The Other Student Projects collection includes undergraduate student work from various departments. All the work included has been selected by the respective professor or department to showcase work that exemplifies the class.
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2024
Building Bridges: Trust and Community in Palestinian Advocacy, Malika Gottfried
Climate Justice & Community Collaboration: A Work-Study Proposal, Abigail Morgan Fizer, Dimitra Prassa, and Becca Smith
Collectivity and Collaboration A Reflection on the Capstone Process, Helen Sher
Combating Transphobia through Allyship Reflection, Rio Neves
Evaluating the Scope of Harm Reduction Services in Western Massachusetts & How to Become Involved, Cailin Young
Food: Through the Lens of Advocacy, Marwa Anchassi
Mitigating Risk, Empowering Communities: The Imperative of Harm Reduction, S'mya Wilson
Planning Smith’s Final Steps to Net Zero: Alternatives to Traditional Carbon Offsets, Abigail O'Meara, Katelyn Reagan, and Samara Klotz
Reflecting on CCX 320 Work: Supporting Emerging Adolescence, Isabelle Elder
Reflections of a College Student: Reimagining Activism, Education, and Collaborative Projects, Paula Ogalde
Reimagining Smith’s Landscape for Climate Justice, Allison Pasbjerg, Olivia Siebert, and Eugenia Rogers
Revising The “Pay-To-Play” Model For Youth Sports, Kaylee Newbanks
Social-Emotional Learning: Final Paper, Stevie Ordway
Textile Circular Economies in Western Massachusetts: Use Cases for Makerspace Recycling, Bailey Butterworth
The Impact of the Pay-to-Play Model on Youth Sports Participation, Abbie Ellis
Towards Climate Justice: Designing a Sustainable and Equitable Dining Structure for Workers, Sophia Patt and Spencer Backus
Trans Allyship: CCX Capstone Project Reflection, Jo Strand
Visual Thinking Strategies: A Creative Approach to Enhancing Social Emotional Learning and Multicultural Education, Martha Terry
2023
Beyond the Gates: Smith Co-Creating Climate Justice Initiatives with the Local River Valley Community, Lia Jacobs, Alyssa Foley, and Helen Glover
Climate Justice at Smith: Visions from Administrators, Faculty, and Staff, Addy Dwyer, Katherine Emerson, and Kaila Frazer
Envisioning Climate Justice with Smith Students, Brianna Bell, M.A. Fischer, and Jade Wong
The Challenges and Benefits of Using Meadows to Enrich College Landscapes, Sophia Patt
Activist Memoirs Database, Rose Porta; Denys M. Candy; and Jandon Center for Community Engagement, Smith College
DTI Classroom Blender Model, Yuhan Wang
Exploring Contemporary Young American Butch Identity: An Analysis of Ten Interviews, Noah Good
Recreation of Smith Dorm Room, Catherine Park
Textbook Affordability at Smith College: Affirming Smith's Commitment to creating an inclusive, equitable and accessible educational community, Natalie Laroche
Who's Joe?, Alicia Chen
Does Public Art Matter?: Visual Art as Placemaking, Abby Golden
The Importance of Mentorship in Fostering Change Among Young Parents Utilizing Co-Creation Principles, Asmae Lichir
Will Populations of Macroinvertebrate Functional Feeding Groups Survive Precipitation Changes?, Malika Gottfried, Laura Kim, and Sophia Zuccala
Proposal to Implement An Institutional Food Recovery System and Fortify Existing Sustainable Programs on Campus, Shastia Azulay
Community Centers as Hubs for Collective Wellbeing, Rosa Porta
Environmental Education in Western Massachusetts Curriculums, Abigail Morgan Fizer, Malika Gottfried, and Audrey Elizabeth Reis
Humans of the Western MA Criminal Justice System, Audrey Kim
Malthi in Media: Peopling an Ancient Village in Virtual Space, Rebecca Worsham, Sarah Kam, Annika Lof, Nora Sullivan, and Aurora Bagley
