Class of 2014
Jenna Adler
Major: Psychology
Minor: Linguistics
PICA Interest: Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Study Away: University of Sussex, UK
Internship: I CAN, London, UK
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Listener Perceptions of Speakers Based on Rate of Speech and Gender, Psychology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Stuart Vyse, Psychology
Gabrielle Arenge
Major: Psychology
Minor:Art
PICA Interest: Creativity Development among Youth in Education
Study Away: Kibera, Kenya
Internship: Myer’s Research Grant Funded Research on Creativity Development in Kibera, Kenya with Amani Art Safe Space Kenya
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Cultivating Creative Communities and Classrooms: Pedagogies, Processes, and Perceptions of Creativity in Kibera, Kenya, Psychology Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Audrey Zakriski, Psychology
Hillary Coleman
Majors: Psychology, Hispanic Studies
PICA Interest: Making Excellence Inclusive
Study Away: Cusco, Peru
Internship: Statewide Poverty Action Network, Seattle, WA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Making Excellence Inclusive at Connecticut College, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Ronald Flores, Sociology
Gabrielle Dann-Allel
Majors: Sociology, Government
PICA Interest: The effect of gentrification on housing policies in New York City
Internship: New York Public Advocate Office, New York City
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Gentrification in New York City and its Impact on Affordable Housing, Sociology Capstone Project
SIP Adviser: Professor Travis Lowe, Sociology
Meg DeJong
Major: Psychology
Minor: Sociology
PICA Interest: Mental Illness Stigma
Study Away: Copenhagen, Denmark
Internship: Venables Bell and Partners, San Francisco, CA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Effectiveness of Campaigns on Stigmatizing Attitudes toward Mental Illness, Psychology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Audrey Zakriski, Psychology
Haley Dumke
Major: Biological Sciences
PICA Interest: Issues of Health Care Equity and Usage in South Africa
Study Away: South Africa
Internship: Research in Pediatric Hepatitis C - Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Boston Medical Center
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Inherent Shortcomings of the South African National Health Insurance System, MedicalAnthropology Capstone Project
SIP Adviser: Professor Catherine Benoit, Anthropology
Katharine Evans
Major: Psychology
Minor: Human Development
PICA Interest: Child Welfare
Internship: Cape Town Child Welfare Society, Cape Town, South Africa
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Away from Home: Residential and Alternative Treatment Options for At-Risk Youth, Psychology Capstone Project
SIP Adviser: Professor Jefferson Singer, Psychology
Kaitlin Fung
Majors: Art, Psychology
PICA Interest: Art and Activism Working Toward a Healthy Embodiment
Internship: Kennedy Center, Inc., Trumbull, CT
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Sameing My Other: Explorations of Self and Shadow, Art Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Gregory Bailey, Art
Valentine Goldstein
Major: Government
PICA Interest: Access to Care through Community Engagement
Study Away: India
Internship: Single Stop USA, NY City
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Improving Mechanisms for Community Engagement in Health Care Policy Development: An Examination of Community-Based Participation Models, Human Development Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jennifer Fredricks, Human Development
Isabel Hibbard
Major: Gender & Women’s Studies
PICA Interest: Youth Empowerment and Community Collaboration
Study Away: Valparaíso, Chile
Internship: Art Start, NY City
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Community-based Workshops as a Tool for Youth Empowerment through Critical Engagement in New London, CT, Gender & Women’s Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Ariella Rotramel, Gender & Women’s Studies
Alanna Jamner
Majors: International Relations, Economics
Minor:Latin American Studies
PICA Interest: Approaching Human Rights in World Politics
Study Away: Santiago, Chile
Internship: Concern Worldwide U.S. Inc., NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): NGOs in the Human Rights Movement: Past, Present, and Emerging Practices, International Relations Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Tristan Borer, Government
Liam Lawson
Majors: Anthropology, Music
PICA Interest: Sports as a Form of Youth Intervention
