Tanner 2015

Tanner 2015

10.27.15

www.wellesley.edu/tanner

TA NN ER CONFER ENCE

SCIENCE CENTER , OCTOBER 27, 2015 All members of the Wellesley College community are invited to attend.

“It is an ongoing privilege to see, hear, and learn from remarkable Wellesley students who exemplify the difference that smart and thoughtful women can make in the world.”

— Nicki Newman Tanner ’57 15 Years in the Making tells the story of the evolving history of the Tanner Conference and its role in campus life. It features interviews with past presenters, faculty, students, and Tanner Conference founder, Estelle “Nicki” Newman Tanner. Visitors to the conference are encouraged to share their own Tanner experiences by responding to questions posed throughout the film using the official Tanner Twitter hashtag, #Tanner 2015.

The film was directed and produced by Sarah Bailin, a senior from Little Rock, Arkansas, double-majoring in cinema and media studies and computer science. The cinematographers were Purcell Liddy, a senior from Phoenix, Arizona, and Rachel Pak, a sophomore from Los Angeles, California. Both are media arts and sciences majors. Jenny Xie, a sophomore from Canada and China majoring in physics, was the editor. The four met while working on WCTV’s Boobtube, Wellesley’s best and only satire news TV show, where they currently serve on the executive board.

The filmmakers would like to extend a special thank you to all of the participants and to Joanne Murray and Lee Cuba for their support and guidance.

8:30-9:15 A.M.

Breakfast served in The Leonie Faroll Focus

9:15-10:25 A.M.

Session I

10:25-10:45 A.M.

Break, refreshments served in The Leonie Faroll Focus

10:45-11:55 A.M.

Session II

12:00-1:30 P.M.

Luncheon served in The Leonie Faroll Focus and the Science Library

1:30-2:40 P.M.

Session III

2:40-3:00 P.M.

Break, refreshments served in The Leonie Faroll Focus

3:00-4:10 P.M.

Session IV

TABL E OF CONTENTS 1 1 2 5 16 50 52 54 56 62 65 66 72 73 75

Conference Overview Tanner Conference Committee Thematic Overview Conference Schedule Conference Abstracts and Web-Based Scheduler Wellesley in the World Map International Study Programs Internships and Grants Programs Fellowship Programs Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs Fellows 2015 Wellesley College Supported Internship Recipients 2015 Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship Recipients 2014-2015 National Fellowship Competition Recipients and Nominees 2014-2015 Index

THE TANNER CONFERENCE It is our privilege to invite your participation in the 2015 Tanner Conference. Established through the generosity of trustee emerita Estelle “Nicki” Newman Tanner ’57, the Tanner Conference explores the relationship between the liberal arts classroom and student participation in an increasingly diverse and interdependent world. The conference is premised on the belief that a greater understanding of the learning that takes place off campus—combined with critical inquiry into the purpose,

value, and effect of such learning—has the potential to move liberal arts education in new directions. Encompassing the diversity of student experiences and interests, the Tanner Conference takes as its subject internships and service learning, international study, experiential learning in courses, research conducted away from Wellesley, and fellowships. The conference provides a venue for faculty, staff, and students to discuss the challenges to teaching and learning presented by

new definitions of what constitutes the classroom. It also invites alumnae to return to campus to discuss how their decisions to participate in these experiences as Wellesley students later proved to be ones of consequence. We wish to thank all those presenting in the Tanner Conference for their roles in helping us to better understand Wellesley’s place in the world. We invite you to join the conversation that they are seeking to foster.

Julie Lanza ’88 Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs

Ryan Quintana Department of History

The 2015 Tanner Conference Committee

Rachid Aadnani Department of Middle Eastern Studies Dora Carrico-Moniz Department of Chemistry Lee Cuba Department of Sociology Anne Dwojeski-Santos ’00 Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs Meredith Fluke Davis Museum and Cultural Center Julide Iye Class of 2018 Pinar Keskin Department of Economics

Peggy Levitt Department of Sociology

Elizabeth Robichaud Center for Work and Service Jennifer Thomas-Starck Office of International Study

Martha J. McNamara Department of Art S. Joanne Murray ’81 Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs Kimberly O’Donnell Department of Biological Sciences Karen Z. Pabon Slater International Center

Rocío-Maria G. Tisdell ’07 Center for Work and Service Eniana Mustafaraj Department of Computer Science Winifred J. Wood Writing Program Victoria Yu Class of 2016

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THEMATIC OVERVIEW

Culture and the Arts All Roads Lead to Museums: Davis Interns

Panel

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 104

From Lutes to Literature: Advocating the Arts

Individual Presentations

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 261

Feminist Voices, Feminist Art

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 364

Summers in Professional Theater

Panel

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 256

Eat, Pray, Live: Experiencing the Cultures of Spain

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 274

Public Engagements: The Museum as Classroom

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI E211

Recovering the Past: Wellesley in the Field

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 104

From Stage to Page: Making 21 Century Theater

Panel

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI E111

Mining the Past: Community History and the Archive

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 278

Bridging the Gap: Exploring Social Inequalities in Health and Economic Independence in Boston

Panel

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI E211

Questions of Global Education

Individual Presentations

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 274

Getting Personal: Direct Client Work in Social Justice Nonprofits

Panel

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 261

Grassroots Advocacy

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 270

Discouraging Global and Regional Effects

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 270

Empowering Youth and Oneself

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 256

Friction (In the Workplace)

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 261

Seeking Social Change

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 264

Wellesley on Wall Street

Panel

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 377

Boston, Chicago and NYC: Providing Care to Urban Communitites in Need

Individual Presentations

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI E111

On My Mind: The Human Brain and Mental Health

Individual Presentations

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 278

Psychology in Action at the Walker School

Panel

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 256

Delivering Reproductive Healthcare

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 268

Healthcare As a Whole: Insurance, Access and Settings

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 264

Boston Children’s Hospital

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Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 396

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Health and Medicine Beyond Borders

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Global Health and Community Based Partnerships

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 274

Healing the Body from Bench to Bedside

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 261

Finding Home

Individual Presentations

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 264

Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities

Panel

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI E111

Do It Duly, Arrive at It Truly

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 104

House of Cards

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 377

Learning About Ourselves from Each Other

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 278

Place and Memory

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 396

Black and White and Read All Over

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 268

Brace Yourself

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI E111

Gender, Race and Identity

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 278

Immersion and Transformation in Chile

Panel

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 377

Laws Don’t Change Themselves

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 380

Old Ways, New Ways

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 392

Getting By

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 256

Running with the Wolves

Panel

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 104

Diversifying Your Options

Panel

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 270

Education for All: Rethinking Access Around the World

Individual Presentations

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 268

Seeing One’s Self, Seeing the World

Individual Presentations

Session One (9:15 A.m.)

SCI 277

Behind the Screen: Health Research Today

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI E211

Finding One’s Self Far from Home

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 274

Inside the Brain

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 380

Of Risk and Reward: Market Experience Outside the Classroom

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 392

Start-Ups 101

Individual Presentations

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 264

Thinking Outside the Bubble: Tech Internships at Non-Tech Companies

Panel

Session Two (10:45 A.m.)

SCI 277

Identity, Community and Global Citizenship

Technology, Innovation, and Education

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Technology, Innovation, and Education (continued)

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Programming Change

Individual Presentations

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 396

Wellesley in Technology: It Just Got Real

Panel

Session Three (1:30 P.m.)

SCI 277

Designing Technologies of the Future: CS Research Outside of Wellesley

Panel

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 277

Discovering New Paths Close to Home

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI E211

From Students to Teachers

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 268

Let There Be Light

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 270

Scientists in the Field

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 364

Through the Looking Glass

Individual Presentations

Session Four (3:00 P.m.)

SCI 380

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:30–9:15 A.m.

Breakfast The Leonie Faroll Focus, Science Center

9:15–10:25 A.m.

Session One Culture and the Arts All Roads Lead to Museums: Davis Interns 2015 (Panel) SCI 104 Sheree Y. Liu ’17, Computer Science; Isabel H. Noonan ’17, Media Arts and Sciences; Ningyi Xi ’17, Art History; Emily C. Zhao ’17, Economics and Art History Advisor: Elizabeth M. Gardner, Davis Museum and Cultural Center

From Lutes to Literature: Advocating the Arts SCI 261 Amsterdam’s Writers: The Literary Journal and Its Community Mariajose Rodriguez Pliego ’16, English and Economics Advisor: Frank L. Bidart, English Ringing in the Old: Carillons and Regional Identity in France Madeleine J. Smith ’16, French and Medieval/ Renaissance Studies Advisor: Margaret Angelini, Music

Throwback to Baroque: Marketing Early Music to Young People Fiona M. Boyd ’16, Music Advisor: Suzanne E. Stumpf, Music

Health and Medicine Beyond Borders

Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families

Building Healthier Communities: Health, Place, and Community-Based Care in Chicago Neighborhoods Amy A. Isabelle ’17, Sociology Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies

Bridging the Gap: Exploring Social Inequalities in Health and Economic Independence in Boston (Panel) SCI E211 Cynthia Pardo ’17, Chinese Language and Culture and Economics; Rose Burnam ’17, Economics; Olivia B. Duggan ’17, Sociology; Eunbyul Lee ’17, Psychology; Kanika A. Vaish ’17, English and Political Science Advisor: Katie D. Koski, Center for Work and Service

Questions of Global Education SCI 274 A Korean in Korea: Analyzing Reverse Culture Shock With Feminist Values Soo Jin So ’16, Economics Advisor: Julie A. Matthaei, Economics Mother of Melodies: Finding Hope in a Community Ravaged by Apartheid Pelumi O. Botti ’16, International RelationsHistory Advisor: Pashington J. Obeng, Africana Studies The Influence of Place, Space, and Time Marcelle-Gloria Samen ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological Sciences

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Ten Weeks in Bellevue: EKGs, Traumas, Poverty, and Addiction Noa A. Weinstein ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Justin Armstrong, Writing Program Understanding Health Care Through the Eyes of the Homeless Zahra K. Pirani ’17, Biological Sciences Advisor: Martina Koniger, Biological Sciences

On My Mind: The Human Brain and Mental Health SCI 278 “ALICE”: Identifying the Language Center(s) of the Brain Jeanne Gallée ’16, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and Psychology Advisor: Andrea G. Levitt, French Blood and Biomarkers: Finding an Early Diagnostic Method for Alzheimer’s Disease Rafa Tasneem ’17, Neuroscience Advisor: Sun-Hee Lee, East Asian Languages and Cultures Ordenadores, Fichas, and Therasuits: A Summer Learning at ACPACYS Kristina M. Stark ’17, Biological Sciences and Spanish Advisor: Veronica Darer, Spanish

Summer in Santander: Art, Culture, and the Spanish Experience Laura B. Mayron ’16, English and Spanish Advisor: Carlos Ramos, Spanish

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Boston, Chicago, and NYC: Providing Care to Urban Communities in Need SCI E111

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Overcoming Prejudice at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy Gauri Gadkari ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Sally K. Sommers Smith, Biological Sciences

Psychology in Action at the Walker School (Panel) SCI 256 Kiera M. Parece ’17, Psychology; Jennifer Guzman ’16, Psychology; Olivia M. Grochmal ’17, French; Margaret J. Reilly ’16, Neuroscience and Psychology Advisor: Sally A. Theran, Psychology

Identity, Community, and Global Citizenship Finding Home SCI 264 A Temporary Permanence: Internally Displaced Person Camps in Syria Anne Z. Schnitzer ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Thomas Nolden, German Identity and Belonging: The Experiences of Peruvian Migrant Women in Chile Charlotte J. Weiss ’16, Spanish Advisor: Barbara R. Beatty, Education Outsiders Learning to Be Insiders Together: English Classes for Immigrants to Morocco Grace Howland ’16, Economics and French Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies Refugee Resettlement: The Road to Self-Sufficiency Zilpa A. Oduor ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education

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Technology, Innovation, and Education Diversifying Your Options (Panel) SCI 270 Amy N. Wickett ’16, Economics; Taylor J. Cranor ’16, Economics; Priyanka B. Fouda ’16, Economics and Philosophy; Alice Y. Liang ’16, Economics and Political Science Advisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics

Education for All: Rethinking Access Around the World SCI 268 A New Approach to Education and Development: Catalyzing Self-Sustaining Quality Improvements Hannah K. Ruebeck ’16, Economics and Mathematics Advisor: Gauri K. Shastry, Economics

Seeing One’s Self, Seeing the World SCI 277 BacPack for New Frontiers: Designing Interactive Museum Exhibits for Synthetic Biology Sam Y. Mincheva ’17, Computer Science; Vivien Chen ’18, Undeclared; Rachel S. Kwon ’17, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Advisor: Orit Shaer, Computer Science New Human-Computer Interaction Interventions for Personal Genomics Christina S. Pollalis ’16, Political Science; Jasmine N. Davis ’17, Media Arts and Sciences; Liliana N. Westort ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Orit Shaer, Computer Science

Improving Education in Cape Town Through New Technologies, Connections, and Insights Veronica J. Lin ’15, Computer Science and Economics Advisor: Orit Shaer, Computer Science LiteraSEA Project in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town, South Africa Allison D. Steitz ’16, Political Science Advisor: Peggy Levitt, Sociology Preventing a Lost Generation: Jordan’s Response to the Growing Educational Needs of Syrian Refugee Children Living in Jordan Andrea P. Aguilar ’16, Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies Advisor: Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Political Science

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Break The Leonie Faroll Focus, Science Center

10:45-11:55 A.m.

Session Two Culture and the Arts Feminist Voices, Feminist Art SCI 364 “Emotional Map of Los Angeles”: Finding Your Voice Through Art and Community Elizabeth H. Cho ’16, Cinema and Media Studies Advisor: Nicholas A. Knouf, Cinema and Media Studies S(her)lock: The Feminist Power of Transformative Media Jennifer Y. Fang ’17, Cinema and Media Studies Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program The Modern Mythology: Comics in Culture and Women in Comics Katherine H. Roche ’17, Classics Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program

Summers in Professional Theater at Wellesley and Abroad (Panel) SCI 256 Zena K. Chatila ’16, Neuroscience; Christine D. Ahsan ’17, Theatre Studies and Classical Civilization; Kate M. Bussert ’16, Theatre Studies and English; Catherine A. Piner ’16, English Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies

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Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families Getting Personal: Direct Client Work in Social Justice Nonprofits (Panel) SCI 261 Agnes G. Rieger ’17, Spanish; Gabriela C. Asnaran ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies; Eileen H. Macomber ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies; Ogochukwu I. Okoye ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies and Economics; Judy Zhang ’17 Economics Advisor: Katie D. Koski, Center for Work and Service

Grassroots Advocacy SCI 270 The Dream of Social Justice Is Alive in Portland Elise G. Brown ’17, Political Science Advisor: Laura K. Grattan, Political Science The Student Debt Crisis and How We Can Solve It Lily W. Luo ’16, Political Science; Anne M. Conron ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Laura K. Grattan, Political Science We Will Not Be Moved: Building Collective Power With Tenants in Chinatown Huiying Bernice Y. Chan ’16, Ethnic Studies Advisor: Irene Mata, Women’s and Gender Studies

Ouch, That Hurts: Childbirth-Related Pain Management and the Replacement of Traditional Knowledge Sabrina S. Zionts ’16, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies Working Alongside Together: Steps Towards Reproductive and Sexual Autonomy in Palawan, Philippines Wenbo Bai ’16, Anthropology; Elizabeth M. Olson ’16, Neuroscience and French Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies

Identity, Community, and Global Citizenship Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities (Panel) SCI E111 Contextualizing and Addressing Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities Amelia R. McClure ’16, Biological Sciences; Hannah M. Flesch ’16, Environmental Studies and Political Science; Ashley K. Funk ’16, Environmental Studies; Idalmis Vaquero ’16, Environmental Studies; Meredith J. Wade ’17, Environmental Studies Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological Sciences

Health and Medicine Beyond Borders

Do It Duly, Arrive at It Truly SCI 104

Delivering Reproductive Health Care SCI 268

“I Want to Change the World!”: Challenging Volunteer Tourism in International Nonprofit Work Pauline O. Day ’16, Peace and Justice Studies Advisor: Rocío Garza Tisdell ’07, Center for Work and Service

Addressing Rural Maternal Health Care in India Priya D. Patel ’16, Biological Chemistry Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies

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A Journey Across China: Vaulting the Language Barrier Caitlin P. Bailey ’16, East Asian Studies Advisor: Shiao Wei Tham, East Asian Languages and Cultures

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Calling All Intrepid Travelers: Considerations to Make Before Setting Off Nina T. McKee ’16, Political Science Advisor: Anne Dwojeski-Santos ’00, Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs Experiencing the Seemingly Untranslatable Hygge in Denmark Caroline I. Bandurska ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies Universal Faith: How a Small Daycare in Japan Challenged My Religion Elizabeth Murillo ’16, Japanese Language and Culture Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion

House of Cards SCI 377 House of Cards: Behind the Scenes Ye-Eun Sung ’16, Political Science; Alejandra Cuin Miranda ’16, Latin American Studies; Laura Lopez ’16, Political Science; Rocio Ortega ’16, Political Science and Latin American Studies Advisor: Paul K. MacDonald, Political Science Reconciling the Congressional Paradox: Behind the Scenes in the House of Representatives Alexis Y. Zhang ’16, Political Science Advisor: Paul K. MacDonald, Political Science Stopping the Revolving Door: The National and Global Implications of New Hampshire’s First Congressional District in 2016 Emma K. Ambrogi ’16, Chemistry Advisor: Domingo E. Morel, Political Science

Learning About Ourselves From Each Other SCI 278 From Wellesley to Lisbon: Global Connections Leilani N. Stacy ’18, Undeclared; Silvia E. Pera ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Antonio M. Igrejas, Spanish Learning From a Multinational Military Experience in Macedonia Caroline R. Bechtel ’17, International Relations-History Advisor: Barbara R. Beatty, Education Learning Through the Minds of International Students Melissa Jo Zambrana ’16, Mathematics and Spanish Advisor: Karen M. Lange, Mathematics Wangi? (What’d You Say?): Juggling Languages and Identities in a Ugandan Classroom Genesis Barrios ’17, Comparative Literature Advisor: Noah A. Rubin, Education

Place and Memory SCI 396 Barev Dzez: Exploring Careers in Armenia as a Member of the Diaspora Community Talin A. Ghazarian ’16, Middle Eastern Studies Advisor: Anne Dwojeski-Santos ’00, Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs Diarna: Virtually Mapping Jewish Communities in the Middle East Emily E. Chun ’17, Art History; Dylan L. McGarvey ’16, History; Cecilia F. Nowell ’16, Comparative Literature and Political Science Advisor: Frances G. Malino, Jewish Studies

Technology, Innovation, and Education Behind the Screen: Health Research Today SCI E211 10 mg/dL: What Does It Mean, and Can I Trust It? Caroline J. Guild ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Jeffrey E. Hughes, Biological Sciences Health as Culture: Can Traditional and Western Medicine Coexist?

Prioty F. Sarwar ’16, Biological Chemistry Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences Shaping the Modern Pregnancy via Mobile Health Technology Nancy A. Zhang ’16, Mathematics Advisor: Rosanna Hertz, Women’s and Gender Studies Type 2 Diabetes and Heterogeneous Distribution of Aging Beta Cell Markers in Islets Caitlin M. Crawford ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Virginia C. Quinan, Neuroscience

Finding One’s Self Far From Home SCI 274 China: My Unveiling of the Country Sydney Brumfield ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Michael C. Wiest, Neuroscience From Tutorial to Crew Date: The Oxford University Student Experience Seraphina E. Oney ’16, History; Abigail M. Jones ’16, Mathematics Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies Live, Learn, and Intern in China with Hong Kong University Kelsey B. Burhans ’17, International RelationsEconomics and Chinese Language and Culture; Karen X. Ni ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Yuan-Chu R. Lam, East Asian Languages and Cultures

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Inside the Brain SCI 380

Start-Ups 101 SCI 264

From Songs to Synapses in Switzerland Leila T. Elabbady ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Sharon M. Gobes, Neuroscience

Alternative Ways to Make a Difference: Working in Start-Ups and Venture Capital Chloe Man ’17, Philosophy and Economics; Beibei Li ’17, Economics and Psychology; Yuanzhen Pan ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program

Like a Fine Wine: Does Depth Perception Get Better With Age? Rachel A. Wulff ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Jeremy B. Wilmer, Psychology Who Finished First? : Children’s Understanding of the Relationship Between Physics, Effort, and Time Grace E. Bennett Pierre ’16, Psychology Advisor: Tracy R. Gleason, Psychology

Of Risk and Reward: Market Experience Outside the Classroom SCI 392 Impact Assessment in Development: Are We Doing It Right?

Senija Steta ’16, Economics and Political Science Advisor: David L. Lindauer, Economics More Than Meets the Eye: Inside the Multifaceted World of Insurance Madeleine Y. Kim ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Olga Shurchkov, Economics Oil Fields, Arbitration, and Excel: My Summer at an Economic Consulting Firm Evelyn E. Taylor-McGregor ’16, Economics Advisor: Joseph P. Joyce, Economics

From Soda to Sexism: The A-Z’s of Beverage Manufacturing Eva J. Duckler ’19, Undeclared Advisor: Lori Tenser, Class Deans Women Who Will Innovate: Putting a Liberal Arts Education to the Test Samaa Ahmed ’13 Advisor: Peggy Levitt, Sociology

Thinking Outside the Bubble: Tech Internships at Non-Tech Companies (Panel) SCI 277 Alison N. Savage ’17, Media Arts and Sciences; Laura M. Ascher ’16, Computer Science and French; Meera Hejmadi ’17, Computer Science and Mathematics; Chesley C. Hooker ’16, Computer Science; Teresa Y. Tai ’16, Computer Science; Laura D. Zeng ’16, Computer Science Advisor: Scott D. Anderson, Computer Science

Understanding China’s Growth Through a Japanese Perspective Zhongji Wu ’16, International Relations-History Advisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics

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12:00-1:30 P.m.

Painting a Broader Picture: Art Education in the Periphery Sarah N. Michelson ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Kimberly B. Cassibry, Art

Luncheon The Leonie Faroll Focus and Science Library, Science Center

STEAM: “Hacking” Community Between Arts and Sciences Cristian E. Lamas ’16, Political Science Advisor: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, South Asia Studies

1:30-2:40 P.m.

Session Three

Recovering the Past: Wellesley in the Field SCI 104

Culture and the Arts Eat, Pray, Live: Experiencing the Cultures of Spain SCI 274 “Eres un poquito más gorda”: An Exploration of Spanish Culture Through Food Kristin N. Huizenga ’16, Biological Sciences and Spanish Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies Experiencing Architecture: Living on the Barcelona Grid Ximena Bobadilla ’16, Cinema and Media Studies and Architecture Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies No One Walks Alone: Reflections on the Camino de Santiago Claire S. Verbeck ’16, English and Creative Writing Advisor: Inela Selimovic, Spanish

Public Engagements: The Museum as Classroom SCI E211 A Light in the Piazza: My Experience at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Julia T. Springer ’16, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Advisor: Flavia Laviosa, Italian Studies Museum, a Classroom for All: Summer Intern at the Education Department of the MFA Xiaorong Liu ’17, Mathematics and Art History Advisor: Heping Liu, Art 10

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Historical Tragedy of an Unmanaged Commons on Plum Island, Massachusetts Sarah E. Ertle ’16, International Relations-History Advisor: Yoshihisa T. Matsusaka, History Material History in the Biblical Lands: Doing Archaeology in Akko, Israel Emily Jin ’17, Comparative Literature Advisor: Edward Silver, Religion Wendyana Jones and the Curse of the Greek Debt Crisis Margaret A. Justus ’17, Art History Advisor: Kimberly B. Cassibry, Art

Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families

Mind, Body, Soul: Well-Being in Rural Northern Karnataka Annie R. Blumfield ’17, Biological Sciences; Sahar S. Ibrahim ’16, Anthropology Advisor: Pashington J. Obeng, Africana Studies

Empowering Youth and Oneself Through Service in Science Education (Panel) SCI 256 Lizette K. Mendez ’16, Biological Sciences; Jelena Begovic ’17, Physics; Mehak K. Sarang ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Connie L. Bauman, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics

Friction (in the Workplace) SCI 261 “Teaching” Empowerment to Japanese Young Women: Can One Week Make a Difference?

Helen C. Gordon ’17, Japanese Language and Culture Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education From Ideation to Implementation: Realities of Global Change at the Clinton Foundation Savitri Restrepo Alvarez ’16, International Relations-Political Science; Betsy H. Kinsey ’16, Economics Advisor: Joseph P. Joyce, Economics

Discouraging Global and Regional Effects SCI 270

Glassware and Glass Ceilings Ariel T. Cohen ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Audrey Berkman, Hillel

From Flexibility to Family: A Summer Teaching With Breakthrough Collaborative Victoria J. Volker ’16, American Studies; Olivia Thayer ’16, History Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education

Health and Medicine Beyond Borders

Let’s Talk About Sex: The Sex Industry in a South Korean Context Jane Pak ’16, Psychology Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion

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Health Care as a Whole: Insurance, Access, and Settings SCI 264 Actuaries’ Role in the Health-Care Industry Yu Zhou ’16, Economics Advisor: Jonathan E. Tannenhauser, Mathematics

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Body, Mind, and Soul: Can Health Care Address It All? Kathy G. Silva ’16, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies Costs and Outcomes in Treating Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An International Comparison Melanie T. Chen ’16, Economics Advisor: Courtney C. Coile, Economics The Doctor Can’t See You Now: Insurance as an Obstacle to Health Care Laurel F. Kinman ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program

Identity, Community, and Global Citizenship Black and White and Read All Over SCI 268 Business Reporting in the Developing, Corrupt Economy of Cambodia Xueying Chen ’16, Economics and English Advisor: Donald C. Leach, Residential Life Digital Democracy: A New Era of White House Communications Hannah G. Lindow ’16, French and Political Science Advisor: Elizabeth A. Mandeville, Center for Work and Service Neighbors at War: Media Portrayals of the War in Donbas from Ukrainian and Russian Perspectives Marilis E. Dugas ’16, Political Science Advisor: Stacie E. Goddard, Political Science Poder Ciudadano: Inside the Fight Against Corruption in Argentina Ting Shan Lee ’16, English and Economics Advisor: Susan Skeath van Mulbregt, Economics

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Brace Yourself SCI E111 A Different Kind of Bank: Food Banking in South Africa Chloe M. Williamson ’16, English and Creative Writing Advisor: Kristina N. Jones, Biological Sciences Prioritizing Economic Development Investments Through Cost-Benefit Analysis Kim J. Asenbeck ’17, Economics and Computer Science Advisor: David L. Lindauer, Economics Resiliency: Bracing for the Incoming Storm of Climate Change Alisha M. Pegan ’16, Environmental Studies; Catherine E. Baltazar ’16, Environmental Studies and Cinema and Media Studies Advisor: Beth R. DeSombre, Environmental Studies

Individualizing Your Study-Abroad Experience: Immersion and Transformation in Chile (Panel) SCI 377 Meredith A. Berry-Toon ’16, Economics; Rianna E. Aylward ’16, Economics; Kimberly Gill ’16, Latin American Studies; Savannah R. Hauge ’16, Philosophy; Rita G. Marquez ’16, Physics and Latin American Studies; Tess L. Opferman ’16, Psychology Advisor: Marjorie Agosin, Spanish

Laws Don’t Change Themselves SCI 380 What Unites Fatah and Likud Members?

