THE TANNER CONFERENCE

WELLESLEY IN THE WORLD

TUES NOV 6 2007 new directions in liberal education TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Conference Overview and Tanner Conference Committee Wellesley College gratefully acknowledges the generous alumnae and friends who 2 Thematic Overview support experiential learning. Their sup- 4 Conference Schedule port enables students to engage in off- campus learning opportunities that have 10 Conference Abstracts become an integral part of the Wellesley 41 Exhibition College educational experience. 44 Wellesley in the World Map The Tanner Conference Committee grate- fully acknowledges staff in the follow- 46 International Study Programs ing departments and facilities for their 48 Internship Programs commitment to the Tanner Conference: Alumnae Hall, Auxiliary Services, Campus 55 Fellowship Programs Police, Communications and Publications, 58 Wellesley College Supported Internship Recipients Custodial Services, Food Services, Grounds, Instructional Technology, Jewett Arts 65 National Fellowship Competition Recipients and Nominees Center, Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, 66 Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship Recipients Mail Services, Media Services, Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Pendleton 67 Index Hall, Science Center, Special Events, and the Wellesley College Club. THE TANNER CONFERENCE

It is our privilege to invite your partici- Encompassing the diversity of student Representing the work of nearly 300 pation in the 2007 Tanner Conference. experiences and interests, the Tanner Wellesley students, alumnae, faculty, and Established through the generosity of Conference takes as its subject internships staff, the 2007 Tanner Conference is orga- trustee emerita Estelle “Nicki” Newman and service learning, international study, nized around four broad themes: Cross- Tanner ’57, the Tanner Conference explores experiential learning in courses, research Cultural Interaction; Learning, Service, and the relationship between the liberal arts conducted away from Wellesley, and fellow- Youth; Politics, Economics, and Activism; classroom and student participation in an ships. The conference provides a venue for and Science, Medicine, and Public Health. increasingly diverse and interdependent faculty, staff, and students to discuss the The conference includes an exhibition fea- world. The conference is premised on the challenges to teaching and learning pre- turing information on internships, service belief that a greater understanding of the sented by new defi nitions of what consti- learning opportunities, international study, learning that takes place off campus—com- tutes the classroom. It also invites alumnae and fellowships. bined with critical inquiry into the purpose, to return to campus to discuss how their We wish to thank all those presenting in value, and effect of such learning—has the decisions to participate in these experi- the Tanner Conference for their roles in potential to move liberal education in new ences as Wellesley students later proved to helping us to better understand Wellesley’s directions. be ones of consequence. place in the world. We invite you to join the conversation that they are seeking to foster.

The 2007 Tanner Committee

Judith B. Black Erin L. Herzeelle ’03 Brian C. Tjaden Department of Art Center for Work and Service Department of Computer Science Angela C. Carpenter DS ’99 Amy M. Keir Margaret E. Ward Offi ce of the Class Deans and Class of 2010 Department of German Offi ce of the Dean of Students David L. Lindauer Cara L. Williams David J. Ellerby Department of Economics Class of 2008 Department of Biological Sciences Alexa R. Miller Paul M. Wink Stacie E. Goddard Davis Museum and Cultural Center Department of Psychology Department of Political Science S. Joanne Murray ’81 Adele J. Wolfson Melissa A. Hawkins Center for Work and Service Offi ce of the Dean of the College Center for Work and Service Jennifer Thomas-Starck Offi ce of International Study

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174409.P.CS2.indd 1 10/24/07 8:04:11 PM THEMATIC OVERVIEW

Cross-Cultural Interaction My Language, My Self individual presentations 9:15 a.m. Pendleton West 117 Religion in a Shrinking World individual presentations 9:15 a.m. Pendleton East 339 Found in Translation: The Importance of Cultural Intermediaries individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Pendleton West 117 Personal or Communal: How Is a Pilgrimage Defi ned? individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Lulu Chow Wang 210 Ricocheting through Life: Wellesley’s Road Map panel 10:45 a.m. Pendleton West 220 Exclusions or Inclusions: The “isms” That Defi ne Us individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Lulu Chow Wang 413 The Rewards, Challenges, and Responsibilities of Globalization individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 127 Unexpected Outcomes from Teaching and Learning Abroad individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 139 A Matter of Trust: Defending Cultures at Home and Abroad panel 3:00 p.m. Lulu Chow Wang 210 Fellowship Travels panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton West 220 ¡Oy, Caramba!: Jewish and Latina Dialogue in Puerto Rico panel 3:00 p.m. Lulu Chow Wang 104 The Multicultural Requirement: Can Exposure Be Measured? roundtable 3:00 p.m. Newhouse Center

Learning, Service, and Youth Crossing Social Boundaries: Service Learning in the Dominican Republic panel 9:15 a.m. Pendleton West 116 Educational Opportunity or Lack Thereof individual presentations 9:15 a.m. Pendleton East 127 Discovering the Self: The Value of an Internship individual presentations 9:15 a.m. Pendleton East 129 Luck of the Draw: Access to Supplemental Education individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Lulu Chow Wang 413 Perceptions of Progress: Working with Developing Countries individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Lulu Chow Wang 104 Primary Sources: Learning through Artifacts individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Pendleton East 127 Grunt Work or Course Work?: The Culture of Internships in the College Setting roundtable 10:45 a.m. Newhouse Center Juntos Podemos: The Educational Power of Diversity panel 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 212 Connecting the Campus: Getting Oriented in Leadership roundtable 1:30 p.m. Newhouse Center In the Spotlight: The Seamlessness of Stage Production individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 220 Challenging Expectations: The Importance of Mentorship panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 139 Distribution of Resources: Where’s the Money? Where Are the People? individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 127 Investing Time and Knowledge in India’s Youth panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 339 Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Road to Reconstruction panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton West 116

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174409.P.CS2.indd 2 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM Politics, Economics, and Activism Ready for Change: Hillary for President panel 9:15 a.m. Pendleton West 212 The Power of Connecting People panel 9:15 a.m. Pendleton East 239 Promoting Political Change in Argentina, Peru, and Russia individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Pendleton East 339 The Politics of Providing Media Content individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Pendleton West 212 What Really Happens in Washington individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Pendleton West 116 Applying the Social Sciences individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 339 Standing Up for Others individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 239 Microcredit on the Move individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 239 The Business of Politics individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton West 212

Science, Medicine, and Public Health Gray’s Anatomy: From the Classroom to the Emergency Room panel 9:15 a.m. Pendleton West 220 Frontline Battles in the War Against Cancer individual presentations 9:15 a.m. Pendleton East 139 Study Abroad and the Scientist: Why Would She? How Could She? roundtable 9:15 a.m. Newhouse Center Keeping the Seas Blue with Green Science individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Pendleton East 139 Nervous Excitement: Understanding the Brain individual presentations 10:45 a.m. Pendleton East 239 From the Laboratory to the Bedside: Understanding Diseases and Their Treatments individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 117 International Health Care individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 116 Saving the Planet: One Footprint at a Time individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Lulu Chow Wang 104 Back to Basics: Foundational Science individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Lulu Chow Wang 413 Too Much Information?: Technological Innovations in the Information Age individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton West 117 Keeping the Public Healthy individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 129

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174409.P.CS2.indd 3 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Learning, Service, and Youth The Power of Connecting People (panel) Pendleton East 239 a.m. Crossing Social Boundaries: Service 8:30–9:15 Learning in the Dominican Republic Eileen T. Crehan, Amanda Akerley, Maria (panel) J. Nassen, Sarah M. Hoban, and Abigail G. Continental Breakfast Pendleton West 116 Dalton Pendleton Atrium Liannette A. Perez, Gayle M. Guilford, and Science, Medicine, and Public Health Cassandra A. Campbell a.m. Gray’s Anatomy: From the Classroom to the 9:15–10:25 Educational Opportunity or Lack Thereof Emergency Room (panel) Pendleton West 220 Cross-Cultural Interaction (individual presentations) Pendleton East 127 Megan E. Friedman, Natalie R. Harrington, My Language, My Self Halimatou Hima Moussa Dioula, “No Child Sara N. Teichholtz, Martha M. McGilvray, (individual presentations) Left Behind”: Filling in Accumulated Gaps Samantha E. Bellach, and Alexandra C. Pendleton West 117 with Summer Programs Kuykendall Savanna F. Johnson and Katelyn M. Maria J. Bybee, Whole Child, Broken World Frontline Battles in the War Against Cancer Ching, Pourquoi Parler Français?: (individual presentations) Why Am I Learning to Speak French? Katherine E. Stone, College Bound: Pendleton East 139 The Fight for Educational Equity Nancy N.D. Pontius, Music As an Azal Ahmadi, From Mayo to Makkah International Language: Studying Discovering the Self: The Value of an Percussion in France Internship (individual presentations) Anika M. Lucas, Sleep Deprivation and Pendleton East 129 Increased Breast Cancer Risk in African Courtney E. Wilson, Walking Contradiction: American Women What It Means to Be Both a Wellesley Katherine M. Kinnaird, More Than a Side- Woman and an Army Soldier Dish Major: Undergraduate Mathematics Holly A. Yuan, Pink Ribbon Wars: Outside the Wellesley Bubble How Women Band Together to Fight Religion in a Shrinking World Breast Cancer (individual presentations) Rosie A. Osire, In Pursuit of a Passion: Pendleton East 339 Teacher? Program Coordinator? Ward Heather M. Haines, Metabolic Engineering Assistant? in Action: Development of Cancer Simone G. Seol, Studying Faiths: Diagnostic Tools Comparative Religion in Secondary Jaclyn Leeds, Working with the Disabled: Education An Invaluable Experience Sherry S. Zhou, Soy and Breast Cancer Naema Chowdhury, Where’s the Violence? Politics, Economics, and Activism Study Abroad and the Scientist: Why Would She? How Could She? (roundtable) Jessica Z. Forde, “Get thee to a nunnery!”: Ready for Change: Hillary for President Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 Volunteering with Religious Orders (panel) Pendleton West 212 H. Kim Bottomly, Sheila P. Brachfeld-Child, Catherine D. Jaffee, Christ, Homosexuality, Theodore W. Ducas, David Ellerby, Richard and Eggplants: Studying Religion through Katherine E. Chanpong, Nicolle K. Strand, G. French, Panagiotis T. Metaxas, Kaye T. Experiential Living Sarah M. Odell, ZhanTao Yang, and Jennifer Peterman, and Jennifer Thomas-Starck A. Willis

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174409.P.CS2.indd 4 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM 10:25–10:45 a.m. Learning, Service, and Youth Amy L. Damon, Reconstructing Cultures: Exploring Archaeological Excavation Luck of the Draw: Access to Supplemental Break in Peru Education (individual presentations) Refreshments will be served in the Pendleton Lulu Chow Wang 413 Grunt Work or Course Work?: Atrium. The Culture of Internships in the College Gloria Rosales and Shayla D. Adams, Setting (roundtable) Reducing the Achievement Gap: Bringing Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 10:45–11:55 a.m. Teachers of Color into Classrooms Judith B. Black, Eileen T. Crehan, Kenneth Angeles Garcia, Helping Foreigners Become Cross-Cultural Interaction S. Hawes, Sylvia S. Hiestand, Beth A. Self-Suffi cient: Working Together to Obtain Hennessey, Michelle L. Lirtzman, Ashley M. Found in Translation: Literacy and Career Goals Morris, S. Joanne Murray ’81, and Margaret The Importance of Cultural Intermediaries E. Ward (individual presentations) Catherine E. Walline, Painting with Pendleton West 117 Purpose: Creating an After-School Arts Politics, Economics, and Activism Service Program in Costa Rica Dafna Ashkenazi, Language for Coexistence: Promoting Political Change in Argentina, Perceptions of Progress: A Summer Project for Peace Peru, and Russia (individual presentations) Working with Developing Countries Pendleton East 339 Sookjin S. Wang, Why Is Adoption in Korea (individual presentations) So High?: Interpreting Birth-land Tours Lulu Chow Wang 104 Danielle T.O. Brown, Action Starts with Education: Promoting Participatory Lisa M. Wiley, The Holism of Healing Alana L. Nelson, The Other Side: Human Democracy in Córdoba, Argentina Personal or Communal: Migration in Veracruz, Mexico Kirstin L. Neff, Environmental Activism and How Is a Pilgrimage Defi ned? Amanda J. Tai, Learning among Lemurs: Russian Democracy: Lessons in Translation (individual presentations) Creating Social and Environmental Change Lulu Chow Wang 210 in Southern Madagascar Stephanie C. DeAlmeida and Leslie J. Kim, A Simple Life Emma M. Tosch, “Foreing Remember: Angela Xiong, Learning to Appreciate Food You Are NO in Spain”: Walking the The Politics of Providing Media Content Michelle W.T. Wong, When Assumptions Do Economics of a Pilgrimage (individual presentations) Not Hold: Volunteering in Guizhou, China Pendleton West 212 Lillian E. Nin, A Pilgrim’s Story: My Claire S. De La Mothe Karoubi, 1100-Kilometer Journey to Santiago de Jeanine Navarrete, “Rock and Roll Is Here Volunteer Work in Rural Madagascar: Compostela on Foot to Stay”: Popular Music in Academia Giving, Teaching, and Learning Alia A. Radman, My Escape to the Far East Kara A. Hadge, From Party Pictures to Primary Sources: Learning through Politicians: The Magazine As a Cultural Ricocheting through Life: Artifacts (individual presentations) Mirror Wellesley’s Road Map (panel) Pendleton East 127 Pendleton West 220 Courtney A. White, Information Overload: Sarah A. Vickery, Place, Personality, and How Consumers Determine Printed Martha A. Ortiz ’04 and Elizabeth A. Passion: The Creation of the Ipswich Periodical Content Phelps ’04 Women’s Heritage Trail Katherine J. Robart, Who’s Watching What?: Elinor C. Marboe, Plastic Flowers and Researching Television Viewer Habits in Carved Marble: Experiences with Modern the Greater Boston Area and Ancient Cemeteries

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174409.P.CS2.indd 5 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM Evgenia P. Karelina, Changing Pace: Hoi See Tsao, An Investigation into Spinal Kathryn L. Heffernan and Ona A. Keller, Finding My Identity As a Journalist Cord Regeneration Using Combinatorial Social Pyramids: On Social Stratifi cation in Costa Rica Drug Treatments and Discrimination in Contemporary Egypt What Really Happens in Washington Ka Yiu Alice Kwan, How Bright Are Christin Ho, Green Tea: Experiences (individual presentations) You?: Investigating Depression at Assimilating to Culture and Life in Pendleton West 116 the Cellular Level with Fluorescent “Homogeneous Japan” Immunohistochemistry Cassie H. Chambers, Health Care on the The Rewards, Challenges, and Hill: My Summer in Public Policy Christina M. Tognoni, You Are What Your Responsibilities of Globalization Mother Eats: Prenatal Events Affect Adult (individual presentations) Rakeen S. Mabud and Madison M. Duff, Brain Plasticity Pendleton East 127 Myths vs. Realities: Misconceptions of the United States Senate Tina Yen, Lost in Translation: My p.m. Experiences in Cities of the Twenty-fi rst Bai N. Kamara, How Are Your Tax Dollars 12:00–1:30 Century Being Used? Tanner Conference Exhibition and Whitney L. Walker, The West and the Rest: Science, Medicine, and Public Health Luncheon Evaluating Transnational Relationships Keeping the Seas Blue with Green Science Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center among Women (individual presentations) The Tanner Exhibition provides students Elisa J. Lee, The Changing Image of South Pendleton East 139 the opportunity to learn about Wellesley’s Korea: Another Cultural Revolution or a Claire J. Marana and Catherine M.R. international study, internship, and fellow- Catastrophe? Foley, Everyone Needs a Seat at the Table: ship programs. Faculty, staff, and student Unexpected Outcomes from Teaching and Collaborative Marine Conservation in the representatives from Wellesley’s programs Learning Abroad (individual presentations) United States and Abroad will be available to speak with students. Pendleton East 139 Asha G. Stenquist, Environmentalism on a All members of the Wellesley College Dana C. Britt, Do the Toilets Flush in the Post-Navy Island: Exploring the Effects of community are invited to lunch, which will Opposite Direction? Ugandan Myths and U.S. Navy Activity in Vieques be distributed in a tent between Alumnae Misunderstandings Hall and the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Marisa D. Villarreal, A Wormy Mollusk’s Center. Indoor seating will be available in Kaitlin E. Staudt and Rebekah P. Altug, Tropical Paradise: Marine Field Biology Alumnae Hall at this time. Recycling, Jellibons, Galatasaray, and Water on a Central American Coral Reef Balloons: Perspectives on Teaching English Specialty desserts will be available at the Nervous Excitement: Understanding in Turkey Exhibition in Tishman Commons. the Brain (individual presentations) Learning, Service, and Youth Pendleton East 239 p.m. Juntos Podemos: Cecilia A. Flatley, Confessions of a Lab 1:30–2:40 The Educational Power of Diversity (panel) Intern: One Woman’s Relationship with Cross-Cultural Interaction Pendleton West 212 the Crooked-Tail Mouse Exclusions or Inclusions: The “isms” That Alison Harrington, Tu-Phuong T. Tran, Maša Veronica Cole, Babies and Brains: Defi ne Us (individual presentations) Ðikanovi´c, Hope A. Lewis, and Joy M. Napier What Infant Research Can Tell Us Lulu Chow Wang 413 about the Mind Mehroz Baig, Confronting Diversity

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174409.P.CS2.indd 6 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM Connecting the Campus: Getting Oriented Racquel L. Armstrong, Diversity in the Christine I. Nichols, Tobacco and Alcohol in Leadership (roundtable) Workplace: The Challenge of Minorities in Thailand: Working with the ThaiHealth Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 in Executive Leadership Promotion Foundation Victoria T. Charoonratana, Clara E. Peterson, Dahuy Tran, Ending the Cycle of Pain: Yang Qiu, Seeing Is Believing: National and Lori Tenser ATASK’s Mission to Stop Domestic Health Care Is Becoming International Violence in China In the Spotlight: The Seamlessness of Stage Production (individual presentations) Divya Sood, Dwindling Daughters: Saving the Planet: One Footprint at a Time Pendleton West 220 India’s Declining Child Sex Ratio (individual presentations) Lulu Chow Wang 104 Sarah M. Merrill, Behind the Curtain: Christina N. Filipp, Helping People Help Trade Secrets of a Quick-Change Artist Themselves: No Easy Task for Progressive Mehjabeen Rahman, Debra M. Hausladen, Nonprofi ts and Tyler S. Blangiardo, Rigors of Tropical Kristina L. Szilagyi, The Development of a Research: Dirty Conservation in Costa Rica Repertoire Theatre Company Emily R. Buss, The International Labor Organization: Is It Effective in the Phoebe A. Poole and Courtney C. Stepien, Ashley A.M. Gramolini, Summer Theatre: Twenty-fi rst Century? Humans, Hippos, and Hawkmoths: The Magic behind the Curtain Conducting Research in the World’s Science, Medicine, and Public Health Mary T. Plant-Thomas, Nine Summers of Largest National Park Theatre Produced by Kids! From the Laboratory to the Bedside: Understanding Diseases and Their Politics, Economics, and Activism p.m. Treatments (individual presentations) 2:40–3:00 Applying the Social Sciences Pendleton West 117 Break (individual presentations) Jessica J. Kim, Getting Down to the Facts: Pendleton East 339 Refreshments will be served in the Who’s Dying? Pendleton Atrium. An Zhou, Let’s Talk about Leverage: Zehra B. Omer, Help! My Shoes No Longer The Crash of Subprime Residential Fit…and Neither Does My Heart! Mortgage-Backed Securities 3:00–4:10 p.m. Ilene K. Tsui, Consider It a Complement Amanda J. Davis, Another View of Africa: Cross-Cultural Interaction Evaluating Changes in Capital Flows Laura C. Murphy, The Front Lines of the Battle with Autism A Matter of Trust: Defending Cultures at Virginia C. Wittman, Keeping America Home and Abroad (panel) Rolling: Science and Economics in the Oil International Health Care Lulu Chow Wang 210 Field Service Industry (individual presentations) Pendleton West 116 Maura C. Atwater, Laura E. Falender, and Magdalena I. Naydekova, Designing a New Emily M. Bogue Offi ce Type Alexandria J. Bear, Mountains Beyond Mountains: Providing Medical Relief Fellowship Travels (panel) Standing Up for Others to the People of Honduras Pendleton West 220 (individual presentations) Pendleton East 239 Alejandra Ellison-Barnes, Mud, Mosquitoes, Annie Chu ’03, Anne-Laure Py ’02, Laure- and Medicine: Providing Health Care in Anne Ventouras ’05, and Tracy Johnston Victoria M. Starrett, From Disabilities to Uganda Zager ’95 Evictions: Making the Connection between Social Work and Law

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174409.P.CS2.indd 7 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM ¡Oy, Caramba!: Jewish and Latina Dialogue Investing Time and Knowledge in India’s Ashley M. Benner, Playing God: in Puerto Rico (panel) Youth (panel) The Organization and Infl uence of the Lulu Chow Wang 104 Pendleton East 339 Christian Fundamentalist Movement Yael E. Misrahi, Madeline B. Harms, Nayna A. Lodhia, Prachee M. Gujarathi, Vivian J. Chang, Constructing Margie A. Levin, Nancy Gonzalez, and Shivani Kaul, and Chindhuri Selvadurai Homophobia: Experiences with Sharline Madera a Progressive Think Tank Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Multicultural Requirement: Can The Road to Reconstruction (panel) Science, Medicine, and Public Health Exposure Be Measured? (roundtable) Pendleton West 116 Back to Basics: Foundational Science Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 Terry S. Kim, Jae-Young Paek, and (individual presentations) Barbara R. Beatty, Angela Carpenter DS ’99, Charlene C. Chong Lulu Chow Wang 413 T. James Kodera, Malhar Nabar, and Politics, Economics, and Activism Julieann Freitas, Engineering Immunity: Karen Shih Antibody Production and Its Role within Microcredit on the Move Learning, Service, and Youth Scientifi c Research (individual presentations) Challenging Expectations: Pendleton East 239 Jessica B. Weng, The Quest for Better Pest The Importance of Mentorship (panel) Control Using Baculovirus Fibroblast Erisha S. Suwal, Research for Grassroots Pendleton East 139 Growth Factors Development: Working in Semi-Urban Josephine C. Corlett, Ariel B. Levine, Kristy H. Villages in South India Andrea P. Johnston, Shaking Up Crystal Liu, Ivana Rodriguez, and Sheri L. Stewart Lattices and Cultural Barriers to Improve Afi a Tasneem, Helping the Poor Help Flat-Panel Displays Distribution of Resources: Themselves: Assessing the Effectiveness Where’s the Money? Where Are the of Microcredit in Alleviating Poverty Bilin Zhuang, From Billions of Tiny Atoms People? (individual presentations) to What We See and Touch: Algorithms in Rupsha Biswas, Surviving the South: Pendleton East 127 Molecular Dynamics Simulations Eradicating Poverty in South India Shirley N. Nah, Teaching the Children of Adria E. Schlemme, Animal Tales: Patient Edlyn R. Yuen, Loans That Change Lives: the Taiwanese Bunun Tribe: Learning How Care at Tufts Wildlife Clinic Modernizing Microfi nance through the to Overcome the Effects of Poverty Internet Madeline H. Elkins, Human- and Pet-Safe in Education Pesticides: “There Ain’t No Bugs on Me…” The Business of Politics Courtney E. Pelley, “Head, Shoulders, (individual presentations) Too Much Information?: Technological Knees, and Toes”: Teaching English Abroad Pendleton West 212 Innovations in the Information Age without Resources or Materials (individual presentations) Deborah L. Moldover, Seeing the Full Hsiao-Song Xi, The Case for Our Pendleton West 117 Picture: A Look at Opposition Research National Parks in Electoral Politics Chloe Fan and Catherine R. Grevet, Reinventing Our Future at Virginia Tech: Gabriella A. Soto, The Role of Think Tanks Exploring Graduate School through in the Washington Power Structure Research in Human-Computer Interaction Vanessa A. Arslanian, When Our Representatives Won’t Be Heard: Business and Politics on Long Island

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174409.P.CS2.indd 8 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM Nandini R. Dookeran, The TWiki™ Revolution: A Multi-Enterprise Tool Ayla C. Solomon, Helping Biologists Help Themselves: Experience in an Interdisciplinary Lab Keeping the Public Healthy (individual presentations) Pendleton East 129 Jamie L. Bence, From the Clinic to the Headlines: Abortion in the U.S. Media Porsha L. Eden, Advocating Equitable Women’s Health Care in Massachusetts’ Health Care Reform Mehreen Iqbal, All for the Children, Right? Erin M. Freeman, Deputizing America: Are Sex Offender Registries and Notifi cations Effective or Are the Offenders Becoming Victims?

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174409.P.CS2.indd 9 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

9:15–10:25 a.m.

