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1 Tanner Conference Committee Wellesley College gratefully acknowledges the generous alumnae and friends who support 2 Tanner at 10 experiential learning. Their support enables 4 Tags by Session students to engage in off-campus learning opportunities that have become an integral 6 Conference Schedule part of the Wellesley College educational 7 Conference Abstracts experience. 53 Wellesley in the World The Tanner Conference Committee grate- fully acknowledges staff in the follow- 54 Map ing departments and facilities for their 56 International Study Programs commitment to the Tanner Conference: Auxiliary Services, AVI Fresh, Campus 58 Internship and Stipend Programs Police, Communications and Public Affairs, 64 Fellowship Programs Custodial Services, Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall, Department of Computer 68 Wellesley College Supported Internship Recipients 2010 Science, Grounds, Instructional Technology, 75 Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship Recipients 2010 Jewett Arts Center, Moore & Associates, Mail Services, Media Services, Newhouse Center 76 National Fellowship Competition Recipients and Nominees 2010 for the Humanities, Pendleton Hall, and 77 Index Special Events. 80 Notes THE TANNER CONFERENCE

It is our privilege to invite your participation Encompassing the diversity of student expe- The aT nner Conference represents the work in the 2010 Tanner Conference. Established riences and interests, the Tanner Conference of over 300 Wellesley students, alumnae, through the generosity of trustee emerita takes as its subject internships and service faculty, and staff. In its tenth anniversary, Estelle “Nicki” Newman Tanner ’57, the learning, international study, experiential the conference includes special technology Tanner Conference explores the relationship learning in courses, research conducted projects showcasing Wellesley’s presence between the liberal arts classroom and stu- away from Wellesley, and fellowships. The throughout the world. dent participation in an increasingly diverse conference provides a venue for faculty, We wish to thank all those presenting in the and interdependent world. The conference is staff, and students to discuss the challenges Tanner Conference for their roles in helping premised on the belief that a greater under- to teaching and learning presented by new us to better understand Wellesley’s place in standing of the learning that takes place definitions of what constitutes the class- the world. We invite you to join the conver- off-campus—combined with critical inquiry room. It also invites alumnae to return to sation that they are seeking to foster. into the purpose, value, and effect of such campus to discuss how their decisions to learning—has the potential to move liberal participate in these experiences as Wellesley education in new directions. students later proved to be ones of conse- quence. A special poster exhibition at the conference will display profiles of alumnae who presented at Tanner during their time at the College.

The 2010 Tanner Conference Committee

Elizabeth F. Bair Martha J. McNamara Olga Shurchkov ’01 Class of 2012 Department of Art Department of Economics Emily A. Buchholtz Elaine Mehalakes Jill A. Syverson-Stork Department of Biological Sciences Davis Museum and Cultural Center Department of Spanish Lee Cuba Salwa N. Muhammad ’06 Sally A. Theran Department of Sociology Center for Work and Service Department of Psychology David J. Ellerby S. Joanne Murray ’81 Jennifer Thomas-Starck Department of Biological Sciences Center for Work and Service Office ofnter I national Study Marion R. Just Karen Z. Pabon Franklyn A. Turbak Department of Political Science Slater International Center Department of Computer Science Peggy Levitt Dori E. Peleg Winifred J. Wood Department of Sociology Center for Work and Service TheW riting Program

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 1 TANNER AT 10

Tanner Conference What does a Wellesley student do during the summer? Roundtable Topics 2001–2009 She works, she thinks, she does research, she serves… 2009 The New Word: What Happens When To contemplate “Tanner at 10” is to realize just how different a student’s learning Libraries Go Digital? experience at Wellesley is than it was just ten short years ago. A Wellesley educa- Pandemics: “In the Distraction of This tion does not end in May, nor does the classroom door divide her intellectual Madding Fever,” What Is the World to Do? experiences from her world experiences. We have come to understand education Social Networking at Wellesley: To as a recursive process, in which students test their classroom understandings Community and Beyond! against the world, bring their world experiences back into the classroom, deepen 2008 their learning, and then return to the world beyond Wellesley for experience and International Study and the Liberal Arts Tea and Crackers, Thee and Me: consideration. Perhaps most important, through their work outside the class- The Salon in the Twenty-First Century room, students come to understand how they can extend the gift of a Wellesley Sustainability at Wellesley: education to others. How Green Can Blue Be? Think of the changes Wellesley has seen in the last ten years. And think of how 2007 The Multicultural Requirement: Tanner has accompanied, fostered, and (we immodestly claim) prompted many Can Exposure Be Measured? of these changes: Grunt Work or Course Work?: The Culture of Internships in the College Setting • The number of college-supported internships has increased from just 30 in Connecting the Campus: Getting 1999 to over 300 today. Countless other students find their own internships, Oriented in Leadership both at home and abroad. Study Abroad and the Scientist: Why Would She? How Could She? • Students returning from powerful summer work find in Tanner a time and a place to reflect on the meaning of their experiences, and to share their thinking 2006 International Study or Globetrotting? with their peers and professors. Attendance at Tanner sessions has burgeoned; Cultural and Academic it is not unusual for a student to find herself speaking to a packed room, sup- Learning on Short-Term Study Abroad ported not just by her friends and family but also by interested community Programs members who want to learn from what she has learned. Don’t Ask, Can’t Tell: Issues of Confidentiality and Self-Disclosure • Students’ summer work is supported by interested faculty members who write at the Internship Site letters of recommendation, debrief with them when they return, advise their Wellesley’s Role in Service and Tanner presentations, and frequently incorporate students’ experiences into Education for Natural Disasters classroom learning and teaching. Realizing the importance of experiential 2005 learning for students, faculty members have increasingly worked to develop Evaluating Study Abroad Programs and Experiences: A Faculty Exploration new internships and research opportunities that support students’ work in their Educating for Citizenship majors. How Do We Think About Class in America Pre- and Post-Katrina? Reconciling History

2 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d 2004 Just as Wellesley has changed, the Tanner Conference has proven dynamic and Experiential and Service Learning for Academic Credit: flexible, each year considering suggestions from our student leaders and our A Faculty Exploration Tanner Conference Committee to make use of new technologies and ways of Democracy: It’s More Than Just Voting being in the world. Consider these areas of change: Environmental Activism Meets the Academy • Public Speaking. The Tanner Conference provides forum, instruction, and 2003 model for students seeking to speak in public. Each year, we see strong, Endpoints: Moving from Simple thoughtful, and innovative presentations, as students learn from each other. Reflection to Finished Work Increasingly, students practice with the Public Speaking Tutors provided by From Reflection to Presentation the Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center, whose help we gratefully The Role of Activism in a Liberal Arts Education acknowledge. The Role of Study Abroad in a • Technological Change. The Tanner Web site has grown richer, more helpful and Wellesley Education more dynamic each year, and technology has helped us manage the increasing 2002 number of abstract submissions and responses we receive—this year, a record Finding the Words: Shaping and Transforming Experience high of 189 submissions representing 265 students. And look for this year’s From Victim to Survivor: Rape Recovery exciting touch-screen map and interactive surfaces created by student interns and the Feminist Empowerment Model working with the Department of Computer Science! Bearing Witness: The Ethical and Moral Dimensions of Fieldwork • Tanner Roundtables. Local vs. global? Institutional vs. individual work? Each Bringing International Identities into year, Tanner provides a selection of four to five roundtables, proposed by the Our Communities: The United World members of the Tanner Conference Committee, to provide open and probing College Case Study discussion of the questions that continually emerge from our students’ reports Voices from Abroad: The African American Experience in Japan on their work. Experiential Learning in a Liberal Arts Early roundtable discussions focused on theories of service and experiential Education: Focus on Wintersession learning. In other years, roundtables responded to emerging and emergency When Opportunity Knocks: Alternatives to Wellesley Programs issues: sustainability and Hurricane Katrina. This year’s roundtables focus on how faculty-student research can help Wellesley develop its institutional citizen- 2001 Integrating Academic Excellence and ship. Our students’ presentations always create the Tanner buzz—but this year, Community Service “I Hate Coming Back” we take special note of the roundtable buzz, too. See the sidebars for past and Beyond the Borders That Divide Us When present roundtable topics. Bad Things Happen to Good Internships Women Crossing Cultures What does a Wellesley student do during the summer? Starting an International Internship She works, she thinks, she does research, she serves… Program …And then she comes back to share it with us via Tanner!

by Winifred J. Wood, The Writing Program

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 3 TAGS BY SESSION

Tag Session 1 Presentations Session 2 Presentations Session 3 Presentations Session 4 Presentations 9:15–10:25am 10:45–11:55am 1:30–2:40pm 3:00–4:10pm Animals 56, 67, 69, 78 118, 119, 120

Arts 12, 13, 34, 45 58, 59, 60, 61 103, 127, 128, 129 95, 150

Cultural/Ethnic Origins 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39 58, 59, 73 104, 105, 106, 109, 122, 159, 162, 163, 164 126 Disaster 65 133

Education 4, 5, 6, 30, 35, 40, 43, 44 48, 53, 74, 79, 80, 81, 82, 96, 97, 103, 113, 114, 115, 95, 134, 150, 155, 156, 86, 87, 88, 89 116, 117, 119, 130, 132 157, 158, 159, 161 Environment 16, 18, 38 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 67, 68, 118, 119, 131, 132, 133 161, 172, 173, 174 69, 70, 78 Food 18 131

Grassroots Organizing 3, 17, 19, 29, 41, 43, 44 50, 54, 58, 63, 64 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 108, 137, 155, 173 114, 121, 125, 132 Health 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 21 53, 85 113, 120 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 167, 176, 177, 178 Housing 45, 46, 47 65, 84 145

Human Rights 2, 19 66 98, 102, 109, 121, 123 137, 138, 147, 149, 154

Language/Literature 75 159

Law/Politics 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 62, 63, 64, 68, 77, 90 91, 92, 93, 107, 108, 125 139, 153, 156, 169, 172 24, 25, 28, 31, 47

4 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Tag Session 1 Presentations Session 2 Presentations Session 3 Presentations Session 4 Presentations 9:15–10:25am 10:45–11:55am 1:30–2:40pm 3:00–4:10pm Media 13, 14, 15, 33 76 104 150, 151, 152, 153, 175

Migration 20 49, 72 103, 123 146, 147, 148, 149, 177

Money 2, 3, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29 76 91, 92, 93, 94, 102, 110, 149, 168, 169, 170, 171 111, 112, 124 Museums 106 152, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164 Poverty 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 26, 27, 52, 87 99 145, 148, 158 28, 29 Religion 34, 41, 43 49, 71, 72

Science/Technology 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 36, 37, 38, 55, 70, 74, 76, 78, 79, 89 100, 118 153, 165, 166, 167, 172, 40 175 Urban 23, 47 61, 66, 71, 83 99, 101, 115 156, 163, 164

Violence 23 83, 84, 85

War/Peace 42 49, 50, 51, 52, 66 109

Water 16 54, 55, 56, 57, 67, 69, 70

Women 25, 27 83, 84, 85 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 134, 139, 177

Youth 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 25, 30, 41, 51, 52, 74, 86, 87 96, 97, 98, 113, 114, 115, 134, 155, 157, 158, 173 44 116, 117

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 5 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:30–9:15am Break International Continental Breakfast Pendleton Atrium 9:15–10:25am Session 1 Presentations 1 to 47

10:25–10:45am Break Refreshments Pendleton Atrium 10:45–11:55am Session 2 Presentations 48 to 90

12:00–1:25pm Break Coffee Pendleton Atrium 1:30–2:40pm Session 3 Presentations 91 to 94 and 96 to 133 2:40–3:00pm Break Refreshments Pendleton Atrium 3:00–4:10pm Session 4 Presentations 95 and 134 to 178

8:30am–4:10pm Poster Exhibition Profiles of Tanner Alumnae Pendleton Atrium 8:30am–4:10pm Touch-Sensitive Tanner Technology Initiative Interactive Surface Pendleton Knuckle Display

6 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Session 1: 9:15–10:25am

Alleviating Poverty their used clothing or giving money to a char- network of students interested in alleviating (individual presentations) ity. But how many think of the role that a global poverty. By establishing PoverUp, I multinational company can play in poverty now understand the impact students can have, PNE 127 alleviation? While working in the private both individually and collectively, on creating 1 sector department at Oxfam America I have a better future for all, lifting one person at a seen how Oxfam has worked with corpora- time out of poverty. Coming Home: South Africa Through tions to help them engage with poor people Tag(s): Poverty, Grassroots Organizing, Money Different Eyes all over the globe. In its unique position as the Samantha N. Malambo ’12 liaison between the poor and the private sec- 4 Advisor: Gauri K. Shastry, Economics tor, Oxfam America has been able to launch Bridging the Gap: An Initiative to Move I was born and raised in various parts of pro-poor projects such as a micro-insurance Secondary Education Forward in South southern Africa and was accustomed to the scheme for farmers and the Poverty Footprint Korea harsh reality of poverty. I knew my side of Study. Come learn what innovative techniques Keyong Ah Tahk ’12, Biological Sciences the continent was in dire need of help so Oxfam America is using to help corporations Advisor: Jennifer M. Stephan, Office of the I jumped at the opportunity to volunteer become more responsible in order to help the Class Deans with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) deprived escape poverty. This summer at the Korean National in Johannesburg, South Africa, this past Tag(s): Poverty, Money, Human Rights Wintersession. Mine workers in South Africa Commission for United Nations Educational, are faced with a severe debt crisis. In an 3 Scientific and Cultural Organization attempt to alleviate this, Inkumiseng, an inde- (UNESCO), I had the opportunity to work as PoverUp: Students Fighting Poverty One pendent company, came up with a financial part of the Global Education Team to orga- Microloan at a Time education course to help miners better manage nize two educational conferences on social Hillary A. Clevenger ’12, Undeclared their funds. Our goal at IPA was to create and and ethical dimensions of climate change for Advisor: Verónica Darer, Spanish pilot a baseline survey to use in evaluating the high school students and young professionals. effectiveness of this course. While engaged in Inspired by the Wellesley course Gender Although I was mainly in charge of Global development work, I interacted with the mine and International Development, I created Seminar 2010, the international conference for workers on our pilot runs and met citizens to PoverUp, a nonprofit grassroots organiza- young professionals conducted in English, I whom South Africa still owes a great deal. tion in the field of microfinance. The goal of observed the unequal educational opportuni- PoverUp, a microfinance action platform, is ties for Korean high school students firsthand Tag(s): Poverty to help high school and college students learn when I assisted in organizing the Model 2 about, connect with, and invest in global UNESCO Conference. Through many meet- microfinance institutions such as Grameen ings and discussions, I worked with a team Oxfam America: An Innovative Approach America and Pro Mujer. In this session I will to extend the socioeconomic boundaries of to Poverty Alleviation share the process of starting an NGO while students selected to participate by providing Kerry Scanlon ’10, Economics and French balancing a full course load at Wellesley. financial aid, changing the conference lan- Advisor: Joseph P. Joyce, Economics Specifically, I will discuss how I recruited guage to Korean, and holding a preparation Often when individuals consider how to help board members from corporations such as conference before the actual event. This expe- the poor living in developing countries or HSBC and Morgan Stanley, raised necessary rience broadened my perspective on the future right down the street, they consider donating start-up capital, and created an international of secondary education in Korea and instilled

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 7 hope in the possibilities of overcoming the Nia S. Jones ’11, Neuroscience; and dedicated research lab searching for answers socioeconomic gap in education. Isabella I. Zeng ’12, Psychology to childhood leukemias that are still uncured. Tag(s): Poverty, Education, Youth Advisors: Connie L. Bauman, Physical I experienced professional lab research as part Education, Recreation, and Athletics and of a project investigating the genetic causes of 5 Jocelyne L. Dolce, Biological Sciences MLL-AF9 leukemia, a rare but particularly deadly form of the disease. But I also saw Play-Doh, Puppets, and Poverty: Child and Armed with a passion for science and a love of practitioners at work when I shadowed doctors Family Homelessness in Massachusetts teaching, Wellesley students made weekly vis- treating patients at the Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Katherine M. Blair ’11, Classical Civilization its to “Science Club for Girls” (SCFG) sites in Fund. The people I met with impressed me and Political Science local suburban and inner city school districts. constantly with their resolve and left me con- Advisor: Melissa A. Hawkins, Center for Work What began as an effort to engage elemen- vinced of the scientific community’s power to and Service tary and middle school girls in science while fostering teamwork and a passion for learning change the course of disease. The experience This summer I sought to understand how soon transformed into a more compelling was priceless preparation for my own future in educational programs can help to alleviate quest. The students were taught raw “science” medical research. urban poverty by interning with Horizons material, and to our surprise, they grew more Tag(s): Science/Technology, Health, Youth for Homeless Children in Boston. My tasks confident and engaged with each week’s included working directly with young chil- 8 lesson. These invaluable lessons, developing dren, constructing playrooms in homeless self-confidence and realizing one’s potential, shelters throughout the city, and recruiting Saving Lungs One Cell Line at a Time: are particularly beneficial for girls interested in and training new volunteers for the organiza- Researching Cystic Fibrosis traditionally male-dominated fields of science. tion. As someone who hopes to teach young Maria E. Bustillo ’13, Undeclared What began as strictly an outreach effort for children in the future, I was happy to learn a Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences young children at risk for academic disengage- great deal about child development, both from This summer I worked at Children’s Hospital ment ultimately hit “back home” for us, as our the talented professionals in my office and Oakland in Oakland, California, doing experiences in creative teaching allowed us to from the preschoolers themselves. As a politi- research on the airway disease cystic fibrosis. gain a greater perspective and to reframe our cal science major, I was able to see how public Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive own academic approaches and goals. policy directly influences people’s lives every disease that affects nearly 300,000 Americans, day. I also discovered an interest in nonprofit Tag(s): Education, Youth causing reduced pulmonary function and management as I observed the positive and limiting the lung’s ability to fight off bacte- Bedside to Bench: Physicians as negative aspects of the organization’s style of rial infections. Over the course of the sum- Scientists (individual presentations) administration. I will discuss the interplay mer I investigated methods to correct the between these various fields and the strategies PNE 130 membrane channel protein defect that blocks that work to lift families out of poverty. chloride transport across the cell membrane 7 Tag(s): Poverty, Youth, Education and subsequently causes CF. I was also able Curing Cancer: The Players in the Battle to meet and work with families affected by 6 Against Disease the disease and see how my research could Amanda J. Daigle ’12, Bioinformatics translate into improved treatment options for Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Advisor: Brian C. Tjaden, Computer Science CF in the future. This experience has inspired Yes, But They Taught Us Some me to continue scientific research in addition Surprising Lessons! (panel) In the study of medicine, there are two ways to pursuing a medical degree. I will work at to fight diseases like cancer—do research to PNW 117 the interface between scientific research and find the cures or practice medicine to help medicine, finding interdisciplinary treatments Jennie D. Krasker ’11, Psychology; individuals with illnesses. This summer I for diseases. Andrea J. Chang ’11, Biological Sciences; had the opportunity to see both in action. At Amy E. Wolkin ’12, Biological Sciences; Children’s Hospital Boston, I was part of a Tag(s): Science/Technology, Health

8 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d 9 to map genetic patterns and use them to make Civic Media: Politics and Production new recommendations for prevention and (individual presentations) The Niche of the Physician-Scientist: From treatment of stroke. As an intern, I aided with FND 120 Patients to Molecular Genetics and Back data collection, shadowed in the Neurological Rachel A. Roston ’11, Biological Sciences Intensive Care Unit, and conducted an inde- 12 Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences pendent research project. By working within a Activism Through Art: Poetry, “You are a biology major. Are you premed or community that included both scientists and Performance, and Peace are you going to graduate school?” While I am physicians, I gained new skills and insight into often asked these questions, I have struggled how science and practice inform each other, in Diamond J. Sharp ’11, Peace and Justice Studies to choose between these two career paths. critical care neurology and beyond. Advisor: Victor H. Kazanjian, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life This summer I discovered that it isn’t neces- Tag(s): Health, Science/Technology sary to choose between science and medicine. When you think of activism, do you think Interning in the Cantor Lab at Children’s 11 of art? This summer in Washington, DC, I had the unique experience of interning for Hospital Boston, I was able to explore the Genes or Vaccines? The Search for a performance artist. The nation’s capital is niche of the physician-scientist and see first- Biological and Environmental Causes often thought of as just the focal point of hand the frontier where science and medicine for Autism interact. I used molecular biological tech- policy making for our country. However, it is Xiaoyue M. Guo ’11, Neuroscience and Rachel niques to study causes of leukemogenesis, the also home to a vibrant and politically active Y. Casiano ’12, Psychology development of leukemia, in human patients arts community. My internship with Holly Advisor: Sally A. Theran, Psychology and mice, while also getting an insider’s view Bass Performance Projects provided invaluable of both cancer and stem cell research. I will The prevalence of autism is rising, and better insight into the connection between art and reflect upon my discoveries inside and outside diagnostic criteria and more accurate diag- politics. Through my work and my interviews of the lab and why I no longer feel the need to noses can’t completely account for this rise. with local artists, I realized the importance of choose between science and medicine. There is increasing evidence that a unique promoting art as a medium for empowerment. interaction between genetic and environmen- Tag(s): Science/Technology, Health Furthermore, this experience reaffirmed that tal factors precipitates the onset of autism. a career that fused public policy, law, and the 10 Over the summer we interned at University arts was a viable path for me. My presentation of California, Davis for a longitudinal study, will discuss the importance of performance Unraveling the Genetics of Stroke: Science Marking of Autism Risk in Babies: Learning art as a political tool, share excerpts from the and Practice at Massachusetts General Early Signs (MARBLES), which aims to artist interviews, and discuss the performance Hospital determine pre- and post-natal causes of autism projects I worked on. Caroline R. Pires ’11, Neuroscience in at-risk children. In addition to learning Tag(s): Arts, Law/Politics Advisor: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience about the background work necessary for Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability successful research, we were involved in every 13 in the United States and the second leading aspect of the study from processing biological No Time for Lunch: Life as a Documentary cause of death worldwide. While certain samples to interviewing parents. We thus not Film Production Assistant mechanisms and risk factors are understood, only confirmed our interests in public health the role our genes may play in causing stroke and psychiatric disorders, but also realized Lucia M.T. Nhamo ’11, Media Arts and Sciences remains a mystery. This summer I interned firsthand the toll that autism has on families Advisor: Salem Mekuria, Art at Massachusetts General Hospital, in a lab and society in general. In our presentation, we This summer I interned at Vital Pictures, an whose mission is to discover which genes can will share our experiences in the groundbreak- award-winning independent documentary predict likelihood, severity, and outcome ing research in which we participated. production company based in Boston, that of stroke. The lab draws from a database of Tag(s): Health, Youth makes films for national broadcast. One of thousands of stroke patients around the world my most valuable experiences was seeing how the different parts of the independent film

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 9 process come together to form a whole. As a 15 Five Wellesley students interned with Sea production assistant in a relatively small com- Scavenger, a start-up nonprofit organization pany, I had the privilege of working in diverse Politics and Media in Chicago: created by a Wellesley Davis alumna. Based in capacities on multiple film projects, doing My Summer as a News Producer San Francisco, Sea Scavenger focuses on clean- everything from conducting funding and Kelsey R. Savage ’11, Philosophy and ing ocean plastic pollution in San Francisco archival research in the office, to operating the Political Science Bay. We towed nets weekly on a Hobie Cat boom microphone, and ordering lunch for the Advisor: Marion R. Just, Political Science in the Bay to test collection methods and crew during shoots. As a studio art major, I’m Over the summer I produced news segments equipment for a long term goal of estimating looking forward to an in-depth exploration for a public television show, Chicago Tonight. the plastic load in the Bay. We also learned of the moving image in my remaining year at The show, which airs live four times a week, to navigate a nonprofit, clean up shorelines, Wellesley, examining some of the questions prides itself on being a reliable source of local mobilize volunteers, and raise awareness using that this internship helped raise, concerning events and critical analysis of city and state scarce resources. the power of institutions that mediate our policies. A majority of my work included Tag(s): Environment, Water realities. conducting background research on our Tag(s): Arts, Media guests, preparing visual elements, writing Global Development Challenges engaging story introductions, and brainstorm- (individual presentations) 14 ing potential interview questions. This was FND 207 Learning Local News: The Role of Local a particularly interesting time to be report- Television in Society ing in Chicago because of former Governor 17 Rod Blagojevich’s dramatic corruption trial, Mary E. Kenefake ’13, Undeclared the state’s fickle financial situation, and the Bangles, Babies, and Bilingualism: Advisor: Wilfrid J. Rollman, History upcoming Senate election. Additionally, I Working for Public Health in This summer I was an intern at KTKA 49 managed the station’s social media accounts, a Bangalore, India ABC News in Topeka, Kansas. I worked developing form of journalism, that is making Elizabeth G. Thayer ’11, Biological Sciences with reporters and photographers to learn it easier for audience members to participate in Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and to produce a local nightly news program. I current events. This internship deepened my Gender Studies thought an ideal internship for a journalism knowledge of the American political system Malnutrition, childbirth, and preventable student would be in a major city, but a smaller and the role of the media as a necessary watch- infections are disturbingly common causes media market internship offered me invalu- dog of democracy. of death in rural Indian villages, and are able hands-on experiences such as appearing Tag(s): Media, Law/Politics, Science/Technology targets for local and international public on camera and writing news scripts. Local health organizations. Working this summer stations broadcast what their viewers want 16 for a small, local organization in Bangalore, to see; national and international news are India, I engaged with the immediate problems omitted. This realization left me wondering Drop by Drop: Reclaiming Our Waters in the surrounding villages of Kanakapura, if viewers were getting a complete picture (panel) with the organization’s particular challenges of an increasingly globalized society. The FND 102 and with the local people working to improve experience reaffirmed my belief that not only conditions in their villages. My main task should international relations be a firm base Jing Chen ’11, Economics; Alexandra F. was to edit and expand manuals for training for practicing modern journalism but also that Nagourney ’13, Undeclared; Genea C. Foster ’12, community health workers (CHWs). Working local news serves as an important information Environmental Studies; Kelli N. Stephens ’12, directly with the CHW trainer and original source to communities. Although I discovered Economics; and Pin Pravalprukskul ’12, author, I experienced firsthand the delights a disconnect between national and local news, Environmental Studies and challenges of working cross-culturally. In I now have the technical skills to begin a Advisor: Kristina N. Jones, Biological Sciences my presentation, I will compare these cross- career in journalism. and Environmental Studies cultural interpersonal dynamics with parallel Tag(s): Media dynamics between local and international

10 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d organizations I explored during previous Malaysia instead of implementing our com- 21 international public health study. I will also munity service project due to the interference discuss how my summer work reinforced my of a Malaysian political group. In my presenta- Lessons from the Unforeseen: Experiencing confidence in the powers of mutual respect tion, I will discuss what I learned about the the Public Sector in Cairo, Egypt and involvement and my commitment to pub- multifaceted society of Malaysia, the strength Jaya Gupta ’11, International Relations-Political lic health work. of religion, the power of government, and the Science and Sarah R. Shaer ’11, Studio Art Advisor: Kate Miller, The Madeleine Korbel Tag(s): Grassroots Organizing, Health unpredictability of life through this Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network (SEALNet) Albright Institute for Global Affairs 18 project. “One does not discover new lands without con- Farm Alarm Tag(s): Law/Politics, Human Rights, senting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time Ruth Ann C. Smith ’11, Biological Sciences and Grassroots Organizing .” —André Gide Political Science Like many Wellesley students, we opted to International Development: Working Advisor: Gail W. Jong, Office for Resources intern abroad in search of inspiration and to from Within (individual presentations) reach outside our comfort zones. This summer “Man—despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments PNE 339 we found ourselves in a small apartment in owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil the heart of Cairo, Egypt. We both worked 20 in public sector offices: one at Health Systems and the fact that it rains.” —Unknown The New Bulgaria (Is Not in Bulgaria) 20/20 and one at the Ministry of Family and I never truly acknowledged how important Population. In the process, we found our Olivia E. Kingsley ’11, English rain and soil are to human existence until I internships evolving into unanticipated experi- Advisor: Margery M. Sabin, English worked on agricultural development projects. ences, and thus found ourselves readjusting My presentation will document two related After decades languishing in obscurity behind and adapting to the unpredictable nature of experiences: a Kathryn Wasserman Davis the Iron Curtain, Bulgaria now holds the life in Cairo. As the first interns in our respec- Peace Project completed in northern Panama, dubious honor of being the poorest country tive offices, we learned that being flexible and and a summer internship at the World in the European Union (EU). Facing a new open minded in a new work environment was Agroforestry Center involving travel to Kenya, era and a national identity crisis, young of utmost importance. Outside of the office, Malawi, and Tanzania. Both focused on Bulgarians are trying to revitalize their coun- maintaining an open mind was similarly improving smallholders’ access to farm inputs try while fighting against systemic problems imperative for dealing with the everyday life as a means of spurring rural development, and such as organized crime, a gray economy, challenges of young women in Cairo. Upon renewed my resolve to pursue a career related and unregulated development. My work in our return to Wellesley, it became ever more to agriculture in the developing world. Pazardjik, Bulgaria, focused on one of these clear that the lessons we stumbled upon this Tag(s): Environment, Poverty, Food new efforts: the Pathways Center, a USAID- summer will stay with us in our final year. sponsored school teaching English, computer Tag(s): Law/Politics, Health 19 science, and entrepreneurship to teenagers seeking to attend college abroad. Working Project Malaysia 2010: Delving into Law and Order in the Real World with a program from the preliminary stages Religion, Politics, and the Environment (individual presentations) onward gave me the opportunity to see the Chaitra M. Nerurkar ’13, Undeclared complex challenges involved in taking control PNW 212 Advisor: Karen Y. Shih, Office of Multicultural of a country in transition. I will consider the Programs and Services 22 problems with current approaches and discuss The plan: teach composting and recycling the effects of global citizenship, private-public In the Realm of Criminal Law: Does methods in the Kampung Simpang Arang in partnerships, new technologies, and stray kit- Money Really Talk While Clients Walk? southern Malaysia. The reality: walk into the tens on international development. Grace N. Tien ’12, International Relations- intricacies of politics and village hierarchy Tag(s): Law/Politics, Money, Migration Political Science and shuffle around the entire country of Advisor: Tom Burke, Political Science