Equitable Health Care Jordan R. Hannink ’16, English and Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies Moving Forward From Marriage Equality: Challenges in LGBTQ Advocacy and Organizing Emerson S. Goldstein ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program

Gender, Race, and Identity SCI 278 Epsilon Kappa Theta: The Power of Intersectional Inclusivity Irene Guzman ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience Está café: Brown Berets, Gender, and the State Cassandra Flores-Montano ’16, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Irene Mata, Women’s and Gender Studies Finding Our Root: Sacred Conversations on Race in a Predominantly White Church Emma G. Brewer-Wallin ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program Paint the White House Yellow: AsianAmericans in the Federal Government Grace Y. Park ’16, Political Science Advisor: Paul K. MacDonald, Political Science

Queer in the Holy City Danielle E. Brooks ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies The Network/La Red: Survivor-Led Organizing to End LGBQ/T Partner Abuse Hannah B. Lipstein ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Jennifer L. Musto, Women’s and Gender Studies Witnessing History: Interning at GLAD When We Won National Marriage Equality Anna C. Everett ’16, English Advisor: Octavio R. Gonzalez, English

Why Are You Acting Like That?: Reactions to Counterstereotypic Targets Natalie M. Oppenheimer ’16, Psychology Advisor: Linda Carli, Psychology

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Old Ways, New Ways SCI 392 Lessons in Bug Eating Nora Mishanec ’14, Linguistics Advisor: Elizabeth A. Mandeville, Center for Work and Service A Time Machine Into the Past: An Ethnographic and Anthropological Analysis of Tourism and Cuba Isabelle Nettere ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Justin Armstrong, Writing Program

YouTube and Hepatitis B: Applying “Viral Videos” to Public Health Yilin Liang ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies

Wellesley in Technology: It Just Got Real (Panel) SCI 277 Wellesley in Technology: It Just Got Real Yuyu Li ’17, Computer Science; Karina S. Chan ’16, Computer Science; Leah E. Ferguson ’16, Computer Science; Katherine A. Kjeer ’16, Computer Science; Zoe Swarzenski ’17, Computer Science and Russian; Ashley J. Thomas ’16, Computer Science Advisor: Sohie M. Lee, Computer Science

American Import: Integrating Into the Start-Up Environment in France Megan E. Locatis ’16, French and Comparative Literature Advisor: Sylvaine V. Egron-Sparrow, French Business: All Bad? Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility Simone N. Liano ’17, Neuroscience Advisor: Julie A. Matthaei, Economics Tzatziki, Theseus, and Traveling: Reflections on My Semester in a Country in Crisis Amber A. Braun ’16, Spanish and Anthropology Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies

Technology, Innovation, and Education Programming Change SCI 396 Girls Who Code: Empowering Young Women to Bridge the Gender Gap in Technology Mollee S. Jain ’16, Computer Science; Chimuanya C. Okoro ’16, American Studies; Selina N. Sotomayor ’16, Economics Advisor: Sohie M. Lee, Computer Science

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Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families

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Global Health and CommunityBased Partnerships SCI 274

Seeking Social Change SCI 264 Advocacy in the Nonprofit World: Facebook, Blogging, and Trolling for Contacts Cathleen J. McGovern ’16, Music Advisor: Anne Dwojeski-Santos ’00, Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs

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Session Four Culture and the Arts From Stage to Page: Making 21st-Century Theater (Panel) SCI E111

Eliminating the Winner/Loser Narrative Through Mediation Maryam M. Khan ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Ronald E. Osborn, Peace Studies

Jessica M. Forden ’17, Economics and Theatre Studies; Kendra Cui ’18, Undeclared; Lillian C. Odekirk ’18, Theatre Studies Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies

What Works? Behind-the-Scenes Strategies in the Mission to Empower Women Gretchen M. Parmley ’16, Psychology Advisor: Nancy S. Scherer, Political Science

Mining the Past: Community History and the Archive SCI 278

Wellesley on Wall Street (Panel) SCI 377

Family History: The Lobkowicz Collections and Five Centuries of European History Charlotte S. Treadwell ’16, French and History Advisor: Thomas S. Hansen, German Night at the Museums Helen E. Walsh ’16, History Advisor: Flavia Laviosa, Italian Studies Redefining Vintage Wellesley: The Importance of Inclusive Archives at Institutions of Higher Education Meredyth Grange ’16, Peace and Justice Studies Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education

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Health and Medicine Beyond Borders Boston Children’s Hospital (Panel) SCI 396 Blood, Cancer, and Antibiotics, Oh My!: Our Summer Experiences at BCH/DFCI Fiona Fan ’17, Neuroscience and Economics; Zaynah N. Dewan ’17, Classical Civilization; Catherine E. Ho ’16, Neuroscience; Maud Z. Muosieyiri ’16, Neuroscience; Anita Wo ’17, Psychology; Amy Yuan ’16, Chemistry Advisor: Adam G. Matthews, Biological Sciences

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“1,000 Days”: Combating Malnutrition With Mothers in Guatemala Mariya C. Patwa ’16, Chemistry Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies Foreign Aid: The Band-Aid on the Bullet Wound Juliette P. Fry ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Adam G. Matthews, Biological Sciences Solidaridad en Acción: Partners in Health in Lima, Peru Nikita U. Saladi ’16, Neuroscience and Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in HIV Treatment in Cambodia Jessica F. Saifee ’16, Neuroscience and South Asian Studies Advisor: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, South Asia Studies

Healing the Body From Bench to Bedside SCI 261 Characterization of Atrioventricular Septal Defects Rebecca M. Zhang ’17, Economics Advisor: Dora Carrico-Moniz, Chemistry Developing Biomaterials for Battlefield Wounds Rachel H. Han ’16, Neuroscience and Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Nolan T. Flynn, Chemistry One Breakfast Spam Croissan’wich, Please: Researching Fast-Food Advertising and Calorie Labeling Sophia H. Gibert ’16, Philosophy and Biology and Society Advisor: Corrine Taylor, Quantitative Reasoning

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The Demographics of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Outcomes: A Multidisciplinary Study Maggie M. Feng ’16, Economics; Gwendolyn Towers ’17, English; Ronghao Zhou ’17, Mathematics and Chemistry Advisor: Nicholas K. Doe, Chemistry

Identity, Community, and Global Citizenship Getting By SCI 256

Technology, Innovation, and Education Designing Technologies of the Future: CS Research Outside of Wellesley (Panel) SCI 277 Emily Ahn ’16, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences; Jessica J. Bu ’17, Computer Science; Priscilla A. Lee ’18, Undeclared; Michelle Lu ’18, Undeclared; Vivienne E. Shaw ’16, Computer Science; Alice Zhou ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Eniana Mustafaraj, Computer Science

Discovering New Paths Close to Home SCI E211

“Better Places, Better Lives”: How Affordable Housing Can Lead to Sustainable Communities Muna M. El-Taha ’16, Architecture Advisor: Martha J. McNamara, Art

College Admissions: Process or Competition?

Sam L. Lanevi ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Raymond J. Starr, Classical Studies

Backstage Disney: Creating the Magic Comes With a Cost Mica L. Rodriguez ’17, Mathematics Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program Gendered Differences in Low-Income African-Americans’ Work Experiences Christina I. Phelps ’17, Sociology Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education JPNDC: Processes, and Maintaining One Big Happy Family Cindy E. Coffee ’16, Architecture Advisor: Martha J. McNamara, Art

Running With the Wolves: Wendy on Wall Street (Panel) SCI 104

Preparing for the Academy: Navigating the Pathways Toward Academia Christiana T. Joseph ’16, Anthropology and Religion Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education Stewards of the Land: Creating Opportunities for Environmental Education at Duke Farms Hannah C. Davelman ’16, Economics and Environmental Studies Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological Sciences The Project Manager in All of Us Shweta S. Patwardhan ’16, International RelationsPolitical Science Advisor: Lee Cuba, Sociology

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“The Hardest Summer You’ll Ever Love”: Students Teaching Students Jennie B. Ling ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Katie D. Koski, Center for Work and Service “Where the Wild Things Are”: The Adventures of Teaching Catherine J. Woodhouse ’18, Undeclared; Melissa J. Bruehl ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Craig N. Murphy, Political Science Going Global With Education? Think STEAM Ali N. Johnson ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Vanessa M. Britto, Health Services The Liberal Arts in Action: Bridging the Gap Between Neuroscience and Education Megumi E. Takada ’17, Neuroscience Advisor: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience

Let There Be Light SCI 270 Converting STXM Setups for Ptychography at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Catherine A. Fromm ’16, Physics Advisor: Yue Hu, Physics Organic Solar Cells to Better Harness Solar Energy Sustainably Julia M. Lukens ’17, Chemistry Advisor: Christopher R. Arumainayagam, Chemistry The Glowing Bay: How to Study It and Conserve It Akiho Saito ’17, Biological Sciences Advisor: Adam G. Matthews, Biological Sciences

Akanksha M. Mehta ’16, Economics; Apoorva Arora ’16, Economics and Mathematics; Marce M. Castano ’16, Economics; Sabrina Cheng ’16, Psychology and Economics; Crysti Y. Wang ’16, Economics and French Advisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics

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The Path to the Adoption and Implementation of Off-Grid Lighting Solutions Chitti H. Desai ’17, International RelationsEconomics Advisor: Gauri K. Shastry, Economics

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Scientists in the Field SCI 364 Behind the Bones: The Realities of Forensic Anthropology Isabel M. Starr ’16, Anthropology Advisor: Adam Van Arsdale, Anthropology Changing Our Blueprint for Life: The CRISPR Technology Revolution Stephanie Yeh ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences Using Geochemistry and Minerology Techniques to Characterize Unknown Environments Mary M. Keenan ’17, Physics Advisor: Glenn Stark, Physics

Through the Looking Glass SCI 380 From Bottle to Test Tube: Wine Chemistry and Beyond Elle D. Friedberg ’17, Chemistry and Art Studio Advisor: Megan E. Nunez, Chemistry Investigating Sterol Biosynthesis in Bacteria Using an Engineered E. coli System Clare C. Gill ’17, Biological Sciences Advisor: Louise E. Darling, Biological Sciences Playing “Mind Games” with Bacteria: Modulation of Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus epidermidis Sally R. Ruderman ’16, Biological Chemistry Advisor: Megan E. Nunez, Chemistry Size Matters: Finding a Size-Sensing Pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana Zhou Wang ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences

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CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS AND WEB-BASED SCHEDULER Complete Tanner Conference abstracts are also available for mobile use on Guidebook (download the Wellesley College Guidebook App and select Tanner 2015).

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Session One Culture and the Arts All Roads Lead to Museums: Davis Interns 2015 (Panel) SCI 104 Sheree Y. Liu ’17, Computer Science; Isabel H. Noonan ’17, Media Arts and Sciences; Ningyi Xi ’17, Art History; Emily C. Zhao ’17, Economics and Art History Advisor: Elizabeth M. Gardner, Davis Museum and Cultural Center What happens behind the scenes at a museum?

This past summer, 10 Wellesley students and recent graduates interning in the curatorial, interpretive programming, collections management, and technology departments experienced what it’s like to work at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center in the midst of a significant reinstallation.

Through collaborating with various members of the staff on a diverse range of individual and group projects, we gained insight into how museums operate and react to the changing conditions of today’s world. Weekly visits to museums in the

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From Lutes to Literature: Advocating the Arts SCI 261 Amsterdam’s Writers: The Literary Journal and Its Community Mariajose Rodriguez Pliego ’16, English and Economics Advisor: Frank L. Bidart, English

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In the city center of Amsterdam, a small team of writers works tirelessly to create a literary magazine called Versal. Through writing groups, workshops, and literary readings, the team has built a strong community of artists around the magazine.

I had the opportunity to immerse myself in both the magazine and the community, learning about the financial obstacles that literary magazines face, organizing poetry readings, and sitting in on meetings with local writers. Versal is currently advocating to diversify the Dutch literary community, in part by reaching more non-Englishspeaking writers. I read translated work and contacted writers to build a network of literary translators that could give Versal greater access to various cultures. In my presentation, I will share with you the glimpse that I had this summer of this European literary journal.

Ringing in the Old: Carillons and Regional Identity in France Madeleine J. Smith ’16, French and Medieval/ Renaissance Studies Advisor: Margaret Angelini, Music

tially planned to study the role the carillon plays in French public life as well as French musical techniques. However, I soon found the premise of a singular French carillon culture was flawed.

Rather than representing a uniform culture, the carillon in France is deeply connected with issues of national, regional, and communal identity.

Although not native to most parts of France, the carillon plays an important role in the struggle to maintain regional identity against French hegemony. Through this presentation, you will experience the diverse roles carillon music plays in French life, from commemorating national history to celebrating traditional music. Moreover, you will learn more about the challenges nontraditional and older carillons present as musical instruments, as well as the implications of music in the public life.

Summer in Santander: Art, Culture, and the Spanish Experience Laura B. Mayron ’16, English and Spanish Advisor: Carlos Ramos, Spanish This summer, I interned at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santander, Spain. I worked in the Cultural Activities Department to organize the cultural events hosted by the university. I was able to use my Spanish as I worked in the office, around the university, and in the city to help bring the huge assortment of cultural activities to the people of Santander.

Aside from creating the weekly events newsletter, I had a front seat for poetry readings, classical music concerts, theater, and modern dance. Even more than practicing my Spanish in the academic sphere, the most useful part of my internship was becoming integrated into all aspects of life there, from exciting culture to the day-to-day of what it means to be Spanish.

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Throwback to Baroque: Marketing Early Music to Young People Fiona M. Boyd ’16, Music Advisor: Suzanne E. Stumpf, Music This summer, with Musicians of the Old Post Road, I had the opportunity to learn about both the rewards and challenges of marketing an early music ensemble to young people. Early music is largely unknown among millennials, so how does a dynamic ensemble such as MOPR overcome the stereotypes associated with the genre that prevent young people from falling in love with classical music? During my internship, I worked to enliven the ensemble’s image, focusing on social media, visual presentation, and outreach.

I loved this project and as a result of my experience am actively considering pursuing a career in arts administration and nonprofits. I learned that in order to engage young people, an organization needs to reach them on their terms, through social media and other familiar ways of communicating. Classical music is relevant, and with a deeper awareness of the effect of outdated stereotypes and new strategies for outreach, contemporary performers will be able to share this vibrant musical heritage with a new audience.

Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families Bridging the Gap: Exploring Social Inequalities in Health and Economic Independence in Boston (Panel) SCI E211 Cynthia Pardo ’17, Chinese Language and Culture and Economics; Rose Burnam ’17, Economics; Olivia B. Duggan ’17, Sociology; Eunbyul Lee ’17, Psychology; Kanika A. Vaish ’17, English and Political Science Advisor: Katie D. Koski, Center for Work and Service

Boston, focusing on such topics as eliminating health inequity through legal problem-solving strategies, generating resources to foster holistic, culturally competent health care, facilitating economic mobility and learning networks, providing foreclosure relief and financial services for underserved communities, and researching ways to implement community organizing to reduce the rate of HIV among young people of color.

Despite the differences of each of our internship sites, we all learned to think critically about social justice beyond the context of academia. Meeting organizers and community leaders in Boston who are experts in education, health, government, food justice, employment, and the like gave us the opportunity to observe community-based action and to catalyze change in our own environments.

All of our experiences have inspired us to recognize our social responsibilities and become agents of positive change.

Questions of Global Education SCI 274 A Korean in Korea: Analyzing Reverse Culture Shock With Feminist Values Soo Jin So ’16, Economics Advisor: Julie A. Matthaei, Economics I have studied in America, away from home, for more than seven years. So, last semester, I decided to study abroad at home in South Korea.

Although I visited Korea almost every summer break, I surprisingly went through a reverse culture shock during my stay. By living with my family, attending Seoul National University, and interning at a private equity firm, I was able to experience what it was like to live in Korea. It was different from Wellesley or any other place I’ve stayed in U.S. I gained new social skills and learned to reflect on myself. In this presentation, I want to share my reverse culture shock experience and analyze the Korea I experienced with the feminist economic values I learned at Wellesley.

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Mother of Melodies: Finding Hope in a Community Ravaged by Apartheid Pelumi O. Botti ’16, International Relations-History Advisor: Pashington J. Obeng, Africana Studies Over the summer, I interned with the Mamelodi Initiative, an education nonprofit organization that seeks to enrich the lives of residents in the South African township of Mamelodi. Visiting Mamelodi, it is easy to spot the vast problems and challenges faced by the community that are direct consequences of the apartheid era. By the end of my internship, I learned the importance of identifying and working with the existing assets the community has. Arguably one of Mamelodi’s most valuable resources is its dynamic youth population. By acknowledging the strengths possessed by a community, one is able to recognize the autonomy of that community and highlight the ability of the residents to empower themselves. Given my interest in sustainable development and education, this internship enabled me to be culturally sensitive whilst serving the youth of Mamelodi.

The Influence of Place, Space, and Time Marcelle-Gloria Samen ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological Sciences As a Girl Up leadership development facilitator for the U.S. State Department’s first-ever Women in Science Camp, I led twice-daily leadership workshops for 120 high school girls. This crosscultural exchange featured 30 American girls and 90 girls from nine different countries in Africa.

Together, they explored computer programming, marketing, international development, robotics, and design. Amazingly, the cultural barriers dissolved within hours of these girls meeting each other, and they quickly looked to each other for motivation and inspiration. By the end of camp, I noticed a complete transformation in the way these girls talked about themselves and their ideas about their communities and the world.

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Health and Medicine Beyond Borders Boston, Chicago, and NYC: Providing Care to Urban Communitites in Need SCI E111 Understanding Health Care Through the Eyes of the Homeless Zahra K. Pirani ’17, Biological Sciences Advisor: Martina Koniger, Biological Sciences Serving some of the city’s most vulnerable individuals, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) offers comprehensive clinical and social services with the aim to bring hope to those whose situation is so often perceived as hopeless. This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at BHCHP’s St. Francis House Clinic, a primary-care facility in the heart of Boston.

Working mainly in the foot-care room, I played a key role in the patients’ care, gradually gaining their trust and taking in their unique stories as I assisted them in treating and preventing conditions like trench foot and blisters. I learned universal skills in patient care and valuable lessons about homeless individuals’ perceptions of medicine. I left BHCHP with an appreciation for the interconnectedness of lifestyle, societal resources, public health, and medicine, as well as the corresponding limitations of health-care institutions, further directing my career path in medicine after Wellesley.

Building Healthier Communities: Health, Place, and Community-Based Care in Chicago Neighborhoods Amy A. Isabelle ’17, Sociology Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies

Center in Chicago, Illinois. More specifically, I set out to research the role that communities have on our health, and whether we can build healthier communities. As part of this research, I visited a variety of clinics in the Chicago area, from a traditional primary-care office to school-based clinics and practices specializing in family planning for adolescents. Through these visits and my other research, I began to understand the importance of community-based care and the benefits that it can bring to areas of concentrated disadvantage.

Moving forward, I hope to provide this kind of clinical care in the future and learn more about community development.

Ten Weeks in Bellevue: EKGs, Traumas, Poverty, and Addiction Noa A. Weinstein ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Justin Armstrong, Writing Program This summer, the Bellevue Hospital Emergency Room in New York City became my home.

I spent 10 weeks in Project Healthcare, a full immersion into emergency medicine. I got an unbelievable glimpse into what it means to be a doctor, and I left the program knowing I have to become a doctor. I also got a very deep, troubling glimpse into how a life riddled by drug abuse, poverty, lack of health insurance, and alcoholism can destroy people. No matter the hour, there were always multiple patients in drunken stupors, yelling profanities while the scent of alcohol radiated off of them. These factors did not for a moment block the clinical staff from treating every patient with equal care, and I worked to emulate this in my interactions with the same patients. It became commonplace to see these patients, but it was never easy to process the addiction from which they suffer.

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On My Mind: The Human Brain and Mental Health SCI 278 “ALICE”: Identifying the Language Center(s) of the Brain Jeanne Gallée ’16, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and Psychology Advisor: Andrea G. Levitt, French This summer, I had the opportunity to work as a full-time research assistant in MGH professor Evelina Fedorenko’s neurolinguistics laboratory at MIT. I had the privilege of participating in a brand-new project that has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the language center of the brain. In an effort to combat the issues that different experiments, subjects, MRI scanners, and data analyses of different laboratories pose, the EvLab’s “ALICE” project will undertake the creation of a universal language localizer by implementing an auditory listening and response task across at least 100 languages in a fMRI study on native speakers. Additionally, I was given the opportunity to lead my own project on adaptive neural responses to syntactic structures. This summer gave me awareness of cutting-edge neurolinguistic research and the responsibility we all have as (future) scientists to research with integrity.

Blood and Biomarkers: Finding an Early Diagnostic Method for Alzheimer’s Disease Rafa Tasneem ’17, Neuroscience Advisor: Sun-Hee Lee, East Asian Languages and Cultures Despite decades of research on Alzheimer’s disease, the only surefire diagnostic method is postmortem brain analysis. Techniques for earlier diagnosis, such as PET scans or cerebrospinal fluid analysis, have become more reliable; however, these methods are usually used when characteristic behavioral symptoms are evident.

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Ordenadores, Fichas, and Therasuits: A Summer Learning at ACPACYS Kristina M. Stark ’17, Biological Sciences and Spanish Advisor: Veronica Darer, Spanish ACPACYS (Asociación Cordobesa de Parálasis Cerebral y otras affecciones similares) is an organization in Córdoba, Spain, working with individuals with cerebral palsy, a group of neurological conditions that affect physical coordination and muscular movement. Through services such as daily workshops, innovative treatments, and residential care, the monitors, therapists, and caretakers of ACPACYS assist their consumers in better navigating everyday interactions. Through the planning of association-wide events and productions, organization of sports leagues, and attendance of daytime and overnight trips, the administrators provide the consumers with leisurely opportunities. Through initiatives such as the creation of an interactive map of wheelchairaccessible Córdoba, consumers work actively to educate and create solutions to the issues that society poses. In this presentation, I will speak about how ACPACYS’s services have contributed to the surrounding communities’ attitude toward people with disabilities as well as similarities and differences in American society.

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Overcoming Prejudice at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy Gauri Gadkari ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Sally K. Sommers Smith, Biological Sciences

assisted the Walker School teaching staff in the daily operation of the classroom and helped deescalate children in crisis using therapeutic crisis intervention.

I had always looked at mental illness through a medical model. I was introduced to the social model at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy in India over the summer, as I worked on petitions and academic papers advocating rights of persons with mental illness (PWMI). What struck me most was the difference in opinion, within the organization, between those who had had personal interaction with PWMI and those who hadn’t. I noticed that even people who work passionately for the empowerment of PWMI have unacknowledged prejudices. This emphasized the need to include persons with mental illness in decision making. Last spring I had struggled with the same idea while writing a paper, “Policy Making When Dealing With Mental Illness,” for a class. However, seeing firsthand how the involvement of patients greatly supplemented the organization’s project to improve mental health institutions convinced me of the need to reevaluate how we look at PWMI around the world.

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Psychology in Action at the Walker School (Panel) SCI 256 Kiera M. Parece ’17, Psychology; Jennifer Guzman ’16, Psychology; Olivia M. Grochmal ’17, French; Margaret J. Reilly ’16, Neuroscience and Psychology Advisor: Sally A. Theran, Psychology Over the summer, four Wellesley students interned at the Walker School in Needham, MA. The Walker School is the most restrictive setting in Massachusetts for children with behavioral problems outside of hospitalization. The purpose of this internship was to gain experience and exposure to a high-risk population of children, who ranged in age from five to 13. The interns

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Finding Home SCI 264 A Temporary Permanence: Internally Displaced Person Camps in Syria Anne Z. Schnitzer ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Thomas Nolden, German This summer I worked in Antakya, Turkey, with the international nongovernmental organization Save the Children and researched internally displaced person camps in Syria. During my seven-week stay, I compiled an analytical report detailing the economic, political, social, and anthropological makeup of the camps. My research focused on people’s livelihoods and employment opportunities; the politics of camp governance; issues of class stratification and social institutions; and the culture and practices of the camps.

Identity and Belonging: The Experiences of Peruvian Migrant Women in Chile Charlotte J. Weiss ’16, Spanish Advisor: Barbara R. Beatty, Education What is the role of education in the migratory experience in Chile, and how does the perceived power of an education transform itself into an intergenerational phenomenon? From the current Syrian refugee crisis to the unaccompanied Central American migrant children fleeing to the United States, migration is a pressing global issue.

Within Latin America, migration has steadily become intracontinental, and Chile has transformed itself into a major receiving country for migrants, especially Peruvian migrant women. In Chile, these women face professional, economic,

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and social barriers despite high levels of education, and these challenges inform the women’s views of their children’s educational and social opportunities. In my presentation I will use my findings as a research intern at Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile this past summer to analyze the history and causes of the challenges Peruvian migrant women face.

Outsiders Learning to Be Insiders Together: English Classes for Immigrants to Morocco Grace Howland ’16, Economics and French Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies This past year, I studied abroad in Aix-enProvence, France, for the fall semester and in Rabat, Morocco, for the spring semester. I would like to focus this presentation on my volunteer experience in Rabat, where I taught English classes at the Orient Occident Foundation to recent immigrants to Morocco, predominately from subSaharan Africa. Through this class I witnessed the realities of south to north migration patterns and stops made along the way, with Europe being the desired final destination. I plan to explore what it means for Morocco to be an intermediary destination for migrants, why largely French-speaking immigrants made learning English a priority over Morocco’s Arabic dialect of Darija, and how teaching at Orient Occident lead me to discover, experience, and contribute to a new subset of migratory residents in Morocco.

Refugee Resettlement: The Road to Self-Sufficiency Zilpa A. Oduor ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education This summer, I interned at the Albany, New York, field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), a refugee resettlement agency that caters to newly arrived refugees and organizes community orientation and job readiness programs with the ultimate goal of self-

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sufficiency. Achieving self-sufficiency, however, is not easy. Some factors that contribute to the difficulties include language barriers, PTSD or other disabilities, and lack of work experience.

As the Reception and Placement intern, some of my duties included shopping for food and basic goods, setting up apartments, hosting community orientation events, and developing personalized employment plans. This was challenging because employers considered clients unqualified, there were few training programs available, and some refugees refused to work. However, the experience taught me how to use public assistance to buy time, how to approach local leaders, and to reflect on what it means to be part of a community. I also learned that on the road to self-sufficiency, you don’t walk alone.

Technology, Innovation, and Education Diversifying Your Options (Panel) SCI 270 Amy N. Wickett ’16, Economics; Taylor J. Cranor ’16, Economics; Priyanka B. Fouda ’16, Economics and Philosophy; Alice Y. Liang ’16, Economics and Political Science Advisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics Where can your supply of economic knowledge meet the demands of the real world? This summer, the panelists worked at a range of organizations across the country, including investment banks, think tanks, and the government. They assisted senior staff on live deals at Goldman Sachs, analyzed monetary policy at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, researched potential economic policies at the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, and created public policies for the National Economic Council at the White House. Each presentation will share how the economics department at Wellesley prepared the panelist for these roles and what challenged them.

The panel will also highlight how the internships differed in terms of substance and work culture to illustrate the wide variety of jobs an economics major can offer.

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Education for All: Rethinking Access Around the World SCI 268 A New Approach to Education and Development: Catalyzing Self-Sustaining Quality Improvements Hannah K. Ruebeck ’16, Economics and Mathematics Advisor: Gauri K. Shastry, Economics Despite globally increasing enrollment rates, access to quality education remains a fundamental problem in developing countries. As a research assistant this summer at Evidence for Policy Design at the Harvard Kennedy School, I worked on a project aiming to generate quality educational growth in Pakistan by improving access to educational support services and microfinance products designed for low-cost private schools.