Cross-Cultural Interaction Music As an International Language: this past summer at Warrior Forge. Located Studying Percussion in France in Fort Lewis, Washington, Warrior Forge My Language, My Self Nancy N.D. Pontius ’09, Music is an intensive fi ve-week military camp. (individual presentations) Advisor: Claire Fontijn, Music There, I shot anti-tank weapons, rappelled Pendleton West 117 down 37-foot walls, fl ew in Chinook heli- This past spring, I attended the Conserva- copters, survived gas chambers, threw Pourquoi Parler Français?: Why Am I toire de Strasbourg in France as a full-time live hand grenades, and spent 10 days in Learning to Speak French? student. Not only did I experience the the fi eld performing real-world missions. Savanna F. Johnson ’09, International musical intensity common to conservato- With no showers, little sleep, and con- Relations and Katelyn M. Ching ’09, Music ries, but I also participated in an environ- stant stress, Warrior Forge tests cadets as Advisor: Michèle Respaut, French ment sculpted by French artistic values. soldiers and future leaders. As one of the The emphasis was on knowing what you Pourquoi apprenez-vous le français? was few females in training, and one of fewer want to do professionally before entering. the number-one question people asked cadets from an elite college, I will discuss However, while I sometimes did not under- us this past summer. Why are you learn- how Warrior Forge forced me to recon- stand and occasionally felt out of place, I ing French? The answer turns out to be cile what it means to be both a Wellesley knew that I was surrounded by a love for “for more reasons than we had thought.” woman and an Army soldier. the arts. As a Conservatoire student, I was Through the intensive summer language accepted as another fellow musician, even Religion in a Shrinking World program at Middlebury College, we learned though French was not my fi rst language. (individual presentations) more than how to say, “I like to play ten- Despite this barrier, I quickly learned that nis” in French. In struggling to express Pendleton East 339 “fa la do fa” was an F chord, and was never ourselves in another language while trying criticized for my slow response. The les- Studying Faiths: Comparative Religion to learn it, we began to comprehend how sons I learned—the differences between in Secondary Education culture informs and shapes language. As American and French percussion styles, Simone G. Seol ’08, Philosophy Middlebury students, we observed how and the strength of musical appreciation Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion the experience of an intensive immersion across cultural boundaries—taught me that environment can facilitate learning both In an increasingly globalized society, one music truly is an international language. language and society together. We now see of the most important steps toward mean- that learning French teaches us to appreci- Walking Contradiction: What It Means ingful dialogue and peaceful coexistence ate differences in culture and to recognize to Be Both a Wellesley Woman and an is understanding the world’s different how these differences affect our commu- Army Soldier religions. However, the study of compara- nication with the world and with those Courtney E. Wilson ’08, Spanish tive religion seems to be available only at around us. Why am I learning French? Advisor: Sarah Wall-Randell ’97, English the university setting. At the MIT campus To know the French better—and to know this past summer, I designed and taught As a cadet in the U.S. Army ROTC pro- myself better. a course titled “Introduction to Asian gram, I’ve been preparing to commission Religions” to a group of students at the sec- as a second lieutenant offi cer since my ondary level. Rethinking the learning mate- freshman year. After studying battle drills, rial and methods, with which I was familiar learning leadership skills, and participat- as a religion major at Wellesley College, to ing in countless fi eld training exercises, suit the needs and capacities of high school the culmination of my training occurred students was a special challenge and learn-

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174409.P.CS2.indd 10 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM ing experience. I will address two key ques- “Get thee to a nunnery!”: Volunteering gious environment poses many ethical and tions: How could the study of comparative with Religious Orders moral dilemmas. I will review the expe- religion benefi t students in secondary edu- Jessica Z. Forde ’08, Political Science riential learning that took place in differ- cation? How should religion be taught so Advisor: Sharon Elkins, Religion ent religious situations—such as 72-hour as to encourage cross-cultural understand- meditations or discussions on homosexual- This past summer, I decided not to work ing and constructive debate? ity and Christianity while harvesting egg- with professionals who had high-pow- plants. These experiences taught me about Where’s the Violence? ered careers with large bonuses. Instead, the challenges and rewards of recognizing Naema Chowdhury ’08, History I worked with people who chose a life of some boundaries while hurdling over oth- Advisor: Sea Ling Cheng, Women’s Studies service without money or possessions— ers. Simply being a student can serve as a the Missionaries of Charity (MC), the As a Muslim woman, I am often confront- visa to another way of living and believing. Community of Franciscans of the Renewal ed with the question, “How can you prac- (CFR), and the Sisters of Life (SV). I was Learning, Service, and Youth tice a religion that oppresses women?” The impressed with the MC’s strict interpreta- media has focused on this aspect of the Crossing Social Boundaries: Service tion of poverty. With the SVs, I saw how Muslim community, repeatedly showing Learning in the Dominican Republic service work lacks glamour when sitting women with head scarves and burqas. On (panel) at a desk in the oppressive heat of July and the other side of the spectrum, many mem- talking on a headset with a pregnant teen- Pendleton West 116 bers of the Muslim community staunchly ager. I found the CFRs to be a paradox— refute the existence of abuse and oppres- Liannette A. Perez ’09, Political Science; mendicant rock stars traveling the world, sion toward women. However, both sides Gayle M. Guilford ’08, Spanish; and giving lectures, performing on stage, and are wrong. U.S. newspapers have gravely Cassandra A. Campbell ’09, Peace and skateboarding in between ministering to mistaken the oppressed, portraying the Justice Studies residents of their homeless shelter. I will wrong type of women as abused. Muslim Advisor: Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Spanish describe how these communities differ community leaders, mostly men, fail to despite their common calling. We will discuss our service at the Sister recognize abuse, fearing that admitting it Island Project, a nonprofi t organization shows a weakness on their part. A day at Christ, Homosexuality, and Eggplants: dedicated to fostering respectful interna- Turning Point for Women and Families Studying Religion through tional friendship and cultural, educational, would easily open the eyes of these two Experiential Living and technical exchange between people groups. While domestic violence occurs Catherine D. Jaffee ’08, Political Science of the United States and people of the in all communities regardless of race, reli- and Religion Dominican Republic. During our stay, we gion, or class, the Muslim community is Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion were confronted with issues concerning the least helped. Because of our own self- If you practiced Buddhism and lived in a internal racism, sexual education, and denial and the insistence of the American Buddhist monastery, would you identify identity. Most importantly, we addressed social infrastructure to tie our beliefs with as Buddhist? If before every meal, you how a rich culture is capable of sustaining violence, Muslim women, whether immi- sang Christian hymns and worked for an a diverse group of people for generations, grant or American, continue to suffer. At institution rooted in the message of Jesus while infl uencing others to respect their Turning Point, I have met many women Christ, would you be Christian? Through legacy. We will share how we fi rst became who have slowly learned to break through studying in a Burmese Buddhist monastery enlightened and then committed to fi nding these barriers by fi rst admitting that our in India and interning at an international opportunities that will make a difference in community has a problem and then using Christian farm in Japan, I struggled to bal- developing nations. our religion to fi x it. I will introduce the ance my personal beliefs with my desire to proud women who have undertaken this be an active member of these communi- major task, and will continue my mission ties. Sitting safely in a classroom studying to raise awareness of the prevalence of religion versus living and working in a reli- domestic violence.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 11 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM Educational Opportunity or Lack Nursery is a nonprofi t organization work- equal and just society. I will address these Thereof (individual presentations) ing with at-risk children from low-income questions through this case study and the families. In 2005, 76 percent of the fami- evaluation of a model summer enrichment Pendleton East 127 lies they served had no employed adult and program. 43.9 percent had a history with child pro- “No Child Left Behind”: Filling Discovering the Self: The Value of an tective services. The Relief Nursery works Accumulated Gaps with Summer Programs Internship (individual presentations) Halimatou Hima Moussa Dioula ’10, to build strong children by nurturing their Undeclared creativity, imagination, and self-esteem, Pendleton East 129 Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education while encouraging the children’s families More Than a Side-Dish Major: to do the same. I will discuss the differ- “Education is the key to success; it opens Undergraduate Mathematics Outside ent obstacles I saw these children face, as so many doors.” Good education, however, the Wellesley Bubble well as the techniques employed to help is just an abstract idea to some students Katherine M. Kinnaird ’08, Mathematics them overcome these barriers. At times, whose dreams of success are constantly Advisor: Stanley S. Chang, Mathematics I was overcome with sadness and anger threatened by the inequalities that still exist at how these children were being treated. Undergraduate mathematics is much more in the U.S. educational system. To tackle However, the children were so resilient than just a side dish to an economics or that problem, the BELL program is giving that, ultimately, I was fi lled with hope. science major. But it takes time outside inner-city school children the opportunity the Wellesley Bubble to understand how to enhance their educational achievement. College Bound: The Fight broad undergraduate mathematics truly This past summer, with my young schol- for Educational Equity can be. Leaving Wellesley to study math in ars involved some struggle, but—more Katherine E. Stone ’09, History Hungary and to conduct biomath research importantly—it provided much reciprocal Advisor: Barbara R. Beatty, Education at North Carolina State University (NCSU), teaching. I learned from my students how Education is not the sole proprietorship I experienced fi rsthand that undergraduate their immediate neighborhood and family of any single race, class, or creed, but math can be much more than just problem situations affected their abilities to effec- rather the right of all students who seek sets and integrals. I will explore how my tively gain knowledge. Although the “No it. Yet today’s low-income, minority, and experiences from Hungary and NCSU each Child Left Behind” policy shapes the school fi rst-generation immigrant students face broadened my answer to the question: “So system, are some children’s needs unful- tremendous disadvantages wrought in part what are you going to do with that math fi lled by that policy? My presentation will by our public school systems. Through major?” This talk will be of interest to math highlight how an unexpected internship my summer internship with the Marin lovers and loathers alike. strengthened my desire to study economic Education Fund, I not only researched the development and policy making, but left In Pursuit of a Passion: Teacher? most recent articles on these topics, but me still jostling many questions within Program Coordinator? Ward Assistant? also helped plan and implement a summer my mind. Rosie A. Osire ’10, Undeclared institute aimed at preparing underprivi- Advisor: Kristin F. Butcher ’86, Economics Whole Child, Broken World leged high school students to attend and Maria J. Bybee ’10, Undeclared succeed in higher education. In priming Volunteering in a developing country Advisor: Ann Velenchik, Economics these students for the challenges they will sometimes forces one to suspend personal face in college, I simultaneously learned goals and expectations in order to attend to Even in the United States, children born about the diffi cult decisions and situations more pressing concerns. I went to Ghana into impoverished families have limited they face in their schools and in their lives. on an HIV/AIDS program and expected opportunities to do better than their par- The institute provided insight into inequal- to spend my time in a hospital caring for ents. Extreme poverty is also a major fac- ities in our school system, and led me to patients. Instead, I ended up being a teach- tor in child abuse and neglect. The Relief ask questions about the role and capability er, an assistant coordinator, and a lab and of public education in the creation of an ward assistant. In a world fi lled with varied problems, all urgent and all demand-

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174409.P.CS2.indd 12 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM ing our attention, it can be challenging Yet how do women in individual states take Hoban observed the distinction between to fi nd one’s place in the whole puzzle. action? How do individual voters’ actions the Foundation and Grameen Bank and What career best suits my personality and transcend into national campaign momen- learned how local microfi nance organi- talents? In what way can I make the most tum? Early state primaries, fundraising, zations linked up with GF to help effect impact in my community with maximum and caucuses—how do all the pieces fi t change in the lives of the poor. Maria personal satisfaction? My presentation will together to form a national presidential Nassen, as an intern on Capitol Hill, be a testimony of how useful an intern- campaign? We will discuss our campaign- learned the importance of understanding ship can be in attempting to answer these trail experiences after spending a summer the political hierarchy in order to progress questions. I will talk about the challenges working for Hillary Clinton for President professionally. At Newsweek, Abby Dalton I faced, each of which worked together to in the fi nance, communications, politi- developed skills to connect with people help me discover my true passion. cal, and fi eld departments in Boston, Las from all walks of life to conduct interviews. Vegas, New Hampshire, New York, and In the Offi ce of Research on Women’s Working with the Disabled: An Invaluable Washington, D.C. We also will share a Health at the National Institutes of Health, Experience glimpse of this historic campaign and Eileen Crehan worked to implement Jaclyn Leeds ’10, Undeclared unprecedented election cycle as we look methods for attracting more women and Advisor: Andrea Matthews, Music back and compare how each region’s indi- minorities into biomedical careers through How is it possible to have a whole conver- vidual role contributes to Hillary Clinton’s cross-institutional committees. Networking sation with someone who cannot speak? I presidential campaign momentum. By within and beyond the Wellesley commu- spent my summer working with nonverbal, sharing our unique opportunities and nity not only can lead to a fi rst job, but also severely disabled 12- and 13-year-olds who quirks of working on a major presidential can be a valuable tool to facilitate change. taught me far more about facing adver- campaign, we hope to provide broader Science, Medicine, and Public Health sity and fi nding the joy in living than I insight into this monumental campaign. could have ever learned from anyone who Gray’s Anatomy: From the Classroom The Power of Connecting People merely explained these concepts to me with to the Emergency Room (panel) (panel) words. Spending time with disabled chil- Pendleton West 220 dren proved to be an invaluable hands-on Pendleton East 239 experience. No textbook could have better Megan E. Friedman ’08, Biological Eileen T. Crehan ’08, Mathematics and prepared me for the emotional learning I Sciences; Natalie R. Harrington ’09, Psychology; Amanda Akerley ’08, Sociology; encountered and embraced on the job. Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences; Sara N. Maria J. Nassen ’08, International Relations Teichholtz ’09, Neuroscience; Martha M. Politics, Economics, and Activism and Political Science; Sarah M. Hoban ’08, McGilvray ’10, Undeclared; Samantha E. French and International Relations; and Ready for Change: Hillary Bellach ’10, Undeclared; and Alexandra C. Abigail G. Dalton ’08, English and History for President (panel) Kuykendall ’10, Undeclared Advisor: Wilbur C. Rich, Political Science Advisor: Connie Bauman, Physical Pendleton West 212 Personal and professional contacts are Education and Athletics Katherine E. Chanpong ’10, Undeclared; integral to facilitating relationships in the “No pain, no gain. Wait! That could be a Nicolle K. Strand ’10, Undeclared; working world. Representing fi ve diverse sprain.” This panel will help you recognize Sarah M. Odell ’10, Undeclared; ZhanTao Washington, D.C., internships, we came when the pain you experience in exercise Yang ’10, Undeclared; and Jennifer A. to recognize the importance of build- or sports is more than the normal result Willis ’09, Political Science ing connections in different ways. Each of overdoing it. You will learn when to see Advisor: Nancy Scherer, Political Science of us developed skills to communicate a doctor and when to just work through it. with our bosses and coworkers who had As the fi rst viable female candidate for We will cover a variety of injuries, such as vast experience in their fi elds. Working president of the United States, Hillary shin splints, ankle sprains, and tendonitis. for the Grameen Foundation (GF), Sarah Clinton excites women across the country.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 13 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM Additionally, we will discuss predisposing Sleep Deprivation and Increased Breast ences and goals to spread awareness, raise factors, preventive methods, and treat- Cancer Risk in African American Women funds, and create a network for breast can- ments for these injuries. As participants Anika M. Lucas ’08, Neuroscience cer activists and survivors. I helped prepare in the Sports Medicine 205 class, we will Advisors: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience for Komen’s annual Race for the Cure and share our experiences in emergency rooms, and Thomas Mellman, Howard University worked with outreach to target communi- a cadaver lab at Harvard Medical School, a Medical School ties. I will discuss how the campaign to clinical internship in the athletic training fi ght breast cancer has made an impact on The highest breast cancer mortality rates facility, and working with Wellesley College the women’s health movement and on the are among African American women. This varsity athletes as student athletic training problems that nonprofi ts such as Komen past summer, I obtained pilot data on the aides. face in this mission. sleeping patterns of African American Frontline Battles in the War Against breast cancer survivors, a group seldom Metabolic Engineering in Action: Cancer (individual presentations) studied. Although the specifi c function Development of Cancer Diagnostic Tools of sleep is unclear, many studies have Heather M. Haines ’08, Chemistry Pendleton East 139 reported that sleep loss reduces immune Advisor: Nolan T. Flynn, Chemistry From Mayo to Makkah response and alters metabolic processes. Over the last decade, scientists’ under- Azal Ahmadi ’09, Philosophy For example, sleep loss is associated with standing of cancer-related changes in the Advisor: Ifeanyi A. Menkiti, Philosophy obesity, which increases cancer risk and cell has increased substantially. This infl ux reduces cells that play a role in tumor This past summer at the Mayo Clinic, I of knowledge has paved the way for the recognition and destruction. We evalu- studied virotherapy for the treatment of development of new tools to detect small ated the prevalence of insomnia and short various cancers, investigating two condi- changes in the levels of certain serum pro- sleep, assessing the relationship between tionally replicating adenoviruses in which teins implicated in cancer. While working them in breast cancer survivors in the D.C. a key regulating gene is driven by the this past summer in Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi’s Metropolitan area. We found that over prostate-specifi c promoter probasin or lab at the University of California, Berkeley, 50 percent of the breast cancer survivors the tumor-specifi c promoter MUC-1, the I improved upon a system specifi cally tar- within our study slept for six hours or less, latter of which targets breast cancer cells. geted at detecting levels of glycoproteins, while 80 percent of subjects who slept for Working in an endocrinology lab in the which are proteins attached to sugar mol- six hours or less had insomnia. We will dis- Undergraduate Research Fellowship, we ecules. The Bertozzi lab’s metabolic engi- cuss how sleep behavior may place African studied the effect of these two viruses on neering process of tagging glycoproteins American women at greater risk for cancer various cancer cell lines, including breast, with a nonreactive chemical label became development or recurrence. ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancers. the cornerstone of my project. I will discuss Using the MTS assay/Coomasie Blue stain- Pink Ribbon Wars: How Women Band how this research opened my eyes not only ing, we established that the viruses target Together to Fight Breast Cancer to the medical applications of metabolic specifi c cancers. Contrasting this experi- Holly A. Yuan ’08, Women’s Studies engineering, but also to scientifi c research ence, I also interned at a hospital in Banda Advisor: Susan Reverby, Women’s Studies at a graduate-level institution. Aceh (Makkah), Indonesia, the city worst One in eight women in the United States hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. will face breast cancer in their lifetime. In There, I witnessed the devastating clinical the last several decades, the silence about effects of cancer and other diseases, inspir- this disease has been lifted and groups of ing me to pursue a career in medicine women have vowed to fi ght for its eradica- in hopes of helping people from Mayo to tion. As an intern at Susan G. Komen for Makkah. the Cure, the world’s leading grassroots organization for this cause, I was able to observe how women use common experi-

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174409.P.CS2.indd 14 10/24/07 8:04:12 PM Soy and Breast Cancer Study Abroad and the Scientist: Sherry S. Zhou ’10, Undeclared Why Would She? How Could She? Advisor: Martina Königer, Biological Sciences (roundtable) At the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, we Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 studied the effects of the soy component H. Kim Bottomly, Offi ce of the President; genistein on Mdm2, a key negative regula- Sheila P. Brachfeld-Child, Psychology; tor of the tumor suppressor gene p53. Since Theodore W. Ducas, Physics; Richard G. naturally occurring DNA base variations French, Astronomy; Panagiotis T. Metaxas, can increase Mdm2 expression, genotypic Computer Science; and Kaye T. Peterman, variants in Mdm2 in three breast cancer Biological Sciences cell lines were studied. Several dietary fac- Organizers: David Ellerby, Biological Sciences tors exhibit estrogenic effects, and estrogen and Jennifer Thomas-Starck, Offi ce of can increase Mdm2 expression. A particu- International Study lar concern for breast cancer patients is the consumption of soy products, which con- Wellesley College is, and has been for tain genistein, since they are hypothesized some time, very supportive of study abroad. to have estrogenic effects. We found that Students from almost every major can genistein displays either estrogenic or anti- and do spend a semester or year abroad. estrogenic effects on Mdm2, depending on However, as is true nationally, students the genotypic variation present in the cells. in the sciences are less well represented This suggests that soy may be used in che- than their classmates in the humanities moprevention in some, but not all women. and social sciences. When science majors In my presentation, I will discuss how study abroad, they are more likely to have this experience not only has given me an shorter experiences and to take fewer opportunity to work rather independently courses in their majors. There is clearly in a cancer research lab, but also has fur- still the perception that, while international ther motivated me to pursue a career in the study may be a valuable part of a liberal health professions. arts education, study abroad and science do not mix. This roundtable is an opportunity for faculty in the sciences to discuss how study abroad is viewed in their respective departments and to explore ways of making the study abroad experience more relevant for the science student and her home department.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 15 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM 10:45–11:55 a.m. Cross-Cultural Interaction Why Is Adoption in Korea So High?: on contrary countenances, in comparing Interpreting Birth-land Tours their roots one fi nds that both not only star- Found in Translation: Sookjin S. Wang ’09, Economics tlingly resemble each other, but also stem The Importance of Cultural Advisor: Sun-Hee Lee, East Asian Languages from the same fundamental drive to heal. Intermediaries and Literatures Over the course of a monthlong indepen- (individual presentations) dent study session with a barefoot doctor This past summer, I worked as a translator Pendleton West 117 in the Yunnan Province of China, the inter- for Korean adoptive families on a birth-land dependent relationship between yin and Language for Coexistence: A Summer tour to Korea. Raised in both countries yang began to reveal itself in the rapport Project for Peace and cultures, my role was mainly to help between TCM and conventional medicine. Dafna Ashkenazi ’08, Psychology families overcome the language barrier and If one method is employed discretely of Advisor: Jonathan Cheek, Psychology to explain the cultural differences between the other, complete fulfi llment of the ambi- Korea and the United States. For some, the What would you do if you were granted tion to heal is impossible, while collabora- birth-land tour was a quest to fi nd one’s $10,000 to carry out your own Project for tion creates the potential for health in its identity. For others, it was to better under- Peace? In my home country of Israel, I entirety. My presentation will explore how stand one’s cultural heritage and history. As organized weekend-long Arabic workshops these opposing natures work mutually in a a liaison, I had a chance to learn in-depth in the Arab village of Arara. Despite its holistic approach toward healing, function- about the international adoption process offi cial status as a Jewish state, almost 20 ing harmoniously to restore and achieve and to identify the issues within Korean percent of Israeli citizens are Muslim and balance within the human frame. society that lead to such high numbers of Christian Arabs. While Israel’s offi cial lan- international adoptions every year—includ- Personal or Communal: guages are Hebrew and Arabic, few Israeli ing the lack of both sexual education in How Is a Pilgrimage Defi ned? Jews speak Arabic, whereas most Israeli schools and government support for single (individual presentations) Arabs speak Hebrew. My presentation mothers, societal prejudice rooted from reviews how this project aimed to promote Lulu Chow Wang 210 Confucian beliefs, and a widening gap knowledge of Arabic among Hebrew-speak- between modernization and traditional “Foreing Remember: You Are NO in ing Israelis, and, in the process, to create values. Through my presentation, I hope Spain”: Walking the Economics of a a meaningful cultural exchange between to raise awareness by sharing my thoughts Pilgrimage the Jewish and Arab residents of Israel. on this experience, particularly as a young Emma M. Tosch ’08, English Questions that I will address include: How female citizen of both countries. Advisor: John T. O’Keefe, Offi ce of the does one convince Israeli Jews to spend a Class Deans weekend in an Arab village? How did Arab The Holism of Healing residents respond to the unprecedented Lisa M. Wiley ’08, Religion El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. number of Israeli Jews strolling around Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion James, is one of the most renowned pil- their village? To what extent did members grimages made in Europe. A Christian Yin and yang sprang of the same essence, of these communities transcend cultural route for over a millennium, by the twelfth and yet grew to embody this bond with stereotypes? century its traversing had become a highly complete opposition. Similarly, while formal affair. Although the route’s popular- traditional Chinese medicine (TMC) and ity had diminished during later centuries modern biomedical philosophy have taken

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174409.P.CS2.indd 16 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM of political strife across the continent, in My Escape to the Far East paths have diverged, yet we have remained the past 20 years it has enjoyed an unprec- Alia A. Radman ’10, Undeclared united throughout. Between the two of us, edented resurgence. Francisco Franco’s Advisor: Sylvia S. Hiestand, Slater we studied Mandarin for a year, traveled death and the later introduction of the euro International Center around the globe, worked in a bookstore, have made El Camino what it is today—a tried law school, and helped a new genera- This presentation will focus on the jour- crossroads of cultures. As peregrinos from tion of Americans discover China. Now ney of self-discovery. I was on the verge Brazil to Japan walk through rural Spain, in graduate school, our fi rst postgradu- of leaving Wellesley, only to fi nd out that they bring a sometimes unsettling com- ate experiences in China are shaping our it was the perfect place for me. However, bination of faith, commerce, and tourism career interests in cross-cultural com- in order to come to this realization I had to a demographic that does not always munication, education, and international to escape to the Far East. I took a two-year want them there. I will share how I walked development. As we look back on our leave of absence and found myself living 500 miles across Spain this past sum- time in China and our varied experiences in the motorbike-infested streets of Ho mer, knowing little about the culture or since then, we recognize that we could not Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. After language, but learning a great deal about have predicted our courses to date while several months, I owned my own moped, this intersection of the medieval and the at Wellesley. We have come to understand wore ai-dais (traditional clothes), and ate modern. that our lives, and those of others, rely on pho religiously. I taught English and circus the small corners of each experience we go A Pilgrim’s Story: My 1100-Kilometer acts to children of diplomats and orphans through, pinging us on a new and excit- Journey to Santiago de Compostela on Foot alike. After a year of work, and play, I trav- ing path. We will share our post-Wellesley Lillian E. Nin ’08, Religion eled through Vietnam and other Southeast experiences in the world under an over- Advisor: Sharon Elkins, Religion Asian countries exploring cities such as arching theme: life consists of unexpected Bagan, Hanoi, Ko Tai, Kuala Lumpur, Palau What is a pilgrimage, who are the pilgrims, and exciting opportunities. We hope that Penang, Phnom Penh, Siem Riep, and and what are their motivations? This past by hearing about our paths, others will con- Yangon, among others. When I was staying summer, I sought the answers to these template their own future lives. with the H’mong tribes in the Sapa region questions by taking part in the millen- of Vietnam, I was inspired to return to Learning, Service, and Youth nium-old Santiago de Compostela pil- Wellesley to become a documentarist. This grimage. Starting in Moissac, France, and Luck of the Draw: Access to session will present some of the adventures arriving in Santiago, Spain, over a month Supplemental Education (individual that I experienced in this region of the later, I immersed myself in the culture of presentations) world, which helped me to discover a new the modern pilgrim. Within days, I realized dimension of my identity. Lulu Chow Wang 413 that I had entered a surprisingly secular and spontaneous voyage of long and lonely Ricocheting through Life: Wellesley’s Reducing the Achievement Gap: Bringing days in the French and Spanish country- Road Map (panel) Teachers of Color into Classrooms side, and overfull and uproarious nights in Gloria Rosales ’08, Spanish and Latin Pendleton West 220 the pilgrim lodging, with incredibly diverse American Studies; and Shayla D. Adams ’08, and unique international companions. Join Martha A. Ortiz ’04, Chinese and Elizabeth Urban Studies me as I explain the lifestyle of the modern A. Phelps ’04, History and Political Science Advisors: Barbara R. Beatty, Education and pilgrim, recount anecdotes from my jour- Advisor: Ellie Perkins ’65, Center for Work Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Spanish ney, and tell why the age-old riddle, “Why and Service How important is it for students of color did the chicken cross the road?” is indeed It is a truth universally acknowledged to have teachers of color, and why? What hilarious. that two people who serve as Wellesley- can teachers of color do to help students Yenching fellows must be in want of an of color and close achievement gaps? How adventure. Since completing our time as can teachers of color help white teach- teachers of English and partners at Ginling ers help students of color? Shayla Adams Women’s College in Nanjing, China, our

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174409.P.CS2.indd 17 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM combined her interest in urban and global Painting with Purpose: Creating an After- States. This past summer, I constructed education by comparing the educational School Arts Service Program in Costa Rica a program to understand how this mass experiences of elementary school children Catherine E. Walline ’08, Sociology and migration affects the youths’ perceptions in the Baltimore Public Schools with the Spanish of the United States in comparison to their Global Learning Program in Santa Ana Advisor: Markella B. Rutherford, Sociology own town, as well as how these perceptions Maya, Michoacan, Mexico. Gloria Rosales develop and change as these children near Children in many parts of Costa Rica worked with low-income students in the adulthood and take on adult responsibili- lack the opportunity to engage their artis- Breakthrough Collaborative Summerbridge ties. A colleague and I experimented inde- tic abilities. Arte para Llevar, the service program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, pendently with group discussions, photo project I was asked to create for Einstein where she taught literature and geography voice, interviews, participatory workshops, Learning & Prep in San José, aims to pro- skills. This presentation will address how and different art forms to gather data. In vide art materials and training to children summer enrichment programs can help addition to experiencing the pressures and in schools that do not normally offer arts close achievement gaps; it will also explore satisfactions of entering a secluded com- education. Bringing student volunteers to the role of teachers of color in both the munity, I improved my interviewing, data local elementary schools increases interac- United States and other countries. organizing, and computer skills, as well as tion and understanding between privileged my oral and written Spanish and personal Helping Foreigners Become Self-Suffi cient: and underserved populations, fostering a patience. This talk will address how my Working Together to Obtain Literacy and continued interest among the volunteers internship in fi eldwork strengthened my Career Goals in reaching out to those in need. I left desire to work in community development, Angeles Garcia ’09, Political Science behind a blueprint with the understanding and how the diffi culties that I encountered Advisors: Christopher Candland, Political that it will be implemented in the coming also infl uenced my academic choices. Science and Nancy Scherer, Political Science months. Preliminary research of potential areas of service informed the development Learning among Lemurs: Creating What do lottery winners and refugees have of an appropriate curriculum and a mis- Social and Environmental Change in in common? Both the winners of the U.S. sion statement with which to attract dona- Southern Madagascar State Department’s Diversity Immigrant tions required for the program’s effective Amanda J. Tai ’09, Environmental Studies Visa and people who have lived in refugee implementation. I will relate how, through Advisor: Beth DeSombre, Environmental camps for about seven years need help not my work on this project, I learned about Studies and Political Science only to obtain employment, but also to learn the combination of personal zeal and col- how to read, write, and speak English in the This past summer, I worked in southern lective resources required for successful United States. The International Institute Madagascar as an intern for the U.K. grassroots initiatives. of Boston is a nonprofi t organization dedi- nongovernmental organization (NGO) cated to helping immigrants, refugees, and Perceptions of Progress: Working Azafady. Having never traveled outside the asylees in the Boston area establish security with Developing Countries United States, my goals were to expand my and stability. While my internship with the (individual presentations) environmental and cultural horizons. My Institute allowed me to be both a teacher internship focused on building a school Lulu Chow Wang 104 and a job developer, my most signifi cant and a teacher’s house in the village of lessons came from the clients—people who The Other Side: Human Migration in Tsialanga, building stoves for families in had left behind half-started professional Veracruz, Mexico the town of Hovatra, and packing bags of careers and those who could lose nothing Alana L. Nelson ’10, Undeclared soil for planting trees. Being immersed more. This experience helped me appreci- Advisor: Julie Chu, Anthropology in a culture unaccustomed to foreigners ate my own opportunities and allowed me and trying to live their lifestyle was a chal- An overwhelming majority of students to see how powerful and infl uential this lenging but eye-opening and humbling attending the schools of Agua Dulce, country is. experience. I will discuss how, through Mexico, have at least one immediate family establishing communication and trust, member living and working in the United