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 11 As an intern and sworn in “special investiga- summer working at the Office of the Attorney 25 tor” at the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General in Massachusetts. There I compiled General in the Division of Criminal Justice, evidence for the attorneys to use in the pros- Life Behind Bars: My Summer Spent in a I worked closely with state prosecutors and ecution of these white-collar crimes. Prior to Maximum Security Prison detectives on various gang and organized that, I interned at the Miami-Dade Office of Katherine E. O’Donnell ’11, Psychology crime-related cases. From these cases, I the Public Defender, where I spent much of Advisor: Paul M. Wink, Psychology observed a common theme among the defen- my time in the county jail, working with the Imagine not seeing your family for over eight dants who were prosecuted, which paralleled assistant public defenders to help represent years. This is the reality that some women Marc Galanter’s argument on “why the ‘haves’ low-income clients who had been arrested and face when placed at Bedford Hills Maximum come out ahead” in the legal system. While charged with a crime. Playing both sides of Security Prison for Women. I spent my sum- most defendants belonged to racial minority the legal fence during my summer internships, mer interning at the Parenting Center, which groups, the defendants who actually went I learned that a person’s income can’t predict provides support and advocacy for the women to trial usually had better socioeconomic whether he or she will commit a crime. It is housed at Bedford. I helped coordinate their resources. In contrast, the defendants who a combination of environment, opportunity, summer program which brings children, from lacked these socioeconomic resources quickly and moral standards that shape a criminal. all over New York State, to the prison for settled for plea bargains with prosecutors. Tag(s): Law/Politics, Urban, Violence four days in order to visit with their mothers. Based on the cases I observed, it seemed that The children enter the prison during the day, socioeconomic resources and not race, played 24 and at night go home with a host family who a bigger role in determining if a defendant How Is Justice Best Served?: An Inside houses them for the time span of the program. went to trial. At the same time, I observed Look at Judicial Decision Making The summer opened my eyes to a whole new that socioeconomic resources don’t necessarily world that I had never seen. I plan to take Ashley M. Paquin ’11, English guarantee acquittals. the knowledge that I gained this summer and Advisor: Tom Burke, Political Science Tag(s): Law/Politics apply it to my continued work with children Working one-on-one with a trial justice in and parents in the future. 23 Rhode Island Superior Court, I observed Tag(s): Law/Politics, Women, Youth judicial decision making in action both from Criminals or Clients? Working at the Office the bench and behind closed doors. Through of the Attorney General and Office of the Moneylenders and Microfinanciers observation and candid discussions with the (individual presentations) Public Defender judge I discovered that many factors—from a Emily L. Tramont ’11, Economics noble desire to do justice to personal biases— PNE 239 Advisor: Tom Burke, Political Science influence judicial decision making. I often Are low-income individuals more likely to completed legal research to justify decisions 26 commit a crime? What is the difference made from the bench. Regardless of the rea- Black Market Microfinance: Informal between blue-collar and white-collar crime? sons behind a decision, it was always justified Moneylending in Honduras Are wealthier individuals more likely to get with legal reasoning and substantial case law. Rachel B. Snyderman ’11, Economics and Latin away with breaking the law? Blue-collar crime I found that though there are checks on their American Studies is used to describe crimes associated with power, judges retain an immense amount Advisor: Patrick McEwan, Economics low-income individuals. The crimes include of flexibility in interpreting the law. As I The moneylender has always existed, and is theft, robbery, drug possession, and other observed the efforts of our legal system to do a legendary yet unknown figure who suc- violent acts; white-collar crimes involve fraud, justice, I was both encouraged and disheart- cessfully operates within the black market. embezzlement, bribery, and other illegal finan- ened by the system’s successes and failures. My Microfinance institutions, despite their cial transactions. These criminals are typically experiences taught me, however, that though mission to take clients out of the clutches of wealthier individuals who abuse their position our trial court system may be imperfect, more the moneylenders, have not been entirely suc- of power to benefit financially. I saw these often than not, justice is served. cessful at removing loan sharks, as they are cases hands-on during my internship this Tag(s): Law/Politics often called. Perhaps they never will be, as the

12 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d moneylenders provide the most flexible loans 28 social and financial education to villagers and at times when no one else will. However, we their children through an internship with don’t know much about moneylenders’ costs Interning at the Grameen Bank: FINCA Perú. Based on the village banking and returns. How do they operate? How do Changing Perspectives on Microfinance methodology, Erica explored the effectiveness they structure their interest rates? What costs and Development of education models on both child and adult do they incur? How do they finance them- Tess G. DeLean ’11, Economics and Andrea groups. Through Swadhaar Microfinance, selves? I spent this summer conducting field- Szasz DS ’11, International Relations-Economics Farheen questioned the methods of micro- work in Honduras by initiating contact with Advisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics finance in the slums of Mumbai, India. Do informal moneylenders to learn more about Ever since Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus rural banking practices work effectively in their illegal business practices. This research declared, “Credit is a human right,” microfi- metropolitan cities or does urban microfi- will be used to produce academic papers nance has gained international prominence nance require a new and unique model of about the moneylender business model as well as a tool of development. This summer we implementation? Since urban microfinance as to inform future research about financial had the opportunity to extend our classroom is relatively new, Farheen also interned with products in underdeveloped and developing knowledge of microfinance to its practical the Development Credit Bank, a private com- countries. implementation through an internship in mercial bank, to evaluate the role banks play Tag(s): Poverty, Money Bangladesh at the Grameen Bank, founded by in supporting microfinance activities. Erica Professor Yunus. As interns, we were able to and Farheen’s work brought them face-to-face 27 experience the drastically different urban and with the social and financial implications of microfinance in developing countries. Kriolu and Mikrokredit: rural settings of Bangladesh. At the headquar- 100 percent Kaboverdianu! ters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, we learned about Tag(s): Poverty, Money, Grassroots Organizing the philosophy and operations of the Grameen Sarah M. Gray ’12, Peace and Justice Studies Bank. During three weeklong stays in villages Navigating Through Home Advisor: Salwa Nur Muhammad ’06, Center around the country, we interviewed recipients (individual presentations) for Work and Service of different types of loans. This presentation FND 126 The Organização das Mulheres de Cabo will discuss how our summer internship Verde (OMCV) or Cape Verdean Women’s experiences challenged and changed our 30 Organization strives to eradicate poverty views about microfinance and development, through the distribution of microloans to particularly with regard to the importance of From Oreo to Mzungu: Experiencing the entrepreneurs, specifically focusing on below- women’s empowerment, eradication of pov- Disconnect Between Africans and African the-poverty-line female clientele. In addi- erty, and role of government. Americans in Uganda tion to its financial services, OMCV works Chanelle M. Lansley ’12, Psychology Tag(s): Poverty, Law/Politics nationwide to improve women’s conditions by Advisor: Lidwien E. Kapteijns, History offering vocational training, child day care, 29 The Oreo is no longer just a delicious cookie. women’s empowerment seminars, and health Now used as a derogatory term to refer to Exploring the Microfinance Magic services. This summer I spent ten weeks living African Americans who fail to adhere to in India and Peru in Praia, Cape Verde’s capital city, and intern- mainstream stereotypical expectations of the Erica Saldivar ’12, International Relations- ing with OMCV. My presentation will offer African American community, the Oreo has Economics and Farheen G. Mohammad ’13, insight into the workings of OMCV, explore become a metaphor with a disparaging con- Undeclared Cape Verde’s microfinance sector, and delve notation. This summer I interned at Aga Khan Advisor: Smitha Radhakrishnan, Sociology into the culture-specific struggles of women Education Services in Kampala, Uganda, in Cape Verdean society through personal Backed by nearly $42 billion worth of invest- teaching and working with children in the reflection. ment worldwide, microfinance has impacted primary and nursery schools. Fully immersed Tag(s): Poverty, Women, Money over 80 million people living in poverty in Ugandan urban culture and interacting through the provision of banking facilities in daily with local Ugandans I discovered that I impoverished areas. In Peru, Erica provided was not seen as an Oreo but as a mzungu, the

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 13 Swahili word for “European colonial outsider” 32 are filmed. On television, I saw Thai fans or “white person”. In my presentation, I will screaming “I love you” in Korean and welcom- reflect on how I responded to this confronta- Living and Working as Gyopho ing Korean singers at the Bangkok airport. I tion with a different perspective on race and in Seoul, South Korea was experiencing hallyu or the “Korean Wave”: racial identity and how I hope to incorporate Shannon M. Coyne ’11, Sociology and a hybridization of American and Korean pop my new insights into my future studies in the Economics and Jaeun Ahn ’12, Art History cultures that has become popular throughout psychology of racial identity development in and Economics Asia. Korean pop culture attracts Asian audi- black transracial adoptees. Advisor: Sun-Hee Lee, East Asian Languages ences by blending American images and Asian and Literatures Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins, Education, values. How and why did this hybridization of Youth The Seoul metropolitan area has a population distant cultures take place? What are its domi- of over ten million people. It is an economi- nant traits? Is hallyu a positive link between 31 cally diverse city with an incredibly dense Asian countries or a new form of cultural hegemony? Can hallyu help establish a genuine Coming Up: Coalitional Community population, where cultural heritage sites such pan-Asian bond or is it just another short-lived Development among African Indians in as Sungnyemun and Gyeongbok Palace blend fad? In this presentation, I will explore the his- Karnataka, India with tall buildings and financial districts. This summer we interned in Seoul and experienced tory, values, and dissemination of hallyu as a Joy A. Clarke ’11, Political Science working as gyopo, a term used to refer to case study in the globalization of pop culture. Advisor: Pashington J. Obeng, Africana Studies “outsiders of Korean ancestry,” in Korea. Our Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins, Media After being formally reclassified by the Indian work experiences range from a small one-room government in 2003 as a Scheduled Tribe nonprofit organization for North Korean 34 (ST), life for the African Indian (Siddi or human rights to a United Nations commission Jewish Art: Variation and Tension Habshi) people in Karnataka is slowly improv- with its own 12-story building in Myeong- Marjorie D. Cantine ’13, Undeclared ing. Today, African Indians, along with other dong. Due to cultural clash, we encountered Advisor: Bryan E. Burns, Classical Studies recently reclassified groups, are entitled to a number of uncomfortable situations both at government benefits for basic necessities such work and daily life where we were largely left Jews and Jewish culture exist across the world as food, education, and health care. However, alone to cope. But we also gained insight into in Portugal, North Africa, France, Ethiopia, after centuries of disenfranchisement and navigating different cultural situations, being and Iraq. Jewish art interacts with these dif- marginalization by central and state govern- more open and empathetic, and learning from ferent cultural surroundings, as exemplified ments, African Indian people must learn to and teaching through difference. In our pre- by Hanukkah lamps that resemble Italian navigate the intimidating and complex social sentation, we will discuss our daily lives and Renaissance buildings and marriage contracts and political bureaucracy of India. This sum- the projects we worked on, in the context of illuminated with Moorish arabesques. The mer I observed firsthand the daily obstacles global learning and culture. class of “Jewish art” is thus wonderfully var- African Indian people overcome in their ied. However, it is united by the inherent ten- Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins attempts to “come up,” in hopes of forging a sion between the religious commandment that better and brighter future for generations of 33 forbids making images “whether in the form African Indians. This presentation will focus of anything that is in heaven… on the earth… on the ways in which African Indians have The ‘‘Korean Wave” Sweeps Asia: or in the water,” and the desire to create repre- organized themselves to address the many Hybridization and Globalization sentational art. While interning at the Maltz social, political, and economic issues facing of Pop Culture Museum of Jewish Heritage, I created an edu- their communities. Ji-Su Park ’13, Undeclared cational program for the public about Jewish Advisor: Carlos Ramos, Spanish Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins, Law/Politics As a host for my Chinese friend visiting Seoul this summer, I saw excited Asian tourists visit- ing sites where contemporary Korean dramas

14 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d art history, using objects from the museum’s 37 research with scientists from remote Iceland collection as well as masterpieces from around as well as urban Los Angeles was rewarding the world. My program will be used to educate One Hundred and Twenty Hours at because it highlighted how international sci- visitors about the great tradition of Jewish art SOLEIL: Synchrotron Radiation, entific research has developed, especially when and prepare them for more direct engagement Undulators, and Fine Wine seeking answers to global problems. Lucy E. Archer ’12, Physics with the museum’s exhibitions. Tag(s): Science/Technology, Environment Advisor: Glenn Stark, Physics Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins, Arts, Religion Last summer I went to SOLEIL, a synchro- 39 Science Goes Global tron radiation facility in France, to record Kia Ora Aotearoa: Six Months, One (individual presentations) absorption spectra of carbon dioxide and Country, but Three Very Different molecular nitrogen, two simple molecules PNE 129 Adventures found in planetary atmospheres. Working in a Kimberley A. Corwin ’11, Geosciences and 36 group of six people from four different coun- Medieval and Renaissance Studies tries, we gathered data 24-hours-a-day for five Advisor: Brittina A. Argow, Geosciences Creating Cartilage: Tissue Engineering days, using a Fourier transform spectrometer, for Cartilage Repair the highest-resolution instrument of its kind. This past semester I studied abroad in New Olivia L. Hendricks ’12, Chemistry During this experience, I saw the real world Zealand. Little did I know that by choosing Advisor: Nolan T. Flynn, Chemistry uses for Fourier transforms, which previously this location I would end up with not one Osteoarthritis is a debilitating disease that had only theoretical significance to me, and but three distinct international study experi- affects 27 million people throughout the also saw the global nature of this kind of ences. During my six months abroad, I spent United States. Patients with osteoarthritis scientific research. This experience allowed me three weeks with the Wellesley Geosciences suffer from damage to articular cartilage, a to make connections to the scientific commu- Wintersession field course, three weeks travel- protective lining in joints. Because articular nity in France, which I will find useful when ing independently, and a semester studying cartilage lacks a high density of blood vessels, I return next semester to study at the École at the University of Otago. These different this damage is difficult for the body to repair. Polytechnique. components allowed me to view New Zealand through three distinct lenses, ultimately pro- Consequently, the field of tissue engineer- Tag(s): Science/Technology ing holds much promise for developing new viding me with a more well-rounded cultural methods of cartilage repair. This summer I 38 perspective. From examining volcanoes and worked at Imperial College London to develop designing a travel itinerary to learning to Oh, the Places You’ll Go with Hydrogen implantable materials for cartilage tissue regen- whitewater kayak in the adventure capital of Storage Research eration within the body. I had the opportunity the world, I transitioned from considering Willa C.E. Freedman ’11, Physics to engage in a radically different research New Zealand through the eyes of an outside Advisor: Yue Hu, Physics environment, working with a large group of researcher to being fully immersed in and post-docs and graduate students. Adapting Governments, industry, and academia all over loving the Kiwi and Maori cultures. This to this new environment and exploring an the world are involved in hydrogen storage multifaceted adventure taught me that it takes entirely new field of research was a challenging research in an attempt to address the issues of various levels of engagement with a host coun- and empowering experience. This presenta- energy sources, climate change, and sustain- try to fully appreciate all that it has to offer. tion will address the basic principles of tissue able energy generation. Hydrogen storage Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins engineering, my experimental results, and my research is a vital part of the United States’ experience conducting research abroad. renewable energy initiative as research and development in this field will promote the Tag(s): Science/Technology clean energy revolution in the transportation sector. My participation in hydrogen storage

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 15 40 nonprofit that uses the arts to educate and By combining academic theory with com- rehabilitate Ugandan street children. During munity service, the acts of peace building and Field Studies Abroad: New Zealand this presentation, Amanda, the Founding global justice become something that everyone Geology Outside the Classroom Director of SCP, will recount how homeless can comprehend and participate in. Nooreen A. Meghani ’11, Geosciences children have beautifully interrupted her life Tag(s): War/Peace Advisor: David P. Hawkins, Geosciences and why she chooses to advocate on their We study abroad as college students to learn behalf. Stephanie, a SCP intern, will screen 43 the documentary she created for the project, about new cultures, languages, people, and to Self(less) Service: Making a Difference while elaborating on her unpredicted move experience a different lifestyle. How can we from the Inside Out from Hollywood to the developing world. We begin to understand other people and cultures Hannah Z. Catzen ’11, Music and Peace and will conclude with our recent efforts to orient without learning about their land? The “land” Justice Studies includes the bedrock that supports them, the the organization toward economic sustain- Advisor: Victor H. Kazanjian, Office of ability and environmental responsibility, while cobbles in the fields they till, the metamor- Religious and Spiritual Life phosed granites in the mountains that tower inviting Wellesley students to join our work. in the distance, and the limestone bluffs that Our individual stories will reflect the surpris- When Gandhi said, “Be the change you contain skeletons of ancient whales. It is not ing joy that follows the unfathomable decision want to see in the world,” I do not think he surprising that as a geology major in New not to plan the rest of your life. Separate, yet meant “DO the change you want to see in Zealand, I studied rocks. What is surprising intertwined, they remind us that life is better the world.” In that spirit, I returned to Bal is how valuable learning about New Zealand unscripted. Ashram in Varanasi, India, for the second time to dedicate myself to being and embody- geology in a field course became. After my Tag(s): Youth, Grassroots Organizing, Religion field course, beautiful landscapes transformed ing my vision for global change: peace, into stories, that were unique and compel- 42 simplicity, community, and gratitude. By deepening my commitment to the two pillars ling. They helped me understand my Kiwi A Road Map to Peace flatmates, classmates, and friends. For me, this of ashram life, sadhana (spirituality) and seva Maya S. Randolph ’12, Political Science and field course was vital to developing a true con- (selfless service), I was able to affect change Psychology nection with New Zealand and its people. within myself and let that overflow into a life Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Harambee House of service. Whether it was teaching English to Tag(s): Science/Technology, Education Social justice issues are often deemed too large street children, building a rainwater harvest- Service and Soul-Searching: and complex for anyone to actually make a ing system to sustainably prepare for monsoon Reflecting on Social Justice difference. I myself have been trained to aca- season, or meditating and doing yoga in a (individual presentations) demically discuss and lead workshops on issues personal practice, I was contributing to a such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. project dedicated to sustainable and proactive PNE 139 Working for Multicultural Village, a Natick- community outreach and social justice. My based organization, I found an outlet for all Bal Ashram experience further enriched my 41 of my training and concern. By embracing existing commitment to public service and Life Unscripted: How to (NOT) Plan the their model of education, service, and discus- peacemaking work and brought hands-on Rest of Your Life sion, peace building in troubled communities grassroots experience to the spirituality and Amanda B. Davis ’11, Religion and Stephanie became more accessible. I realized that I can education concentrations in my peace and G. Perez ’11, Cinema and Media Studies use my training and discussions to help others justice studies major. Ultimately, Bal Ashram Advisor: Stephen A. Marini, Religion recognize issues within themselves and how taught me more than just how to serve, it those relate to the larger world. This presenta- taught me how to truly live a life of service. How did two Wellesley women inadvertently tion will discuss the intersection between the find themselves in Africa? Our story stars Tag(s): Religion, Education, Grassroots intellectualization of social justice issues and The Street Child Project (SCP), a Christian Organizing the service that actually combats the problems.

16 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d 44 There’s No Place Like Home: financial development institution. BCC’s mis- Housing Solutions for sion is to build healthy communities where Somos Aprendizaje Global: Low-Income Communities low-income people live and work. In this Transcending Cultural Boundaries and (individual presentations) presentation, I will share my work on BCC’s Teaching in Central America (panel) Stabilizing Urban Neighborhoods (SUN) FND 128 Initiative. The SUN Initiative is a program for PNW 116 45 individuals facing foreclosure who have not Amanda L. Crescitelli ’12, Spanish; Yubelka A. yet been evicted from their homes. The focus Hernandez ’13, Undeclared; Kate M. Kemmerer Cheap and Undesirable: Affordable of the program is to buy the property from the ’13, Undeclared; Camila A. Arze ’12, Latin Housing of the Past bank and mortgage it back to the owner at a American Studies and Environmental Studies; Emily M. Darling ’12, Architecture price that reflects the home’s true value. For Melanie S. Bellini ’12, International Relations- Advisor: Martha J. McNamara, Art clients, foreclosure marks the beginning; they Economics and Spanish; and Sarah K. Gontarek Affordable housing isn’t a topic covered in keep their homes and start again with a clean ’13, Undeclared many architecture or art history classes. The slate. I will discuss how I connected concepts Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program field has a stigma-filled history, dating back from my majors in economics and Spanish to Global Learning is a unique nonprofit organi- to the 1800s when the nation’s first “poor my work assessing property values, translat- zation dedicated to the improvement of public houses” were built. Yet affordable housing ing documents, and creating databases that education for peace and justice. The speak- has the potential to be well designed and reflected the total debt of each client. ers in this panel taught a specially-designed sustainable—fulfilling a basic need for the Tag(s): Housing curriculum in local elementary schools in ever-increasing number of Americans who are Nicaragua and Costa Rica, with the goal of homeless or cannot afford the market rates for 47 housing. This summer I interned with Design inspiring the students to continue learning The Realities of Real Estate: Initiatives, a nonprofit wing of the affordable throughout their lives. Each teaching team Housing Predicament housing developer Enterprise Community comprised of both local and international vol- in Mumbai, India Partners. Design Initiatives aims to foster unteers in equal numbers; the great success of Aditi G. Patel ’11, Political Science and Spanish design excellence in a field where quality the program can be attributed to this collabo- Advisor: Nikhil Rao, History ration. This presentation will focus on how design is often forgotten. The office sponsors Why is Mumbai, India, one of the most the structure of the organization changed the the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship expensive, unlivable cities in the world? Why participants’ awareness of the world around to facilitate leaders of a new generation of do over 50 percent of its residents live in them and how the experience influenced our architects dedicated to creating sustainable slums? Who is responsible for planning the academic aspirations and personal life goals. communities for people at all income levels. city? Has nothing worked? My internship In addition, the student-centered pedagogy During my internship, I researched affordable at the Observer Research Foundation this allowed us to break away from the traditional housing and was able to participate in the summer aimed at trying to understand and teaching methods in Central America and first Affordable Housing Design Leadership answer these questions. Through interviews introduce new concepts such as project-based Institute in Minneapolis. with experts, case studies, and secondary learning. In Global Learning, there are no Tag(s): Housing, Art research, our project examined the policies boundaries because we break them. 46 concerned with the issue of affordable housing Tag(s): Education, Youth, Grassroots Organizing in Mumbai. Over the course of the research, Foreclosure: An End or a Beginning? I became increasingly dismayed at Mumbai’s Toby R. Chaiken ’11, Economics and Spanish seemingly unsolvable urban problems. In Advisor: Verónica Darer, Spanish trying to understand why I was so frustrated As a part of the Lumpkin Summer Institute and upset, I began to redefine my perceptions for Service Learning, I worked at Boston Community Capital (BCC), a community

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 17 of my home city, especially my notions of Mumbai’s progress in the context of an “eco- nomically booming” India. My presentation will focus on the highlights of the research project, through the lens of my changing perspectives. Tag(s): Housing, Urban, Law/Politics

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48 Blood, Sweat, and Tears: A Postwar Analysis (individual presentations) 50 Being a Foreigner in Japan: PNE 339 Our Way Is Peace: Nonviolent Conflict Reexamining Cultural Perception Resolution in Postwar Bosnia and (panel) 49 Herzegovina Tyler L. Branscome ’11, Peace and Justice PNW 116 Czech Jewry in the Aftermath of Studies and Political Science World War II Giao Linh T. Nguyen ’11, Economics and Advisor: Lawrence A. Rosenwald, English Japanese Language and Literature; Carolyn R. Michele H. Bornstein ’11, History Nonviolent conflict resolution is a delicate Posner ’11, History; Jessica G. Chin ’11, East Advisor: Frances G. Malino, Jewish Studies process for groups attempting to rebuild Asian Studies; Abigail B. Cassel ’11, Japanese I worked at the Jewish Museum Library in peace and trust, but for the people in Bosnia Language and Literature; Subin Park ’11, Prague, Czech Republic, during a semester and Herzegovina, this process is especially Mathematics; and Tama Mizuno ’11, Economics abroad, going through its vast inventory of difficult. This past spring, I had the unique Advisor: Carolyn A. Morley, Theatre Studies sources. The project allowed me to utilize opportunity to experience this process in a In the last few decades, the number of foreign- my studies on totalitarianism, identity, and Peace Camp with Croats, Serbs, and Bosniaks ers in Japan has risen dramatically. Although trauma, and to use the knowledge I had (Bosnian Muslims) hosted by the organization Japan has been known as a racially homoge- gained to better understand the history of for which I was volunteering, The Center for neous society, it is currently undergoing the both the Czech Jews who stayed in the Czech Peacebuilding in Sanski Most, Bosnia and effects of rapid globalization and migration. Republic as well as those who left for Israel. Herzegovina. The week, packed with work- Our panel will discuss that change from the I gained an insight into Israeli society, simul- shops on active listening, the circle of recon- perspectives of our various experiences as taneously strengthening my background as a ciliation, and daily prayers from each faith foreigners of different backgrounds studying student of middle eastern studies and history, represented at the camp, provided me with an and working in Japan on four different inter- bridging the gap between my two majors. in-depth view on the art of peacebuilding and national study programs—Associated Kyoto Tag(s): War/Peace, Religion, Migration the importance of nonviolence in post-conflict Program, Japan Women’s University, Sophia transformation. I hope that this presentation University, and the Luce Summer Internships. will shed light on the importance of activities Tag(s): Education and workshops that peacebuilding NGOs direct and facilitate for the people whom they represent on a grassroots level. Tag(s): War/Peace, Grassroots Organizing

18 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d 51 camp for the children of the main dump of barriers to ensure project sustainability. We Phnom Penh. Children ranging from the age hoped to inspire but ended up being inspired Overcoming Obstacles: Social Change of four to 18 years, born to the ex-Khmer by our teammates, our mentees, and the coun- Through Community Programs in Peru Rouge children soldiers and poverty came tries in which we volunteered. Now we want Kristine A. Bundschuh ’12, Cognitive and into the camp everyday. Playing and dancing to share this inspiration with you! Linguistic Sciences and Spanish with the children, I saw marks of the extreme Tag(s): Health, Environment, Education Advisor: Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Spanish violence faced by the young and realized the How does a city named “corner of death” long-lasting impact of a brutal regime. For a Going with the Flow: overcome its tragic past and current obstacles? month, I cared only for the smiles of the 4,000 The Formation and Preservation The people of Ayacucho, Peru, are haunted children we worked with and was inspired by of Underwater Environments by the 1980s and 1990s guerilla warfare of their determination and ability to laugh. (individual presentations) the Sendero Luminoso, “Shining path.” They Tag(s): War/Peace, Youth, Poverty PNE 130 are also burdened by the local cocaine trade. 53 I assumed that the city would be encumbered 54 by its troubled past but my assumption was challenged this summer when I observed first- Eat, Play, Love: Building Networks The Politics of Water: Organizing to hand how community programs addressing Among Future Leaders of Southeast Protect Our Most Precious Resource the needs of children and young adults can Asia (panel) Tiffany Lam ’13, Undeclared Advisor: Laura K. Grattan, Political Science decrease the impact and lure of the Sendero FND 126 Luminoso and drug trade. Through my vol- Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer Lin Davina Huang ’13, Undeclared; Maria unteer work with Cross-Cultural Solutions advocacy organization that strives toward Victoria A. Abrenica ’11, Chemistry; Maria T. in a Wawa Wasi, “Baby house” for infants in environmental and economic justice by work- Prebble ’12, International Relations-History; a poor neighborhood, as well as my interac- ing to stop the privatization of water and the Alyssa G.S. Wibisono ’13, Undeclared; and tions in an adolescent inmate rehabilitation corporate abuse of food. As an organizing and Chan Myae Myae Soe ’12, Chemistry program, a tutoring center for children, and advocacy intern, I worked on the campaign to Advisor: Karen Y. Shih, Office of Multicultural a model kindergarten, I observed the positive oppose the construction of dams and water- Programs and Services role that government and local community- related projects in California. I was given based programs can play in creating social Every year, college students from around responsibilities to lead meetings and presenta- change for an oppressed population. the world participate in service projects with tions with city officials and other organiza- SEALNet (Southeast Asian Service Leadership Tag(s): War/Peace, Youth tions, coordinate community outreach such Network), a nonprofit organization that aims as volunteer orientations and events, and draft 52 to promote the spirit of service and leadership education and advocacy materials. The local among Southeast Asian communities in the and global concerns of how water privatiza- Children of the Dumps of Phnom Penh, United States and abroad. This summer we tion endangers our most precious collective Cambodia: A Legacy of Violence spent two weeks in Vietnam and Philippines resource was suddenly gaining new urgency Viveka Bhandari ’12, History tackling health and waste management issues. for me. In the process, I confronted the chal- Advisor: Wilfrid J. Rollman, History Throughout our projects, we not only fostered lenge of how to make these issues relevant to This summer I had the unique opportunity of a strong leadership network with the local civic politics and a wide range of constituents working with Pour un Sourire d’Enfant (PSE), students and partners but also sowed the seeds by moving beyond talking points and ideolo- an NGO based in Cambodia. Pour un Sourire of motivation for making a difference in the gies to utilizing effective grassroots organizing d’Enfant when directly translated means “for communities with which we worked. We targets and strategies. the smile of a child” and that is truly the goal will discuss experiences in implementing an Tag(s): Environment, Water, Grassroots of the organization. I worked alongside 30 overseas community service initiative, specifi- Organizing Europeans and 40 Khmers to run a summer cally addressing how we overcame cultural differences, personal struggles, and logistical

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 19 55 research procedures connected to environmen- In Perfect Harmony: Building tal testing, as well as the dangers of emerging Community Through Music Investigating the Bedforms of the endocrine-disrupting contaminants. In a (individual presentations) Connecticut River location where many residents self-identify FND 120 Lynn M. Geiger ’13, Undeclared as eco-conscious and feel they have minimal Brittina A. Argow, Geosciences Advisor: detrimental impacts on their surrounding 58 This summer I was part of a research group environment, I learned that we critically need Fast Cars, Hot Chicks, and Social Activists: studying sand formations on the Connecticut further action. Ugandan Hip-hop in Social Development River, a major tributary of the Long Island Tag(s): Animals, Environment, Water Sound. The flow of water in the river creates Rebecka H. Marcucci ’11, Economics bedforms, such as sand ripples and subaque- 57 Advisor: Kristin F. Butcher ’86, Economics Traditionally within the arena of development ous dunes, in the sediment on the floor of Louisiana’s Wetlands: A Glimmer of Hope studies, economic value supercedes all other the river. I focused on the grain-size gradient Cyndhia G. Ramatchandirane ’11, Geosciences in a sand-wave: coarser grains are found in markers of growth, often undermining the Advisors: Brittina A. Argow, Geosciences and relevance of cultural maturation. Culture in the troughs while finer sand forms the crests. Alex Kolker, LUMCON and Tulane University My study compared how this gradation of Uganda is often regarded as being exclusively grain size differs from the smaller ripples to In southeast Louisiana, a football field-sized traditional and indigenous. Last fall, I had medium-sized and larger dunes. The intern- wetland disappears every 20 minutes. But the privilege of being able to study a contem- ship involved a lot of fieldwork and taught after a strategic Mississippi River diversion porary sector of Uganda’s culture, hip-hop me a multitude of techniques used in geology was created in the mid-twentieth century, music, and its role in the social development that are hard to replicate in the classroom. The new wetlands may be rebuilding in southwest of Ugandan society. Through working with work showed both the fun and studious sides Louisiana. This summer I interned at the youth hip-hop organizations, the National of being a scientist. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Theater of Uganda, and several prominent (LUMCON) in Cocodrie, LA, two hours Tag(s): Environment, Water, Science/Technology hip-hop artists, I was able to analyze the south of New Orleans. I had the unique effect of hip-hop music on several aspects 56 opportunity of applying the field and lab skills of the country’s development. In particular, I learned at Wellesley along the country’s most I researched how this music can effectively Freshwater Fish and Their Prey: environmentally fragile coastline. I will dem- serve as a teaching tool to supplement missing A Study of Local Sources of Contaminants onstrate the research we conducted on wetland elements of formal education, empower and Eliana R. Blaine ’13, Undeclared accretion and storm impact chronology from relate to Ugandan youth, and serve as a tool to Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological Sciences sediment cores we collected on the Chenier promote strong communities and to encour- What can two-year-old fish teach us? They can Plain in southwest Louisiana. This experience age national pride. has boosted my motivation to continue study- quickly indicate sources of local contamina- Tag(s): Arts, Grassroots Organizing, Cultural/ ing wetlands. It has also challenged my notion tion and the impacts of human habits on Ethnic Origins ecological systems. This summer I had the that all man-made environmental disasters opportunity to intern with Kwiáht, a nonprofit are irreversible. Instead, I am discovering that 59 research organization, where I was involved in we still have the power to correct some of our Ethnic Music and Social Identity in Spain a project geared to assess the contamination mistakes if well-informed steps are taken, of a local estuary as it related to the viability and soon. Diana F. DiZoglio DS ’11, Psychology and Spanish for reintroducing native salmon populations. I Tag(s): Environment, Water learned how tests for key contaminants can be Advisor: Jill A. Syverson-Stork, Spanish used to infer primary sources of pollution and How did the Spaniards go about celebrating gained valuable understanding of laboratory as “los campeones del mundo” after they victori- ously took home the World Cup this year? They flocked to the streets and began dancing

