieval Studies
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G10Cody Pfeiffer ’23Negotiating Belief in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern WorldMark Tizzoni, Classical and Medieval Studies
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G10George Miller ’25Negotiating Belief in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern WorldMark Tizzoni, Classical and Medieval Studies
11:45 -3 PMClarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, Politics, ModeratorControlling Bodies: Power and Politics
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G21Brady Chilson ’23Electoral Institutions and Urban and Rural Policy Attitudes: Towards A More Holistic “Urban-Rural Divide”John Baughman, Politics
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G21Ivy Epstein ’23Feminist Mobilization, Political Contexts, and the Recent Wave of Expansion of Reproductive Rights in Latin AmericaClarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, Politics
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G21John Wilkins ’23Feminist Mobilization, Political Contexts, and the Recent Wave of Expansion of Reproductive Rights in Latin AmericaClarissa Perez-Armendariz, Politics
11:45 -3 PMColleen O’Loughlin, Chemistry & Biochemistry, ModeratorResearch in Biochemistry 
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G52Carson Pottle ’23Effects of Environmental Factors Found in Marine Oil Spills on Growth Dynamics and Survival of Corynebacterium accolensColleen O’Loughlin, Chemistry and Biochemistry
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G52Jessica Kissi’23Forever Chemicals: Understanding the Behavioral, Phenotypic, and Molecular Endpoints Following Mixed PFAS Exposure in ZebrafishLarissa Williams, Biology
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G52Alek Zelbo ’23Nonlinear Optics and PlasmonicsMatthew J. Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
11:45 -3 PMCynthia Baker, Religious Studies, ModeratorCrafting Religious Identities through Comedy, Poetry, Midrash, and Memoir
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G65Gretchen Lindenfeldar ’23Crafting Religious Identities through Comedy, Poetry, Midrash, and MemoirCynthia Baker, Religious Studies
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G65Frances White ’23Crafting Religious Identities through Comedy, Poetry, Midrash, and MemoirCynthia Baker, Religious Studies
11:45 -3 PMPettengill G65Khushi Choudhary ’23Crafting Religious Identities through Comedy, Poetry, Midrash, and MemoirCynthia Baker, Religious Studies
11:45 -3 PMStephanie Kelley-Romano, Rhetoric, Film, & Screen Studies, ModeratorResearch in Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies
11:45 -3 PMPettengill 116Emily Diaz ’23The Colonized, Queer Body in Mariana Rondon’s Pelo MaloCharles Nero, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
11:45 -3 PMPettengill 116Ali Manning ’23Addicted WomenStephanie Kelley-Romano, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
11:45 -3 PMPettengill 116Margaret Horvat ’23Teal Swan: A Case Study of a Modern CultStephanie Kelley-Romano, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
11:45 -3 PMRaluca Cernahoschi, German, ModeratorGerman Literature and Identity
11:45 -3 PMPettengill 162Elliott Vahey ’23Kennen Sie Urban? and Die Legende von Paul und Paula: Liberation from the Private Sphere?Raluca Cernahoschi, German
11:45 -3 PMPettengill 162Erika Parker ’23How I and My Great-Grandfather Found a Homeland in a Foreign Country and the Role of German Heritage in the Feeling of Being Home.  Raluca Cernahoschi, German

2

23:15-4:30 PMSanford Freedman, English, ModeratorHistory and Literature
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G10Aoife Spiesel ’26Corsets and Coitus: The Sexual Underbelly of Victorian Era EnglandCaroline Saw, History
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G10Pico Banerjee ’23Searching for the Sacred: Researching the Secret Society of AcéphaleSanford Freedman, English
23:15-4:30 PMTristan Koepke, Dance, ModeratorBe(yond) Our Bodies
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G21Lauren Reed ’23Be(yond) Our BodiesBrian Evans, Dance
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G21Katherine Buetens ’24Be(yond) Our BodiesBrian Evans, Dance
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G21Anntonia Taylor ’24Be(yond) Our BodiesBrian Evans, Dance
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G21Mia Bernstein ’23Be(yond) Our BodiesBrian Evans, Dance
23:15-4:30 PMMichael Rocque, Sociology, ModeratorSociological Analyses of Social Problems: A Student Thesis Panel
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G65Tori Kusukawa ’23Sociological Analyses of Social Problems: A Student Thesis PanelMichael Rocque, Sociology
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G65Emily DiBartolo ’23Sociological Analyses of Social Problems: A Student Thesis PanelMichael Rocque, Sociology
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G65Claudia Petrie ’23Sociological Analyses of Social Problems: A Student Thesis PanelMichael Rocque, Sociology
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G65Ilana Zeilinger ’23Sociological Analyses of Social Problems: A Student Thesis PanelMichael Rocque, Sociology
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G65Adi Sandoval ’23Sociological Analyses of Social Problems: A Student Thesis PanelMichael Rocque, Sociology
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G65Jasmine Candelaria ’23Sociological Analyses of Social Problems: A Student Thesis PanelMichael Rocque, Sociology
23:15-4:30 PMMyronn Hardy, English, ModeratorCreative Writing Thesis Reading
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G52Alex Tan ’23Selected Poems from Alex Tan’s LeavingMyronn Hardy, English
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G52Chase Crawford ’23Creative Thesis Poetry PresentationLillian Nayder, English
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G52Hailey Stephens ’23Permanent ResidenceMyronn Hardy, English
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G52Grace Biddle ’23Dirty Bird: Poetry ReadingMyronn Hardy, English
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G52Lucie Green ’23Poems by Lucie GreenKatie Adkison, English
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill G52Maria Gray ’23BoomerangMyronn Hardy, English
23:15-4:30 PMCynthia Baker, Religious Studies, ModeratorReligion in America: Ancient Traditions ~ Modern Iterations
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill 116Max Devon ’23Religion in America: Ancient Traditions ~ Modern IterationsCynthia Baker, Religious Studies
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill 116Alice Cockerham ’23Religion in America: Ancient Traditions ~ Modern IterationsCynthia Baker, Religious Studies
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill 116Alex Platt ’23Religion in America: Ancient Traditions ~ Modern IterationsCynthia Baker, Religious Studies
23:15-4:30 PMSusan Langdon, Psychology, ModeratorMind and Body: Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill 162Katia Ryan ’23Experiential Learning and the Contemplative MindRobert Strong, English
23:15 -4:30 PMPettengill 162Aanika Patel ’23Glow-Up: The Unstudied Phenomenon on AppearanceSusan Langdon, Psychology