These schools educate over a third of Pakistani children, especially girls and rural youth. My contribution to this project involved varied roles, including working directly with the implementing field team, data analysis and visualization, and writing policy briefs and grant proposals.

My experience was defined by the fusion of these creative quantitative and qualitative assignments; each was crucial to the expansion of my ways of thinking about this project, economic fieldwork, and the process of economic development.

Improving Education in Cape Town Through New Technologies, Connections, and Insights Veronica J. Lin ’15, Computer Science and Economics Advisor: Orit Shaer, Computer Science In South Africa, only four of every 100 children who enter formal schooling pursue higher education; only one of them graduates with a degree in science or technology. For 10 weeks, I had the opportunity to work with ORT SA CAPE, an educational NGO in Cape Town that seeks to solve these critical issues in education. They strive to offer educational enrichment to children and teachers in impoverished schools and communis e s s i o n

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LiteraSEA Project in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town, South Africa Allison D. Steitz ’16, Political Science Advisor: Peggy Levitt, Sociology This summer I worked for Edupeg, a professional development organization in Cape Town, South Africa, that provides in-classroom mentorship and support to teachers at under-resourced primary schools. During my time there, I helped manage and launch the LiteraSEA (The Shine Trust, Edupeg, Action Volunteer Africa) project.

The purpose of LiteraSEA is twofold: it seeks to improve the literacy performance of 272 Grade 2 learners in three primary schools in Gugulethu township, and to mitigate youth unemployment.

LiteraSEA employs youth (ages 18-25) from the community to provide one-on-one reading support for all Grade 2 learners at the respective schools. I learned a great deal about NGO project management and the community-based development tools Edupeg utilizes to alleviate the types of social, infrastructural, and organizational challenges these primary schools in Gugulethu face. I am eager to share what I learned with the Wellesley community.

Preventing a Lost Generation: Jordan’s Response to the Growing Educational Needs of Syrian Refugee Children Living in Jordan Andrea P. Aguilar ’16, Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies Advisor: Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Political Science Since the start of the Syrian crisis, more than 630,00 Syrian refugees have sought refuge in s e s s i o n

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This summer, I had the opportunity to intern with the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development and worked with an affiliation of QRF that is trying to solve this dilemma and meet the needs of both Jordanian and Syrian children.

Seeing One’s Self, Seeing the World SCI 277 BacPack for New Frontiers: Designing Interactive Museum Exhibits for Synthetic Biology Sam Y. Mincheva ’17, Computer Science; Vivien Chen ’18, Undeclared; Rachel S. Kwon ’17, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Advisor: Orit Shaer, Computer Science

through several stages of the user-centered design process and prototyped our exhibit at the Tech Museum. Our project was also part of the 2015 iGEM competition.

New Human-Computer Interaction Interventions for Personal Genomics Christina S. Pollalis ’16, Political Science; Jasmine N. Davis ’17, Media Arts and Sciences; Liliana N. Westort ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Orit Shaer, Computer Science With the field of personal genomics rapidly expanding, it has become imperative to facilitate the comprehension of genomic data for nonexperts through online platforms. We collaborated with NYU and with the Harvard Personal Genomes project to create novel interactive visualizations for personal genomics. We also designed a new interactive consent form for personal genetic testing that integrates stateof-the-art social annotation. By creating a new interactive visualization for personal genomics and by improving consent forms for personal genomics using interactive social annotation, we hope to make personal genomics more accessible for nonexperts.

The Wellesley Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory collaborated with Silicon Valley’s Tech Museum of Innovation to create an interactive museum exhibit that teaches fundamental synthetic biology concepts. As part of the HCI lab, we designed the digital component that will complement the wet lab experience of the exhibit to convey basic principles of synthetic biology and raise awareness of the excitement and complexity of the field. The premise of the exhibit is that museum visitors will take on the role of a scientist and engineer bacteria that can help explorers on scientific missions in extreme environments, including Mars, Antarctica, and the deep sea.

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Session Two Culture and the Arts Feminist Voices, Feminist Art SCI 364 Emotional Map of Los Angeles: Finding Your Voice Through Art and Community Elizabeth H. Cho ’16, Cinema and Media Studies Advisor: Nicholas A. Knouf, Cinema and Media Studies This past summer, I interned at WriteGirl, an organization in Los Angeles, California, that empowers teen girls through creative writing workshops. Through mentoring and creative writing workshops in genres such as poetry, journalism, and screenwriting, teen girls gain practical skills and confidence from professional female writers in L.A. I had the pleasure of working with an all-woman team, where we prepared for the book launch of the organization’s 14th independently published anthology, Emotional Map of Los Angeles. My interests in creative self-expression and education harmoniously united within this internship, and the experience of working and writing with women from varying age groups even informed and paralleled my own artistic and musical experiences in my local community. As a female musician and artist, I became more committed to elevating women’s voices in music and art, and I plan to continue working toward this cause.

S(her)lock: The Feminist Power of Transformative Media Jennifer Y. Fang ’17, Cinema and Media Studies Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program

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The Modern Mythology: Comics in Culture and Women in Comics Katherine H. Roche ’17, Classics Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program The Romans had Jupiter. The Greeks had Zeus.

We have Superman. As a classics major and a comic book enthusiast, I have long been fascinated by the cultural similarities between superheroes and the Greco-Roman gods. This past summer, I became the comics contributor for the the Daily Geekette blog. Through my reviews of comic arcs, I explored how comics can operate as fun reads, a backdrop for our society, and a continually evolving tradition. I got to learn about the history of the industry and how it has influenced our storytelling template. Moreover, my job gave me the opportunity to insert a woman’s voice into the world of pop culture. The world of comics is not just for guys between the ages of 13 and 25.

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Summers in Professional Theater at Wellesley and Abroad (Panel) SCI 256 Zena K. Chatila ’16, Neuroscience; Christine D. Ahsan ’17, Theatre Studies and Classical Civilization; Kate M. Bussert ’16, Theatre Studies and English; Catherine A. Piner ’16, English Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies This panel will present an overview of the professional theater done by Wellesley students both here on campus and internationally with support from the Theatre Studies department. From acting to supporting a production from backstage to directing, students will discuss their experience in the professional world of theater. Panelists participated in productions including the Wellesley Repertory Theatre’s Three Sisters and Princess Vasilisa and the Firebird, a children’s show; and Chiasmus Productions’ Blow and Twin Primes, which were performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest international theater festival in the world. Christine Ahsan, Kate Bussert, Zena Chatila, and Catherine Piner will speak about the wealth of student-driven art encouraged by Wellesley College, and how they believe their summer theater experiences have impacted their artistic endeavors and aspiration

Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families Getting Personal: Direct Client Work in Social Justice Nonprofits (Panel) SCI 261 Getting Personal: Direct Client Work in Social Justice Nonprofits Agnes G. Rieger ’17, Spanish; Gabriela C. Asnaran ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies; Eileen H. Macomber ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies; Ogochukwu I. Okoye ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies and Economics; Judy Zhang ’17 Economics Advisor: Katie D. Koski, Center for Work and Service

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Grassroots Advocacy SCI 270 The Dream of Social Justice Is Alive in Portland Elise G. Brown ’17, Political Science Advisor: Laura K. Grattan, Political Science Oregon, my home state, has recently become a breeding ground for progressive activism and legislation, with successes ranging from automatic voter registration to paid sick days for all Oregonians (including agricultural and domestic workers). However, beneath the image of “Portlandia” as a progressive paradise is a dark history of racism and homophobia, the scars of which few Oregonians are willing to tackle. This summer, I spent eight weeks as a fellow with the Working Families Party, a group that has worked extensively and successfully with community groups and unions all around Oregon to raise the voices of those who have been silenced and is continuing to push for meaningful social democratic reforms across the state. The fellowship was a crash course in organizing and advocacy where I learned firsthand how our political history, theory, s e s s i o n

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The Student Debt Crisis and How We Can Solve It Lily W. Luo ’16, Political Science; Anne M. Conron ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Laura K. Grattan, Political Science This summer we were part of a fellowship called Student Debt Action, where through direct action and research we worked to fight for free higher education. We put together research reports on for-profit colleges, the history of disinvestment in education, and how we can tax the wealthy to pay for education. We also worked on a campaign against a for-profit college and carried out an action against their largest investor. In this presentation we will focus on the results of our research, the process of carrying out an action, and the importance of recognizing and fighting against oppressive structures wherever they may manifest—in our higher education system, in our own organizations, or even at Wellesley.

We Will Not Be Moved: Building Collective Power With Tenants in Chinatown Huiying Bernice Y. Chan ’16, Ethnic Studies Advisor: Irene Mata, Women’s and Gender Studies Chinese immigrants and community organizers in Chinatowns across the nation are fighting to preserve their communities for the immigrants who built them. As a Seeding Change National Fellow this summer, I returned to work in a community I grew up in and call home, working with CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, a nonprofit in New York that helps build the collective power of low-income Asian immigrants and refugees. I spent hours knocking at the doors of Chinese immigrants and organized with residents facing landlord harassment, evictions, and language access injustices. Together, we fought to build collective power and preserve one of the last frontiers of affordable housing in New York. In this presentation, I will connect my work at CAAAV to a larger history of activism t h e

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Health and Medicine Beyond Borders Delivering Reproductive Health Care SCI 268 Addressing Rural Maternal Health Care in India Priya D. Patel ’16, Biological Chemistry Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies In accordance with the Millennium Development Goals, the Indian government set out to reduce maternal mortality rates by improving its public health and health-care systems. Though these government programs were created with rural and poor pregnant women in mind, some populations have yet to be reached. Over the summer, I interned in New Delhi with Action India, a feminist grassroots NGO that works to organize communities and empower women in surrounding rural and urban areas. My time was spent learning about national and local government, community, and NGO efforts to address rural maternal health, which I originally became interested in while studying global health at Wellesley College.

My experiences speaking with pregnant women and community health workers and visiting community health centers in various villages built upon what I had learned in class and helped me gain a better idea of the nuances of public health.

Ouch, That Hurts: Childbirth-Related Pain Management and the Replacement of Traditional Knowledge Sabrina S. Zionts ’16, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies I spent this past semester abroad in India studying public health, policy advocacy, and community.

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During my last month, I journeyed northward to the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand where I carried out a month-long fieldwork project on a research question of my choice. Drawing on my women’s studies and health background, I asked: Given the push toward institutional delivery, how are women’s experiences of pain during childbirth changing? After interviewing mothers, traditional midwives, and other health professionals, I deduced that the push toward institutional delivery tends to replace traditional and culturally appropriate obstetric practices with modern ones that are less culturally relevant. In this presentation, I will present my original findings and ultimately advocate for the preservation, institutionalization, and awareness of traditional and culturally appropriate methods of labor-pain management as a means to promote institutional delivery while also preserving culture and allowing women to have healthful and fulfilling childbirth experiences.

Working Alongside Together: Steps Towards Reproductive and Sexual Autonomy in Palawan, Philippines Wenbo Bai ’16, Anthropology; Elizabeth M. Olson ’16, Neuroscience and French Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies Talking about sex and contraception in the Philippines, a Catholic country, is taboo—sexual health is a sensitive topic, and young people often worry about the social stigma or embarrassment associated with these discussions. Sex education is rarely openly discussed, and young people don’t have access to information about their bodies or their health. This reality has led to worrisome upward trends in maternal mortality and teen pregnancy on the island of Palawan. How do you build sustainable aid and advocacy programs to address these issues? What does it mean to be in solidarity with people living in conditions different from your own? We explored these questions while interning with Roots of Health, an NGO aiming to empower women and ensure 24

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Identity, Community, and Global Citizenship Contextualizing and Addressing Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities (Panel) SCI E111 Amelia R. McClure ’16, Biological Sciences; Hannah M. Flesch ’16, Environmental Studies and Political Science; Ashley K. Funk ’16, Environmental Studies; Idalmis Vaquero ’16, Environmental Studies; Meredith J. Wade ’17, Environmental Studies Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological Sciences Climate change is a global issue, but its consequences affect us differently based on geographic, social, economic, and political factors. This summer, each of us spent time researching, writing, and living in some of the communities most directly affected by climate change. From the urban dwellings of Los Angeles to the melting Arctic tundra, a climate-altered world is already unfolding. The asymmetry of risk across communities is a stark reminder of how climate impact reflects—and exacerbates—prevailing inequalities. What are the underlying causes for these disproportionate benefits and burdens? How can we amplify the voices and capacities of those most vulnerable? In our presentation, we will discuss how power and privilege shape our environment, and how confronting systemic injustice is key to facing one of our most pressing environmental problems. We will explore the role of climate science, mapping technology, and community organizing to foster a climate-resilient world. Our summers were distinct, yet come together in a collective experience that we hope will amplify voices from the front lines of the climate crisis.

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Do It Duly, Arrive at It Truly SCI 104 “I Want to Change the World!”: Challenging Volunteer Tourism in International Nonprofit Work Pauline O. Day ’16, Peace and Justice Studies Advisor: Rocio-Maria G. Tisdell, Center for Work and Service Through Wellesley’s Global Engagement Program I interned at the Aga Khan Foundation in Kampala, Uganda, in 2014 and with the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning in Rabat, Morocco, this past summer. My projects ranged from developing and teaching a Lord of the Flies unit to creating client databases, and I learned to be flexible and support the organizations’ needs at micro levels wherever useful. Then, as the nature of volunteering demands, I left. We send millennials into the world as warriors, armed with enthusiasm and hubris, ready to “make a difference,” often forgetting to critically examine volunteer tourism and its colonial romanticization. Volunteers are essential to the survival of many necessary organizations but are often stop-gap solutions, and they can pose hazards to an organization’s legitimacy and daily functioning. I will discuss what it means to be a “good” volunteer, the challenges and rewards of working abroad, and reconciling the outsider’s role in international nonprofit work.

A Journey Across China: Vaulting the Language Barrier Caitlin P. Bailey ’16, East Asian Studies Advisor: Shiao Wei Tham, East Asian Languages and Cultures My summer was spent working at City Weekend, an expat magazine in Beijing, China. My job was to explore Beijing and write about everything that I did. It was fun and comfortable, until the editors asked me to write a travel piece and I found myself on a cross-country trip to Gansu province.

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Calling All Intrepid Travelers: Considerations to Make Before Setting Off Nina T. McKee ’16, Political Science Advisor: Anne Dwojeski-Santos ’00, Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs This summer I traveled to Delhi, India, to complete my Albright Institute internship by working at the South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre. At work I had the opportunity to learn about human rights issues in India and be surrounded by incredibly passionate people; but much of my experience was also about overcoming challenging situations I had not thought of prior to setting off—despite having traveled before. This Tanner presentation will discuss some of the lessons learned from my internship experience, but will also reflect on lessons learned by traveling abroad. It will assist any students planning to travel abroad by offering considerations for ways to thoughtfully and carefully choose an internship (e.g., questions to ask that I wish I had); by raising aspects of life not often enough considered when choosing a place to travel—but that can really “make or break” an experience; and by sharing personal mantras of resilience for the inevitable challenges that arise.

Experiencing the Seemingly Untranslatable Hygge in Denmark Caroline I. Bandurska ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies

words I learned about was hygge. It is most closely translated into English as the feeling of “coziness” and nabbed my interest because, seemingly, there was no truly equivalent English counterpart. I conducted countless Google searches in an effort to further define it, but it soon became apparent that hygge required experience rather than research. With that in mind, I arrived in Copenhagen with “experiencing hygge” at the top of my to-do list. This seemingly untranslatable word unraveled before my eyes as being an integral part of Danish mentality, culture, and even policy. In this presentation I plan to explore the idea of hygge from an outsider’s perspective, as well as explore what it means in Danes’ day-today lives.

Universal Faith: How a Small Daycare in Japan Challenged My Religion Elizabeth Murillo ’16, Japanese Language and Culture Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion Last year, I spent a total of 11 months in Kyoto, Japan. In this bustling city, I dedicated most of my time attending Aoi Church and volunteering at their daycare, Panda Heart. Panda Heart is a special place, geared towards working with children with heart disease and physical disabilities. Concepts of hope and faith are generalized as common human sentiments, but do we have an idea of what hope looks like in communities that are different from our own? I soon realized that volunteering in a religiously affiliated daycare in Japan meant challenging my own perspective on faith, which was grounded on very Western notions of Christianity. Working with parents and children alike, I experienced the humbling realization that faith takes different forms and different stories. I hope others will, as I did, reflect on their beliefs and how much stronger they become when not confined solely to our own understanding.

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Reconciling the Congressional Paradox: Behind the Scenes in the House of Representatives Alexis Y. Zhang ’16, Political Science Advisor: Paul K. MacDonald, Political Science According to pollsters, Congress is consistently one of the most unpopular institutions in the United States: last year, it averaged only a 15 percent approval rating. Despite this unpopularity, 96.4 percent of congressional representatives were reelected to their positions in 2014.

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Stopping the Revolving Door: The National and Global Implications of New Hampshire’s First Congressional District in 2016 Emma K. Ambrogi ’16, Chemistry Advisor: Domingo E. Morel, Political Science

This summer, through the Study in Portugal Program, we both interned in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lisbon, Portugal.

Our work ranged from compiling the daily international media clippings to translating the European Information Centre Jacques Delor website into English. In the end, our most significant experiences came not only from interactions with our colleagues at work, but also from our time spent with other Portuguese natives who showed us around the country and taught us about Portuguese culture. We welcomed the opportunities to study, work, visit, and explore Portugal in order to expand our knowledge of the language and to potentially prepare us for a future in international relations. The presentation will highlight how a background in humanities can enrich experiences in other fields, as well as how classroom learning at Wellesley can apply to situations outside of the “bubble.”

The First Congressional District of New Hampshire has become known as a “revolving door” over the past decade. The same two candidates, a Republican and a Democrat, have continually won and lost the seat to each another.

Following a campaign finance scandal surrounding the Republican incumbent, a new player entered the race. Democrat Shawn O’Connor touts his experience as a small-business owner to label himself a “pragmatic progressive,” a candidate willing to compromise and negotiate to get things done. His campaign spent the summer of 2015 raising money and building name recognition in New Hampshire. Increasingly, these objectives appeared to be at odds, as fundraising efforts are directed at wealthy donors across the nation, and campaigning in the state is focused on contacting potential constituents. This tension framed each part of the campaign’s work, as it sought to develop a platform and an identity amidst the competing interests of state residents and national parties. The strain has national relevance to the growing dialogue over campaign finance reform. It also has global implications about what makes an effective elective official and the role of compromise in an age when issues are increasingly polarized and ideals take precedence over action.

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From Wellesley to Lisbon: Global Connections Leilani N. Stacy ’18, Undeclared; Silvia E Pera ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Antonio M. Igrejas, Spanish

Learning From a Multinational Military Experience in Macedonia Caroline R. Bechtel ’17, International RelationsHistory Advisor: Barbara R. Beatty, Education This past summer I had an unforgettable crosscultural experience in Macedonia through Army ROTC. I participated in a program called Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP), which deploys cadets all over the world to complete various humanitarian or training missions. In general the goals of CULP include cultivating cultural understanding for cadets; strengthening relations between the U.S. and other nations; and presenting a respectable image of the U.S. abroad. During my experience, I joined a team of cadets from all over the U.S.

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Wangi? (What’d You Say?): Juggling Languages and Identities in a Ugandan Classroom Genesis Barrios ’17, Comparative Literature Advisor: Noah A. Rubin, Education What happens when a “brown” GuatemalanAmerican aspiring teacher is placed in a multicultural Ugandan classroom? This summer, I interned at the Aga Khan Primary School in Kampala, Uganda. Although English is an official language there, I experienced communication difficulties because of Ugandan English’s uniques e s s i o n

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Place and Memory SCI 396 Barev Dzez: Exploring Careers in Armenia as a Member of the Diaspora Community Talin A. Ghazarian ’16, Middle Eastern Studies Advisor: Anne Dwojeski-Santos ’00, Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs This past summer, I interned at the Matenadaran, also known as the Mesrop Mashtots Institute for Ancient Manuscripts, in Yerevan, Armenia. In the museum, I worked in a variety of departments, ranging from archives to international relations.

My work experience enabled me to apply the theories and principles I have learned in the classroom as an art history student to tangible objects, bridging the gap between discussions in academia and their real-world effects. While the work was truly rewarding, along the way I struggled to reconcile my position as a member of the Armenian diaspora, influenced heavily by Turkish and Arab culture, with the challenges of adapting to life in a country that should have felt like home yet felt so foreign because of the events that took place in 1915 and beyond.

Diarna: Virtually Mapping Jewish Communities in the Middle East Emily E. Chun ’17, Art History; Dylan L. McGarvey ’16, History; Cecilia F. Nowell ’16,

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Technology, Innovation, and Education Behind the Screen: Health Research Today SCI E211 10 mg/dL: What Does It Mean, and Can I Trust It? Caroline J. Guild ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Jeffrey E. Hughes, Biological Sciences Beyond the patient corridors of a hospital are the clinical chemistry labs that receive hundreds of samples of blood, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to run time-sensitive tests on patients. Doctors order testing for screening, diagnostic, monitoring, or pre-operational purposes. The catalog of available testing is vast, yet all tests need to be standardized and accessible in order to optimize the doctor’s performance.

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doctors who are far removed from the testing procedures? During my time observing the Core Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital, I learned how operational protocols and statistics are employed and strictly adhered to in order to disambiguate values in intra- and interhospital test result communications.

Health as Culture: Can Traditional and Western Medicine Coexist?

Prioty F. Sarwar ’16, Biological Chemistry Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences The SIT/IHP health and community study abroad program offered under World Learning provided an interface to study public health issues in different regions within India, South Africa, and Brazil. I used my fall semester abroad to explore issues surrounding the integration of traditional medicine and healing into health-care systems that largely rely on biomedicine, more commonly known as Western medicine. Using comparative approaches, I learned the importance of involving local medical practitioners, grassroots workers, and users of healing systems in improving health care access. Through homestays, observation of healing practices, and informal and formal interviews, I have been able to acquire a nuanced understanding of health as a cultural concept. This cultural understanding also helped me access the complex process of implementing health policies and explore how those policies are sometimes rejected or adapted on a community basis. This experience has provided me with important lessons for my future aspirations as a global health professional.

Shaping the Modern Pregnancy via Mobile Health Technology Nancy A. Zhang ’16, Mathematics Advisor: Rosanna Hertz, Women’s and Gender Studies This summer, I interned at a start-up operating in the intersection of health and technology.

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Fertility app uses machine-learning algorithms to predict when a user is fertile, and the Ovia Pregnancy app provides a personalized pregnancy tracking experience. My time was spent developing the Ovia Pregnancy app to be more clinically relevant and useful, and I worked bridging the communication between doctors and coders.

During my time, I was shocked by Ovuline’s impact on the health-care industry. Our users conceived three times faster than the national average, and our algorithms were responsible for over half a million pregnancies. Ovuline’s soaring popularity raises interesting implications about the future of women’s health in the context of the quantified self movement, and how data privacy and bioethics are shaping the modern pregnancy.

Type 2 Diabetes and Heterogeneous Distribution of Aging Beta Cell Markers in Islets Caitlin M. Crawford ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Virginia C. Quinan, Neuroscience Type 2 diabetes is a rising epidemic in the United States, fueled by lifestyle choices including diet and exercise. Research has shown that the disease is a result of the reduction of beta cell mass and reduced pancreatic function. While the mechanisms that contribute to the loss of beta cell mass are unknown, insulin resistance has been proposed as a cause. Research has shown that islets in type 2 diabetics are very heterogeneous, which correlates to aging islets and differing sensitivities to glucose. My research this summer at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston included looking at the varying islets within populations of beta cells at different life stages in mice. We were able to find a correlation between various aging markers and an age-related decline in pancreatic function.

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Finding One’s Self Far From Home SCI 274 China: My Unveiling of the Country Sydney Brumfield ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Michael C. Wiest, Neuroscience The China-United States Exchange Foundation serves to educate students from China and the U.S. about each other’s country. My involvement in this foundation provided me with an experience of a lifetime: the chance to travel to China and not only study in two of the universities there but also study the country in general. My lessons encompassed China’s clean energy program as well as a broad history of Chinese and U.S. relations, Chinese culture, language, education system, and more. Overall, this experience shed light on deficits in knowledge I had about China, such as the ways in which they are working to better their country environmentally and the expanse of what they offer culturally.

From Tutorial to Crew Date: The Oxford University Student Experience Seraphina E. Oney ’16, History; Abigail M. Jones ’16, Mathematics Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies This past academic year, we studied abroad at Oxford, England, “the city of dreaming spires.” At one of the most internationally renowned institutions, we participated in the university’s unique tutorial system, which allows students to actively engage and participate with their professors in small classes. We both had different experiences (we studied two different subjects at different colleges, for different lengths of time) but ultimately the experience had the same impact on both of us—an unforgettable experience that shaped us both into confident and engaged young women.

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Live, Learn, and Intern in China with Hong Kong University Kelsey B. Burhans ’17, International RelationsEconomics and Chinese Language and Culture; Karen X. Ni ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Yuan-Chu R. Lam, East Asian Languages and Cultures This summer, we represented Wellesley College at Hong Kong University’s summer internship program, Live, Learn and Intern in China. The nature of the program is true to its name; it offered us the opportunity of studying at Hong Kong University for two weeks before a sevenweek internship in Shanghai. Through the duration of the program, we were able to gain valuable marketing work experience at our respective companies while simultaneously forming a cultural bridge between our Chinese coworkers and ourselves. This program also allowed us to explore two of the world’s largest international financial centers, Shanghai and Hong Kong, broadening our perspectives of global trade and international business relations. Every aspect of being in China, from the workplace to our everyday meals and routines, became an enriching Chinese immersion experience, in both language and culture.

Inside the Brain SCI 380 From Songs to Synapses in Switzerland Leila T. Elabbady ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Sharon M. Gobes, Neuroscience Are you a science major feeling like you can’t go abroad due to limited opportunities? Having spent the past summer in Zurich, Switzerland, doing learning and memory research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, I feel safe to conclude that amazing research is being done around the world with opportunities waiting to be utilized. At the lab, I investigated the changes in synapses at the cellular level in birds with different levels of learning. As I was quickly absorbed as a member of the team, I was able to contribute intellectually and physically in the scientific deci-

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sions that were being made whilst pursuing my own research project. Our results suggest that a particular type of synapse may be selectively increased with greater song learning in the zebra finch brain. Being in Switzerland, this summer consisted of a lot of chocolate, swimming, and hiking; however, most importantly, I was able to expand my understanding of scientific opportunities abroad and the necessity for scientific collaboration as a whole.

Like a Fine Wine: Does Depth Perception Get Better With Age? Rachel A. Wulff ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Jeremy B. Wilmer, Psychology This summer I worked in a lab at Western Kentucky University that investigated the difference in long-distance depth perception between younger and older participants. While our experiment consisted of a fairly simple task, our results provided a glimpse at the surprises and intricacies of the human brain. As we age, it is normal to expect decreases in certain cognitive and perceptual functions, like vision. However, these cognitive deficits might actually improve performance in certain visual tasks. This presentation will discuss the effects of aging on depth-perception tasks. Not only did this experience give me my first look into the research world, it has sparked my curiosity about perception, an area in which I never thought I would want to do research. How does the brain process so much information just to give us an accurate idea of our surroundings?