20 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d in fountains, beeping their car horns, and After studying jazz piano at the Conservatory coincided with the duration of the President’s boldly singing about their love for their coun- of Bologna during the 2009–2010 academic Young African Leaders Forum. Our office had try. Finally, the Spanish flag was waved with year, I discovered striking differences between assumed a leading role in its coordination, pride. Thousands of people in Spain identified the musical environment in which I was and we remained engaged throughout its suc- with their ethnic group and/or nation by sing- immersed and the one that nurtured me as cessful execution. I felt inspired as I witnessed ing out musical excerpts or chants such as, a jazz musician in the United States. The the fruits of my labor. When I recounted my “Yo soy Español” and “Que viva España”. As way jazz enthusiasts in Italy express their internship experience to the African delegates, an observer, I studied these groups of people interest in music and associate with musical I described my research on Blue Skies and while actively participating in this and other communities was vastly different from my microfinance, my timely memos on forthcom- culturally significant events. This presentation experience in the United States. After finish- ing droughts in South Asia, and my harrowing will demonstrate my observations on how ing my studies at the conservatory, I spent a briefings on human rights and Tibet. social identities, such as ethnicity and nation- month delving into the question of the jazz Tag(s): Law/Politics ality, are related to music in Spain. aesthetic in Europe. I traveled to Barcelona, Tag(s): Arts, Cultural/Ethnic Origins Spain; Hamburg and Berlin, Germany; Porto, 63 Portugal; and Vicenza and Bologna, Italy, to What I Learned at the United Nations 60 see concerts, jam with musicians, and talk to Adan Haj-Yehia ’11, Cognitive and them about their experiences. In this presenta- More Than Music: Finding the Inspiration Linguistic Sciences tion, I will consider the cultural and musical to Forge One’s Own Path Advisor: Angela Carpenter, Cognitive and reasons among the jazz scenes I encountered Alexandra M. Kurland ’11, Music and Kirsten Linguistic Sciences and what makes them so different from the E. Scott ’11, Music way jazz is played and conceptualized in the This summer I had the unique experience of Advisor: Gale Fuller, Music United States. participating in an internship at the United What is it like to be surrounded by those who Nation’s Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Tag(s): Arts, Urban share your passion? In a field where experience in Jerusalem, Israel, gaining firsthand expe- is essential, the opportunity for two young Making Change Happen from the rience in managing a variety of projects musicians to get out of the classroom into Inside Out (individual presentations) centered on building infrastructure and state the living world of music was educational in institutions. I learned the importance of using distinct ways. As lovers of music, we both PNW 212 diplomacy to leverage success stories into began to gain vital skills in translating that appeals for further financial support from 62 love into success fed by inspiration. From donor countries. Preparing reports and pre- the auditioning and performing experience From Paper to People: Democracy and senting them to senior management, including at a music institute in Austria to the com- Global Affairs at the Department of State the deputy executive director of UNOPS and munications department of a music festival Debbie J. Chen ’11, Economics the assistant secretary-general, taught me how outside Chicago, IL, we gained insight into Advisor: Robert L. Paarlberg, Political Science to be successful in interpersonal communica- the complex lives of performers and those who As an Albright fellow and a Wellesley-in- tion within large organizations. This intern- organize and promote their performances. Washington participant, I interned this sum- ship was especially valuable for the behind the Tag(s): Arts mer in the Office of the Under Secretary for scenes exposure it gave me to communication Democracy and Global Affairs. I researched and cooperation at the global level. I will 61 current affairs, wrote memos, and sat in discuss some of the inner workings of UNOPS as well as insights gained into building our American Music Abroad: on meetings. For much of my internship I global society. Jazz as Taught and Heard in Italy struggled with the long hours spent attend- Ali C. Rucker ’11, Music ing to my computer, instead of interacting Tag(s): War/Peace, Urban, Human Rights Advisors: Tamar Barzel, Music and Claire with human beings whose lives my office Fontijn, Music professed to improve. I became overworked and disillusioned. Fortuitously, my final week

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 21 64 the co-chair of the Interim Haiti Recovery the clock to move forward an ambitious politi- Commission (IHRC). Throughout the sum- cal agenda. Finally, each student will discuss Clean Politics: The Intersection of mer, I witnessed the complex challenges that how their previous assumptions were chal- Community Organizers and Politicians Haiti faces in the post-earthquake context, lenged and the implications of this internship Alexandria M. Barnes ’12, Urban Studies which requires a delicate balance between for their current and post-Wellesley careers. Advisor: Verónica Darer, Spanish the pressure to act quickly and the need to Tag(s): Law/Politics, Grassroots Organizing This summer through the Lumpkin Summer plan carefully. Given the various challenges Institute for Service Learning, I interned that range from legal property rights issues Nature in the Balance: in the Office of State Senator Harriette L. to the lack of basic infrastructure, I was able Communities and Conservation (indi- Chandler ’59. Senator Chandler represents to realize that the rebuilding process in Haiti vidual presentations) requires a truly multidisciplinary approach. the first district of Worcester. She was the first PNE 127 woman from Worcester to be elected to the I will present my experience conducting Massachusetts State Senate. In her office, I research on post-disaster reconstruction 67 was able to see firsthand what it is like to be a approaches and developing health, education, politician. Moreover, I learned how nonprofits and housing initiatives for Haiti. Tents, Mud, Axes, and 30 Pounds of Chocolate: A Conservation Crew and legislators work together to accomplish Tag(s): Disaster, Housing positive change. My specific project was to Experience assist a group of people in Northborough to 66 Anastasia Thayer ’12, Economics and obtain permission to build a wind turbine on Environmental Studies protected farmland. I will discuss how the Making Democracy Happen: From Advisor: Beth DeSombre, Environmental relationship between politicians and their con- Wellesley to the White House (panel) Studies stituents can mobilize political representatives FND 207 The media, politicians, and academics throw to take action. After my internship, I better around the word conservation with little Amanda R. Wyatt ’11, Peace and Justice Studies; understand how grassroots movements work explanation as to what this term entails. This Graciela K. Gonzales ’11, Sociology; and and how individuals and groups can work summer I worked and lived with an all female Lindsay C. Barnes ’12, Economics with political representatives to help change leadership development crew through the Advisor: Laura K. Grattan, Political Science the world. Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, learn- This presentation explores the complexi- Tag(s): Law/Politics, Grassroots Organizing ing what projects, issues, and types of work ties of developing and implementing public fall under the blanket term conservation. In 65 policy through the lenses of three Wellesley nine weeks our crew of eight tackled projects students who had the opportunity to work ranging from building a bridge across a stream Building Back Better: Haiti Relief and as White House interns in the Office of to trail maintenance and creation. I learned Recovery Efforts at the Clinton Foundation Public Engagement, the National Economic that no project is the same and the needs of Katherine S. Cho ’10, Economics Council, and the Domestic Policy Council. every community are different, but the central Advisor: Joseph P. Joyce, Economics By working extensive hours, participating in idea to conservation is to provide connections On January 12, 2010, a devastating earth- discussions with senior officials, and working for the public to nature while maintaining quake struck Haiti, where approximately behind the scenes at historic White House and protecting the resource. This summer 300,000 Haitians were killed and 1.5 million events, each student finished the internship pushed me beyond my academic knowledge of have been displaced. This summer I had the with a new understanding of how the Obama conservation to question what work should be opportunity to be a part of Haiti’s post-earth- Administration works to create social change. funded under conservation while meeting the quake relief and recovery efforts at the Clinton The presentation will interweave three differ- needs and desires of the community, the land, Foundation. I worked with the Haiti team ent narratives to provide a glimpse into the and government agencies. supporting President Clinton’s roles as the current political climate in Washington, DC Tag(s): Environment, Animals, Water United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti and and the day-to-day struggles and achievements of administration officials who work around

22 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d 68 conservation project. The goal of the project in the bay; I also determined the physical and was to evaluate whether the protected area was biological factors that could indicate ways to One Cubicle From Cape Wind: successful in conserving and restoring marine reduce the pollution. Joining the Massachusetts Office of wildlife. Using scuba and underwater survey- Tag(s): Environment, Science/Technology, Water Environmental Affairs ing techniques, I identified species living in Leslye D. Penticoff 1’ 1, Environmental Studies coral reefs and quantified species composition Old Cities, New Problems Advisor: Beth DeSombre, Environmental and abundance. I quickly discovered that field (individual presentations) Studies research never works as planned, because one FND 102 Learning how to slow-pitch a softball to cannot control the weather or other influences the Secretary of Energy and Environmental on the habitat under investigation. More 71 Affairs was one of the valuable skills I gained importantly, I learned that while establishing while interning for the Massachusetts govern- protected areas is ideal from the perspective of Jerusalem: An Ancient City ment. The internship introduced me to the a biologist, the politics and reality of people’s Encountering a Modern World government sector while engaging me in a livelihoods make it far more complex and Susan V. Schwartz ’11, Economics challenging range of environmental issues, imperfect than one may think. This presenta- Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, Office of from climate change mitigation to sustainable tion will address how conservation projects International Studies forest-cutting practices. With the land use and affect local human communities. Simply put, Jerusalem, Israel is a complicated forestry policy team, I calculated a lawn’s net Tag(s): Environment, Water, Animals place. While the world’s media widely covers greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to promote the conflict and tension that can sometimes be smart land-use policy, created a directory of 70 found in the ancient city, many people never Massachusetts wood manufacturers to support A Bay in Peril, Saved by a Benthic hear about the daily lives of Jerusalemites, nor a local wood-marketing campaign, and joined Community Analysis do they know that in many ways Jerusalem a task force to brainstorm the best method for Ellen M. Willis-Norton ’12, Environmental has stepped into the twenty-first century as a achieving 80 percent emissions reductions by Studies and Biological Sciences modern city. In Jerusalem, construction cranes 2050 under the Global Warming Solutions Advisor: Marianne V. Moore, Biological dot the horizon, thousand-year-old-walls are Act. Amid these diverse projects, I discovered Sciences found next to busy thoroughfares, and people the limits of Massachusetts’ progressive envi- of all types rub elbows on buses and in the ronmental agenda, the counterintuitive inter- As the largest and most productive bay markets. I will discuss my experiences from play between private, nonprofit, and public on the Pacific side of the Americas, Bahía living in Jerusalem, as well as the 3,000-year agents in shaping environmental regulation, Magdalena, Mexico, supports a multitude of history and development of one of the world’s and the sheer fun of working to safeguard this species as well as a commercial fishery. The most important cities. I will also discuss how precious public good. fishery encouraged the installation of a tuna living in a city both ancient and modern, and and sardine cannery that releases its effluents Tag(s): Environment, Law/Politics supposedly wrought with conflict has affected directly into the bay. This summer I quantified my view on history, media, the western world, 69 species diversity of the benthic community, and my role on campus in Jewish life. and analyzed the cannery’s adverse impacts Coral Reef Surveys in the Cayos Cochinos, on the bay. I gained a greater understanding Tag(s): Urban, Religion a Marine Protected Area of biological parameters used to determine 72 Julia I. Wucherpfennig ’12, Biological Sciences the health of a marine environment, and Advisor: Marianne V. Moore, Biological discovered how to work with members of an Religion’s Role in Austria: Sciences impoverished town to solve an environmental A Shifting Dynamic This summer I spent six weeks in the Cayos problem in such a way that shutting down Katherine A. Van Adzin ’11, Political Science Cochinos, a marine-protected area in an economic resource will not be necessary. I Advisor: Thomas Nolden, German Honduras, working on a marine biology learned how to frame a scientific question that An internship with a secular NGO called did more than simply quantify the pollution Agnostics and Atheists for a Secular Austria

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 23 Pen, Paper, and Pressure Cooker: in Vienna provided a firsthand look at the 74 Roundtable complex role of religion in the country known Applying Classroom Lessons in the as the bridge between Eastern and Western Passing It On: Science Outreach from Real World (individual presentations) Europe. Flanked on the one side by Western Wellesley Classrooms to Boston-Area FND 128 Europe, which is becoming ever more secular, Schools and on the other by Eastern European coun- 75 tries with high numbers of Eastern Orthodox Newhouse Center, GRH 240 and Islamic adherents, Austria’s religious (seating limited to 30) Not Just Slush: Our Experiences with makeup is undergoing rapid change. Sizable Connie L. Bauman, Physical Education, Literature and Publishing immigration from Eastern European countries Recreation, and Athletics; Marina Heinrich ’12, Victoria E. Doherty Munro ’11, English and to Austria continues to alter the demographics Music; Jennie D. Krasker ’11, Psychology; Janet Sara Y. Waltuck ’11, English of Austrian culture and with it the traditional McDonough, Biological Sciences; and Christa D. Advisor: Timothy W.H. Peltason, English primacy of the Catholic Church. Skow, Biological Sciences This summer we interned at Writers House Tag(s): Religion, Migration Organizer: Emily A. Buchholtz, Biological and LJK Literary Management, literary agen- Sciences cies that act as advocates for authors in the 73 A dynamic outreach program allows Wellesley publishing world. Our experiences ranged from reading unsolicited manuscripts submit- Becoming an Adult and Finding a Spouse: College undergraduates opportunities to ted by unpublished authors hoping to gain Japan Today share their love of science with elementary representation, to reading and critiquing man- Suzannah B. Schindler ’11, East Asian Studies to high school students in greater Boston. uscripts already being considered for signing. Advisor: Carolyn A. Morley, Theatre Studies Initiated in 2002, the program now involves over 75 students using the “students teaching When reading these manuscripts, we chose Studying abroad on the Associated Kyoto students” model in multiple programs. With those interesting and well-written enough to Program, I was prepared for the abundance initial faculty coordination and guidance, consider representing and shaped the manu- of historical temples and shrines. I was not Wellesley undergraduates plan and then scripts already being considered, effectively prepared for the equally numerous sparkling teach their own curricular modules, each deciding what may be in bookstores in com- “Wedding Palaces.” While signs indicating designed to be hands-on and discovery-based. ing years. As English majors at Wellesley, we a commercialized couples/marriage craze Among current programs are CSI (Cerebral read books that have stood the test of time in Japan were numerous, I also learned that Science Investigators), SLAMDUNK (Science and books that are considered classics; this Japan now faces national problems from Learning and Mentoring: Discovering and summer we needed to look for books that delayed marriage, declining birthrates and an Understanding New Knowledge), outreach were not only of high quality, but would also aging population. Intrigued, two classmates experiences assigned as parts of introductory be popular and sell in today’s market. Our and I conducted our own survey on marriage biology courses, and the Summer High School internships gave us a new understanding and and adulthood in modern Japan. As a foreign research experience. Of diverse backgrounds appreciation of publishing and literature, and student, I was able to ask complete strangers and majors, Wellesley student participants a deeper understanding of the writing process their personal views on dating, adulthood, almost uniformly report pleasure in sharing as a whole. and marriage. Differences in attitudes were their passion for science, interactions with Tag(s): Language/Literature apparent, not only between Americans and target groups, and the opportunity to enhance Japanese, but also between Japanese of differ- their own scientific knowledge and teaching 76 ent ages and genders. This unique experience skills. The roundtable will highlight student taught me how young Japanese are struggling From Philosophy to Statistics to Web and faculty participants and the incoming to negotiate the seemingly inevitable stress of Analytics and Back Again student director. adult life in Japan, and the increasing appeal Margaret Hall ’11, Mathematics and Philosophy of western models—from fancy white wed- Tag(s): Education, Youth, Science/Technology Advisor: Courtney C. Coile, Economics dings to mothers with successful careers. This summer interning at World Vision, a Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins Christian-based humanitarian aid organiza- tion, I worked in their Internet business 24 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d department doing statistical analysis related 78 including a disorganized but thrilling public to their homepage. I had the opportunity to transportation system, offered the opportunity run statistical regression using basic survey From Algae to Biofuel: A Comparative to discover the impact of experiential learning. data and modern Web tracking information. Study—Why Stress Is Good I will discuss incidents and encounters that More than what I did for the organization, I Sabrina A. Maisel ’12, Biological Sciences ultimately deepened my understanding of learned about professional development and Advisor: Martina Königer, Biological Sciences the Wellesley educational philosophy and its got a glimpse of what it is like to work in a This summer I worked with aquaculture application beyond the classroom. corporate-like nonprofit. This presentation company and research lab Live Fuels Inc. in Tag(s): Education, Science/Technology will cover how my Wellesley course work in the Bay Area in California. Live Fuels Inc. philosophy, math, and economics prepared me is developing processes to convert algae to 80 for the internship, what I did for the organiza- biofuel by creating and manipulating entire Building Shalem College: Looking at tion, and what I carry from the internship ecosystems. I performed a comparative study Liberal Arts Around the Globe back to Wellesley and beyond. In short, what of published Department of Energy research Lisa R. Snider ’11, Sociology got me my internship was Economics 203: to determine what has changed between 2009 Advisor: Jonathan B. Imber, Sociology Econometrics. What I left the internship with and 2010 in the world of aquaculture and its was more than what a Wellesley course alone success in creating viable biofuel. These find- The Shalem Center, a research institute in could impart. ings will be included in an upcoming book, Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1994, recently submitted an application to Israel’s Council Tag(s): Science/Technology, Money, Media The Truth About Algae. This research also introduced me to patent law. My presentation for Higher Education to open the country’s 77 will look at the background of aquaculture first liberal arts college. The purpose of estab- lishing such an institution is to better prepare American Politics: From the Classroom companies, how biofuel is made, and just what happens when you pressure cook a tilapia. the future ranks of Israeli thinkers and deci- to Capitol Hill sion makers. The rationale of an Israeli liberal Tag(s): Environment, Science/Technology, Sarah N. Oddie ’11, Medieval and Renaissance arts college is that knowledge of subjects Animals Studies and Political Science such as philosophy, political theory, religion, Advisor: Jill A. Syverson-Stork, Spanish Rock, Paper, Scissors: Middle East studies and languages, and This summer I had the opportunity to Educational Systems Around the Islamic studies will enable alumni to address intern for Congressman Pete Stark of World (individual presentations) the most challenging obstacles facing the State California’s 13th district in the U.S. House of Israel and the Jewish people. Currently, of Representatives. My internship allowed PNW 117 Israel’s higher education system operates much me to work on projects with staff em mbers, like Europe’s in which the bachelor’s degree is attend meetings and hearings on various 79 three years. Similarly, there is no such thing issues, as well as do some of the usual office Microscopes and Microbuses: Within and as the liberal arts in Israel right now, at least work. I gained valuable insight into the inner Beyond a Mexican Research Lab in the sense with which we at Wellesley and in workings of the U.S. Congress. I applied the Stephanie Newton ’11, Neuroscience the United States are familiar. knowledge previously gained from Wellesley’s Advisor: Verónica Darer, Spanish Tag(s): Education American Politics course, clarified my own At Wellesley, we take pride in “learning how professional goals, and identified the issues 81 to learn,” rather than memorizing rote facts, that will likely shape my future career in pub- a concept I did not fully grasp until I studied Adventures in Aix-en-Provence lic service. abroad in Puebla, Mexico. As an intern at Tiffany H. Pyen ’11, International Relations- Tag(s): Law/Politics a neuropsychiatry research laboratory, my Political Science concept of learning was both challenged and Advisor: Sylvaine V. Egron-Sparrow, French reinforced as I stumbled over colloquialisms In early June, my semester in Aix-en-Provence and unfamiliar lab equipment. In addi- completed, I sat at Logan airport, furiously tion, my encounter with Mexican cultures,

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 25 journaling in French. I was so afraid to forget educational approach: the give-and-take 84 the joys of discovering other worlds, to lose all in British academia. This presentation will that I had gained in France. Several months explore Oxford’s academic intimacy and The View from Inside a Domestic later, I hold on to the precious memories of contrast it with the traditional methods in Violence Shelter an opportunity that has changed my life American liberal arts education. Claire J. Lee ’12, Psychology Advisor: Beth A. Hennessey, Psychology and broadened my worldview. In a small Tag(s): Education perimeter, different worlds opened to me: the Not many people get the opportunity to get a daily mores of a provincial French city, the Safe Havens: Sheltering and glimpse into the world of a domestic violence ancient world when I was walking through Empowering Abused Women survivor or to experience firsthand the daily the vestiges of an old Roman city in Provence, (individual presentations) life of a shelter. This summer I had the unique the world of immigrants while meeting with a experience of interning at Becky’s House PNE 129 Tunisian girl, and her family in Marseille. Join Emergency Shelter, a facility that is part of as I reflect about what I learned about French 83 the domestic violence program at the YWCA life and culture, and tell of the joys and the of San Diego County. During my time at hurdles of my time abroad. From Victims to Survivors: Eradicating Becky’s House, I shadowed residential special- Domestic Violence Through Empowering Tag(s): Education ists who ran the shelter, and I also worked Women as a case manager intern, taking on my own 82 Maya A. Lochan ’12, Political Science and individual clients. From hotline calls to get- Women’s and Gender Studies The Tutorial: Oxford’s Crown Jewel ting beds ready for incoming clients, I gained Advisor: Elena Tajima Creef, Women’s and a range of experiences and learned a great deal Yaffa S. Fredrick ’11, Cinema and Media Gender Studies both about women who face domestic abuse Studies and Political Science; Sarah B. Zaidi and about myself and my own interest in ’11, International Relations-History; and Adina This summer I interned with the YWCA social work. Badea ’11, Chemistry of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, where Advisor: Stephen A. Marini, Religion I worked in the domestic violence shelter Tag(s): Women, Violence, Housing tending to the daily needs of the women and With two years of Wellesley behind us, we children, working the crisis hotline, and assist- 85 embarked on a new intellectual venture—an ing with support groups and programs. My Joining Social Justice with Medicine: academic year spent in the “City of Dreaming most valuable experiences were derived from Clinical Care at a Rape Crisis Center Spires”: Oxford, England. The University of spending time with the clients and hearing not Elizabeth D. Krainchich ’11, Biological Sciences Oxford, an internationally renowned British only their stories of misfortune, but also their Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences institution based in the city that bears its plans to rise above and become self-sufficient name, is famed for its unique pedagogical women. After being trained on the “cycle of The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center style. In place of the standard classroom violence” and the “power wheel,” I quickly (BARCC) is a nonprofit organization aim- dynamic, students engage directly with discovered all of my previous misconceptions ing to end sexual violence through social their “tutors” (a term roughly equivalent to about domestic violence. While many assume change. BARCC offers educational outreach, professors) in intensive one-on-one sessions that domestic violence only affects people legal, and clinical services to survivors, pertaining to their particular subject matter. of a certain race, gender, or socioeconomic their loved ones, and the community. This In preparation, students write eight to ten status, in fact this social problem crosses summer I interned in the medical advocacy page papers or complete exhaustive problems all boundaries. I will discuss how this life- and hotline programs. In addition to office sets for each weekly meeting. While there are changing experience solidified my devotion work and monthly meetings, I was on call slight differences in tutorials in the humani- to helping women while empowering them to twice a week for both clinical programs. As ties, social sciences, and natural sciences, the take charge of their lives and make their own a medical advocate, I was called into the overall outcome is the same—confident young decisions. emergency department if a survivor needed adults capable of engaging in an alternative to be medically checked and receive a rape Tag(s): Women, Violence, Urban examination. Through both medical advocacy and the hotline, I provided survivors with 26 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d information, resources (including legal and Yes We Can Make a Difference (with a group of 15 university students). case management referrals), and emotional (individual presentations) During the conference, students challenged support. As someone who aspires to work as a themselves to think about their role in resolv- PNE 139 nurse-midwife, I believe strongly in the union ing large global issues affecting our society of the medical experience with social justice, 87 today. In creating this summer’s conference, and my internship demonstrated to me how I learned about the inner workings and dif- powerful that union can be in making a dif- Decreasing Dependence: Efforts in Making ficulties of working at a nonprofit organization ference in people’s lives. Underprivileged Communities Self-Reliant and how to create a student conference for Through Education Tag(s): Women, Health, Violence 70 students within a limited budget. At the Zijun J. Pang ’13, Undeclared and same time, I discovered much more about the 86 Nuha Khan ’13, Undeclared nature of student activism and leadership. I Advisor: Olga Shurchkov ’01, Economics have come out of this experience with a strong When the Personal Becomes Political: “Education equals empowerment,” is a con- belief that students, with our idealism, enthu- Teaching in Uganda and India (panel) cept Wellesley students understand and expe- siasm, and vitality, have the capacity to make a difference in the world. PNE 239 rience firsthand in their academic lives. Yet for many underprivileged communities in devel- Tag(s): Education Galen T. Danskin ’11, English; Sua Im ’11, oping nations, the importance of this notion Neuroscience; Hayley C. Merrill ’11, English; is unfamiliar, superseded by abject poverty, 89 and Kelsey D. Rodriguez ’12, Psychology extreme living conditions, complex education The Big Impact of Smallbean Advisor: Deborah A. Donahue-Keegan, systems, and cultural restraints. This summer Kamilah A. Welch ’12, Peace and Justice Studies Education we volunteered in several schools in Pakistan and Yiting Tang ’13, Undeclared In our respective home countries, we grow and Ecuador through the ABNI (Anjuman Advisor: Victor H. Kazanjian, Office of up understanding social boundaries and Behbood-e-Niswan-O-Itfal) Program and the Religious and Spiritual Life taboo subjects. From childhood our parents Village Education Project, where we taught instill within us the proper social mores of basic math, English, and computer skills to Smallbean is a budding Boston nonprofit our culture, while our school systems serve to disadvantaged and marginalized children. founded by a lawyer turned social entrepreneur continue this social education until we emerge Our daily interactions with these children Sean Hewens. Smallbean’s initiatives include as properly matured adults. Placed within this exposed the difficulties they face in obtaining teaching technology skills and documenting social capital framework, we found ourselves education. As we worked to help them over- community life around the world through as mentors in foreign cultures, in a posi- come these hardships, we witnessed a growing the use of refurbished electronics and solar tion of guiding children as we attempted to sense of confidence and a desire to learn. This power. As interns, our ideas were valued navigate difficult borders: from dealing with experience taught us the importance of educa- as potential springboards for Smallbean’s classroom arguments about homosexuality in tion not only for individual growth, but also growth. After overhearing Hewens’ plans to Kampala, Uganda, to confronting racism and for the growth of a nation. document endangered languages as part of Smallbean’s MobileCAP (Citizen Archivist gender discrimination in Mumbai, India, to Tag(s): Education, Poverty, Youth promoting sustainability in Varanasi, India, Project) in Kenya, Kamilah mentioned the role our personal lives were thrust into the politi- 88 linguistics could play in transcribing the oral cal battleground of our host countries. We history interviews which greatly influenced From Ideas to Reality: Creating a explored the challenging role that educators the project. One suggestion led to a meeting Monthlong Student Conference have, not only as academic teachers but also with a Wellesley linguistics professor, as well as teachers of social-emotional skills. This Ikuno Naka ’12, International Relations-History as a series of questions considered in the realm presentation will describe the challenges we Advisor: Dori Peleg, Center for Work and Service of preserving language diversity. Smallbean faced as we ventured to develop our identities I organized the 62nd gathering of the Japan- showed us the unlimited potential that is pos- as teachers. America Student Conference, a monthlong sible when mutual learning is encouraged. Tag(s): Youth, Education academic and cultural exchange program Tag(s): Education, Science/Technology

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 27 90 federal agencies concerning health care, social insurance company on their ability to obtain security, and public housing. Conducting treatment there. In these situations, the Discussion and Dialogue to written and verbal correspondence on behalf Senator can act as a mediator. It was exciting Make a Difference of the Senator with constituents and agencies to facilitate dialogue between the Senator and Katherine A. Crispi ’12, International exposed me to many different points of view her constituents while becoming familiar with Relations-Political Science and common disputes between the two. The specific government agencies that accomplish Advisor: Stacie E. Goddard, Political Science cases I worked on were individual in nature, the objectives created in Washington, DC, This summer I interned in the Constituent yet sometimes indications of a wider range such as the regional Insurance Department Services Department of Senator Kirsten of problems. For example, many constituents and Social Security Administration. Gillibrand’s New York City Office working on contacted the office regarding the effects Tag(s): Law/Politics cases of New Yorkers experiencing issues with of a disagreement between a hospital and

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Are You Buying It? private sector and I will discuss how I discov- goal of Developing a Global Partnership for (individual presentations) ered new interests by stepping outside of my Development (that is, have the wealthy and comfort zone. My work made me realize that powerful provide greater funds for the allevia- PNW 212 I am passionate about pursuing global strategy tion of poverty) and you have reconciled diver- 91 consulting work that combines my interest gent paths: the private with the public, the in business development, emerging markets, profit with the loss (spending), the tool with Global Strategy Consulting: The Nexus international relations, and political science. the motive to do good in this world, and make Between Business, Finance, Foreign Policy, Tag(s): Money, Law/Politics life a bit better for everyone. and Government Relations Tag(s): Money, Law/Politics Laura E. Marrin ’11, International Relations- 92 Political Science 93 Advisor: Kate Miller, The Madeleine Korbel What Is the Role of Investment Banks Albright Institute for Global Affairs in Promoting Global Partnerships for When East Meets West: Development? Facilitating Dialogue Between the What do the areas of business, finance, foreign Emily L. Kim ’11, International European Union and China policy, and government relations all have in Relations-History Siwen Chen ’11, Economics common? I had the wonderful opportunity Advisor: Ryan K. Frace, History Advisor: Gauri K. Shastry, Economics to discover the answer to this question first- hand by interning this summer at Secretary What do 20 million euros on the bid, equi- As a Sino-Hungarian and an Albright fel- Albright’s global strategy firm, the Albright ties, P&L analyses and M&A transactions low, I was looking for a summer internship Stonebridge Group. This presentation will mean? If the financial industry lingo gets to where I could leverage my unique background examine my different work experiences there, you too, consider yourself part of a league of in order to help build global partnerships. including those related to business develop- ambitious young individuals who want to be The European Union (EU) Chamber of ment projects and the role of emerging informed about the world’s most powerful Commerce in Shanghai served to be an excel- markets. This summer internship through markets today. If not, consider yourself lucky. lent destination to realize my goal. Through the Wellesley in Washington Program and The less you know about the business the lobbying for EU companies to the Chinese the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for less likely it will be for you to find yourself authorities, I was exposed to the most pressing Global Affairs was my first exposure to the in this intensive, fast-paced, rewarding, and policy issues in trade information transfer and sleep-depriving experience. Add to that the United Nations’ and Albright Institute’s

28 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Beyond Child’s Play: Therapeutic business standards. While communicating 95 Roundtable with Chinese officials, European businesses, Interventions for At-Risk Youth and EU diplomatic offices in multiple lan- Art at the Core (individual presentations) guages on a daily basis, I also had a chance FND 207 PNE 129 to work on individual projects, ranging from * Moved to session 4 at 3:00pm facilitating clean energy pilot programs to 96 organizing trade conferences and forums. Lisa A. Fischman, Davis Museum and Cultural This work experience not only exposed me Center; Peggy Levitt, Sociology; Meredith S. Summer Internship in Psychology: to a wide range of careers from diplomacy to Martin, Art; David T. Olsen, Media Arts and Experiences at Riverside Community Care international business and policy making, but Sciences; and Jill A. Syverson-Stork, Spanish Victoria A. Nichols ’11, Psychology and also introduced me to policy issues that I hope Organizers: Martha J. McNamara, Art and Kristal A. Otero ’12, Psychology to help resolve in the future. Elaine Mehalakes, Davis Museum and Advisor: Paul M. Wink, Psychology Cultural Center Tag(s): Money, Law/Politics Riverside Community Care (RCC) is a com- A critical understanding of artistic expression munity mental health network serving the 94 lies at the core of a liberal arts education and greater Boston area. RCC offers a variety of health and human services, including How Are the Chinese Buying? Wellesley College’s arts-related curricular and mental health care, developmental disability Kelly Lin ’11, Economics and Computer Science extra-curricular programming is remarkable programs, traumatic brain injury programs, Advisor: Karen Y. Shih, Office of Multicultural for its depth and quality. The Davis Museum, substance abuse treatment, and early child- Programs and Services for instance, gives students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to hone their visual skills; to hood services. This summer through the This summer I interned at a consulting firm, discern the power of culture and the nature of Wellesley Summer Internship in Psychology China Market Research Group (CMR), pro- change; to stretch their imaginations, and to Program, Victoria, a Wellesley senior, interned viding strategic advice to foreign companies seek out inspiration wherever it may lie. How at the Early Intervention Program that pro- on entering the Chinese market and dealing can we continue to foster experiences that help vides services for delayed, disabled, or at-risk with the increasing competitiveness in China. students develop analytical frameworks for infants and toddlers from birth to age three. Although I have learned about China in a understanding a world increasingly saturated She helped with play groups, shadowed health macroeconomic context in the past, conduct- with images, structured by architectural professionals, and worked on a case study of ing field research and interacting directly with design, and densely layered with historical a prematurely born boy. Kristal, a Wellesley consumers holding the “RMB” vote gave me representations? And how do we maintain junior, interned at the Day Treatment Center, a different perspective on Chinese markets. this lynchpin of a liberal arts education in an a therapeutic community dedicated to offer- Working as an analyst at CMR allowed me to environment that is increasingly hostile to ing support and developing day-to-day living utilize the skills I acquired at Wellesley, and ways of thinking, learning, and doing that are skills for adults with chronic psychiatric dis- trained me well to analyze and identify key not tethered to monetary gain? In short, how orders. Kristal was a co-leader of a number of trends within a sea of data. In my presenta- do we keep art at the core of the Wellesley therapy groups and participated in daily case tion, I will share my insights on the domestic experience? conferences discussing treatment plans and footwear market based on over 150 in-depth progress of clients. interviews I conducted with end consumers Tag(s): Arts, Education Tag(s): Education, Youth across five cities. I will also talk about my experience working in different city tiers in 97 China, and what I learned about research and business in such a dynamic environment. Teaching, Caring, and Building Hope Alison L. Mehan ’11, Psychology; Ellyn M. Tag(s): Money Schmidt ’11, Psychology; Erin A. Simons ’12, Psychology; and Elisha A. Orama ’12, Psychology Advisor: Paul M. Wink, Psychology