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174409.P.CS2.indd 18 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM relations with other countries can form to the local primary school’s library, launch- Primary Sources: Learning through create social, political, economic, and envi- ing reading programs to raise interest Artifacts (individual presentations) ronmental improvements for Madagascar. and awareness in reading, visiting local Pendleton East 127 Entering the program, I knew that I would families, and distributing fi nancial assis- be improving people’s lives in these com- tance to those who demonstrated the Place, Personality, and Passion: munities. However, I could not have pre- need. Meanwhile, we lived for three weeks The Creation of the Ipswich Women’s dicted how simply providing people with without electricity or running water. The Heritage Trail the tools to help themselves would have tension between our idealistic assumptions Sarah A. Vickery ’10, Undeclared such positive and far-reaching results. and the local reality has fundamentally Advisor: Nathaniel Sheidley, History shaken my belief in the meaning of volun- Learning to Appreciate Food How do you make history matter? How teering. Can we make a difference? Who Angela Xiong ’09, English and Religion do you transform the written records of gives us the authority to defi ne progress for Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion our past into a relevant and lasting experi- a community to which we do not belong? ence? How do you make public history Last summer, I spent my time thinking I will describe how my identity as a volun- truly public? As coauthor of the forthcom- about food at the Asian Rural Institute, an teer was redefi ned through the process of ing guidebook about the Ipswich Women’s organic sustainable farm in Japan. Fresh vigorous self-refl ection. Heritage Trail in Ipswich, Massachusetts, it from the farm, arranged in visually pleas- Volunteer Work in Rural Madagascar: was my job to take history out of the class- ing displays in the produce aisle, pack- Giving, Teaching, and Learning room and onto the streets, where visitors aged, enriched, processed, frozen, slow, Claire S. De La Mothe Karoubi ’10, and locals alike could engage with both the fast—in our society today, food comes to Undeclared man-made and natural landscapes, making us easily and in countless forms. We spend Advisor: Lori Tenser, Offi ce of the Class Deans connections seldom found in textbooks. hours reading labels in the supermarket, Even a short walk along the Ipswich River yet sometimes spend mere minutes wolf- After a French nonprofi t organiza- contains layers upon layers of life and ing down a fast-food meal on the road. tion accepted me in their program, activity, from the wolf-fi lled wilderness What has food, our source of life and our I was assigned to the rural village of into which poet Anne Bradstreet walked in direct connection to the earth, come to Ambohimandry, Madagascar. Last summer, 1635, to the immigrant community clus- mean to us today? I hope to make others I traveled to this underdeveloped country tered around the hosiery mills, to the iso- more aware of what they eat and what and set up a summer camp. Along with lated, ivory-tower world of Mary Lyon and signifi cance it bears—and to remind our- eight other volunteers, I raised money for Zilpah Grant’s Ipswich Female Seminary. selves that food and life are inextricably the project before we left the United States, Through my research, I learned about the connected. which allowed us to provide food for the thrills, challenges, and hands-on work of children. We also fi nanced the construc- When Assumptions Do Not Hold: “doing” public history. tion of a well, the purchase of locks for the Volunteering in Guizhou, China local clinic and school, equipment for the Plastic Flowers and Carved Marble: Michelle W.T. Wong ’10, Undeclared clinic, new blackboards, benches, desks, Experiences with Modern and Ancient Advisors: Panagiotis T. Metaxas, Computer and a library. The children ranged from the Cemeteries Science and Martin Brody, Music ages of 3 to 18. We taught them courses in Elinor C. Marboe ’08, Classical Civilization A province located in southwestern China, the morning, fed them lunch, and played Advisor: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, South Guizhou is one of the least developed games in the afternoons. I will present on Asia Studies regions in the country. This past sum- how the divide between my perception of How does one come to terms with death? mer, I worked in the province as a volun- these children and their perception of us If cemeteries and funeral rites were more teer for Dream Corps for Harmonious enabled me to better understand human present in one’s thoughts and daily life, Development International. We served interactions and to think about how to would death be less frightening? To explore the community by manually reorganizing bring aid in the most effective way.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 19 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM these questions, I took a semester off and Grunt Work or Course Work?: The Politics, Economics, and Activism traveled in Greece and Israel observing Culture of Internships in the College Promoting Political Change in tombs dating from 1400 BCE to the pres- Setting (roundtable) Argentina, Peru, and Russia ent day. After spending time in Attica, the Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 (individual presentations) Peloponnese, and the Ionian islands, I worked at an excavation of a Herodian pal- Eileen T. Crehan ’08, Mathematics and Pendleton East 339 ace at Tiberias. During this time, the pro- Psychology; Kenneth S. Hawes, Education; Action Starts with Education: fessor in charge of the excavation passed Sylvia S. Hiestand, Slater International Promoting Participatory Democracy away from stroke complications. Suddenly, Center; Beth A. Hennessey, Psychology; in Córdoba, Argentina my interest in mortality seemed both trite Michelle L. Lirtzman ’09, Economics; Danielle T.O. Brown ’10, Undeclared and vulgar. I will discuss how I ultimately Ashley M. Morris ’08, Psychology; and Advisor: William Joseph, Political Science continued with the project, gaining some S. Joanne Murray ’81, Center for Work insight into how other cultures coped with and Service In the aftermath of the 2001 economic death, and certainly acquiring a greater Organizers: Judith B. Black, Art and crisis, a wave of indifference swept across understanding of the limits of academic Margaret E. Ward, German Argentina leading to widespread apathy research. in matters concerning local politics. One The expectations of the outside world in group in Córdoba, Argentina, has recog- Reconstructing Cultures: Exploring relation to internships presents Wellesley nized this trend and has set out to correct it Archaeological Excavation in Peru College with a host of questions about through education. They are promoting cit- Amy L. Damon ’09, Anthropology and French who benefi ts and how these experiences izen participation amongst their youth with Advisor: Philip Kohl, Anthropology are acknowledged in our academic setting. the hopes that, as that generation matures, In addition to general questions about How can exhuming ancient tombs help they will remain politically active. I spent the relationship between experiential archaeologists understand the daily activi- my summer shadowing members of the learning and academic course work, this ties of their inhabitants? How does pottery Group to Promote Citizen Participation in roundtable will explore specifi c ques- help prove the existence of trade between Córdoba (GPPC), observing their efforts as tions related to internships and credit at two cultures? In a society which left no they worked to achieve their dream of see- Wellesley. We will discuss the following written records, how do we begin to recon- ing Argentinean youth commanding their questions: What models currently exist at struct a culture? To answer these questions, destinies by taking a more active role in the Wellesley, in which an internship is a sig- I traveled to Marcajirca, an archaeological governing of their localities. This experi- nifi cant part of course work? What should site atop the Andean mountains in Peru. ence challenged my own complacency and the role of faculty be in the oversight of The group spent a month sifting through urged me to become more informed and, credit-bearing internships? How might dirt, searching for bones, artifacts, and ultimately, more active in my hometown of issues of supervision at internship sites foundation walls that would provide insight Montego Bay, Jamaica. be handled if credit were to be awarded? into the people who inhabited this site 800 What specifi c problems are students facing Environmental Activism and Russian years ago. This presentation will explore vis-à-vis companies that expect that credit Democracy: Lessons in Translation the process of prehistoric site excavation, will be given for unpaid work? What are Kirstin L. Neff ’08, Political Science and particularly the challenges and advantages the specifi c problems for our international Russian of excavating in a site which contains students with regard to visa requirements Advisor: Thomas P. Hodge, Russian human remains. I will also explain how and internships? How do internships func- this experience has fostered my interest Environmentalism has played a unique tion as part of study abroad programs? Has in osteology, the study of bones, and how role in the history of Soviet and now the time come to revisit Wellesley’s long- I plan to explore this interest at Wellesley Russian civic activism. One author termed standing policy of not granting credit for and in the future. the Soviet environmental movement “a internships? little corner of freedom” in which citizens were permitted to dissent from govern-

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174409.P.CS2.indd 20 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM ment policies without grave retribution. on the sheer complexity of poverty. While refl ect its readers’ lives, but also to infl u- After experiencing the grandeur of Russia’s there is a sense of hopelessness refl ected ence their ideas. As an editorial intern at unspoiled wilds on a Wellesley expedition in the everyday, we will share the stories the magazine, I conducted research for to Lake Baikal and camping trips outside of of small successes that inspire hope in stories as they were developed. The varied St. Petersburg, I was eager to learn about Ayacucho’s future. subjects and comprehensive nature of my contemporary environmental activism research allowed me quickly to gain a clear The Politics of Providing Media in Russia. As an intern at Greenpeace in picture of people and places of which I Content (individual presentations) Moscow, while translating press releases knew little. Even in researching seemingly and conference documents into English, Pendleton West 212 nonacademic subjects, I observed cultural I was exposed to the small successes and manifestations of my studies in subjects “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay”: great defeats of that organization. What I such as art and Italian. I will explore what I Popular Music in Academia discovered in observing Greenpeace’s cam- learned about becoming a published writer, Jeanine Navarrete ’10, Undeclared paign against the 2014 Winter Olympics in a conveyor of culture to the masses, and Advisor: Lawrence A. Rosenwald, English Sochi reveals much about not only the state how one must have diverse passions and a of Russian democracy, but also the world at Popular music is often dismissed as dis- willingness to learn everything there is to large, which is still trying to comprehend posable entertainment for the masses. know about a subject to report responsibly. this new reality. In the last decade, however, an academic Information Overload: How Consumers movement has arisen that utilizes rock and A Simple Life Determine Printed Periodical Content roll as a powerful means of social and his- Stephanie C. DeAlmeida ’09, Psychology Courtney A. White ’09, English and torical analysis, as well as a way to bridge and Leslie J. Kim ’08, Biological Chemistry Environmental Studies the generational gap in U.S. classrooms. and English Advisor: Winifred Wood, Writing Program My internship in the education department Advisor: David R. Haines, Chemistry of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The average Bostonian is exposed to sev- In the early 1990s, Ayacucho, Peru, found Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, enabled me to eral different periodicals each day, and itself in the international spotlight as the put these methods into practical use and to the number of news sources is only grow- birthplace of the Shining Path, a commu- gain invaluable insight into the administra- ing. In turn, the value of information is nist uprising seen as one of the greatest tion of one of the most visited museums constantly decreasing. Consumers are not humanitarian crises in history. While the in the United States. This experience also sure where to pay attention. As an editorial Peruvian democracy survived, the people reaffi rmed my interest in American Studies intern at The Improper Bostonian magazine, of Ayacucho are still struggling to lift them- and public history as a possible career a complimentary, bi-weekly, printed period- selves out of the aftermath of the Shining path. I will discuss the inextricable connec- ical, I witnessed how a magazine adapts to Path, which reduced the city’s population tions between rock and roll, the post-war fi ll a social niche and how paid announce- by half. Regardless of Peru’s current state U.S. experience, and the diffi culties, and ments translate into the best-selling edito- of democratic stability, political problems triumphs, of preserving the United States’ rial content. I will discuss the forces of the continue to be rampant in the Andean most rebellious pastime. marketplace, why social obligation is a fad- cities across Peru. As volunteers for ing principle in contemporary journalism, From Party Pictures to Politicians: Cross-Cultural Solutions, we participated and why we need magazines now more The Magazine As a Cultural Mirror in public and private social institutions than ever before. Additionally, by applying Kara A. Hadge ’08, Art History and English responsible for the city’s progress. In addi- my experiences as a newspaper reporter Advisor: Winifred Wood, Writing Program tion, we witnessed the ramifi cations of hav- for the Sun Sentinel, South Florida’s most ing the city’s public institutions shut down Vanity Fair strives to be a mirror of our widely read newspaper, and The Wellesley for six weeks as the result of a strike. Our time as we live it, an ambitious claim News, I will bring into focus why printed experiences in Ayacucho have shed light backed by its wide-ranging subject mat- journalism must be preserved and how ter. With a circulation of over one mil- consumers can drive exceptional editorial lion, Vanity Fair has the power not only to content to the forefront.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 21 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM Who’s Watching What?: Researching and thrive I needed to let go of these ambi- Myths vs. Realities: Misconceptions of the Television Viewer Habits in the Greater tions and move with the pace of the town. United States Senate Boston Area Attending meetings and promoting an Rakeen S. Mabud ’09, Political Science and Katherine J. Robart ’08, Psychology and environmental program for youth, I also Madison M. Duff ’09, Africana Studies and Economics spent hours at the dinner table and on the Economics Advisor: Linda Carli, Psychology soccer fi eld. I asked questions and listened, Advisor: Wilbur C. Rich, Political Science explored and experimented, observed and This past summer, I interned at WCVB- The United States Senate is a venerable absorbed. I felt the sense of economic TV, Boston’s ABC affi liate, as a research body of 100 women and men who rep- imprisonment and nostalgia for the envi- assistant in the sales and marketing resent all the states in the Union. The ronmental richness of the past. I found department. My job consisted of organiz- views of senators are cited every day in myself lost in the magical atmosphere ing ratings data, both from our station newspapers, magazines, and on television, of the village, a natural journalist, living and our competitors, and putting the data but behind every senator are many staff- moment by moment. into a format that could be presented to ers—writing everything from senators’ advertisers. I was also responsible for con- What Really Happens in Washington personal letters to their press statements structing PowerPoint presentations using (individual presentations) and speeches. As interns working on the language and graphics that would best sell staffs of two U.S. senators on opposing Pendleton West 116 our programs to clients. In particular, I sides of the Republican-Democrat divide, focused on how gender and age differences Health Care on the Hill: we handled issues ranging from constitu- relate to viewer preferences. By studying a My Summer in Public Policy ent relations to the spate of summer politi- range of demographics, I was able to help Cassie H. Chambers ’10, Undeclared cal scandals, to the politics of committee determine on which programs advertis- Advisor: Nancy Scherer, Political Science work. These experiences challenged some ers should spend their money, depending of our previously held perceptions of the Health care reform is the biggest issue on their target audience. This internship United States Senate and its institutional facing our nation today, and most allowed me to apply my knowledge of sta- functions. Americans are not even aware of it. This tistics and social psychology. past summer, I had the chance to work for How Are Your Tax Dollars Being Used? Changing Pace: Finding My Identity As Congressman Ben Chandler (D-KY) on Bai N. Kamara ’08, International Relations a Journalist in Costa Rica health care policy. Somewhere amidst the and Political Science Evgenia P. Karelina ’10, Undeclared many briefi ngs on State Children’s Health Advisor: Filomina Steady, Africana Studies Advisors: Jill Syverson-Stork, Spanish and Insurance Programs (SCHIP) reauthoriza- The Africa Education Initiative (AEI) is a Madeline Kiser, RíoArte Coordinator tion, Medicare Advantage restructuring, $600 million presidential, multiyear com- and various other health care bills, I real- Nestled between the mountains of central mitment, with the purpose of improving ized the dire state of health care in the Costa Rica, Volcán is a rural town seem- basic education in sub-Saharan Africa. AEI United States and how dramatically it must ingly untouched by the outside world. is run by the education department in the change in coming years. I also understood In recent years, a division of Del Monte Africa Bureau of the United States Agency how little the average American compre- Produce has transformed the environment for International Development (USAID). hends this complex, convoluted system. and local economy by planting thousands This initiative addresses the high numbers Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to of acres of pineapple and employing locals. of children not attending school, low qual- see past the present health care system and This summer, I traveled with RíoArte, ity of learning, inadequate numbers of into the proposed future. I will shed light a program that promotes cross-cultural trained teachers, and insuffi cient learning on the complicated, winding path that our sharing to stimulate dialogue about these materials—all exacerbated by the impact society must take to ensure the health of its changes. While I arrived as a journalist of HIV/AIDS on the educational systems citizens. Indeed, both a healthy democracy searching for a provocative spin on pine- in Africa. To achieve the goal of improv- and a healthy society depend on the aware- apple, I soon realized that to truly learn ing basic education in Africa by 2010, AEI ness of its citizens. will: provide 550,000 scholarships for

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174409.P.CS2.indd 22 10/24/07 8:04:13 PM African children, mostly girls; train more Through our experiences, we outgrew our one of the world’s most fragile and endan- than 920,000 new and existing teachers myopic and naïve preconceptions, and gered ecosystems. Last January, through and administrators; and support partner- learned to balance environmentalism with Wellesley’s Tropical Ecology Wintersession ships between minority-serving educational economic concerns—ensuring everyone program, I was able to witness fi rsthand institutions in the United States and edu- has a seat at the table. the spectacular beauty and diversity of coral cational institutions in Africa to provide reef life. Located 28 miles off the coast of Environmentalism on a Post-Navy Island: 15 million textbooks and other learning Belize, on the tiny quintessential tropical Exploring the Effects of U.S. Navy Activity materials for children in Africa. This pre- island of Middle Caye, another Wellesley in Vieques sentation explores how, as a result of AEI, student and I studied how the distribution Asha G. Stenquist ’09, Geosciences more than 80 million African children will of a sessile worm is infl uenced by coral Advisor: Brittina A. Argow, Geosciences benefi t from this initiative. density and depth. Despite the diffi cul- Until 2001, the U.S. Navy owned most ties and realities of fi eldwork—jellyfi sh Science, Medicine, and Public Health of the island of Vieques, located just east stings, rain storms, turbulent seas, and Keeping the Seas Blue with Green of Puerto Rico. The Navy’s test bombing clunky snorkel gear—this independent Science (individual presentations) dramatically altered and contaminated research experience strengthened my pas- portions of the island, yet its ownership sion to continue to study, and deepened Pendleton East 139 simultaneously protected most of Vieques my commitment to explore and work Everyone Needs a Seat at the Table: from development. This past summer, I toward conserving our planet’s oceans Collaborative Marine Conservation in the worked with a small nonprofi t organization and ecosystems. United States and Abroad that promotes environmental remediation Nervous Excitement: Understanding Claire J. Marana ’08, Neuroscience and and protection. I assisted with educational the Brain (individual presentations) Catherine M.R. Foley ’08, Biological Sciences programming, conducted research, and and Psychology designed policies for local governments. Pendleton East 239 Advisor: David Ellerby, Biological Sciences Additionally, I began a fi eld and laboratory Confessions of a Lab Intern: One Woman’s study of Vieques beaches. I measured Lack of collaboration between conservation- Relationship with the Crooked-Tail Mouse and sampled beaches upshore and down- ists and the community creates a mutual Cecilia A. Flatley ’10, Undeclared shore of the 1.5-mile long pier built by the distrust that cripples conservation efforts, Advisor: Marc J. Tetel, Neuroscience U.S. Navy in the 1940s. This pier inter- leaving endangered species in a peril- rupts longshore transport on an open coast, My experience interning in the Laboratory ous situation. Last summer, we became causing deposition on the upshore beach, of Neurogenetics and Development at the involved in conservation efforts here and erosion of the downshore beach, and varia- Weill Cornell Medical College in New York abroad that dealt with endangered whales tions in grain size. I will present my experi- City taught me as much about science as it and sea turtles. Although collaborative ences living in Puerto Rico, doing fi eldwork did about myself. The laboratory is devoted efforts in Mexico are gaining ground, some on the beach, and working for environmen- to the prevention of human birth defects, local fi shers still worry for their economic tal change. making the hours spent closed off doing security. In New England, the recent col- experiments feel worthwhile. My research lapse of several fi sheries has brought envi- A Wormy Mollusk’s Tropical Paradise: project focused on studying the lipoprotein ronmental issues to the forefront of public Marine Field Biology on a Central receptor-related protein 6 (Lrp6), a gene consciousness, yet a lack of information American Coral Reef involved in skeletal development and spina has led to the oversimplifi cation of complex Marisa D. Villarreal ’08, Biological Sciences bifi da. In mice, mutations of the Lrp6 gene situations. By comparing our experiences Advisor: Martina Königer, Biological Sciences result in crooked tails. I studied the differ- working with conservationists, effective Coral reefs are one of the most biologi- ences in bone density between normal and and ineffective conservation techniques cally diverse ecosystems and are rivaled mutated mice. By analyzing bone-imaging were illuminated. In both situations, educa- only by tropical rainforests. Home to over data, I found that the osteoclast count, cells tion and collaboration appear to be the key 25 percent of all marine life, they are also involved in bone remodeling, was altered to protecting our environmental resources.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 23 10/24/07 8:04:14 PM in mice with an Lrp6 mutation. I will dis- Normally, the spinal cord does not regen- ferences, so that the causation established cuss how being faced with new experimen- erate due to the nonexpression of genes would be valid. I will focus on how medical tal procedures and responsibilities taught required for axon outgrowth and the pres- practice, despite its close association with me much about the laboratory lifestyle, and ence of extracellular inhibitory factors in research, can only be effective if physicians gave me a new perspective on my future as the axonal environment. Maximum spinal can see beyond similar outward symptoms a scientist. cord regeneration may be achieved using to dig out the individual differences that combinatorial drug treatments targeting deny half of all depression patients relief. Babies and Brains: What Infant Research both of these factors. The corticospinal Medicine requires personalization. Can Tell Us about the Mind tract (CST), which is responsible for fi ne Veronica Cole ’09, Cognitive and Linguistic You Are What Your Mother Eats: Prenatal motor function, was used as the model for Sciences Events Affect Adult Brain Plasticity these studies. My project investigated the Advisor: Catherine Wearing, Philosophy Christina M. Tognoni ’09, Neuroscience functional recovery and CST fi ber regen- and Spanish As adults, we possess a fully formed under- eration of male Sprague-Dawley rats with Advisor: Marc J. Tetel, Neuroscience standing of a complex world. However, in severed CSTs using the combinatorial treat- order to explain how this understanding ment of inosine and C3 transferase. I will This past summer, I joined a lab at Duke is possible, it is vital to examine when relate how this project enabled me to learn University that studies how events early and how it begins. This is the goal of the how to perform neurosurgery on rats and in development can affect how the adult researchers at the Harvard Laboratory for to understand the nature of in-vivo studies. brain responds to environmental factors, Developmental Studies. During my sum- Data from this study and other combinato- aging, and injury. My project focused on mer internship at the lab, I worked with 6-, rial treatment studies will hopefully lead to the neurological response to seizure by 9-, and 12-month-olds, studying their early clinical trials. rats that had prenatal choline defi ciency. understandings of causality. My project Choline is an essential nutrient found in How Bright Are You?: Investigating allowed me to participate in the process foods such as eggs and soy, and plays a Depression at the Cellular Level with of designing and running experiments to critical role in both gene regulation and Fluorescent Immunohistochemistry achieve this end; thus, I was able to see cell communication. Previous experiments Ka Yiu Alice Kwan ’11, Undeclared fi rsthand the amount of creativity and have found that the amount of choline fed Advisor: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience patience that goes into research in cogni- to pregnant rats affected the memory and tive development. My experience helped Ten million Americans suffer from major birth of new neurons, or neurogenesis, of me to learn what cognitive science is truly depression; one in fi ve of us is mildly their offspring. For example, prenatal cho- about: drawing connections between dif- depressed. Hundreds of millions have line-supplemented rats did not experience ferent disciplines—from psychology to taken antidepressants, but nobody knows the age-related memory decline seen in philosophy—to answer our questions about how they work. More than half a century controls (and in some of our aging friends, the mind. I hope to provide a glimpse into after the serendipitous discovery of antide- family, and faculty). I will present on how the real-world process involved in answer- pressants, I joined Professor Deisseroth’s the Duke Mechanisms of Behavior sum- ing these theoretical questions. research team at Stanford University to mer research program, which consisted of gain a better understanding of the etiol- 12 undergrads nationwide, complemented An Investigation into Spinal Cord ogy and treatment of depression. Using my desire to pursue graduate work in the Regeneration Using Combinatorial rat models, we investigated behavioral fi eld of neuroscience. Drug Treatments and neurological changes brought upon Hoi See Tsao ’09, Neuroscience by stress and antidepressants. Among Advisor: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience the valuable lessons was the important Due to the high incidence of paralysis distinction between medical research and resulting from spinal cord injuries in practice, especially when it comes to subtle young adults, spinal cord regeneration diseases like depression. Research with research is of paramount importance. scientifi c method minimizes individual dif-

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Cross-Cultural Interaction of pyramids, tombs, and hieroglyphics. What happens to personal identity? Are Upon our arrival, however, we were con- there advantages to being foreign? What is Exclusions or Inclusions: fronted with a modern metropolis and a life like in Kyoto, Japan? I will explore the The “isms” That Defi ne Us diverse population. Immigrants, refugees, search for identity as a foreigner in Japan, (individual presentations) and foreigners mixed with Egyptian locals the interesting outcomes of stereotypes, Lulu Chow Wang 413 to form a complex culture with extreme and the impressions of being Japanese. social stratifi cation. We will focus on the Confronting Diversity The Rewards, Challenges, and forms of discrimination that we both wit- Mehroz Baig ’08, Spanish Responsibilities of Globalization nessed and personally experienced during Advisor: Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Spanish (individual presentations) our semester studying at the American While spending a year abroad in Córdoba, University in Cairo. In particular, we will Pendleton East 127 Spain, and traveling to Morocco, I realized look at the racial, sexual, political, and Lost in Translation: My Experiences that my peers and I took the diversity we socioeconomic discrimination that results in Cities of the Twenty-fi rst Century had been exposed to in the United States from these social divisions. We will empha- Tina Yen ’08, Urban Studies for granted, and that we subconsciously size our personal experience as foreign Advisor: Nikhil Rao, History expected the same circumstances to be women living alone in Egypt, as well as our true in a completely different part of the interactions with Cairene residents from all The world is urbanizing rapidly, with world. Wellesley is an extremely diverse walks of life. Our semester in Egypt gave more buildings going up and more people community—and after living here, we us a new way of looking at discrimination, fl ocking to urban centers. By 2010, more hold the rest of the world to the same both in the Muslim world and at home in than half the world’s population will be liv- standards, expecting people to be equally the United States. ing in cities. While the urban population tolerant and aware of the many differences increases, more and more people are fi nd- Green Tea: Experiences Assimilating to and similarities that reside within us as ing themselves at the bottom of the socio- Culture and Life in “Homogeneous Japan” human beings. I will discuss how we failed economic ladder. As a result, many of the Christin Ho ’08, East Asian Studies and to realize that, as visitors living in Spain, world’s growing cities are caught between Political Science we brought our knowledge and experience the hope of modernity and striking social Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion to the places where we studied, and also inequities. These tensions opened my eyes helped to further the diversity we craved in What is it like to be Japanese, but not actu- as I traveled and studied in Bangalore, places that had never before experienced it ally be Japanese? In Japan, many people Beijing, Buenos Aires, and Shanghai, rais- so dramatically. believe that their nation is the only nation ing questions of access, power, and concep- in the world where all the citizens are of tion of space. How are cities defi ned and Social Pyramids: On Social Stratifi cation one people, one culture, and one history. experienced? Who determines how a city and Discrimination in Contemporary Egypt Everyone else who just happens to reside is shaped? What are cities trying to erase? Kathryn L. Heffernan ’08, Middle Eastern in the country is considered a foreigner. In thinking about these questions, I was Studies and Spanish; and Ona A. Keller ’08, Being a foreigner in Japan where I could forced to reexamine my beliefs and how I Political Science pass as a native, however, gave me a unique was socialized. I will share how, ultimately, Advisors: Yasmeen Hanoosh, Middle Eastern opportunity to see both perspectives: being I stumbled upon my new self as a multi- Studies and Lynne Viti, Writing Program one of “Us” and being one of “Them.” So, lingual Asian, U.S. passport-holding global Before embarking on our semester in who are foreigners in Japan? What are the citizen. Egypt last spring, our conceptions of the advantages of being one of the insiders? country were limited to mysterious images the tanner conference 25