Who Finished First?: Children’s Understanding of the Relationship Between Physics, Effort, and Time Grace E. Bennett Pierre ’16, Psychology Advisor: Tracy R. Gleason, Psychology Imagine two pictures: one a jumbled pile of blocks, and the other an elaborate castle. Which took longer to build? As adults, we have an intuition that the castle took longer, but how do we combine our understanding of physics, time, and

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an agent’s effort to make that judgment? As an intern in Stanford University’s Social Learning Lab this summer, I conducted an experiment to determine how children understand variables such as effort and time. By studying children’s understanding of these variables, we hoped to better understand the mechanisms behind retrospective evaluation and future planning related to agent competence, task difficulty, and duration of task. In addition to pursuing a research question in a large laboratory setting, participation in the Center for the Study of Language and Information internship program exposed me to the world of cognitive science research and the broad questions yet to be answered in this field.

Of Risk and Reward: Market Experience Outside the Classroom SCI 392 Impact Assesment in Development: Are We Doing It Right?

Senija Steta ’16, Economics and Political Science Advisor: David L. Lindauer, Economics Last fall, I interned at the International Labour Organisation’s Employment Intensive Investment Programme (ILO-EIIP) as a part of my studyabroad program in Geneva, Switzerland. Working for one of the ILO’s most successful programs gave me a unique opportunity to immerse myself in the world of economic development and observe firsthand the process of designing, evaluating, and implementing investment projects in developing countries—an invaluable experience at this stage of my education. Throughout my internship, I reaffirmed my desire to work in the field of economic development but, most importantly, I learned how vital impact assessment is for the EIIP’s successful work, as well as how very few international organizations perform complete assessment. In my presentation, I wish to discuss the importance of proper impact assessment as means of fully capturing and evaluating the effects of investment programs in developing countries.

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More Than Meets the Eye: Inside the Multifaceted World of Insurance Madeleine Y. Kim ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Olga Shurchkov, Economics To anyone who has a TV, insurance is the GEICO gecko or Jake from State Farm. To anyone who’s watched The Incredibles, insurance is the preying villain who steals money from those who need it. And to anyone standing at the foothills of their career, drawn to glamorous jobs like banking and consulting, insurance is a bore. However, after interning this past summer at Travelers Insurance, where I analyzed the everchanging risk profile of technology companies, I found that all of these stereotypes are not only wrong but are preventing young people from taking part in the opportunity and the vitality that the insurance industry offers. This presentation will discuss little-known aspects of working in insurance, highlight the power of industry branding, and draw attention to the limitlessness of who we are and what we study when it comes to our ability to contribute in unexpected places.

Oil Fields, Arbitration, and Excel: My Summer at an Economic Consulting Firm Evelyn E. Taylor-McGregor ’16, Economics Advisor: Joseph P. Joyce, Economics In the early 2000s, a French oil company bought the rights to develop two sections of land in Ecuador. With the land came a contract that determined how future profits would be split between Ecuador and the developer. A few years later, oil prices soared to $120 a barrel and Ecuador passed a law imposing a 99 percent tax rate on foreign companies’ extraordinary oil profits. The French oil company abandoned their oil fields, took the case to the Tribunal, an international court associated with the World Bank, and retained a law firm that engaged an economic consulting firm, which hired me to work with the case team for the summer. In my presentation, I will be talking about the story behind the legal

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Understanding China’s Growth Through a Japanese Perspective Zhongji Wu ’16, International Relations-History Advisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics Interning at an investment advisory firm in Tokyo this summer, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of China’s economic growth from the perspective of a fund-of-funds investor. Through various intern projects, including daily news presentations, cataloging the Asian hedge fund universe, summarizing investor conference calls, and producing weekly written updates on the Chinese stock market sell-off, I gained a different perspective on China’s recent growth. I formulated my own understanding of the following question: is the recent slowdown a sign that China may follow in Japan’s footsteps? In the presentation, I will share how my summer experience is closely tied to a series of courses I have taken at Wellesley, including international finance and the history of East Asian powers. I will also describe my experience of living and working in Tokyo without speaking the language.

Start-Ups 101 SCI 264 Alternative Ways to Make a Difference: Working in Start-Ups and Venture Capital Chloe Man ’17, Philosophy and Economics; Beibei Li ’17, Economics and Psychology; Yuanzhen Pan ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program Every year, over 100 million start-ups funded by venture capital are established across the globe.

Although small in size, start-ups are extremely scalable and highly effective in fulfilling market needs. Major cities in Asia—notably Hong Kong, Beijing, and New Delhi—have become incubators for innovative ideas, growing start-ups, and successful entrepreneurs and investors. Recently, we worked at three of the best-funded start-ups 30

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where my Wellesley degree and work experience in the U.S. were barely recognized and my options were limited. I decided not to settle for that. I realized that I had to become more creative and independent in pursuing a career where I could reach my full potential. I decided to take matters into my own hands and launched my own design business called Wear I’ve Been. I learned how valuable a multidisciplinary education is and how to harness these different skills into new, innovative projects.

From Soda to Sexism: The A-Z of Beverage Manufacturing Eva J. Duckler ’19, Undeclared Advisor: Lori Tenser, Class Deans

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Being a root beer fanatic, I have been privileged to live out my dream of owning and managing my own craft soda company. Since launching the company during my year-long deferral from Wellesley, I’ve been immersed in the beverage industry where I’ve learned how to translate a home-kitchen project into something that can be commercially produced by the pallet, as well as how to combat sexism and ageism in the field. Using my company as a vehicle, I have a perspective on this unique industry as I navigate challenges of adapting to the old-school mentality that currently calls the shots on what works and what doesn’t when producing a marketable product. In presenting, I hope to illuminate the intricate and sometimes bizarre inner workings of beverage manufacturing, as well as discuss ways in which there’s room for improvement in this often stale and problematic industry.

Alison N. Savage ’17, Media Arts and Sciences; Laura M. Ascher ’16, Computer Science and French; Meera Hejmadi ’17, Computer Science and Mathematics; Chesley C. Hooker ’16, Computer Science; Teresa Y. Tai ’16, Computer Science; Laura D. Zeng ’16, Computer Science Advisor: Scott D. Anderson, Computer Science As a group of students interested in tech careers and attending a liberal arts college, we intend to relate our experiences with tech internships at non-tech companies and organizations this summer. From software engineering and Web/app development to data analysis and research, each of us can share a unique set of skills and experiences from our work in spaces including two international finance companies, a deluxe fashion retailer, and one of the largest art museums in the U.S.

Women Who Will Innovate: Putting a Liberal Arts Education to the Test Samaa Ahmed ’13, Alum Advisor: Peggy Levitt, Sociology What happens when your career path takes a turn? After graduating two years ago with majors in psychology and sociology, I was on the right track to go to law school. However, things did not go as planned. I was living in a new country

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Session Three Culture and the Arts Eat, Pray, Live: Experiencing the Cultures of Spain SCI 274 “Eres un poquito más gorda”: An Exploration of Spanish Culture Through Food Kristin N. Huizenga ’16, Biological Sciences and Spanish Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies A whirlwind of a study-abroad experience brought me to sunny Andalucía, Spain. While I went to practice my Spanish and learn about a different culture, what I took away from the experience was an extreme love of Mediterranean cuisine and a couple extra pounds piled on lovingly by my host mother. While many Americans equate Spanish cooking with typically Latin American dishes, Spaniards are proud of their unique food and traditions. By partaking in life and cuisine as a Spaniard, I was able to gain insight into the values of Spanish culture, including family, work, entertainment, and the present state of the economy. It was through this semester abroad that I not only discovered what Spaniards hold dear but also gained a new perspective on American values in food and family.

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To conclude, I will relate how all this research gave me an experience of the city that was different than I had expected.

No One Walks Alone: Reflections on the Camino de Santiago Claire S. Verbeck ’16, English and Creative Writing Advisor: Inela Selimovic, Spanish I hiked the last 120 kilometers of the Camino de Santiago in Galicia, Spain, during the summer months of 2015. I set out to learn more about the motivations of the thousands of peregrinos or pilgrims on the trail, as well as the trail’s history as a religious pilgrimage. An ever-changing, diverse, and candid community of individuals from around the world takes on this journey yearly, including those excommunicated from their churches or surviving off of the donations of others. In speaking with these individuals, I was able to consider the meaning and role of spirituality in individuals’ lives, as well as cultural differences between the U.S. and other nations, particularly with regards to mental and emotional strain. The latter is especially relevant at Wellesley, where many struggle to cope with their multifaceted commitments, interests, and aspirations. My presentation shares the productive value of flexibility, reflection, and spirituality the Camino de Santiago inspired. t h e

Public Engagements: The Museum as Classroom SCI E211 A Light in the Piazza: My Experience at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Julia T. Springer ’16, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Advisor: Flavia Laviosa, Italian Studies As an intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, in summer 2015, I was given the opportunity to act as a liaison between the museum and the public. Guggenheim’s dream was to disseminate contemporary art and culture to the masses, while simultaneously safeguarding one of the most comprehensive contemporary art collections known to date. Peggy Guggenheim revolutionized the contemporary art world with her art collection and by daring to take risks to fight for the acceptance of modernity amidst a culture heavily rooted in tradition. Throughout my experience in the museum and in Venice, I not only gained invaluable knowledge about art history, Peggy Guggenheim, and museum management, but I also experienced profound personal growth.

In this presentation, I will examine the pros and cons of my time as an intern at the museum, as well as the challenges of preserving cultural heritage within a contemporary world.

Museum, a Classroom for All: Summer Intern at the Education Department of the MFA Xiaorong Liu ’17, Mathematics and Art History Advisor: Heping Liu, Art My interest in museum education led me to a position as the outreach programs intern at the Education Department of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston this past summer. I worked closely with the division of school partnerships and outreach programs to design new outreach classes, assist with distance-learning lectures, and gain experience in facilitating discussions about works of art from the museum collections. The internship also provided me with opportunities to visit other departments, to learn about the museum operation behind exhibition walls, and to net-

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work with curatorial professionals. The internenrichment events created a platform for all interns to share our common interests and concerns. This summer experience has heightened my interest in museum education and even opened a possible career path. The presentation will focus on my summer intern projects at the MFA, including my research on teaching of art and my reflections on the role of museums today.

Painting a Broader Picture: Art Education in the Periphery Sarah N. Michelson ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Kimberly B. Cassibry, Art While interning at the Madison Museum of Fine Art in Madison, Georgia, this summer, I worked on organizing a temporary exhibit of contemporary British art and designed a social media campaign to increase outreach. The museum is located nearly 60 miles outside of Atlanta and aims to make art more accessible for those living beyond the metropolitan area. This experience taught me about the importance of bringing art education to peripheral regions and the value of community-based art education programs. As an art history major who hopes to enter the field of museum education and as an employee at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, I sought out this experience to begin pursuing my career objectives. I hope those who attend my presentation will learn about the importance of making art education accessible, as I did this summer.

STEAM: “Hacking” Community Between Arts and Sciences Cristian E. Lamas ’16, Political Science Advisor: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, South Asia Studies What is the role of the arts in an increasingly technological world? After a summer working in the Development Department at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), located at the heart of San Francisco’s booming tech scene, I began to recognize the restrictive impact of the dichotomies we build around STEM fields

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Recovering the Past: Wellesley in the Field SCI 104 Historical Tragedy of an Unmanaged Commons on Plum Island, Massachusetts Sarah E. Ertle ’16, International Relations-History Advisor: Yoshihisa T. Matsusaka, History We examine the likely historical occurrence of the tragedy of the “unmanaged” commons in New England’s Great Marsh, comprising the overuse of coastal barrier beaches for livestock grazing. The ecosystem services provided by salt marsh environments, located adjacent to but on the backside of coastal barriers, were of central importance to the survival of European colonists and to the development of emerging coastal communities during the 17th and 18th centuries. In combination with the cutting of timber and brush, livestock grazing on the barrier may have caused localized erosion and exacerbated storm overwash.

Initial efforts by local communities to manage the problem, including the implementation of market-based approaches, were unsuccessful, necessitating appeals to higher levels of government.

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Material History in the Biblical Lands: Doing Archaeology in Akko, Israel Emily Jin ’17, Comparative Literature Advisor: Edward Silver, Religion Located on the Mediterranean Sea at the only natural harbor in the region, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Acre/Akko served as a major emporium for the ancient world. It is the focus of a unique and cutting-edge archaeological project and field school that combines excavation, survey, geographic information systems, conservation, heritage studies, and underwater archaeology. Throughout the excavation, the project has discovered remains from Canaanite, “Sea Peoples,” Phoenician, Persian, Greek, and Hellenistic culture. During the season that I participated in the project, I focused on the excavation of a Persian-period square as well as the survey of nearby archaeological landscapes. I also studied basic skills, including pottery and bone identification, flotation, and heavy fracture. Lastly, working closely with the UNESCO project, I participated in the conservation program of Akko’s ancient architecture and local culture.

Wendyana Jones and the Curse of the Greek Debt Crisis Margaret A. Justus ’17, Art History Advisor: Kimberly B. Cassibry, Art This summer I followed the path of Greek antiquities from their recovery (archaeological) to their display in museums (curatorial). I volunteered on the Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project in Greece, where I participated in on-site excavation and off-site pottery analysis and cataloging. I also visited 13 museums in three different countries in order to study the various curatorial approaches to antiquities. At Tanner, I will present my preliminary findings from these related summer projects, which reaffirmed my passion for working directly with antiquities and my professional goal of becoming a museum curator. I will conclude by discussing my direct exposure to how the

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Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families Discouraging Global and Regional Effects SCI 270 From Flexibility to Family: A Summer Teaching With Breakthrough Collaborative Victoria J. Volker ’16, American Studies; Olivia Thayer ’16, History Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education Breakthrough Collaborative is a nationwide nonprofit that aims to “launch high-potential, low-income middle school students on the path to college” through the use of summer and after-school programs led by college-aged teachers. While we both taught with Breakthrough this summer, Olivia worked with students in Atlanta, Georgia, and Victoria worked with students in Austin, Texas. While we had taught together with the Steppingstone Foundation in Boston in the summer of 2014, our experiences with Breakthrough this summer demonstrated the vast differences between the Northern and Southern education systems. We were introduced to the importance of supporting and training young teachers as they begin their life-long relationship with teaching and learning and the vital relationships teachers form with one another.

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Let’s Talk About Sex: The Sex Industry in a South Korean Context Jane Pak ’16, Psychology Advisor: T. James Kodera, Religion The sex industry is by no means a recent phenomenon. However, changes in legislation, societal systems, and education about the sex industry have been advancing at a deplorably slow rate. South Korea, a fairly conservative country, has a unique sex industry that is growing and mutating in the face of modernization. Its sex industry accounts for four percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Unique cultural norms and standards have created a balloon effect that has pushed the South Korean sex industry underground, online, and even abroad. This has affected sex trafficking, policy, popular culture, and more. This presentation will provide an understanding of the sex industry in South Korea, its ties to the global sex industry, and examines implications for the future of the international sex industry.

Mind, Body, Soul: Well-Being in Rural Northern Karnataka Annie R. Blumfield ’17, Biological Sciences; Sahar S. Ibrahim ’16, Anthropology Advisor: Pashington J. Obeng, Africana Studies Over the course of the summer, we engaged in conversations with members of the Mainalli community in Karnataka, India. Through our discussions, we were exposed to a plethora of stories that revealed the complications that arise when caste, politics, gender, religion, and other aspects of rural life intersect. We learned about issues and implemented strategies surrounding mental and physical well-being, specifically substance abuse and nutrition. Hosted by nuns in a Catholic convent, we researched, worked, and talked over many cups of chai about the forces at play in the Mainalli community. In our presentation, we’ll explore the challenges we faced as we entered a new cultural, physical, and linguistic landscape, and the diverse experiences we gained.

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Empowering Youth and Oneself Through Service in Science Education (Panel) SCI 256 Lizette K. Mendez ’16, Biological Sciences; Jelena Begovic ’17, Physics; Mehak K. Sarang ’18,

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Recreation, and Athletics How does service through science outreach influence one’s perspective as a student at a liberal arts college? Wellesley College students who have volunteered with Science Club for Girls (SCFG) have promoted access to the STEM fields for underserved girls in local communities and will reflect on their mentoring and teaching experiences with K-5 girls enrolled in SCFG. The aspiring scientists taught us that fostering relationships as mentors is the key to maintaining enthusiasm in the classroom. Wellesley students will share their own perspectives on how SCFG has influenced them inside and outside of the classroom.

Find out how you can share your enthusiasm for science and make a difference for young emerging scientists.

Friction (in the Workplace) SCI 261 “Teaching” Empowerment to Japanese Young Women: Can One Week Make a Difference?

Helen C. Gordon ’17, Japanese Language and Culture Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education As a Japanese major and education minor at Wellesley College, I believed I had found the perfect internship: teaching young women in Japan about female empowerment (in English). Every week I taught at a new high school across Japan, teaching about job inequality, personal worth, female role models, sexual violence, and the proper way to start an email in English. I left Japan with wonderful connections, an increased knowledge of Japanese culture, a volume of teaching experience, and unending questions. My presentation will have two foci. First, my life from 9:00-

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3:00, the students, what I taught, and what they taught me. Second, the daily questions from life in Japan. Why are (predominantly white) English speakers living abroad idolized and immigrants scorned? Why do Japanese English-teaching companies prefer teachers with no Japanese language ability or experience with Japan? Is it optimism or egotism to believe one can teach another woman to be empowered in five days?

From Ideation to Implementation: Realities of Global Change at the Clinton Foundation Savitri Restrepo Alvarez ’16, International Relations-Political Science; Betsy H. Kinsey ’16, Economics Advisor: Joseph P. Joyce, Economics As Wellesley students, we want to take the ideas we’ve studied in class and apply them to make a positive impact in the world. We, Savitri and Betsy, couldn’t wait to work for an organization that is creating real, measurable change, the Clinton Foundation. The Clinton Foundation operates programs around the world that have a significant impact in a wide range of issue areas, including economic development, climate change, health and wellness, and participation of girls and women. However, even the most innovative ideas may not always translate to scalable or sustainable impacts. This summer, we encountered the constraints and obstacles in enacting global change from an office in midtown Manhattan. Some obstacles include convening multiple stakeholders, securing sustainable funding, and operating from a small team within a large foundation. In our presentation, we will share our insights on how to navigate a space where friction between practice and theory will always exist.

Glassware and Glass Ceilings Ariel T. Cohen ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Audrey Berkman, Hillel

gave me unique insight into the difficulties that still exist for women wishing to pursue a career in science. Over the course of my internship, I was treated very differently than my male coworkers, including being routinely called derogatory words relating to my gender. Through this Tanner presentation, I hope to address modern sexism in the workplace, especially in scientific fields, and explore strategies women can use to combat prejudice.

Health and Medicine Beyond Borders Health Care as a Whole: Insurance, Access, and Settings SCI 264 Actuaries’ Role in the Health-Care Industry Yu Zhou ’16, Economics Advisor: Jonathan E. Tannenhauser, Mathematics Actuaries use statistical, mathematical, and economic methods to analyze financial risks and make business decisions. This summer, I interned in the Actuarial Executive Development Program at Cigna, a premier global health services company. Through my actuarial project and health-care case studies, I learned how the health-care industry is changing dramatically under the Affordable Care Act, and how actuaries can contribute to improving affordability and quality of health-care insurance products for customers. Actuaries work in a variety of functions in the company, including pricing, reserving, underwriting, contracting, and finance. I will give an introduction to the actuarial profession, particularly in the health insurance industry, and describe how Wellesley students can apply their liberal arts skills in a business environment.

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Body, Mind, and Soul: Can Health Care Address It All? Kathy G. Silva ’16, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies This summer I worked at Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Research and Evaluation and provided support for Project ACHIEVE, a study focused on care transitions between health care settings. Speaking with front-line staff, social workers, patients, and their caregivers, I learned what is important and valued during these transitions. These accounts prompted me to question whether health care can be used to address patients’ various social needs, how different health-care settings can come together instead of working in silos, and ultimately how I can contribute to health care. Due to the influx of new patient populations the Affordable Care Act has brought into Kaiser medical centers, preventative care will only become more crucial. A new model of care, the patient-centered medical home, opens up the need to work with community partners, community health workers, promotoras, and patient navigators, offering nonclinical training and roles of patient advocacy to pre-health students such as myself.

Costs and Outcomes in Treating Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An International Comparison Melanie T. Chen ’16, Economics Advisor: Courtney C. Coile, Economics My internship this summer focused on exploring the differences in squamous cell carcinoma treatment costs and outcomes between dermatology patients from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and Saint-Pierre University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. In Belgium, the federal government primarily funds health care, providing an insightful comparison to the American case. Given the ongoing debate over health-care reform, understanding the tradeoffs associated with different health-care models is critical for informing policy choices and revis-

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The Doctor Can’t See You Now: Insurance as an Obstacle to Health Care Laurel F. Kinman ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program Who gets to decide who should receive health care, and who shouldn’t? And why should we—as students, as citizens, some of us as future doctors—care? This past summer, I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer in a community health center in the Boston area. As a member of their registration department, I gained firsthand exposure to the realities of health care in the United States: the disparities, all-too-frequent complications, and absence of education or information that can prevent disadvantaged communities from gaining access to the care they need. As a result, I learned to view health in a more nuanced, holistic manner, realizing the importance of giving consideration not only to the physical and mental well-being of patients, but also to the processes and institutions, particularly the health insurance industry, that enfranchise certain individuals and marginalize others.

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Identity, Community, and Global Citizenship Black and White and Read All Over SCI 268 Business Reporting in the Developing, Corrupt Economy of Cambodia Xueying Chen ’16, Economics and English Advisor: Donald C. Leach, Residential Life I spent a summer in the capital of Cambodia, one of the least-developed countries in Southeast Asia, pursuing my dream of becoming a financial journalist by breaking stories about food safety, anti-corruption efforts, and tax regulation issues.

Along the way, the theme of corruption showed up in almost every story, and I learned how even small bribes hurt the human and economic development of a country. Because of the ease of conducting business in the Kingdom, transparency in the business community is almost nonexistent, which makes the job of a journalist much more challenging. After reporting at the Phnom Penh Post, a dual-language newspaper, I realized how impactful quality journalism is in a country where not even the politicians obey their own rules.

Digital Democracy: A New Era of White House Communications Hannah G. Lindow ’16, French and Political Science Advisor: Elizabeth A. Mandeville, Center for Work and Service Americans’ media consumption is increasingly fragmented across myriad platforms, making it more difficult than ever to communicate the president’s message to every corner of the American public. This is largely why, five months ago, President Obama called on the Office of Digital Strategy (ODS) to “create a start-up in the heart of the White House” and innovate new ways to connect with constituents. My internship with the White House Office of Communications and Office of Digital Strategy was a crash course in both the communications side of the policy-

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Neighbors at War: Media Portrayals of the War in Donbas from Ukrainian and Russian Perspectives Marilis E. Dugas ’16, Political Science Advisor: Stacie E. Goddard, Political Science From January to August of this year, I had the opportunity to live in two countries that are currently, unofficially, at war. I completed my spring semester abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia, and moved to Kyiv, Ukraine, for an internship at the Kennan Institute’s Kyiv Office. During each experience, I witnessed the media campaigns by both countries in reaction to the war in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. I will present an overview of these differing coverages in an attempt to sift through the politicized half-truths and understand the underlying implications of mass information campaigns. I will discuss the concept of hybrid wars and how the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is expounded through the media. Living in both countries during this time has given me a firsthand experience of the strength of media campaigns as a tool of war, and shown me how powerful mass information is in shaping public opinion during war.

Poder Ciudadano: Inside the Fight Against Corruption in Argentina Ting Shan Lee ’16, English and Economics Advisor: Susan Skeath van Mulbregt, Economics According to Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2014, Argentina ranked 107th out of 175 countries.

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nomic development, they also divert resources from vulnerable sectors of the population and undermine public trust in government officials. This summer, I interned at Fundación Poder Ciudadano, the Argentine chapter of Transparency International, an NGO that promotes transparency, access to information, and citizen participation. As part of the Political Institutions and Government team, I wrote reports on illicit financial flows and money laundering, lobbying registers and regulations, and the FIFA corruption scandal. I learned valuable lessons about the inner workings of an NGO and how it engages with other civil society organizations, state agencies, and public servants to encourage systematic change in favor of transparency. This presentation will also include my insights on working in a professional, Spanishspeaking environment.

Brace Yourself SCI E111 A Different Kind of Bank: Food Banking in South Africa Chloe M. Williamson ’16, English and Creative Writing Advisor: Kristina N. Jones, Biological Sciences In South Africa, 11 million people struggle with food insecurity on a daily basis, while one-third of all food produced goes to waste. This summer, with funding from the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs, I spent 10 weeks at the FoodBank South Africa national office in Cape Town, assisting the Fund Development team. FoodBank South Africa addresses food insecurity by redistributing edible excess food from retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers to community service organizations. This session will aim to present the food-banking process within the unique historical and cultural context of South Africa, and share a snapshot of the most important professional and intercultural lessons from my summer, including the real-world applications of theories about leadership, development,

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Prioritizing Economic Development Investments Through Cost-Benefit Analysis Kim J. Asenbeck ’17, Economics and Computer Science Advisor: David L. Lindauer, Economics After the Sustainable Development Goals are declared this year, an estimated $2.5 trillion will be invested in them over the next 15 years. While all 169 Sustainable Development Goal targets are laudable, analyzing the benefit of investing in specific interventions often reveals that they are not particularly cost-effective. This summer, I served as an intern at the Copenhagen Consensus Center, which makes use of cost-benefit analysis to prioritize development investments. In this presentation, I will reflect on the role of cost-benefit analysis in informing economic development policy, and discuss my take-aways from working in a small think tank in Budapest.

Resiliency: Bracing for the Incoming Storm of Climate Change Alisha M. Pegan ’16, Environmental Studies; Catherine E. Baltazar ’16, Environmental Studies and Cinema and Media Studies Advisor: Beth R. DeSombre, Environmental Studies How are communities around the world preparing for climate change? The impacts of climate change affect everyone and everything we love, whether directly or indirectly. Countries around the world are developing innovative adaption and mitigation strategies to increase sustainability in order to brace themselves for current and future threats. Catherine and Alisha traveled individually to different parts of the world to answer this question. From Bangladesh to China to Denmark, they lived in communities labeled as “disadvantaged,” “rapidly urbanizing,” and “greenest” to study communities’ relationships to climate change. Both realized that sustainability is not enough, and that a missing piece in the con-

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Gender, Race, and Identity SCI 278 Epsilon Kappa Theta: The Power of Intersectional Inclusivity Irene Guzman ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience Social support and ownership of space are essential elements of success for underrepresented students, who face a unique set of challenges when transitioning to college. As a minority student at two top-tier colleges (Dartmouth and Wellesley), I grew as a social activist and as a student because of support and space I received from my affiliation with Epsilon Kappa Theta. This local sorority has an emphasis on diversity, and it was during this time that I developed an eye for intersectional inclusivity and a passion for creating minorityinclusive social spaces. I look forward to sharing how these spaces can empower underrepresented students to thrive in the community and the classroom.

Está café: Brown Berets, Gender, and the State Cassandra Flores-Montano ’16, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Irene Mata, Women’s and Gender Studies This inquiry explores the dynamics of gender within the Brown Berets. The Brown Berets are a paramilitary Chicano organization; they were most active from the late 1960s through the early 1970s and played a significant role in the Chicano Movement. At their inception, they adopted a cultural nationalism that centered on the Chicano male as the root of powerful activism. While women contributed greatly to the organization, this ideology fostered a devaluation of their work.

