Tanner 2017 THE TANNER CONFERENCE 2017 10.31.17 the tannerwww.wellesley.edu/tanner conference 1 TANNER CONFERENCE Wellesley College gratefully acknowledges SCIENCE CENTER, OCTOBER 31, 2017 the generous alumnae and friends who support experiential learning. Their All members of the Wellesley College community support enables students to engage in are invited to attend. off-campus learning opportunities that have become an integral part of the Wellesley College educational experience. 8:45-9:15 a.m. Breakfast served in The Leonie Faroll Focus 9:15-10:25 a.m. Session I The Tanner Conference Committee 10:25-10:45 a.m. Break, refreshments served in The Leonie Faroll Focus gratefully acknowledges faculty and staff in the following departments and 10:45-11:55 a.m. Session II facilities for their commitment to the 12:00-1:30 p.m. Luncheon served in The Leonie Faroll Focus Tanner Conference: Campus Police, and the Science Library Communications and Public Affairs, Computer Science, Custodial Services, 1:30-2:40 p.m. Session III Grounds, Library and Technology 2:40-3:00 p.m. Break, refreshments served in The Leonie Faroll Focus Services, Mail Services, Motor Pool, Physical Plant Administration, Special 3:00-4:10 p.m. Session IV Events, Science Center, Special Events, and The Wellesley College Club. Tanner Conference TABLE OF CONTENTS Sustainability Initiatives: 1 Conference Overview • Please dispose of trash and 1 Tanner Conference Committee recycle appropriate materials in 2 Thematic Overview the designated bins. 5 Conference Schedule • Please recycle your conference 16 Conference Abstracts book when you’ve finished 49 Wellesley in the World enjoying it! 50 Map 53 International Study Programs 55 Internships and Grants Programs A sustainable community 62 Fellowship Programs event brought to you by the Sustainability Advisory 65 Albright Institute for Global Affairs Fellows 2017 and Tanner Conference 66 Wellesley College Supported Internship Recipients 2017 Committees. 73 Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship Recipients 2016-2017 74 National Fellowship Competition Recipients 2016-2017 75 Index the tanner conference 2 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW It is our privilege to invite your participation value, and effect of such learning—has the new definitions of what constitutes the in the 2017 Tanner Conference. Established potential to move liberal arts education classroom. It also invites alumnae to return through the generosity of trustee emerita in new directions. Encompassing the to campus to discuss how their decisions Estelle “Nicki” Newman Tanner ’57, the diversity of student experiences and to participate in these experiences as Tanner Conference explores the relationship interests, the Tanner Conference takes Wellesley students later proved to be ones between the liberal arts classroom and as its subject internships and service of consequence. We wish to thank all those student participation in an increasingly learning, international study, experiential presenting in the Tanner Conference for diverse and interdependent world. The learning in courses, research conducted their roles in helping us to better understand conference is premised on the belief that away from Wellesley, and fellowships. The Wellesley’s place in the world. We invite a greater understanding of the learning conference provides a venue for faculty, you to join the conversation that they are that takes place off campus—combined staff, and students to discuss the challenges seeking to foster. with critical inquiry into the purpose, to teaching and learning presented by Tanner Conference Committee Rachid Aadnani Peggy Levitt Karen Z. Pabon Middle Eastern Studies Program Department of Sociology Slater International Center Dora Carrico-Moniz Elizabeth Mandeville ’04 Ryan Quintana Department of Chemistry Career Education Department of History Lee Cuba Adam Matthews Elizabeth Robichaud Department of Sociology Department of Biological Sciences Albright Institute for Global Affairs Meredith Fluke Martha J. McNamara Allison Sobel Davis Museum Department of Art Office of Resources Rebecca Gordan ’01 S. Joanne Murray ’81 Jennifer Thomas-Starck Albright Institute for Global Affairs Albright Institute for Global Affairs Office of International Study Kanupriya Gupta Eniana Mustafaraj Winifred J. Wood Class of 2018 Department of Computer Science Writing Program and Cinema and Media Studies Program Julide E. Iye Kimberly O’Donnell Class of 2018 Department of Biological Sciences the tanner conference 3 THEMATIC OVERVIEW Culture & the Arts Cultivating Museum Audiences, Sustaining Museum Missions Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 392 A Foot in the Door: Exploring the Museum Field at the Davis Panel Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 104 The Practice and Practicalities of the Art World Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 277 The Challenges of Publishing in the 21st Century Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 261 Connecting Audiences to Art Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 264 The Politics of Preservation and Place Individual Presentations Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 364 Empowerment of Youth, Women, & Families Access to Education Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 256 Is It Working? Assessment as a Tool for Social Change Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 