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 29 Nestled in the town of Needham lies a green an NGO provide abandoned children with reality, most nonprofit work is self-fulfilling surrounded by small cottages where children basic care such as food, match abandoned and often detrimental to established local play soccer, swing on a hammock, and climb children with foster families, and educate leadership. an oak tree. A visitor to this loving and wel- them to find jobs and live on their own in the Tag(s): Grassroots Organizing, Poverty, Urban coming community might not realize that future. The perspective I have gained from this is a school and home to many troubled studying psychology at Wellesley helped me 100 children suffering from severe behavioral and understand the process of sorcie, why it is dif- Summer Experiences with the United emotional disorders. The four of us spent our ficult to remove it, and how the socially weak Nations Development Programme: summer as part of the Walker staff, working can potentially benefit from psychology in an Science, Technology, and Development toward the mission of teaching, caring, and environment where psychological disorders are in Costa Rica building hope through fostering positive rela- viewed as disorders for the rich. Nandita Krishnaswamy ’12, Economics and tionships. On an academic level, we learned Tag(s): Grassroots Organizing, Human Rights, Mathematics how to create a differentiated classroom in Youth Advisor: Nancy A. Hall ’80, Spanish which children progressed by their individual strengths. These children were often very 99 Few countries in Latin America have expe- challenging to work with, which required us rienced the impact of the information age A Critique of Empowerment: Nonprofit to master therapeutic crisis intervention, the to as great a degree as Costa Rica. A stable, Work in Urban Africa behavioral management approach used at relatively incorrupt government, a good educa- Vivian A. Secaida ’11, Peace and Justice Studies Walker. This was an inspirational experience tion system, and strong economic growth have and Political Science and Tracy D. Bindel ’11, for all of us as we make decisions about our made Costa Rica attractive to investors. Due Anthropology and Peace and Justice Studies futures in the fields of both education and to the presence of large multinationals such as Advisor: Victor H. Kazanjian, Office of psychology. Intel and Hewlett-Packard, Costa Rica’s high- Religious and Spiritual Life tech export sector has grown quickly. The Tag(s): Education, Youth Through a discussion of the purposes and question now is how Costa Rica can harness Empowering the Marginalized values of Come, Let’s Dance (CLD), we will this scientific and technological advancement (individual presentations) describe the various humanitarian efforts for human development, not just economic this organization attempts. After establishing growth. Working at the United Nations PNW 116 how the organization functions, we will take Development Programme’s country office in a critical look at its endeavors to empower San José, I explored the applications of science 98 a small community through the notion of and technology to areas such as democratic Helping the Abandonné: A Summer in the self-sustainability. The goal of “empowering governance, risk management, poverty reduc- Democratic Republic of the Congo Ugandans” is crucial to the mission statement tion and gender equality, and spoke to experts Sooheon Cho ’13, Undeclared of CLD. As summer staff we were reminded in the field. In this presentation, I will discuss Advisor: Sally A. Theran, Psychology of that goal repeatedly, yet critically think- the numerous ways that science and technol- Most people believe children, women, and ing about this notion begets the question of ogy can benefit human development, particu- the elderly should be protected citizens. who was really empowered through CLD larly in the Costa Rican context. Unfortunately, witchcraft still exists in some initiatives. By analyzing their five projects, we Tag(s): Grassroots Organizing, Science/ places and is used as an excuse to abandon will exhibit how prescriptive “empowerment” Technology powerless people when they become obstacles actually fed cycles of oppression that we were for those responsible for them. This summer I trying to break. On the other hand, American 101 volunteers were transformed and empowered was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Boston’s Lost Neighborhood: One through their sense of volunteerism and ability where it is socially acceptable to abandon the Community Center’s Work in Reknitting to help. In retrospect, it is clear that the work “obstructive” people if they are proven to the Urban Fabric at a Grassroots Level of a nonprofit like Come, Let’s Dance can be be “wicked,” a custom called sorcie. I helped Margaret N. Van Cleve ’11, History and Spanish perceived at first glance to be positive, but in Advisor: Joy P. Playter, Office of the Class Deans

30 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d My summer working in development for the presentation I will discuss the wide range of Georgia on My Mind West End Community Center in Boston promises that social certification offers disad- (individual presentations) provided me with more than just experience vantaged workers, as well as major concerns FND 126 in fund-raising for a nonprofit organization. over who bears the costs. During my time at the Community Center, Tag(s): Grassroots Organizing, Human Rights, 104 I bore witness to the power of change through Money efforts begun at a grassroots level. The West The Georgian Identity: European, Russian, End neighborhood, despite being culturally 103 Eurasian, or Georgian? rich and densely populated, was razed under Laura A. Dabrowski ’12, History the guise of Boston’s vast urban development Fellowships Travels (panel) Advisor: Adam Van Arsdale, Anthropology schemes in the 1950s. The buildings were lost, PNE 239 Imagine living in a country where you have but the identity of the West End was never been stripped of your own ideology and forgotten. Many years later residents of the Kathryn Carlson ’00, Thomas J. Watson forced to embrace another. How would this West End founded the community center with Fellowship; Catherine De Medici Jaffee ’08, affect your country’s identity and your own? the hope of creating a catalyst for the unifica- Fulbright Full Grant to Turkey, Critical Georgians have been tackling these issues tion of their neighborhood. My presentation Language Enhancement Award; and Julie since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This will describe my role in fund-raising, provide Levison ’98, Rhodes Scholarship past Wintersession I interned at The Messenger, an historical account for the neighborhood, Organizer: Ellie Perkins ’65, Center for Work an English daily newspaper in the Republic of and outline the work of the community and Service Georgia. Although I had originally intended center. A fellowship brings more than a period of to study the Georgian Orthodox Church, my Tag(s): Grassroots Organizing, Urban intense learning and adventure. Its effects position at the newspaper allowed me to meet will reach into the future and transform one’s a diverse group of Georgians and learn how 102 plans in subtle and significant ways. How Georgians define themselves both as a country have their fellowship experiences influenced and as individuals. Do they want to be con- Human Rights and Corporate the personal and professional lives of these sidered European? Do they want to continue Responsibility Wellesley alumnae? speaking Russian? How do they want others Weiye Kou ’11, Economics and History to perceive Georgians? In my talk we will Advisor: Joseph P. Joyce, Economics Their experiences cover a range of countries and occupations: exploring the role of the discuss these questions and more concerning, Governments and NGOs are usually perceived fiddle in the folk music traditions of Scotland, contemporary Georgian identities. as the strongest advocates of human rights, Norway, and Poland; learning Turkish and Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins, Media but in recent years the Corporate Social researching migration and secularism at Responsibility (CSR) movement has brought Bogazici University in Istanbul; and studying 105 the business community into the game. My the history of science and medicine at Oxford internship took place at Social Accountability Freedoms of a Foreigner: University. Join us to hear them describe their International, the overseer of an international Experiences as a Guest in Georgia fellowship years. labor rights standard, SA8000, which has Ada P. Smith ’13, Anthropology and been gaining momentum. In learning about Tag(s): Education, Migration, Arts Environmental Studies the standard itself and the certification Advisor: Adam Van Arsdale, Anthropology process, I saw how CSR organizations serve I had the privilege to explore the mountainous the dual role of principled human rights and striking region of Racha-Lechkhumi and advocates and practical business service pro- Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia, as part of the 2009- viders. Academically I have been interested 2010 Anthropology/Russian Area Studies in the growth of multinational corporations Wintersession program. On a mission with and the implications of their expansion of two co-workers from my internship at CENN market power in the developing world. In my (Caucasus Environmental NGO Network) to

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 31 inform local Georgians in the region about a Making Democracy Work Around the Interning at the Civic Exchange, a nonprofit Disaster Risk Reduction project, I developed a World (individual presentations) think tank, gave me an inside glance at the new understanding of my role as a guest in the daily activities of this small but active NGO. FND 128 country. I quickly realized that my foreign- I had the opportunity to assist with ongoing ness not only appealed to people, but almost 107 research as well as conduct my own research always was to my advantage. I was respected, regarding social media and civil society in but I held no real authority; my presence was How Do You Measure Democracy? Hong Kong SAR, an experience that led valued, but I was dependent on those around Monica Ballesteros Arias ’11, Political Science to me meeting and interviewing the Chief me to explain what was going on. In this pre- Advisor: Lois Wasserspring, Political Science Information Officer of the Hong Kong gov- sentation I will explore my role as a guest in This summer I interned at Poder Ciudadano, ernment. My presentation will provide insight Georgia and how it shaped a new meaning for the Argentinean chapter of Transparency into Hong Kong SAR’s dynamic society and me of life as a foreigner. International. During my internship I had the issue of democratization under Chinese Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins the opportunity to participate in a project sovereignty. to map the characteristics of democracy in Tag(s): Law/Politics, Grassroots Organizing 106 Argentinean provinces. In my research, I worked with a series of indicators related 109 No… Not That Georgia: Our Summer to the access to and the exercise of political Uncovering the Human Past Human Rights, Whose Rights? power. However, it was outside the office that Simonetta C. Gramolini ’12, Psychology and Teresa N. Le ’11, Anthropology I experienced another side of the Argentinean Genevieve F. Kelly ’12, Anthropology Advisor: Anastasia Karakasidou, Anthropology democratic development. From debates about Advisor: Adam Van Arsdale, Anthropology same sex marriages at the subway station to My goal in studying abroad was to understand This summer we had the unique opportunity a never dying national obsession with Diego many different cultural interpretations of to participate in the first ever paleoanthro- Armando Maradona, I was able to grasp human rights. In one of the most politi- pology field school at the Paleolithic site of some of the idiosyncrasies that also define cally liberal nations, South Africa, all of my Dmanisi, Georgia. We worked alongside an the political process that are more difficult coursework and internships were dedicated international team of researchers and students to measure. I was reminded that while it is to the “universal” notion of human rights. who shared our passion for uncovering the important to monitor procedures and institu- In the following term, I vowed to take what prehistory of the human experience. Through tions to procure good governance, democratic I had learned in South Africa and apply it daily lectures and on-site excavations we development is alive and it is often determined to Vietnam, a socialist nation. I did just the learned field methods in paleoanthropol- outside the government, media, and academic opposite. Living in a world where individual ogy and saw firsthand the ongoing research buildings. rights are silenced taught me to look beyond at the site in various fields, such as geology, western interpretations of the practical- Tag(s): Law/Politics taphonomy, archaeology, and paleontology. ity of human rights in order to understand Dmanisi is the earliest fossil human site out of 108 how Vietnam has become one of the fastest Africa, and one of the most interesting paleo- developing nations today. These two cultures anthropological sites of the past decade. It is An Inside View of Activism: My Experience of rights merged for me when I spent time in also unique in that the fossils we uncovered, at the Hong Kong Civic Exchange Cambodia which has a progressive constitu- dating to 1.8 million years before present, are Emily Chan ’11, Political Science tion like South Africa, but corruption means buried underneath the ruins of a large medi- Advisor: William A. Joseph, Political Science terms like “individual rights” are unknown eval trading complex situated on a branch of Descriptions of Hong Kong generally range within society. Today I ask, how productive the Silk Road. This presentation will discuss from international financial and business cen- are human rights? our fieldwork abroad, uncovering the secrets ter to bustling metropolis, from cultural hub Tag(s): Human Rights, Cultural/Ethnic Origins, of our ancestors. to culinary destination. However, this sum- War/Peace Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins, Museums mer I witnessed an additional image of Hong Kong—that of a burgeoning democracy.

32 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Prêt-à-Porter: Global Perspectives China, that aims to identify and incubate 113 on the Garment Industry social enterprises in the country. Most of (individual presentations) my work centered around helping to market Proyecto Doctoritas: A Summer and re-brand Shokay, one of Ventures in Spent Learning and Growing in Rural PNE 127 Development’s social enterprises that works Guatemala (panel) 110 with Tibetan herders and a rural women’s cooperative to produce high-end yak fur cloth- FND 102 For the Love of Labels ing and accessories. I will discuss the feasibil- Nicole A. Kukulka ’13, Undeclared; Margaret Laura J. Ryan ’11, American Studies and Claire ity of social enterprises within the institutional Zwiebach ’12, Comparative Literature; Angelica E. Ayoub ’11, Middle Eastern Studies and social environment in China and the C. Ramirez ’12, Biological Sciences and Advisor: Markella B. Rutherford, Sociology common problems that social enterprises face Women’s and Gender Studies; Emma Chung ’12, This summer we worked on the business side with regard to expansion and positioning in Biological Sciences; Kathleen E. Corrigan ’12, of the fashion industry. Claire worked with the market. With the Obama Administration’s Neuroscience; and Patricia Suquilanda ’13, the CEO of Journelle, an expanding boutique launching of the Social Innovation Fund and Undeclared lingerie company with two U.S. locations. growing interest in the social enterprise sector Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Laura was a Corporate Summer Analyst at at top business schools, I hope to provide a Gender Studies the headquarters of Ralph Lauren, a $5 bil- window into the nitty-gritty details of being This summer we traveled to rural Guatemala lion, global lifestyle empire. While these two a social entrepreneur and running a social to work with the Guatemalan Project, a local companies are different in brand recognition, enterprise as well as provide examples of how NGO, to launch Proyecto Doctoritas. The we found common ground between brand social enterprises seek to provide their own mission: train ten teenage girls as health pro- management and company development. Both innovative strategies to correct market failures moters, or doctoritas, in their community and companies place an emphasis on maintain- and address development issues. provide them with middle school scholarships. ing their reputations for excellence in terms Tag(s): Money The execution: a six-week training program at of presenting their brands to the public. Our a local clinic and a health census of the 250 presentation will focus on the process of 112 community families. We struggled with teach- developing a brand and how companies grow Linkages Between China and San Francisco ing and learning cross-culturally as we were and manage their brand over time. We found Kavya Akash ’12, Economics humbled in what we thought we knew or had the business fundamentals we were exposed to Advisor: Olga Shurchkov ’01, Economics to offer. However, when we shed some of our were intimately related to our leadership and preconceptions and judgments and worked China’s increasing prominence in the world academic experiences at Wellesley. Whether to understand the doctoritas’ educational and economy has led business in the United States working in on-campus organizations or the cultural backgrounds, we developed a deep to expand their consumer base to include the fashion industry, true excellence depends bond with the girls and the community. The Chinese public. I spent this summer interning upon hard work, creativity, and a passion for panelists will address living with host families, at the China San Francisco division of the what you love. conducting a comprehensive health census, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, where Tag(s): Money rural medicine, the challenges we overcame to I conducted research on the Chinese apparel, start the program and our transformations as cosmetics, and finance industries. My duties 111 students and as teachers. also included welcoming several contingents Challenges and Opportunities of Social from China as well as discussing future Tag(s): Health, Youth, Education Entrepreneurship in China business opportunities between Chinese Catherine Wu ’11, Economics and Political companies and the city of San Francisco. I Science will discuss how my studies in economics Advisor: David L. Lindauer, Economics informed my research on the Chinese apparel This summer I worked at Ventures in industry. Development, a nonprofit based in Shanghai, Tag(s): Money

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 33 Summer Camp Redux: A Radical to several summer urban programs camps are intelligent and become active participants Approach (individual presentations) throughout the Boston area to bring hands-on in class. At Wediko, children are more than science and engineering curricula to under- their diagnosis. Instead, they are children who PNE 139 served elementary and middle school youth. thrive under compassion, care, and potential 114 We made volcanoes, flashlights, and toothpick for hope and change. bridges, and in the process, quite a few kids Tag(s): Youth, Education The Battle to Save America’s Youth discovered that science isn’t so bad after all. I Sarina K. Bajwa ’11, Peace and Justice Studies spent many hours designing lesson plans, test- 117 Advisor: Soo Hong, Education ing science projects, and shopping for baking We Are Here to Learn, Grow, and Have Fun The overwhelming concern for the future of soda and vinegar, and discovered that being a Kyla W. Brown ’12, Psychology and Katherine America’s education system, has led to the rise science teacher is harder than it looks. I also R. Nolan ’12, Psychology and Africana Studies of many community initiatives geared toward witnessed firsthand the joys of teaching as my Advisor: Tracy R. Gleason, Psychology education and youth. This summer I worked students blossomed into eager and inquisitive as an academic coach and camp counselor in scientists and engineers. At Camp Starfish, where we both worked as group counselors last summer, the mantra, hot and sunny southwest Florida. The camp This presentation will highlight my sum- “We are here to learn, grow, and have fun” I worked in was part of the youth enrich- mer experiences in the classroom as well is often repeated to remind campers of their ment programs of Quality Life Center, Inc. as the educational research and Science, ultimate goals at camp and beyond. As one of a community organizing nonprofit that aims Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 18 Starfish tools, we used this mantra to help to engage at-risk youth in summer activities (STEM) frameworks behind Summer Science teach social skills and behavior management and to promote academic achievement. In my curricula. presentation, I will focus on the role of com- to children with diagnoses that spanned the Tag(s): Youth, Education, Urban munity groups in revitalizing education and alphabet from ADHD to OCD to RAD. Although we had both worked with children tactics for keeping students engaged. I will 116 also touch on the connection between educa- and studied psychopathology before, Camp tion and citizenship and what strong schools Wediko Summer Program: Starfish helped us put a face on behavioral and mean for societies. My summer experience Restoring Hope Together emotional disorders while also showing us that opened my eyes to the complexities of teach- Sinta D.C. Cebrian ’11, Political Science behavior, personality, and the individual are ing and left me in awe of the power of educa- Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education often more important than specific diagnoses. tion as a tool for change. For the past two summers, I have interned When you are hanging out in your cabin doing each other’s nails, diagnoses don’t mat- Tag(s): Youth, Education, Grassroots Organizing at the Wediko Summer Program in New Hampshire for students between the ages of ter and stigma doesn’t exist. At Wellesley, we 115 six and 20 years with serious social, emotional, will continue to pursue careers working with and behavioral issues. Wediko Summer is a children, keeping in mind the Starfish Tools Summer Science: Eruptions, Explosions, 45-day intensive residential and therapeutic and the lessons we learned from our campers. and Egg Drops program that provides opportunities for Tag(s): Youth, Education Rhea A. Brown ’12, Astronomy children to challenge themselves, grow, and Advisor: Janet McDonough, Biological Sciences build skills. In my presentation, I will discuss I spent my summer building rocket launch- my personal, clinical, and teaching experience ers, creating archaeological dig sites inside of observing and helping facilitate beautiful shoeboxes, and mixing up batches of oobleck. and powerful transformations within my stu- As the co-director of an educational outreach dents. I have witnessed children, who initially program called Summer Science, I traveled believed that they could not succeed in school due to disruptive behaviors, realize that they

34 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d The Call of the Wild: Human Ever played catch with a baby fox? We have! occur after a biological sample is collected, but Intervention in the Animal Kingdom This summer we had the pleasure of interning also confirmed my decision to make a career (individual presentations) at the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary in veterinary medicine. Medicine Wildlife Clinic. It was here that we FND 207 Tag(s): Animals, Health broadened our knowledge not only of wild 118 animals, but also of the veterinary profession, The Economic, Political, and by watching surgeries, providing critical care, Cultural Dimensions of Gender Bufo Bugs: Can parasites (Rhabdias and experiencing the animal clinic firsthand. (individual presentations) pseudosphaerocephala) Help Us Control We tube-fed baby bunnies, exercised red-tailed Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) Expansion? hawks, avoided being pounced on by a young PNE 130 Karena P. Paleologo ’11, Biological Sciences bobcat, and encountered various individu- 121 Advisor: Marianne V. Moore, Biological als of New England wildlife. Unfortunately, Sciences many of the patients had been injured due Challenging Cultural Boundaries: When most people think of the rainforest, to improper human interference. It became The Role of Women in Cambodia they think of the Amazon and the Congo, clear to us that the general public is largely Alexandra B. Hayes ’11, English perhaps the wilds of Borneo, but many people uneducated regarding proper interaction with Advisor: Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Wellesley are unaware that one of the oldest and most wildlife. As injured wildlife rely solely on the Centers for Women highly threatened rainforests is actually goodwill of their rescuer, it is essential that In a male-dominated society, religious and located in Australia. I spent three months liv- people learn what to do when they encounter traditional customs oppress the vast major- ing in the rainforest in Queensland, Australia, animals in need. We hope to dispel common ity of Cambodian women. In Phnom Pehn, learning about its species and the various misconceptions concerning the treatment of Cambodia, I interned with a group of women threats to its continued existence. From land these wild animals. who work to overcome social restrictions in clearing to global climate change, the shrink- Tag(s): Animals, Education, Environment order to give women a recognized role in the ing habitat that is the Australian rainforest reconstruction of Cambodia. These issues is highly fragile. Currently one of the most 120 burst onto the public stage this summer and highly researched threats to the Australian The InVitro Experience culminated in the birth of the Cambodian wet tropics is the threat of invasive species. Hannah G. Bailin ’11, Biological Sciences Women’s Movement. I was one of two for- One month of my semester abroad was spent Advisor: Emily A. Buchholtz, Biological Sciences eigners able to participate in the movement’s in long, sleepless nights, covered in mud, meetings. During my talk, I will go into detail catching, dissecting, and analyzing parasitic As a student interested in wildlife veterinary about my experience with the Cambodian lungworms in the poster child for invasive spe- medicine, the Knafel international stipend Women’s Movement while touching upon the cies, the cane toad. This amazing experience offered me the chance to combine my study current state of women’s rights in Cambodia. I helped me realize my love of the outdoors and abroad semester with practical work experi- will also reflect on my own perceptions of my my passion for field biology! ence under Dr. Ernst Leidinger, co-founder role as a foreigner in the Cambodian Women’s of InVitro Laboratory. InVitro is the only Tag(s): Animals, Environment, Science/ Movement. privately owned and operated veterinary Technology diagnostics and teaching laboratory in Austria Tag(s): Women, Human Rights, Grassroots Organizing 119 and services zoos and hospitals across Eastern Europe. I was allowed to shadow the doctors 122 “What’s Up, Doc?”: What to Do When You in each diagnostic department and participate Encounter an Injured Wild Animal in a supervised, yet self-guided study of the A Summer Full of Surprises: Do I Really Colleen M. Ottomano ’12, Cinema and Media lab’s extensive slide and biopsy collection from Know South Asia as a South Asian? Studies and Joanna K. Yim ’11, Political Science animals ranging from the common to the Aabha Sharma ’12, Biological Chemistry Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program exotic. The internship not only gave me first- Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences hand knowledge of the analytic processes that

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 35 As an international student from Nepal, I convenient to its American inventors suitable 125 thought I knew my subcontinent well until for India? How do targets set internationally I interned with Action India in New Delhi, affect contraception policy? Most importantly, Why Birmensdorf Is Not Berne— India for ten weeks this summer. My intern- how do you get past the motives of manu- The Representation of Women in Swiss ship with this grassroots NGO showed me the facturers, governments, and movements and Local Politics different faces of New Delhi, the capital city focus on what Indian women actually need? Nora J. Keller ’10, Political Science of India. While I was flabbergasted by the sex This presentation will explore the importance Advisor: Robert L. Paarlberg, Political Science ratio of 821 female per 1,000 in the capital, of contextualizing strategies to reflect specific As an Albright Fellow, I spent my summer the efforts made by the government as well as cultures, and what it can mean to “empower” researching the role of Swiss women in local the NGOs to combat the problem were quite women, through the unique, historical, and politics in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. impressive. New Delhi was full of contrasts. current situation of contraceptive use in India. Switzerland is a country with a majority of While the girls in the slums made bead neck- Tag(s): Women, Human Rights, Migration women in the executive council. The council laces to pay their school tuition, students in an is comparable to the role of the president or upper class women’s college complained about 124 prime minister in most other countries. This their limited wardrobe. New Delhi is a city Gender Mainstreaming in International progressive situation is not mirrored in town where poverty, hardship, struggle, opulence, Development: Improving Investment council, where women still face enormous and globalization co-exist. After two hours of Climate for Women Entrepreneurs hurdles and prejudice. However, it is local traffic jam in an auto-rickshaw, three hours governments that most directly interact with Sarah K. Turrin ’11, Political Science and of sun in the slums, four hours’ drive to the people, which would make equal gender Women’s and Gender Studies resettlement colony and five hours of F-form representation all the more important. In my Advisor: Robert L. Paarlberg, Political Science analysis—I appreciate my life more and have presentation, I will explain this phenomenon, transformed into a better human being. Gender equality is essential to economic its significance, and steps that can be taken to growth in developing countries. A woman’s Tag(s): Women, Cultural/Ethnic Origins alleviate the problem. ability to become an entrepreneur in the Tag(s): Women, Law/Politics, Grassroots 123 formal economy is just one facet of gender Organizing equality, but its benefits for women and their The Women Behind the Targets: Refining families are numerous. This summer I worked 126 the Indian Approach to Contraception at International Finance Corporation (IFC), Anisha Vachani ’12, Economics an agency of the World Bank Group, in the The Gendered Use of Fire Advisor: Smitha Radhakrishnan, Sociology Women in Business Unit, which advises Erinn N. Bineham ’11, Philosophy More than two-thirds of Indian women governments and private businesses on the Advisor: Smitha Radhakrishnan, Sociology seeking contraception undergo permanent best ways to optimize conditions for women Based on three weeks of field research and sterilization. Two main factors lead women entrepreneurs. My presentation will cover the interviews with women, men, and children to this drastic choice: much of Indian society projects I encountered while working with the in a village in the Kajiado district of Kenya, views contraception as a woman’s responsibil- Women in Business unit, as well as my own I show that the use of fire is gendered in ity and there is a lack of affordable, accessible reflections on the role of gender mainstream- several ways. Fire use—an essential part of spacing methods. This summer I interned ing and the IFC in international development daily life—is one mechanism through which at the United Nations Population Fund in work. the gender division of labor, gender roles, New Delhi, India, researching injectable con- Tag(s): Women, Money and male social dominance are defined and traceptives and their controversial proposed maintained. Fire-related social expectations introduction into the public sector. This differ by gender, and help to maintain power seemingly straightforward assignment turned inequalities between men and women. My out to encompass many fundamental develop- fieldwork included observation and participa- ment questions. Is a procedure that seems tion in fire-related events. I collected data about the local knowledge and attitudes about

36 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d the definition of fire, how fire is made, the 128 places. I realized, though, that photography benefits and dangers of fire, accidental fires, was a unique hobby that allowed me to con- arson, burns, cooking, collecting firewood, Discovering South Africa Through nect with people and cultures in ways that I branding, the fires of hell, ceremonial and Photography otherwise would not have. Interacting with cultural fire use, and fire as the center of social YangSoo Cho ’11, International locals and even other tourists enriched my activities. Relations-Economics traveling experience. As I continued to travel, Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, Office of Tag(s): Cultural/Ethnic Origins I grew more and more aware of the connec- International Studies tions I was making and started to actively use Through My Camera Lens Upon arriving in South Africa for my spring photography as a tool to do so, which resulted (individual presentations) semester, I was excited to see that there were so in rewarding and memorable experiences. many new things to photograph. My passion I will discuss ways to connect to others FND 120 for photography led me on excursions to vari- through lenses. 127 ous places around my neighborhood simply to Tag(s): Arts try and take the most amazing photos I pos- Pedagogy Through Photography: sibly could. However, I quickly discovered the 130 Photographs by Clarence Kennedy stark juxtaposition between the developed and Shu Zhang ’11, Art History undeveloped, and began learning a lot about a Two Decades of Teach for America: Advisor: Jacqueline Marie Musacchio ’89, Art de facto segregated society by interacting with A Retrospective (panel) I researched Clarence Kennedy (1892-1972) the locals. I continued to explore the economic PNE 339 and his photographs of ancient and renais- dynamics of the country and documented Constance Bond ’87, Woodrow Wilson National sance sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, my travels through photography. I extended Fellowship Foundation; Edna Novak ’02, Teach the Museum of Modern Art, the Harvard my stay, made possible through the generous for America; and Tania Peters ’95, District of Fine Arts Library, and the Wellesley College Peggs grant, and traveled outside my comfort Columbia Public Schools archives for an exhibition in the Jewett zone after the semester was over. With camera Organizers: Irma Tryon, Center for Work and Sculpture Court. Kennedy was an art history in hand, I journeyed through South Africa in Service and Elizabeth T. O’Connell, Center for professor at Smith College; he became a pho- both the developed and undeveloped regions, Work and Service tographer to provide himself and others with making efforts to understand a divided coun- high quality study images of works of art. My try in pursuit of capturing the story of a devel- This panel celebrates Teach for America (TFA) exhibition examines photographs and related oping country through photography. and its influences on the lives of TFA teachers and the students they serve. Three Wellesley documentation to reveal how Kennedy’s work Tag(s): Arts was used by art history students at Wellesley alumnae will address the ways in which Teach and elsewhere. I am intrigued by the relation- 129 for America shaped their career and life goals ship between photographs and the works and contributed to their achievements. A Study of Snapshots: Creating of art they represent. This combination of Connections Through Photography Tag(s): Education ancient, renaissance, and modern art reflects Heather D. Lee ’11, Cinema and Media Studies my course work at Wellesley and will present and French as a gallery talk. His prints have an intimacy Advisor: Sylvaine V. Egron-Sparrow, French missing from today’s study images and they are best understood firsthand. Studying abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France, for the year gave me the opportunity to travel Tag(s): Arts to many amazing places from Prague, Czech Republic, to Milan, Italy, to southern Ireland. As an amateur photographer, I began snap- ping away simply to capture memories and

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 37 Unearthing Connections: 132 133 Environmental Education Beyond the Classroom (individual presentations) From the Rice Field to the Farm: Calculating Risks, Earthquakes, Approaching Environmental Education and Slip Rates PNW 117 in Japan Karina K. Chung ’13, Undeclared Candice J. Snowden ’11, East Asian Studies and Brittina A. Argow, Geosciences 131 Advisor: Political Science Calculating the slip rate of faults is critical to Cultivating a Fresh Consciousness: Advisor: Beth DeSombre, Environmental understanding earthquake hazards in southern Organic Farming at Wellesley College Studies California. Southern California Earthquake Genevieve M. Goldleaf ’12, Medieval and Japan is one of the most developed countries Center (SCEC) interns collaborated with local Renaissance Studies and Nicole A. Uhrain ’12, in the world. Because of its modernity and high school science teachers and students Russian colorful, unique culture, foreigners—and to work in the San Bernardino Mountains, Advisor: Kristina N. Jones, Biological Sciences sometimes even the Japanese—often forget California, collecting GPS data at 24 remote and Environmental Studies about the country’s natural beauty. High up sites. These data fill a gap where there are few Dragging our shopping cart and wheelbarrow in the Yatsugatake Mountains at Kiyosato recorded velocities for the labyrinth of earth- full of heirloom seedlings and fresh compost Environmental Education Project (KEEP), I quake-producing faults that span Southern down Weston Road, we labored to cultivate discovered different methods of environmental California. With results from prior years, we both an organic garden and greater conscious- education and why this topic is now so impor- calculated velocities for each site, and then ness of a sustainable food system. While work- tant in Japan. used two-dimensional elastic modeling to test ing on Wellesley College’s student organic Tag(s): Environment, Education, Grassroots over a million possible slip rate combinations farm as farm justice fellows, we developed Organizing on 15 faults within a transect crossing the a more profound understanding of agricul- plate boundary. We were able to construct a ture’s impact on the environment, and our best fitting model to predict the slip rates of responsibility to advocate food justice in and individual clusters of faults. beyond Wellesley. By turning 200 summer Tag(s): Environment, Disaster residents’ food waste into compost, we initi- ated a process of mending the broken nutrient cycle created by conventional agriculture and waste management, typified by soil depletion, synthetic chemical use, and water pollution; by planning an ecologically sustainable garden to support year-round farmers’ markets, we hope to continue the vibrant and produc- tive exchange of produce and ideas. We have learned, through seeing the tangible conse- quences of our mistakes and successes, not to underestimate the transformative power and possibility of honest food. Tag(s): Environment, Food