Resilient Community Acts: Testimonial Video, Hannah Hafner
Smith College Campus ADA Accessibility Report, Lily Gould, Olivia Kraft, Allison Pasbjerg, and Mia Schildbach
The Racial Gap in Exclusionary Discipline Policies, Mia Hwang
2022
Decarbonizing the Massachusetts Teachers Association and Strategizing for Carbon Free Schools, Allison Wray, Maeve Morrow, and Jessica Brown
Ecosystem Services Analysis of Land Management Options for MacLeish Field Station; Comparison of Pasture, Reforestation, and Agroforestry, R. C. Ettenger, Brianna Ray, and Silas Weden
Pathways to Integrating Student Projects Into Campus Planning, Jane Andrews, Francis Li, Cora Lochner, and Waleska Reyes
Proceedings of the Third Seminar on Responsible Computing, Alicia M. Grubb, Kayahma Brown, Anushree Goswami, Sophia Hager, Abby Moss, Max Spencer, Emma Vejcik, and Erin Wang
Across the Road and Beyond: Envisioning the Future of Big Night Within the Amherst Socio-Ecological System, Katie O'Dea, Isabella Viselli, and Marissa Meadows-McDonnell
A “New” Perspective on Productive Conservation: Exploring Socio-Ecological Tensions in Riparian Zone Management on Massachusetts Farms, Krystal Bagnaschi, Rosa D'Ambrosio, and Denisse Manzo Gonzalez
Climate Mitigation from U.S. Agricultural Soils: Technical Potential, Costs, and Policy Options, Lucy Metz
Evaluating Flood Risks at Smith College in Relation to Northampton, Dominique Kelly, Andria Polk, and Maya Morales
The Ecological Factor: Culvert Assessment for Replacement or Removal in Northampton, MA, Isa West, Clio Bate, and Rory Haff
Comparing physiological responses to hot and cold stress in a cnidarian–algal holobiont, Exaiptasia diaphana, Nicole Capozzi, Eyananda Ahmed, Ezra Curtis, Olivia Grandbois, Dominique Kelly, Kadin Kristjansson, Natalie Morgan, Louis Schlecker, and Rachel M. Wright
Diminishing Winters and the Future of Winter Recreation, Annabel Stattelman-Scanlan, Kaia Cormier, Naina Bhargava, and Marge Poma Alarcon
2021
Gardening in a Carceral Context: A landscape assessment of Massachusetts county jail garden programs, Sophia Smith, Belen Rugerio Mejia, and Charlotte Littell
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Institutional Foodware, Amy Hagan-Brown and Maxine Gunther-Segal
Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road? Improving the Amherst Amphibian Tunnels Through Community Engagement and Physical Infrastructure, Asli Ali, Julianne Borger, Rose Callanan, and Sadie Wiese
Mitigating Carbon Emissions While Staying In Business: A Case Study of Longview Farm in Hadley, MA, Hannah Asofsky, Hannah Dillahunt, Avery Hammond, and Storm Lewis
Proceedings of the First and Second Seminar on Responsible Computing, Alicia M. Grubb, Sarah Abowitz, Maha Awaisi, Hannah Clemens, Jenna Croteau, Barb Garrison, You Jeen Ha, Winnie Mbugua, Mayeline Peña, Sarah Swihart, Ratidzo Vushe, and Suzie Xi
Can the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) Serve Everyone Who Needs It?: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Healthy Food Access in Hampden County, Sawyer Blake, Kiehl Jones, Molly Keller, and Madeline Turner
Food & Social Equity: Re-imagining FINE’s Food Access Dashboard, Sofia Romero-Campbell and Phoebe Lease
Party in the USA (Waste): Evaluating Solid Waste Hauling in Amherst, MA, Sydney A. Abraham, Madison P. Biasin, Ella V.H. Carlson, and Taylor J. Ditmar
Sustainable Packaging: College Dining Adaptations to COVID-19, Chloe Birney, Audrey Dawson, and Austin Slesinski
"We need to focus on the damn land": Land Grant Universities and Indigenous Nations in the Northeast, Maeve McCurdy, Fee Pelz-Sharpe, and Sofia Perrotto
Investigating the Feasibility of Agrivoltaics in Massachusetts, Natalie Baillargeon, Glenda Perez, and Chaia Yodaiken