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Finding Our Root: Sacred Conversations on Race in a Predominantly White Church Emma G. Brewer-Wallin ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program In my internship at First Congregational United Church of Christ, I worked on a variety of justice education projects. Through conversations with the congregation, it became clear that this predominantly white church—which prides itself on being progressive—needed to talk seriously about race; I collaborated with church leaders to launch a series called “Sacred Conversations on Race.” As I’ve seen at Wellesley, focusing on lived experience helps us understand others’ perspectives. We used this approach, giving space for the people of color in the congregation to share their stories (without asking them to “educate us”) and emphasizing that everyone—including white people—has experience with race, and that each of these experiences has validity as we grapple with race together. My presentation will consider the way this work helped us claim our rich Christian tradition and identity—a history full of both being the oppressors and offering a route to liberation.

Paint the White House Yellow: AsianAmericans in the Federal Government Grace Y. Park ’16, Political Science Advisor: Paul K. MacDonald, Political Science On October 14, 2009, President Obama established the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) to improve the lives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and increase their access to federal programs. This summer I had the incredible opportunity to work with WHIAAPI and

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experience its work as an agency that is equal parts advocacy group and federal government, a bridge between the AAPI community and the federal government. At WHIAAPI, I intimately saw the workings of the federal government, including co-authoring a memo to the president on AAPIs and editing NASA’s memo on their plans to improve AAPI access to their programs.

My experience with the federal government was sometimes frustrating, sometimes incredible, and always educational. Come learn about the progress that has been made for AAPI advocacy in the federal government, and how you can be a part of this change.

Why Are You Acting Like That?: Reactions to Counterstereotypic Targets Natalie M. Oppenheimer ’16, Psychology Advisor: Linda Carli, Psychology How would you react to a little boy playing with dolls? A father who gives up his career to raise his children? A manager who loses her temper? This summer, I worked in a psychology research lab at MIT’s Sloan School of Management exploring perceptions of counterstereotypes—what people think of those who don’t act according to the stereotypes of the group to which they belong. The work forced me to consider that the way others interpret my behavior, and that of those around me, is highly dependent upon a host of personal factors such as race, gender, age, and sexual orientation. I learned how stereotypes can be perpetuated by the “backlash” experienced by those who dare to defy society’s norms, and what strategies can be used to break down the prescriptive and restrictive nature of most stereotypes.

Individualizing Your Study-Abroad Experience: Immersion and Transformation in Chile (Panel) SCI 377 Meredith A. Berry-Toon ’16, Economics; Rianna E. Aylward ’16, Economics; Kimberly Gill ’16, Latin American Studies; Savannah R. Hauge ’16, Philosophy; Rita G. Marquez ’16, Physics and Latin

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American Studies; Tess L. Opferman ’16, Psychology Advisor: Marjorie Agosin, Spanish While we can learn about other countries through digital mediums, we can only truly understand culture through human interaction and experiential living. Chile, like the study-abroad experience we all had there, is a place of extremes. There are highs and lows, from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and disasters and moments of great strength, from the earthquakes to the in-street student movement(s). Needless to say, spending time abroad was more than just leaving the comfort of Wellesley and going to class on a different campus. With the help of our host families, we grew to appreciate our respective Chilean cities (Santiago and Valparaiso), experience life as an intern through our individual prácticas, and share fantastic food with new friends. This panel will give a taste of our experiences as we focus on the relationships we formed and the work we did independent of the classroom.

Laws Don’t Change Themselves SCI 380 What Unites Fatah and Likud Members?

Equitable Health Care Jordan R. Hannink ’16, English and Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies Nurses in the Middle East (NME) began as the dream of two nurses who wanted to change the way nurses across the Israel/Palestine border are able to communicate with each other to improve patient care and nursing education. In working for NME as chief administrator, I learned how the determination of peaceful actors—even those who are considered political opponents—changes the landscape of the conflict by providing health care for all. During the last three years, my academic focus has revolved around nurses’ roles as healers and peace builders. Since working for NME, I have watched nurses organizing at the grassroots level to change health and political

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Moving Forward From Marriage Equality: Challenges in LGBTQ Advocacy and Organizing Emerson S. Goldstein ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Anne M. Brubaker, Writing Program The goal of mainstream LGBTQ organizing has long been to legalize same-sex marriage. When this was achieved in June, the focus of my work at an LGBTQ community center in Michigan shifted drastically as leaders from across the state mapped out their priorities and decided where the focus of “the movement” would turn. I often felt uncomfortable that those doing the planning were not consulting members of the community that they served. Thus, my internship focused on giving a voice to those who were not leaders of the movement. I organized and led events to give community members, clergy, and youth the tools to have their say regarding what LGBTQ advocacy should focus on next. This presentation will highlight my experiences teaching advocacy tools, the tensions that arose between organizations and individuals following the Supreme Court decision, and the decision-making process for prominent leaders and community members alike.

Queer in the Holy City Danielle E. Brooks ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies As a holy site for the three major Abrahamic religions, Jerusalem has perpetually been rife with conflict and violence. Minority groups struggle for rights and equality within the municipality.

I spent two months interning at the Jerusalem Open House, the city’s only LGBT center.

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Citizens struggle daily to access legally guaranteed services and safely live their lives. I primarily worked on grant proposals, press releases, and content writing for the organization’s website.

I also shadowed volunteers at the HIV clinic, helped organize and publicize the annual Pride March, and witnessed firsthand how religious and political intolerance can damage a community.

Working in Israel widened my theoretical and experiential lens as a scholar of LGBT rights and public health in America.

The Network/La Red: Survivor-Led Organizing to End LGBQ/T Partner Abuse Hannah B. Lipstein ’17, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Jennifer L. Musto, Women’s and Gender Studies This summer, I was a direct-service intern at The Network/La Red, funded through the Women’s and Gender Studies Department stipend for an internship involving gender and social change.

TNLR is a Boston-based nonprofit that uses a survivor-led, social justice framework to address partner abuse in LGBQ/T, BDSM, and polyamorous communities. Through organizing and providing education and support services, they work toward an ultimate goal of ending violence and oppression. As a direct-service intern, I worked in the office daily as part of the direct service team, answered hotline calls, helped coordinate the safe-home program, and worked as an advocate. At TNLR, I was able to synthesize my anti-oppression principles with community-based survivor advocacy, gaining experience in a field that I ultimately hope to work in. I will share this experience and educate about abuse in marginalized and oppressed communities.

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Witnessing History: Interning at GLAD When We Won National Marriage Equality Anna C. Everett ’16, English Advisor: Octavio R. Gonzalez, English My summer interning in the Development and Public Affairs departments at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) gave me an insider’s perspective on our LGBT movement and the crucial administrative work that supports that advocacy. The most exciting day of my internship was when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality in the Obergefell case, because GLAD’s attorney Mary Bonauto argued in that case for marriage equality. GLAD’s staff and interns sat together monitoring the SCOTUS blog. We all learned of the victory at the same moment, and I got to feel the thrilling energy of people who have been in the movement for decades. Both leading up to and in the aftermath of Obergefell, we had to kick into high gear, educating our supporters about what the victory meant for them and about the important ongoing work in our movement, especially regarding youth and transgender rights.

Old Ways, New Ways SCI 392 Lessons in Bug Eating Nora Mishanec ’14, Linguistics Advisor: Elizabeth A. Mandeville, Center for Work and Service Eating insects is often derided as uncivilized, backwards, and downright disgusting. Yet entomophagy—the consumption of insects—is widely practiced around the world. As the recipient of the 2014-2015 Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Traveling Fellowship, I visited communities in Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Laos, Papua New Guinea, and Australia where insects are an important traditional food source. The presentation will cover my experiences with insect collection, cultivation, and cooking, with a special focus on

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A Time Machine Into the Past: An Ethnographic and Anthropological Analysis of Tourism and Cuba Isabelle Nettere ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Justin Armstrong, Writing Program While studying at the University of Havana this summer, I created an ethnographic film project on the social impacts of tourism in Cuba. I will present on my research as well as some of the social realities of Cuba as I perceived them to be.

Cuba has recently re-entered the international spotlight and seen a 30 percent increase in tourism since January 2015. Cuba is often referred to as a “time machine into the past” because of its old cars and crumbling buildings. Does tourism romanticize the Cuban struggle? Does it exoticize and sexualize race and Cuban culture? I am interested in how tourists’ vision of Cuba as an island that is untouched and culturally “authentic” translates to their perception of modernity, placing Cuba outside the realm of development.

To what extent is this type of “frontier” tourism reminiscent of colonial impulses? What is the general sentiment in Cuba towards the new influx of tourism from the United States?

American Import: Integrating Into the StartUp Environment in France Megan E. Locatis ’16, French and Comparative Literature Advisor: Sylvaine V. Egron-Sparrow, French The process of searching for an internship in France is nerve-wracking for a non-native speaker, but I eventually found a position as a translator in a pharmacology start-up. Working for 1001Pharmacies, a tech company based in Montpellier, France, forced me not only to confront cultural barriers and the difficulty of being

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Surrounded by business majors, I was able to pick up vocabulary and ideas about marketing and explore business strategy firsthand in addition to my translation work. I was also able to experience start-up culture, which transformed my conception of the ideal workplace environment, leading me to value collaboration, transparency, and empowerment as fundamental components of work culture.

Business: All Bad? Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility Simone N. Liano ’17, Neuroscience Advisor: Julie A. Matthaei, Economics Would you still buy cute $12 sandals (bargain!) if you knew the worker who produced them was working a 12-hour shift in a dimly lit, sweltering factory in Bangladesh? This summer I interned at Social Accountability International, an organization that strives to improve workers’ lives through socially responsible business practices. During my internship I learned what steps major brands are taking to ensure their supply chains reflect their values. After first hearing about corporate social responsibility (CSR) in an economics class at Wellesley, this summer I learned that, far from being idealistic and impossible, enacting responsible business practices is a realistic, albeit complicated, task. As someone interested in business yet intent on having a positive impact, the growing field of CSR holds much promise. I hope that other Wellesley students will also approach their careers with the knowledge that they can be both

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Tzatziki, Theseus, and Traveling: Reflections on My Semester in a Country in Crisis Amber A. Braun ’16, Spanish and Anthropology Advisor: Jennifer Thomas-Starck, International Studies Getting a visa wasn’t easy. The consulate’s phone number was mysteriously disconnected. There was a several-week wait for an appointment in Chicago. It took two trips to the Greek consulate in London and hours in a crowded waiting room surrounded by frustrated people of every variety to finally be approved to study in Athens. I had chalked up the complicated visa process to my naiveté of extended international travel, but really it was a reflection of the crisis Greece is currently facing. In August I set off for Athens armed with my backpack and passport—a nervous Wellesley woman out to discover the world. I found a polis with contradicting identities: tourists clutched their cameras while locals whizzed to work on motorcycles, and patches of history hid quietly in the midst. I encountered a people fiercely proud of their heritage, yet on the verge of a crisis. I witnessed political activism and protests and marches and riot police in the streets. As a study-abroad student in Greece, I was able to gain an understanding of what the current economic crisis in Greece means for its citizens and for visitors who remain drawn there.

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Technology, Innovation, and Education Programming Change SCI 396 Girls Who Code: Empowering Young Women to Bridge the Gender Gap in Technology Mollee S. Jain ’16, Computer Science; Chimuanya C. Okoro ’16, American Studies; Selina N. Sotomayor ’16, Economics Advisor: Sohie M. Lee, Computer Science This summer we had the opportunity to teach for Girls Who Code, a nonprofit organization that aims to close the gender gap in technology.

Girls Who Code’s Summer Immersion Program is a seven-week program geared toward young women who are currently in high school. This program educates and inspires girls from diverse backgrounds and equips them with the skills needed to pursue a future in technology. Over the course of the program, students not only gained proficiency in multiple programming languages and computer science concepts but also heard from executive guests, developed relationships with professional mentors, and pitched and presented their ideas for applications. To increase the presence of female engineers in computer science fields, it is important to consider how we, as young, female engineers, can improve gender parity in the technology industry and why such a change is intrinsic to the improvement of technology and science fields.

YouTube and Hepatitis B: Applying “Viral Videos” to Public Health Yilin Liang ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies How do you engage and empower 100 highschoolers to take action about hepatitis B, a key public health issue, in just four days? This summer, I interned at the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University, where I organized and led the Stanford Youth Leadership Conference. In

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This experience reaffirmed my interest in public health, especially working with youth, as a possible career path. I will discuss the emerging connection between social media and public health, and the potential and challenges of using social media as a public health tool. I will also focus on how to motivate students to affect change in their communities with the skills they have learned, even after the conference.

Wellesley in Technology: It Just Got Real (Panel) SCI 277 Yuyu Li ’17, Computer Science; Karina S. Chan ’16, Computer Science; Leah E. Ferguson ’16, Computer Science; Katherine A. Kjeer ’16, Computer Science; Zoe Swarzenski ’17, Computer Science and Russian; Ashley J. Thomas ’16, Computer Science Advisor: Sohie M. Lee, Computer Science Having gained academic experience in computer science at Wellesley, we were well-equipped to take on a variety of challenges at various tech companies. These companies ranged from startup incubators to midsize companies and industry giants. We applied a range of skills including front-end design, back-end development, and systems administration at companies such as Cogo Labs, Rocket Software, Emergent Networks, Microsoft, Linden Lab, and Google. We will discuss our unique projects, our team and mentorship experiences, the range of company cultures we encountered, and the intern application process. We hope to compare the skills we gained from our courses with the ones we learned on the job and to exhibit the applications computational thinking has in the outside world.

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Session Four Culture and the Arts From Stage to Page: Making 21st-Century Theater (Panel) SCI E111 Jessica M. Forden ’17, Economics and Theatre Studies; Kendra Cui ’18, Undeclared; Lillian C. Odekirk ’18, Theatre Studies Advisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies What does it mean to make theater in the 21st century? How does technical design serve plays in contemporary contexts? What place do actors of color occupy in an increasingly diverse and globalized American theater? How do centuriesold Shakespearean texts resonate with modern audiences? Discussing theater in the context of rehearsal, design, business, and text, Jess Forden, Kendra Cui, and Lily Odekirk share their experiences of the modern theater industry in an everexpanding market.

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family from the second Defenestration of Prague in 1618 through exile during World War II, the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, and the restitution of family property (several castles and their contents) after the fall of Communism in 1989. As I researched the family’s history and inspected their art treasures in the palace, I photographed and documented 18th- and 19thcentury prints in the collections. My work introduced me to the countless tasks necessary to run a museum and organize the history of such an extensive collection.

Night at the Museums Helen E. Walsh ’16, History Advisor: Flavia Laviosa, Italian Studies In the summer of 2014, I interned for 10 weeks at La Fototeca, the photo archives of the Vatican Museums in Vatican City. Surrounded by flocks of pilgrims, priceless works of art, and thousands of years of history, it was a completely novel experience, both in the office and out of it. From cataloging unmarked boxes of rare photos to navigating the waters of small-office politics, it was a full-immersion experience in Vatican museum policies and practices, historical preservation, and time management. As a reward, I had the opportunity to explore the collections outside of the photo department at my leisure, and to experience artwork of the Western world’s most sacred history.

Family History: The Lobkowicz Collections and Five Centuries of European History Charlotte S. Treadwell ’16, French and History Advisor: Thomas S. Hansen, German

Redefining Vintage Wellesley: The Importance of Inclusive Archives at Institutions of Higher Education Meredyth Grange ’16, Peace and Justice Studies Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education

This summer, I watched the history of central Europe emerge through the lens of a one princely Bohemian dynasty—the Lobkowicz family.

Working at the Lobkowicz Collections, the largest private collection of historical items in the Czech Republic, I followed the history of the Lobkowicz

An institution’s archive is not often thought of as a place to foster a climate of diversity and inclusion. However, the time I spent assembling Mosaic: Redefining Vintage Wellesley with the Wellesley College archives enabled me to learn the importance of diversity within the visual

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archives at institutions of higher education. This exhibit featured photographs of students, faculty, and staff of color along with primary-source documents like newspaper clippings and student publications. The outside research I conducted linked Wellesley’s history to national history and Wellesley’s institutional archive to archives around the country. This experience is why I chose to become a librarian and archivist as my career path. This presentation will revisit the process of working with the archives, the importance of archives, and discuss how everything that happens in the “Wellesley bubble” actually has great meaning within a national sociohistorical context.

Empowerment of Youth, Women, and Families Seeking Social Change SCI 264 Advocacy in the Nonprofit World: Facebook, Blogging, and Trolling for Contacts Cathleen J. McGovern ’16, Music Advisor: Anne Dwojeski-Santos ’00, Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs As a part of my Albright internship, I spent 10 weeks at the ONE Campaign, a nonprofit organization campaigning for the end of global poverty.

As a digital intern, an open-ended position, I was able to craft my schedule in any direction.

Between allowing me to manage several social media platforms, compile and analyze statistics, and research new and engaging perspectives on issues such as female empowerment, global poverty, and access to health care and electricity, the ONE Campaign gave me the skills to act as a bipartisan yet powerful leader in the digital world.

In addition, the flexibility of my position allowed me to connect my passion for music and community to my daily routines, including interviews with powerful activists. Those interested in the nonprofit realm and advocacy will benefit from hearing how I incorporated my own academic

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Eliminating the Winner/Loser Narrative Through Mediation Maryam M. Khan ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Ronald E. Osborn, Peace and Justice Studies In terms of addressing conflict, litigation transcends all other efforts. Litigation is long and expensive, and there are alternate forms of conflict resolution that deserve consideration. This ­summer I became a certified community mediator to explore conflict resolution and dedicated most of my time to the Dispute Resolution Program at Orange County Human Relations, where I interacted and engaged with others involved with community empowerment. As a neutral, third participant, I guided the involved parties to compromise, creating their own solutions on their own terms. My cases ranged from those involving homeless discrimination charges to ineffective sales of businesses. This presentation will focus on the benefits of mediation as they relate to empowering individuals and communities, yet will also explore the limitations of this alternative form of dispute resolution.

What Works? Behind-the-Scenes Strategies in the Mission to Empower Women Gretchen M. Parmley ’16, Psychology Advisor: Nancy S. Scherer, Political Science Legal Momentum, also known as the the Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, branched off of N.O.W. in 1970 to begin the targeted mission of representing women in cases of discrimination throughout the country. However, this nonprofit organization does a lot more than just litigation. By publishing op-ed pieces in prominent news sources on issues ranging from discrimination in women’s soccer to Obama’s immigration detention centers, Legal Momentum hopes to shift national conversations about women’s equality. Working for this organization taught me about the struggles nonprofit orga42

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nizations face with limited resources. Wellesley inspired me to become more involved in issues of women’s equality and, because of this internship, I will continue to explore issues of social justice.

I hope to give a glimpse inside the operations of this small but vital organization and demonstrate how each department plays an integral role in the overall mission to empower women and girls.

Wellesley on Wall Street (Panel) SCI 377 Ann L. Martel ’16, Economics; Michelle Cheng ’16, Mathematics and Economics; Hui Li ’16, Economics and Mathematics; Liang Zhang ’16, Economics and Mathematics; Eka Zhao ’16, Mathematics and Economics Advisor: Seth B. Neumuller, Economics This past summer, five Wellesley seniors interned at JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America across various areas of finance, including investment banking, sales and trading, and investment management. Today, they will share with you the key lessons they learned to maximize skill development, the differences between finance in New York and Hong Kong, and tips to balance life on Wall Street. Finally, they will share reflections on how to capitalize on your Wellesley experience to set yourself up for success in the financial world.

Health and Medicine Beyond Borders Blood, Cancer, and Antibiotics, Oh My!: Our Summer Experiences at BCH/DFCI (Panel) SCI 396 Fiona Fan ’17, Neuroscience and Economics; Zaynah N. Dewan ’17, Classical Civilization; Catherine E. Ho ’16, Neuroscience; Maud Z. Muosieyiri ’16, Neuroscience; Anita Wo ’17, Psychology; Amy Yuan ’16, Chemistry Advisor: Adam G. Matthews, Biological Sciences This summer, six Wellesley women conducted biomedical research in the hematology/oncology

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department at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Through working in our respective labs, we not only learned new research techniques and topics on pediatric cancer, blood disorders, and antibiotics, but also had the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills, build relationships with lab members, and attend clinical rounds at Boston Children’s Hospital. In this presentation, we will share with you what our lives were like for the 10-week period in the Longwood medical area, the important skills we gained as researchers, and the personal growth we experienced.

Global Health and Community-Based Partnerships SCI 274 “1,000 Days”: Combating Malnutrition With Mothers in Guatemala Mariya C. Patwa ’16, Chemistry Advisor: Susan M. Reverby, Women’s and Gender Studies 1,000 Days is a global initiative focusing on the critical window for a child’s nutrition from conception to two years of age. This is particularly crucial for breaking the cycle of poverty in places like Guatemala, where more than half of the children face life-threatening or life-altering challenges due to malnutrition. This summer I lived in the Mayan village of San Juan La Laguna and worked with an NGO called ODIM Guatemala, which has started its own chapter of 1,000 Days called Mamá y Yo, Saludable (Healthy Mommy and Me). In my presentation, I will focus on the mother-and-child nutrition program, my role as an intern, and how the program was tailored and pertinent to the local communities. This was my second time working in Guatemala, and the experience brought on new challenges and perspective that I hope to discuss.

Foreign Aid: The Band-Aid on the Bullet Wound Juliette P. Fry ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Adam G. Matthews, Biological Sciences

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This summer, I interned for an NGO that runs malaria awareness workshops in rural South Africa. Though it was the most rewarding experience of my life, there are issues with foreign aid projects that I had to face head on. I fully support projects with local focus on education and an appreciation for contextual implementation that enables people to help themselves. Our project did not provide handouts and was criticized by locals. Simply handing out objects such as bed nets is unsustainable. Our project focused on education—but the weakness in that is the lack of working medical clinics essential for the follow through of malaria treatment. The most effective aid must be comprehensive. Prevention education is essential; however, it is important to look into the systems overall. They must be capable of providing support after interns leave. My audience will understand the complexity of doing good work while submerged in a country with a developing infrastructure.

Solidaridad en Acción: Partners in Health in Lima, Peru Nikita U. Saladi ’16, Neuroscience and Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Charlene A. Galarneau, Women’s and Gender Studies During this past summer, I interned at Partners in Health, an international nonprofit organization that works to deliver high-quality care to low-income communities. While at their branch in Lima, Peru, I worked on two projects: developing a rehabilitation house for women with schizophrenia and investigating the factors associated with patient abandonment of treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Through both projects I became better aware of the rewards and challenges of doing international communitybased health-care work and saw firsthand how the Peruvian public health-care system often failed to support patients in poverty. My experience at PiH enabled me to apply public health and gender theory I have learned at Wellesley and ultimately reinforced my aspirations to become s e s s i o n

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a physician who serves low-income patients.

Attendees of my presentation will better understand novel community-based health interventions and the value of nonprofit organizations in improving global patient care.

The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in HIV Treatment in Cambodia Jessica F. Saifee ’16, Neuroscience and South Asian Studies Advisor: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, South Asia Studies Working with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) was a transformative and insightful experience. I was intellectually challenged with real-world data problems and did policy analysis concerning Cambodia’s national HIV program.

I realized how hard it was to maintain confidence and confidentiality between an NGO and the government. I also saw how CHAI promotes sustainability in their work by supporting instead of running the national HIV program and by promoting self-sufficiency within government.

During my time, I went to meetings with government officials and key partners in the HIV program to see how they promote government self-sufficiency. I learned a lot about publicprivate partnerships and their ability to create a sustainable and cohesive health-care access program, particularly in Cambodia.

Healing the Body From Bench to Bedside SCI 261 Characterization of Atrioventricular Septal Defects Rebecca M. Zhang ’17, Economics Advisor: Dora Carrico-Moniz, Chemistry This summer, I had the opportunity to peer inside the indubitably crucial and innately poetic organ, the heart. I worked in a pediatrics laboratory of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, that investigates the factors of congenital heart disease. Through diagnosing over 600 mutant mouse hearts for defects, I discovered notable variations and described a novel feature of t h e

a particular heart defect, the atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD). Subsequent classification work contributes towards a better understanding of AVSD and challenges existing hypotheses about corresponding cardiac development. Outside of the laboratory, experiences with physician scientists and the clinic highlighted interconnectedness between research and patient lives. This look into medicine and research taught me much about the importance of collaboration, diligence, and dedication to both discovery and patient care.

These lessons will help me become a better physician, researcher, or whatever future my passion for medicine takes me.

Developing Biomaterials for Battlefield Wounds Rachel H. Han ’16, Neuroscience and Women’s and Gender Studies Advisor: Nolan T. Flynn, Chemistry The main cause of death on the battlefield is hemorrhagic shock caused by penetrating wounds.

There have been many surgical approaches to achieve hemostasis—internal stability—that are effective but difficult to apply on the frontlines.

Moreover, the combat hemostats currently used are limited in the types of wounds they can treat, must be removed from the patient, and are not effective in inducing regenerative healing. For over a year, I have been working in a biomaterials lab with a graduate student who developed a nanostructured hemostatic gel that has shown to stop the flow of blood. We are now investigating how the nanocomposite hydrogel may induce subsequent regeneration of tissue and also function as a controlled release platform for drug delivery. My research experience has helped me think about how lab research could potentially be used in the future to treat injured soldiers on the battlefield.

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One Breakfast Spam Croissan’wich, Please: Researching Fast-Food Advertising and Calorie Labeling Sophia H. Gibert ’16, Philosophy and Biology and Society Advisor: Corrine Taylor, Quantitative Reasoning As an intern at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health this summer, I researched trends in advertising expenditures and calories available at large U.S. chain restaurants in response to national menu labeling regulations.

This opportunity not only immersed me in obesity policy research, something I plan to pursue after graduation, but also allowed me to experience a new city, become comfortable living outside of residence halls, and meet with countless professionals who work in the field I hope to enter. At Wellesley, this work will feed into chapters of my senior thesis and has led to a parttime job in Boston at an organization targeting childhood obesity. I hope that those who attend my presentation will find the effects of menu labeling laws and TV food advertising regulations to be fascinating and will be amused by the craziest fast-food menu items I came across in my research.

The Demographics of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Outcomes: A Multidisciplinary Study Maggie M. Feng ’16, Economics; Gwendolyn Towers ’17, English; Ronghao Zhou ’17, Mathematics and Chemistry Advisor: Nicholas K. Doe, Chemistry Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. Though easily treatable when detected early, skin cancer has great potential to negatively impact lives when left untreated. While shadowing a surgical dermatologist and conducting clinical epidemiological research at Tufts Medical Center Department of Dermatology, we grew to understand the necessity of identifying the demographics of high-risk populations in order to yield positive skin cancer outcomes. In identifying high-risk populations, we will facilitate a 44

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holistic approach to positive outcomes. Properly employed, preventative education and skin cancer screening targeted towards high-risk populations may entirely eliminate the need for treatment. In addition to identifying target demographics, we identified a need for comprehensive public education about skin cancer prevention, spurring the development of a concurrent project to improve the quality and quantity of skin cancer prevention content in online and print media. We learned that health is a product of biological, sociological, and economic factors, and that health care needs to reflect this information.

