Senior Exhibitions 2022
About the Senior Exhibition Program.
The Senior Exhibition program centers around the idea of celebrating scholarship and honoring our seniors as they step into the role of teachers. We dedicate these few days to the presentations as a way of highlighting the seniors' passions, empowering them to share what they have learned and allowing them to educate us all on topics that matter to them. A hallmark of the Thacher spring term, Senior Exhibition weekend provides an opportunity for the community (student, teachers, and parents) to engage in collective learning and to recognize the members of the senior class for their contributions to the academic 'greatest good.'
Our seniors presented their research on Thursday, April 21, Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, 2022, at various campus venues. You can find brief descriptions of each presentation below along with a link to the recording of the student's talk.
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Thursday 7 p.m. presenters
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Milli
Are NFTs really the future? -
Lawrence
Poison Ivy - Why do we care so much about college? -
Ellis
How a Developing Cyber Arms Race Can Throw the World Into Chaos -
Grace
Past, Present, and Future Implications of The First Amphetamine Epidemic -
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Alex
Can Ojai pixies heal the devastating damage of the Thomas fires? -
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Thursday 8 p.m. presenters
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Nnaemeka
Politics, Economics, Ethnicity: How will we make Nigeria a Global Powerhouse? -
Natalie
A Netflix Case Study: How Has Streaming Influenced the Modern Film Industry? -
Paul
Can We Create a Perfect Language? -
Oakley
Should 'Freedom of Speech' be Absolute? -
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Anna
U.S-China Policy in the 21st Century: Is Containment the Path Forward? -
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Thursday 9 p.m. presenters
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Dylan
The Secrets Behind Insider Trading in Congress -
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What is the psychological draw to Italian American mafia media such as The Godfather? -
Matthew
What is the Future of Virtual Reality? -
Avery
How Has and How Will CRISPR and Gene-Editing Affect Future Society? -
Friday 8:45 a.m. presenters
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Will
How do our brains create habits everyday? -
Kuma
Tips and Tricks to Survive the Apocalypse -
Selene
Ganhwa Seon: How a 'Question' could change your life -
Paris
The Lobotomy & Female Hysteria: The Tragic Implications on Women’s Healthcare -
Friday 9:45 a.m. presenters
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Trevor
1.50 for a Hotdog? Sounds too good to be true; a breakdown of Costco's business plan. -
Eileen
Mental Health of South Korean Students: The Smartest Kids in the World -
Vanessa
Predicting and Catching Healthcare Serial Killers -
Sophie
Disrupting the Binary: Examining Indigenous Gender Fluidity and Decolonization -
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Gavin
How did politics influence medieval warfare and weaponry? -
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Friday 10:45 a.m. presenters
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Ami
What is the Legacy of the Conceptual Art Movement? -
Christina
Narrative Medicine: Why Healthcare Needs the Humanities -
Emma
Why are we so interested in true-crime and how have podcasts influenced that? -
Jack
Why Do Bilinguals Feel Like Different People When They Speak Different Languages? -
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Elena
Manipulating Justice: Jury Selection in the Modern Age -
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Friday 12:30 p.m. presenters
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Ben
The True Implications of "Moneyball" -
Charlie
How Can Thacher Address the Long-Term Effects of Anxiety? -
Conor
What causes Legislation Gridlock? -
Will
Understanding Human Development: What does our Childhood say about our Future? -
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Maddy
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Friday 1:30 p.m. presenters
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Alyssa
The U.S. Government’s Criminalization of Immigrants and its Impact on Citizen Children -
Skye
Misogyny in the Music Industry: The Effects on Artists, Producers, and Us -
Carolina
Magic Mushrooms and the Future of Mental Health -
James
China's Push for Global Power -
Friday 2:30 p.m. presenters
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Jennifer
Where Do Our Beauty Standards Come From? -
Keely
Salamanders: A Cure For Human Paralysis? -
Tucker
What are the Economic and Social Possibilities of the Metaverse? -
Daisy
What is power and how does it unknowingly influence our everyday lives? -
Friday 7 p.m. presenters
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Carly
How Cults Change the Brain -
Dash
The Forgotten Past of San Francisco’s Chinatown and its Uncertain Future -
Eliza
Written Language and the Brain: how humanity's most important invention came to shape our cognition and perceptions -
Joyce
Universal Design, Disability, and Thacher: How a new approach to private education may improve learning for all -
Friday 8 p.m. presenters
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Cyrus
A "Dark'' Power for a Brighter Future -
Kye
China and the United States Opposing Grand Strategy in the South China Sea: It Doesn’t Have to Be a Zero-Sum Game. -
Keira
How to become a Dictator? -
Jade
The implications of slavery on the modern day upbringing of Black boys -
Friday 9 p.m. presenters
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Connor
The Ingenuity of A24 -
Lola
Conservation and its Connection to Colonialism -
Ethan
How do Psychedelics Affect our Consciousness? -
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Saturday 9 a.m. presenters
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Henry
Cha Ching : The Past, Present, and Future of Currency. -
Alejandro
Does popular media accurately portray gang life? -
Lauren
The Future of Diversity in Medical Education -
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Saturday 10 a.m. presenters
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Nathan
Batman: The Dark Knight Exposed -
Ty
A Dive into Disney, Hollywood, and the Porn industry -
Joaquin
Why you should care about US intervention in South America -
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Saturday 11 a.m. presenters
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Hayden
How Does Film use Music to Shape our Emotions -
Ryan/Lia
The Future of the Thacher Gun Range: Using Phytoremediation to Heal Depleted Soil -
Tália
Breaking the Bank for a Degree: Examining The Cost of Higher Education and Addressing the Student Debt Crisis -
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