174409.P.CS2.indd 25 10/24/07 8:04:14 PM The West and the Rest: Evaluating to Seoul to further my Korean studies, summer, which opened my eyes, touched Transnational Relationships among but achieved an experience more remark- my heart, and tied my future teaching Women able than gaining language profi ciency. I career to Uganda. Whitney L. Walker ’08, Economics experienced culture shock and revulsion, Recycling, Jellibons, Galatasaray, and Water Advisor: Sea Ling Cheng, Women’s Studies astonishment at Korea’s development over Balloons: Perspectives on Teaching English the past decade, and motivation to pur- This past summer, I interned with an orga- in Turkey sue studies in the country’s language and nization committed to the global economic Kaitlin E. Staudt ’08, English and French; history. What is the role of Americans in empowerment and political participation and Rebekah P. Altug ’08, Sociology Korea, and what can we do to resolve cur- of women. Throughout my internship with Advisors: Adam Schwartz, Writing Program rent socioeconomic confl icts? Learn about Vital Voices, I worked on their strategic and Lee Cuba, Sociology my experiences as a traveler wanting to go planning team organizing their various back to my cultural roots, a student tak- Our eight weeks spent in Istanbul working leadership trainings and networking sum- ing courses in the Korean language, and at an English immersion camp for Turkish mits. Vital Voices serves as an example an aspiring businesswoman wanting to children demonstrated the importance of of some U.S. women’s active engage- compete and be taken seriously in the East global education. The campers belonged to ment with other women from around the Asian economy. the upper class of Turkish society and were world with an emphasis on collaboration. global citizens in many senses. Most spoke This internship experience allowed me to Unexpected Outcomes from three languages by the time they reached critically apply and examine some of the Teaching and Learning Abroad middle school, many had two or more pass- concepts that I learned from my course, (individual presentations) ports, and the majority could recite Shakira Global Feminism. One such concept is Pendleton East 139 by heart. This presented unique circum- how women from the West could construc- stances in which to teach English. While tively work with women from the rest of Do the Toilets Flush in the Opposite campers had been exposed to the English the transnational feminist movement. How Direction? Ugandan Myths and language at an early age, they were by no does the sense of mission that advocates Misunderstandings means fl uent. We will discuss how we at Vital Voices help facilitate, and also Dana C. Britt ’09, English arrived expecting to correct their grammar undermine, the ability to connect? Does the Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education and introduce new vocabulary, but soon work of Vital Voices help with sustainable When I fi rst found out that I had been realized the necessity of the task before us: development? Or, does it generate a patron- selected to teach for 10 weeks at the Aga broadening their view of the social world client relationship that reproduces the fi rst Khan School in Kampala, Uganda, I started around them. Everything from recycling world–third world division? jumping up and down, screaming hap- to water shortages to everyday tasks like The Changing Image of South Korea: pily. Then, questions and doubts started standing in line soon became our focus, Another Cultural Revolution or a fl ooding my mind, like Ugandan mosqui- and reinforced how much privilege can Catastrophe? toes engulfi ng rooms. I had never been infl uence one’s perspective of the world. Elisa J. Lee ’10, Undeclared to Africa, and I did not know much more Learning, Service, and Youth Advisor: Sun-Hee Lee, East Asian Languages about Uganda than the average viewer of and Literatures The Last King of Scotland. How much do Juntos Podemos: The Educational Americans really know about Africa, and Power of Diversity (panel) Imagine being lost and frustrated in a cha- why is it that we are content to look the otic city with few people willing to stop to Pendleton West 212 other way? How many readers will keep give directions to a foreigner; a place where fl ipping past this abstract to fi nd a more Alison Harrington ’10, Undeclared; the city limits separate the playgrounds of “pleasant” topic? For those of you who can- Tu-Phuong T. Tran ’10, Undeclared; wealthy urbanites and the fi elds of the rural not, or will not, look away, please join me Maša Ðikanovi´c ’10, Undeclared; poor desperately holding onto traditional as I look back on my experiences this past Hope A. Lewis ’10, Undeclared; and lifestyles. This past summer, I traveled Joy M. Napier ’10, Undeclared Advisor: Verónica Darer, Spanish 26 wellesley in the world

174409.P.CS2.indd 26 10/24/07 8:04:14 PM Global Learning is a nonprofi t organiza- oped projects focusing on First-Year not supposed to know about, as well as all tion in which local and foreign volunteers Orientation. With this job came not only the excitement that happens behind the create dynamic and interactive lessons for responsibility, but also opportunity for curtain. students in developing communities in innovation, creativity, and personal devel- The Development of a Repertoire Costa Rica, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The opment. In designing and implementing Theatre Company volunteers at Global Learning are diverse in our orientation creations, we interacted Kristina L. Szilagyi ’09, Theatre Studies every sense, including race, ethnicity, reli- with administrators throughout campus, Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies gious beliefs, socioeconomic background, met student orientation leaders at other and age. We will discuss how we were able institutions, wrote on-line articles for As a member of a professional theatre to weave our diverse backgrounds and incoming students, and directed a team of troupe in western Maryland, I acted, built unique experiences to achieve moments of “Ask-Me” volunteers. While Wellesley life sets, constructed costumes, and assisted educational inspiration for both volunteers abounds with leadership opportunities, with the marketing efforts. Our company and students. As teachers, we witnessed structured leadership training remains produced a show for children, Fledgly and each lesson change and grow, refl ecting underdeveloped. Learn more about our the Forest of Things Forgotten, Shakespeare’s the diversity of the participants within the experience, watch the Welcome to Wellesley A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a classroom. Teachers became students, and video that we created for the incoming musical, The Secret Garden. Personally, I students became teachers as we success- class, and share your views in a discussion further developed a character that I had fully promoted student-centered education. about enhancing the quality of leadership originated last year, performed in my fi rst Refl ecting on our experiences working on campus. Shakespeare play, and sang in a vocally for Global Learning, we gained an under- complex musical. Although one of my In the Spotlight: The Seamlessness standing of the educational challenges greatest personal achievements of the of Stage Production that developing communities face. We will summer was learning to use and thread a (individual presentations) present our understanding of these chal- Serger sewing machine, I will focus on my lenges and how we have grown to become Pendleton West 220 experiences and observations of successful compassionate activists for a diverse global (and unsuccessful) decisions, the practices Behind the Curtain: Trade Secrets community. of a fl edgling theatre troupe, and how my of a Quick-Change Artist experience this past summer changed the Connecting the Campus: Getting Sarah M. Merrill ’10, Undeclared direction of both my education here and Oriented in Leadership (roundtable) Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies my life after Wellesley. Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 What really goes on behind the curtain? Summer Theatre: While many dream of being on the stage, Victoria T. Charoonratana ’09, Biological The Magic behind the Curtain most never wonder about the work that Chemistry and Clara E. Peterson ’08, Ashley A.M. Gramolini ’10, Undeclared takes place behind the scenes to make Political Science Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies the magic you see on stage seamless and Organizer: Lori Tenser, Offi ce of the fl awless before your eyes. It is a fast-paced When one thinks of going to the theatre, Class Deans whirlwind of creativity that the audience images of fl ashing lights, colorful scenery, The mission of Wellesley College is to edu- must never see. To experience the magical and beautiful actors and actresses are usu- cate women who will make a difference in transformation that theatre can bestow, ally the fi rst that come to mind. But what the world. How well are we actually prepar- spectators must be transported from their is it that makes that world go ’round? As ing students for future leadership? This seats to a new place and a different time. an interning stage manager for the profes- summer, we had the opportunity to serve This past summer, I took part in the action sional theatre company, Wellesley Summer in a recently developed leadership posi- at a professional theatre as a costumer Theatre, I was let in on the secret of this tion on campus as Student Involvement and quick-change artist. I will reveal all captivating art. I will discuss the world off Coordinators. In this capacity, we devel- the insights that audience members are the stage of rigorous scheduling, list mak- ing, props, costumes, and rehearsals, as

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174409.P.CS2.indd 27 10/24/07 8:04:14 PM well as all the weeks of work and patience Wall Street turned frantic in the second bilization for most countries have already that go into staging a two-hour play. This half of July 2007. “Subprime” became been seen. I will discuss how these positive presentation is designed for theatre techni- a word that struck fear in many hearts. achievements in the region of Africa have cians, actors, or the occasional theatre-goer Hedge fund managers saw a loss of billions not received public attention, yet will have curious about how theatre comes to life. within days and lost their jobs. Economists a major infl uence on the quality of life for debated furiously about the crash’s ripple individuals in this region. Nine Summers of Theatre effect on the world economy. Ben Bernanke Produced by Kids! Keeping America Rolling: Science and lowered the Fed’s discount rate, but people Mary T. Plant-Thomas ’10, Undeclared Economics in the Oil Field Service Industry still stopped borrowing. As an intern Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies Virginia C. Wittman ’10, Undeclared with the Residential Mortgage-Backed Advisor: Bruce Watson, Economics During the past nine summers, I have Securities (RMBS) group of Fitch Ratings spent my time at the end of the cul-de-sac in the middle of this crisis, I learned about People often take the availability of gasoline of Cranbrook Court working on theatri- the role of rating agencies in the world of for granted. They have little appreciation cal productions. These summers began fi xed-income investments, as well as the of the intricate processes and complex in 1999 when Emily Bookstein and I, at history and development of RMBS. What is industrial structure that allow them to fi ll the ages of 10 and 11, respectively, got a this monster called Subprime? How does their tanks. Over the past two summers, group together to produce James and the it relate to us as students and soon-to-be I learned both chemistry and economics Giant Peach; it was the founding summer graduates? How does it affect our parents while working in the Fluids Laboratory of of the Cranbrook Court Theatre Company as homeowners and investors? Let us all Halliburton, one of the two premier oil (CCTC). This past summer, I yet again participate in a discussion of how much we fi eld service companies. The oil fi eld ser- found myself at the end of the cul-de-sac as individuals, and we as an economy, can vice industry evolved precisely to handle in a production of Smash. With the CCTC, and should leverage. the specialized chemical processes entailed I have learned much about the varying in petroleum extraction, and was one of the Another View of Africa: Evaluating aspects of mounting a production, includ- fi rst instances of corporate outsourcing. I Changes in Capital Flows ing managing fi nancial aspects, directing, found that many of the concepts I learned Amanda J. Davis ’08, Economics acting, and creating costumes and sets. The last year in microeonomics were essential Advisor: Eric Hilt, Economics CCTC has always been led solely by “kids,” in understanding both the functioning and thus, once Emily and I graduated high The AIDS epidemic, confl icts, and famine of my lab and the economics of the oil school, our sisters became directors. This in Africa are regularly portrayed in the industry as a whole. I will discuss how sci- past summer was a new learning experi- media. While these are certainly important ence and economics interact in the oil fi eld ence, as I saw the CCTC from the other issues, an underlying economic story exists service industry, as well as the complicated side: from the perspective of an actress. that illustrates the potential in the devel- market structure within which that interac- oping economics of Africa. Through the tion occurs. Politics, Economics, and Activism Development Entrepreneurship Program at Designing a New Offi ce Type Applying the Social Sciences MIT, I spent last summer gathering infor- Magdalena I. Naydekova ’08, Architecture (individual presentations) mation on developing economics in Africa. Advisor: Lara Tohme, Art My focus was on developing a resource to Pendleton East 339 identify variations among fi nancial capital In the summer of 2007, a group of young Let’s Talk about Leverage: The Crash of movements. The Millennium Goals, set designers at the architectural fi rm of Subprime Residential Mortgage-Backed forth by the United Nations, are on track MADA s.p.a.m. Shanghai challenged the Securities for partial completion by 2015 in less than bulk-type offi ce building and its omni- An Zhou ’08, Economics one-third of the African countries. Yet presence. We produced a design for the Advisors: Karl E. Case, Economics and improvements in foreign direct invest- headquarters of the Southern Airports Akila Weerapana, Economics ment, an increase in the number of venture Corporation in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. capital funds, and positive growth or sta-

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174409.P.CS2.indd 28 10/24/07 8:04:14 PM The building is responsive to the hot and routine housing matters. For example, I Ending the Cycle of Pain: ATASK’s Mission humid climate of Southern Vietnam, rel- worked with clients who had mental and to Stop Domestic Violence evant in the context of the vernacular green physical disabilities and who were unable Dahuy Tran ’08, Economics tradition of the broader metropolitan area to understand the court processes affect- Advisor: Julie A. Matthaei, Economics of Ho Chi Minh City, and accommodating ing their rights. By creatively solving our According to recent studies, at least one in of the economic demands of the Tân Søn clients’ problems before trial became nec- every three women around the world has Nhân International Airport, whose domes- essary, I realized that our preliminary social been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise tic and international signifi cance contin- work was often more crucial in reaching a abused during her lifetime. Expanding ues to increase. I will discuss the design desirable outcome for our clients than the beyond physical, sexual, and emotional of the Southern Airports Corporation typical jury trials portrayed on television. violence, abuse has now come to include Offi ce Building as a cooperative work of Ultimately, I concluded that people can both economic and immigration status undergraduate interns. Furthermore, I will impact the outcome of a legal case without exploitation. Home of the second-larg- explain how the new concept of porosity even necessarily having a law degree. est Cambodian population in the United of mass—alternation of solids and voids Diversity in the Workplace: The Challenge States, Lowell, Massachusetts, faces issues in the building volume (stacked tubes)— of Minorities in Executive Leadership regarding domestic violence that stem from works to facilitate air fl ow and respond Racquel L. Armstrong ’10, Undeclared cultural and immigration status abuse. As effectively to heat, humidity, and change Advisor: Selwyn Cudjoe, Africana Studies a summer intern at the Lowell Asian Task of wind direction. I also will clarify how Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK), voids in the building mass improve natural In this new day of diversity and multicul- an NGO devoted to breaking the silence, cross-ventilation, provide solar shading, turalism, it seems almost paramount to eliminating domestic violence, empower- and result in a design that saves energy have a workforce that resembles that of the ing the victims of abuse, and educating the resources and reduces the environmental U.S. Census statistics. However, Fortune community, I was exposed to issues preva- load of a building. 500 companies have been struggling with lent in my own hometown. I will speak of the recruitment and retention of minori- Standing Up for Others my experience of reaching out to educate ties, particularly in executive-level leader- (individual presentations) a community and of joining the cause ship. Working for the Corporate Diversity to empower women to escape abusive Pendleton East 239 and Philanthropy department of a Fortune relationships. 500 bank in Cleveland, Ohio, I examined From Disabilities to Evictions: Making the issues concerning minority leadership, Dwindling Daughters: India’s Declining Connection between Social Work and Law including issues of sexual orientation and Child Sex Ratio Victoria M. Starrett ’09, Political Science disabilities in the workplace. I will dis- Divya Sood ’08, Political Science and Philosophy cuss the challenges that face such groups, Advisor: Janine Penfi eld DS ’05, Advisor: Nancy Scherer, Political Science including recent graduates entering the Center for Work and Service This past summer, I interned in the workforce, and what policies are in place In 1990, Amartya Sen claimed over 100 Housing Unit of Greater Boston Legal to accommodate the now four generations million women and girls had gone “miss- Services, where I worked to stop evictions, in the workplace. In addition, I will answer ing” worldwide; the majority of these secure specialized agreements for disabled the question of what one can do to rein- missing women were from South Asia. clients, and ultimately save the subsidies force the institutionalization of diversity in Sen’s claims were based on the near equal and housing for all of our clients. Before I corporate America and other areas of the birthrates of males and females and on began my internship, I thought the cases private sector. the higher mortality rates among women. I handled would mostly involve clients who These females encountered a variety of dis- lived in unimaginable conditions under crimination and neglect throughout their slum lords. Yet I encountered more than lifetimes, which contributed to their higher mortality rate. This past summer, I had the

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174409.P.CS2.indd 29 10/24/07 8:04:14 PM opportunity to observe how the low child The International Labor Organization: pathway. This past summer, I joined a sex ratio (CSR) in India, and specifi cally Is It Effective in the Twenty-fi rst Century? nine-person research team at the Children’s New Delhi, infl uences the issue of missing Emily R. Buss ’08, Political Science Memorial Research Center in Chicago. women. Between 1991 and 2001, the over- Advisor: Malhar Nabar, Economics My project focused on investigating which all sex ratio in India had increased; how- specifi c cells are undergoing apoptosis The International Labor Organization ever, this improvement was undercut by mainly by studying muscle biopsies. Both (ILO) is an agency of the United Nations the dramatic decline in the country’s child immunofl uorescence techniques and con- that works to encourage fair labor prac- sex ratio. I will examine the action taken focal microscopy were integral to the study. tices through international treaties. This to counter the declining CSR, the dangers Although a majority of my time was spent presentation will address different means that are associated with the declining CSR, researching in the lab, at the end of the by which the ILO can effectively promote and the sex-selective abortions that are summer I had the opportunity to attend these practices, and will identify which of invariably linked to this trend. clinics and observe JDM patients at the these means were most successful dur- Children’s Memorial Hospital. I will dis- Helping People Help Themselves: No Easy ing my internship at its headquarters in cuss how seeing these patients inspired me Task for Progressive Nonprofi ts Geneva, Switzerland, last spring. I was and helped me to understand the motiva- Christina N. Filipp ’08, Political Science aware that the ILO had little real power to tion behind researchers who work in a fi eld Advisor: Thomas Cushman, Sociology accomplish its objectives; during my time where countless hours of investigation can there, I came face to face with this reality. Fighting the good fi ght is not easy when often end up in no results. From my observations, I learned that the the people you are fi ghting for tell you to ILO functions more as an informational Help! My Shoes No Longer Fit… leave them alone. I work on grassroots source than as a body that crafts inter- and Neither Does My Heart! campaigns for Environment California, national law. I had always been idealistic Zehra B. Omer ’10, Undeclared CALPIRG, and the Human Rights about the ability of international organiza- Advisor: Mark Goldman, Physics Campaign. Our primary mode of action tions to do good work on a global scale. I is political canvassing: we ask people for What does a shoe store employee do when will present on my belief that, in its capac- money, signatures, and time. This is an a customer says his feet grew two sizes in ity as a source of information, the ILO can important part of the ongoing struggle to the past year? He refers him to the local promote labor standards in a more effective extend various rights to all people, a strug- endocrinologist, of course! Acromegaly way than through pieces of legislation. gle that is never quite fi nished. Every time is a rare condition that develops when I canvass, I am astounded by the contrast Science, Medicine, and Public Health there is too much growth hormone in the between public apathy and special inter- body. While it is marked by enlargement From the Laboratory to the Bedside: ests’ furious self-advancement. Although in the size of the hands, feet, and jaws, Understanding Diseases and Their our hard work organizing citizens against patients are more concerned about their Treatments (individual presentations) special interests often wins important cardiovascular condition. Too much growth results such as preventing pesticide test- Pendleton West 117 hormone leads to thickening of the heart ing on humans, the accompanying toil is walls and stiffening of the blood vessels, Getting Down to the Facts: Who’s Dying? exhausting as we are slandered, sued, and which may be related to increased levels Jessica J. Kim ’09, Biological Sciences even burglarized. I will discuss the paradox of infl ammatory cytokines, and markers Advisor: Emily Buchholtz, Biological Sciences of fi ghting for people who do not seem to of endothelial dysfunction in the blood. care about their rights, and why it is neces- Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare I will discuss my summer conducting a sary and positive for society. autoimmune disease and the most com- clinical research study at Massachusetts mon of the pediatric infl ammatory myopa- General Hospital, during which I gained thies. It has recently been determined hands-on patient experience and found a that one mode of cellular damage in the renewed enthusiasm for the booming fi eld untreated JDM muscle is by the apoptotic of endocrinology.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 30 10/24/07 8:04:15 PM Consider It a Complement tory of autism progression. It was exciting Mud, Mosquitoes, and Medicine: Providing Ilene K. Tsui ’10, Undeclared both as a biology student reaching into Health Care in Uganda Advisor: Mala Radhakrishnan, Chemistry the gray areas of gene expression and also Alejandra Ellison-Barnes ’08, as someone who for personal reasons has Anthropology and French The human body’s complement system is had a longstanding interest in understand- Advisor: Filomina C. Steady, comprised of more than 30 proteins that ing autism. I will explain why this type of Africana Studies work together as the immune defense research is one of the fi rst frontiers that we system and “complement” antibodies in When the Gallup International Millennium must breach before we can move on to the the killing of bacteria via infl ammation. Survey asked people worldwide what is holy grail of researchers and families alike, This past summer, I worked in an ophthal- most important in life, good health was the a “cure” for autism. mology lab at Columbia University and number-one response in over half of the investigated a possible role for components International Health Care surveyed countries. Despite its importance of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells (individual presentations) to the world’s population, adequate health as a trigger for the complement cascade. care is not available to all. As an ambas- Pendleton West 116 Once activated, the infl ammation from the sador at the Foundation for International cascade can lead to age-related macular Mountains Beyond Mountains: Providing Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC)’s degeneration (ARMD), the leading cause Medical Relief to the People of Honduras health center in Bumwalukani, Uganda, of blindness in older adults. Our study Alexandria J. Bear ’09, Chemistry I assisted in the clinic, facilitated health showed that RPE cells in the presence of Advisor: Nolan T. Flynn, Chemistry education groups, and conducted a com- certain photooxidized pigments produced munity survey. Against the backdrop of col- Honduras, once a prosperous Latin Amer- greater complement activation specifi cally orful photographs from my summer, ican country, is now the second-poorest through one of two pathways. This cor- I will share my experiences as an intern for nation in the Western Hemisphere. The relation helps us to better understand the FIMRC. I also will discuss the multitude of devastation following Hurricane Mitch in development of ARMD, the possible risk challenges that lead to illness and impede 1998 led to an urgent and ongoing need for factors, and future clinical applications. access to health care in this rural setting, medical relief. During the winters of 2006 Through this experience, I developed my including diffi cult terrain, poor infrastruc- and 2007, I traveled to Honduras through analytical skills, better understood the ture, a lack of health education, and limited Marquette University and Global Medical interdependence of the scientifi c commu- resources. This experience fueled my pas- Brigades to continue delivering that relief. nity, and confi rmed my career goal to be a sion for international health work, while As a member of a medical team consisting physician scientist. simultaneously altering my perspective on of doctors, nurses, and college students, the role of foreign aid projects. The Front Lines of the Battle with Autism we provided primary care to residents of Laura C. Murphy ’10, Undeclared remote mountain villages. We were part Tobacco and Alcohol in Thailand: Working Advisor: Martina Königer, Biological Sciences of a larger project to raise the standard of with the ThaiHealth Promotion Foundation general health and living in these commu- Christine I. Nichols ’08, Economics Professionals place levels of autism at nities with the support of local community Advisor: David R. Haines, Chemistry about 1 per 166 children, but with one spe- leaders. This experience demonstrates that cifi c mutation on the X-chromosome, that Who knew monks smoked? Last summer, a small group of people can impact the rate goes up to 1 in 3. A signifi cant percent- I spent nine weeks working in Bangkok lives of many. My involvement solidifi ed age of children with Fragile-X Syndrome, with the ThaiHealth Promotion the importance of a liberal arts education, however, seem to grow out of their autism Foundation. ThaiHealth is a new and which will lead to a broader worldview and diagnosis, something that is virtually uncommon type of public health organiza- aid me in my pursuit to provide health care unheard of in the larger autistic commu- tion established by the Thai government in a global environment. nity. This past summer at the University with the Health Promotion Act of 2001. of California, Davis, I worked at the center The foundation is funded from an ear- of one of the fi rst studies that attempted marked two percent tobacco and alcohol to implicitly show this different trajec- excise tax. ThaiHealth acts as a central

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174409.P.CS2.indd 31 10/24/07 8:04:15 PM funding organization to support and cre- Saving the Planet: One Footprint Humans, Hippos, and Hawkmoths: ate programs to promote the good health at a Time (individual presentations) Conducting Research in the World’s of Thai people and society. Over 2,000 Largest National Park Lulu Chow Wang 104 projects are funded in tobacco and alcohol Phoebe A. Poole ’08, Biological Sciences and control, nutrition, and physical exercise, Rigors of Tropical Research: Courtney C. Stepien ’08, Biological Sciences among others. I spent part of the intern- Dirty Conservation in Costa Rica Advisor: Glenn Adelson, Biological Sciences ship assisting one such organization Mehjabeen Rahman ’08, Biological We spent this past spring in Kruger researching smoking prevalence among Sciences; Debra M. Hausladen ’09, National Park in South Africa, learning monks, as well as working in the alcohol Geosciences; and Tyler S. Blangiardo ’09, both to design and implement our own control division. I will discuss how the Environmental Studies experiments as well as manage group experience not only taught me about public Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological projects proposed by visiting scientists. health in developing countries, but also Sciences As megaherbivores like elephants, rhinos, about how to interact and work across lan- The mention of Costa Rica brings to mind and hippos still roam the African continent guage and cultural barriers to connect with visions of lush forests and pristine beaches, and shape its landscapes—arguably as those around me. but for researchers this small country much as humans—Kruger Park presents Seeing Is Believing: National Health Care holds infi nite possibilities. Costa Rica’s a unique opportunity to study the forces Is Becoming International in China unique geographic location and topogra- that shaped ecosystems in other parts of Yang Qiu ’08, Anthropology and phy allow for the country to have several the world prior to major human impact. Biological Sciences different forest and marine habitats: from Complex management issues, such as the Advisor: Philip Kohl, Anthropology the cloud forests of Monteverde to the controversy surrounding elephant popula- tropical wet forests of the Braulio Carrillo tion control, are imposed on this immense Health care is a complicated story in National Park to the wetland habitats of the landscape that has been artifi cially sepa- China—a web of support networks, a web Caribbean and Pacifi c coasts. Independent rated from its surroundings. Against this of mutual cooperation, and even a web of and consortium-managed research stations backdrop, we applied biological principles trust. Making the health care system and are located in almost every habitat within previously learned in the Wellesley class- resources accessible and affordable are Costa Rica, making these ecosystems one room to diffi cult ecological and human crucial and practical challenges to a suc- of the most studied within the tropics. questions. The semester provided us with a cessful health care system. My internship Through the Wellesley in Costa Rica pro- framework that is grounded in an intimate with ORBIS International brought me to gram, we volunteered at the Organization understanding of ecosystem processes Yunnan, China, where I observed the for Tropical Studies (OTS) research station and with unforgettable experiences in unexpected cooperation among local gov- assisting with research projects related to the fi eld for tackling science classes back ernment offi cials, NGOs, and the health secondary forest regeneration and at the at Wellesley. care industry. Conducting fi eld research Tortuguero National Park on sea turtle con- on eye care in ethnic minority villages servation. We will share our experiences brought me the perspective of the recipi- of living and working at these sites and ents; working with ORBIS provided me the discuss how the research we conducted can understanding of a foreign NGO working assist future conservation efforts. in China; and interviewing the governmen- tal offi cials showed me the wisdom of the administrators. I will explore how health care is not an obscure concept, and how we, as individuals, can contribute positively to global health.