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Clinics, Courtrooms, Communities, 134 Roundtable What does it take to keep a person healthy? and Congress: The Interplay Some people argue that access to qual- A Goodness-of-Fit Test: Service of Health and Human Rights ity medical care keeps a person healthy. Learning and Quantitative Psychology (individual presentations) Although access to care is important and has been highly emphasized in health care PNE 139 Newhouse Center, GRH 240 policy making, there are many social factors (seating limited to 30) 135 that keep socially underserved communities David Chadwell, South Carolina Department in the United States from being healthy. At of Education; Debra K. DeMeis, Office of the Sometimes Law Is the Best Medicine: Project HEALTH Boston, I assisted patient Dean of Students; Nancy P. Genero, Psychology; Improving Communities Through Medical families at the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at and Beth A. Hennessey, Psychology Legal Partnerships Boston Medical Center by connecting them Organizer: Dori Peleg, Center for Work Katherine E.J. Cushing ’11, History to community resources such as food stamps, and Service Advisor: Verónica Darer, Spanish childcare, cash assistance, and housing. The documented positive effects of single- This summer through the Lumpkin Summer Working with these families, I discovered that sex classrooms on academic performance Institute for Service Learning, I interned many important social needs were unmet and and school climate, especially within urban, at the Medical Legal Partnership at Boston that these needs significantly determined the low-income communities, underscore the Medical Center. The partnership combines the health status of Boston families. In addition, importance of research in this area. However, medical and legal professions to address social I learned to view health from a social per- empirically establishing “how” and “why” determinants, including housing, education, spective and participated in discussions that gendered instruction may be an effective and immigration status, affecting clients’ explored the changes necessary in the United public school alternative is a complex under- health. As an intern, I had the opportunity States health care system to meet the social taking. Building on Wellesley College’s tradi- to advocate directly for our clients. In my needs of patients and their families. tion of excellence in single-gender liberal arts presentation I will share ways in which law Tag(s): Health education, we have established a partnership and medicine can collaborate to ameliorate with the Office for Public School Choice in the lives of residents of underserved and mar- 137 ginalized communities of Boston and beyond. South Carolina to conduct evaluation research Health as a Human Right and an Specifically, I will discuss my research on the on gendered instruction at the elementary and Essential for the Poor: A Summer at role of the law in the medical field of geriatrics middle school levels. Student participation in Partners In Health and describe the training sessions I organized this project is organized through a sequence of Megan J. Townsend ’11, Biological Sciences for caretakers of the elderly. After the intern- two courses—an intensive, three-week, hands- Advisor: Emily A. Buchholtz, Biological Sciences on research experience during Wintersession ship, I better understand the importance of Access to health care is a human right, and an and an advanced seminar in community psy- the collaboration between the medical and essential part of respect for the dignity of the chology in the spring. Through this project, legal fields to enhance health care for all. poor and vulnerable. As part of my Albright we hope to advance a pedagogical model that Tag(s): Health internship, I was able to explore the right to integrates academic excellence with critical health and all of its profound implications public policy issues. 136 through an internship at Partners In Health Tag(s): Education, Youth, Women Social Determinants of Health in (PIH). PIH is an NGO that works to improve Underserved Communities in Boston health care worldwide by providing quality Kyi-Sin-Lin Than ’11, Psychology medical care and social support for the poor. Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and As an intern, I was able to observe the inner Gender Studies workings of an NGO and contribute to an

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 39 outstanding organization. However, the most 139 at Bellevue Hospital through Health Career important part of my internship was the time Opportunities Program at New York I was able to spend with the humble and Factoring in Gender: Women in Clinical University to affirm that my career path in devoted activists at PIH. In this presentation, Trials, Medical Careers and Health medicine was the right one. I was instantly I will discuss what I learned about foreign aid Research immersed in the intense routine of the hos- and development policies and how such poli- Samantha E. Sass ’11, American Studies pital environment. I soon discovered that my cies can respect and promote human rights. Advisor: Tom Burke, Political Science Wellesley sports medicine class provided me Tag(s): Health, Human Rights, Grassroots The Office of Research on Women’s Health with an orthopedic skill set that would pre- Organizing (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health pare me for new experiences in the operating was established in 1990 with the charge to room. While being briefed before observing 138 track the inclusion of women in clinical trials, an ACL repair surgery, I shared my knowl- edge of the valgus mechanism of injury that Exploring Health Policy and Public Health increase the number of women in biomedical impressed the orthopedic surgeon. My under- Efforts in Barbados careers, and promote research on women’s standing of medical terminology and injury Tonia K. Smith ’12, Peace and Justice Studies health. Throughout the past twenty years, the pathology created more engaging conversa- and Psychology office has been at the fore of expanding and reshaping the definitions and boundaries of tions with surgeons that provided additional Advisor: Filomina C. Steady, Africana Studies women’s health and sex and gender research. medical opportunities and experiences. This One of the most meaningful aspects of my As a Wellesley in Washington intern, I worked class has given me the confidence to get out- internship was designing an advocacy project with the ORWH on various campaigns that side my comfort zone and be welcomed in the entitled, “Know Your Rights.” This project promote these same goals. During my presen- medical community. seeks to make the Barbadian public more tation, I will highlight key projects on which I Tag(s): Health aware of their sexual and reproductive rights worked and central conflicts and conversations and to instigate policy debates by bringing that drive women’s health research forward. 141 to the forefront issues that arise due to the Additionally, I will incorporate personal A Change of Heart inconsistency between the age of consent to reflections on the internship experience as a Olivia L. Hulme ’12, Chemistry sexual intercourse, 16, and the age of access to whole, including challenges, limitations, and Advisor: Irene L. Newton, Biological Sciences health services without parental or guardian personal growth. consent, 18. This inconsistency makes it dif- Before my summer internship, the words Tag(s): Health, Women, Law/Politics ficult for persons between ages 16 and 18 to “heart transplant” conjured images of TV access health services which include, but are Healing the Whole Patient: medical dramas: dying people waiting for a not limited to, HIV/AIDS testing, access to Multifaceted Approaches to Health heart, graphic images of surgeries, anxious contraceptives, and a safe medical termination Care (individual presentations) families in waiting rooms, and the final suc- of pregnancy. I also worked on a re-branding cessful transplant. However, my experiences plan through which I learned much about the PNW 212 with the post-transplant cardiovascular unit intricacies of managing as well as sustaining at Stanford Medical Center helped me realize a successful NGO. This experience has solidi- 140 that a patient’s struggle doesn’t end with the fied my interest in global health and health From Attending Class to Attending transplant. I interacted with patients from policy. Physicians every stage of the post-transplant journey: Tag(s): Health, Human Rights Emily L. Katz ’11, Art History from three days to 20 years out. These indi- Advisor: Connie L. Bauman, Physical viduals constantly faced cardiac rejection and Education, Recreation, and Athletics failure, lack of family support, and disputes with insurance companies. It was devastating Have you ever taken a class whose lessons to witness a patient’s request for transplanta- transcended the semester? This summer I tion be rejected. It helped solidify my desire to shadowed the General Surgery Department pursue a career in cardiology. My presentation

40 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d will focus on the complex social, economic, acquiring valuable skills as a research chemist, presentation, I will discuss the role of the and mental conditions faced by transplant I was exposed to the “BigPharma” atmosphere patient in the most typical scenarios I encoun- patients, and the importance of recognizing where I learned about drug development, mar- tered and how quality care was both assured that the heart transplant drama only begins keting, and distribution as well as the position and hindered by the medical system. with the surgery itself. of the pharmaceutical industry within a larger Tag(s): Health Tag(s): Health global picture. Operating within the business world, pharmaceutical companies are often 145 142 criticized for their failure to address pressing public health issues. However, these same Learning from Lumpkin: Reflections Low Vision Center: companies that are often denounced for their from Alumnae (panel) Beyond the Doctor’s Office profit-generating practices do indeed bring Luyang Jin ’12, Biological Chemistry PNE 130 about several drug therapies that save the Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences lives of billions. How can the pharmaceuti- May Chen ’10, National Centers for Post What do visually impaired patients considered cal industry and public health entity merge Traumatic Stress Disorder; Laura Diss ’08, beyond the realm of traditional vision treat- together as a unit to ensure global health care? Community Legal Services and Counseling ments do as they walk out of their physician’s While bridging the gap is no self-evident task, Center; Sarita Frattaroli ’05, Department of office? Since my own career goal is to become it most certainly calls for a mutual under- Housing and Urban Development; Kendall an ophthalmologist, I felt that it was my duty standing of both realms. LaSane ’09, Bellevue Hospital; Emily Lipscomb to know how these seniors dealt with their ’06, Dartmouth Medical School and Vinfen; Tag(s): Health diagnosis and confronted their newfound and Joe Texeira, St. Francis House status of having incurable vision loss. I learned 144 Organizer: Verónica Darer, Spanish and all this and more at the Low Vision Center, Melissa A. Hawkins, Center for Work and where the welcoming atmosphere made my The Role of the Patient in the Service Senegalese Health Care System summer one which I will never forget. As an The Lumpkin Summer Institute for Service intern, I witnessed a center whose unequivo- Kiley M. Workman ’11, French Advisor: Sylvaine V. Egron-Sparrow, French Learning challenges students to explore and cal commitment to the visually impaired participate in social change in the greater and capacity to care, motivated many to lead This summer I interned in both a hospital Boston area. During the ten-week program, independent lives. I was exposed to inspiring and a small clinic in the suburbs of Dakar, students reside together in Boston while people whose stories of losing their sight put Senegal. Working as a nurse intern, I learned undertaking full-time internships with local my own life into perspective. Above all, their how to perform basic care including giv- nonprofit organizations. Learn how an intern- passion in getting the most out of life despite ing injections, bandaging mild to moderate ship at St. Francis House, Boston Area Rape limited vision challenges me every day to live wounds, and diagnosing and treating malaria. Crisis Center, Riverside Community Care life to the fullest. When I was not occupied with patients, I and the Boston Center for Refugee Health Tag(s): Health interviewed medical personnel, social workers, and Human Rights turned into careers in the and administrators to learn more about the fields of mental health, public interest law, 143 broader system of health care and its interac- criminal defense work, and public health. tion with NGOs and the Senegalese govern- Maneuvering the Money Maze: Bridging The alumnae will share the ways in which ment. Because of both limited resources and the Gap Between the Pharmaceutical the Lumpkin program influenced and shaped the influence of the local culture, my percep- Industry and Public Health their career and life decisions. tion of quality health care was stretched and Tehsina F. Devji ’11, Chemistry and Spanish challenged daily. My experiences this summer Tag(s): Poverty, Health, Housing Advisor: Dora Carrico-Moniz, Chemistry reaffirmed my interest in public health and This summer I interned as a research chem- development as a future career path. In this ist at AstraZeneca, a large pharmaceutical company that operates globally. In addition to

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 41 Moving On and Moving Up: 147 through the Lumpkin Institute for Service Supporting Migrants and Immigrants Learning, I interned at the Boston Chinatown (individual presentations) Working with the International Rescue Neighborhood Center (BCNC). In this pre- Committee: Supporting the Resettlement sentation, I will share some of the difficulties PNE 339 of Refugees into the United States faced by residents in Chinatown and ways Priya S. Agarwal-Harding ’12, English 146 BCNC supports them through programs Advisor: Lawrence A. Rosenwald, English designed to improve their quality of life. I From Surviving to Thriving: “We are not just a nation of immigrants; will discuss people’s struggle to learn English Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Boston we are also a nation of refugees.” and find their way out of poverty. The median Erin L. Duffy ’10, Religion —Hillary Clinton ’69 household income is below $16,000, even Advisor: Kate Miller, The Madeleine Korbel though many residents work seven days a week Since the Refugee Act of 1890, the United Albright Institute for Global Affairs and 12 hours per day. I learned that despite States has provided refuge to over 2.5 million the hardships people in Chinatown face, they Before arriving in Boston, most refugees people fleeing from war, persecution, and/ continuously seek to preserve their heritage and asylum seekers have survived displace- or political upheaval. This summer I had the and pride in this transforming and increas- ment, violence, persecution, or torture. opportunity to work as a case management ingly gentrified neighborhood. Once here, they face financial, cultural, and assistant at the Baltimore Resettlement Center personal challenges as they adjust to their of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Tag(s): Migration, Poverty new homeland. There are many organiza- I assisted case managers with providing food, 149 tions that offer support and resources to help housing, employment, medical care, counsel- these new Americans thrive. I have learned ing, cultural orientation, and other services. Experiencing China’s Economic Miracle about the unique experiences of refugees and I gained a deeper understanding of the last from the Bottom Up asylum seekers through my work with two stage of refugee migration and some of the Elizabeth D. Gilmartin ’12, Economics such organizations. This summer I interned hardships of resettlement including appropri- Advisor: C. Pat Giersch, History at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and ate schooling and employment, medical and China’s new upper class of 300,000 million- Human Rights at Boston Medical Center, psychiatric attention, family unification, aires is just one indication of the country’s and I am now working in the refugee services cultural adjustment, and the regaining of a remarkable economic progress during the past department of Catholic Charities in South cultural identity. I also came to understand two decades. But what has this great wealth Boston. In my role as a case manager and the difficulties in maintaining support of brought to the millions at the other end of financial specialist, I coordinate refugee refugees with the transnational challenge of the socioeconomic spectrum? What about clients’ resettlement, from airport pick-ups to resettlement in a way that best protects their the migrant laborers, who have left inland social services. Come to this presentation to safety, identity, and dignity. hear one Wellesley woman’s perspective on the rural areas to look for factory work in the challenges and rewards of assisting refugees Tag(s): Migration, Human Rights booming coastal cities? After studying this and asylum seekers as they build a life in problem in the classroom, I had the chance 148 Boston. to investigate it firsthand while interning at Boston’s Chinatown: Beijing’s Dandelion School for children of Tag(s): Migration Stories of Struggle and Success migrant families and at M&Y Data Solutions Natalie B. Ornell ’12, East Asian Studies (Zhuhai Branch), an outsourcing company Advisor: Verónica Darer, Spanish which employs migrant labor. My presenta- tion focuses on the human costs underwriting You may think of Boston’s Chinatown as the Chinese upper class’ growth as well as the the place for dim sum and late night restau- low prices of the many Chinese products now rants. However, the people of Chinatown, found in United States stores. It also tells the a largely low-income immigrant Asian and inspiring story of one middle school’s efforts Asian American population, boast a rich to serve the children of migrant workers. history and cultural pride. This summer Tag(s): Migration, Money, Human Rights 42 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Old, New, and Future Media experience at Foreign Affairs at the Council on 153 (individual presentations) Foreign Relations as well as work experience at Forbes print and digital. Comparing Foreign Redefining Journalism for an Internet Era: FND 120 Affairs and Forbes—the first, a niche, scholarly Interning for The Daily Caller Alexandra E. Cahill ’11, American Studies and 150 magazine with a small but loyal audience, the second, a leading business magazine with a Political Science Defending My Dying Art: circulation of over 900,000—reveals the com- Advisor: Tom Burke, Political Science Working in Radio Across Continents plicated nature of this evolving industry. The popularity of the Internet and advent of Farah Z. Ahmed ’11, English and Women’s and Tag(s): Media online news and aggregation Web sites such as Gender Studies the Huffington Post, Politico, and the Drudge Advisor: Lawrence A. Rosenwald, English 152 Report revolutionized the field of journalism. People tell me I am invested in a medium Summer at the StoryCorps Project I have been at the center of this fast-growing that will become irrelevant. For two summers The Emma B. Weinstein-Levey ’12, media trend for the past two summers at I worked in radio journalism in two differ- Daily Caller American Studies , an online news organization ent environments: the United Nations in founded by journalist Tucker Carlson. As the Advisor: Michael P. Jeffries, American Studies Manhattan and Radio 2ser, a community sta- assistant to the opinions editor this past sum- tion in Sydney, Australia. In one I learned to As a long time admirer of StoryCorps’ seg- mer, I was responsible for the review and pub- be creative within a bureaucratic agency and ment on NPR’s Morning Edition, I was lication of editorial submissions. I conducted in the other I negotiated complete journalistic delighted to have the opportunity to work regular correspondence with contributors, freedom. Both taught me to see potential in as the participant relations intern at this oral including Ken Blackwell, Lanny Davis, S.E. this amazing, but often overlooked, medium. I history nonprofit. I learned how StoryCorps Cupp, and Larry Kudlow. As a witness to both will discuss new frontiers of radio production, structures its programs, works with thousands the Web site’s foundational stages and initial how to balance prestige and work experience, of diverse individuals and groups across the growth, I learned firsthand the particular and the benefits of pursuing a passion—even country, and about the complex technology challenges of running a news organization as a if it is a “dying art.” I don’t know what the such an organization needs. I focused my small business and maintaining integrity in a future of radio is, but I will be a part of it. summer on two extended projects to improve fast-paced and competitive online community the efficacy of the department’s work, as Tag(s): Media, Arts, Education that remains a largely unchartered frontier. well as maintained contact with StoryCorps Tag(s): Media, Science/Technology, Law/Politics 151 participants, and completed office work. I gained insight into the radio production, 154 Why Magazines Can’t Die: Lessons archiving, and outreach aspects of the orga- Learned from Foreign Affairs and Forbes nization through the projects I worked on. Our Friends from North Korea: Juliet V. Barbara ’10, French and International I found StoryCorps’ mission and project to Volunteering with North Korean Relations-Political Science be incredibly inspiring and crucial. I hope to Defectors in South Korea (panel) Advisor: Robert L. Paarlberg, Political Science incorporate oral history into my Wellesley PNW 116 Often called a “dying industry,” magazine curriculum through a long-term independent publishing is really in transition. Those who project modeled on StoryCorps’ methods for Grace Kim ’12, Spanish; Haesun Cho ’12, seek to innovate through the print to digital recording and archiving oral histories. I hope Psychology; Gi Yoon Kim ’12, Peace and Justice paradigm shift now face a growing set of fas- that attendees of the presentation will leave Studies; Yeh Jin Oh ’13, Undeclared; Janice cinating questions. How will readers be com- with an appreciation of the importance of oral D. Kim ’11, International Relations-Political pelled to pay for intellectual content? What history and a greater understanding of the Science; and Daisy A. Chang ’12, Mathematics will a magazine look like in 20 years, and will many facets of StoryCorps. Advisor: Sun-Hee Lee, East Asian Languages it even exist? How will the business model Tag(s): Museums, Media and Literatures be redefined to satisfy advertisers as well as readers? This session will draw on internship

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 43 Our team of students from Wellesley and a Boston’s Chinatown that offers an empower- 157 group of South Korean college students stood ment program for Chinese American high facing the North Korean soldiers staring school students to develop a side of themselves Token Boards Versus Chill-Out Corners: at us across a low cement divide called the that is not typically encouraged in schools. In Developing Social Skills in Those with 38th Parallel. The residual tension after the addition to learning teaching strategies and Autism Spectrum Disorder CheonAn Ship sinking incident was palpable discussion facilitation methods, I discovered Simone R. Dufresne ’12, Psychology in the air, and we were strictly instructed not that simply having a young and relatable men- Advisor: Tracy R. Gleason, Psychology to make any sudden movements. Our team tor with whom the youth can share out-of-the- I worked at two organizations this summer flew to South Korea thinking we would teach classroom connections can positively influence that use two different methods to accomplish English to North Korean refugee children at their personal development, especially in a similar goal: to help children and adolescents community centers. We did not expect to tour cultivating their self-awareness and bicultural with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) the demilitarized zone with North Korean identities. This experience has reinforced my develop social skills. As a group assistant at defectors and college students and listen to desire to work with adolescent development Advances Learning Center in Watertown, their experiences of having watched loved and encouraged me to deviate from the typical MA, I used Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) ones die of hunger and persecution. Our time emotionally removed methods of teaching. methodology to teach social skills. As a in South Korea gave us insights into an array Tag(s): Education, Youth, Grassroots Organizing counselor at the Spotlight program in Beverly, of resettlement programs including private MA, I used theater/improvisation games and schools, government-sponsored boarding 156 built relationships with students as part of schools, and defector resource centers. North Rushing Reform in DC Public Schools their social pragmatics program. I found that Korea is not just Kim Jong Il’s lair; it is also both these evidence-based methodologies Amanda E. Pollak ’12, Undeclared the home of 24 million people. though different have a place in social skills Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education Tag(s): Human Rights intervention. Their application and effective- As long as Michelle Rhee has led DC Public ness on children and adolescents in the autism Out of Bounds? No “Time-Outs” Schools (DCPS), critics have questioned the spectrum, depend largely on the person’s age, for Educational Reform speed and scope of the reforms she sought. functioning level, and knowledge of basic (individual presentations) No matter the source of complaint, her social behaviors. response has been unwavering: no change Tag(s): Education, Youth PNW 117 is fast enough for DCPS students. Over the past year, I witnessed firsthand the results of 155 158 this rush to reform as a full-time intern in Blurring Boundaries: DCPS’ central office. In the process, I helped Let’s Play!: An Endeavor to Preserve Bridging the Ethnocultural Gap build procedural and technological systems Traditional Games Played in the Slums Through Alternative Education to sustain reform. These included tools and Pratibha Chauhan ’13, Undeclared Dora M. Hui ’11, Psychology and processes for collecting and monitoring staff Advisor: Victor H. Kazanjian, Office of American Studies evaluations, staff hiring, student eligibility, Religious and Spiritual Life Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education and student payments in Out-of-School Time This summer resulted as one of the most Caught in the collision of distinct cultures, programs, and for streamlining communica- rewarding experiences of my life. I was given many adolescents of ethnic backgrounds tion and task management between the cen- an opportunity to live the day-to-day life struggle with negotiating the cultural bound- tral office and schools. Working with DCPS of a typical slum child through my project: aries between school and home. This difficulty was rewarding, enriching and life changing, compiling a booklet of traditional games and is often linked to a lack of relevant cultural but also gave me a new appreciation for the activities prevalent among the slum children. presence within mainstream textbooks and a frustrations of bureaucracy and the patience To gather the data, I participated in multiple shortage of educators with whom students can required of public servants who drudge year after-school study centers conducted by a relate. This summer I interned at the Chinese after year in pursuit of the elusive “enough”. local NGO in the slums of Yerwada in Pune, Progressive Association, a nonprofit based in Tag(s): Education, Law/Politics, Urban India. During my visits to the slums, I directly

44 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d interacted with children, took part in all activ- Storytelling Through Bricks and while educating visitors to the significance of ities, and prepared a detailed profile of every Mortar (individual presentations) the site’s gold mining past. Through my work game that I encountered. I was astounded to I learned to help people from all backgrounds FND 102 see that scarcity of resources didn’t hinder relate to the struggles of the past. My adven- their enthusiasm for games. My presentation 160 tures living alone 16 miles from phone service will discuss the significance of the games made me appreciate the Wellesley community played in the slums, their role in the develop- More Than Just Stairs—A Journey as I rediscovered a simpler, but infinitely more ment of the children, and traditional values Through Preservation Politics difficult life. These experiences and the knowl- associated with them. Eliza J. Tibbits ’11, Architecture edge I gained through my internship will aid Advisor: Martha J. McNamara, Art Tag(s): Education, Poverty, Youth my future work in museums and also in my Working at the Bostonian Society—stewards everyday social encounters at Wellesley. Those 159 of Boston’s Old State House Museum—gave who attend my presentation will get a sense me a fascinating look into the hidden politics of the history of the Wild West but also enjoy Language and National Identity in Senegal: of architecture and historic preservation. My learning about my own personal adventure liv- Colonial Language as Official Language primary job was to research historic elements ing at 10,920 feet. Kiersten L. Kelley ’11, Sociology of the building to help prepare for the reinter- Advisor: Smitha Radhakrishnan, Sociology Tag(s): Museums, Education, Environment pretation of this National Historic Landmark. There are over 25 codified national languages Because of its landmark status, changes to 162 in Senegal, yet French is the only official the architecture of the Old State House must Caveman or Indian? Anthropological language, used in schools and for all govern- be reviewed by various historic preservation Representation and the Natural History ment publications. This summer I spent a agencies. The project brought me to a series Museum month after my study abroad program in of meetings with the Boston Redevelopment Shannon M. Ward ’12, Anthropology Dakar, Senegal, conducting interviews with Agency and Boston Landmarks Commission. Advisor: Adam Van Arsdale, Anthropology primary schoolteachers. My main goal was Through the process I learned that while to understand something about the relation- landmark designation is a valuable tool for This summer I interned with the exhibition ship between languages used in the education historic preservation, it isn’t a perfect sys- development team at Chicago’s Field Museum system and the evolution of Senegalese postco- tem. It can create major obstacles for even of Natural History, which was founded lonial national identity. The Senegalese educa- the smallest structural changes to buildings to house the biological and ethnographic tion system has experienced a chaotic history designated as landmarks. Another highlight material from the 1893 World’s Columbian following independence in 1960. Particularly of the project was conducting research on the Exhibition. While developing content for following the education budget cuts associated Old State House at other cultural institutions future exhibits, consulting with the museum’s with World Bank-mandated structural adjust- such as the Boston Public Library, Boston anthropologists, and conducting visitor sur- ment policies in the 1980s, countless reforms Athenaeum, and Massachusetts Historical veys, I came to understand the role natural have been proposed and enacted. Few of these Society. history museums play in creating public have been comprehensive or successful and impressions of cultural diversity. Because Tag(s): Museums many have sparked violent or divisive teacher the field of anthropology is largely contained and student strikes, some lasting more than a 161 within colleges and universities, the natural year. I hope to place my interviews within the history museum remains the primary means Senegalese social and historical context. Living the High Life through which anthropological theories are Grace E. Mandel ’12, Political Science Tag(s): Education, Language/Literature, communicated to a greater public. My intern- Advisor: Ryan A. Quintana, History Cultural/Ethnic Origins ship therefore presented me with a unique This summer I interned for the Aspen opportunity to glimpse inside the processes Historical Society at the Ghost Town of that create this public voice of anthropology. Independence in Colorado. I worked toward With an eye to the museum’s colonialist his- preserving the historical integrity of the site tory, this presentation explores the politics of

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 45 constructing its contemporary ethnographic conquer the surrounding people. But their scientific process firsthand and make con- displays and the consequences of its finished settlement became more than a relic of war- tributions to understanding this property of exhibitions. time strategy when from its ruins sprung the yttrium oxide. Nature does not behave in the Tag(s): Museums, Cultural/Ethnic Origins vibrant city of Lyon, a town bursting with life way that fits our theories but behaves in a way and, of particular interest to this architecture we must work to understand. 163 major, exquisitely preserved buildings. This Tag(s): Science/Technology past June, with pen to paper and eye to lens, Golden Tiled Road: Byzantine Art in Italy I sought to track the architectural history of 166 Katherine E. Nunes ’11, Political Science Lyon, France. Much to my surprise, more Advisor: Lara G. Tohme, Art and David M. Finding a Genotypic Explanation for the than a mere architectural chronology, my Ward, Italian Studies Progression of HIV/AIDS sketches and photographs revealed to me a Eun Je Seo ’12, East Asian Studies This summer thanks to funding from the new way of appreciating the built form and Advisor: Didem Vardar-Ulu, Chemistry Peggs Study Abroad Extension Grant, I had the history of France. Through a presentation the marvelous opportunity to travel across discussion of my visual studies, I will share Upon the completion of the Human Genome Italy, seeking its Byzantine past. I found excel- the fascinating story of the often ignored and Project in April 2003, scientists believed that lent examples in the cities of Ravenna and truly spectacular city of Lyon. all human genomes are 99.9 percent identical Palermo, two centers of highly concentrated to the sequenced genome. This fact, however, Tag(s): Museums, Urban, Cultural/Ethnic Byzantine artistic influence in the country. I was soon disproved with the discovery of Origins spent extensive time identifying figures, epi- copy number variations, a significant genomic sodes, and symbols present in many works, as Surprise, Surprise! Unexpected variation in segments of DNA that is approxi- well as noting the use of characteristic decora- Outcomes of Scientific Research mately 1,000 bases in length. This summer I tive elements. Especially rich in material are (individual presentations) used qPCR to detect copy number variations the mosaic-filled churches. Since visiting these in the DNA samples of HIV-negative patients, places I have considered the way in which PNE 129 specifically long-term nonprogressors and Byzantine presence in the area left not only progressors. A significant genomic difference 165 incredible testaments to such a distinct artistic between the two cohorts would provide a tradition in a western zone, but the political Endless Theories: Exploring the Oddities genomic explanation of the way in which implications of its arrival. It also spurred me of Yttrium Oxide Thin Films long-term nonprogressors control the replica- to consider the effect of religion on societal Kristal K. Chamberlain ’12, Chemistry tion of the HIV virus without receiving any construction, since Emperor Justinian I, under Advisor: Glenn Stark, Physics medical treatment. Through my research whose reign many of Ravenna’s monuments Science is often unpredictable, and when I experience with the Ph.D. and postdoctoral were erected, pushed heavily for religious set out this summer to study thin film optics students in the labs at the Mt. Sinai Medical unity in the empire. at Brigham Young University, I had the Center, I came to appreciate and find excite- Tag(s): Museums, Cultural/Ethnic Origins, opportunity to analyze a very unexpected phe- ment in the ever changing, revolutionary field Urban nomenon. Yttrium oxide is known to be a very of science. stable material, so imagine my surprise when Tag(s): Science/Technology 164 upon exposure to ultraviolet light yttrium 167 Ink and Exposure: The Architectural oxide thin films were seen to grow by as much History of Lyon Through Images as 400 percent! Through a summer of surpris- Lesion Study of the Iowa Scales of Artemis E. Jenkins ’12, Architecture ing twists and turns, I watched as my theories Personality Change Advisor: Daniela Rivera, Art to explain the occurrence were proven false Victoria E.K. Walker-Sperling ’11, Biological one by one. Although no conclusions have yet Two thousand years ago, the Romans sought Sciences been made as to what is actually happening the strategic vantage point of Fourvière Hill Advisor: Irene L. Newton, Biological Sciences to the material, I was able to experience the in southeastern France as they attempted to This summer I worked in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at the University of Iowa on