3

34:45 – 6 PMMichael Sargent, Psychology, ModeratorResearch in Social Sciences: Psychology and Sociology
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G10Nathan Berry ’23The Effects of Conservative Ingroup/Loyalty on Group Belongingness and Life SatisfactionMichael Sargent, Psychology
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G10Willa Wang ’25Producing “Superkids”: A Qualitative Research on the Subjectivity Formation of Chinese High-School Students Migrating Locally and InternationallyFrancesco Duina, Sociology
34:45 – 6 PMAleksandar Diamond-Stanic, Physics, ModeratorResearch in STEM
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G21Brandon Villalta Lopez ’25Galaxies Fart, too: A Story of Galactic Evolution from the Beginning of TimeAleksandar Diamond-Stanic, Physics
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G21Connor Ahern ’23Development of an Erythrocyte-Specific TRAP VectorLarissa Williams, Biology
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G21Sam Faasen ’23Effect of Tet2 Inhibition on Aged Cognition and MemoryAndrew Kennedy, Chemistry and Biochemistry
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G21Grace Acton ’24Into the Zooniverse: Crowdsourcing Data for the Bates Museum of Art CollectionDaniel Mills, Bates College Museum of Art
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G21Belize Iteriteka ’23Does Exposure to Triphenyl Phosphate and Bisphenol S Cause Retinoschisis?Larissa Williams, Biology
34:45 – 6 PMGina Fatone, Music, ModeratorMusic, Space, and Identity
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G65Kenyon Moore ’25Music, Space, and IdentityGina Fatone, Music
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G65David Nimura ’25Music, Space, and IdentityGina Fatone, Music
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G65Jeremy Schrieber ’24Music, Space, and IdentityGina Fatone, Music
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G65Xanthe Miller ’25Music, Space, and IdentityGina Fatone, Music
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill G65Jeremy Brogan ’24Music, Space, and IdentityGina Fatone, Music
34:45 – 6 PMAlison Melnick, Religious Studies, ModeratorTraversing Valleys to Scale Mountains: Lines of Change in the High Himalaya
34:45 – 6 PMPettengilll 116Nash Holley ’24Traversing Valleys to Scale Mountains: Lines of Change in the High HimalayaAlison Melnick, Religious Studies
34:45 – 6 PMPettengilll 116Jakob Adler ’24Traversing Valleys to Scale Mountains: Lines of Change in the High HimalayaAlison Melnick, Religious Studies
34:45 – 6 PMPettengilll 116Jack Cantor ’23Traversing Valleys to Scale Mountains: Lines of Change in the High HimalayaAlison Melnick, Religious Studies
34:45 – 6 PMClaudia Aburto Guzmán, Hispanic Studies, ModeratorSenior Thesis in Hispanic Studies
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill 162Emme Pike ’23Senior Thesis in Hispanic Studies: ¡Limpia Tus Propios Platos!: Explorando Masculinidad Hegemónica en Jane the VirginFrancisca Lopez, Hispanic Studies
34:45 – 6 PMPettengill 162Ilana Rosker ’23Senior Thesis in Hispanic Studies: La Imaginación, la Ruptura, y la Magia: Haciendo Espacio para la Conciencia Alternativa a Través de la Poesía LatinxClaudia Aburto Guzmán, Hispanic Studies