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Cross-Cultural Interaction Fellowship Travels (panel) Are there Jews in Puerto Rico? Our Alternative Spring Break (ASB) sought A Matter of Trust: Defending Cultures Pendleton West 220 to fi nd and celebrate the fusion of Jewish at Home and Abroad (panel) Annie Chu ’03, Fulbright Grant to and Latino culture in Latin America. The Lulu Chow Wang 210 China; Anne-Laure Py ’02, Mary Elvira trip was organized to create a cross-cul- Stevens Traveling Fellowship; Laure-Anne tural learning experience for Jewish and Maura C. Atwater ’08, French and Spanish; Ventouras ’05, Watson Fellowship; and Tracy Latina students. Puerto Rico proved to be Laura E. Falender ’08, History; and Emily M. Johnston Zager ’95, Rhodes Scholarship the perfect site after we learned about a Bogue ’08, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Advisor: Ellie Perkins ’65, Center for Work 2004 exhibit on Puerto Rican Jewry by Advisor: Barry Lydgate, French and Service the Museum of San Juan. Our trip placed Three internships, three defi nitions of special attention on cross-cultural dia- A fellowship brings more than a period of defense: the Defense Advance Research logues, community service, and religious intense learning and adventure. Its effects Project Agency (DARPA) aims to protect awareness. Students collaborated on vari- will reach into the future and transform U.S. freedoms and liberties by defend- ous community service projects, including one’s plans in subtle and signifi cant ways. ing the current tactical supremacy of the work in a homeless shelter and day care How have their fellowship experiences federal military; the Musée National de la center. Participants learned about Christian infl uenced the personal and professional Marine (National Maritime Museum)— and Jewish practices and attended both lives of these Wellesley alumnae? Join us itself located in a French fortress with synagogue and church services. Upon to hear these women describe their fellow- Roman foundations—safeguards naval returning to campus, the Jewish and Latina ship years. Their experiences range from relics, maritime history, and the future students observed Shabbat together and studying trends in education at Oxford of Anglophone tourism in Brittany; and refl ected on the enriching qualities of the University or researching urban health the National Trust for Scotland Foundation trip. We will share how the ASB aided in care reform and public health in Shanghai, USA preserves and promotes Scottish establishing a lasting connection between China, to delving into the science and tradi- sites of natural, historical, and architec- the Latina and Jewish communities at tion of making perfumes around the world tural importance in order to protect scenic Wellesley College. or exploring the shifting economies along landscapes, conserve heritage, and educate the Silk Road where craftspeople face new The Multicultural Requirement: future generations. Our studies abroad in sociopolitical realities. Can Exposure Be Measured? France and Scotland infl uenced our intern- (roundtable) ship experiences, inspired them in terms ¡Oy, Caramba!: Jewish and Latina of organization and location, and framed Dialogue in Puerto Rico (panel) Newhouse Center, Green Hall 240 our refl ections on what is worth defending. Lulu Chow Wang 104 Barbara R. Beatty, Education; T. James Kodera, Religion; Malhar Nabar, Yael E. Misrahi ’10, Undeclared; Madeline B. Economics; and Karen Shih, Offi ce of Harms ’08, Psychology; Margie A. Levin ’08, the Dean of Students Psychology; Nancy Gonzalez ’09, Peace and Organizers: Angela Carpenter DS ’99, Offi ce Justice Studies; and Sharline Madera ’08, of the Class Deans, and Offi ce of the Dean Biological Chemistry of Students; and Adele Wolfson, Offi ce of the Advisors: Mared Alicea-Westort, Offi ce of the Dean of the College Dean of Students and Patti Sheinman, Offi ce of Religious and Spiritual Life

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174409.P.CS2.indd 33 10/24/07 8:04:15 PM The College’s multicultural requirement the successes and disappointments in our “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”: has been the subject of discussion and work stemmed from the leadership that Teaching English Abroad without debate over the last several years. What we did, or did not, receive. We will discuss Resources or Materials skills should students gain from a course how mentorship is found and how it can Courtney E. Pelley ’08, Neuroscience fulfi lling this requirement? How much be established in and outside of the work- Advisors: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education and of the requirement should be focused on place. Our presentation will touch upon Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Spanish academic experience and how much on individual projects and experiences, while This past summer, I lived with a host fam- extracurricular activities? There have been maintaining a discussion on the art of ily and volunteered as an English teacher suggestions that an experiential compo- networking. in rural Costa Rica with WorldTeach, a nent should be a necessary element of Distribution of Resources: Where’s nonprofi t NGO. Juan Ramón Jiménez once any course meeting the requirement. This the Money? Where Are the People? said, “If they give you ruled paper, write roundtable will focus on the following (individual presentations) the other way.” Noticing that both paper questions: How much of an “experience” and writing utensils were priceless com- constitutes an experiential component? Pendleton East 127 modities in my site prompted me to make How would this play out in various types Teaching the Children of the Taiwanese an amendment to this quotation to suit my of courses? If we decide to require such a Bunun Tribe: Learning How to Overcome predicament—“If they don’t give you paper, component, do we have the resources to the Effects of Poverty in Education write another way.” Without computers, put it in place? Shirley N. Nah ’10, Undeclared textbooks, or even a photocopying machine Learning, Service, and Youth Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education to produce copies of handwritten handouts, my body became my primary resource. Challenging Expectations: This last year, Hai Duan Middle School Lacking adequate amounts of paper, pens, The Importance of Mentorship (panel) was again ranked the second-worst school and pencils, my students turned out to be in all of Taiwan. Located in the mountains Pendleton East 139 my only materials. I taught English using of Taitung, the school mainly consists of the Total Physical Response (TPR) method, Josephine C. Corlett ’08, English and French; students from the Bunun Aborigine tribe songs, and games—by the end of the sum- Ariel B. Levine ’08, English and Women’s living in extreme poverty. Almost half of mer, teaching and learning did not require Studies; Kristy H. Liu DS ’08, Economics; all male students drop out by grade nine anything other than our heads, shoulders, Ivana Rodriguez ’08, Architecture; and to pursue jobs, while few of the remain- knees, and toes…“knees and toes.” Sheri L. Stewart ’09, Philosophy ing students pursue higher education. In Advisor: Teresita Ramos ’93, Center for order to combat these alarming statistics, The Case for Our National Parks Work and Service a volunteer initiative called AID (Assisting Hsiao-Song Xi ’10, Undeclared Individuals with Disadvantages) has set Advisor: Rebecca Mattison, Geosciences While working in the American Cities up a program where U.S. college students Internship Program (ACIP) in San This past summer, I interned with the travel to Taiwan to design and teach an Francisco, the established mentorship National Park Service on Alcatraz and at English summer camp. Along with fi ve component uniquely shaped each of our the Marin Headlands, a stretch of coast other students, I spent four weeks liv- experiences. Internships in architecture, north of the Golden Gate Bridge. For three ing under diffi cult conditions, fi ghting to publishing, investment management, con- months, I was a ranger in training, leading survive the sweltering heat while teaching sulting, and education policy came together tours, running Alcatraz, and working with English. As both a mentor and a teacher, I in a shared summer experience through Junior Rangers who were 9-to-11 years old. struggled to overcome the effects of poverty connections with leaders in each of these It was an amazing opportunity to learn in order to give my students the best pos- fi elds. The level of mentorship we received about the history of the Bay Area and then sible education and support. was an unexpectedly important factor in to share that history with as many as 4,000 shaping our summers. How we perceived visitors a day. While working, however, I noticed that most visitors to our national

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174409.P.CS2.indd 34 10/24/07 8:04:15 PM parks are adults, and the demographic is Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Road This past summer, I discovered and rose getting older all the time. Even the children to Reconstruction (panel) to the challenges involved in conducting with whom I was working were primarily social science research. As part of a data Pendleton West 116 those of National Park Service employees. collection team focused on the impor- Young people today are far more likely to Terry S. Kim ’08, Cinema and Media Studies; tance of social networks in determining visit an amusement park than a national Jae-Young Paek ’08, Biological Sciences and the uptake of microfi nance, my research park. What does that say for the future of Art History; and Charlene C. Chong ’08, entailed mapping existing social networks our national parks—and the relationship Biological Sciences and Spanish in semi-urban villages in South India. The between humans and nature itself? Advisor: Diana Y.B. Pooley, Wellesley signifi cant challenges included fi nding villages that matched our criteria; visiting Investing Time and Knowledge in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship villages and constantly questioning my India’s Youth (panel) This past spring, two years’ post-Katrina, right to be there; and ensuring data quality we served as student volunteers with Pendleton East 339 despite self-reported data and insuffi ciently Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans, motivated fi eld surveyors. Every challenge Nayna A. Lodhia ’09, Chemistry; Prachee M. Louisiana. While exploring the economic, was a door to more knowledge. Finding Gujarathi ’10, Undeclared; Shivani Kaul ’10, political, and social factors that contributed villages introduced me to a network of Undeclared; and Chindhuri Selvadurai ’10, to Katrina’s destruction of a major area of microfi nance, while visiting villages made Undeclared the coastal southeast, we evaluated the con- me consider the complexities of provid- Advisor: Vanita Shastri, Offi ce of Religious sequences of Katrina and how to restore ing adequate information that enables and Spiritual Life the region to a state equal to or even better people to give informed consent and make than its pre-Katrina condition. Drawing on Imagine standing in front of a classroom trade-offs between research and privacy. I our experiences, we will present on what of 50 upturned faces with limited English will present on how ensuring data quality we found to be the general tone of the city’s comprehension, all of them eagerly antici- exposed me to the diffi culties of supervis- population, as well as the most pressing pating the day’s lesson. Welcome to the ing a survey team and of using quantitative needs of the region at that point in recon- Little Stars School of Banaras, India, where data to understand personal relations. struction. In addition to encouraging the fi ve Wellesley Service Grant recipients discussion of possible means of improving Helping the Poor Help Themselves: found themselves not only educating hun- the city of New Orleans and other regions Assessing the Effectiveness of Microcredit dreds of underprivileged children, but also devastated by Hurricane Katrina, we will in Alleviating Poverty learning fi rsthand how an open mind can refl ect on our trip through a unique and Afi a Tasneem ’10, Undeclared transcend linguistic and cultural differenc- often forgotten lens—that of faith—asking Advisor: David Lindauer, Economics es to connect students across continents. the question, “How do faith and civic ser- As American college students accustomed Through my experiences of working with vice relate to one another?” to schedules and guidelines, our group had Grameen Bank in Bangladesh this past to overcome the challenges presented to us Politics, Economics, and Activism summer, I have learned to appreciate by a school without a set curriculum, where the potential of human beings as entre- Microcredit on the Move the language of teaching was mainly Hindi. preneurs. Poverty cannot be reduced by (individual presentations) We managed to teach everything from aid packages, donations, and charities. mathematics to poetry creatively and with Pendleton East 239 However, it can be eradicated by acknowl- few resources. Banarasi school children, edging that humans have the ability to Research for Grassroots Development: with remarkable motivation and warm develop their own lives if they have access Working in Semi-Urban Villages in smiles, accepted fi ve foreigners into their to credit. Credit allows people to identify South India community as both teachers and friends. and engage in their own income-gener- Erisha S. Suwal ’08, Economics and ating ventures. Through interviewing South Asia Studies Grameen borrowers, 97 percent of whom Advisor: Christopher Candland, are women, I realized how providing Political Science

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174409.P.CS2.indd 35 10/24/07 8:04:15 PM rural women with small loans not only most promising ways to alleviate poverty. fi eldwork. I will present on what occurs will enhance their economic status, but Kiva Microfunds, a social entrepreneur- behind the scenes in preparation for what also will change longstanding traditions ship, was launched with the mission to the public will see, how what gets shown in and beliefs. Uneducated rural women are increase access to capital by connecting the attack ads is far from the full picture, no longer considered to be “burdens” to struggling business owners in the develop- and how to prepare for any attacks which fathers, husbands, and sons. Rather, they ing world with credit cardholders having are sure to come. are self-suffi cient entrepreneurs, architects at least $25.00 to loan over the Internet. The Role of Think Tanks in the Washington of their fates, and builders of neighbor- During my internship at Kiva, I contrib- Power Structure hoods and villages. I will discuss how uted research to their newly launched risk Gabriella A. Soto ’08, History engaging in dialogues and addressing con- model, which calculates the repayment Advisor: Yoshihisa T. Matsusaka, History troversies with Grameen offi cials, clients, likelihood of their microfi nance institu- and interns have further inspired me to tion partners. I also conducted research The formal purpose of think tanks is to study development economics. on alternative funding sources for micro- contribute to and infl uence policy forma- fi nance institutions. I will discuss how tion at the highest levels of government. Surviving the South: Eradicating Poverty my experiences working for a social entre- Think tanks’ main mode of infl uence is in South India preneurship differed from a traditional their independence from the structures Rupsha Biswas ’08, English and Economics nonprofi t, and will share how Kiva’s incor- they attempt to impact. For many, however, Advisor: Joseph F. Swingle, Sociology poration of the Internet has helped to mod- their infl ated operating budgets make Is poverty eradication a mere fantasy, a goal ernize a traditional form of aid. the intellectual message and consequent completely beyond reach? This past sum- infl uence obsolete in that it may be The Business of Politics mer, I worked with an NGO that claims manipulated and even dictated by donors. (individual presentations) poverty eradication is possible. I commu- Still, there is hope. Smaller think tanks, nicated with hundreds of village women Pendleton West 212 like the Independent Women’s Forum whose lives were transformed by making (IWF) where I worked this past summer, Seeing the Full Picture: A Look at the decision to join a small microcredit have much smaller operating budgets and Opposition Research in Electoral Politics organization in their village. These once so are less reliant on donors. IWF’s niche Deborah L. Moldover ’09, History desperately poor women now own a home is their policy focus on women’s issues Advisor: Nancy Scherer, Political Science and have enough money to educate their which enables a very accomplished staff children. I will not only discuss this NGO’s Every election cycle is the same. We read of nontraditional Washingtonian elites to microcredit program, but also how it felt to about different policy ideas, hear what use their gender and independent status be a privileged fi rst-world citizen living in a makes each candidate the most inspiring to impact policy discourse at the highest small Indian village where I did not know leader, and view attack ads. Instead of hear- levels of government. the language, the culture, or any other ing the reasons why we should support When Our Representatives Won’t person. one candidate, we hear the reasons why Be Heard: Business and Politics on the other candidate is “bad for America.” Loans That Change Lives: Modernizing Long Island My experiences in the world of opposition Microfi nance through the Internet Vanessa A. Arslanian ’09, Biological Sciences research have given me a unique perspec- Edlyn R. Yuen ’09, Political Science and Political Science tive on the world of electoral politics, Advisor: Adam Schwartz, Writing Program Advisor: Beth DeSombre, Environmental which shapes every cycle. For the past two Studies and Political Science Since Mohammed Yunus and his organiza- summers, I have interned at a gubernato- tion, the Grameen Bank, won the Nobel rial campaign, a consulting fi rm, and the You have probably heard someone criti- Peace Prize in 2006, many people have research department of the Democratic cize a politician for failed policy before: focused on microcredit, or very small Congressional Campaign Committee. “He’s corrupt,” “She’s lazy,” or something loans to the impoverished, as one of the Despite being campaign internships in the a shade more impolite than “He has no most literal sense, I did not do traditional idea what he’s doing!” Many voters may

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174409.P.CS2.indd 36 10/24/07 8:04:15 PM be surprised to fi nd, however, that public describe the organization and infl uence of make great guardians against disease, they policy is rarely, if ever, solely in the hands this powerful movement and the role that it also serve as detectives within the world of of their elected offi cials. When big busi- plays in the country as a whole. scientifi c research. Antibodies can detect ness rolls in, local and state representatives the presence of specifi c proteins within Constructing Homophobia: Experiences hardly have the political sway to effectively a cell—a useful tool for research in areas with a Progressive Think Tank counter a deal that could seriously dam- such as cancer discovery, energy metabo- Vivian J. Chang ’08, Mathematics age their constituents. I will discuss how lism, immunology, and development. As an Advisor: Megan Kerr ’89, Mathematics an internship in the busy New York State intern at Cell Signaling Technology (CST) First District Assemblyman’s offi ce opened What is the “New Right”? Who is James in Danvers, Massachusetts, a company that my eyes to the role of executive agencies in Dobson? And, perhaps more importantly, produces and distributes antibodies world- decision-making. As business conquests why would an activist choose a desk job wide, I received hands-on experience in the that could crush Long Islanders—such over a direct-service position? At Political process of purifying and testing several of as Broadwater or the LIPA-National Grid Research Associates (PRA), I spent a their top-selling products. My work at CST takeover—are approved by chairpersons in summer researching the right wing in engaged my interest in the role of validated Albany, working with groups like Citizens the United States. As a mathematician antibodies within the world of academic Campaign for the Environment or writ- with no formal background in politics, I and medical research. I will explore the ing to the Federal Energy Regulatory found myself sitting in on meetings about questions I sought out to answer: Who uses Commission becomes increasingly crucial social movement theory and conducting these biological tools, and what can they for the average constituent. preparatory work for the United States tell us about disease and treatment? Social Forum. I focused much of my Playing God: The Organization and The Quest for Better Pest Control Using time on a project entitled “Constructing Infl uence of the Christian Fundamentalist Baculovirus Fibroblast Growth Factors Homophobia.” This fi le consisted of pri- Movement Jessica B. Weng ’09, Biological Chemistry mary material from right wing sources Ashley M. Benner ’08, Religion and Psychology with homophobic themes, tones, and/or Advisor: Sharon Elkins, Religion Advisor: Jennifer K. Hood-DeGrenier, content. I will discuss how we later identi- Biological Sciences The Christian fundamentalist movement fi ed major thematic categories under which is one of the fastest-growing social and most of these arguments could be grouped, Can genetic engineering provide an alter- political forces in the United States. On the with the ultimate goal of erecting a more native to toxic pesticides? Last summer, I surface, fundamentalism may appear to be comprehensive and nuanced image of endeavored to answer this question as I similar to Lutheranism or Catholicism. In homophobia in the United States. investigated the role of N-glycosylation, car- reality, Christian fundamentalism is not bohydrate addition to proteins, on baculovi- Science, Medicine, and Public Health a denomination but an organization led rus fi broblast growth factors. Baculoviruses by several highly infl uential individuals Back to Basics: Foundational Science are large double-stranded DNA viruses who use the name of Christ to regulate the (individual presentations) that infect arthropods but have no known actions and mold the ideas of their follow- impact on other organisms. Fibroblast Lulu Chow Wang 413 ers. Not being part of a denomination, lead- growth factors are proteins that function ers are free to recruit and instruct followers Engineering Immunity: Antibody in embryogenesis, cell proliferation, can- as they wish, most commonly through Production and Its Role within cer metastasis, and, most importantly, in grand-scale conferences held nationwide. Scientifi c Research the spreading of baculoviruses from the Over the course of three months, I attend- Julieann Freitas ’09, Psychology midgut to the entire insect. Working with ed nearly 10 such conferences throughout Advisor: Emily Buchholtz, Biological Sciences Dr. Lorena Passarelli of the biology depart- the United States, meeting with leaders ment at Kansas State University, I used two In the human body, antibodies function such as Benny Hinn and John Haggee, viruses, BmNPV and AcMNPV, to show as a part of our immune system to help and getting to know their followers. I will that N-glycosylation can increase the activi- fi ght infection and defend our bodies from ty of baculoviruses, thus accelerating insect microbial intruders. While these proteins

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174409.P.CS2.indd 37 10/24/07 8:04:15 PM death. My experience taught me the impor- ods that can study the random motions Human- and Pet-Safe Pesticides: tance of persistence and precision in mak- of a large ensemble of atoms to predict “There Ain’t No Bugs on Me…” ing scientifi c discoveries. This internship macroscopic properties of matter, such as Madeline H. Elkins ’10, Undeclared also gave me insight into the tremendous temperature and energy. Most MD simula- Advisor: David R. Haines, Chemistry impact that research can have—extending tions, however, are unstable over a long Nitrogen-containing heterocycles (aromatic beyond the laboratory and into the real period of time due to errors in numerical rings containing atoms of nitrogen) are world. integration. This past summer, I worked widely used in the pharmaceutical industry in the Institute of High Performance Shaking Up Crystal Lattices and Cultural as backbones for organic molecules. This Computing in Singapore on developing Barriers to Improve Flat-Panel Displays past summer, I worked on the development a higher-order algorithm for molecular Andrea P. Johnston ’09, Chemistry of new methods of specifi c synthesis of dynamics. Through this experience, I had a Advisor: James H. Loehlin, Chemistry substituted 3-phenylisoxazolines and 3-phe- glimpse of the life of theoretical scientists nylisoxazoles using techniques and con- Indium is one of the rarest metals on earth, as well as the wide range of applications of cepts learned in organic chemistry courses yet tin-doped indium oxide, or indium theoretical studies. I will illustrate how it is taken at Wellesley College. Techniques oxide with tin atoms squeezed into its possible to study an astronomical number learned from this research are being used crystal lattice, is an industrial staple for of molecules (that means 1023 molecules!) in the development of a variation of a com- forming transparent conducting thin fi lms. in a way that is manageable with modern mon set of pet medications and pesticides These fi lms are required for countless elec- computers. for the prevention and destruction of tronic devices, including most fl at-panel Animal Tales: Patient Care at Tufts harmful insects on domestic animals and displays. An inexpensive and readily avail- Wildlife Clinic commercial agricultural products; these able replacement for this compound is des- Adria E. Schlemme ’09, Biological Sciences techniques are also safe for humans and perately needed, and researchers worldwide Advisor: John S. Cameron, Biological animals. I will describe how this research are scrambling to fi nd one. Titanium-doped Sciences has inspired my decision to continue work- zinc oxide could be one such replacement. ing in the fi eld of chemistry. I will present on my experience working Every year, hundreds of sick or injured with a German research group on this wild animals come through the doors of Too Much Information?: Technological project, where I learned about the chem- Tufts Wildlife Clinic. What happens to the Innovations in the Information Age istry of metallo-organic titanium and zinc, animals after they are given to the clinic? (individual presentations) as well as that of researchers in an interna- What is the clinic able to do for these Pendleton West 117 tional atmosphere. Due to a variety of animals? This past summer, I was able to cultural perspectives, some adjustments work at Tufts Wildlife Clinic and experi- Reinventing Our Future at Virginia Tech: were needed to remove the barriers to ence what happens behind the clinic doors. Exploring Graduate School through scientifi c progress. I will explore what I learned while assisting Research in Human-Computer Interaction in surgeries and physicals, performing Chloe Fan ’09, Media Arts and Sciences and From Billions of Tiny Atoms to What We routine animal treatments, and taking Psychology; and Catherine R. Grevet ’09, See and Touch: Algorithms in Molecular care of the baby animals. By observing Computer Science Dynamics Simulations and working alongside the veterinarians, Advisor: Panagiotis T. Metaxas, Computer Bilin Zhuang ’10, Undeclared I realized that they are faced with more Science Advisor: Courtney N. Lannert, Physics challenges than just those relating to During our eight-week research program Richard Feynman once said: “Everything the direct treatment of the animals. For at Virginia Tech, we were introduced to that living things do can be understood instance, the issues that arise from interact- the interdisciplinary fi eld of human-com- in terms of the jiggling and wiggling of ing with the people who fi nd the animals, puter interaction (HCI), which deals with atoms.” Molecular dynamics (MD) is a as these events are sometimes more chal- adapting technical solutions to the user’s group of deterministic simulation meth- lenging than the emergency animal care.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 38 10/24/07 8:04:16 PM abilities. Under the guidance of experi- Helping Biologists Help Themselves: instead they said women should be “saved.” enced faculty in HCI, we not only learned Experience in an Interdisciplinary Lab However, they do believe that the doctors, to craft our own research, but also had a Ayla C. Solomon ’09, Computer Science whom they identifi ed as male, should be taste of graduate education. By working on Advisor: Franklyn A. Turbak, Computer jailed. This illustrates a disturbing pattern individual projects and collaborating with Science in anti-choice media, one in which women researchers at Virginia Tech’s Center for are infantilized and viewed as passive It took scientists 13 years and $2.7 bil- HCI, we were able to observe and partici- bystanders in these diffi cult situations. lion to accurately sequence the human pate in the inner-workings of a prominent This presentation will focus on articles I genome. Though current methods are now research university. We will discuss how collected this past summer while interning much faster and cheaper than they were a program geared toward women and at Planned Parenthood, where I assessed when the Human Genome Project started, minorities in the fi eld of computer science pieces related to abortion and women’s people hope to develop methods that take enabled us to network with a diverse group health issues. As I presented them to the a fraction of the time and money that the of fellow undergraduates from universities staff, a pattern emerged which mirrored process now consumes. To this end, the and colleges across the nation, while gain- what happened with the Quindlen article, lab I worked in this past summer investi- ing different perspectives to research in with those in favor of abortion placing gates the use of biological nanopores for general and to HCI in particular. women in an assertive role and those who capturing and manipulating single DNA opposed women’s health casting them as The TWiki™ Revolution: polymers. The interdisciplinary biology/ victims. A Multi-Enterprise Tool biochemistry and computer engineering Nandini R. Dookeran ’09, Computer Science lab uses feedback control to dynamically Advocating Equitable Women’s Health Care Advisor: Panagiotis T. Metaxas, Computer manipulate the DNA. I spent most of my in Massachusetts’ Health Care Reform Science summer writing software that allows the Porsha L. Eden ’10, Undeclared biologists, who do not have a program- Advisor: Charlene Galarneau, What do Yahoo!, Cingular Wireless, and ming background, to program the FPGA Women’s Studies Texas Instruments all have in common? that executes the feedback control. I will They have each implemented TWiki™ In July 2007, Massachusetts became the relate how this experience has exposed me within their corporate intranets. This past fi rst state to mandate health insurance for to the varied uses of computer science in summer, I was given the opportunity to all residents, specifi cally for uninsured scientifi c research, and has convinced me do the same for Lehman Brothers, Inc., low-income persons. Through an intern- to continue my academic career into gradu- and it was there that I found the inspira- ship with the Women’s Health Policy and ate study. tion for my research. Founded by Peter Advocacy Program at the Brigham and Thoeny, TWiki™ is a user-friendly, open- Keeping the Public Healthy Women’s Hospital, I examined how rep- source enterprise collaboration platform, (individual presentations) resentative and inclusive the new health which has become one of the most popular insurance mandate is for low-income Pendleton East 129 knowledge management systems used women and women of color. Questions behind corporate fi rewalls. An offspring From the Clinic to the Headlines: Abortion raised included: How does the mandate of the technology used on sites such as in the U.S. Media specifi cally address women’s health issues Wikipedia, this tool follows the general Jamie L. Bence ’10, Undeclared and concerns? What signifi cance does the rule of thumb: “...if you are able to look at Advisor: Susan Reverby, Women’s Studies mandate have for single mothers? How a page, you should be able to edit it.” This affordable are the offered health insurance Anna Quindlen recently published an presentation will discuss the application’s plans? What health services are offered for article in Newsweek analyzing abortion inception, structural core, reasons for its low-income women? I learned about the protesters’ views on what sentence women explosive success, and how such a seem- importance of women’s health advocacy who have the procedure should receive. ingly vulnerable system upon which enter- and representation in relation to the health The protesters said that they did not believe prises rely so heavily is able to thrive. mandate and the disconnect between the that the women should be punished at all,

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174409.P.CS2.indd 39 10/24/07 8:04:16 PM Health Connector Board and both women Deputizing America: Are Sex Offender and communities of color. I will discuss the Registries and Notifi cations Effective or signifi cance of being an advocate and Are the Offenders Becoming Victims? a voice for women and their health needs. Erin M. Freeman ’08, Psychology Advisor: Beth A. Hennessey, Psychology All for the Children, Right? Mehreen Iqbal ’09, Biological Chemistry Approximately 1,626 sex offenders are reg- Advisor: Christopher Arumainayagam, istered in Massachusetts, with 218 living in Chemistry Boston and 10 in the Wellesley area. Would you feel safer knowing where these people This past summer, at Children’s live? If an offender lived in your neighbor- HealthCare of Atlanta in Georgia, I had hood, what actions would you take? Sex the unique experience of participating in offender registries are intended to prevent a variety of research projects ranging from further sex-based offenses. Yet these sys- the laboratory to clinical settings. My most tems are often used as tools of retribution. valuable experiences, however, resulted Because registries have become hit lists for from my daily observations in a hospital disgruntled vigilantes, sex offenders are where more than half of the children were often ostracized and subjected to punish- on various forms of Medicaid. Through ment not experienced by any other category weekly rounds with the bone-marrow trans- of criminal. With Professor James Alan plant team, I witnessed the inspiring resil- Fox, the Northeastern University “Dean ience of critically ill children. Firsthand, of Death,” I explored the effects of arming I observed the clashes among insurance average citizens with intimate information companies, drug providers, and physicians, about former sex offenders, and attempted often while a child’s life was on the line. to draw the controversial line between the I found it ironic that while I assisted proj- protection of citizens and the rights of ects designed to ultimately provide better offenders. This experience opened my eyes treatment modalities for children, many to an important area of study and solidifi ed had to fi ght for the options that already my resolve to pursue graduate study in the existed. Although my summer experiences fi eld of criminal psychology. exposed me to the pros and cons of our health care system, they also instilled with- in me a sense of hope for a positive future in children’s health.