46 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d how brain lesions affect personality change. presentation will provide a glimpse into how responsible for conducting a research project The experience of living on my own and economists use quantitative and qualitative detailing instances of prime money market working in a teaching hospital showed me the methods to evaluate and guide the decisions of mutual fund support during the asset-backed process of researching: starting with literature policymakers. commercial paper crisis of late 2007, and the searches and eventually ending with the analy- Tag(s): Money failure of Lehman Brothers in September of sis of the data. Personality change has long 2008. Over one-third of all prime money been associated with damage to the frontal 169 market mutual funds had managers that con- lobe, and I used the Iowa Scales of Personality tributed capital to their fund in order to keep The National Export Initiative: Change (ISPC) to determine how lesion loca- the fund’s net asset value at $0.995 or greater Making America Globally Competitive tion affected personality. My work at this lab in order to round up to $1 per share. To this in the Twenty-First Century helped me to learn about neuroscience in more day, several of these funds remain in fragile Melanie L. Kaplan ’12, Latin American Studies detail, grasp how broad goals, such as the positions despite millions of dollars of capital Advisor: Olga Shurchkov ’01, Economics location of consciousness, may be solved by contributions by their managers. By sifting specific research, like the location of personal- At a time when persistently high unemploy- through a sea of financial statements and ity, and the manner in which knowledge is ment and home foreclosure rates bring raw data I was able to contribute meaningful acquired. Because of this experience, I have about worries of stagnation and the dreaded analysis to the Federal Reserve system. “double-dip recession,” people wonder what solidified my resolve to do medical research in Tag(s): Money graduate school and beyond. the government and its policy experts are doing to fix the ailing U.S. economy. This Tag(s): Science/Technology, Health 171 summer I had the opportunity to see one of Changes in the Financial World: Surviving the Global Recession the solutions in action: the National Export My Experience with a Company in Crisis (individual presentations) Initiative (NEI). Introduced by President Barack Obama in his January 2010 State Simi Oberoi ’11, Art History and PNE 239 of the Union Address, the NEI proposes to Political Science double U.S. exports within the next five years Advisor: Joel Krieger, Political Science 168 and to create two million American jobs in My internship with AXA Rosenberg, an Global Imbalance or “Global in Balance”? the process. As an intern at the Department of equity management firm based in San BeiBei Zhan ’11, Economics and Mathematics Commerce, I was privy to the inner workings Francisco, provided me with a unique per- Advisor: Eric D. Hilt, Economics of the bureaucracy and the lengthy process of spective on the financial industry. Founded In an increasingly globalized world economy, policy implementation. The NEI encourages in 1985 by a professor at the University of the discussion of global imbalances has the government and the private sector to work California—Berkeley, and with offices world- become both controversial and important for together to improve economic growth, correct wide, AXA Rosenberg was acquired by French macroeconomic policies. While some claim the trade imbalance, and make America glob- insurance powerhouse AXA in 1999. The that Americans’ spending behavior threat- ally competitive in the twenty-first century. company has experienced a dramatic decline ens to place future generations on a path to Tag(s): Law/Politics, Money in assets under management over the past ruin, others are more optimistic. Aspiring to year, primarily due to an error in one of the investigate this issue further, I was given the 170 company’s investment algorithms. Working closely under the company’s global chief opportunity to do research at the Hong Kong Making Sense of the Money Market Mutual operating officer, I gained a true sense of how Monetary Authority economics research divi- Fund Industry Post-Financial Crisis AXA Rosenberg is in the process of changing sion to formulate new methods to measure the Maria A. Onaindia ’11, Economics and Peace its investment strategies, internal structures, extent of global imbalances. Using 40 years of and Justice Studies and client relationships to effectively stay in data on 90 economies covering nearly 98 per- Advisor: Eric D. Hilt, Economics cent of world GDP, this internship enriched business. Given the current economic climate I spent my summer at The Federal Reserve my experience with research design, question- and various internal factors, my internship was Bank of Boston as an intern in the supervi- naire development, and raw data analysis. This sion, regulation, and credit department. I was

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 47 particularly insightful and offered a genuine 173 technology to “help Himalayan communities snapshot of life in the business world during adapt to rapid environmental and socioeco- one of the most trying times in its history. The Xelaju Stove Project: The Challenges nomic change by promoting environmental With Attempting a Development Project Tag(s): Money health and incubating local innovation and Ana L. Medrano Fernandez ’13, Undeclared entrepreneurship”, OED promised a novel way Sustainable Solutions Advisor: William A. Joseph, Political Science to approach sustainability. Being immersed (individual presentations) Guatemala is known as “the land of trees.” in a diverse working environment and field- The problem of deforestation, however, has work in Tibetan communities deepened my FND 126 affected the rich ecology this country has understanding of ways to overcome tension 172 to offer. Alleviating this problem requires a within organizational structure and cultural critical look at the basic energy needs of low- barriers, respectively. Ultimately, I realized “Gonna Take Pollution Down to Zero” income homes. Lack of economic resources that sustainability of any project encompasses Amanda J. Faulkner ’11, Environmental Studies and inefficient fuel sources force these families not only ownership of local beneficiaries Advisor: Beth DeSombre, Environmental to cut trees at an increasing rate. ONIL wood- that may only be achieved through for-profit Studies burning stoves are proven to reduce firewood financial structures, but also appreciation for How can we address climate change and consumption by an average of 50 percent; employees via a transparent and open working decrease carbon emissions in the most effi- reduce the possibility of pulmonary diseases environment. cient and effective ways? This past year I was and of children being burnt by an open flame. Tag(s): Environment given the chance to be a part of the Clinton Although these stoves sound like a solution Foundation’s Climate Initiative (CCI) and to this problem, this presentation will show 175 Building Retrofit Program (BRP). Buildings that carrying out a successful project abroad Tanner Technology Initiative: account for 39 percent of primary energy use requires much more than a good idea and Clients, Creativity, and Collaboration in the United States, yet could become a much willingness to help. Those who attend this (panel) smaller percentage through retrofits. CCI’s presentation will have an understanding of BRP helped to complete projects such as an the cultural, social, and economic hurdles that FND 128 energy efficiency retrofit of the Empire State come with carrying out a project in another Caroline Sun ’11, Economics and Media Building that reduced energy use by 38 per- country. Arts and Sciences; Alexandra L. Olivier ’11, cent and saves $4.4 million annually. During Tag(s): Environment, Youth, Grassroots Computer Science and French; Heidi J. Wang my work with the global BRP team I learned Organizing ’12, Media Arts and Sciences; Jacob Getto, Olin about both the potential for energy reduc- ’12, Electrical and Computer Engineering; and tion and the barriers that are preventing the 174 Colette M. Whitaker ’10, Computer Science and market from fully realizing this opportunity. Tashi Delek: Redefining Sustainability in Psychology Retrofits present a massive untapped source of the Highlands of Western China Advisor: Franklyn A. Turbak, Computer Science carbon reduction around the world and could Yu-Chieh Wang ’11, Economics be an essential component in fighting climate The goal of the Tanner Technology Initiative Advisor: Gauri K. Shastry, Economics change. is to improve participant and attendee experi- Greeted by the vast grasslands and brick- ences at the annual Tanner Conference by Tag(s): Environment, Science/Technology, colored mountains of the Tibetan plateau, I developing novel applications that not only Law/Politics had the privilege of interning at One Earth highlight the achievements of Wellesley Designs (OED), a start-up nonprofit organiza- women in the world but also celebrate the tion in Qinghai Province, China, this past conference’s ten-year anniversary. With diverse summer. My previous experiences working backgrounds in computer science, media arts with NGOs shaped my drive to learn about and sciences, and electrical and computer strategies to implement a sustainable devel- opment project. Bearing the mission to use

48 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d engineering, five Tanner Technology interns who needs it by June 2011. Within this large 178 worked closely with the Center for Work campaign, I was assigned to the drug access and Service and with faculty members from team with which I worked to purchase all “¡Lavate Las Manos!”: Taking Action to both Wellesley College and Olin College of ARV medication required to support the Promote Public Health in Costa Rica Engineering to create a personalized online campaign. Creating and using mathematical Katelin A. Snow ’11, Mathematics and Cataia scheduler and build two touch-sensitive com- models to predict future treatment trends and L. Ives ’11, Environmental Studies putational surfaces and the interactive applica- coordinating the efforts of local and interna- Advisor: Carla M. Verschoor, Chemistry tions that run on them. tional partners while designing government In spring 2010, we participated in the The panel members will discuss how their publications and posters to urge people to get Organization for Tropical Studies global summer experiences inspired them to take tested allowed me to witness the top-down health semester in Costa Rica to study issues an interdisciplinary and creative approach to campaign to combat a deadly disease. related to public health and tropical medicine. brainstorming and problem solving, expanded Tag(s): Health With 13 other students and three professors, upon their course work through practical we traversed the country, taking courses, application of classroom material, and fostered 177 learning about Costa Rican culture, and initi- collaboration between the Wellesley and Olin Survival of the Unfit: The Implications of ating multiple health promotion campaigns in College communities. Globalization on Public Health in India underserved areas. We will discuss our experi- ences teaching personal hygiene at a rural Tag(s): Media, Science/Technology Deeba L. Zivari ’11, Comparative Literature primary school, setting up our own primary Advisor: Margery M. Sabin, English The Community and the Clinic: care clinic, helping residents of urban slums Over the course of eight months and across Global Public Health Initiatives prevent dengue infection, and interacting five different countries, I explored public (individual presentations) with local shamans to understand indigenous health and its social and political deter- medical practices. Our experience through PNE 127 minants: local, national, and global. This homestays, personal travel, and independent summer I was an apprentice to a volunteer research allowed us to interact with local 176 gynecologist and an intern to Self Employed communities and to fully immerse ourselves Combating HIV/AIDS: The Clinton Women’s Association (SEWA) International, in the Costa Rican culture. We completed Foundation and the National Department an organization orchestrating community our adventure with a deeper understanding of of Health, South Africa service between private corporations and com- the factors that affect human health and with Samira S. Daswani ’12, Art History munities in need. Utilizing the comparative a desire to work toward making health care Advisor: Marianne V. Moore, Biological perspective I developed during study abroad, I accessible to all. investigated the current public health status of Sciences Tag(s): Health slums in Pune, India, and devised methods for This summer I interned at the Clinton improving health awareness. After hundreds Health Access Initiative (CHAI) office in of house visits and cups of chai, women in South Africa. The elaborate collaboration slums revealed that despite their social subor- among CHAI, the South African National dination and lack of mobility, they strongly Department of Health (NDoH) and other influence the domestic domain and can serve partners, is working on the newly launched as messengers of viable healthy practices in Counseling and Testing campaign to combat areas such as nutrition and hygiene. However, HIV/AIDS. This campaign offers free testing the issue of health is difficult to approach in in all public health clinics with the objective these settings due not only to the instability of of testing up to 15 million South Africans households but also to the silence surrounding with the goal of providing anti-retroviral sexuality and gender. (ARV) treatment to 80 percent of everyone Tag(s): Health, Migration, Women

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In honor of its tenth anniversary, the Tanner Conference features special technology projects that highlight how Wellesley’s presence in the world has expanded through international study, internships, and fellowships. These projects, which include a Web-based conference scheduler and applications for large interactive surfaces, were developed in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science at Wellesley College and Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. International Study Every year, nearly 50 percent of Wellesley College juniors participate in semester or full-year international study programs in more than 40 countries. Roughly a third of those who study internationally are enrolled in Wellesley College- sponsored programs, with the remainder selecting programs sponsored by other colleges, universities, or international study providers. Internships and Stipends Wellesley College supports a large and diverse number of summer internships and community service projects in the United States and around the world. This summer, more than 300 students participated in 76 internship programs in 35 countries. Fellowships Wellesley College offers fellowships for graduate study or research that are open to graduating seniors and Wellesley alumnae. Each year, the College supports approximately 50 women in both national and international programs of study or research. In addition, faculty committees assist candidates in applying for national fellowships, such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Truman, and Goldwater.

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Argentina Japan Austria Jordan International Study Bangladesh Lebanon Barbados Malawi Internships and Stipends Bulgaria Montenegro Cambodia Morocco Fellowships Cape Verde Pakistan China Peru Patterns indicate multiple categories Costa Rica Russia Ecuador Rwanda Egypt South Africa Ghana South Korea Guatemala Switzerland Hong Kong SAR Tanzania Honduras Uganda India United Kingdom Israel United States Italy

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54 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 55 International Study students a side of China not seen by tourists. courses for a total of 30 to 32 credits, and This program is available in the spring, sum- receive full credit for the year. One academic- Department of Classical Studies mer, or fall terms. year course may be taken at the coeducational Waseda University’s International Division (in College Year in Athens Associated Kyoto Program, Japan English) at no additional expense. Students This program is designed for students inter- Wellesley College is a member of a consor- have the choice of living in a dormitory or ested in the study of ancient, medieval, or tium of 16 liberal arts colleges that sponsors a homestay. In addition to a versatile liberal modern Greece and its environs. Courses are the Associated Kyoto Program at Doshisha arts curriculum with a strong emphasis on offered in archaeology, art history, classical University in Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital. Japanese studies, the university offers a wide languages and literature, ethnography, his- This two-semester program is an enriching, range of club and extracurricular activities. tory, international relations, modern Greek rigorous experience that provides an oppor- language and literature, philosophy, political tunity for students to study the Japanese For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ science, and religion. This semester or yearlong language and take related courses in the EALL/Documents/japanese_abroad.html program in Athens emphasizes ancient Greece, humanities and the social sciences while liv- Department of French with some attention paid to modern Greece ing with a homestay family in the Kyoto area. and the Greek language. Courses are taught by professors from the par- Wellesley-in-Aix ticipating colleges and by Japanese-language The Wellesley-in-Aix program offers an excit- Intercollegiate Center for Classical teachers. Students take courses in English and ing and challenging course of study, as well as Studies in Rome Japanese, and are encouraged to participate in an authentic experience of French life and cul- This program focuses on the archaeology and travel and cultural activities. ture. It is open to women and men alike. Its topography of ancient Rome, and is taught by modest size (30 to 35 participants) allows close American faculty. Approximately 35 students For more information, visit: www.associated- attention to be paid to individual interests and are enrolled in the program each semester. kyotoprogram.org academic needs. Students begin with a pre- Each student takes four units: a required two- Ewha Womans University, Seoul, session of preparatory course work and cul- unit course on “The Ancient City”; one unit of South Korea tural excursions in Paris. In Aix, students Greek or Latin; and one other unit, such as art Wellesley College offers a student-for-student are fully matriculated at the University of history or the Italian language. exchange program with Ewha Womans Provence (Aix-Marseille) and take the same For more information about these programs, University in Seoul. Wellesley students attend courses as French students. Majors in political visit: www.wellesley.edu/ClassicalStudies/ classes in Ewha’s international coeducational science, international relations, and econom- CLSTWWW/abroad.html programs. All classes, with the exception of ics are also registered at Sciences Po-Aix. Korean, are taught in English. Students who Participants share studio apartments in Aix’s Department of East Asian Languages have mastered the Korean language also may centre ville (downtown); homestays with and Literatures take courses at the university outside of the selected families also are available. CET Beijing Chinese Language Program international program. For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ Based in one of China’s most dynamic cities For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ OIS/Aix/wellesley-in-aix.html (and the home of so-called standard Chinese), EALL/Documents/korean_abroad.html the CET Beijing program immerses students Department of German in local Chinese life. Students have the oppor- Japan Women’s University, Tokyo Wellesley-in-Vienna tunity to live with Chinese roommates from This is a challenging, total-immersion, year- Wellesley College’s Department of German local universities and to enroll in innovative long, student-for-student exchange program sponsors a junior-year-abroad program at language courses that challenge their skills for one or two students per year between the University of Vienna. Founded in 1365, inside and outside the classroom. The pro- Wellesley College and Japan Women’s the university is the oldest university in gram’s unique activities further capitalize on University, which is located in the heart of a German-speaking country, and enrolls Beijing’s rich learning environment and show Tokyo. Students take courses at the university students in more than 180 programs and in addition to intensive Japanese-language

56 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d departments. Wellesley-in-Vienna offers recommended before the semester or yearlong For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ academic-year and spring-semester options program in Bologna. The language course Spanish/StudyAbroad/index.html and click on that allow students in almost all majors to consists of a fast-paced and thorough grammar the link Wellesley in Puebla. pursue their academic interests. An on-site review presented in the context of contem- Programa de Estudios Hispánicos en resident director assists students with integra- porary Italian issues, with a particular focus Córdoba (PRESHCO), Spain tion into university life. The opportunity to on Southern Italian art, history, customs, A consortium of Oberlin College, Smith participate in internships at various political, and traditions. Learning of the language and College, the College of Wooster, Trinity cultural, and social institutions is a feature of understanding of the culture are also fostered College, Wellesley College, and Wheaton the program. Internship stipends are made through a rich program of social and artistic College (Massachusetts) created the Programa available by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 events, extracurricular activities, and guided de Estudios Hispánicos en Córdoba in 1981 International Internship Fund with an appli- tours in the region of Puglia. to encourage the intellectual and personal cation through the Center for Work and For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ growth that comes from cultural immersion. Service. Italian/ecco-bologna.html The program offers students an opportunity www.wellesley.edu/ to strengthen their acquisition of the Spanish For more information, visit: Department of Spanish German/studyabroad.html language while fostering an appreciation of Program for Mexican Culture and Spanish history and culture through studies in Office of International Study Society in Puebla, Mexico a variety of disciplines. The PRESHCO pro- The Wellesley College Office of International Wellesley College, Oberlin College, gram is designed not only for Spanish majors, Study provides advice and support for Smith College, and Wheaton College but for anyone wishing to develop fluency Wellesley students who elect to study in a (Massachusetts) jointly offer an international in Spanish for future professional endeavors. foreign country for a semester or an academic study program in conjunction with the Academic study centers on courses taught year. Each year, almost 50 percent of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla by regular faculty from the Universidad junior class pursues academic course work (BUAP). Students in this program enroll de Córdoba, but developed to address the internationally for at least one semester. Of directly in regular Mexican university courses requirements of American universities and those, about a third enroll in one of Wellesley’s across nearly all divisions of the BUAP, a large colleges; the program also offers direct international study or exchange programs in public research university. Students build an matriculation at the Universidad de Córdoba. Austria, Egypt, France, Hong Kong SAR, individually tailored curriculum in collabora- Course offerings are extensive, both in terms Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, or tion with an on-site resident director who is of PRESHCO courses and general university the United Kingdom. The remainder enroll in a faculty member of one of the sponsoring offerings, ranging from the fine arts to envi- one of more than 150 approved programs or institutions. Supplemental language and ronmental sciences and engineering, from direct-enrollment options. All students consid- subject-matter tutoring is provided. As bona comparative law and politics to seminars in ering spending a semester or year in a foreign fide students of the BUAP, participants enjoy literature and film. Depending on individual country during their junior year should begin full access to university facilities and services. preferences, students are housed in privately the process early in their sophomore year. They live with host Mexican families. An run dormitories or with host Spanish families. extensive cultural activities program, as well as A variety of planned excursions complement For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ excursions to Mexico City, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, and enhance the program of study. OIS/ and Chiapas complement the curricular offer- For more information, visit: sophia.smith.edu/ Department of Italian Studies ings. The program has two terms: from early blog/preshco August through mid-December and from Eastern College Consortium (ECCO), early January through late May. Each term Bologna, Italy offers a considerably longer international- The ECCO in Lecce is an intensive three- study experience than the usual semester— week summer program offered in the month which may be of particular benefit to students of August. It is a rigorous linguistic and a who cannot spend an entire year outside the valuable cultural full-immersion experience United States.

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 57 Internships and Stipends Anchor Point Internships in Global Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative Leadership Internship Program Center for Work and Service These internships were established through The Clinton Foundation was established to Identified Internship Programs the generosity of Amy Batchelor ’88 and Brad address poverty and health inequalities across Feld. Wellesley College students undertake the globe, by expanding access to lifesaving The adeleineM Korbel Albright Institute ten-week summer internships in programs that medicines and by helping developing countries for Global Affairs foster their connections to the global com- systematize their approaches to health care. In 2010, Wellesley College successfully munity and encourage their global leadership Clinton Foundation interns conduct ten-week launched the Madeleine Korbel Albright skills and activities. Anchor Point internship summer internships as part of the Clinton Institute for Global Affairs. Forty students placements have been available in a number of Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI). were chosen as Albright Fellows and partici- countries, including Cameroon, Cape Verde, Established in 2002, the program is the corner- pated in an intensive Wintersession program Egypt, and Tanzania, for students from a stone initiative of the foundation. In summer in January. As the second component of the variety of academic backgrounds. Internship 2010, a Clinton Foundation internship place- Institute program, the Albright Fellows each sites included a foundation dedicated to ment was available in South Africa. Students pursued summer internships in global affairs. young women’s scientific and technological applying for a CHAI internship should state A combination of new and existing internship education, a local women’s NGO working their preferred country on their application. opportunities allowed the students to apply to improve economic and social conditions, However, ultimate country placement is deter- what they learned to their work in the field. among others. These community develop- mined by the Clinton Foundation. In summer 2010, the Albright Fellows partici- ment-based projects will enable students to pated in internships in 19 countries around For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ encounter the diversity, creative dynamism, the world. CWS/students/wcclintonchai.html and humanity existing throughout the world. American Cities Internship Program Internships in International Human For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ What is it like to have a job in a major Rights Organizations CWS/students/anchorpointgloballeadership.html American city? The American Cities This program places students in interna- Internship Program translates Wellesley Children’s Hospital Boston, Division of tional and domestic organizations working College’s liberal arts education into action by Hematology/Oncology on human rights problems. During their providing interns with an intensive, career- This internship provides an opportunity internship, students address the issues of civil related experience and the opportunity to for students to learn skills related to basic, rights, equality, and justice throughout the live in such cities as Atlanta, Chicago, Los translational, and clinical research in pediatric world. Placements vary from year to year. In Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. blood diseases, cancer, and stem cell biology. 2010, students were selected to work with the Students are placed in for-profit and nonprofit The intern will work with a mentor to conduct Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human organizations, with alumnae mentors when basic research in a laboratory, or to contribute Rights in Seoul, South Korea; with the Centre possible. Through their internships, students to the development of a clinical research for Social Cohesion and the Henry Jackson become familiar with professional responsibili- effort. The intern is expected to become famil- Society in London, United Kingdom; and ties, create networks for future employment, iar with the research approaches used by her with the Iran Human Rights Documentation and learn the importance of cultivating mentor. At the mentor’s discretion, she may Center in New Haven, CT. relationships with coworkers of diverse ages develop a specific project with a current mem- For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ and backgrounds. By living independently, ber of the research team. CWS/students/ihrdc.html students gain an understanding of city living For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ from a multidisciplinary perspective. Lumpkin Summer Institute CWS/students/ChildrenHosHematology.html for Service Learning For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ Designed for students with a commitment CWS/students/amcitiesintern.html to service, the ten-week Lumpkin Summer Institute for Service Learning challenges students to explore and participate in social change in the greater Boston area. During 58 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d the program, students live together in Boston Summer Internships in Psychology a local NGO working to create stronger cross- while undertaking full-time internships at the Walker School and Riverside cultural relationships. These education and with local nonprofit organizations. Led by Community Care community development-based projects enable Wellesley College faculty, staff, and nonprofit The Summer Internships in Psychology students to encounter the diversity, creative practitioners, weekly seminars integrating Program was developed in order to give dynamism, and humanity of the continent. experiential and traditional classroom learning students the opportunity to gain highly valu- For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ benefits not only the Wellesley interns but also able clinical experience that helps them make CWS/students/africa.html the communities in which they serve. informed career choices. Working in a com- munity-based agency sensitizes the students Wellesley Internships in Europe For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ to issues of cultural diversity and poverty Established in 2009, the Wellesley Internships CWS/students/servicelearning.html and increases their understanding of the bio- in Europe program provides an intensive, The lisabethE Luce Moore ’24 Summer psycho-social model of mental disorders. Thus career-related internship in a student’s field Internships in Asia the interns develop a deeper appreciation of of interest. Since the program’s inception, The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer the complex interface between genetic make- students have been placed with the Peggy Internships in Asia aim to prepare students up, psychological coping strategies, and the Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. for lives and careers in a global economy. larger socio-cultural forces determining how Through the internship, students become Through internships in East Asian business, individuals negotiate the vicissitudes of life. familiar with museum management in one government, and nonprofit organizations, stu- of the great art cities of Europe. In future For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ dents gain a knowledge of local business and years, interns will explore the NGO and busi- CWS/students/summerpsychologyintern.html cultural norms that informs their liberal arts ness sectors, and experience life in other education and prepares them for professions in Vieques Internship Program major cities. an interconnected world. The program, which During this Wellesley College Wintersession For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ currently sponsors internships in China, and summer internship, students at the CWS/students/wceurope.html Hong Kong SAR, Japan, and South Korea, Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust was established in 1999 with a grant from the (VCHT) help advance the organization’s mis- Wellesley Internships in India Henry Luce Foundation, and builds on ties sion of promoting environmental stewardship Established in 2007, the Wellesley Internships between Wellesley College and Asia that date and community activism. Vieques Island, 21 in India program provides students in all to the late nineteenth century. miles long and five miles wide, is located ten majors the opportunity to undertake ten- miles off the eastern shore of Puerto Rico’s week summer internships in New Delhi, For more information, visit: www.wellesley. main island. The VCHT works to protect and Mumbai, and Varanasi. Placements are avail- edu/CWS/students/luce.html preserve local natural resources, including able in grassroots educational, organizing, SoundWaters Summer Internship Program the most abundant bioluminescent bay in and advocacy organizations. Responsibilities This program funds a student to work as a the world. Interns contribute to the imple- and projects include research, teaching, head educator, deckhand, and mate aboard mentation of several educational and research mentoring, communications, and office SoundWaters, an 80-foot, three-masted schoo- programs. projects. Participation will enable students ner docked in Stamford, CT. This “floating to develop flexibility, knowledge of the For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ classroom” program offers a multidisciplinary complexities and cultures of India, and the CWS/students/vieques.html environmental curriculum for children and ability to work in varying cultural contexts. adults in Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk Wellesley Internships in Africa Students are exposed to the culturally rich counties in NY, and in Fairfield County, CT. Through Wellesley Internships in Africa, regions and diverse populations of the Indian Educators live and teach aboard SoundWaters. students undertake ten-week summer intern- subcontinent. ships in Morocco and Uganda. Placements For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ are available to students from a variety of aca- CWS/students/soundwaters.html cws/students/india.html demic backgrounds in organizations ranging from an international educational program to

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 59 Wellesley Internships in Latin America economics. This program provides stipends Class of 1989 10th Reunion Fund (WILA) for internships in nonprofit or for-profit This fund supports one student every summer The Wellesley Internships in Latin America organizations. to experiment in her career choice and gain (WILA) program provides placements in var- Blessing Way Summer Public Service valuable work experience in either a nonprofit ied fields such as political and environmental Internship or for-profit organization. sciences, economics, Latin American politics, This internship supports a Wellesley College Margaret C. Gordon Law and Education history, biology, and sociology. Students gain student committed to making a difference in Public Service Award real-world experience and learn about the her community. It is designed for a student This fund supports a Wellesley College stu- challenges facing this region. Students in all who is interested in working with a nonprofit dent committed to serving disadvantaged fields and majors are encouraged to apply for or public organization and in building a long- communities through an unpaid summer WILA internships in Argentina and Costa term commitment to service. In addition, it internship in public-interest law and/or in Rica. Through the program, interns gain will support students who show leadership an urban public-school reform or support an insider’s perspective on some of the most potential in this area or in their past service program. The stipend enables a student to dynamic areas of the world. work. The intern’s project can focus on any take an unpaid internship to learn more about For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ important issue affecting a community, the legal and educational issues surrounding cws/students/wclatinamer.html including youth, the environment, education, disadvantaged urban communities. health care, and the arts. Center for Work and Service Summer Susan Todd Horton 1910 Internship Fund Stipend Programs Barbara Bush Award for Volunteerism This fund supports Wellesley College students This stipend funds a student pursuing a vol- interested in seeking summer internships in The aulP B. Beal and Mona Phillips unteer experience in disability services for the nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Beal Internship elderly or for young children. The placement The eniamJ Foundation Internship Grant The Paul B. Beal and Mona Phillips Beal must be with a nonprofit organization. Internship Fund has been established to This grant supports students wishing to work encourage and facilitate practical learning TheW ei Fong Chu Chao Endowed Fund in a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and experiences that will help Wellesley College This fund supports Wellesley College students protecting the environment. students better define their career choices and pursuing summer internship opportunities Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 International develop a more informed understanding of the outside the United States in for-profit and Internship Fund nonprofit organizations. Preference is given to challenges and rewards of such choices. It is This fund supports Wellesley College stu- internships in Asia. hoped that as a result of internship participa- dents pursuing summer internships outside tion, students will make more effective course Class of 1962 Student Internship Fund the United States in for-profit and nonprofit selections at both the undergraduate and This fund provides a stipend for a student pur- organizations. graduate levels, learn more from those courses suing a summer internship with a woman in a The ollieM Green Lumpkin ’25 Fund for because of the perspective and experience they governmental position in the United States at Experiential Learning in Latin America have acquired in their internship work, and the local, state, or national level. This fund supports Wellesley College students become more competitive candidates for future For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ seeking summer internships in Spanish- opportunities in their chosen career paths. CWS/students/1962int.html speaking countries. Preference will be given to For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ Class of 1969 Community Service students interested in working in the area of CWS/students/beal.html Internship Fund environmental protection and preservation. Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship This fund provides a summer stipend that The umpkinL Family Internships The Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship encour- supports student involvement in community for the Environment ages and supports sophomores and juniors service and encourages community service as a This fund encourages and supports Wellesley seeking internship experience in business or lifelong activity for Wellesley College women. College students seeking summer internships Placement must be with a nonprofit commu- in nonprofit organizations dedicated to pre- nity organization. serving and protecting the environment.