Identity, Community, and Global Citizenship Getting By SCI 256 “Better Places, Better Lives”: How Affordable Housing Can Lead to Sustainable Communities Muna M. El-Taha ’16, Architecture Advisor: Martha J. McNamara, Art This summer, I had the opportunity to intern with Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit organization that works to fight the housing and security crisis by providing low- and moderate-income people with affordable housing in communities with access to schools, jobs, and public transportation. I worked with Enterprise’s design initiatives team in Boston, which runs the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship, partnering young architects with community development organizations. These fellows work to build sustainable and affordable communities across the U.S. through public-interest design and community engagement. My main responsibility was running the Rose Fellowship application process and helping the team select their next class of fellows. This experience pushed me to think about architecture through the lens of the users, rather than only as a designer, and to explore how thoughtfully designed housing,

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Backstage Disney: Creating the Magic Comes With a Cost Mica L. Rodriguez ’17, Mathematics Advisor: Winifred J. Wood, Writing Program This spring, the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, accepted me as a college program student. My life for over five months consisted of Disney all the time: I worked full-time as a merchandise cast member and lived in Disneyowned apartments with seven other cast members. The program allowed me to experience life sustained by minimum wage. I had planned on saving money with each paycheck, but I came out with no more money than when I started. I lived paycheck to paycheck, desperately hoping for enough to cover rent, food, and insurance. This experience allowed me to understand the issues with the national minimum wage; will raising it improve the quality of life in the working class? I loved my time at Disney, but is it time to raise the hourly rate at this theme park dynasty?

Gendered Differences in Low-Income African-Americans’ Work Experiences Christina I. Phelps ’17, Sociology Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education When an area is driven into poverty, not only do job opportunities change but people’s perceptions of work change as well. This summer, I examined how deindustrialization in Ypsilanti, Michigan, a once-thriving manufacturing economy, has affected low-income African-Americans’ work experiences and attitudes towards work. In particular, I analyzed the gendered differences in African-American men and women’s responses to questions about their work experiences. While there was overlap in the content and tone of responses, there were striking differences in the ways in which work was discussed by men versus women. The analysis suggested that men feel marginalized in their new work economy, while s e s s i o n

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women are able to integrate their new jobs into their sense of self. This research was conducted through the University of Michigan’s Summer Research Opportunity Program, which prepares undergraduate minority students for graduatelevel research, particularly at University of Michigan Ph.D. programs.

Technology, Innovation, and Education

JPNDC: Processes, and Maintaining One Big Happy Family Cindy E. Coffee ’16, Architecture Advisor: Martha J. McNamara, Art

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Going green is a process! This summer I interned in the real estate department of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation.

During my 10 weeks there, I worked with green asset management and post-construction troubleshooting in relation to JPNDC’s developments.

Very new to this field, I was faced with understanding jargon and processes that came with the industry; additionally, I had the unique opportunity to see how JPNDC is revitalizing vacant land as well as making sure that the overwhelming need for new affordable housing is always at the forefront.

Running With the Wolves: Wendy on Wall Street (Panel) SCI 104 Akanksha M. Mehta ’16, Economics; Apoorva Arora ’16, Economics and Mathematics; Marce M. Castano ’16, Economics; Sabrina Cheng ’16, Psychology and Economics; Crysti Y. Wang ’16, Economics and French Advisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics Five Wellesley seniors interned in different areas of finance at firms ranging from Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Wellington Management, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup. They had firsthand experience in participating in merger and acquisition and leveraged finance deals, conducting equity research, building investment ideas, and shadowing the trading of financial securities. They will share their experiences and reflections on breaking into and surviving Wall Street, thriving in a males e s s i o n

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Designing Technologies of the Future: CS Research Outside of Wellesley Emily Ahn ’16, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences; Jessica J. Bu ’17, Computer Science; Priscilla A. Lee ’18, Undeclared; Michelle Lu ’18, Undeclared; Vivienne E. Shaw ’16, Computer Science; Alice Zhou ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Eniana Mustafaraj, Computer Science “Research” in the field of computer science often means developing the tools of the future.

As research interns and assistants outside of Wellesley, we designed and built tools that explored the fields of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, gaming, privacy, and more. At USC, we built an automated storytelling system and designed an experiment on context-dependent memory in virtual reality. We developed privacy tools at Harvard and a watermark verification algorithm at University of Houston, Texas. We even modeled machines and game environments at MIT. And beyond the university experience, we improved robotic systems at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. At these major research universities and centers, we enjoyed collaborating with the intelligent minds of students and researchers from international and diverse backgrounds. Wellesley equipped us to go out and explore a whole world of innovation, and we want to share our exciting journeys in bringing our liberal arts background to academia and the government.

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Discovering New Paths Close to Home SCI E211 College Admissions: Process or Competition?

Sam L. Lanevi ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Raymond J. Starr, Classical Studies My off-campus experience focused on learning how to craft a podcast for North Carolina’s NPR station and the application of these techniques to a subject of my choice. I chose to examine the college admissions process from my perspective as a high-school student growing up in the shadow of Duke University and attending a competitive college preparatory school, now at a highly selective liberal arts college. My experience at WUNC taught me how to think like a radio journalist and appreciate radio’s sheer power in reflecting the human experience. My internship at WUNC fueled my interest in journalism and my pursuit of a history degree because I recognized the importance of critical thinking, analysis, and writing skills in the field of journalism. I hope those who attend will learn about what goes into creating a piece for NPR and how the experience as a listener is pivotal to developing compelling radio.

Preparing for the Academy: Navigating the Pathways Toward Academia Christiana T. Joseph ’16, Anthropology and Religion Advisor: Tracey L. Cameron, Office of Intercultural Education This past summer, I had the opportunity to research literature on the prevailing attitudes about mental health, mental disorders, and help-seeking attitudes and behaviors among undergraduate college students who identify as Black and/or African-American. I did this while I participated in a nine-week program with the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Summer Research Training Program at the University of Chicago. Through coursework and individual research, we scholars engaged critical thinking that spanned disciplinary boundaries and learned how to become better-skilled academic researchers. My summer experiences helped me expand on my previous research by further nar-

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rowing the population of focus and developing stronger research arguments. These experiences exposed me to the joys and challenges of being an academic researcher and reaffirmed my desires to both obtain a Ph.D. in anthropology and continue conducting research on issues related to mental health.

Stewards of the Land: Creating Opportunities for Environmental Education at Duke Farms Hannah C. Davelman ’16, Economics and Environmental Studies Advisor: Marcia E. Thomas, Biological Sciences With 2,740 acres of open space and over 200 educational programs offered each year, Duke Farms is becoming one of the foremost environmental educational institutions in the state of New Jersey. This summer, I worked with their education team and coordinated six volunteers from the Student Conservation Association.

Together, we created public programs that taught over 3,000 visitors how to become better stewards of their environment. I learned to educate the public about complex problems affecting our environment, with topics ranging from light pollution to pesticide misuse. My presentation will highlight some of our most exciting opportunities this summer, including banding songbirds with a researcher from Fordham University and coordinating 100 volunteers for the third annual Firefly Festival. I will also explain why our work is important and explore how Wellesley students can get involved.

The Project Manager in All of Us Shweta S. Patwardhan ’16, International RelationsPolitical Science Advisor: Lee Cuba, Sociology As a project manager with Capital One this summer, I discovered that the vague corporate concept of “project management” is a way of formalizing and structuring something that most people do on a daily basis: planning and executing work in the most effective and efficient way

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possible. By working with the team that was training the company on how to work in the new “agile” way, I realized that project management was an approach that I could bring to the other parts of my life. What brainstorming exercises lead to the most innovative ideas? How does one best harness the strengths of each individual on a team? How do you structure a timeline to maximize both productivity and flexibility? How can we create mitigation plans for potential situations in which everything goes wrong? Beginning to answer these questions and applying them has helped me become more effective—and creative—in both my academics and extracurricular commitments at Wellesley.

From Students to Teachers SCI 268 “The Hardest Summer You’ll Ever Love”: Students Teaching Students Jennie B. Ling ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Katie D. Koski, Center for Work and Service In school and especially at Wellesley, we are told that working with other students is the best way to learn. We are able to share ideas and work with others but are also able to recognize holes in our learning and development. At the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), a student-run service nonprofit at Harvard, one of the core values is student development: both for the youth we work with and for the staff involved. For the past three summers, I have worked with the Summer Urban Program at PBHA as a senior counselor, a director, and SUP programming group officer to provide summer programming for low-income youth in Boston and Cambridge. Through my time in three different roles, I have been able to experience nonprofit program administration, both at the ground level and in management. This experience has allowed me to grow as a leader and fostered a passion for social justice.

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“Where the Wild Things Are”: The Adventures of Teaching Catherine J. Woodhouse ’18, Undeclared; Melissa J. Bruehl ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Craig N. Murphy, Political Science How many kids can you name who would voluntarily enroll in “summer school”? Over the summer, we were able to meet those kids by participating in two separate teaching fellowships, the Summer Urban Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sponsored by Harvard University, and Generation Teach in Denver, Colorado.

These programs had similar goals in providing disenfranchised youth the adventurous opportunity to gain summer enrichment and to train the next generation of teachers and educational leaders. During our presentation, we will compare and contrast these fellowships, sharing our experiences of growth in fields such as communication, presentation skills, management, and working collaboratively, and how this could benefit Wellesley students from all majors. Most importantly, we will show how these programs are so much more than simply a resume builder, providing a launch pad for real change in closing the achievement gap and offering a quality education that children from low socioeconomic backgrounds deserve.

Going Global With Education? Think STEAM Ali N. Johnson ’16, Neuroscience Advisor: Vanessa M. Britto, Health Services The integration of STEAM— connecting science, technology, engineering, art, and math through elementary and middle school curricula—marks a relatively novel approach to teaching. By interviewing advocates of STEAM, professionals in education and government who are passionate artists or engineers and believe in bettering the educational system, and observing students in a “STEAM environment” this summer, I discovered the unequivocal influence STEAM curricula can have on future educational systems. In my quest

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to fully grasp the scope of STEAM, of which I understood the concept but yearned to capture the framework, I learned the art of asking the right questions at the right time; and I discovered the influence that global thinking has on young students in a world shaped by social media. My STEAM research and my study of neuroscience and public health at Wellesley and MIT have energized me to find developmental connections between art, science, and the learning process The Liberal Arts in Action: Bridging the Gap Between Neuroscience and Education Megumi E. Takada ’17, Neuroscience Advisor: Barbara S. Beltz, Neuroscience How can I connect my major in neuroscience to my minor in education? This question remained mostly unanswered during my first two years at Wellesley, but my two experiences this summer helped me open some doors to new ideas. First, I spent a few months in the Gabrieli Lab at MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences department. Then I traveled to Japan, where I taught at H-LAB (Harvard College Japan Initiative – Liberal Arts Beyond Borders), a liberal arts summer program for Japanese high school students. As my experiences slowly revealed the multiple dimensions in which my two passions could blend together, I began to develop a new appreciation for my interdisciplinary knowledge. My presentation will therefore highlight the value of our liberal arts education, which gives us not only the freedom to explore our passions but also the power to be independent and the confidence to think creatively about our futures.

Let There Be Light SCI 270 Converting STXM Setups for Ptychography at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Catherine A. Fromm ’16, Physics Advisor: Yue Hu, Physics

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Scientists are always limited by the optical properties of systems, but new techniques are being developed to go beyond traditional microscopy and see even deeper into the fabric of our world.

This summer, I worked on software to implement a new and exciting microscopy technique called ptychography at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. Ptychography uses bright X-ray light from the synchrotron in combination with sophisticated computer reconstruction. In this technique, a tiny sample is scanned through a beam of X-rays, and the way it scatters the light is measured with a camera. The scatter pattern is collected at many different points on the sample.

In the reconstruction phase, a computer uses an iterative algorithm to match this scattering information to the physical shape of the sample that scattered the X-rays. This reconstruction leads to a well-resolved image of the sample. These images allow scientists to resolve things as small as five nanometers, about the size of a single protein.

The ability to probe these tiny systems allows scientists a unique look into molecular processes and structures previously unexamined.

Organic Solar Cells to Better Harness Solar Energy Sustainably Julia M. Lukens ’17, Chemistry Advisor: Christopher R. Arumainayagam, Chemistry The world desperately needs more green energy, and an enormous and exciting potential source of energy is the sun. During the summer of 2015, I studied organic photovoltaics in an organic electronics laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Organic solar cells have several advantages over traditional silicon solar cells, especially from a sustainability point of view.

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The Glowing Bay: How to Study It and Conserve It Akiho Saito ’17, Biological Sciences Advisor: Adam G. Matthews, Biological Sciences The Mosquito Bay is a valued treasure of Vieques, Puerto Rico—the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world and the number-one tourist attraction on the island. Despite years of scientific research, relatively little is known about Mosquito Bay. This summer, I had the privilege to study the bay while interning for the Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust. By assisting in water quality measurements, collecting water samples, and cleaning monitors, I learned that there are many issues that affect field research. I was also surprised to see how much conservation work is being done to protect and maintain the bay’s pristine state. I was exposed to simple yet effective ways to protect the environment, which could be implemented in other parts of the world. The experience at Vieques opened my eyes both as a field researcher and as a conservationist.

The Path to the Adoption and Implementation of Off-Grid Lighting Solutions Chitti H. Desai ’17, International Relations-Economics Advisor: Gauri K. Shastry, Economics Roughly 20 percent of the world’s population does not have access to the electrical grid and thus relies on expensive, low-quality, hazardous, polluting light sources such as candles, battery-powered flashlights, and kerosene lamps. The market for off-grid lighting alternatives, specifically

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targeted at developing countries, has significantly grown over the years, yet kerosene lamps still serve as the main source of light for many people in the world. Several barriers hinder solar lighting market penetration and hinder people who need and want solar lighting from obtaining it. This summer I worked with D-Lab’s Off-Grid Energy Group on a solar lighting evaluation that aims to facilitate end users’ purchasing of solar products by informing their product selection and providing product distributor information. I learned that the existence of technological solutions does not automatically solve the problem; the implementation and adoption of technological solutions is a process that we need to facilitate.

Scientists in the Field SCI 364 Behind the Bones: The Realities of Forensic Anthropology Isabel M. Starr ’16, Anthropology Advisor: Adam Van Arsdale, Anthropology As much as shows like CSI and Bones showcase forensic anthropologists fighting against the clock to solve crimes, my experiences this summer with the Department of Physical Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History could not be any more different.

I worked with leading forensic anthropologists Dr. Doug Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide to analyze human skeletal material, but nine times out of 10 it was from historic, not recent, burials. I was able to be a part of the osteological aspect of the analytic process from start to finish: from inventory and osteological analysis of material to photography and conservation. This amazing opportunity allowed me to expand upon knowledge from my Wellesley coursework and explore the field of physical anthropology to discover my interests in osteology and paleopathology.

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Changing Our Blueprint for Life: The CRISPR Technology Revolution Stephanie Yeh ’18, Undeclared Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences The only difference between humans and tapeworms, or bananas, is the arrangement of the four letters in our DNA. Each individual’s genome is different, containing both coding and noncoding regions that had been seen as useless. This summer, I explored possible functions for the DNA regions known as junk DNA using the CRISPR/ Cas9 system, a novel breakthrough technology that has excited the scientific community. As a biology major, I believe that science is not only about investigating what nature has created, but also about using what nature has created to advance medicine and the well-being of humans.

However, with CRISPR, where scientists can add and remove regions of DNA from cells so easily that even a teenager can do it, have researchers taken it too far? The experience opened my eyes to how scientists can manipulate DNA and its medical implications. With possibility of curing all genetic diseases and genetically engineering babies, I’ll use my personal understanding of genome editing to discuss: Are we playing God? Using Geochemistry and Minerology Techniques to Characterize Unknown Environments Mary M. Keenan ’17, Physics Advisor: Glenn Stark, Physics This summer, I interned at a digital rock physics lab called Ingrain in Houston, Texas. Ingrain uses various experimental techniques to characterize geochemistry, mineralogy, porosity, and permeability of rock samples. This information is useful for understanding the history of the environment where the rock sample was deposited. One of the techniques I used was laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). LIBS is a technique that determines the elemental content and quantity of rocks. Innovative techniques such as LIBS

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enable scientists to make reasonable predictions about relevant and widely applicable issues such as where groundwater may be found, where profitable petroleum reservoirs may reside, and what unknown properties may characterize Mars.

Indeed, LIBS is used on the Mars Curiosity rover as the first active remote sensing instrument on Mars. My direct exposure to such techniques enhanced my appetite for applied science, computer programming, and my personal exploration of physics at Wellesley and beyond.

Through the Looking Glass SCI 380 From Bottle to Test Tube: Wine Chemistry and Beyond Elle D. Friedberg ’17, Chemistry and Art Studio Advisor: Megan E. Nunez, Chemistry When you stick your nose into a glass of wine, what do you smell? The specific fruity, oaky, or even earthy aromas you perceive are the result of thousands of chemical compounds present in wine. Volatile sulfur compounds, characterized by undesirable “rotten egg” aromas, are of particular interest to wine chemists. This summer I conducted an independent research project through the Cornell University Food Science Summer Scholars Program. My goal was to design an experiment to further understand why these unpleasant-smelling compounds are often absent during wine bottling but can emerge after storage. Additionally, through visits to the research and development laboratories of PepsiCo and Kraft Foods, I came to realize the possibilities of what can be achieved through food science and technology beyond wine. My summer experience crystallized my plans to pursue a graduate degree in food chemistry and sparked my interest in research.

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Investigating Sterol Biosynthesis in Bacteria Using an Engineered E. coli System Clare C. Gill ’17, Biological Sciences Advisor: Louise E. Darling, Biological Sciences Sterols, such as cholesterol, are important cell membrane lipids common in eukaryotes but also produced in a few bacterial species. However, the pathway and genes responsible for sterol synthesis in bacteria are not well understood. My summer research in Paula Welander’s lab at Stanford University investigated the sterol biosynthesis pathway in bacteria; I engineered a laboratory strain of Escherichia coli to produce sterols using only bacterial enzymes. Through this research, I gained experience in DNA cloning techniques as well as analytical lipid chemistry, learned critical reasoning and lab problem-solving skills, and increased my understanding of the importance of recording my work in detail. This experience will improve my investigative and analytical work in natural science courses and labs, and in future professional research. Community members will learn about my personal experiences as well as learn about an emerging area of interdisciplinary research with implications in geology, biochemistry, and medicine.

Playing “Mind Games” with Bacteria: Modulation of Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus epidermidis Sally R. Ruderman ’16, Biological Chemistry Advisor: Megan E. Nunez, Chemistry From past experience, scientific research often seems mundane, slow going, and as if each day of work makes little difference towards the enormous end goal. However, over a semester, year, or career’s worth of research, data add up, results compile, and this can make an immense difference to the scientific community. This summer, I participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where I worked with

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Staphylococcus epidermidis, a relative of the infection-causing bacteria MRSA. Both species are harmless in low cell density, often living on human skin, unnoticed. However, in high cell densities, intercellular communication starts, the bacteria become infectious, and you, the host, become sick. These microscopic bacteria create an effect together that they could never produce alone. Like some bacteria, research has funny ways of communicating, building up, and making a difference in the larger world. Come to my presentation to learn more!

Size Matters: Finding a Size-Sensing Pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana Zhou Wang ’16, Biological Sciences Advisor: Yuichiro Suzuki, Biological Sciences How does a plant, from microscopic moss to a giant sequoia, know how big it should be?

Although many genes influence size, the mechanism for sensing body and organ size remains unknown. Using genetic techniques to explore which genes are altered in a mutant with variable size, I have gained a deeper understanding on mechanisms behind plant development and how the use of Arabidopsis can further scientific knowledge on organ-size sensing. This experience provided me with an excellent preparation for my thesis project, which deals with sensing size in insects. I also learned the importance of incorporating modeling into biological research.

In addition, my work at Cornell involved collaborating with multiple statistics and physics labs from Japan and France, which made me realize the truly collaborative spirit of research.

The creativity and critical problem-solving skills needed in research made me gain an appreciation of Wellesley’s liberal arts education.

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The Tanner Conference provides students the opportunity to learn about Wellesley’s international study, internship and grant, and fellowship programs through presentations, panels, and roundtables.

International Study Every year, about 45 percent of Wellesley College juniors participate in semester or full-year international study programs in three dozen countries. Roughly a third of those who study internationally are enrolled in Wellesley College– sponsored programs, with the remainder selecting programs sponsored by other colleges, universities, or international study providers.

Internships and Grants Wellesley College supports a large and diverse number of summer internships and community service projects in the United States and around the world.

This summer, more than 300 students participated in internship programs in over 35 countries.

Fellowships Wellesley College offers fellowships for graduate study or research that are open to graduating seniors and Wellesley alumnae. Each year, the College supports approximately 40 women in both national and international programs of study or research. In addition, faculty committees assist candidates in applying for national fellowships, such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Truman, and Goldwater.

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Internships and Grants Programs Argentina Armenia Bangladesh Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Cape Verde Cambodia Chile China Costa Rica Czech Republic Dominican Republic France Germany Greece Guatemala Hong Kong SAR India

Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Morocco Netherlands Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Russia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States

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International Study Programs Department of Classical Studies College Year in Athens This program is designed for students interested in the study of ancient, medieval, or modern Greece and its environs. Courses are offered in archaeology, art history, classical languages and literature, ethnography, history, international relations, modern Greek language and literature, philosophy, political science, and religion. This semester or yearlong program in Athens emphasizes ancient Greece, with some attention paid to modern Greece and the Greek language.

Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome This program focuses on the archaeology and topography of ancient Rome and is taught by American faculty. Approximately 35 students are enrolled in the program each semester.

Each student takes four units: a required twounit course, The Ancient City; one unit of Greek or Latin; and one other unit, such as art history or the Italian language Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures CET Beijing Chinese Language Program Based in one of China’s most dynamic cities (and the home of Mandarin), the CET Beijing program immerses students in local Chinese life. Students have the opportunity to live with Chinese roommates from local universities and to enroll in innovative language courses that challenge their skills inside and outside the classroom. The program’s unique activities further capitalize on Beijing’s rich learning environment and show students a side of China not seen by tourists. This program is available in the spring, summer, or fall terms.

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Associated Kyoto Program, Japan Wellesley College is a member of a consortium of 16 liberal arts colleges that sponsors the Associated Kyoto Program at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital.

This two-semester program is an enriching, rigorous experience that provides an opportunity for students to study the Japanese language and take related courses in the humanities and the social sciences while living with a homestay family in the Kyoto area. Courses are taught by professors from the participating colleges and by Japanese-language teachers. Students take courses in English and Japanese, and are encouraged to participate in travel and cultural activities.

Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea Wellesley College offers a student-for-student exchange program with Ewha Womans University in Seoul. Wellesley students attend classes in Ewha’s international coeducational programs. All classes, with the exception of Korean, are taught in English. Students who have mastered the Korean language may also take courses at the university outside of the international program.

Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan This is a challenging, total-immersion, yearlong, student-for-student exchange program for one or two students per year between Wellesley College and Japan Women’s University, which is located in the heart of Tokyo. Students take courses at the university in addition to intensive Japanese-language courses for a total of 30 to 32 credits and receive full credit for the year. One academic-year course may be taken at the coeducational Waseda University’s International Division (in English) at no additional expense. Students have the choice of living in a dormitory or with a homestay family.

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Department of French Wellesley-in-Aix The Wellesley-in-Aix program offers an exciting and challenging course of study as well as an authentic experience of French life and culture.

The program is open to women and men, and its modest size (30 to 35 participants) allows close attention to be paid to individual interests and academic needs. Students begin with a pre-session of preparatory course work and cultural excursions in Paris. In Aix, students are fully matriculated at the University of Provence (Aix-Marseille) and take the same courses as French students. Majors in political science, international relations, and economics are also registered at Sciences Po-Aix. Participants share studio apartments in Aix’s centre-ville (downtown); homestays with selected families also are available.

Department of German Wellesley-in-Berlin Wellesley College’s Department of German sponsors a junior year abroad program at the Freie University in Berlin, hosted by Middlebury College. The program offers academic-year and spring-semester options that allow students in almost all majors to pursue their academic interests. A resident director and tutors assist students with integration into university life. The opportunity to participate in internships at various political, cultural, and social institutions is a feature of the program.

Internship stipends are made available by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 International Internship Fund with an application through the Center for Work and Service.

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The Wellesley College Office of International Study provides advice and support for Wellesley students who elect to study in a foreign country for a semester or an academic year. Each year, almost half of the junior class pursues academic course work internationally for at least one semester. Of those, about a third enroll in one of Wellesley’s international study or exchange programs in Canada, Egypt, Germany, France, Hong Kong SAR, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, or the United Kingdom. The remainder enroll in one of more than 150 approved programs or directenrollment options. All students considering spending a semester or year in a foreign country during their junior year should begin the process early in their sophomore year.

Middlebury in Chile Wellesley students can study either at the Universidad Católica en Santiago or the Universidad Católica in Valparaíso. Students take four courses at one of these two universities. Courses are available in all areas of the liberal arts curriculum. The program director, Dr. Jeff Stevenson, and native instructors work one-on-one with students to develop advanced levels of language proficiency in the four areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and carry out an original small-scale sociolinguistic study as part of the Writing for Linguistic and Cultural Competence course that all program students take. Students are encouraged to connect to a specific societal need through a variety of volunteer opportunities in order to devote their energies and passions while in-country toward addressing that need in ways that promote sustainability and social justice. Interested program students can also apply for a Middlebury Sustainability in Study Abroad grant to undertake an in-country project that promotes economic, social, and/or environmental sustainability. Several local and all-group excursions are planned throughout the semester.

Department of Italian Studies Eastern College Consortium (ECCO), Bologna, Italy The ECCO in Lecce is an intensive threeweek summer program offered in the month of August. It is a rigorous linguistic and valuable cultural full-immersion experience recommended before the semester or yearlong program in Bologna. The language course consists of a fast-paced and thorough grammar review presented in the context of contemporary Italian issues, with a particular focus on Southern Italian art, history, customs, and traditions. Learning of the language and understanding of the culture are also fostered through a rich program of social and artistic events, extracurricular activities, and guided tours in the region of Puglia.

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Programa de Estudios Hispánicos en Córdoba (PRESHCO), Spain A consortium of Oberlin College, Smith College, The College of Wooster, Trinity College, Wellesley College, and Wheaton College (Massachusetts) created the Programa de Estudios Hispánicos en Córdoba in 1981 to encourage the intellectual and personal growth that comes from cultural immersion.

The program offers students an opportunity to strengthen their acquisition of the Spanish language while fostering an appreciation of Spanish history and culture through studies in a variety of disciplines. The PRESHCO program is designed not only for Spanish majors but for anyone wishing to develop fluency in Spanish for future professional endeavors.

Academic study centers on courses taught by regular faculty from the Universidad de Córdoba, but developed to address the requirements of American universities and colleges; the program also offers direct matriculation at the Universidad de Córdoba. Course offerings are extensive, both in terms of PRESHCO courses and general university offerings, and range from the fine arts to environmental sciences and engineering, from comparative law and politics to seminars in literature and film.

Depending on individual preferences, students are housed in privately run dormitories or with Spanish host families. A variety of planned excursions complements and enhances the program of study.

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Internships and Grants Programs

Fellows, with preferences for international students and students who help enhance the collaboration between the Albright Institute and the Wellesley Centers for Women.

Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs completed its sixth successful year in 2015. Forty students were chosen as Albright Fellows and participated in an intensive Wintersession program in January. As the second component of the Institute’s program, Albright Fellows each pursued summer internships in global affairs. A combination of new and existing internship opportunities allowed the students to apply what they learned to their work in the field. The following donors have made endowed gifts to support the internships of Albright Fellows: Anchor Point Internships in Global Leadership These internships were established through the generosity of Amy Batchelor ’88 and Brad Feld. Wellesley College students undertake 10-week summer internships in programs that foster their connections to the global community and encourage their global leadership skills and activities. Anchor Point internship placements have been available in a number of countries, including Cape Verde, Germany, and South Africa, for students from a variety of academic backgrounds. Internship sites have included a foundation dedicated to young women’s scientific and technological education and a local women’s NGO working to improve economic and social conditions.