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The Tanner Exhibition provides students the opportunity to learn about Wellesley’s international study, internship, and fellowship programs. Faculty, staff, and student representatives from these programs will be available to speak and share information with students. International Study Every year, nearly 50 percent of Wellesley College juniors participate in semester or full-year international study programs in more than 35 coun- tries. 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 Wellesley College supports a large and diverse number of summer intern- ships and community service projects in the United States and around the world. This summer, more than 300 students participated in 74 intern- ship programs in 37 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 can- didates in applying for national fellowships, such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Truman, and Goldwater.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 43 10/24/07 8:04:21 PM WELLESLEY IN THE WORLD

International Study

Argentina India Australia Ireland Austria Israel Brazil Italy British West Japan Indies Korea Canada Mexico Chile Netherlands China New Zealand Costa Rica Northern Ireland Czech Republic Portugal Denmark Puerto Rico Ecuador Russia Egypt Scotland England Senegal France South Africa Germany Spain Greece Switzerland Hungary Thailand

Internships

Austria Montenegro Bolivia Morocco Bulgaria Namibia China Nicaragua Costa Rica Nigeria Denmark Paraguay Estonia Peru France Philippines Germany Portugal Ghana Puerto Rico Hong Kong, SAR South Africa India Spain Ireland Sri Lanka Jamaica Switzerland Japan Tanzania Kazakhstan Thailand Kenya Uganda Madagascar United States Mexico

Fellowships

Austria Italy Belgium Japan Canada Kenya China Korea Costa Rica Mexico Egypt Russia England Scotland Ethiopia South Africa France Spain Germany Switzerland Guatemala Taiwan India Thailand Indonesia Tibet Ireland United States Israel

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174409.P.CS2.indd 45 10/24/07 8:04:31 PM International Study Department of East Asian Languages Department of French and Literatures Wellesley-in-Aix Department of Classical Studies Associated Kyoto Program—Kyoto, Japan Wellesley-in-Aix offers an exciting and College Year in Athens Wellesley College is a member of a con- challenging course of study as well as an This program is designed for students sortium of liberal arts colleges that partici- authentic experience of French life and interested in the study of ancient, medi- pates in the Associated Kyoto Program at culture. The program is open to women eval, or modern Greece and its environs. Doshisha University in Kyoto. Courses are and men alike. Its modest size, 30 to 35 Courses are offered in archaeology, art his- taught by professors from participating participants, allows for close attention to tory, classical languages and literature, eth- colleges and by Japanese-language teach- individual interests and academic needs. nography, history, international relations, ers. Students live in homestays and take Students begin with a pre-session of pre- modern Greek language and literature, courses in English and Japanese. paratory course work and cultural excur- philosophy, political science, and religion. sions in Paris. In Aix, students are fully Ewha Womans University—Seoul, Korea This term or one-year program in Athens matriculated at the University of Provence Wellesley College offers a student-for- emphasizes ancient Greece with some (Aix-Marseille) and take the same courses student exchange program with Ewha attention to modern Greece and Greek. as French students. Participants share Womans University in Seoul. Exchange studio apartments in the centre-ville; a few Intercollegiate Center for students attend classes at the International homestays with selected families are also Classical Studies in Rome Coed Program at Ewha Womans University. available. This program focuses on the archaeology All classes, with the exception of Korean, and topography of ancient Rome and is are taught in English. Students who have a http://www.wellesley.edu/OIS/Aix/ taught by American faculty. Approximately mastery of the Korean language may also wellesley-in-aix.html 35 students are enrolled in the program take courses at the University outside of Department of German each semester. Each student takes four the international program. credits/classes: a required two-unit course Wellesley-in-Vienna Japan Women’s University—Tokyo, Japan on “The Ancient City”; one unit in Greek The Department of German sponsors Wellesley College offers a student-for- or Latin; and one other unit, such as art a junior-year-abroad program at the student exchange with Japan Women’s history or Italian language. University of Vienna. Founded in 1365, the University in Tokyo for up to two stu- University of Vienna is the oldest university For more information on these dents per year. Students take courses at in a German-speaking country and enrolls programs, visit: http://www.wellesley.edu/ the University in addition to intensive students in more than 180 programs and ClassicalStudies/CLSTWWW/abroad.html Japanese-language courses for a total of 30 departments. The program offers both to 32 credits, receiving full credit for the academic-year and spring-semester options year. One academic-year course may be that allow students of almost any major to taken at Waseda University’s International pursue their academic interests. An on-site Division (in English) at no additional resident director assists students with inte- expense. Students live in homestays. gration into university life. The opportunity For more information on these programs, to participate in internships at various visit: http://www.wellesley.edu/EALL/ political, cultural, and social institutions is a study_abroad.html feature of the program. Internship stipends are made available by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Internship Program with appli- cation through the Center for Work and Service. http://www.wellesley.edu/German/ studyabroad.html

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174409.P.CS2.indd 46 10/24/07 8:04:40 PM Offi ce of International Study Department of Spanish Programa de Estudios Hispánicos en Córdoba (PRESHCO)—Córdoba, Spain The Offi ce of International Study (OIS) Program for Mexican Culture and Society A consortium of Oberlin College, Smith provides advice and support for Wellesley in Puebla—Puebla, Mexico College, the College of Wooster, Trinity College students who elect to study abroad Wellesley College—together with Oberlin College, Wellesley College, and Wheaton for a semester or an academic year. Each College, Smith College, and Wheaton College (Massachusetts) created the year, approximately 50 percent of the junior College (Massachusetts)—offers an Programa de Estudios Hispánicos en class pursues academic course work abroad international study program in conjunc- Córdoba in 1981 to encourage the intellec- for at least one semester. Of those, some 40 tion with the Benemérita Universidad tual and personal growth that comes from percent enroll in a Wellesley-administered Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP). The focus is cultural immersion. PRESHCO offers an or consortium program in Argentina, on direct matriculation of students in regu- opportunity to strengthen acquisition of Austria, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, lar Mexican university courses in nearly all the Spanish language and fosters knowl- Spain, or the United Kingdom. The remain- divisions of the BUAP. Students build an edge and appreciation of Spanish culture der enroll in a Wellesley-affi liated program individually tailored curriculum in collabo- through studies in the fi ne arts, humani- or select from a list of more than 150 ration with an on-site resident director who ties, and social sciences. Academic study approved programs or direct-enroll options. is a faculty member of one of the sponsor- in the PRESHCO program is centered All students considering a semester or year ing consortium institutions. Supplemental around a variety of courses specially devel- abroad during the junior year should begin tutoring in both language and subject mat- oped for students in American colleges the process early in their sophomore year. ter is provided. As bona fi de students of the and universities, taught by regular faculty BUAP, students enjoy full access to uni- http://www.wellesley.edu/OIS/ of the University of Córdoba, and offers versity facilities and services. Students live a direct matriculation at the University of Department of Italian Studies with host Mexican families. An extensive Córdoba. Course offerings are extensive, cultural activities program, as well as excur- Eastern College Consortium (ECCO)— both in terms of program courses and gen- sions to Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Tlaxcala, Bologna, Italy eral university offerings. Depending upon complement the curricular offerings. The The Department of Italian Studies offers a individual preferences, students are housed program is available in fall: early August program of semester and yearlong courses either in privately run dormitories or with through mid-December, and/or in spring: in Bologna. Students enjoy ECCO courses host Spanish families. Extensive excursions early January through late May. Each term as well as the opportunity to follow Univer- complement and enhance the program offers a student a considerably longer inter- sity of Bologna courses. of study. national study experience than the usual http://www.wellesley.edu/Italian/ semester—which may be of particular ben- http://www.wooster.edu/preshco/preshco/ bologna.html efi t to students who cannot spend an entire year abroad. http://www.wellesley.edu/Spanish/Puebla/

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174409.P.CS2.indd 47 10/24/07 8:04:40 PM Internships Haven, Connecticut. The IHRDC is dedi- their service experiences. The Institute cated to recording human rights’ abuses involves Wellesley College faculty, staff, Center for Work and Service by the Iranian government from 1979 to and students, as well as practition ers from Directed Internship Programs the present. the organizations in which the students serve. Together, they explore the value and American Cities Internship Program http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ philosophy of service learning in a liberal The American Cities Internship Program ihrdc.html arts context. provides each student with an intensive, Los Angeles Film Internship Program career-related internship experience in http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ The Los Angeles Film Internship Program her fi eld of interest. These internships are servicelearning.html allows students to gain hands-on experi- offered in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, ence in the fi lm industry through intern- The Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 New Orleans, and San Francisco, where ships at various production companies. Internship for International Journalism students are placed in for-profi t and not- Students contribute to many different The Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 for-profi t organizations with a mentor facets of the fi lm industry, including fi lm- Internship for International Journalism who oversees the internship experience. ing movies, preparing fi lm releases, writ- was established to encourage and sup- Through the internship, students become ing summaries of scripts, and, ultimately, port Wellesley College students with a familiar with an area of business and learn deciding which screenwriters to endorse. demonstrated interest in journalism or what it means to be in a business environ- In order to perform these tasks, interns photojournalism. This stipend will provide ment. They also learn how to set realistic read hundreds of scripts, participate in the recipients with the opportunity to learn expectations for the early job experience numerous staff and client meetings, and about journalism through an internship and how to develop management skills. spend long hours on the set. All these expe- at an international news organization or The Wellesley College Business Leadership riences greatly contribute to the students’ to travel in order to document a foreign Council (BLC) and other local alumnae understanding of the industry, increasing culture outside of the United States. play key roles in organizing and oversee- their contacts within the fi eld, while solidi- (Note: This internship does not apply to ing the program in their respective cities. fying their career goals. creative writing.) Alumnae mentors guide the interns as they progress in their internships, and http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ students meet regularly with these alum- laFilm.html macfarquhar.html nae as a group to discuss their business Lumpkin Summer Institute The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer and career experiences. for Service Learning Internships in Asia http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ Designed for students with a demonstrated The College’s most comprehensive inter- amcitiesintern.html commitment to service, the Lumpkin national internship program, the Elisabeth Summer Institute for Service Learning Luce Moore ’24 Summer Internships in Internships in International allows students to acquire a deep under- Asia aims to prepare students for lives Human Rights Organizations standing of social change in the Greater and careers in a global economy. Through This program places students in interna- Boston area through a 10-week program internships in East Asian business, gov- tional nongovernmental organizations that integrates traditional classroom ernment, and not-for-profi t organizations, working on human rights’ issues. The learning with service-based internships. students gain knowledge of local business placements vary from year to year. For Students live together while interning and cultural norms that inform their liberal 2008, up to two students will be selected and studying the roles of Boston’s public arts education and that prepare them for to work with the Iran Human Rights and not-for-profi t institutions. They also professions in an interconnected world. Documentation Center (IHRDC) in New participate in academic seminars designed The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer to analyze, contextualize, and refl ect on Internships in Asia, which currently spon-

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174409.P.CS2.indd 48 10/24/07 8:04:40 PM sors internships in China, Hong Kong Vieques Internship Program environmental research positions at the SAR, Japan, and Korea, was established During this Wintersession internship, Duke University-affi liated Organization in 1999 with a grant from the Henry Luce volunteers at the Vieques Conservation for Tropical Studies to internships at the Foundation, and builds on ties between & Historical Trust (VCHT) promote and Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, Wellesley College and Asia that date back to carry out its mission of developing a com- Costa Rica offers Wellesley students an the late nineteenth century. munity actively involved in the protection array of study and work options. In addi- of the environment. The Island of Vieques, tion to internships, a seminar series http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ only 21 miles long and 5 miles wide, is provides Wellesley students access to an luce.html located 10 miles off the eastern shore of insider’s perspective from some of the Responding to World Crises: the main island of Puerto Rico. This small most dynamic and infl uential fi gures in Darfur Internships island is dedicated to protecting and pre- Costa Rica, including the editor-in-chief of According to the Web site for Save Darfur, serving its natural resources, one of which the country’s leading daily newspaper, the http://www.savedarfur.com, Darfur has been includes the most abundant biolumines- lead negotiator of the Central American embroiled in a deadly confl ict for over three cent bay in the world. The VCHT operates Free Trade Agreement, and the president of years. At least 400,000 people have been several educational and research programs Café Britt, the country’s fi rst gourmet cof- killed; more than 2 million innocent civil- that focus on the importance of its natural fee roaster. ians have been forced to fl ee their homes resources and how they benefi t the Vieques http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ and now live in displaced-persons camps community, including children, visitors, wicr.html in Sudan or in refugee camps in neighbor- and natives. ing Chad; and more than 3.5 million men, Wellesley Internships in India http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/ women, and children are completely Newly established in the summer of 2007, Viequesdesc06.doc reliant on international aid for survival. the Wellesley Internships in India program Students who wish to work on Darfur- Wellesley Internships in Africa offers students the opportunity to volunteer related initiatives in the United States or Through the Wellesley Internships in at a variety of program sites in Dharamsala, abroad may apply for a stipend to volunteer Africa program, students undertake 10- Hyderabad, New Delhi, and Varanasi. at organizations that may include, but are week internships in Morocco and Uganda. Students from all majors are eligible to not limited to: Placements are available to students from a participate in internships ranging from variety of academic backgrounds in organi- teaching in local elementary schools to Africa Action: http://www.africaaction.org/ zations ranging in purpose from providing organizations advocating for women and about/jobs.php/ education to supporting grassroots and families on both grassroots and interna- Genocide Intervention Network: international advocacy. These community tional levels. Students are exposed to the http://www.genocideintervention.net/ development-based projects enable stu- culturally rich regions and diverse popula- about/jobs/ dents to encounter the diversity, creative tions of the Indian subcontinent. dynamism, and humanity of the continent. Save Darfur: http://www.savedarfur.org/ http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ pages/internships http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ indiaSites07.html africaSites07.html Due to safety concerns, the College will not Wellesley Words on Wheels (WWOW) fund internships located in Darfur. Wellesley Internships in Costa Rica Internship The Wellesley Internships in Costa Rica This fund provides a student the oppor- http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ program provides an ideal environment tunity to work during the academic year darfur.html for the student of biology, economics, with the Framingham Public Schools in political and environmental sciences, Framingham, Massachusetts, to promote the politics and history of Latin America, literacy, while gaining substantive admin- sociology, and Spanish. From cutting-edge istrative and managerial experience. The

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174409.P.CS2.indd 49 10/24/07 8:04:40 PM Wellesley Words on Wheels (WWOW) Blessing Way Summer Public Service Class of 1989 10th Reunion Fund intern is responsible for all volunteer Internship This fund supports one student each sum- recruitment and management of a volun- This internship supports a Wellesley mer to experiment in her career choice and teer program at Wellesley College. The College student committed to making a dif- gain valuable work experience in either a WWOW program is designed to help ference in her community. The internship not-for-profi t or for-profi t organization. kindergartners in the Framingham Public is designed for a student who is interested Margaret C. Gordon Law and Education Schools whose early literacy skills are in working with a not-for-profi t or a public Public Service Award below grade level. organization and in building a long-term This fund supports a Wellesley College stu- commitment to service. In addition, the http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ dent committed to serving disadvantaged fellowship will support students who show wwowint.html communities through an unpaid summer leadership potential in this area or in past internship in public interest law and/or Center for Work and Service service work. The project can focus on any with an urban public school reform or sup- Summer Stipend Programs important issue affecting a community, port program. The stipend enables a stu- including youth, the environment, educa- The Paul B. Beal and dent to take an unpaid internship in order tion, health care, and the arts. Mona Phillips Beal Internship to learn more about the legal and educa- The Paul B. Beal and Mona Phillips Beal Barbara Bush Award for Volunteerism tional issues surrounding disadvantaged Internship fund has been established to This stipend funds a student pursuing a urban communities. encourage and facilitate practical learning volunteer experience in disability services, Susan Todd Horton 1910 Internship Fund experiences that will help Wellesley College with the elderly, or with young children. This fund supports Wellesley College students better defi ne their career choices The placement must be with a not-for- students interested in seeking summer and develop a more informed understand- profi t organization. internship experiences in not-for-profi t ing of the challenges and rewards of such The Wei Fong Chu Chao Endowed Fund and for-profi t organizations. choices. It is hoped that, as a result of for Global Education: International internship participation, students also will Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Internships make more effective course selections at Internship Program This fund supports Wellesley College stu- both the undergraduate and graduate lev- This fund supports Wellesley College stu- dents pursuing summer internship oppor- els, learn more from those courses because dents pursuing summer internship oppor- tunities outside of the United States in for- of the perspective and experience they have tunities outside of the United States in profi t and not-for-profi t organizations, with acquired in their internship work, and for-profi t and not-for-profi t organizations. preference given to internships in Asia. become more competitive candidates for The Mollie Green Lumpkin ’25 Fund for future opportunities in their chosen career Class of 1962 Student Internship Fund Experiential Learning in Latin America paths. This fund provides a stipend for a student This fund supports Wellesley College pursuing a summer internship with a Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship students seeking summer internships in woman in government in the United The Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship encour- Spanish-speaking countries. Preference States. ages and supports sophomores and juniors will be given to those students interested seeking internship experiences in business Class of 1969 Community Service in working in the area of environmental or economics. This program provides sti- Internship Fund protection and preservation. pends for internships in not-for-profi t or This fund provides a summer stipend that The Lumpkin Family Internships for-profi t organizations. supports student involvement in commu- for the Environment nity service and encourages community This fund encourages and supports service as a lifelong activity for Wellesley Wellesley College students seeking sum- College women. Placement must be with mer internship experiences in not-for-profi t a not-for-profi t community organization. organizations dedicated to preserving and protecting the environment.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 50 10/24/07 8:04:40 PM O’Meara Student Internship Fund Service Opportunity Stipend Oprah Winfrey Award for Volunteerism This fund supports a Wellesley College stu- This stipend funds summer placements This fund provides a summer stipend for dent committed to making a difference in that offer direct student involvement in a student wishing to explore a volunteer her state and/or local community by work- front-line community service and that position with a not-for-profi t social service ing directly with a woman involved in any foster the spirit of volunteerism. The organization. The award honors the impor- aspect of state or local government in the applicant’s intention must be to pursue an tant connection between Oprah Winfrey’s United States. The stipend enables the stu- experience in a not-for-profi t organization speech at the Commencement of the Class dent to take an unpaid internship and learn that involves a particular community/popu- of 1997 and the College’s motto, “Not to more about state or local government and lation/issue related to a personal interest be ministered unto, but to minister.” Each the important role that women play in the or concern. The placement must be with year, this award enables a student to follow governmental process. a not-for-profi t organization. Priority is Ms. Winfrey’s example of service. given to applicants pursuing a full-time Parents’ Internship Program For more information on these programs, community service experience for the fi rst This fund provides unpaid summer career visit: http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ time. This fund also supports one stipend development internships in not-for-profi t internshipsbyname.html#CWSStipend with Low Vision Information Center in or for-profi t organizations, with a focus on Bethesda, Maryland. Davis Museum and Cultural Center the career development and exploration of the applicants. Emphasis is placed on fi rst- Beth K. Smith Award The Davis Museum and Cultural Center time experiences within an industry and/or This fund provides students the opportunity offers Wellesley College students a range an organization. to experience work in the not-for-profi t sec- of opportunities in the arts on campus, tor, with the hope that students will continue throughout the United States, Asia, and The Barbara Scott Preiskel ’45 Endowed in this fi eld. In addition, this fund supports Europe. Opportunities abound to develop Fund for Internships two placements with Social Accountability skills in numerous areas of interest. This fund supports a student seeking an International in New York City. Students can propose their own projects internship experience to develop her career and research endeavors or can apply to goals. This program provides a stipend for SoundWaters Summer Internship Program an array of businesses and cultural insti- any internship that is unpaid, full-time, This program funds a student to work as tutions while working with some of the and consistent with the applicant’s career a head educator/deckhand/mate aboard foremost leaders in the art world. Students interests. The internship may be with a SoundWaters, an 80-foot three-masted working at the Davis Museum participate not-for-profi t, for-profi t, or public service schooner docked in Stamford, Connecticut. in many aspects of the museum profes- organization in the United States. The Floating Classroom Program offers a sion—from research to collections care, multidisciplinary environmental curricu- Public Service Internship Fund from public relations to fundraising, lum for children and adults in Westchester, This fund encourages and enables independent study to assisting curators, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties in New York, Wellesley College students to use their tal- technology-based initiatives to educational and in Fairfi eld County in Connecticut. ents and skills in public service. Each sum- programming. Through working at other Educators will live and teach aboard mer, the Public Service Internship Fund museums, auction houses, printmaking SoundWaters. supports students to perform full-time jobs studios, and galleries, student interns gain in not-for-profi t organizations that could The Helen Wallace Health Sciences exposure to diverse areas of the art world in not otherwise employ them. Priority is Internship Fund cities that offer incredible possibilities for given to applicants whose work relates to This fund supports an unpaid summer exploration. young children and their families, particu- career development internship in the For more information on these programs, larly those who are economically or other- health professions, with preference for visit: http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/ wise disadvantaged. those interested in the maternal and child information/student_internships.html health fi eld.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 51 10/24/07 8:04:40 PM Offi ce of the Dean of the College Department of French The program is supported through the following endowed funds: Social Sciences Summer French House Fellows Program Research Program This program funds students pursuing Bertha S. Adkins Washington Internship This program provides awards to work with internships in a Francophone country in Fund, Washington Summer Internship Wellesley faculty and researchers from the the fi eld of their choice. The program is Fund in Memory of Marguerite Stitt Wellesley Centers for Women on projects open to junior French majors who have Church, Alona Evans Scholarship Fund related to anthropology, economcis, educa- completed a year or a semester of study in for the Washington Internship Program, tion, political science, psychology, sociol- France through the Wellesley-in-Aix pro- Sherley Heidenberg Koteen Washington ogy, women’s studies and social policy. gram. Priority will be given to students who Internship Fund, Anne Livingstone have spent the entire year in France. Williamson Quackenbos Memorial Fund, http://www.wellesley.edu/DeanCollege/ Laurence S. Rockefeller Fund, Ruth studgrant/sumsocscireu.html http://www.wellesley.edu/French/info.html Goldman Schapiro Washington Internship #French%20House%20Fellows%20Program Department of Economics Fund, and the Washington Internship Department of German Anniversary Fund. Audrey Freedman ’51 Endowed Fund for Students in Economics Wellesley-in-Vienna Internships http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/Intern/ This fund encourages and supports stu- This program funds students pursuing index.html dents who are interested in the study of internships in Vienna, Austria, in the fi elds Department of Psychology economics. The internship supports stu- of international relations, cross-cultural dents seeking experience in the fi eld of exchange, arts, and community service. Psychology Practicum Program domestic or international economics. The program is open to participants The Psychology Practicum Program allows enrolled in the Wellesley-in-Vienna inter- students to gain hands-on experience in the http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ national study program and offers support fi eld of psychology and to acquire course econoint.html for one- or two-semester internships. credit through their participation in unpaid Department of English and internships. The program is collaboratively http://www.wellesley.edu/German/ Writing Program run through the Department of Psychology Department of Political Science and the Center for Work and Service. Department of English and Writing All participants have an advisor in the Program Summer Internships Washington Summer Internship Program Department of Psychology who oversees This fund supports three summer intern- This fund provides an opportunity for their internship work through scheduled ships with organizations involved in activi- students to learn about politics and public meetings. The Center for Work and Service ties related to publishing, literary research, policy through placements in government consults with potential and currently partic- and journalism (or other media involving offi ces, public-interest groups, media orga- ipating organizations about possible intern- writing). In 2007, one editorial summer nizations, research groups, and cultural ships, and assists students in determining internship was offered at the Boston Review, organizations in Washington, D.C. Twenty the site that best matches both their inter- one at AGNI Magazine, and one at Slate, interns—who must be in their junior ests and the organizations’ needs. the on-line magazine. year—are selected without regard to aca- demic major. In addition to the internship http://www.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Psych/ http://www.wellesley.edu/English/ placement, the 10-week program involves Psych_Internships/internships.html internships.html weekly seminars and a mentor program with the Wellesley Club of Washington. The Department of Political Science has run this program since 1943.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 52 10/24/07 8:04:40 PM Department of Religion Peace and Justice Studies Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Awards Severinghaus Summer Internship Program Emily Greene Balch Summer Internship These awards are provided by the Howard in Ministry/Human Services in Memory of This fund supports a student conducting a Hughes Medical Institute to students Emmavail Luce Severinghaus ’22 summer project that analyzes the ways in doing research in fi elds related to the This fund supports students who wish to which injustice is linked to confl ict and that life sciences. Such fi elds could include: pursue summer internships in ministry encourages the study of the relationships biological chemistry, biological sciences, and/or in human services. A variety of among peace, justice, and social change. chemistry, mathematics, neuroscience, and humanitarian and social action programs The project must include both analytical physics. All classes are eligible, including sponsored by religious institutions, gov- and experiential components. The program graduating seniors. Recipients may work ernment projects, or charitable organi- is supported by the Wellesley Class of 1950. with a Science Center faculty member or at zations may qualify for the internship. http://www.wellesley.edu/Peace/Peace_justice_ an off-campus location. Alternatively, students may apply for an internships/peace_justice_intern.html “academic internship” to study religion Amabel Boyce James Fund for Summer and/or its role in society. Applications are Science Center Summer Research in the Sciences reviewed by a departmental committee. Research Awards Named for Amabel Boyce James ’74, these Preference is given to religion majors. awards are given to rising sophomores and Patricia Davis Beck Fund for juniors to encourage and strengthen early http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ Chemistry Research interest in science. religint.html This endowed fund was established in memory of Patricia Davis Beck ’43 by Julia Sara Langer Awards for Research Knapp Technology Internship Program Whiteside-Michel de Vos. The Fund honors in the Geosciences Summer Internships in Instructional Ms. Beck’s commitment to learning and These awards are provided by the Sara Technology teaching by supporting summer research Langer Fund to support Wellesley College This program enables approximately 10 students who have a genuine passion for students doing summer research in the Wellesley College students per year to par- chemistry. geosciences. The award may be for work ticipate in a full-time, technology-related on- or off-campus, and the work may be BellSouth Mentoring in the Sciences Gift mentoring program directed each summer under the supervision of a Wellesley faculty Funded by the BellSouth Corporation, by Wellesley’s Instructional Technology member or a faculty member of another these awards are given to students from group within Information Services (IS). institution. It is expected that this summer underrepresented minorities to do research Working with faculty and IS staff, stu- work will culminate in a Geosciences 350 or under the supervision of a Wellesley dents develop instructional applications. 370 course in the following academic year. College faculty member. Most, but not all, of these projects are Web Janina A. Longtine Fund for Summer based. Students further develop their skills Brachman Hoffman Fund Faculty Awards Research in the Natural Sciences through project teams and special training, Marilyn Brachman Hoffman ’52 has Named for Janina A. Longtine ’76, these and present their work-in-progress at the endowed this fund to encourage Wellesley awards are given to students doing research end of July. Ideal candidates have complet- College science faculty members to be in the natural sciences under the supervi- ed CS 110 or have equivalent experience. creative in their work. These awards are sion of a Wellesley College faculty member. made to faculty members who may use http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/IT/ their funding to support student summer Massachusetts Space Grants Awards internDescript.html research. These awards are available for students to conduct space-related research with a Wellesley College faculty member.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 53 10/24/07 8:04:41 PM Georgeanne Miller Mulhern Summer Marie and John Zimmermann Research Awards Foundation Awards This program provides awards for research These awards are funded by the Marie and in either zoology or plant science. Recip- John Zimmermann Foundation in New ients may work with a Science Center fac- York. Eligible students are rising juniors ulty member or at an off-campus location. and seniors registered with the Medical Professions Advisory Committee. The National Science Foundation Research recipient may work at any site, including Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF- Wellesley College, in a laboratory or clinical REU) in Chemistry and Physics Awards setting on a project related to her interest This program provides awards to work with in medicine. faculty in the Departments of Chemistry and Physics. First-year students are eli- For more information on these programs, gible to apply; graduating seniors are not visit: http://www.wellesley.edu/ScienceCenter/ eligible. Applicants must be U.S. citizens Students/students.html or permanent residents. Those planning Wellesley Centers for Women to teach science at the pre-college level are encouraged to apply. Through dynamic internships at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), Roberta Day Staley and Karl A. Staley Fund Wellesley College students help to shape for Cancer-Related Research Awards the world through research and action. This program provides awards in any dis- WCW has been a driving force, both cipline, including the social sciences and behind the scenes and in the spotlight, humanities, to undertake cancer-related promoting positive change for women, research. The awards may be used to con- children, and families through its duct research with a Wellesley College fac- leading-edge work for more than 30 ulty member or at an off-campus site. years. The following fi ve WCW student Wellesley Summer Research Awards from research internships are awarded each the Offi ce of the Dean of the College academic year: This program provides awards for The Class of ’67 Internship Wellesley College students, majoring in The Anne Murray Ladd Student any department in the Science Center, to Internship Fund work with Wellesley faculty members The Linda Coyne Lloyd Student on campus. Research Internship The Morse Fellowship The Shirley R. Sherr Student Research Internship For more information on these programs and other opportunities at WCW, visit: http://www.wcwonline.org/joomla/index. php?option=com_content&task=view&id=575