270 The Citizen and the System Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 380 Confronting Bias, Advancing Inclusion in Our Political System Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 256 Grassroots Environmentalism: Mobilizing People through Forestation, Farming, Faith, and Feminism Panel Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 277 Conflict, Trauma, and Transformation Individual Presentations Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI E111 Healing Communities through Education, Law, Mentoring, and Organizational Support Panel Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 264 Health and Medicine Beyond Borders Addressing Therapeutic Needs of Children and Adults at Walker School and Riverside Panel Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI E111 Health and Disease in Diverse Cultural Contexts Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 264 Patchwork of Health: Intersections of Culture, Community, and Caring in Karnataka, India Panel Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 277 Promoting Youth Health Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 278 Body Parts in Medicine: Skin, Bones, and More Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI E111 Global Public Health: Much More than the Doctor’s Responsibility Panel Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 396 A Taste of Medicine: Biomedical Clinical Research Internships in the Greater Boston Area Panel Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 104 The Patient in a Person Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 392 On My Mind Individual Presentations Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 278 Precision Medicine: From Gene to Brain to Cancer Panel Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 274 Translational Research and Medicine Individual Presentations Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 392 Identity, Community and Global Citizenship Matters of the Hearth Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 270 Policy Wonks in Training Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 274 4 wellesley in the world Societal Structure of Discrimination Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 364 Collecting Stories Learning About Poverty in Boston Panel Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 380 Innovative Activism Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 261 Reporting the News, Experiencing the Culture Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 278 Navigating Space and Culture Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 392 Chasing Consensus Panel Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI E111 Justice and Its Trajectories: A Journey through the Deep South Panel Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 278 The Elephant in the Room Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 380 Working Around the Hill or Skirting the Swamp Panel Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 277 From Foreign Policy to Hummingbirds Individual Presentations Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 104 Documenting Displacement and Preserving Memory Individual Presentations Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI E211 Technology, Innovation and Education Fake News, Programming Languages, and App Design: Wellesley Computer Science Research? Panel Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 261 Follow the Money: Demystifying Finance Individual Presentations Session One (9:15 a.m.) SCI 396 Chasing Climate Change on the High Seas Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI E211 Everywhere Is Classroom Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 256 Designing CS: Careers in User Experience Design and Human Computer Interaction Panel Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 264 How Technology Is Changing the Face of Science Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 274 Signs of Life Under the Microscope Individual Presentations Session Two (10:45 a.m.) SCI 364 Climate Change: From Your Backyard Garden to the Depths of the Ocean Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI E211 Making Things Better Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 270 Programming and Drug Development: Informatics in Big Pharma Panel Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 274 Small Cogs in a Big Wheel Individual Presentations Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 364 Technological Projects at Non-Tech Companies Panel Session Three (1:30 p.m.) SCI 396 First-Year Tech Internship Crash Course Panel Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 256 From Apple to Facebook: Internships at Large Tech Companies Panel Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 261 Leveraging a Tech Internship into a Fulltime Position Panel Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 270 Wellesley Computer Science at Large Universities Panel Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 380 Wellesley Brings Water to the World Individual Presentations Session Four (3:00 p.m.) SCI 396 the tanner conference 5 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 6 wellesley in the world CONFERENCE SCHEDULE BREAKFAST Fighting Poverty through Education: Health and Disease in Diverse Teaching Science and Learning in Tanzania Cultural Contexts 8:45-9:15 a.m.