Welcome to Senior Project Evening 2020!

Viewing Information for Senior Project Evening

Senior Project Evening will be presented through Zoom.
If you don’t have the Zoom client, you have the option to join the webinar and presentation room through a web browser.

Tips for Best Viewing Experience:

  • Name yourself with the name submitted in the RSVP, otherwise you will not be admitted from the waiting room.
  • Enter Zoom room with video off and audio on mute
  • During presentations, keep your audio and video off
  • During the panel discussion and Q/A, keep your audio off.
  • Set your Zoom window to “Speaker View” and in the video settings select “hide non-video participants — this will give you the best viewing experience.
  • As presenters share their stories or as you visit the galleries, you may have questions! Please submit those to the presentation room moderator via the Zoom chat function and they will be included in the panel.

Senior Project Evening 2020 Program

6:30 PM: Welcome

Principals Allison Isbell and Margaret Paul and Senior Project Coordinator Preethi Thomas-McKnight

6:45 PM: Presentations & Panels

Presentations and panels are expected to run approximately 80 minutes with a 10 minute break. Panels will include both presenters and gallerists and will include time for audience questions.

Room 1: Advisor Antonio Valle; Moderator Joan Jubett
Presenters: Oscar Chun, Oliver Gifford, Jonathan Hodge, Michelle Mardones, Ariella Mendal, Skyler Pierce-Scher
Gallerists: Dominic DiGesu, Layne Friedman, Jonathan Hodge, Emily Nally

Room 2: Advisor Catherine Zhong; Moderator Hannah Miller
Presenters: Alice Attal, Ruthie Brian, Gavriela Langer, Dakota Law, Jane Olsen, Nate Simon
Gallerists: Alice Attal, Ciro Bright, River Magee, Arlo Metzger, Katie Rich, Sofia Sharp

Room 3: Advisors Peter Heinz & Jacqueline Baker; Moderator Peter Heinz
Presenters: Anna Faulkner, Nissim Hershkovits, Henry Pomerance, Molly Voit, Cassie Soodak, Kamara Duruaku 
Gallerists: Amouri Edwards, Onaje Grant-Simmonds, Gus Green, Jacob McKinnon, Ajani R. Nazario, Hanna Provost, Peter Mamaev, Cassie Soodak

Room 4: Advisor & Moderator Karyn Silverman
Presenters: Brianna B. Adu-Kyei, Bay Dotson, Cameron Krakowiak, Alessandro Pearlroth, Sophie Reif
Gallerists:  Lucian Figliulo, Cameron Krakowiak, Nellie Lonergan, Anna Mueller, Alessandro Pearlroth, Ian Reyes

Room 5: Advisor & Moderator Peggy Peloquin
Presenters: Sophie Kielian, Reuben Mitchell, Olivia Roederer, Sophie Stomberg-Firestein, Mawena Tafa, Jonathan Ziebarth
Gallerists: Tibeau Ferguson, Wriley Hodge, Foster Hudson

Room 6: Advisor Shafeiq Baksh; Moderator Heather Brubaker
Presenters: Reggi Condos, Julia Kruse, Nika Marohnic, Pierre Roederer , Elisabeth Seiple, Max Zinman
Gallerists: Jaquelin Adler, Reggi Condos, Ari Elgharsi, Elisabeth Seiple, Timur Sumer

Seniors & Project Titles

* – Gallery
P – Paired Project

Jaquelin Adler * Discovering the Healthcare System
Brianna B. Adu-Kyei Communication: Meeting People Halfway
Alice Attal My Quarantine Songwriting Process
Ruthie Brian * Exploring Creative Writing during Covid-19
Ciro Bright  *P Blacksmithing
Oscar Chun Focused Writing
Reggi Condos * Music
Dominic DiGesu  *P Narrative Storytelling through Music
Bay Dotson Philosophies of the American Justice System
Kamara Duruaku  *P A Podcast about Our Podcast
Amouri Edwards * Street Sense: A Short
Ari Elgharsi * Through Our Eyes: Generation Z
Anna Faulkner Foraging and Cooking in the Country
Tibeau Ferguson * Concrete Monsters: The Beauty of Brutalism
Lucian Figliulo * Porcelina
Layne Friedman * Understanding Documentary Theater
Oliver Gifford Helping the Helpers
Onaje Grant-Simmonds * Responding to a Global Pandemic
Gus Green  *P Narrative Storytelling through Music
Nissim Hershkovits The Business of Music
Jonathan Hodge * Fashion As We Know It
Wriley Hodge * Exploring New York City’s Wild Side through Oil Painting
Foster Hudson Tell Me About the Long, Dark Path Home
Sophie Kielian Intuitive Exercise for a Healthy Mind
Cameron Krakowiak * Journalism: Storytelling and Media
Julia Kruse Engineering in a Changing Environment
Gavriela Langer Through the Looking Glass: Examining the World through Storytelling
Dakota Law A Quarantine Cookbooklet
Nellie Lonergan * Theatre Studies in Quarantine
River Magee * On Writing a Screenplay
Peter Mamaev * A Study in Comic Book Writing, Creation, and Industry Exploration
Michelle Mardones Babies and Brains
Nika Marohnic Psychology in Business
Jacob McKinnon * My Leap to the Rim
Ariella Mendal My Families Stories and Culture through Food
Arlo Metzger *P Blacksmithing
Reuben Mitchell Aliens Friends of Foe: exploring the World of The Three Body Problem
Anna Mueller *P An Exercise in Storytelling
Emily Nally * Ligne Claire Comic Strips
Ajani R. Nazario * Visualizing Beloved
Jane Olsen My Pursuit of Wellness
Alessandro Pearlroth * Exploring Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescence
Skyler Pierce-Scher Conflict Resolution and Early Childhood Development
Henry Pomerance Exploring Sustainable Business through ESG Initiatives
Hanna Provost *P An Exercise in Storytelling
Sophie Reif Food Sustainability: from Learning to Action
Ian Reyes * Reverse Engineering
Katie Rich * Music and 4 Emotions
Olivia Roederer 21st Century Advertising: Exploring the Success of an Ad
Pierre Roederer My Journey of Self Discovery through Excel
Elisabeth Seiple * The Science of Cooking
Sofia Sharp * My Reality
Nate Simon *P A Podcast about our Podcast
Cassia Soodak * Feminist Fashion Manifesto: The Power of Second-Hand Sourced Personal Style
Sophie Stomberg-Firestein An Examination of a Sustainable Solution to Global Hunger and Poverty
Timur Sumer * Building a Bass with Traditional Methods
Mawena Tafa An Exploration of Language and Culture
Molly Voit Community in the Time of COVID-19
Jonathan Ziebarth A Business of the Future
Max Zinman Teaching and Learning