9th Annual Senior Symposium – 27 April 2011
Presentations of Senior Thesis Projects
Matt Amalfitano, “For Better or For Worse: Coverage of Sexual Assault on a college campus and reporting of sexual assault”
(Advisor, Susan Sorenson)
Yelena Baras, “Modeling How Parents Make Decisions About Childhood Vaccination"
(Advisor, Adriana Petryna)
Andrea Frantz, “Understanding Oral Health from A Caregiver's Perspective”
(Advisor, Fran Barg)
Melissa Gradilla, “Comparing Childbirth Practices: Connections, variations, and conflicts in traditional and biomedical obstetric care in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala"
(Advisor, Claudia Valeggia)
Pavithra Jaisankar, “Anandibai Joshee at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania: Negotiating Representations of Birth”
(Advisor, David Barnes)
Masha Jones, “The Community Navigator Experience: A Case Study of the Community-Based Navigator Program for Cancer Control”
(Advisor, Fran Barg)
Alexandra Lipschultz, “Euthanasia in Disguise?: An Interview Study of Hospice Families’ Experiences with Pallative Sedation” (Advisor, Autumn Fiester)
Emer Lucey, “Autism in the News, 1943-1983” (Advisor, Michael Yudell)
Brian Mertens, “The Crusade for Pure Milk Has Begun: Science, Politics, and Municipal Milk Regulation in Philadelphia, 1889-1914” (Advisor, David Barnes)
Allison Mishkin, “The Social Shopping Network: Leveraging Peer Networks in ecommerce Environments”
(Advisor, Nathan Ensmenger)