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The Bernstein Endowed Internship Fund This fund was established through the generosity of Paula Phillips Bernstein ’58 and is used to provide summer internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows.

The Class of 1959 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund is used to provide internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows.

The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Endowed Fund for Internships This fund supports domestic internships to students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows.

The Kathryn Wasserman Davis ’28 International Research and Development Fund for Students for International Internships This endowed fund supports Wellesley students pursuing international internships.

The Sandra Brown Eakins ’59 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund is used to provide summer internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows.

The EFW Memorial Fund for Internships This fund supports internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows, with a preference that recipients be American students who have not had a significant chance to travel and/or study abroad.

Amelia C. Fawcett ’78 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund is used to provide international internships to students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows.

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The Beth Langerman Friedman ’82 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund supports internships within the domestic United States, fulfilling the requirements laid out by the Albright Institute.

The Sandra Polk Guthman Endowed Fund for Internships This fund supports internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows.

The Maryam Homayoun-Eisler Endowed Fund for Internships This fund supports internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows, with a preference for students participating in internships in (i) arts and cultural organizations that foster cross-cultural understanding through the arts or (ii) organizations preferably focused on the Middle East or Russia.

The MasterCard Microfinance Internships This fund supports Wellesley students working in nonprofit microfinance organizations all over the world. Interns are exposed to the process of connecting low-income individualswith capital and new business opportunities.

Preference for these awards is given to students participating in the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs.

The Mary Sidell James ’65 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund is used to provide summer internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows, with a preference for international internships.

The Dorothy Chao Jenkins ’68 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund is used to provide summer internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows, with a preference for international internships.

The Susan Saltzbart Kilsby ’80 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund is used to provide summer internships for students who are Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute Fellows, with a preference for international experiences outside the United States.

The Lia Gelin Poorvu ’56 Internship Fund This fund supports a domestic internship for an Albright Fellow during the summer.

Center for Work and Service Global Engagement Internship Programs American Cities Internship Program What is it like to have a job in a major American city? The American Cities Internship Program translates Wellesley College’s liberal arts education into action by providing interns with an intensive, careerrelated experience and the opportunity to live in such cities as Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.

Students are placed in for-profit and nonprofit organizations, with alumnae mentors when possible. Through their internships, students become familiar with professional responsibilities, create networks for future employment, and learn the importance of cultivating relationships with coworkers of diverse ages and backgrounds. By living independently, students gain an understanding of city living from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Boston Children’s Hospital, Division of Hematology/Oncology This internship provides an opportunity for students to learn skills related to basic, translational, and clinical research in pediatric blood diseases, cancer, and stem cell biology.

The intern will work with a mentor to conduct basic research in a laboratory or to contribute to the development of a clinical research effort. The intern is expected to become familiar with the research approaches used by her

mentor. At the mentor’s discretion, she may develop a specific project with a current member of the research team.

The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer Internships in Asia The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer Internships in Asia aims to prepare students for lives and careers in a global economy.

Through internships in East Asian business, government, and nonprofit organizations, students gain a knowledge of local business and cultural norms that informs their liberal arts education and prepares them for professions in an interconnected world. The program, which currently sponsors internships in China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, and South Korea, was established in 1999 with a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and builds on ties between Wellesley College and Asia that date from the late nineteenth century.

Environmental Studies Southern States Internships Piloted in 2014 with great success, the Environmental Studies Program continues to provide unique internship experiences in South Carolina and Georgia. These internships immerse students in the interactions between society and environment through experiences in fieldwork, policy making, and research. Interns develop critical thinking, problem framing, and problem solving skills in response to the environmental issues championed by the host organizations: One Hundred Miles in Brunswick, Georgia; Conservation Voters of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina; and the Coastal Conservation League in Charleston, South Carolina.

Lumpkin Summer Institute for Service Learning Designed for students with a commitment to service, the 10-week Lumpkin Summer Institute for Service Learning challenges

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students to explore and participate in social change in the greater Boston area. During the program, students live together in Boston while undertaking full-time internships with local nonprofit organizations. Led by Wellesley College faculty, staff, and nonprofit practitioners, weekly seminars integrating experiential and traditional classroom learning benefit not only the Wellesley interns but also the communities in which they serve.

Summer Internships in Psychology at the Walker School and Riverside Community Care The Summer Internships in Psychology program was developed to give students the opportunity to gain highly valuable clinical experience that will help them make informed career choices. Working in a communitybased agency sensitizes the students to issues of cultural diversity and poverty and increases their understanding of the bio-psycho-social model of mental disorders. Thus the interns develop a deeper appreciation of the complex interface between genetic makeup, psychological coping strategies, and the larger sociocultural forces determining how individuals negotiate the vicissitudes of life.

Wellesley Internships in Africa Through Wellesley Internships in Africa, students undertake 10-week summer internships in Ethiopia, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. Placements are available to students from a variety of academic backgrounds in organizations ranging from an international educational program to a local NGO working to create stronger cross-cultural relationships. These education and community development–based projects enable students to encounter the diversity, creative dynamism, and humanity of the continent.

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Wellesley Internships in Cambodia Wellesley College students participating in this summer program, founded in 2012, live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia while completing 10-week internships with nonprofit organizations. These organizations’ missions focus on important global public health issues and leadership development and training programs for women and girls. Students gain firsthand knowledge of nonprofit management while experiencing life in a Southeast Asian country.

Wellesley Internships in Europe Established in 2009, the Wellesley Internships in Europe program provides an intensive, career-related internship in a student’s field of interest. In 2014, students pursued placements in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Among these internships is a long-standing opportunity at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, where students become familiar with museum management in one of the great art cities of Europe.

Wellesley Internships in India Established in 2007, the Wellesley Internships in India program provides students in all majors the opportunity to undertake 10-week summer internships in cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai. Placements are available in grassroots educational, organizing, and advocacy organizations. Responsibilities and projects include research, teaching, mentoring, communications, and office projects. Participation will enable students to develop flexibility, knowledge of the complexities and cultures of India, and the ability to work in varying cultural contexts.

Students are exposed to the culturally rich regions and diverse populations of the Indian subcontinent.

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Wellesley Internships in Latin America The Wellesley Internships in Latin America program provides placements in varied fields such as political and environmental sciences, economics, Latin American politics, history, and sociology. Students gain real-world experience and learn about the challenges facing this region. Through the program, interns gain an insider’s perspective on some of the most dynamic areas of the world.

Center for Work and Service Global Engagement and Service Funds The Paul B. Beal and Mona Phillips Beal Internship Fund The Paul B. Beal and Mona Phillips Beal Internship Fund has been established to encourage and facilitate practical learning experiences that will help Wellesley College students better define their career choices and develop a more informed understanding of the challenges and rewards of such choices. It is hoped that as a result of internship participation, students will make more effective course selections at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, learn more from those courses because of the perspective and experience they have acquired in their internship work, and become more competitive candidates for future opportunities in their chosen career paths.

The Harold B. Black and Barbara J. Sherlock ’72 Pacific Rim Endowed Internship Fund The Harold B. Black and Barbara J. Sherlock ’72 Pacific Rim Endowed Internship Fund supports student internships in and about the Pacific Ocean and Pacific Rim cities, islands, nations, and peoples. Preference is given to students receiving financial aid.

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Blessing Way Summer Public Service Internship Fund This grant supports a Wellesley College student committed to making a difference in her community. It is designed for a student who is interested in working with a nonprofit or public organization and in building a longterm commitment to service. In addition, it will support students who show leadership potential in this area or in their past service work. The intern’s project can focus on any important issue affecting a community, including youth, the environment, education, health care, and the arts.

Barbara Bush Award for Volunteerism This grant funds a student pursuing a volunteer experience in disability services for the elderly or for young children. The placement must be with a nonprofit organization.

The Wei Fong Chu Chao Endowed Fund for International Internships This fund supports Wellesley College students pursuing summer internship opportunities outside the United States in for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Preference is given to internships in Asia.

Class of 1962 Student Internship Fund This grant provides a stipend for a student pursuing a summer internship with a woman in a governmental position in the United States at the local, state, or national level or in a local, state, or national setting for women in government.

Class of 1969 Community Service Internship Fund This fund provides a summer stipend that supports student involvement in community service and encourages community service as a lifelong activity for Wellesley College women.

Placement must be with a nonprofit community organization.

Class of 1989 Endowed Internship Fund This fund supports one student every summer to experiment in her career choice and gain valuable work experience in either a nonprofit or for-profit organization.

The Kathryn Wasserman Davis ’28 International Research and Development Fund for Students for International Internships This endowed fund supports Wellesley students pursuing international internships.

Margaret C. Gordon Law and Education Public Service Award This fund supports a Wellesley College student committed to serving disadvantaged communities through an unpaid summer internship in public-interest law and/or in an urban public-school reform or support program. The grant enables a student to take an unpaid internship to learn more about the legal and educational issues surrounding disadvantaged urban communities.

Susan Todd Horton 1910 Internship Fund This fund supports Wellesley College students interested in seeking summer internships in nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

The Jeniam Foundation Internship Grant This grant supports students wishing to work in a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and protecting the environment.

The Lois Juliber ’71 Global Internship MasterCard Fund This Fund supports internships focused in the following areas: microfinance, poverty alleviation, financial literacy programs, community-based programs that promote financial empowerment, or youth learning.

Service Opportunity Stipend This stipend funds summer placements that offer direct student involvement in frontline community service and that foster the spirit of volunteerism. The applicant must intend to pursue an experience in a nonprofit organization that involves a particular community, population, or issue related to a personal interest or concern. Priority is given to applicants pursuing a full-time community service experience for the first time. This fund also supports one stipend with the Low Vision Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Internship Fund This fund supports Wellesley College students pursuing summer internships outside the United States in for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

Sherley Heidenberg Koteen ’40 Endowed Internship Fund for Jewish Studies This fund will provide support for either international or domestic internships that encourage students to examine the many facets of Jewish civilization through interdisciplinary study of Jewish religion, history, philosophy, art, literature, social and political institutions, and cultural patterns.

Public Service Internship Fund This fund encourages and enables Wellesley College students to use their talents and skills in public service. Each summer, it supports students working full-time in nonprofit organizations that otherwise could not employ them. Priority is given to applicants whose work relates to young children and their families, particularly those who are economically or otherwise disadvantaged.

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The Mollie Green Lumpkin ’25 Fund for Experiential Learning in Latin America This fund supports Wellesley College students seeking summer internships in Spanishspeaking countries. Preference will be given to students interested in working in the area of environmental protection and preservation.

The Lumpkin Family Internships for the Environment Fund This fund encourages and supports Wellesley College students seeking summer internships in nonprofit organizations dedicated to preserving and protecting the environment.

The Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 Internship for International Journalism Fund This fund was established to encourage and support Wellesley College students who have demonstrated an interest in journalism or photojournalism. The stipend provides the recipients with the opportunity to learn about journalism through an internship at an international news organization or to travel in order to document a foreign culture outside the United States.

The O’Meara Family Student Internship Fund This fund supports a Wellesley College student committed to making a difference in her state and/or local community by working directly with a woman involved in any aspect of state or local government in the United States. The stipend enables the student to take an unpaid internship and learn more about state or local government and the important role that women play in the governmental process.

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The Wellesley College Internship Grant Program Established through the ongoing support of several alumnae and their families, this program provides funds to students working with domestic and international organizations.

Awards are given to those demonstrating how they will apply their academic experiences at Wellesley in furthering the goals of those organizations, as well as their own career plans.

The Barbara Scott Preiskel ’45 Endowed Fund for Internships This fund supports a student seeking an internship to develop her career goals. It provides a stipend for any internship that is unpaid, full-time, and consistent with the applicant’s career interests. The internship may be with a nonprofit, for-profit, or public service organization in the United States.

Raquet Family Foundation The Raquet Family Foundation supports students pursuing an internship focused on social justice and/or work with underserved populations, preferably with a faith-based organization.

Beth K. Smith Internship in Public Service This award provides students the opportunity to experience work in the nonprofit sector, with the hope that they will continue in this field. In addition, it supports two placements with Social Accountability International in New York City.

The Helen Wallace Health Sciences Internship Fund This fund supports an unpaid summer career development internship in a health profession, with preference given to those interested in the field of maternal and child health.

Wellesley Serves!

The Wellesley College motto, Non Ministrari sed Ministrare, underscores Wellesley’s commitment to community service. The Center for Work and Service translates the college motto into action by providing opportunities for direct service to others, and enables our students and alumnae to foster community and embrace diversity through lifelong learning, community involvement, civic engagement, and global citizenship.

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Oprah Winfrey Award for Volunteerism This award provides a summer stipend for a student wishing to explore a volunteer position with a nonprofit social service organization.

The award honors the important connection between Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Commencement of the Class of 1997 and the Wellesley College motto, “Not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” Each year, this award enables a student to follow Ms. Winfrey’s example of service.

The Davis Museum and Cultural Center The Summer Fellowship Program at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center Each summer, a select group of Wellesley College students joins the Davis Museum and Cultural Center staff for 10 weeks of hands-on professional experience. This residential, paid, and highly competitive opportunity ensures that students earn marketable skills, gain broad exposure to museum operations, and acquire an overview of best museum policies and practices. The internship engages students with the collections and programs of one of the most active academic museums in the United States. Through focused work in one or more of the Davis departments, interns may undertake research, collections care, curatorial planning, technology/social media support, and/or educational content development.

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Activities also include field trips to museums and arts events, with opportunities to meet arts leaders throughout the region.

Additional opportunities offered by the Davis include the Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship and the Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, an exchange program between the Davis and the Musée du Louvre. Both are curatorial in focus and are made available to recent Wellesley College graduates through an application process.

Office of the Provost and Dean of the College Pforzheimer Gift for Internships in the Humanities This fund, inaugurated in 2014, supports internships in the humanities for two students each summer.

Department of English and Writing Program Department of English and Writing Program Summer Internships This program provides several paid internships each summer with organizations involved in book and creative arts publishing, print and online journalism, research and writing for other media.

Department of French Michele Respaut French House Fellows Program This program funds students pursuing internships in a francophone country, in the field of their choice. The program is open to junioryear French majors who have completed a year or a semester of study in France through the Wellesley-in-Aix program. Priority will be given to students who have spent the entire year in France.

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Department of Psychology

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Internships in Berlin Wellesley College’s Department of German sponsors a junior year abroad program at the Freie University in Berlin, hosted by Middlebury College. The opportunity to participate in internships at various political, cultural, and social institutions is a feature of the program. Internship stipends are made available by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 International Internship Fund with an application through the Center for Work and Service.

Psychology Practicum Program This program allows students to gain handson experience in the field of psychology and to acquire course credit through their participation in unpaid internships. The program is run collaboratively by the Department of Psychology and the Center for Work and Service. All participants have an advisor in the psychology department who oversees their internship work through scheduled meetings.

The Center for Work and Service consults with potential and currently participating organizations about possible internships, and assists students in determining the placement that best matches both their interests and the organization’s needs.

Through dynamic internships at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), Wellesley College students help drive social change through research and action programs that put women’s perspectives and experiences at the center of the inquiry. Work at WCW addresses three major areas: the social and economic status of women and girls and the advancement of their human rights in the United States and around the globe; the education, care, and development of children and youth; and the emotional well-being of families and individuals.

Department of Political Science Washington Internship Program This program provides an opportunity for a funded summer internship in Washington, D.C. Students can seek placements from among the wide array of government offices, public-interest groups, media and cultural institutions, scientific and medical institutes, and research groups in Washington. Eighteen to 20 interns—who must be in their junior year—are selected without regard to academic major. Each intern is provided a stipend and housing. In addition to the internship placement, the 10-week program involves weekly seminars and a mentor program with the Wellesley Club of Washington. Wellesley College’s Department of Political Science has run this program since 1943. The program is supported through the following endowed funds: Bertha S. Adkins ’28 Washington Internship Fund; Washington Summer Internship Fund in Memory of Marguerite Stitt Church ’14; Alona Evans Scholarship Fund for the Washington Internship Program; Sherley Heidenberg Koteen ’40 Washington Internship Fund; Anne Livingstone Williamson Quackenbos ’41 Memorial Fund; Laurence S. Rockefeller Fund; Ruth Goldman Schapiro ’47 Washington Internship Fund; and the Washington Internship Anniversary Fund.

Department of Religion Severinghaus Summer Internship Program in Ministry/Human Services in Memory of Emmavail Luce Severinghaus ’22 This program supports students who wish to pursue internships in ministry or undertake the study of religion and/or the role of religion in society. Students may engage in hands-on work or research through positions with humanitarian or social action agencies, charitable or religious organizations, or policybased institutes. Applications are reviewed by a Department of Religion committee.

Department of Women’s and Gender Studies The Women’s and Gender Studies Department offers a stipend to support one summer internship directly involving gender and social change. Applicants must secure their own internship, which may be anywhere in the world.

Peace and Justice Studies Emily Greene Balch Peace and Justice Internship This fund supports one or more students conducting a summer project that analyzes the ways injustice is linked to conflict and that encourages the study of the relationships among peace, justice, and social change. The project must include both analytical and experiential components. The program is funded by the Wellesley Class of 1950.

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FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

For Wellesley College Graduating Seniors and Alumnae

For Wellesley College Graduating Seniors Only Jacqueline Krieger Klein ’53 Fellowship in Jewish Studies This award encourages graduating seniors to pursue further education in the field of Jewish studies. Application information is available from Professor Frances Malino, Department of Jewish Studies and History.

Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Scholarship for Foreign Study This scholarship is awarded to a member of the graduating class who displays a desire for learning and an ability to impart knowledge to others. The scholarship will fund a year of study at a foreign institution to pursue a specific subject that requires contact with foreign scholars, libraries, or other resources.

Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Traveling Fellowship This fellowship is awarded to a member of the graduating class who displays an interest in and an acceptance of others, and who displays the ethos of a Wellesley College education.

The fellowship will fund a year of purposeful international travel to explore a particular interest, with the requirement that the recipient not remain in the same area for more than two months.

Trustee Scholarship This scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to graduating seniors who are applying to graduate school. To be considered a candidate, a senior must apply for a Trustee Scholarship or for any of the Wellesley College fellowships for graduate study. The title “Trustee Scholar” is honorary.

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Anne Louise Barrett Fellowship This fellowship supports graduate study or research, preferably in music, with an emphasis on study or research in musical theory, composition, or the history of music internationally or in the United States.

Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship This memorial fellowship supports a first year of study in the fields of social work, law, public policy, or public administration, including M.B.A. candidates planning a career in the field of social services.

Eugene L. Cox Fellowship This fellowship supports graduate study in medieval or Renaissance history and culture, internationally or in the United States.

Professor Elizabeth F. Fisher Fellowship This fellowship supports research or further study in geology or geography, including urban, environmental, or ecological studies.

Preference is given to applicants in the fields of geology and geography.

Ruth Ingersoll Goldmark Fellowship This fellowship supports graduate study in English literature or composition or in the classics.

Horton-Hallowell Fellowship This fellowship supports graduate study in any field, preferably for the last two years of candidacy for the Ph.D. degree or its equivalent, or for private research of an equivalent standard.

Peggy Howard Fellowship in Economics This fellowship provides financial aid for Wellesley College students or alumnae continuing their study of economics. The economics faculty administers this fellowship and may name one or two recipients, depending on the funding available.

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Edna V. Moffett Fellowship This fellowship is for a young alumna, preferably for a first year of graduate study in history.

Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship This fellowship supports study or research internationally or in the United States. The holder must be no more than 26 years old at the time of her appointment and must remain unmarried throughout her tenure.

Kathryn Conway Preyer Fellowship This fellowship supports advanced study in history.

Vida Dutton Scudder Fellowship This fellowship supports study or research in the fields of literature, political science, or social science.

Harriet A. Shaw Fellowship This fellowship supports study or research in music, art, or allied subjects in the United States or in a foreign country. Preference is given to music candidates; undergraduate work in the history of art is required of other candidates.

Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship This fellowship supports a student taking up to a year of travel or study outside the United States to benefit from the knowledge and understanding of a global education. Any scholarly, artistic, or cultural purpose may be considered. Except under unusual and compelling circumstances, the committee in recent years has not chosen to fund formal graduate study or Ph.D. dissertation research.

Candidates must be at least 25 years old in the year they apply.

Maria Opasnov Tyler ’52 Scholarship in Russian Studies This scholarship is for graduate study in Russian studies.

Sarah Perry Wood Medical Fellowship This fellowship supports the study of medicine at an accredited medical school approved by the American Medical Association.

Fanny Bullock Workman Fellowship This fellowship supports graduate study in any field.

Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 WellesleyYenching Fellowship Program These fellowships are open to graduating seniors and alumnae in all majors. Chinese language proficiency is required only for the fellowship at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.

For Women Who Are Graduates of Any American Institution Mary McEwen Schimke Scholarship This scholarship provides a supplemental award to a candidate at least 30 years old and currently engaged in graduate study in literature and/or history. Preference is given to those who major in American Studies.

M.A. Cartland Shackford Medical Fellowship This fellowship is for a candidate studying medicine with a view to general practice, not psychiatry.

Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellowship at Chung Chi College, Hong Kong SAR The fellow’s time may be divided between helping to organize and promote English language activities at Chung Chi College as a whole and serving as a teaching or research assistant for an academic department.

Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellowships at Ginling College, Nanjing, China The fellows teach four or five university-level English courses per semester, with office hours as needed.

Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellowship at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan Approximately one-half of the fellow’s work is with the National Palace Museum Secretariat, where she writes, translates, and revises English documents for various departments.

The other half of the fellow’s work is with one of the museum’s other departments.

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MADELEINE KORBEL ALBRIGHT INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS 2015

WELLESLEY COLLEGE SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP RECIPIENTS 2015

WELLESLEY COLLEGE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS 2014–2015

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES 2014–2015

MADELEINE KORBEL ALBRIGHT INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS 2015 Andrea P. Aguilar ’16

Sarah K. Gontarek ’15

Mariya C. Patwa ’16

Emma K. Ambrogi ’16

Gabriela R. Guzman ’15

Huijing (Josephine) Ren ’15

Hero M. Ashman ’16

Can (Helen) M. Huang ’16

Mariajosé Rodríguez-Pliego ’16

Alexandra K. Azzi ’15

Sahar S. Ibrahim ’16

Hannah K. Ruebeck ’16

Caitlin P. Bailey ’16

Jasmyne R. Keimig ’16

Nikita U. Saladi ’16

Charlotte H. Benishek ’16

Elizabeth (Betsy) H. Kinsey ’16

Lydia R. Saltzbart ’15

Melanie T. Chen ’16

Bridgette E. Lemoine ’15

Allison D. Steitz ’16

Catherine S. Coravos ’15

Loren J. Lock ’16

Chloe J. Stroman ’15

Katherine A. Corcoran ’15

Amelia R. McClure ’16

Lindsey L. Tang ’15

Taylor J. Cranor ’16

Nina T. McKee ’16

Charlotte J. Weiss ’16

Wenyan Deng ’15

Zoe E. Moyer ’15

Chloe M. Williamson ’16

Priyanka B. Fouda ’16

Grace Oh ’15

Lucy Zhu ’15

Talin A. Ghazarian ’16

Poe Oo ’15

Sabrina A. Zurga ’15

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WELLESLEY COLLEGE SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP RECIPIENTS 2015 Center for Work and Service Global Engagement Internship Programs American Cities Internship Program Greater Boston Area Fiona M. Boyd ’16, Musicians of the Old Post Road, Waltham, MA Meredith N. Clark ’17, OUT MetroWest, Framingham, MA Maggie M. Feng ’16, Tufts Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA Gwendolyn Towers ’17, Tufts Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA Chicago Amy A. Isabelle ’17, Rush University Medical Ccenter, Chicago, IL Victoria R. Wang ’16, Northwestern University, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL New York Simone N. Liano ’17, Social Accountability International, New York, NY Kelsey M. Reiman ’15, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio, New York, NY Sanam R. Shetty ’17, Social Accountability International, New York, NY San Francisco Allyson E. Ang ’17, The Women’s Foundation of California, San Francisco, CA Lamisa S. Hossain ’17, The Office of Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, Oakland, CA C. Estefania Lamas ’16, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA Elizabeth C. O’Neill ’16, YMCA of the Central Bay Area, Berkeley, CA Environmental Studies Southern States Internships Catherine E. Burnett ’16, Conservation Voters of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Jihelah O. Greenwald ’16, Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC Evan C. Williams ’17, One Hundred Miles, Brunswick, GA 66

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Boston Children’s Hospital/ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Zaynah N. Dewan ’17, Boston Children’s Hospital, Mark Fleming Laboratory (Pathology), Boston, MA Fiona Fan ’16, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Rani George Laboratory (Pediatrics Oncology), Boston, MA Catherine E. Ho ’16, Boston Children’s Hospital, Vijay Sankaran Laboratory (Hematology/ Oncology), Boston, MA Maud Z. Muosieyiri ’16, Boston Children’s Hospital, Suneet Agarwal Laboratory (Hematology/Oncology), Boston, MA Anita Wo ’17, Boston Children’s Hospital, Ben Croker Laboratory (Immunology), Boston, MA Amy Yuan ’16, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Loren Walensky Laboratory (Pediatric Oncology), Boston, MA Lumpkin Summer Institute for Service Learning Gabriela C. Asnaran ’17, Renewal House, Roxbury, MA Rose Burnam ’17, Crittenton Women’s Union, Boston, MA Nathalie Cortes ’17, Office of Senator Harriette L. Chandler, Boston, MA Olivia B. Duggan ’17, The Dimock Center, Roxbury, MA Eunbyul Lee ’17, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA Eileen H. Macomber ’17, St. Stephen’s B-SAFE Summer Program, Boston, MA Ogochukwu I. Okoye ’17, LIFT-Boston, Boston, MA Cynthia Pardo ’17, Boston Community Capital, Boston, MA Agnes G. Rieger ’17, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Boston, MA Kanika A. Vaish ’17, Medical-Legal Partnership, Boston, MA Judy Zhang ’17, St. Francis House, Boston, MA

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Summer Internships in Psychology Program Olivia M. Grochmal ’17, Walker School, Needham, MA Jennifer Guzman ’16, Walker School, Needham, MA Meltem Ozcan ’17, Walker School, Needham, MA Kiera M. Parece ’17, Walker School, Needham, MA Margaret J. Reilly ’16, Walker School, Needham, MA The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer Internships in Asia Beijing Caitlin P. Bailey ’16, City Weekend Beijing, Beijing, China Min Fu ’17, Red Fields Partners, Beijing, China Emily E. Williams ’16, ABC News, Beijing, China Shanghai Alice Z. Xu ’17, China Market Research Group, Shanghai, China Hong Kong SAR Dai Trang Nguyen Phan ’16, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong SAR Japan Jessica A. Arenson ’17, Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project (KEEP), Kiyosato, Japan Tiffany T. Liao ’16, Tokyo English Life Line (TELL), Tokyo, Japan Zhongji Wu ’16, Rogers Investment Advisors, Tokyo, Japan Hye Sun Yun ’17, Asian Rural Institute, Tochigi-ken, Japan Taiwan Ruyi F. Li ’16, Children Are Us, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Quyen Than Trong ’16, Children Are Us, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Wellesley Internships in Africa Faith Arimoro ’17, Aga Khan Education Services, Kampala, Uganda Genesis Barrios ’17, Aga Khan Education Services, Kampala, Uganda Megan A. Chen ’17, The Kusasa Project, Franschhoek, South Africa Aathira J. Chennat ’17, Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco Pauline O. Day ’16, Centre for Cross-Cultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco Greta L. Gangestad ’16, Centre for CrossCultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco Mackenzie D. Hempe ’16, Organização das Mulheres de Cabo Verde (OMCV), Fogo, Cabo Verde Tessa M. Kellner ’17, Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco Kiersten K. Schneider ’17, Organização das Mulheres de Cabo Verde (OMCV), Fogo, Cabo Verde Angela M. Sun ’17, The Kusasa Project, Franschhoek, South Africa Wellesley in Cambodia Mengyi (Meryl) Fang ’16, The Harpswell Foundation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Jessica F. Saifee ’16, The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Wellesley in Europe Chiao-Yu (Rene) Chan ’17, Henry Jackson Society, London, England, United Kingdom Graeme L. Durovich ’15, Donors Forum, Moscow, Russia Laura B. Mayron ’16, Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo (UIMP), Santander, Spain Mairead R. McAuliffe ’16, Association for Research Into Crimes Against Art (ARCA), Amelia, Italy Margaret M. McClure ’15, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, Russia Julia T. Springer ’16, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