60 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d The milyE Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 The arbaraB Scott Preiskel ’45 Endowed experience for the first time. This fund also Internship for International Journalism Fund for Internships supports one stipend with the Low Vision This internship was established to encourage This fund supports a student seeking an Center in Bethesda, Maryland. and support Wellesley College students who internship to develop her career goals. It Beth K. Smith Award have demonstrated an interest in journalism provides a stipend for any internship that is This award provides students the opportunity or photojournalism. The stipend provides unpaid, full-time, and consistent with the to experience work in the nonprofit sector, the recipients with the opportunity to learn applicant’s career interests. The internship with the hope that they will continue in this about journalism through an internship at an may be with a nonprofit, for-profit, or public field. In addition, it supports two placements international news organization or to travel in service organization in the United States. with Social Accountability International in order to document a foreign culture outside Public Service Internship Fund New York City. the United States. (Note: This internship does This fund encourages and enables Wellesley not apply to creative writing.) Tanner Technology Initiative College students to use their talents and skills In honor of the tenth anniversary of the For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ in public service. Each summer, it supports Tanner Conference and in support of the CWS/students/macfarquhar.html students working full-time in nonprofit orga- new three-college collaboration, the Tanner nizations that otherwise could not employ MasterCard Microfinance nterI nships Conference Committee initiated a project in them. Priority is given to applicants whose This fund supports Wellesley students work- which five students from Wellesley College work relates to young children and their fami- ing in nonprofit microfinance organizations and Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering lies, particularly those who are economically all over the world. Interns are exposed to the worked with faculty to develop computer or otherwise disadvantaged. process of connecting low-income individuals applications. These applications showcase the with capital and new business opportunities. Responding to World Crises global reach of Tanner presentations, and This fund supports students seeking to make a include a Web-based tool for navigating the O’Meara Student Internship Fund difference in the world by tackling contempo- Tanner Conference schedule as well as appli- This fund supports a Wellesley College stu- rary crises worldwide. Students work at both cations for large interactive computational dent committed to making a difference in rights-based advocacy and service NGOs. surfaces: an interactive world map of Tanner her state and/or local community by working Students have addressed HIV/AIDS, human projects and a stream of images from the directly with a woman involved in any aspect rights in North Korea and Iran, Darfur-related Tanner photo contest. of state or local government in the United initiatives in the United States and abroad, States. The stipend enables the student to take The elenH Wallace Health Sciences and justice for women in India. Responding to an unpaid internship and learn more about Internship Fund World Crises is funded through the Office of state or local government and the important This fund supports an unpaid summer career the President. role that women play in the governmental development internship in a health profession, process. For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ with preference given to those interested in the CWS/students/Crises.html field of maternal and child health. For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ CWS/students/omeara.html Service Opportunity Stipend Oprah Winfrey Award for Volunteerism This stipend funds summer placements that This award provides a summer stipend for a Parents’ Internship Program offer direct student involvement in frontline student wishing to explore a volunteer position This program provides unpaid summer community service and that foster the spirit with a nonprofit social service organization. career-development internships in nonprofit of volunteerism. The applicant must intend to The award honors the important connec- or for-profit organizations, with a focus on the pursue an experience in a nonprofit organiza- tion between Oprah Winfrey’s speech at applicants’ career development and explora- tion that involves a particular community, the Commencement of the Class of 1997 tion. Emphasis is placed on first-time experi- population, or issue related to a personal and the Wellesley College motto “Not to be ences within an industry and/or organization. interest or concern. Priority is given to appli- Lia Gelin Poorvu ’56 Internship Fund cants pursuing a full-time community service This fund supports a domestic summer intern- ship for an Albright Fellow. t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 61 ministered unto, but to minister.” Each year, sciences, economics, education, political sci- Department of German this award enables a student to follow Ms. ence, psychology, sociology, women’s studies, Wellesley-in-Vienna Internships Winfrey’s example of service. and social policy. This program funds students pursuing intern- For more information about these programs, For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ ships in Vienna, Austria, in the areas of inter- visit: www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ DeanCollege/studgrant/sumsocscireu.html national relations, cross-cultural exchange, the stipendprog.html Department of Economics arts, and community service. It is open to par- Davis Museum and Cultural Center ticipants enrolled in the Wellesley-in-Vienna Audrey Freedman ’51 Endowed Fund junior-year-abroad program and offers support The ummerS Fellowship Program at the for Students in Economics for semester or yearlong internships. Davis Museum and Cultural Center This fund encourages and supports students For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ The Davis Museum and Cultural Center, who are interested in the study of economics. German/studyabroad.html along with the Center for Work and Service, The internship supports students seeking expe- offer Wellesley College students a range rience in the field of domestic or international Department of Political Science of opportunities in the arts on-campus, economics. Washington Summer Internship Program throughout America, and in Asia and Europe. For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ This program provides an opportunity for Opportunities abound to develop skills in CWS/students/econoint.html students to learn about politics and public numerous areas of interest. Students experi- policy through placements in government ence an array of business environments and Department of English and Writing offices, public-interest groups, media orga- cultural institutions while working with some Program nizations, research groups, and cultural of the foremost leaders in the varied world Department of English and Writing Program organizations in Washington, DC. Eighteen of the arts. Students working at the Davis Summer Internships to 20 interns—who must be in their junior Museum can participate in many aspects of This fund supports three summer intern- year—are selected without regard to academic the museum profession including research ships with organizations involved in activities major. In addition to the internship place- collections care, public relations, fund-raising, related to publishing, literary research, and ment, the ten-week program involves weekly assisting curators, technology-based initiatives, journalism (or other media involving writing). seminars and a mentor program with the and educational programming. Those who In 2010, one editorial summer internship was Wellesley Club of Washington. Wellesley work at other museums and arts institutions offered at The Paris Review, one at AGNI mag- College’s Department of Political Science has gain exposure to other parts of the art world azine, and one at the online magazine Slate. run this program since 1943. The program in cities that offer incredible opportunities for is supported through the following endowed exploration and fun while they are building For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ funds: Bertha S. Adkins ’28 Washington their resumes, learning about art, and meeting English/internships.html Internship Fund, Washington Summer leaders in the arts world. Department of French Internship Fund in Memory of Marguerite For more information, visit: Stitt Church ’14, Alona Evans Scholarship French House Fellows Program www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu Fund for the Washington Internship Program, This program funds students pursuing intern- Sherley Heidenberg Koteen ’40 Washington Office of the Dean of the College ships in a francophone country, in the field of Internship Fund, Anne Livingstone their choice. The program is open to junior- Social Sciences Summer Research Program Williamson Quackenbos ’41 Memorial Fund, year French majors who have completed a year This program provides awards that allow Laurence S. Rockefeller Fund, Ruth Goldman or a semester of study in France through the Wellesley College students to work with Schapiro ’47 Washington Internship Fund, Wellesley-in-Aix program. Priority will be faculty and researchers from the Wellesley and the Washington Internship Anniversary given to students who have spent the entire Centers for Women on projects related Fund. year in France. to anthropology, cognitive and linguistic For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ Polisci/washingtoninternship.html French/prizes.html#fellows

62 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Department of Psychology among peace, justice, and social change. The Hubel Summer Research Fellowship project must include both analytical and The Hubel Summer Research Fellowship was Psychology Practicum Program experiential components. The program is sup- a gift provided by Dr. David Hubel. Students This program allows students to gain hands- ported by the Wellesley Class of 1950. work under the supervision of a Wellesley on experience in the field of psychology and to College faculty member. acquire course credit through their participa- For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ tion in unpaid internships. The program is Peace/internships.html Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Awards run collaboratively through the Department Office of Religious and Spiritual Life of Psychology and the Center for Work and These awards are provided by the Howard Service. All participants have an advisor in The evR erend Mrs. Janice Holcombe Hughes Medical Institute to students doing the psychology department who oversees their Richmond ’53 Fund research in fields related to the life sciences, internship work through scheduled meetings. This fund supports a student conducting including biological chemistry, biological sci- The Center for Work and Service consults health related work in India with a spiritual ences, chemistry, mathematics, neuroscience, with potential and currently participating basis. and physics. Students in all classes are eligible, including graduating seniors. Recipients may organizations about possible internships, and Science Center Summer work with a Wellesley College Science Center assists students in determining the placement Research Awards that best matches both their interests and the faculty member or at an off-campus location. organization’s needs. Beckman Scholars Program Amabel Boyce James ’74 Fund for Summer Wellesley College was selected in June 2007 For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ Research in the Sciences to receive a three-year Beckman Scholars Psychology/Psych/Research/research.html Named for Amabel Boyce James ’74, these Program Award from the Arnold and Mabel awards are given to sophomores and juniors to Department of Religion Beckman Foundation. Supporting student encourage and strengthen their early interest research in the biological sciences and chem- Severinghaus Summer Internship Program in science. Students work under the supervi- istry departments, this grant enables four in Ministry/Human Services in Memory of sion of a Wellesley College faculty member. Wellesley students to undertake cutting-edge Emmavail Luce Severinghaus ’22 scientific inquiry over a 15-month period, Sara Langer Awards for Research This program supports students who wish which covers an academic year and the pre- in Geosciences to pursue internships in ministry or under- ceding and following summers. These awards support students doing summer take the study of religion and/or the role of research in geosciences on- or off-campus. religion in society. Students may engage in Sherman Fairchild Foundation’s Summer The work may be supervised by a Wellesley hands-on work or research through positions Research Awards College faculty member or a faculty member with humanitarian or social action agencies, The foundation provides these awards to sup- of another institution. It is expected that this charitable or religious organizations, or policy- port Wellesley College students conducting summer work will culminate in research, indi- based institutes. Applications are reviewed by research with a faculty member in astronomy, vidual study, or a senior thesis in geosciences a Department of Religion committee. biological sciences, chemistry, computer sci- in the following academic year. ence, geosciences, mathematics, neuroscience, For more information, visit: www.wellesley.edu/ or physics. Awards are ordinarily given to Janina A. Longtine ’76 Fund for Summer CWS/students/religint.html sophomores and juniors. Research in the Natural Sciences Peace and Justice Studies Named for Janina A. Longtine ’76, these Brachman Hoffman undF Faculty Awards awards are given to students doing research in Class of 1950 Emily Greene Balch Marilyn Brachman Hoffman ’52 has endowed the natural sciences under the supervision of a Summer Internship this fund to encourage members of Wellesley Wellesley faculty member. This fund supports one or more students College’s science faculty to be creative in their conducting a summer project that analyzes work. These awards are made to faculty mem- the ways injustice is linked to conflict, and bers who may use their funding to support that encourages the study of the relationships student summer research.

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 63 Georgeanne Miller Mulhern Summer Wellesley Summer Research Awards Fellowship Programs Research Awards from the Office of theean D of the College This program provides awards for research in This program provides awards for Wellesley For Wellesley College Graduating either zoology or plant science. Recipients may College students, majoring in any depart- Seniors Only work with a Wellesley College Science Center ment in the Wellesley College Science Center, Jacqueline Krieger Klein ’53 Fellowship faculty member or at an off-campus location. to work with Wellesley faculty members on in Jewish Studies campus. Patterson Summer Research Fellowship This award encourages graduating seniors to The Patterson Summer Research Fellowship Wellesley Summer Research Awards pursue further education in the field of Jewish is awarded in recognition of a student’s from the Office ofesour R ces Studies. Application information is available academic excellence and their potential for This program provides awards for Wellesley from Professor Frances Malino, Department success in research. Patterson Fellows display College students, in the Wellesley College of Jewish Studies and History. an excitement for original discovery and a Science Center, to work with Wellesley faculty Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Scholarship desire to communicate knowledge to oth- members on campus. The awards include for Foreign Study ers, and embody the ethos of a Wellesley funds from the Leonie Faroll ’49 Bequest and This scholarship is awarded to a member of education. In addition to a summer research the Cummins Award. the graduating class who displays a desire for stipend, the Fellowship provides an additional Wellesley Centers for Women learning and an ability to impart knowledge award of $300. The fellowship is awarded to Through dynamic internships at the Wellesley to others. The scholarship will fund a year of a student nominated by a faculty member in Centers for Women (WCW), Wellesley study at a foreign institution to pursue a spe- the Neuroscience Program or affiliated depart- College students help drive social change cific subject that requires contact with foreign ments, including chemistry, biology, psychol- through research and action that put women’s scholars, libraries, or other resources. Study ogy, physics, and computer science, and is not perspectives and experiences at the center of will not be supported at an institution in the normally given to students who have received the inquiry. Work at WCW addresses three United States or in the candidate’s country of other major research fellowships or prizes. major areas: the social and economic status of citizenship or residence. U.S. tax laws apply. Roberta Day Staley and Karl A. Staley Fund women and girls and the advancement of their Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Traveling for Cancer-related Research Awards human rights in the United States and around Fellowship This program provides awards in any dis- the globe; the education, care, and develop- This fellowship is awarded to a member of the cipline, including the social sciences and ment of children and youth; and the emo- graduating class who displays an interest in humanities, to undertake cancer-related tional well-being of families and individuals. and an acceptance of others, and who displays research. The awards may be used to conduct For more information about these programs the ethos of a Wellesley College education. research with a Wellesley College faculty and other opportunities at WCW, visit: The fellowship will fund a year of purposeful member or at an off-campus site. www.wcwonline.org/internships international travel to explore a particular The leanorE R. Webster Prize in Chemistry interest, with the requirement that the recipi- This prize is offered in memory of Eleanor ent not remain in the same area for more than Webster. The candidates for the prize would two months. Travel will not be supported in be nominated by their thesis mentors. A the country of the candidate’s citizenship or recommendation to the department as to the residence. U.S. tax laws apply. recipient would be made by a committee com- Trustee Scholarship prised of the thesis mentors. This scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to graduating seniors who are applying to graduate school. To be considered a candidate, a senior must apply for a Trustee Scholarship or for any of the Wellesley College fellowships for graduate study. The title “Trustee Scholar” is honorary. 64 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d For Wellesley College Graduating economics faculty administers this fellowship be considered. Except under unusual and Seniors and Alumnae and may name one or two recipients, depend- compelling circumstances, the committee in ing on the funding available. recent years has not chosen to fund formal Anne Louise Barrett Fellowship graduate study or Ph.D. dissertation research. This fellowship supports graduate study or Edna V. Moffett elloF wship Candidates must be at least 25 years old in the research, preferably in music, with an empha- This fellowship is for a young alumna, prefera- year they apply. sis on study or research in musical theory, bly for a first year of graduate study in history. composition, or the history of music interna- Maria Opasnov Tyler ’52 Scholarship Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Wellesley- tionally or in the United States. in Russian Studies Yenching Fellowship Program This scholarship is for graduate study in Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship These fellowships are open to graduating Russian studies. This fellowship supports a first year of study in seniors and alumnae in all majors. Chinese- the fields of social work, law, public policy, or language proficiency is required only for the Sarah Perry Wood Medical Fellowship public administration, including M.B.A. can- fellowship at the National Palace Museum in This fellowship supports the study of medicine didates planning a career in the field of social Taipei, Taiwan. at an accredited medical school approved by services. Preference is given to candidates the American Medical Association. Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship demonstrating financial need. This fellowship supports study or research Fanny Bullock Workman Fellowship Eugene L. Cox Fellowship internationally or in the United States. The This fellowship supports graduate study in This fellowship supports graduate study in holder must be no more than 26 years old any field. medieval or Renaissance history and culture, at the time of her appointment, and remain Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellowship at internationally or in the United States. unmarried throughout her tenure. Chung Chi College, Hong Kong SAR Professor Elizabeth F. Fisher Fellowship Kathryn Conway Preyer Fellowship The fellow’s time may be divided between This fellowship supports research or further (formerly the Thomas effersonJ elloF wship) helping to organize and promote English study in geology or geography, including This fellowship supports advanced study in language activities at Chung Chi College as urban, environmental, or ecological studies. history. a whole and serving as a teaching or research Preference is given to applicants in the fields of assistant for an academic department. Vida Dutton Scudder Fellowship geology and geography. This fellowship supports study or research Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellowships at Ruth Ingersoll Goldmark Fellowship in the fields of literature, political science, or Ginling College, Nanjing, China This fellowship supports graduate study in social science. The fellows teach English in the classroom for English literature or composition or in the about 12 to 14 hours each week, with office Harriet A. Shaw Fellowship classics. hours as needed. This fellowship supports study or research in Horton-Hallowell Fellowship music, art, or allied subjects in the United Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellowship at This fellowship supports graduate study in any States or in a foreign country. Preference is the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan field, preferably for the last two years of candi- given to music candidates; undergraduate Approximately one-half of the fellow’s work is dacy for the Ph.D. degree or its equivalent, or work in the history of art is required of other with the National Palace Museum Secretariat, for private research of an equivalent standard. candidates. where she writes, translates, and revises English documents for various departments. Peggy Howard Fellowship in Economics Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship The other half of the fellow’s work is with one This fellowship provides financial aid for This fellowship supports a student taking up of the museum’s other departments. Wellesley College students or alumnae to a year of travel or study outside the United continuing their study of economics. The States to benefit from the knowledge and understanding of a global education. Any scholarly, artistic, or cultural purpose may

t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 65 For Women Who Are Graduates of Any American Institution Mary McEwen Schimke Scholarship This scholarship provides a supplemental award to provide the candidate with relief from household and child care expenses while she pursues graduate study. The award is made on the basis of scholarly potential and identi- fied need. The candidate must be at least 30 years old and currently engaged in graduate study in literature and/or history. Preference is given to those who major in American Studies. M.A. Cartland Shackford Medical Fellowship This fellowship is for the candidate studying medicine with a view to general practice, not psychiatry. For more information about fellowships, visit: www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ fellowships.html

66 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d WELLESLEY COLLEGE SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2010

WELLESLEY COLLEGE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2010

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP COMPETITIONS 2010 WELLESLEY COLLEGE SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP RECIPIENTS 2010

Center for Work and Service Identified Alison H. Harrington ’10, Thomas J.W atson American Cities Internship Program Internship Programs Fellowship, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Morocco, Atlanta Turkey, and United Arab Emirates* The Madeleine Korbel Albright Michelle K. Corkrum ’12, Emory Center for Halimatou Hima Moussa Dioula ’10, United Institute for Global Affairs Neurogenerative Disease, Atlanta, GA Nations Foundation, Washington, DC Monica Ballesteros Arias ’11, Poder Ciudadano, Nora J. Keller ’10, Zurich Office forender G Chicago Buenos Aires, Argentina Equality, Zurich, Switzerland Kelsey R. Savage ’11, WTTW, Network Juliet V. Barbara ’10, Council on Foreign Emily L. Kim ’11, State Street Global Markets, Chicago, Chicago, IL Relations, New York, NY Boston, MA Katelin A. Snow ’11, Children’s Memorial Danielle T. O. Brown ’10, Lawyers Collective, Olivia E. Kingsley ’11, Project NOMAD, Hospital, Chicago, IL Mumbai, India Pazardjik, Bulgaria Shannon M. Ward ’12, The ieldF Museum, Hannah Z. Catzen ’11, Aghor Foundation, Candice Lee ’10, Morningstar Inc., Chicago, IL* Chicago, IL Varanasi, India Laura E. Marrin ’11, The lbrightA Stonebridge Debbie J. Chen ’11, State Department, Los Angeles Group, Washington, DC Washington, DC Melissa Giger ’11, Marc Platt Productions, Joy M. Napier ’10, The enrH y Jackson Society, Jing Chen ’11, Sea Scavenger, San Francisco, CA Universal City, CA London, United Kingdom Katherine S. Cho ’10, Project with United Simi Oberoi ’11, AXA Rosenberg, New York Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, TheW illiam San Francisco, CA Nathalie J. Herman ’11, Social Accountability J. Clinton Foundation, New York, NY Rosie Osire ’10 International, New York, NY Galen T. Danskin ’11, Aga Khan Education Aditi G. Patel ’11, Observer Research Allison L. Kwan ’11, Social Accountability Services, Kampala, Uganda Foundation, Mumbai, India International, New York, NY Samira S. Daswani ’12, Clinton Foundation Kerry A. Scanlon ’10, Oxfam America, HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), Pretoria, San Francisco Boston, MA South Africa Laura E. Gruberg ’11, San Francisco Works, Vivian A. Secaida ’11, Come, Let’s Dance, Tess G. DeLean ’11, Grameen Bank, Dhaka, San Francisco, CA Kampala, Uganda Bangladesh Sienna R. Laughton ’11, California Institute for Sarah R. Shaer ’11, Ministry of Family and Tehsina Devji ’11, Infection Chemistry Regenerative Medicine, San Francisco, CA Population, Cairo, Egypt Research Lab, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Chuyang A. Liu ’11, Global Business Network, Ruth Ann C. Smith ’11, United Nations Waltham, MA San Francisco, CA Millennium Development Villages Project, Masa Dikanovic ’10, Women’s Safe House, Rebecka H. Marcucci ’11, Women’s Initiative Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania Podgorica, Montenegro for Self Employment, San Francisco, CA Rachel B. Snyderman ’11, Innovations for Erin L. Duffy ’10, Boston Center for Refugee Simi Oberoi ’11, AXA Rosenberg, Poverty Action, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Health and Human Rights, Boston, MA San Francisco, CA Alexandra Stark ’10, Center for a New American Malina E. Dumas ’10, Serendipity Russia, Krista L. Olson ’11, Children Now, Security, Washington, DC Vladimir, Russia San Francisco, CA Megan J. Townsend ’11, Partners In Health, Anna Goldstein ’10, Teach for America, New Marissa D. Parrish ’12, Alameda County Child Boston, MA Orleans, LA* Care, San Francisco, CA Sarah K. Turrin ’11, International Finance Jaya Gupta ’11, Health Systems 2020 (USAID Commission, World Bank Group, Internships in International Human Project), Cairo, Egypt Washington, DC Rights Organizations Adan Haj-Yehia DS ’11, United Nations Office Lana Wear ’10 Jaeun Ahn ’12, Citizen’s Alliance for North for Project Services Jerusalem Operations, Yi Zhang ’10, One Earth Designs, Korean Human Rights, Seoul, South Korea Jerusalem, Israel Cambridge, MA Margaret Hall ’11, World Vision, Seattle, WA *Exempt from internship requirement 68 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Joy M. Napier ’10, Henry Jackson Society, Japan Gena M. Hong ’12, Organização das Mulheres London, United Kingdom Jessica G. Chin ’11, Kapatiran, Tokyo, Japan de Cabo Verde (OMCV), Cape Verde Sara J. Rubin ’12, Centre for Social Cohesion, Subin Park ’11, Fuji TV, Tokyo, Japan Ruth Ann C. Smith ’11, United Nations London, United Kingdom Rachel E. Smith ’12, Asian Rural Institute, Millennium Development Villages Project, Suzanne M. Trainor ’12, Iran Human Rights Nasushiobara, Japan Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania Documentation Center, New Haven, CT Kiyosato Educational Candice J. Snowden ’11, Wellesley Internships in Latin America Experiment Project (KEEP), Yamanashi, Lumpkin Summer Institute Monica Ballesteros Arias ’11, Poder Ciudadano, Japan for Service Learning Buenos Aires, Argentina Jessica R. Tang ’11, Nippon Keidanren, Alexandria M. Barnes ’12, Office ofenator S Annick-Marie S. Jordan ’11, Directorio Tokyo, Japan Harriette Chandler ’59, Boston, MA Legislativo, Buenos Aires, Argentina Toby R. Chaiken ’11, Boston Community South Korea Nandita Krishnaswamy ’12, United Nations Capital, Boston, MA Jaeun Ahn ’12, Citizen’s Alliance for North Development Program, San José, Costa Rica Medical Legal Korean Human Rights, Seoul, South Korea Katherine E.J. Cushing ’11, Wellesley Internships in India Partnership for Children, Boston, MA Shannon M. Coyne ’11, Korean National Amisha Ahuja ’12, Operation Asha, Dorthea I. Damaskos ’12, Women’s Inc., Commission for UNESCO, Seoul, South Korea New Delhi, India Teen Voices, Boston, MA Keyong Ah Tahk ’12, Korean National Sua Im ’11, Aga Khan Education Services, Meghan J. Friedman ’12, St. Francis House, Commission for UNESCO, Seoul, South Korea Mumbai, India Boston, MA Vieques Conservation and Historical Hayley C. Merrill ’11, Aga Khan Education Elizabeth D. Krainchich ’11, Boston Area Rape Trust (VCHT) Internship Services, Mumbai, India Crisis Center, Boston, MA Kelsey D. Rodriguez ’12, Bal Ashram, Natalie B. Ornell ’12, Boston Chinatown Wintersession 2010 Varanasi, India Neighborhood Center, Boston, MA Stefanie Chan ’10, Vieques Conservation Aabha Sharma ’12, Action India, Zakiyyah E. Sutton ’12, Women’s Inc., and Historical Trust (VCHT), Vieques, New Delhi, India Teen Voices, Boston, MA Puerto Rico Maria I. Toro ’12, Bal Ashram, Varanasi, India The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer 2010 Hilary A. White ’12, Banaras Hindu University, Summer Internships in Asia Alena R. Gerleck ’11, Vieques Conservation and Varanasi, India Historical Trust (VCHT), Vieques, Puerto Rico Beijing, China Wellesley Internships in Europe Mengyu Huang ’12, ABC News, Beijing, China Wellesley Internships in Africa Ann Walt Stallings ’12, Peggy Guggenheim Madeline R. Weeks ’11, The conomistE Group, Galen T. Danskin ’11, Aga Khan Education Collection, Venice, Italy Beijing, China Services, Kampala, Uganda Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative Eleanor A. Fulvio ’11, Center for Cross-Cultural Shanghai, China Internship Program Learning, Rabat, Morocco Kelly Lin ’11, China Market Research Group, Samira S. Daswani ’12, Clinton Foundation Chanelle M. Lansley ’12, Aga Khan Education Shanghai, China HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), Pretoria, Services, Kampala, Uganda Catherine Wu ’11, Ventures in Development, South Africa Julia N. Wu ’12, Center for Cross-Cultural Shanghai, China Learning, Rabat, Morocco Children’s Hospital Boston, Division of Qinghai, China Hematology/Oncology Anchor Point Internships in One Earth Designs, Children’s Hospital, Yu-Chieh Wang ’11, Global Leadership Jenny Chang ’11, Qinghai, China Boston, MA Sarah M. Gray ’12, Organização das Mulheres Amanda J. Daigle ’12, Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong SAR de Cabo Verde (OMCV), Cape Verde Boston, MA Emily Chan ’11, Hong Kong Civic Exchange, Jaya Gupta ’11, Health Systems 2020 (USAID Rachel A. Roston ’11, Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong SAR Project), Cairo, Egypt Boston, MA BeiBei Zhan ’11, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong SAR t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 69 Walker School Summer Class of 1962 Student Internship Fund The Jeniam Foundation Internship Program Danielle T. O. Brown ’10, Lawyers Collective, Internship Grant Elisha A. Orama ’12, Walker School, Mumbai, India Julia I. Wucherpfennig ’12, Operation Wallacea, Needham, MA Emily E. Firgens ’11, Office ofepr R esentative La Seiba, Honduras Walker School, Tammy Baldwin, Washington, DC Ellyn M. Schmidt ’12, Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Needham, MA Massachusetts Alexandria L. Icenhower ’12, International Internship Fund Erin Simons ’12, Walker School, Needham, MA Women’s Political Caucus, Boston, MA Merene Botsio ’12, African Women’s Sarah R. Shaer ’11, Ministry of Family and SoundWaters Summer Development Fund, Accra, Ghana Population, Cairo, Egypt Internship Program Hannah Z. Catzen ’11, Aghor Foundation, Briana K. M. Bierman ’11, SoundWaters, Class of 1969 Community Service Varanasi, India Stamford, CT Internship Fund Masa Dikanovic ’10, Women’s Safe House, Horizons for Homeless Podgorica, Montenegro Center for Work and Service Summer Katherine M. Blair ’11, Children, Roxbury, MA Malina E. Dumas ’10, Serendipity Russia, Stipend Programs Claire J. Lee ’12, Becky’s House Emergency Vladimir, Russia American City Internship Fund Shelter, San Diego, CA Eleanor A. Fulvio ’11, Center for Cross-Cultural Kelsey R. Savage ’11, WTTW, Network Roxanne M. Schroeder ’11, Maggie’s Place, Learning, Rabat, Morocco Chicago, Chicago, IL Phoenix, AZ Alexandra B. Hayes ’11, Meakea Strey Organization, Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Paul B. Beal and Mona Phillips Class of 1989 10th Reunion Fund Nora J. Keller ’10, Zurich Office forender G Beal Internship Michelle K. Corkrum ’12, Emory Center for Equality, Zurich, Switzerland Lucia M. T. Nhamo ’11, Vital Pictures, Neurogenerative Disease, Atlanta, GA Karen Kemirembe ’12, GeoVisions, Boston, MA Audrey Freedman ’51 Endowed Fund Guayaquil, Ecuador Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship for Students in Economics Olivia E. Kingsley ’11, Project NOMAD, Hillary A. Clevenger ’12, PoverUP, Irvine, CA Elaine J. Kim ’12, Asian Women in Business, Pazardjik, Bulgaria New York, NY Ashley L. Lee ’11, VideoTage, Hong Kong SAR Blessing Way Summer Public Service So Hyun Park ’11, East Asia Institute, Krista L. Olson ’11, Children Now, Susan Todd Horton 1910 Seoul, South Korea San Francisco, CA Internship Fund Rachel B. Snyderman ’11, Innovations for Yi Zhang ’10, One Earth Designs, Mika B. Edgerly ’12, Women’s Bureau of the Poverty Action, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Cambridge, MA U.S. Department of Labor, Boston, MA Ann Walt Stallings ’12, Peggy Guggenheim Laura E. Gruberg ’11, San Francisco Works, Barbara Bush Award for Volunteerism Museum, Venice, Italy San Francisco, CA Angelica C. Ramirez ’12, The uatemalaG Julia N. Wu ’12, Center for Cross-Cultural Sienna R. Laughton ’11, California Institute for Project, El Triunfo, Guatemala Learning, Rabat, Morocco Regenerative Medicine, San Francisco, CA Catherine E. Vandeveld ’10, Friends of Little Deeba L. Zivari ’11, Sewa International, Samar Lichtenstein ’11, Women’s Bureau of the Field Home, Chigamba Village, Malawi Ahmedabad, India U.S. Department of Labor, Boston, MA The Wei Fong Chu Chao Chuyang A. Liu ’11, Global Business Network, Littleford Vieques Internship Endowed Fund San Francisco, CA Stefanie Chan ’10, Vieques Conservation Aditi G. Patel ’11, Observer Research Julia R. Malacoff ’11,IMG Worldwide, and Historical Trust (VCHT), Vieques, Foundation, Mumbai, India New York, NY Puerto Rico Siwen Chen ’11, European Union Chamber Nirali N. Shah ’12, Ashurst Law Firm, Alena R. Gerleck ’11, Vieques Conservation of Commerce, Shanghai, China New York, NY and Historical Trust (VCHT), Vieques, Amanda R. Wyatt ’11, TheWhite House Puerto Rico Internship Program, Washington, DC