Internship: Davis Project for Peace Award, Chicago
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Pickup Basketball, the Chicago Bulls, and at-Risk Youth, Anthropology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Anthony Graesch, Anthropology
Kelsey Munger-Elofson
Major: Sociology
Minor: Human Development
PICA Interest: Family and Addiction
Internship: SAOL Project, Dublin, Ireland
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Gender and Family Conflict’s Role in the Onset of Alcohol Addiction: Are Young Girls More Vulnerable to Alcohol Addiction Following a History of Child Maltreatment, Human Development Capstone Project
SIP Adviser: Professor Carol Akai, Human Development
Julian Perez
Major: Psychology
PICA Interest: Resilience in At-Risk Youth
Study Away: Butler U, Costa Rica and Copenhagen
Internship: Northwestern U. Foley Center for Study of Lives, Evanston, IL
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Resilience in First Generation At-Risk Youth, Psychology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jefferson Singer, Psychology
Jannette Rivera
Majors: American Studies, Government
PICA Interest: Career and Technical Education/Workforce Development in Urban Environments
Internship: Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Career Academy Models Deserve Direct Funding, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Ron Flores, Sociology
Allan Rogers
Major: Government
PICA Interest: Education Equity and Public and Charter Schools
Study Away: South Africa
Internship: Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service, Washington, D.C.
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): A Tale of Two Systems: A Comparison of Policy and Ethics in Public and Charter Schools in Washington, D.C., Government Capstone Project
SIP Adviser: Professor John Nugent, Government
Alia Roth
Major: Government
Minor: Human Development
PICA Interest: The legal rights of children with disabilities and their access to public education in low-income communities
Study Away: Copenhagen, Denmark
Internship: Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): A Lack of Empathy: The Isolation and Incarceration of Youth with Disabilities, Government Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor MaryAnne Borrelli, Government
Laura Simmons-Stern
Major: Environmental Studies
Minor: Psychology
PICA Interest: Sustainable Development
Study Away: Uganda
Internship: BeCause Water Benefit Corp., Boston, MA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Beneficial Sustainable Development Programs in Uganda: A Ugandan Case Study, Environmental Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Page Owen, Environmental Studies
Anthony Sis
Major: Government
Minor: Gender and Women’s Studies
PICA Interest: Sexual Health Education
Study Away: Havana, Cuba
Internship: Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health, Chicago, IL
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Historicizing HIV/AIDS: Analyzing the Impact of the AIDS Crisis Through Oral Narratives, History Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor James Downs, History
Blair Southworth
Major: Environmental Studies
PICA Interest: Climate Change Injustices
Study Away: Hanoi,Vietnam
Internship: Cambodian Threads, Cambodia
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): India’s Narmada River Valley Dam Projects: An Analysis of Shifting Environmental, Indigenous Peoples, and Human Rights Norms to Give a Greater Voice to Marginalized Peoples, Environmental Studies Capstone Project
SIP Adviser: Professor Jane Dawson, Environmental Studies
Carolyn Sundstrom
Major: Sociology
PICA Interest: Teaching and Encouraging Positive Body Image
Internship: Middle Earth, Bridgewater, NJ
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Improving Body Image Discourse, Psychology Capstone Project
SIP Adviser: Professor Joan Chrisler, Psychology
Amber Villanueva
Majors: Literature in English, Gender & Women’s Studies
PICA Interest: Stigma of HIV/AIDS
Study Away: Amsterdam
Internship: Alliance for Living, New London
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Race, Gender and the Theater of AIDS in the United States, Gender & Women’s Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Mab Segrest, Gender & Women’s Studies
Anna Volpe
Major: Psychology, Minor:Music
PICA Interest: Stigma of Mental Illness
Study Away: Cape Town, South Africa
Internship: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Performing Arts: Reaching Hearts and Minds to Counter Stigmatization of Mental Illness, Psychology Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Taleb Khairallah, Psychology