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174409.P.CS2.indd 54 10/24/07 8:04:41 PM Fellowships Trustee Scholarship Horton-Hallowell Fellowship This scholarship is awarded on a competi- This fellowship supports graduate study in For Wellesley College Graduating tive basis to graduating seniors who are any fi eld, preferably in the last two years Seniors Only currently applying to graduate school. To of candidacy for the Ph.D. degree, or its be considered a candidate, a senior must equivalent, or for private research of an Jacqueline Krieger Klein ’53 Fellowship apply for a Trustee Scholarship or for any equivalent standard. This award encourages graduating seniors of the Wellesley College fellowships for to pursue further education in the fi eld Peggy Howard Fellowship in Economics graduate study. The title “Trustee Scholar” of Jewish studies. Application informa- This fellowship provides fi nancial aid for is honorary. tion is available from Professor Frances Wellesley College students or alumnae Malino, Program in Jewish Studies and For Wellesley College Graduating continuing their study of economics. The Department of History. Seniors and Alumnae economics faculty administers this fellow- ship and may name one or two recipients, Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Anne Louise Barrett Fellowship depending on the income available. Scholarship for Foreign Study This fellowship supports graduate study This scholarship is awarded to a member of or research, preferably in music, with an Edna V. Moffett Fellowship the graduating class who displays a desire emphasis on study or research in musical This fellowship is for a young alumna, for learning and an ability to impart knowl- theory, composition, or the history of music preferably for a fi rst year of graduate study edge and judgment to others. The scholar- abroad or in the United States. in history. ship will fund a year of study at a foreign Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship institution to pursue a specifi c subject that This fellowship supports a fi rst year of This fellowship supports study or research requires contact with foreign scholars, study in the fi elds of social work, law, abroad or in the United States. The holder libraries, or other resources. Study will not or public policy/public administration, must be no more than 26 years of age at be supported at an institution in the United including M.B.A. candidates with plans the time of her appointment and must be States or in the candidate’s country of citi- for a career in the fi eld of social services. unmarried throughout the whole of her zenship or residence. Preference is given to candidates demon- tenure. Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 strating fi nancial need. Kathryn Conway Preyer Fellowship Traveling Fellowship Eugene L. Cox Fellowship (formerly the Thomas Jefferson Fellowship) This fellowship is awarded to a member of This fellowship supports graduate study in This fellowship supports advanced study the graduating class who displays an inter- medieval or renaissance history and cul- in history. est in and an acceptance of others, and who ture, abroad or in the United States. displays the ethos of a Wellesley College Vida Dutton Scudder Fellowship education. The fellowship will fund a year Professor Elizabeth F. Fisher Fellowship This fellowship supports study or research of purposeful travel abroad to explore a This fellowship supports research or fur- in the fi eld of literature, political science, or particular interest with the requirement ther study in geology or geography, includ- social science. that the recipient not remain in the same ing urban, environmental, or ecological Harriet A. Shaw Fellowship area for more than two months. Travel studies. Preference is given to geology and This fellowship supports study or research will not be supported in the country of the geography. in music, art, or allied subjects in the candidate’s citizenship or residence. Ruth Ingersoll Goldmark Fellowship United States or abroad. Preference is This fellowship supports graduate study in given to music candidates; undergradu- English literature or English composition ate work in the history of art is required of or in the classics. other candidates.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 55 10/24/07 8:04:41 PM Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship Wellesley–Yenching Graduate Fellowship This fellowship supports travel or study at the National Palace Museum, outside the United States in order to ben- Taipei, Taiwan efi t from the knowledge and understanding Approximately one-half of the fellow’s of a global education. Any scholarly, artis- work is with the National Palace Museum tic, or cultural purpose may be considered. Secretariat, where she writes, translates, Candidates must be at least 25 years of age and revises English documents for various in the year of application. departments. The other half of the fellow’s work is with one of the museum’s other Sarah Perry Wood Medical Fellowship departments. This fellowship supports the study of medicine at an accredited medical school For Women Who Are Graduates of Any approved by the American Medical American Institution Association. Mary McEwen Schimke Scholarship Fanny Bullock Workman Fellowship This scholarship provides a supplemental This fellowship supports graduate study in award to provide relief from household any fi eld. and childcare expenses while pursuing graduate study. The award is made on the Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 basis of scholarly expectation and identi- Wellesley–Yenching Fellowship Program fi ed need. The candidate must be at least These fellowships are open to graduat- 30 years of age, and currently engaged in ing seniors and alumnae in all majors. graduate study in literature and/or history. Chinese-language profi ciency is only Preference is given to those who major in required for the fellowship at the National American Studies. Palace Museum. M.A. Cartland Shackford Wellesley–Yenching Graduate Fellowship at Medical Fellowship Chung Chi College, Hong Kong SAR This fellowship is for the study of medi- The fellow’s time may be divided between cine with a view to general practice, not helping to organize and promote English- psychiatry. language activities at Chung Chi College as a whole and serving as a teaching For more information on fellowships, visit: or research assistant for an academic http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/ department. fellowships.html Wellesley–Yenching Graduate Fellowship at Ginling College, Nanjing, China The fellows teach English in the classroom for about 12 to 14 hours each week, with offi ce hours three to four times a week.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 56 10/24/07 8:04:41 PM WELLESLEY COLLEGE SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2007

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP COMPETITIONS 2007

WELLESLEY COLLEGE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2007

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Center for Work and Service San Francisco Carla Legros ’10, International Rescue Josephine C. Corlett ’08, Alameda County Committee, Boston, MA American Cities Internship Program Child Care Center, Oakland, CA Jenn M. Moriuchi ’09, Early Intervention, Atlanta Crisanta E. German ’09, The Judah L. Riverside Community Care, Newton, MA Allison M. Bland ’09, Hands on Atlanta, Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA Brandy R. Parker ’09, Day Treatment, Atlanta, GA Ariel Levine ’08, University of California Riverside Community Care, Newton, MA Langdon S. Ferguson ’09, The Georgia Trust Press, Berkeley, CA Karla P. Reyes ’09, Early Intervention, for Historic Preservation, Atlanta, GA Kristy H. Liu DS ’08, AXA Rosenberg, Riverside Community Care, Newton, MA Dianne D. Reyes ’09, Hands on Atlanta, San Francisco, CA Sabina Sayeed ’09, St. Francis House, Atlanta, GA Ivana Rodriguez ’08, BCV Architects, Boston, MA San Francisco, CA Bryn N. Sederholm ’08, Day Treatment, Chicago Sheri L. Stewart ’09, Global Business Riverside Community Care, Newton, MA Cristin B. Bates ’08, WTTW, Network Network, San Francisco, CA Lura F. Steele ’09, St. Francis House, Chicago, Chicago, IL Boston, MA Amber L. Evans ’08, Anchor Graphics, Internships in International Human Chicago, IL Rights Organizations The Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 Katharine L. Harper ’08, The Field Museum, Rachel Behler ’10, Iran Human Rights Internship for International Chicago, IL Documentation Center, New Haven, CT Journalism Emily J. Amick ’07, Sister Namibia Deepti Jain ’08, Morningstar, Inc., Los Angeles Film Internship Program Chicago, IL Magazine, Windhoek, Namibia Caroline D. Carow ’08, Mike’s Movies, Jessica J. Kim ’09, Children’s Memorial Stephanie L. Gilardi ’07, Sofi a Echo Media, Los Angeles, CA Institute for Education and Research, Sofi a, Bulgaria Ellis J. Friedman ’08, Zucker Productions, Chicago, IL Kelima V. Yakupova ’09, BBC News, Santa Monica, CA Julia C. Shaw ’09, YMCA of Metropolitan Almaty, Kazakhstan Lumpkin Summer Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer for Service Learning Los Angeles Internships in Asia Carolena Betta ’09, Neponset River House, Lauren M. Ino ’08, Hammer Museum of Jess N. Cho ’09, The Chosun Ilbo, Riverside Community Care, Norwood, MA Art, Los Angeles, CA Seoul, Korea Laura E. Diss ’08, Boston Center for Refugee Gloria Choi ’08, Asia Art Archive, New Orleans Health and Human Rights, Boston, MA Hong Kong SAR Rachel E. Allen ’09, Preservation Resource Theresa C. Griffi n ’09, Boston Area Rape Courtney L. Heavey ’09, Civic Exchange, Center, New Orleans, LA Crisis Center, Cambridge, MA Hong Kong SAR Ellen M. Hostetler ’08, New Orleans Amy M. Keir ’10, The Women’s Union, Wenjin Huang ’09, Keidanren, Tokyo, Japan Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans, LA Boston, MA Cat D. Jaffee ’08, Asian Rural Institute, Joanne Lee ’08, New Orleans Habitat for Janina F. Kim ’08, Asian Community Nasushiobara, Japan Humanity, New Orleans, LA Development Corporation, Boston, MA Elizabeth B. Kim ’09, Korean National Jacqueline O. Valentine ’09, New Orleans Joanna Kim ’09, Teen Voices, Women’s Commission for UNESCO, Seoul, Korea Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans, LA Express, Inc., Boston, MA Hemin Kwon ’09, Citizen Alliance of North Jane C. Vora ’08, New Orleans Habitat for Isabel C. Lecompte ’08, International Korean Human Rights, Seoul, Korea Humanity, New Orleans, LA Rescue Committee, Boston, MA

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174409.P.CS2.indd 58 10/24/07 8:04:41 PM Grace J. Lee ’09, Korea Foundation, Seoul, Liannette A. Perez ’09, Fundación Blessing Way Summer Public Korea Paniamor, San José, Costa Rica Service Internship Alice Lim ’08, Korean National Commission Mehjabeen Rahman ’08, Organization for Tyler Blangiardo ’09, ProParques, for UNESCO, Seoul, Korea Tropical Studies, La Selva, Costa Rica Heredia, Costa Rica Yang Qiu ’08, Orbis, Kunming, China Catherine E. Walline ’08, Einstein Learning, Clara Bottler ’09, Defensoria de la Mujer, Connie Su ’09, Polaris Project, Tokyo, Japan San José, Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Tina Tam ’08, Kim & Chang, Seoul, Korea Wellesley Internships in India Liannette A. Perez ’09, Fundación Angie Xiong ’09, Asian Rural Institute, Paniamor, San José, Costa Rica Susae J. Elanchenny ’09, Little Stars School, Nasushiobara, Japan Varanasi, India Barbara Bush Award for Volunteerism Samantha S. Yeung ’08, CSR Asia, Zandile Kabayadondo ’09, Aga Khan Caroline E. Sancken ’07, WorldTeach, Hong Kong SAR Education Service, Hyderabad, India La Luchita, Costa Rica Jeffy Yuan ’08, Far East Economic Review, Mehvish Mehrani ’08, Aga Khan Education Hong Kong SAR The Wei Fong Chu Chao Endowed Fund Service, Hyderabad, India for Global Education: International Responding to World Crises: Alexandra Nunan ’09, Tibetan Children’s Internships Darfur Internships Village, Dharamsala, India Ilang M. Guiroy ’09, Silliman University Anisha P. Gupta ’09, The San Francisco Bay Suzanne E. Rizzo ’08, Tibetan Women’s Medical Center, Dumaguete City, Area Darfur Coalition, San Francisco, CA Association, Dharamsala, India Philippines Kathleen C. Smith ’07, Save Darfur Divya Sood ’08, Action India, Beth L. Romano ’08, The Dedalus Press, Coalition, Washington, D.C. New Delhi, India Dublin, Ireland Mrinalini Tavag ’08, Little Stars School, Vieques Internship Program Varanasi, India Class of 1962 Student Internship Fund Asha G. Stenquist ’09, Vieques Conservation Katherine Watson ’09, Offi ce of Washington & Historical Trust, Vieques, Puerto Rico Wellesley Words on Wheels (WWOW) Internship State Governor Christine Gregoire, Wellesley Internships in Africa Olympia, WA Marjorie W. Schaeffer ’09, Framingham Dana C. Britt ’09, Aga Khan Education Public Schools, Framingham, MA Class of 1969 Community Service Service, Kampala, Uganda Internship Fund Kristina L. Costa ’09, The Center for Cross- Center for Work and Service Summer Anna Joan Lee ’09, Refugee Women’s Cultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco Stipend Programs Alliance, Seattle, WA Meagan L. Froemming ’08, The Center for The Paul B. Beal and Courtney L. Sato ’09, Girl Scouts of Hawai’i, Cross-Cultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco Mona Phillips Beal Internship Honolulu, HI Natalie J. Ross ’09, Aga Khan Education Joyce Kim ’08, Department of Cardiology, Service, Kampala, Uganda Class of 1989 10th Reunion Fund Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA Wellesley Internships in Costa Rica Adria E. Schlemme ’09, Wildlife Clinic at Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tyler Blangiardo ’09, ProParques, Julie Y. Cho ’09, Jason Wu LLC, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA Heredia, Costa Rica New York, NY Clara Bottler ’09, Defensoria de la Mujer, Margaret C. Gordon Law and Liise Lehtsalu ’09, Hill & Knowlton Eesti San José, Costa Rica Education Public Service Award AS, Tallinn, Estonia Debra M. Hausladen ’09, Organization for Victoria M. Starrett ’09, Greater Boston Catherine J. Lopez ’09, Helio Solutions, Tropical Studies, La Selva, Costa Rica Legal Services, Boston, MA Santa Clara, CA Jaree Pinthong ’09, Bank of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

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174409.P.CS2.indd 59 10/24/07 8:04:41 PM Susan Todd Horton 1910 Low Vision Information Center Dana Montalto ’09, Offi ce of U.S. Senator Internship Fund Victoria J. Sheffi eld ’09, The Low Vision Edward M. Kennedy, Boston, MA Elizabeth T. Borné ’09, The Feminist Information Center, Bethesda, MD Magdalena Naydekova ’08, MADA s.p.a.m., Press, City University of New York, Shanghai, China The Mollie Green Lumpkin ’25 Fund for New York, NY Alana L. Nelson ’10, Department of Experiential Learning in Latin America Cassie H. Chambers ’10, Offi ce of Geography, East Carolina University, Catherine E. Walline ’08, Einstein Learning, U.S. Congressman Ben Chandler, Greenville, NC San José, Costa Rica Washington, D.C. Caroline J. Royer ’09, Higgins Armory Inna Fain ’08, Offi ce of the San Francisco The Lumpkin Family Internships Museum, Worcester, MA for the Environment Public Defender, San Francisco, CA The Barbara Scott Preiskel ’45 Erica L. Kim ’08, Condé Nast Publications, Catherine M.R. Foley ’08, Blue Ocean Endowed Fund for Internships New York, NY Society for Marine Conservation, Erin M. Freeman ’08, College of Criminal Rachel A. Newman ’08, Downtown Partners Portsmouth, NH Justice, Northeastern University, Chicago, Chicago, IL Debra M. Hausladen ’09, Organization for Boston, MA Devin Rand-Giovannetti ’08, Museum of Tropical Studies, La Selva, Costa Rica Brittany N. Sundgren ’09, ArtReach, Inc., Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA Mehjabeen Rahman ’08, Organization for Denver, CO Tropical Studies, La Selva, Costa Rica Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Grace S. Yasumura ’10, The Rainforest Public Service Internship Fund Internship Program Action Network, San Francisco, CA Joan F. Seay ’08, Family and Children’s Davina Canagasabey ’08, U.S. State Services, Tulsa, OK Department, Colombo, Sri Lanka Lupton Scholarship Amy L. Damon ’09, Huari-Ancash Tara M. Augenstein ’08, Siskin Children’s Service Opportunity Stipend Archaeological Project, Centre de Recherche Institute, Chattanooga, TN Olubukola Adekanbi DS, Association en Archéologie Précolombienne Université for Reproductive and Family Health, O’Meara Student Internship Fund Paris, San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru Ibadan, Nigeria Nina M. Hart ’09, Offi ce of Michigan Ekta Ghimire ’09, EPOS Health Christina L. Alvarez ’08, Córdoba Acoge, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, Consultants, Bad Homburg, Germany Córdoba, Spain Lansing, MI Susan W. Hall DS, Children and Community Rachel Behler ’10, Iran Human Rights Rachael A. Lau ’08, Offi ce of State for Change, Kingston, Jamaica Documentation Center, New Haven, CT Representative Alice K. Wolf, Boston, MA Catherine Kunce ’08, Houens Odde Scout Jamie L. Bence ’10, Planned Parenthood of Beilin Ye ’10, Offi ce of Illinois Attorney Camp, Kolding, Denmark Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI General Lisa Madigan, Chicago, IL Christine I. Nichols ’08, Thai Health Danielle M. Berger ’08, Department of Promotion Foundation, Parents’ Internship Program Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Bangkok, Thailand Cordelia Chansler ’09, Offi ce of The Boston, MA Rosie Adhiambo Osire ’10, Students Travel Honorable John Gleeson, United States Maria Fatima B. Bisquera ’10, Books for and Exposure South Africa, Boksburg, District Judge, Eastern District of Barrios, Concord, CA Gauteng, South Africa New York, Brooklyn, NY Allison M. Bland ’09, Hands on Atlanta, Asha G. Stenquist ’09, Vieques Conservation Alaya N. Levi Salley ’10, AmeriChoice, Atlanta, GA & Historical Trust, Vieques, Puerto Rico New York, NY Megan L. Briggs ’09, Global Learning, Erisha S. Suwal ’08, Centre for Development Rakeen S. Mabud ’09, Offi ce of Senator Liberia, Costa Rica, and Santa Ana Maya, Finance, Chennai, India Barbara A. Mikulski, Washington, D.C. Mexico Marisa D. Villarreal ’08, Coral Reef Jennifer M. Macarchuk ’08, Offi ce of Dana C. Britt ’09, Aga Khan Education Conservation Project, Wildlife the Rhode Island Public Defender, Service, Kampala, Uganda Conservation Society, Mombasa, Kenya Providence, RI Elizabeth S. Brown ’09, Children’s Museum of Maine, Portland, ME

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174409.P.CS2.indd 60 10/24/07 8:04:41 PM Maria J. Bybee ’10, Relief Nursery, Inc., Caitlin M. McGraw ’09, Global Learning, Mercedes D. Tran ’09, Boston Refugee Eugene, OR Liberia, Costa Rica, and San Jorge, Youth Enrichment, Phillips Brooks House Jing Cao ’08, VA Boston Healthcare System, Costa Rica Association, Cambridge, MA Jamaica Plain, MA Mehvish Mehrani ’08, Aga Khan Education Tu-Phong T. Tran ’10, Global Learning, Stephanie H. Chan ’08, Hospitals of Hope, Service, Hyderabad, India Liberia, Costa Rica Inc., Chochabamba, Bolivia Kristin N. Milosch ’09, Save-a-Pet Adoption Samira Vachani ’08, Global Learning, Katherine A. Ciurej ’08, Gay, Lesbian, Center, Grayslake, IL Liberia, Costa Rica and Straight Education Network, Elishibah W. Msengeti ’09, Forum for Jacqueline O. Valentine ’09, New Orleans New York, NY African Women Educationalists–Kenya Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans, LA Bess M. Connors ’10, Amigos de las Chapter, Nairobi, Kenya Jane C. Vora ’08, New Orleans Habitat for Américas, Asunción, Paraguay Joy M. Napier ’10, Global Learning, Liberia, Humanity, New Orleans, LA Marguerite E. Cooke ’09, Gay and Lesbian Costa Rica, and San Jorge, Nicaragua Chloe S. Woodward-Magrane ’08, The Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), Stephanie-Lydia Njemanze ’09, Jackson Saint Paul Foundation, St. Paul, MN Boston, MA Heart Study, University of Mississippi Bei (Bebe) Yuan ’10, Summer Urban Josephine C. Corlett ’08, Alameda County Medical Center, Jackson, MS Program, Phillips Brooks House Child Care Center, Oakland, CA Priya Patel ’09, New England Wildlife Association, Cambridge, MA Moeena Das ’09, Doosra Dashak, Jaipur Center, Weymouth, MA Beth K. Smith Award Rajasthan, India Courtney E. Pelley ’08, World Teach, Vivian J. Chang ’08, Political Research Stephanie C. DeAlmeida ’09, Cross-Cultural Santo Domingo, Costa Rica Associates, Somerville, MA Solutions, Ayacucho, Peru Helena V. Pylvainen ’08, Building with Naema Chowdhury ’08, Turning Point for Maša Ðikanovi´c ’10, Sigurna Ženska Books, Southfi eld, MI Women and Families, Flushing, NY Ku´ca (Women’s Safe House), Podgorica, Betsy L. Raymond ’10, Acme Theatre Veronica Cole ’09, Laboratory for Montenegro Company, Davis, CA Developmental Studies, Harvard Alejanda Ellison-Barnes ’09, The Dianne D. Reyes ’09, Hands on Atlanta, University, Cambridge, MA Foundation for International Medical Atlanta, GA Helen J. Day ’09, Laboratory for Relief of Children, Bumwalukani, Uganda Natalie J. Ross ’09, Aga Khan Education Developmental Studies, Harvard Margaret D. Garascia ’09, Girls’ LEAP, Service, Kampala, Uganda University, Cambridge, MA Cambridge, MA Erin E. Ryan ’09, The Clinton Foundation, Karin Firoza ’10, Social Accountability Angeles Garcia ’09, International Institute Little Rock, AR International, New York, NY of Boston, Boston, MA Julia C. Shaw ’09, YMCA of Metropolitan Gabrielle N. Gantos ’10, Department of Aysha R. Gregory ’09, AIDS Legal Referral Chicago, Chicago, IL Microbiology, Ohio State University, Panel, San Francisco, CA Jane H. Shin ’09, Offi ce of Oral Health, Columbus, OH Ellen M. Hostetler ’08, New Orleans Massachusetts Department of Public Sophie N. Giordano ’09, The Eugene O’Neill Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans, LA Health, Boston, MA Theater Center, Waterford, CT Zandile Kabayadondo ’09, Aga Khan Emily E. Steiner ’08, Global Crossroad, Candice Lee ’10, Social Accountability Education Service, Hyderabad, India Arusha, Tanzania International, New York, NY Elizabeth A. Kim ’09, The Boston Christie C. Sze ’10, TADA! Youth Theater, So Yeon Lee ’09, Laboratory for Consortium for Gender, Security, and New York, NY Developmental Studies, Harvard Human Rights, Medford, MA Amanda J. Tai ’09, Azafady, Fort Dauphin, University, Cambridge, MA Leslie J. Kim ’08, Cross-Cultural Solutions, Madagascar Jeanine Navarette ’10, Rock and Roll Hall of Ayacucho, Peru Christina S. Tilghman ’09, Girls’ LEAP, Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH Joanne Lee ’08, New Orleans Habitat for Cambridge, MA Kaylan M. Stevenson ’09, The Colonial Humanity, New Orleans, LA Dahuy Tran ’08, Asian Task Force Against Williamsburg Foundation, Walinda T. Louissaint ’10, Common Domestic Violence, Lowell, MA Williamsburg, VA Pathways, Worcester, MA

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174409.P.CS2.indd 61 10/24/07 8:04:42 PM The Helen Wallace Health Sciences Hammer Museum of Art Internship Department of French Internship Fund Lauren M. Ino ’08, Hammer Museum of French House Fellows Program Neon B. Brooks ’08, Laboratory for Art, Los Angeles, CA Maura C. Atwater ’08, Musée National Developmental Studies, Harvard Museum of Fine Arts, Boston de la Marine, Brest, France University, Cambridge, MA Internship Elizabeth T. Klinger ’10, Department of Department of German Uttara Dukkipati ’09, Museum of Fine Arts, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Boston, MA Wellesley-in-Vienna Internships Stanford University School of Medicine, Colleen M. Corcoran ’09, Wellesley-in- Stanford, CA Pace Gallery Summer Internship Vienna, Vienna, Austria Mackensie A. Yore ’08, Brigham and Erin C. Brown ’07, Pace Gallery, Nadza Durakovic ’09, Wellesley-in-Vienna, Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA New York, NY Vienna, Austria Oprah Winfrey Award for Volunteerism Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Ana Ila ’09, Wellesley-in-Vienna, Rosalinda H. Linares ’07, Girls’ LEAP, Fellowship at the Musée du Louvre, Vienna, Austria Cambridge, MA Paris Kathleen A. Mill-Curran ’09, Wellesley-in- Marissa J. Moshier ’07, Musée du Louvre, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Davis Museum and Cultural Center Paris, France (Internships took place on the Wellesley Department of Political Science College campus unless noted otherwise.) Offi ce of the Dean of the College Washington Summer Internship (Internships took place on the Wellesley Anchor Graphics Internship, Program College campus unless noted otherwise.) Columbia College Amanda Akerley ’08, Offi ce of U.S. Amber L. Evans ’08, Anchor Graphics, Social Sciences Summer Research Representative Pete Stark, Chicago, IL Program Washington, D.C. Kathryn A. Bachman ’08 Laura C. Beckerman ’08, Offi ce of The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Fatima Burney ’10 Honorable Ann Keary, D.C. Superior Workshop Shavanna A. Calder ’08 Court Judge, Washington, D.C. Kelsey N. van Beever ’07, Robert Blackburn Claire F. Droste ’10 Eileen T. Crehan ’08, Offi ce of Research on Printmaking Press, New York, NY Blair G. Edwards ’08 Women’s Health, National Institutes of Davis Museum Summer Sanja Jagesic ’08 Health, Bethesda, MD Internship Program Annemarie A. Kocab ’10 Abigail G. Dalton ’08, Newsweek, Inc., Jillian A. Brooks ’07 Surita Patel ’09 Washington, D.C. Sarah G. Buyer ’07 Johanna E. Peace ’09 Allison M. Dwyer ’08, The Brookings Jennifer Cawley DS ’07 Shabnam Sharbatoghlie ’08 Institution, Washington, D.C. Christina L. Costello ’08 Hannah D. Sholder ’09 Eliana Forciniti ’08, Offi ce of The Honorable Adrienne R. Jacobson ’09 Ann Keary, D.C. Superior Court Judge, Department of English and Wendy Y. Kim ’08 Washington, D.C. Writing Program Katherine R. Lonergan ’09 Rebecca K. Gold ’08, Hillary Clinton Kathleen E. Scorza ’07 Department of English and Writing for President Exploratory Committee, Program Summer Internships Washington, D.C. Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship Julie B. Camarda ’08, Boston Review, Katherine E. Green ’08, Feminist Majority Jennifer Cawley DS ’07 Somerville, MA Foundation, Arlington, VA Guggenheim Museum Internship Sumita Chakraborty ’08, AGNI Magazine, Sarah M. Hoban ’08, Grameen Foundation Jane M. Fischer ’08, Guggenheim Museum, Boston University, Boston, MA USA, Washington, D.C. New York, NY Morgan W. Smith ’07, Slate, Ellen M. Huerta ’08, U.S. Senate Committee Washington, D.C. on Environment and Public Works, Washington, D.C.