2020
Smith College Bioplastics & Compost In the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond, Espy Thomson, Greta Mundt, and Claire Ruppert
Exploring Embodied Carbon within Smith College Construction: Utilizing the New Neilson Library as a Case Study, Larissa Holland, Rebecca Miller, and Lydia Sheyda
Reducing Smith College’s Dining GHG emissions: An analysis of beef and milk substitutions, Emelyn Chiang, Aidan Coffin Ness, Frances Duncan, and Kelsey Towne
A Carbon Offset Roadmap for Smith College: Establishing a New Approach, Rachel Twerdowsky and Jemara Sheely
Biodiversity in the Campus Landscape: A Meta-Evaluation of Landscape Metrics and Rating Systems, Tess Abbot, Isabel Aries, Rachael Drinker, and Sarah Evantash
Electrifying Landscape Management, Rachel Hollander, Lauren McGue, Neva Richardson, and Amanda Smith
2019
Practices of (Mis)Remembering: The Modern Memory of Tituba & Po’pay, Laura Richards
2018
Effective Student Research on Smith’s Landscape: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Where We Go From Here, Sydney Noa Bobrow and Paula Ariel Martinez
Stormwater Management on Smith College Campus, Haruka Yoshida
Estimation of Smith College’s Scope 3 Emissions, Cara Dietz
Exploring the Development of a Sustainability Innovation Initiative at Smith College, Rachel Moskowitz
A Solution Based Study of Waste Practices at Smith’s Friedman Apartments, Ruth Neils, Carla Yacoub, and Meg Johnson
Experiential Learning at Smith College: Exploring Agricultural Integration, Lark Wicinas and Elsa Weintraub
Grab & Go 2.0: Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Waste Reduction Program, Meghan Suslovic
The Future of the Smith Campus Fleet: A Cart Case Study, Marina Howarth
2017
Gardening the Community: A Discussion of Japanese Knotweed Eradication Methods, Sable Liggera
Northampton Food Rescue: Gathering Resources, Connecting Communities, and Building Resilience, Alyssa Johnson-Kurts
Assessing Smith College’s Unaccounted Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Angelica Radke
Assessing the Quantity and Disciplinary Distribution of Sustainability Courses at Smith College, Sam Peikes
Pioneer Valley Goes Green: Minimizing Franklin Regional Transit Authority’s Carbon Footprint, Michelle Mei
Stakeholder Perceptions of Green Spaces: Informing the New Landscape Master Plan, Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell
2016
Macleish Mines: Geology and Historic Land Use, Emma Harnisch
Perceptions of Paradise, Katya Garcia-Israel
The Front Yard of Smith College, Danyi Zeng
The Humble History of a Grand Church, Deborah Ballam
The Smith College Campus and the Evolution of Athletics, Jane Kuntz
The Story of the Smith College Campus School, Dylan McBride
Navigating Institutional Barriers Designing First Year Sustainability Workshops, Claire Shope
Advancing the Mill River Greenway Initiative: Creating a Social and Ecological Space Along the Mill River, Julia Graham
Heating in Residences at Smith College, Laurel Bryggman
2015
24/7 Student Space, Sylvia Mosiany
An Interactive Neilson, Cara Dietz, Alyssa Graveline, and Renee Klann
A Transitional Decompression Zone, Rebecca Flores, Asrie Karma, and Morgan Mpungose
Caffeinate Neilson, Ella Prince, Maddy Kulke, Katherine Keenan, and Jess McKnight
Connecting the New Library to Smith Campus, Susannah Howard, Sabrina Ko, Insia Naqvi, Jenny Perrin, Lynne Siringo, and Mary Taylor
Creative Incubators, Alizeh Karamat, Meng Cao, and EvaMarie Olson
Education Values in the New Neilson Library Landscape, Sarah Dean, Vivian Hulsey, Taz Mueller, Laura Rosenbauer, and Zoe Zandbergen
Neilson Library Redesign, Natalie Belkov