70 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d The Mollie Green Lumpkin ’25 Parents’ Internship Program Service Opportunity Stipend Fund for Experiential Learning Lucy A. Bergin ’12, Vienna, Austria Amisha Ahuja ’12, Operation Asha, in Latin America Clara M.J. Buchholtz ’12, Vienna, Austria New Delhi, India Monica Ballesteros Arias ’11, Poder Ciudadano, Abigail B. Cassel ’11, Mary Anne Thompson Sarina K. Bajwa ’11, Quality Life Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina Associates, New York, NY Fort Myers, FL Annick-Marie S. Jordan ’11, Directorio Melissa Evans ’12, Vienna, Austria Rhea A. Brown ’12, Phillips Brooks House Legislativo, Buenos Aires, Argentina Yaffa S. rF ederick ’11, World Policy Journal, Association, Cambridge, MA Nandita Krishnaswamy ’12, United Nations New York, NY Galen T. Danskin ’11, Aga Khan Education Development Program, San José, Costa Rica Melissa Giger ’11, Marc Platt Productions, Services, Kampala, Uganda Universal City, CA Sarah V. N. Ditmars ’11, Studio of Artist Ellen The Lumpkin Family Internships Sydney N. Hodge ’11, The arisP Review, Driscoll, New York, NY for the Environment New York, NY Stephanie S. Huang ’12, International Volunteer Jing Chen ’11, Sea Scavenger, San Francisco, CA Emma E. Strick ’12, Vienna, Austria Headquarters, New Delhi, India Genevieve M. Goldleaf ’12, Botanic Gardens, Megan J. Townsend ’11, Partners In Health, My-Co T. Huynh ’12, Girls Inc. of Metro Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Boston, MA Denver, Denver, CO Leslye D. Penticoff ’11, Executive Office Jacinda W. Zhong ’11, The Office of Sua Im ’11, Aga Khan Education Services, of Energy and Environmental Affairs, eDiplomacy, Washington, DC Mumbai, India Boston, MA Luyang Jin ’12, Low Vision Center, Ellen M. Willis-Norton ’12, University of San Lia Gelin Poorvu ’56 Internship Fund Bethesda, MD Diego Marine Science, San Diego, CA Margaret Hall ’11, World Vision, Seattle, WA Chanelle M. Lansley ’12, Aga Khan Education Joanna K. Yim ’11, Tufts Wildlife Clinic, The Barbara Scott Prieskel ’45 Services, Kampala, Uganda North Grafton, MA Endowed Fund for Internships Teresa N. Le ’11, Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy The Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 Rebecka H. Marcucci ’11, Women’s Initiative Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa Internship for International Journalism for Self Employment, San Francisco, CA Alison L. Mehan ’11, Walker School, Christina Gossmann ’11, The ailM & Deirdre E. Offenheiser ’11, The lbrightA Needham, MA Guardian, Johannesburg, South Africa Stonebridge Group, Washington, DC Hayley C. Merrill ’11, Aga Khan Education Jennifer M. Lee ’12, Photodocumentation of Kerry A. Scanlon ’10, Oxfam America, Services, Mumbai, India immigrant communities in Buenos Aires, Boston, MA Rana Mungin ’11, Riverside Community Care, Buenos Aires, Argentina Needham, MA Public Service Internship Fund Tamar Y. Zmora ’11, Ynet, Tel Aviv, Israel Victoria A. Nichols ’11, Riverside Community Juliet V. Barbara ’10, Council on Foreign Care, Needham, MA MasterCard Microfinance Internships Relations, New York, NY Elisha A. Orama ’12, Walker School, Yaba A. Armah ’12, Global Vision International Erin L. Duffy ’10, Boston Center for Refugee Needham, MA Community, Antigua, Guatemala Health and Human Rights, Boston, MA Kristal A. Otero ’12, Riverside Community Tess G. DeLean ’11, Grameen Bank, Responding to World Crises Care, Needham, MA Dhaka, Bangladesh Samira S. Daswani ’12, Clinton HIV/AIDS Marissa D. Parrish ’12, Alameda County Child Erica Saldivar ’12, Finca Perú, Lima, Peru Initiative, Pretoria, South Africa Care, San Francisco, CA Vivian A. Secaida ’11, Come, Let’s Dance, Adan Haj-Yehia DS ’11, United Nations Office Tiffany H. yP en ’11, World Vision, Seattle, WA Kampala, Uganda for Project Services Jerusalem Operations Kelsey D. Rodriguez ’12, Bal Ashram, Andrea Szasz DS ’10, Grameen Bank, Center, Jerusalem, Israel Varanasi, India Dhaka, Bangladesh Suzanne M. Trainor ’12, Iran Human Rights Ellyn M. Schmidt ’12, Walker School, O’Meara Student Internship Fund Documentation Center, New Haven, CT Needham MA Amelia L. McDermott ’12, Office ofenator S Katherine S. Cho ’10, Project with United Aabha Sharma ’12, Action India, Olympia Snowe, Washington, DC Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, TheW illiam New Delhi, India Meaghan D. Maher ’12, Office ofenator S J. Clinton Foundation, New York, NY Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Albany, NY t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 71 Erin A. Simons ’12, Walker School, Tanner Technology Initiative Shilpa S. Idnani ’12 Needham, MA (Internships took place on the Wellesley College Caitlin M. Toole ’11 Katelin A. Snow ’11, Children’s Memorial campus unless noted otherwise.) Devika A. Werth ’12 Hospital, Chicago, IL Jacob Getto, Olin College ’12 Lourdes Mendoza ’12 Alexandra M. Stark ’10, Center for a New Alexandra L. Oliver ’11 Porsha L. Eden ’10 American Security, Washington, DC Caroline Sun ’11 April R. Yeaney ’12 Maria I. Toro ’12, Bal Ashram, Varanasi, India Heidi J. Wang ’12 Sarah G. Trager ’13 Hilary A. White ’12, Banaras Hindu University, Colette M. Whitaker ’10 Magdalena J. Zebracka ’12 Varanasi, India The Helen Wallace Health Department of Economics Jami-Lin L. Williams ’11, Street Sense, Sciences Internship Fund Washington, DC Audrey Freedman ’51 Endowed Fund Rachel A. Roston ’11, Children’s Hospital, for Students in Economics Beth K. Smith Award Boston, MA Elaine J. Kim ’12, Asian Women in Business, Hillary A. Fenton ’11, District of Massachusetts Oprah Winfrey Award for Volunteerism New York, NY Probation Department, Springfield, MA Kyung Min Kim ’10, Hannawon/Hana Center, Sarah B. Fiori ’11, WGBH Productions, Department of English Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Boston, MA and Writing Program Social Accountability Davis Museum and Cultural Center Nathalie J. Herman ’11, Department of English and Writing International, New York, NY (Internships took place on the Wellesley College Program Summer Internships Dora M. Hui ’11, Chinese Progressive campus unless noted otherwise.) Megan Cunniff ’11, GNIA , Boston, MA Association, Boston, MA The Summer Fellowship Program at Sydney N. Hodge ’11, The arisP Review, Grace Jung ’11, San Carlos Pet Hospital, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center New York, NY San Carlos, CA Lia E. Dawley ’12 Claire O. Grossman ’12, Slate, Washington, DC Weiye Kou ’12, Social Accountability Wendy J. Dickieson ’12 International, New York, NY Department of French Molly K. Eckel ’12 Allison L. Kwan ’11, Social Accountability MaCherie E. Edwards ’11 French House Fellows Program International, New York, NY Miquel A. Geller ’10 Kiley M. Workman ’11 Khyrstyn R. McGarry ’11, Grupo Latino Jenny A. Harris ’12 Americano, Springfield, MO Department of German Linnea P. Johnson ’12 Sarah R. Mohtes-Chan ’11, The assachusettsM Elena S. Mironciuc ’13 Wellesley-in-Vienna Internships Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Mair E. Roberts ’10 (Internships supported by Parents’ Internship Jamaica Plain, MA Wendy M. Xu ’13 Fund and took place in Vienna, Austria.) Ikuno Naka ’12, International Student Conference, San Francisco, CA Office of the Dean of the College Spring 2010 Joy M. Napier ’10, Henry Jackson Society, (Internships took place on the Wellesley College Tess G. DeLean ’11 London, United Kingdom campus unless noted otherwise.) Katie A. Van Adzin ’11 Sara J. Rubin ’12, Centre for Social Cohesion, Social Sciences Summer 2010–2011 Academic Year London, United Kingdom Research Program Lucy A. Bergin ’12 Kathleen M. Sheahon ’11, Kansas City Free Claire Shea ’11 Melissa A. Evans ’12 Health Clinic, Kansas City, MO Danielle L. Good ’11 Emma E. Strick ’12 Rachel Spaulding ’11, The useumM of Modern Rebecca L. Cannon ’11 Clara M. Buchholtz ’12 Art, New York, NY Madeleine S. Nelson ’12 Kyi-Sin-Lin Than ’11, Project HEALTH, Florence W. Kamonji ’13 Boston, MA Diana R. Stroud ’11 Shannon M. Ward ’12, The ieldF Museum, Briana M. Calleros ’12 Chicago, IL

72 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Department of Political Science Department of Psychology Tonia K. Smith ’12, Costa Rica Internship Institute, San José, Costa Rica Washington Summer Psychology Practicum Program Jiwon H. Shin ’11, MacLean Center for Clinical Internship Program Fall 2009 Medical Ethics, Chicago, IL Hilary M. Allen ’11, Massey Media, Rosa Hu ’10, Arnold Worldwide, Boston, MA Washington, DC Peace and Justice Studies Krishnapriya Josyula ’10, Riverside Community Hawa Ansary ’11, Institute for the Study of War, Care, Needham, MA Emily Greene Balch Class of 1950 Washington, DC Christin Scott ’10, Germaine Lawrence, Summer Internship Debbie J. Chen ’11, State Department, Arlington, MA Diamond J. Sharp ’11, Rebecca Project for Washington, DC Lindsey Toler ’10, Walker School, Needham, MA Human Rights, Washington, DC Kathleen M. Doherty ’11, National Institutes Caitlin M. Snyder ’10, Tostan, Dakar, Senegal of Health, Washington, DC Spring 2010 Halae M. Fuller ’11, Wilderness Society, Shahar M. Groode ’10, Walker School, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life Washington, DC Needham, MA The Reverend Mrs. Janice Holcombe Melissa F. Haley ’11, Hirschorn Museum, Jessica L. Hopkins ’10, Germaine Lawrence, Richmond ’53 Fund Washington, DC Arlington, MA Katie Chanpong ’10, Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Abbey L. Hargreaves ’11, EcoAgriculture Kathleen D. Keating ’10, Walker School, Charity, Varanasi, India Partners, Washington, DC Needham, MA Caryn E. Howell ’11, Center City Charter Victoria A. Nichols ’11, Walker School, Science Center Summer Network, Washington, DC Needham, MA Research Awards Josephine M. Kabambi ’11, National Institutes Katherine E. O’Donnell ’11, Walker School, (Internships took place on the Wellesley College of Health, Washington, DC Needham, MA campus unless noted otherwise.) Chayva L. Lehrman ’11, Middle East Institute Jennifer H. Yu ’11, Walker School, Beckman Scholars Program and National Council on U.S.–Arab Needham, MA Adriane G. Otopalik ’11 Relations, Washington, DC Department of Religion Yang Xie ’10 Laura E. Marrin ’11, The lbrightA Stonebridge Group, Washington, DC Severinghaus Summer Internship Cummins Award Gloria J. Medina ’11, National Council Program in Ministry/Human Services Genea C. Foster ’12, Sea Scavanger, of La Raza, Washington, DC in Memory of Emmavail Luce San Francisco, CA Taylor L. Miller ’11, DC Rape Crisis Center/ Severinghaus ’22 Megan K. Strait ’10 FAIR Fund, Washington, DC Tracy D. Bindel ’11, Come, Let’s Dance, Consuelo E. Valdes ’11 Sara Minkara ’11, Dreams For Kids, Kampala, Uganda Brachman Hoffman Fund Washington, DC Marjorie D. Cantine ’13, Maltz Museum Faculty Awards Alexandra M. Mitukiewicz ’11, Resources for the of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH Adina Badea ’11 Future, Washington, DC Katherine E. Judd ’11, World Vision, Anthea H.C. Cheung ’12 Elizabeth L. Morgan ’11, Office of U.S. Washington, DC Lisa M. Jacob ’12 Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Nuha Khan ’13, Anjuman Behbood-e-Niswan- Jessica H. Lee ’12 Washington, DC O-Itfal (ABNI), Fatima Memorial System, Brianna L. MacLeod ’11 Samantha E. Sass ’11, National Institutes of Lahore, Pakistan Katherine M. McDonald ’10 Health, Washington, DC Nohemi Maciel ’11, College Track, Priyanka Nakka ’12 Sarah K. Turrin ’11, International Finance Oakland, CA Evgenija S. Nizkorodov ’13 Commission, World Bank Group, Maysa M. Mourad ’11, Forum for Development, Julia M. Probert ’11 Washington, DC Culture and Dialogue (FDCD), Beirut, Daniela Rios ’12 Kelly Truong ’12, Chronicle of Higher Lebanon Era Vuksani ’12 Education, Washington, DC Stephanie G. Perez ’11, The trS eet Child Project, Kexin Zhang ’11, Women Thrive Worldwide, Kampala, Uganda Washington, DC t h e t a n n e r c o n f e r e n c e 73 Faculty Grants Caitlin N. Schneider ’11 Linh H. Vu ’11 Isabella M. Gambill ’12 Marken K. Shedd ’11 Runqin Xu ’13 Alexandra E. Hatem ’12 Laura Stearns ’12 Hatice G. Yayla ’11 Theodora D. haferS ’10 Cleo M. Stoughton ’11 Eleanor R. Webster Prize in Chemistry Chan Myae Myae Soe ’12 Amabel Boyce James Fund for Claire L. Rimkus ’10 Sherman Fairchild Foundation Summer Research in the Sciences Chan Myae Myae Soe ’12 Summer Research Awards Rebecca S. Graber ’11 Wellesley Summer Research Victoria E. Boyd ’12 Samantha C. Grossmith ’11 Awards from the Office of the Erika L. Buckle ’12 Sarah E. Koopman ’11 Dean of the College Tiffany Chen ’13 Ruth Y. Lee ’12 Elizabeth A. Brown ’13 Taili Feng ’13 Jessica Liao ’11 Morgan K. Carr-Markell ’10 Jennifer E. Fishbein ’13 Jennifer C. Lu ’12 Tanen A. Clark ’11 Kate L. Liebmann ’12 Nikki E. Rossetti ’12 Kristin A. Liska ’12 Rachel W. Magid ’12 Sara Langer Awards for Research Catherine Y. Lui ’11 Reitumetse L. Pulumo ’13 in Geosciences Erica K. O. Namigai ’11 Nicole A. Spiegelman ’13 Cyndhia G. Ramatchandirane ’11 Alexandra L. Olivier ’11 Leonie Faroll ’49 Bequest Janina A. Longtine Fund for Summer Kathryn E. Pavia ’12 Carolyn E. Whitlock ’12 Research in the Natural Sciences Jana W. Qiao ’11 Natalia Ospina ’12 Elizabeth K. Rowen ’11 Sarah A. Hyde ’11 Brachi Y. Schindler ’11 Hubel Summer Research Fellowship Cataia L. Ives ’11 Sara A. Spinella ’11 Sonja N. Swanbeck ’12 Christine M. Miller ’11 Fanny Tang ’11 Laura A. Stevens ’11 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Wellesley Centers for Women Summer Research Awards Georgeanne Miller Mulhern Summer (Internships took place on the Wellesley College Sei Eun Chun ’12 Research Awards campus unless noted otherwise.) Tania Dhawan ’11 Galina P. Ionkin ’11 Galina Gagin ’12 Caroline S. Kwon ’11 The Anne Murray Ladd Student Julia A. Gall ’12 Yoowon Lim ’12 Research Internship Ashira E. Gendelman ’13, Molecular Elze Rackaityte ’13 Rebecca E. Parker ’10 Neurogenetics Unit, Massachusetts Patterson Summer Research The Class of ’67 Internship General Hospital, Charlestown, MA Fellowship Natalie J. Russ ’10 Sophia J. Ghaus ’12 Laura M. Reuter, DS ’11 Xiaoyue M. Guo ’11, University of The Morse Fellowship California—Davis, Davis, CA Roberta Day Staley and Karl A. Staley Kristel C. Dupaya ’10 Fund for Cancer-related Research Olivia L. Hendricks ’12, Imperial College The Linda Coyne Lloyd Student Awards London, London, United Kingdom Research Internship Linnea E. Herzog ’12 Shoshana Bachman ’12 Megan A. Budge ’12 Rachel E. Kery ’12 Rhea Choi ’11 Pui Man R. Lai ’11 Yi Ling Dai ’13 Shirley R. Sherr Student Rebecca K. Muwanse ’12 Kyung Hwa Lee ’12, Yale Stem Cell Center, Research Internship Heidi S. Park ’12 Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Yi Zhang ’10 Weiya Mu ’11 Jacqueline K. Shen ’11

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Trustee Scholarships Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Lauren Frances Allison ’10, United States Scholarship for Foreign Study Fellowship Da Eun Im ’10, United Kingdom Da Eun Im ’10, United Kingdom Lindsay Byrne ’77, Africa and South Asia United States India and Mexico Nora Johanna Keller ’10, Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Gagan Khera ’98, United States Central and South America Emilie Kavanagh Mitten ’10, Traveling Fellowship Kate McCahill ’06, Michelle Tsai ’00, Africa, Australia, Europe, Anne Louise Barrett Fellowship Taylor Yveline Harvey ’10, Australia, Argentina, and the Americas Krista Kateneva ’06, United States Chile, Japan, Spain, and New Zealand Shannon Wright ’99, South Africa Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Maria Opasnov Tyler ’52 United States Wellesley-Yenching Fellowship Elizabeth Finnigan Laferriere ’10, Scholarship in Russian Studies Cynthia Chen ’10, Hong Kong SAR Eugene L. Cox Fellowship Marisa Kathryn Crowley ’05, United Kingdom Joanna Jandee Kim ’09, China Elizabeth Carol Merrill ’09, United States Kyla Jean Raetz ’09, China Sarah Perry Wood Medical Fellowship Professor Elizabeth F. Fisher Rindy Zhang ’07, Taiwan Selasie Quarm Goka ’08, United States Fellowship Edna V. Moffett Fellowship Fanny Bullock Workman Fellowship Courtney Cruise Stepien ’08, United States Liise Lehtsalu ’09, United States Rebekah Ilene Dawson ’09, United States Ruth Ingersoll Goldmark Fellowship Rachel Thayer Lewis ’10, United Kingdom United States Kathleen Mary Howard ’04, Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship Horton-Hallowell Fellowship Elizabeth Lea Biermann ’07, United States United States Eleanor Xin Gao ’01, Kathryn Conway Preyer Fellowship Mahnaz Islam ’07, United States Erin Ross Doherty ’07, United States Nida Mirza ’05, United States Yang Qiu ’08, United States Mary McEwen Schimke Scholarship , United States Peggy Howard Fellowship in Melinda Consuela Rios DS ’10 Economics Vida Dutton Scudder Fellowship Jaree Pinthong ’09, United States Iuliana Pascu ’07, United States Jacqueline Krieger Klein ’53 M.A. Cartland Shackford Fellowship in Jewish Studies Medical Fellowship Lena Rose Glaser ’10, Israel Wynne Richard Lundblad ’03, United States Alma Rachel Heckman ’09, France Mehvish Mehrani ’08, United States United States Hannah Michelle Kapnik ’10, Harriett A. Shaw Fellowship Jennifer Cawley ’07, United States

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Chinese Government Scholarship Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Morris K. Udall Scholarship Denai Koh ’10, China Kara Lauren Feilich ’11, United States Leslye Dodds Penticoff ’11, United States Edith Zudi Shi ’10, China Yomay Shyur ’11, United States Amanda Jane Faulkner ’11, Honorable Mention Critical Language Scholarship Mellon Mays Undergraduate Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Julia Margaret Chrusciel ’10, Turkey Fellowship Alison Frances Harrington ’10, Bangladesh, United States Indonesia, Morocco, Turkey, and United Kathryn Wasserman Davis ’28 Michelle Korto Corkrum ’12, United States Arab Emirates 100 Projects for Peace Award Cassandra Lynn Eddington ’12, Celida Jazmin Ramirez ’12, United States Ana Lucia Medrano Fernandez ’13, Guatemala Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller United States Whitney Imani Smith ’12, Brothers Fund Fellowship French Government Teaching Gauri Shambhavi Subramani ’12, United States Assistantship in English Victoria-Diane Valencia Allison ’10, National Oceanic and United States Caitlin Ross Danis ’10, France Atmospheric Administration Racquel Lovelene Armstorn ’10, United States Esther Virginia Hugenberger ’10, France Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Zahra Aziza Mohamed ’10, United States France Orly Reine Sibony ’10, Scholarship Jackeline Silva ’10, France Ellen Willis-Norton ’12, United States Youngmin Jane Yi ’10, France National Science Foundation Fulbright U.S. Student Program Graduate Research Fellowship Malina Elisa Dumas ’10, Full Grant to Moldova Emily Suzanne Cibelli ’09, United States Olinda Tasneem Hassan ’10, English Teaching Rebekah Ilene Dawson ’09, United States Assistantship to Bangladesh Debra Michelle Hausladen ’09, United States Emily Daina Šaras ’10, Full Grant to Lithuania Sanja Jagesic ’08, United States Beilin Ye ’10, English Teaching Assistantship to Esther Grace Kim ’04, United States South Korea Kaitlyn S. Lucey ’08, United States Victoria T. Charoonratana ’10, Alternate, Anne Arnold Madden ’06, United States English Teaching Assistantship to Thailand Kali Elena Wilson ’04, United States Benjamin A. Gilman International Christina May Woo ’08, United States Scholarships Madeline B. Harms ’08, Honorable Mention Stephanie Lyn Brown ’10, Spain Michelle Jee Eun Kim ’05, Honorable Mention Kimberley Anne Corwin ’10, New Zealand Relena Rose Ribbons ’09, Honorable Mention Christina Maria Tognoni ’09, Honorable Mention

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Advisors and Organizers

Argow, Brittina A. 15, 20, 38 Imber, Jonathan B. 25 Radhakrishnan, Smitha 13, 36, 45 Ramos, Carlos 14 Barzel, Tamar 21 Jeffries, ichaelM P. 43 Rao, Nikhil 17 Bauman, Connie L. 8, 40 Jones, Kristina N. 10, 38 Renjilian-Burgy, Joy 19 Beltz, Barbara S. 9 Jong, Gail W. 11 Rivera, Daniela 46 Buchholtz, Emily A. 1, 24, 35, 39 Joseph, William A. 32, 48 Rollman, Wilfrid J. 10, 19 Burke, Tom 11, 12, 40, 43 Joyce, Joseph P. 7, 22, 31 Rosenwald, Lawrence A. 18, 42, 43 Burns, Bryan E. 14 Just, Marion R. 1, 10 Rutherford, Markella B. 33 Butcher, Kristin F. 20 Kapteijns, Lidwien E. 13 Sabin, Margery M. 11, 49 Cameron, Tracey L. 16 Karakasidou, Anastasia 32 Shastry, Gauri K. 7, 28, 48 Carpenter, Angela 21 Kazanjian, Victor H. 9, 16, 27, 30 Shih, Karen Y. 11, 19, 29 Carrico-Moniz, Dora 41 Kolker, Alex 20 Shurchkov, Olga 1, 27, 33, 47 Coile, Courtney C. 24 Königer, Martina 25 Stark, Glenn 15, 46 Creef, Elena T. 26 Krieger, Joel 47 Steady, Filomina C. 40 Darer, Verónica 7, 17, 22, 25, 39, Lee, Sun-Hee 14, 43 Stephan, Jennifer M. 7 41, 42 Lindauer, David L. 33 Suzuki, Yuichiro 8, 9, 26, 35, 41 de Silva de Alwis, Rangita 35 Syverson-Stork, Jill A. 1, 20, 25 Malino, Frances G. 18 DeSombre, Beth 23, 38, 48 Marini, Stephen A. 16, 26 Theran, allyS A. 1, 9, 30 Dolce, Jocelyne L. 8 McDonough, Janet 34 Thomas, arM cia E. 20 Donahue-Keegan, Deborah A. 27 McEwan, Patrick 12 Thomas-Starck, Jennifer 1, 23, 37 Egron-Sparrow, Sylvaine V. 25, McNamara, Martha J. 1, 17, 29, 45 Tjaden, Brian C. 8 37, 41 Mehalakes, Elaine 1, 29 Tohme, Lara G. 46 Mekuria, Salem 9 Tryon, Irma 37 Flynn, Nolan T. 15 Miller, Kate 28, 42 Turbak, Franklyn A. 1, 48 Fontijn, Claire 21 Moore, Marianne V. 23, 35, 49 Frace, Ryan K. 28 Van Arsdale, Adam 31, 32, 45 Morley, Carolyn A. 18, 24 Fuller, Gale 21 Vardar-Ulu, Didem 46 Muhammad, Salwa N. 1, 13 Verschoor, Carla M. 49 Galarneau, Charlene A. 10, 33, 39 Musacchio, Jacqueline M. 37 Giersch, C. Pat 42 Ward, David M. 46 Newton, Irene L. 40, 46 Gleason, Tracy R. 34, 44 Wasserspring, Lois 32 Nolden, Thomas 23 Goddard, Stacie E. 28 Weerapana, Akila 13 Grattan, Laura K. 19, 22 Obeng, Pashington J. 14 Wink, Paul M. 12, 29 O’Connell, Elizabeth T. 37 Wood, Winifred J. 1, 3, 17, 35 Hall, Nancy A. 30 Hawes, Kenneth S. 34, 44 Paarlberg, Robert L. 21, 36, 43 Hawkins, David P. 16 Peleg, Dori 1, 27, 39 Hawkins, Melissa A. 8, 41 Peltason, Timothy W.H. 24 Hennessey, Beth A. 26 Perkins, Ellie 31 Hilt, Eric D. 47 Playter, Joy P. 30 Hong, Soo 34 Quintana, Ryan A. 45 Hu, Yue 15

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Abrenica, Maria Victoria A. 19 Cahill, Alexandra E. 43 Dabrowski, Laura A. 31 Im, Sua 27, 69, 71 Agarwal-Harding, Priya S. 42 Cantine, Marjorie D. 14, 73 Daigle, Amanda J. 8, 69 Ives, Cataia L. 49, 74 Ahmed, Farah Z. 43 Carlson, Kathryn 31 Danskin, Galen T. 27, 68, 69, 71 Jaffee, Catherine D. 31 Ahn, Jaeun 14, 68, 69 Casiano, Rachel Y. 9 Darling, Emily M. 17 Jenkins, Artemis E. 46 Akash, Kavya 33 Cassel, Abigail B. 18, 71 Daswani, Samira S. 49, 68, 69, 71 Jin, Luyang 41, 71 Archer, Lucy E. 15 Catzen, Hannah Z. 16, 68, 70 Davis, Amanda B. 16 Jones, Nia S. 8 Arze, Camila A. 17 Cebrian, Sinta D.C. 34 DeLean, Tess G. 13, 68, 71, 72 Ayoub, Claire E. 33 Chadwell, David 39 DeMeis, Debra K. 39 Kaplan, Melanie L. 47 Chaiken, Toby R. 17, 69 Devji, Tehsina F. 41 Katz, Emily L. 40 Badea, Adina 26, 73 Chamberlain, Kristal K. 46 DiZoglio, Diana F. 20 Keller, Nora J. 36, 68, 70, 75 Bailin, Hannah G. 35 Chan, Emily 32, 69 Diss, Laura 41 Kelley, Kiersten L. 45 Bajwa, Sarina K. 34, 71 Chang, Andrea J. 8 Doherty Munro, Victoria E. 24 Kelly, Genevieve F. 32 Ballesteros Arias, Monica 32, 68, Chang, Daisy A. 43 Duffy, Erin L. 42, 68, 71 Kemmerer, Kate M. 17 69, 71 Chauhan, Pratibha 44 Dufresne, Simone R. 44 Kenefake, Mary E. 10 Barbara, Juliet V. 43, 68, 71 Chen, Debbie J. 21, 68, 73 Khan, Nuha 27, 73 Barnes, Alexandria M. 22, 69 Faulkner, Amanda J. 48, 76 Chen, Jing 10, 68, 71 Kim, Emily L. 28, 68 Barnes, Lindsay C. 22 Fischman, Lisa A. 29 Chen, May 41 Kim, Gi Yoon 43 Bauman, Connie L. 24 Foster, Genea C. 10, 73 Chen, Siwen 28, 70 Kim, Grace 43 Bellini, Melanie S. 17 Frattaroli, Sarita 41 Chin, Jessica G. 18 Kim, Janice D. 43 Bhandari, Viveka 19 Fredrick, Yaffa S. 26, 71 Cho, Haesun 43 Kingsley, Olivia E. 11, 68, 70 Bindel, Tracy D. 30, 73 Freedman, Willa C.E. 15 Cho, Sooheon 30 Kou, Weiye 31, 72 Bineham, Erinn N. 36 Cho, YangSoo 37 Geiger, Lynn M. 20 Krainchich, Elizabeth D. 26, 69 Blaine, Eliana R. 20 Cho, Katherine S. 22, 68, 71 Genero, Nancy P. 39 Krasker, Jennie D. 8, 24 Blair, Katherine M. 8, 70 Chung, Emma 33 Getto, Jacob 48, 72 Krishnaswamy, Nandita 30, 69, 71 Bond, Constance 37 Chung, Karina K. 38 Gilmartin, Elizabeth D. 42 Kukulka, Nicole A. 33 Bornstein, Michele H. 18 Clarke, Joy A. 14 Goldleaf, Genevieve M. 38, 71 Kurland, Alexandra M. 21 Branscome, Tyler L. 18 Clevenger, Hillary A. 7, 70 Gontarek, Sarah K. 17 Brown, Kyla W. 34 Lam, Tiffany 19 Corrigan, Kathleen E. 33 Gonzales, Graciela K. 22 Brown, Rhea A. 34, 71 Lansley, Chanelle M. 13, 69, 71 Corwin, Kimberley A. 15, 76 Gramolini, Simonetta C. 32 Bundschuh, Kristine A. 19 LaSane, Kendall 41 Coyne, Shannon M. 14, 69 Gray, Sarah M. 13, 69 Bustillo, Maria E. 8 Le, Teresa N. 32, 71 Crescitelli, Amanda L. 17 Guo, Xiaoyue M. 9, 74 Lee, Claire J. 26, 70 Crispi, Katherine A. 28 Gupta, Jaya 11, 68, 69 Lee, Heather D. 37 Cushing, Katherine E.J. 39, 69 Haj-Yehia, Adan 21, 68, 71 Levison, Julie 31 Hall, Margaret 24, 68, 71 Levitt, Peggy 1, 29 Hayes, Alexandra B. 35, 70 Lin, Kelly 29, 69 Heinrich, Marina 24 Lipscomb, Emily 41 Hendricks, Olivia L. 15, 74 Lochan, Maya A. 26 Hennessey, Beth A. 39 Hernandez, Yubelka A. 17 Huang, Lin Davina 19 Hui, Dora M. 44, 72 Hulme, Olivia L. 40

78 w e l l e s l e y i n t h e w o r l d Maisel, Sabrina A. 25 Paleologo, Karena P. 35 Saldivar, Erica 13, 71 Vachani, Anisha 36 Malambo, Samantha N. 7 Pang, Zijun J. 27 Sass, Samantha E. 40, 73 Van Adzin, Katherine A. 23, 72 Mandel, Grace E. 45 Paquin, Ashley M. 12 Savage, Kelsey R. 10, 68, 70 Van Cleve, Margaret N. 30 Marcucci, Rebecka H. 20, 68, 71 Park, Ji-Su 14 Scanlon, Kerry 7, 68, 71 Walker-Sperling, Victoria E.K. 46 Marrin, Laura E. 28, 68, 73 Park, Subin 18, 69 Schindler, Suzannah B. 24 Waltuck, Sara Y. 24 Martin, Meredith S. 29 Patel, Aditi G. 17, 68, 70 Schmidt, Ellyn M. 29, 70, 71 Wang, Heidi J. 48, 72 McDonough, Janet 24 Penticoff, Leslye D. 23, 71, 76 Schwartz, Susan V. 23 Wang, Yu-Chieh 48, 69 Medrano Fernandez, Ana L. 48, 76 Perez, Stephanie G. 16, 73 Scott, Kirsten E. 21 Ward, Shannon M. 45, 68, 72 Meghani, Nooreen A. 16 Peters, Tania 37 Secaida, Vivian A. 30, 68, 71 Weinstein-Levey, Emma B. 43 Mehan, Alison L. 29, 71 Pires, Caroline R. 9 Seo, Eun Je 46 Welch, Kamilah A. 27 Merrill, Hayley C. 27, 69, 71 Pollak, Amanda E. 44 Shaer, Sarah R. 11, 68, 70 Whitaker, Colette M. 48, 72 Mizuno, Tama 18 Posner, Carolyn R. 18 Sharma, Aabha 35, 69, 71 Wibisono, Alyssa G.S. 19 Mohammad, Farheen G. 13 Pravalprukskul, Pin 10 Sharp, Diamond J. 9, 73 Willis-Norton, Ellen M. 23, 71, 76 Prebble, Maria T. 19 Simons, Erin A. 29, 70, 72 Nagourney, Alexandra F. 10 Wolkin, Amy E. 8 Pyen, Tiffany H. 25, 71 Skow, Christa D. 24 Naka, Ikuno 27, 72 Workman, Kiley M. 41, 72 Smith, Ada P. 31 Nerurkar, Chaitra M. 11 Ramatchandirane, Cyndhia G. Wu, Catherine 33, 69 Smith, Ruth Ann C. 11, 68, 69 Newton, Stephanie 25 20, 74 Wucherpfennig, Julia I. 23, 70 Smith, Tonia K. 40, 73 Nguyen, Giao Linh T. 18 Ramirez, Angelica C. 33, 70 Wyatt, Amanda R. 22, 70 Snider, Lisa R. 25 Nhamo, Lucia M.T. 9, 70 Randolph, Maya S. 16 Snow, Katelin A. 49, 68, 72 Yim, Joanna K. 35, 71 Nichols, Victoria A. 29, 71, 73 Rodriguez, Kelsey D. 27, 69, 71 Snowden, Candice J. 38, 69 Nolan, Katherine R. 34 Roston, Rachel A. 9, 69, 72 Zaidi, Sarah B. 26 Snyderman, Rachel B. 12, 68, 70 Novak, Edna 37 Rucker, Ali C. 21 Zeng, Isabella I. 8 Soe, Chan Myae Myae 19, 74 Nunes, Katherine E. 46 Ryan, Laura J. 33 Zhan, BeiBei 47, 69 Stephens, Kelli N. 10 Zhang, Shu 37 Oberoi, Simi 47, 68 Sun, Caroline 48, 72 Zivari, Deeba L. 49, 70 Oddie, Sarah N. 25 Suquilanda, Patricia 33 Zwiebach, Margaret 33 O’Donnell, Katherine E. 12, 73 Syverson-Stork, Jill A. 29 Oh, Yeh Jin 43 Szasz, Andrea 13, 71 Olivier, Alexandra L. 48, 74 Tahk, Keyong Ah 7, 69 Olsen, David T. 29 Tang, Yiting 27 Onaindia, Maria A. 47 Texeira, Joe 41 Orama, Elisha A. 29, 70, 71 Than, yi-SK in-Lin 39, 72 Ornell, Natalie B. 42, 69 Thayer, Anastasia 22 Otero, Kristal A. 29, 71 Thayer, Elizabeth G. 10 Ottomano, Colleen M. 35 Tibbits, Eliza J. 45 Tien, Grace N. 11 Townsend, Megan J. 39, 68, 71 Tramont, Emily L. 12 Turrin, Sarah K. 36, 68, 73 Uhrain, Nicole A. 38

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