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174409.P.CS2.indd 62 10/24/07 8:04:42 PM Samantha L. Jones ’08, China Environment Haley B. Organ ’07, Autism Alliance, Peace and Justice Studies Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Natick, MA Emily Greene Balch Summer Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. Kaitlyn E. Panza ’07, Neponset River House, Internship Bai Kamara ’08, U.S. Agency for Riverside Community Care, Norwood, MA Onyango Gladys Akinyi Palmer ’07, International Development, Britney S. Payton ’08, Autism Alliance, African Agenda, Third World Network- Washington, D.C. Natick, MA Africa, Accra-North, Ghana Ona A. Keller ’08, Center for American Rachel L. Prottas ’07, The Walker Home and Progress, Washington, D.C. School, Needham, MA Science Center Summer Monisha Khurana ’08, U.S. Environmental Kendall L. White ’07, Developmental Research Awards Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital (Internships took place on the Wellesley Amelia Manderscheid ’08, National SIDS/ Boston, Boston, MA College campus unless noted otherwise.) ID Project IMPACT, Association of SIDS Nicole E. Williams ’07, Germaine Lawrence, Patricia Davis Beck Fund for & Infant Mortality Programs, McLean, VA Inc., Arlington, MA Chemistry Research Maria J. Nassan ’08, Offi ce of U.S. Senator Department of Religion Adrienne S. Topic ’09 John Kerry, Washington, D.C. Lin L. Zhu ’08 Kristen L. Neff ’08, Hillary Clinton for Severinghaus Summer Internship President Exploratory Committee, Program in Ministry/Human Services Beckman Scholars Program Washington, D.C. in Memory of Emmavail Luce Colleen R. Kirkhart ’09 Elizabeth A. Santos ’08, Voice of America Severinghaus ’22 BellSouth Mentoring in the Portuguese Language Broadcasting, Alyssa D. McConkey DS, World Conference Sciences Gift Washington, D.C. of Religions for Peace South Africa, Sherry S. Zhou ’10, The Cancer Institute of Malina C. Swiatek ’08, The National Durban, South Africa New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Security Archive, George Washington Lillian E. Nin ’08, The Santiago de University, Washington, D.C. Compostela Pilgrimage, France, Spain Brachman Hoffman Fund Whitney L. Walker ’08, Vital Voices, Suzanne A. Salvo DS ’08, Independent Faculty Awards Washington, D.C. Study, Fátima, Portugal Megan E. Friedman ’08 Department of Psychology Knapp Technology Internship Program Hyon Suk Kim ’08 Elizabeth D. Marlow ’08 (Internships took place on the Wellesley Psychology Practicum Program College campus unless noted otherwise.) Faculty Grants Kathryn A. Bachman ’08, Developmental Alexandria J. Bear ’09 Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital Summer Internships in Hillary C. Chu ’09 Boston, Boston, MA Instructional Technology Heather F. Clark ’07 Catherine R. Congress ’07, Germaine Dorothy N. Brown ’09 Rachel M. Erdil ’07 Lawrence, Inc., Arlington, MA Diana M. Eastman ’08 Brandi J. Newell ’08 Emily R. Duggan ’07, Developmental Ariel D. Hathaway ’09 Jae-Young Paek ’08 Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital Naoko J. Kogure ’08 Lieu T. Tran ’09 Boston, Boston, MA Kathryn F. Neugent ’10 Christina S. Laitner ’07, Day Treatment, Thutrang T. Nguyen ’08 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Riverside Community Care, Newton, MA Ewelina Oleszek ’10 Summer Research Awards Lucy B. Malcom ’07, Germaine Lawrence, Marlie Philiossaint ’10 Habiya A. Beg ’08 Inc., Arlington, MA Christina G. Pong ’09 Peggy P. Chen ’09 Jenna M. Mezin ’08, Day Treatment, Ran Tao ’09 Susan J. Downer ’08 Riverside Community Care, Newton, MA Rosa-Lynne Fernando ’08

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174409.P.CS2.indd 63 10/24/07 8:04:42 PM Heather M. Haines ’08, University of Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Wellesley Summer Research California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Research Program (USRP) Awards from the Offi ce of the Dean DaEun Im ’10 Olivia M. Hendrick ’08 of the College Youngmi F. Kim ’09 Cassie G. Peitzman ’08 Chen Deng ’08 Krystal S. Lee ’08 Jessica L. Tse ’09 Elizabeth Jeruto ’09 Nayna A. Lodhia ’09, McGovern Institute for Theresa T. Vo ’08 Sunita Kannan ’08 Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Gabrielle Weber ’07 Georgeanne Miller Mulhern Summer Technology, Cambridge, MA Research Awards Marie and John Zimmermann Kathleen D. McCarthy ’08 Janhavi S. Athale ’08 Foundation Awards Kathy Mu ’08 Emily A. Jones ’07 Kathryn A. Lipford ’08 Sarah Park ’08 Courtney C. Stepien ’08 Grace E. Logan ’08 Allison M. Perez ’08 Emily H. Pighetti ’08 National Science Foundation Research Wellesley Centers for Women Roheeni Saxena ’08 Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF- (Internships took place on the Wellesley Caroline K. Sheridan ’08 REU) in Chemistry and Physics Awards College campus unless noted otherwise.) Michelle M. Song ’08 Wan Lam ’09 The Class of ’67 Internship Theodora Stewart ’08, Swiss Federal Sharline Madera ’08 Gabrielle D. Abousleman ’08 Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Mona S. Minkara ’09 (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland Julia C. Thomas ’09 The Anne Murray Ladd Student Internship Fund Amabel Boyce James Fund for Roberta Day Staley and Karl A. Staley Amanda K. Johnston ’08 Summer Research in the Sciences Fund for Cancer-Related Research Evelyne Guter ’09 Awards The Linda Coyne Lloyd Student Samantha M. Littlejohn ’09 Ashmita Banerjee ’08 Research Internship Ying Wang ’09 Selasi Dankwa ’07 Diana C. Tubbs ’07 Eleanor Fleming ’08 Sara Langer Awards for Research The Morse Fellowship Linda M. Guiney ’09 in the Geosciences Sanja Jagesic ’08 Elisabeth M. Hersman ’08 Relena R. Ribbons ’09 Dorhyun Johng ’08, Cancer Research The Shirley R. Sherr Student Janina A. Longtine Fund for Summer Center of Hawai’i, University of Hawai’i, Research Internship Research in the Natural Sciences Honolulu, HI Catherine A. Recchia ’07 Amila Hadziomerspahic ’10 Sahr Khan ’09 Natalya P. Maharaj ’09 Smadar V. Levy ’09 Massachusetts Space Grants Awards Ursela Siddiqui ’08 Susan M. Smith ’08 Kaitlyn S. Lucey ’08, Northeastern Margaret W. Thompson ’08 University, Boston, MA Ruth W. Wang’ondu ’07

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174409.P.CS2.indd 64 10/24/07 8:04:42 PM NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES 2007

Amgen Scholars Program Michelle C. Louie ’07, Fulbright English National Library of Medicine Anika M. Lucas ’08, United States Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan Associate Fellowship Program Julia M. Powers ’05, Fulbright Full Grant, Emily J. Vardell ’05, United States Austrian Government Teaching China Assistantship in English National Science Foundation Graduate Samantha E. Rose ’05, Fulbright Full Grant, Stephanie L. Gilardi ’07, Austria Research Fellowship Egypt Amy L. Gower ’01, United States Beckman Scholarship Claire E. Smolik ’06, Fulbright Full Grant, Ingrid E. Swanson ’03, United States Colleen R. Kirkhart ’09, United States Italy Elizabeth B. Breese ’06, Honorable Mention Fanny Tsang ’07, Fulbright Full Grant, Beinecke Scholarship Dana J. Huebert ’03, Honorable Mention China Julie B. Camarda ’08, United States Jessica M. Silver ’03, Honorable Mention Amy Y. Wong ’05, Fulbright Grant with Julie A. Wright ’04, Honorable Mention Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 English Teaching Assistantship, Austria Projects for Peace Program Wallis J. Yu ’07, Fulbright English Teaching Public Policy and International Affairs Shayla D. Adams ’08, Mexico Assistantship, Thailand Program (PPIA) Dafna Ashkenazi ’08, Israel Christine Susan Allen ’07, fi nalist Jenny L. Jourdain ’07, United States Dawoun Jyung ’07, South Africa Jenni Mi Young Bae ’07, fi nalist Rhodes Scholarship Sarah Jane Ohle ’07, fi nalist Foreign Language and Area Studies Sarah S. Payne ’05, fi nalist Sarah Ruth Swanbeck ’07, fi nalist Fellowship to Study Near Eastern Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship Languages and Civilizations at the Benjamin A. Gilman International Shayla D. Adams ’08, United States University of Pennsylvania Scholarships Gloria Rosales ’08, United States Carolyn A. Brunelle ’07, United States Christin Ho ’08, Japan Saint Andrew’s Society of the State Freeman-ASIA Award for Study in Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten College of New York Scholarship East and Southeast Asia Women Competition Naomi S. Wells ’07, Saint Andrew’s Patricia Chen ’08, China Chikoti Mibenge ’07, United States Society Scholar and inaugural recipient Angela Y. Choi ’08, Japan Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship of the Agnes and Margaret Macmillan Joanne Wong ’08, China Rebekah I. Dawson ’09, United States Scholarship Award, Scotland Fulbright Student Program Killam Fellowship Morris K. Udall Scholarship Erin R. Doherty ’07, Fulbright Full Grant, Katherine R. Lonergan ’09, Canada Asha G. Stenquist ’09, Honorable Mention Russia Lauren Gritzke ’07, Fulbright English Knight Community Journalism Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Teaching Assistantship, Korea Fellowship, University of Alabama Alia N. Gurtov ’07, China, Ethiopia, France, Megan C. Gross ’07, Fulbright English Emily J. Amick ’07, United States Germany, South Africa, and Spain Teaching Assistantship, Russia Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Heather A. Hausladen ’07, Fulbright Full Rocio B. DeLao ’08, United States Grant and Fulbright Critical Language Enhancement Award, China National Institutes of Health Deborah E. Bauer ’03, National Research Service Award, Predoctoral Fellowship, United States

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Anne Louise Barrett Fellowship Kathryn Conway Preyer Fellowship Mallory E. Kremer ’07, for graduate study in Nina Schloesser ’02, United States (formerly the Thomas Jefferson Medicine, United States Fellowship) Winnie Yun Ni Liu ’07, for graduate study in Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship Molly M. Pryzwansky ’99, United States Medicine, United States Ama B. Abeberese ’04, United States Jerome A. Schiff Fellowships Sarah Perry Wood Medical Fellowship Eugene L. Cox Fellowship Heather F. Clark ’07, United States Mallory E. Kremer ’07, United States Simran S. Thadani ’05, United States Merideth A. Frey ’07, United States Fanny Bullock Workman Fellowship Pamela Daniels Fellowship Megan C. Gross ’07, United States Sonja L. Mitchell ’99, United States Mimosa S. Burr ’07, United States Alia N. Gurtov ’07, United States Vanessa A. Wiegel ’07, United States Lauren E. Holmes ’07, United States xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Beatrice P. Hunt ’07, United States Professor Elizabeth F. Fisher Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Mahnaz Islam ’07, United States Fellowship Scholarship for Foreign Study Rhobhi Matinyi ’07, United States Rachel M. Erdil ’07, Ireland Robin N. Miller ’07, England Robin N. Miller ’07, United States Ruth Ingersoll Goldmark Fellowship Iuliana Pascu ’07, United States Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Joanna E. Swafford ’06, United States Vasumathi S. Raman ’07, United States Traveling Fellowship Theodora J. Stewart ’07, United States Hana S. Freymiller ’07, Costa Rica, Horton-Hallowell Fellowship Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Vida Dutton Scudder Fellowship Annie Chu ’03, United States and Kenya Natasha T. Hausmann ’02, United States Elizabeth B. Breese ’06, United States Carrie S. Konold ’97, United States M.A. Cartland Shackford Medical xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Maggie WaiMing Waung ’02, United States Fellowship Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Peggy Howard Fellowship Merritt M. Evans ’03, United States Wellesley–Yenching Fellowship Program in Economics Eleanor E. Bastian ’06, Wellesley–Yenching Harriet A. Shaw Fellowship Jaimie C. Graham ’07, Canada Graduate Fellow at Ginling College, Eszter Polonyi ’03, United States Marina Turlakova ’06, United Kingdom Nanjing, China Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Amy Lai ’07, Wellesley–Yenching Graduate Jacqueline Krieger Klein ’53 Fellowship Fellow at the National Palace Museum, Fellowship Moriah Evans ’01, Belgium, France, Israel, Taipei, Taiwan Deborah R. Norris ’07, England and Switzerland Meredith E. Riley ’05, Wellesley–Yenching Edna V. Moffett Fellowship Alita Gonsalves ’99, China, India, and Tibet Graduate Fellow at Chung Chi College, Eleanor M. Blume ’06, United States Nicole Holland ’71, Russia Hong Kong SAR Mahnaz Islam ’07, United States Dun Zhang DS ’92, China Rachael C. Ward ’04, Wellesley–Yenching Graduate Fellow at Ginling College, Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship Trustee Scholarship Nanjing, China Rachel E. White ’05, United States Mahnaz Islam ’07, for graduate study in Economics, United States Adilia E. Elizabeth James ’07, for graduate study in Educational Policy, United States

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Advisors and Organizers Presenters Adelson, Glenn 32 Hiestand, Sylvia S. 17 Sheidley, Nathaniel 19 Adams, Shayla D. 17 Alicea-Westort, Mared 33 Hilt, Eric 28 Sheinman, Patti 33 Ahmadi, Azal 14 Argow, Brittina A. 23 Hodge, Thomas P. 20 Shukla-Bhatt, Neelima 19 Akerley, Amanda 13 Arumainayagam, Christopher 40 Hood-DeGrenier, Jennifer K. 37 Steady, Filomina 22, 31 Altug, Rebekah P. 26 Bauman, Connie 13 Hussey, Nora 27, 28 Swingle, Joseph F. 36 Armstrong, Racquel L. 29 Beatty, Barbara R. 12, 17 Joseph, William 20 Syverson-Stork, Jill 22 Arslanian, Vanessa A. 36 Beltz, Barbara S. 14, 24 Kerr, Megan 37 Tenser, Lori 19, 27 Ashkenazi, Dafna 16 Black, Judith B. 20 Kiser, Madeline 22 Tetel, Marc J. 23, 24 Atwater, Maura C. 33 Brody, Martin 19 Kodera, T. James 10, 11, 16, 19, 25 Thomas, Marcia E. 32 Baig, Mehroz 25 Buchholtz, Emily 30, 37 Kohl, Philip 20, 32 Thomas-Starck, Jennifer 15 Bear, Alexandria J. 31 Butcher, Kristin F. 12 Königer, Martina 15, 23, 31 Tohme, Lara 28 Beatty, Barbara R. 33 Cameron, John S. 38 Lannert, Courtney N. 38 Turbak, Franklyn A. 39 Bellach, Samantha E. 13 Candland, Christopher 18, 35 Lee, Sun-Hee 16, 26 Velenchik, Ann 12 Bence, Jamie L. 39 Carli, Linda 22 Lindauer, David 35 Viti, Lynne 25 Benner, Ashley M. 37 Carpenter, Angela 33 Loehlin, James H. 38 Wall-Randell, Sarah 10 Biswas, Rupsha 36 Case, Karl E. 28 Lydgate, Barry 33 Ward, Margaret E. 20 Blangiardo, Tyler S. 32 Chang, Stanley S. 12 Matsusaka, Yoshihisa T. 36 Watson, Bruce 28 Bogue, Emily M. 33 Cheek, Jonathan 16 Matthaei, Julie A. 29 Wearing, Catherine 24 Bottomly, H. Kim 15 Cheng, Sea Ling 11, 26 Matthews, Andrea 13 Weerapana, Akila 28 Brachfeld-Child, Sheila 15 Chu, Julie 18 Mattison, Rebecca 34 Wolfson, Adele 33 Britt, Dana C. 26 Cuba, Lee 26 Mellman, Thomas 14 Wood, Winifred 21 Brown, Danielle T.O. 20 Cudjoe, Selwyn 29 Menkiti, Ifeanyi A. 14 Buss, Emily R. 30 Cushman, Thomas 30 Metaxas, Panagiotis T. 19, 38, 39 Bybee, Maria J. 12 Darer, Verónica 26 Nabar, Malhar 30 Campbell, Cassandra A. 11 DeSombre, Beth 18, 36 O’Keefe, John T. 16 Chambers, Cassie H. 22 Elkins, Sharon 11, 17, 37 Penfi eld, Janine 29 Chang, Vivian J. 37 Ellerby, David 15, 23 Perkins, Ellie 17, 33 Chanpong, Katherine E. 13 Flynn, Nolan T. 14, 31 Pooley, Diana Y.B. 35 Charoonratana, Victoria T. 27 Fontijn, Claire 10 Radhakrishnan, Mala 31 Ching, Katelyn M. 10 Galarneau, Charlene 39 Ramos, Teresita 34 Chong, Charlene C. 35 Goldman, Mark 30 Rao, Nikhil 25 Chowdhury, Naema 11 Haines, David R. 21, 31, 38 Renjilian-Burgy, Joy 11, 17, 25, 34 Chu, Annie 33 Hanoosh, Yasmeen 25 Respaut, Michèle 10 Cole, Veronica 24 Hawes, Kenneth S. 12, 26, 34 Reverby, Susan 14, 39 Corlett, Josephine C. 34 Hennessey, Beth A. 40 Rich, Wilbur C. 13, 22 Crehan, Eileen T. 13, 20 Rosenwald, Lawrence A. 21 Dalton, Abigail G. 13 Rutherford, Markella B. 18 Damon, Amy L. 20 Scherer, Nancy 13, 18, 22, 29, 36 Davis, Amanda J. 28 Schwartz, Adam 26, 36 De La Mothe Karoubi, Claire S. 19 Shastri, Vanita 35 DeAlmeida, Stephanie C. 21 Ðikanovic, Maša 26 Dookeran, Nandini R. 39 Ducas, Theodore W. 15 Duff, Madison M. 22

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174409.P.CS2.indd 67 10/24/07 8:04:42 PM Presenters, continued Eden, Porsha L. 39 Kim, Jessica J. 30 Pelley, Courtney E. 34 Villarreal, Marisa D. 23 Elkins, Madeline H. 38 Kim, Leslie J. 21 Perez, Liannette A. 11 Walker, Whitney L. 26 Ellison-Barnes, Alejandra 31 Kim, Terry S. 35 Peterman, Kaye T. 15 Walline, Catherine E. 18 Falender, Laura E. 33 Kinnaird, Katherine M. 12 Peterson, Clara E. 27 Wang, Sookjin S. 16 Fan, Chloe 38 Kodera, T. James 33 Phelps, Elizabeth A. 17 Weng, Jessica B. 37 Filipp, Christina N. 30 Kuykendall, Alexandra C. 13 Plant-Thomas, Mary T. 28 White, Courtney A. 21 Flatley, Cecilia A. 23 Kwan, Ka Yiu Alice 24 Pontius, Nancy N.D. 10 Wiley, Lisa M. 16 Foley, Catherine M.R. 23 Lee, Elisa J. 26 Poole, Phoebe A. 32 Willis, Jennifer A. 13 Forde, Jessica Z. 11 Leeds, Jaclyn 13 Py, Anne-Laure 33 Wilson, Courtney E. 10 Freeman, Erin M. 40 Levin, Margie A. 33 Qiu, Yang 32 Wittman, Virginia C. 28 Freitas, Julieann 37 Levine, Ariel B. 34 Radman, Alia A. 17 Wong, Michelle W.T. 19 French, Richard G. 15 Lewis, Hope A. 26 Rahman, Mehjabeen 32 Xi, Hsiao-Song 34 Friedman, Megan E. 13 Lirtzman, Michelle L. 20 Robart, Katherine J. 22 Xiong, Angela 19 Garcia, Angeles 18 Liu, Kristy H. 34 Rodriguez, Ivana 34 Yang, ZhanTao 13 Gonzalez, Nancy 33 Lodhia, Nayna A. 35 Rosales, Gloria 17 Yen, Tina 25 Gramolini, Ashley A.M. 27 Lucas, Anika M. 14 Schlemme, Adria E. 38 Yuan, Holly A. 14 Grevet, Catherine R. 38 Mabud, Rakeen S. 22 Selvadurai, Chindhuri 35 Yuen, Edlyn R. 36 Guilford, Gayle M. 11 Madera, Sharline 33 Seol, Simone G. 10 Zhou, An 28 Gujarathi, Prachee M. 35 Marana, Claire J. 23 Shih, Karen 33 Zhou, Sherry S. 15 Hadge, Kara A. 21 Marboe, Elinor C. 19 Solomon, Ayla C. 39 Zhuang, Bilin 38 Haines, Heather M. 14 McGilvray, Martha M. 13 Sood, Divya 29 Harms, Madeline B. 33 Merrill, Sarah M. 27 Soto, Gabriella A. 36 Harrington, Alison 26 Metaxas, Panagiotis T. 15 Starrett, Victoria M. 29 Harrington, Natalie R. 13 Misrahi, Yael E. 33 Staudt, Kaitlin E. 26 Hausladen, Debra M. 32 Moldover, Deborah L. 36 Stenquist, Asha G. 23 Hawes, Kenneth S. 20 Morris, Ashley M. 20 Stepien, Courtney C. 32 Heffernan, Kathryn L. 25 Murphy, Laura C. 31 Stewart, Sheri L. 34 Hennessey, Beth A. 20 Murray, S. Joanne 20 Stone, Katherine E. 12 Hiestand, Sylvia S. 20 Nabar, Malhar 33 Strand, Nicolle K. 13 Hima Moussa Dioula, Nah, Shirley N. 34 Suwal, Erisha S. 35 Halimatou 12 Napier, Joy M. 26 Szilagyi, Kristina L. 27 Ho, Christin 25 Nassen, Maria J. 13 Tai, Amanda J. 18 Hoban, Sarah M. 13 Navarrete, Jeanine 21 Tasneem, Afi a 35 Iqbal, Mehreen 40 Naydekova, Magdalena I. 28 Teichholtz, Sara N. 13 Jaffee, Catherine D. 11 Neff, Kirstin L. 20 Tognoni, Christina M. 24 Johnson, Savanna F. 10 Nelson, Alana L. 18 Tosch, Emma M. 16 Johnston, Andrea P. 38 Nichols, Christine I. 31 Tran, Dahuy 29 Johnston Zager, Tracy 33 Nin, Lillian E. 17 Tran, Tu-Phuong T. 26 Kamara, Bai N. 22 Odell, Sarah M. 13 Tsao, Hoi See 24 Karelina, Evgenia P. 22 Omer, Zehra B. 30 Tsui, Ilene K. 31 Kaul, Shivani 35 Ortiz, Martha A. 17 Ventouras, Laure-Anne 33 Keller, Ona A. 25 Osire, Rosie A. 12 Vickery, Sarah A. 19 Paek, Jae-Young 35

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1 Conference Overview and Tanner Conference Committee Wellesley College gratefully acknowledges the generous alumnae and friends who 2 Thematic Overview support experiential learning. Their sup- 4 Conference Schedule port enables students to engage in off- campus learning opportunities that have 10 Conference Abstracts become an integral part of the Wellesley 41 Exhibition College educational experience. 44 Wellesley in the World Map The Tanner Conference Committee grate- fully acknowledges staff in the follow- 46 International Study Programs ing departments and facilities for their 48 Internship Programs commitment to the Tanner Conference: Alumnae Hall, Auxiliary Services, Campus 55 Fellowship Programs Police, Communications and Publications, 58 Wellesley College Supported Internship Recipients Custodial Services, Food Services, Grounds, Instructional Technology, Jewett Arts 65 National Fellowship Competition Recipients and Nominees Center, Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, 66 Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship Recipients Mail Services, Media Services, Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Pendleton 67 Index Hall, Science Center, Special Events, and the Wellesley College Club. THE TANNER CONFERENCE H ANRCNEEC 2007 CONFERENCE THE TANNER

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