Kristina M. Stark ’17, ACPACYS (La asociación cordobesa de parálisis cerebral y otras afecciones similares), Córdoba, Spain Amanda O. Trabulsi ’16, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, Russia Charlotte S. Treadwell ’16, Lobkowicz Palace, Prague, Czech Republic Wellesley Internships in India Divya R. Alukal ’17, Aga Khan Educational Services, Mumbai, India Annie R. Blumfield ’17, Sisters of the Holy Cross Convent, Mundgod, India Sahar S. Ibrahim ’16, Sisters of the Holy Cross Convent/Research Assistant, Professor Pashington Obeng, Th.M., Ph.D., Uttara Kannada, Karanataka, India R. Keimig ’16, Action India, New Delhi, India Esther Lee ’17, Operation ASHA, New Delhi, India Loren J. Lock ’16, Operation ASHA, NewDelhi, India Priya D. Patel ’16, Action India, New Delhi, India Avanti S. Prasanna ’17, Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai, India Wellesley Internships in Latin America Kelly E. Alexander ’16, United Nations Development Program, San José, Costa Rica Ting Shan (Shan) Lee ’16, Poder Ciudadano, Buenos Aires, Argentina Kristen M. Oleskewicz ’16, Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust (Wintersession), Vieques, Puerto Rico Akiho Saito ’17, Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust, Vieques, Puerto Rico Rebecca E. Selch ’17, El Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico Wellesley in the Philippines Wenbo Bai ’16, Roots of Health, Puerto Princesa City, Philippines Elizabeth M. Olson ’16, Roots of Health, Puerto Princesa City, Philippines

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Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs Supporting Internship Funds Anchor Point Internships in Global Leadership Nikita U. Saladi ’16, Socios en Salud, Lima, Peru Charlotte J. Weiss ’16, Programa Interdisciplinario en Estudios Migratorios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile

Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos ’79 Endowed Internship Fund Mariajosé Rodríguez-Pliego ’16, Versal Journal, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Bernstein Endowed Internship Fund Mariya C. Patwa ’16, Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Maya, Solola, Guatemala Chloe J. Stroman ’15, The Clinton Foundation, New York, NY

Class of 1959 Endowed Fund for Internships Charlotte H. Benishek ’16, Oregon State University, Sinop, Brazil

Arthur Vining Davis Internship Fund Elizabeth (Betsy) H. Kinsey ’16, The Clinton Foundation, New York, NY

Kathryn W. Davis ’28 Fund for International Internships Sarah K. Gontarek ’15, International Labor Organization, New Delhi, India Sahar S. Ibrahim ’16, Sisters of the Holy Cross Convent/Research Assistant, Professor Pashington Obeng, Th.M., Ph.D., Uttara Kannada, Karanataka, India Jasmyne R. Keimig ’16, Action India, New Delhi, India Loren J. Lock ’16, Operation ASHA, New Delhi, India Nina T. McKee ’16, South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi, India Zoe E. Moyer ’15, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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The EFW Memorial Endowed Fund for Internships

Mary Sidell James ’65 Endowed Fund for Internships

Bridgette E. Lemoine ’15, Oxfam Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Grace Oh ’15 Kira Kira, Seoul, South Korea

Amelia R. McClure ’16, Abisko Scientific Research Station, Abisko, Sweden Lucy Zhu ’15, London School of Economics, London, England, United Kingdom

Sandra Brown Eakins ’59 Fund for Internships

Susan Saltzbart Kilsby ’80 Endowed Fund for Internships

Katherine A. Corcoran ’15, Mariposa DR Foundation and Center for Girls, Cabarete, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Cathleen J. McGovern ’16, One Campaign, Washington, D.C. Emma C. van den Terrell ’15, The Berlin Center for Torture Victims, Berlin, Germany

Allison D. Steitz ’16, Edupeg, Cape Town, South Africa Chloe M. Williamson ’16, FoodBank South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

The Lia Gelin Poorvu ’56 Internship Fund

Sandra Polk Guthman ’65 Endowed Fund for Internships Melanie T. Chen ’16, Saint-Pierre Hospital/Tufts Medical Center, Brussels, Belgium and Boston, MA Leila T. Elabbady ’16, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland Huijing (Josephine) Ren ’15, Accion, Boston, MA

Maryam Homayoun-Eisler ’89 Endowed Internship Fund Andrea P. Aguilar ’16,The Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development, Amman, Jordan Gabriela R. Guzman ’15, United States Embassy, Moscow, Russia

Amelia C. Fawcett ’78 Endowed Fund for Internships Talin A. Ghazarian ’16, Armenian General Benevolent Union/Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia

Beth Langerman Friedman ’82 Endowed Fund for Internships Savitri Restrepo Alvarez ’16, The Clinton Foundation, New York, NY Hero M. Ashman ’16, The Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, D.C. Taylor J. Cranor ’16, National Economic Council, The White House, Washington, D.C.

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Catherine S. Coravos ’16, The Albright Stonebridge Group, Washington, D.C. Hannah K. Ruebeck ’16, Evidence for Policy Design, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA

Center for Work and Service Global Engagement and Wellesley Serves Internship Funds Anchor Point Internships in Global Leadership Mackenzie D. Hempe ’16, Organização das Mulheres de Cabo Verde (OMCV), Fogo, Cabo Verde Jessica F. Saifee ’16, The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Kiersten K. Schneider ’17, Organização das Mulheres de Cabo Verde (OMCV), Fogo, Cabo Verde The Paul B. Beal and Mona Phillips Beal Internship Emily S. Lee ’16, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Rebecca M. Zhang ’17, Washington University in St. Louis Medical School, St. Louis, MO The Harold B. Black and Barbara J. Sherlock ’72 Pacific Rim Endowed Internship Fund Rebecca Y. Chen ’16, The Urban Land Institute, Shanghai, China

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Barbara Bush Award for Volunteerism Amber T. Dickerson ’15, Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center, Dorchester, MA Faith C. Fells ’15, Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center, Dorchester, MA Veronica J. Lin ’15, ORT SA CAPE, Cape Town, South Africa Class of 1962 Student Internship Fund Alyssa N. Brody ’16, The Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, Boston, MA Linnaea H. Honl-Stuenkel ’17, The Office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis, MN Hannah G. Lindow ’16, White House Office of Communication, Washington, D.C. Class of 1969 Community Service Internship Fund Carey A. Cabrera ’16, International Institute of New England, Boston, MA Jennie B. Ling ’16, Phillips Brooks House Association, Cambridge, MA Kathryn Wasserman Davis ’28 International Research and Development Fund for Students Catherine E. Baltazar ’16, The Asia Foundation and Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh Marilis (Mari) E. Dugas ’16, Kennan Institute – Kyiv Office, Kyiv, Ukraine Graeme L. Durovich ’15, Donors Forum, Moscow, Russia Juliette P. Fry ’16, One Sun Health, Hamakuya, South Africa Briana M. Grisby ’16, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina Margaret M. McClure ’15, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, Russia Alisha M. Pegan ’16, American Planning Association (APA), Hangzhou, China Amanda O. Trabulsi ’16, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, Russia Charlotte S. Treadwell ’16, Lobkowicz Palace, Prague, Czech Republic Victoria Yu ’16, Bosnia Initiatives for Local Development, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Susan Todd Horton 1910 Internship Fund Gretchen M. Parmley ’16, Legal Momentum, New York, NY Camille C. Samulski ’16, W.M. Keck Observatory, Kamuela, HI Jayne Yan ’15, Philly Art Center, Philadelphia, PA The Jeniam Foundation Internship Grant Hannah M. Flesch ’16, Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C. Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Internship Fund Pelumi O. Botti ’16, Mamelodi Initiative, Pretoria, South Africa Chiao-Yu (Rene) Chan ’17, Henry Jackson Society, London, England, United Kingdom Aathira J. Chennat ’17, Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco Pauline O. Day ’16, Centre for Cross-Cultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco Greta L. Gangestad ’16, Centre for CrossCultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco Tessa M. Kellner ’17, Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco Laura B. Mayron ’16, Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo (UIMP), Santander, Spain Mairead R. McAuliffe ’16, Association for Research Into Crimes Against Art (ARCA), Amelia, Italy Hannah S. Mott ’16, Adoptee Solidarity Korea, Seoul, South Korea Avanti S. Prasanna ’17, Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai, India Rebecca E. Selch ’17, El Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico Julia T. Springer ’16, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy Sartu M. Taha ’16, Proyecto Peru, Cusco, Peru The Shirley Heidenberg Koteen ’40 Endowed Internship Fund for Jewish Studies C. Estefania Lamas ’16, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA

Kilsby South Africa Internship Gift Megan A. Chen ’17, The Kusasa Project, Franschhoek, South Africa Angela M. Sun ’17, The Kusasa Project, Franschhoek, South Africa Marian H. Littleford Endowed Internship Fund Kristen M. Oleskewicz ’16, Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust (Wintersession), Vieques, Puerto Rico Akiho Saito ’17, Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust, Vieques, Puerto Rico The Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 Summer Internships in Asia Jessica A. Arenson ’17, Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project (KEEP), Kiyosato, Japan Caitlin P. Bailey ’16, City Weekend Beijing, Beijing, China Min Fu ’17, Red Fields Partners, Beijing, China Ruyi F. Li ’16, Children Are Us, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Tiffany T. Liao ’16, Tokyo English Life Line (TELL), Tokyo, Japan Dai Trang Nguyen Phan ’16, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong SAR Quyen Than Trong ’16, Children Are Us, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Emily Williams ’16, ABC News, Beijing, China Zhongji Wu ’16, Rogers Investment Advisors, Tokyo, Japan Alice Z. Xu ’17, China Market Research Group, Shanghai, China Hye Sun Yun ’17, Asian Rural Institute, Tochigi-ken, Japan The Mollie Green Lumpkin ’25 Fund for Experiential Learning in Latin America Kelly E. Alexander ’16, United Nations Development Program, San José, Costa Rica Ting Shan (Shan) Lee ’16, Poder Ciudadano, Buenos Aires, Argentina The Lumpkin Family Internships for the Environment Catherine E. Burnett ’16, Conservation Voters of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

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Elizabeth H. Cho ’16, WriteGirl, Los Angeles, CA Erin Chow ’16, Phillips Brooks House Association, Cambridge, MA Meredith N. Clark ’17, OUT MetroWest, Framingham, MA Emerson S. Goldstein ’18, Affirmations, Ferndale, MI Meghan A. Kelley ’16, Phillips Brooks House Association, Cambridge, MA Kaeum (Anni) Kim ’16, Phillips Brooks House Association, Cambridge, MA Esther Lee ’17, Operation ASHA, New Delhi, India Elizabeth C. O’Neill ’16, YMCA of the Central Bay Area, Berkeley, CA Priya D. Patel ’16, Action India, New Delhi, India Kelsey M. Reiman ’15, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio, New York, NY Kristina M. Stark ’17, ACPACYS (La asociación cordobesa de parálisis cerebral y otras afecciones similares), Córdoba, Spain Beth K. Smith Internship in Public Service Wenbo Bai ’16, Roots of Health, Puerto Princesa City, Philippines Maggie M. Feng ’16, Tufts Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA Margaret A. Justus ’17, Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project, Arma, Greece Simone N. Liano ’17, Social Accountability International, New York, NY Claudia M. Liss-Schultz ’16, Library of America, New York, NY Elizabeth M. Olson ’16, Roots of Health, Puerto Princesa City, Philippines Sanam R. Shetty ’17, Social Accountability International, New York, NY Gwendolyn Towers ’17, Tufts Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA Victoria R. Wang ’16, Northwestern University, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL Jessica F. Yung ’17, AGNI Magazine at Boston University, Boston, MA

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The Helen Wallace Health Sciences Internship Fund Amy A. Isabelle ’17, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Davis Museum and Cultural Center Summer Internship Program (Internships took place on the Wellesley College Campus unless noted otherwise.)

Wei Fong Chu Chao Endowed Fund for International Internships Mengyi (Meryl) Fang ’16, The Harpswell Foundation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Intern Coordinator Hannah R. Levine ’15

The Wellesley College Internship Grant Program Carolyn A. Chelius ’16, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Global Agriculture and Food Department, Chicago, IL Zaynah N. Dewan ’17, Boston Children’s Hospital, Mark Fleming Laboratory (Pathology), Boston, MA Ilhan A. Esse ’16, Somali Development Center, Boston, MA Fiona Fan ’16, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Rani George Laboratory (Pediatrics Oncology), Boston, MA Hope C. Garcia ’17, Agros International, Seattle, WA Catherine E. Ho ’16, Boston Children’s Hospital, Vijay Sankaran Laboratory (Hematology/ Oncology), Boston, MA Lamisa S. Hossain ’17, The Office of Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, Oakland, CA Sophie A. Kerwin ’16, The Frick Collection, New York, NY Maud Z. Muosieyiri ’16, Boston Children’s Hospital, Suneet Agarwal Laboratory (Hematology/Oncology), Boston, MA Amelia M. Redmond ’16, Consortium on Gender, Security, and Human Rights, Boston, MA Emily A. Rodriguez ’16, The Fairbanks House, Dedham, MA Anita Wo ’17, Boston Children’s Hospital, Ben Croker Laboratory (Immunology), Boston, MA Amy Yuan ’16, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Loren Walensky Laboratory (Pediatric Oncology), Boston, MA

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Curatorial Interns: Research Hannah K. Augst ’17 I. Gaia Lettere ’15 Ningyi Xi ’17 Emily C. Zhao ’17 Curatorial Intern: Interpretive Programming L. Carrington O’Brion ’15 Collections Care Florentina G. Gutierrez ’15 Technology and Social Media Sheree Y. Liu ’17 Isabel (Belle) H. Noonan ’17 Eleanor P. DeLorme Fellow Kathryn W. Griffith ’15 Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musée du Louvre, Paris Grace Oh ’15 Department of Art 2015 Grace Slack McNeil Student Internships, New England Arts and Architecture Program Amelia Alvarez ’17, Historic New England, Boston, MA Cindy Coffee ’16, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, Boston, MA Muna El-Taha ’16,Enterprise Community Partners, Boston, MA Dana Marks ’15, Boston Preservation Alliance, Boston, MA Department of English and Writing Program Maya C. Brownstein ’15, National Public Radio, “On the Media,” New York, NY Claudia M. Liss-Schultz ’16, Library of America, New York, NY

Molly S. Petrey ’15, Kneerim and Williams Literary Agency, Boston, MA Celina C. Reynes ’16, Maven Pictures, New York, NY Jessica F. Yung ’17, AGNI Magazine at Boston University, Boston, MA Anna Diamond ’15, Slate Office of the Provost and Dean of the College Pforzheimer Gift for Internships in the Humanities Clara Bartlett ’16 Rosario Cardona ’15

Department of French Michele Respaut French House Fellows Program Megan Locatis ’16, 1001 Pharmacies, Montpellier, France Department of Political Science Wellesley in Washington Internship Program Meredith A. Ausenbaugh ’16, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. Angellena (Lena) M. Berberich-Eerebout ’16, Judge Ann O’Regan Keary, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. Allison M. Carbonaro ’16, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Plannig and Evaluation, Washington, D.C. Dedo Doku ’16, Corporate Council on Africa, Washington, D.C. Zoe M. Krause ’16, The Sentencing Project, Washington, D.C. Shivani Kuckreja ’16, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Laura Lopez ’16, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Washington, D.C. Alejandra C. Miranda ’16, U.S. Department of Labor, Chief Economist, Washington, D.C. Leah M. Nugent ’16, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Rocío Ortega ’16, Embassy of Mexico, Washington, D.C. Grace Y. Park ’16, The White House, Washington, D.C. Prioty F. Sarwar ’16, The George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Hawdon Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Isabel M. Starr ’16, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Washington, D.C. Ye-Eun Sung ’16, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. Grace E. Williams ’16, Department of Health and Human Services, 2015 White House Conference on Aging, Washington, D.C. Meridian A. Witt ’16, The University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, College Park, MD Department of Psychology Psychology Practicum Program Olivia M. Grochmal ’17, Walker School, Needham, MA Jennifer Guzman ’16, Walker School, Needham, MA Meltem Ozcan ’17, Walker School, Needham, MA Kiera M. Parece ’17, Walker School, Needham, MA Margaret J. Reilly ’16, Walker School, Needham, MA Department of Religion Emmavail Luce Severinghaus ’22 Summer Internship Program in Ministry/Human Services Huiying Bernice Y. Chan ’16, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, New York, NY Anna C. Everett ’16, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Boston, MA Jane Pak ’16, Women’s Human Rights Commission of Korea, Seoul, South Korea Kathryn C. Puzzanghera ’16, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Durham, NC

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Kayla E. Bercu ’16, Anne Murray Ladd Student Research Intern Mariya C. Patwa ’16, Morse Fellowship Budnampet (Pet) Ramanudom ’18, Linda Coyne Lloyd Student Research Intern Juliana E. Robeson ’16, Shirley R. Sherr Student Research Intern Prioty F. Sarwar ’16, Class of ’67 Intern

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WELLESLEY COLLEGE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS 2014–2015 Trustee Award Kirsten Nicole Blacato ’15, United States Sydney Dorothy Butler ’15, United States Jacquelyn Chou ’15, United States Wenyan Deng ’15, United States

Harriet A. Shaw Fellowship Courtney Faith Richter ’09, United States Sarah Perry Wood Medical Fellowship Lucy Yichu Liu ’13, United States Fanny Bullock Workman Fellowship Liyang Sun ’14, United States

Anne Louise Barrett Fellowship Natasha Madeleine Anne Roule ’11, United States

Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Scholarship for Foreign Study Morgan Elizabeth Moore ’15, United Kingdom

Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship Denise Marie Crooks ’01, United States Eugene L. Cox Fellowship Gabrielle Corlyn Linnell ’13, United Kingdom Horton-Hallowell Fellowship Monica Anna Tang Gates ’15, United Kingdom Claire Fontaine Howard ’05, United States Farrah Christina Yhee ’14, United States Hong Frieda Zhang ’15, United States Peggy Howard Fellowship in Economics Emily Ann Cuddy ’12, United States Cailey Djule Stevens ’12, United States Edna V. Moffett Fellowship Sundus Isam Al-Bayati ’14, United States Sarah Webster Bidgood ’09, United States Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship Ellyn McAllister Schmidt ’11, United States Kathryn Conway Preyer Fellowship Caeden Lahr Brynie ’14, United Kingdom Vida Dutton Scudder Fellowship Elisabetta Pellegrino ’15, United States M.A. Cartland Shackford Medical Fellowship Jessica Lee ’12, United States

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Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Traveling Fellowship Olivia Kathryn Dumont ’15, Philippines, India, Turkey, France, Madagascar, Brazil Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship Julie Ann Catterson Lindahl ’88, Germany, Brazil Susan Reisman ’99, Japan, Canada, Scotland Elizabeth Alys Rose ’74, Nepal, India, Thailand, France, Spain, Kenya Bethany Joy Winkels ’06, Argentina, Spain Elisabeth Luce Moore ’24 WellesleyYenching Fellowship Gabriela Simone Cooper-Vespa ’15, WellesleyYenching Graduate Fellow at Ginling College, China Sizhuang Miao ’15, Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellow at National Palace Museum, Taiwan Kathryn Joyce Saibara ’15, WellesleyYenching Graduate Fellow at Chung Chi College, China Julia Shew ’11, Wellesley-Yenching Fellow at Ginling College, China

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NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES 2014–2015 Boren Scholarship Kendall Leigh Bianchi ’15, Egypt

Killam Fellowship Caroline J. Battaile ’17, Canada

Carnegie Junior Fellows Program Wenyan Deng ’15, United States Margaret Makepiece McClure ’15, United States

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Allyson Eleanor Ang ’17, United States Gabriela Cristina Asnaran ’17, United States Tamar Sarai Davis ’16, United States Kasirha Anasa Tate Goodman ’17, United States Imara H. McMillan ’17, United States Christina Iman Phelps ’17, United States Brianna Desiree Ruffin ’17, United States Adele Marie Watkins ’17, United States

Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace Award Neha Jayesh Doshi ’15, Rwanda Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship Ashley Kay Funk ’16, United States French Government Teaching Assistantship in English Cecelia Ann Countryman ’15, France Isabella Gaia Lettere ’15, France Julia Amelie Pollack ’15, France Deborah Eugenia Ransom ’15, France Anne Sophia Ratnoff ’15, France

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Katherine Frost ’10, United States Sarah George ’14, United States Rachel Lee Harris ’14, United States Rachel Magid ’12, United States Amanda Papakyrikos ’14, United States NIST – SURF Grant Vivienne Etzu Shaw ’16, United States

Fulbright Student Program Faith Charisa Fells ’15, Teaching Assistantship to Malaysia Charlotte Fitzek ’15, Full Grant to South Korea Kimberly J. Geronimo ’08, Full Grant to Chile Esther S. Im ’12, Full Grant to South Korea Maria Alicia LaBouyer ’15, Full Grant to United Kingdom Lucia A. Perez ’14, Full Grant to South Africa Nathalie Rivas ’15, Full Grant to Brazil Christina Grace Rozek ’15, Teaching Assistantship to Malaysia Jocelyn Sam Wong ’15, Full Grant to China

NYU – Global Academic Fellowship in Abu Dhabi Paulina R. Perlin ’15, Abu Dhabi

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships Isabelle Anderson Chen ’17, China

Morris K. Udall Scholarship Idalmis Vaquero ’16, United States

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Carina Aiello Belvin ’16, United States

NYU – Global Academic Fellowship in Shanghai Lynn Uwei Hsu ’15, Shanghai, China Princeton in Asia Mai Yer Xiong ’14, Laos Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musée de Louvre—Paris Grace Oh ’15, France

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Nevatha Mathialagan ’15, Switzerland, China, South Africa, Peru, Nepal

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INDEX Advisors and Organizers Agosin, Marjorie 11, 37 Anderson, Scott 9, 30 Armstrong, Justin 5, 12, 18, 39 Arumainayagam, Christopher 14, 47 Bauman, Connie 10, 33 Beatty, Barbara 6, 8, 19, 26 Beltz, Barbara 11, 14, 36, 47 Ben-Josef Hirsch, Michal 6, 21 Berkman, Audrey 10, 34 Bidart, Frank 5, 16 Britto, Vanessa 14, 46 Brubaker, Anne 7, 11, 22, 35, 37, 38 Cameron, Tracey 6, 13, 14, 20, 41, 44, 45 Carli, Linda 11, 37 Carrico-Moniz, Dora 1, 13, 43 Cassibry, Kimberly 10, 32 Coile, Courtney 11, 34 Cuba, Lee 1, 14, 46 Darer, Veronica 5, 19 Darling, Louise 15, 49 DeSombre, Beth 11, 36 Doe, Nicholas 14, 44 Dwojeski-Santos, Anne 1, 8, 13, 25, 27, 41 Egron-Sparrow, Sylvaine 12, 39 Flynn, Nolan 13, 43 Galarneau, Charlene 5, 7, 11, 13, 18, 23, 37, 38, 43 Gardner, Elizabeth 5, 16 Gleason, Tracy 9, 29 Gobes, Sharon 9, 28 Goddard, Stacie 11, 35 Gonzalez, Octavio 11, 38 Grattan, Laura 7, 23

Hansen,Thomas 13, 41 Hawes, Kenneth 10, 33 Hertz, Rosanna 8, 27 Hu, Yue 14, 47 Hughes, Jeffrey 8, 27 Hussey, Nora 7, 13, 22, 41 Igrejas, Antonio 8, 26 Jones, Kristina 11, 36 Joyce, Joseph 9, 10, 29, 34 Knouf, Nicholas 7, 22 Kodera, T. James 8, 10, 25, 33 Koniger, Martina 5, 18 Koski, Katie 5, 7, 14, 17, 22, 46 Lam, Yuan-Chu 8, 28 Lange, Karen 8, 26 Laviosa, Flavia 10, 13, 31, 41 Leach, Donald 11, 35 Lee, Sohie 12, 40 Lee, Sun-Hee 5, 18 Levitt, Andrea 5, 18 Levitt, Peggy 1, 6, 9, 21, 30 Lindauer, David 9, 11, 29, 36 Liu, Heping 10, 31 MacDonald, Paul 8, 11, 25, 37 Malino, Frances 8, 27, 62 Mandeville, Elizabeth 11, 12, 35, 38 Mata, Irene 7, 11, 23, 36 Matsusaka, Yoshihisa 10, 32 Matthaei, Julie 5, 12, 17, 39 Matthews, Adam 13, 14, 42, 47 McNamara, Martha 1, 14, 44, 45 Morel, Domingo 8, 26 Murphy, Craig 14, 46 Mustafaraj, Eniana 1, 14, 45 Musto, Jennifer 11, 38

Neumuller, Seth 13, 42 Nolden, Thomas 6, 19 Nunez, Megan 15, 48, 49 Obeng, Pashington 5, 10, 17, 33, 67 Osborn, Ronald 13, 42 Quinan,Virginia 8, 28

Van Arsdale, Adam 15, 48 Weerapana, Akila 6, 9, 14, 20, 30, 45 Wiest, Michael 8, 28 Wilmer, Jeremy 9, 29 Wood, Winifred 1, 7, 9, 14, 22, 30, 44

Ramos, Carlos 5, 16 Reverby, Susan 7, 11, 12, 13, 24, 34, 40, 42 Robichaud, Elizabeth 1 Rubin, Noah 8, 26 Scherer, Nancy 13, 42 Selimovic, Inela 10, 31 Shaer, Orit 6, 20, 21 Shastry, Gauri 6, 14, 20, 47 Shukla-Bhatt, Neelima 10, 13, 32, 43 Shurchkov, Olga 9, 29 Silver, Edward 10, 32 Skeath van Mulbregt, Susan 11, 35 Sommers Smith, Sally 6, 19 Stark, Glenn 15, 48 Starr, Raymond 14, 45 Stumpf, Suzanne 5, 17 Suzuki, Yuichiro 8, 15, 27, 48, 49 Tannenhauser, Jonathan 10, 34 Taylor, Corrine 13, 44 Tenser, Lori 9, 30 Tham, Shiao Wei 7, 24 Theran, Sally 6, 19 Tisdell, RocĂ­o-Maria G 1, 7, 24 Thomas, Marcia 5, 7, 14, 17, 24, 46 Thomas-Starck, Jennifer 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 20, 23, 25, 28, 31, 39

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Presenters Aguilar, Andrea 6, 21, 65, 68 Ahmed, Samaa 9, 30 Ahn, Emily 14, 45 Ahsan, Christine 7, 22 Ambrogi, Emma 8, 26, 65 Arora, Apoorva 14, 45 Ascher, Laura 9, 30 Asenbeck, Kim 11. 36 Asnaran, Gabriela 7, 22, 66, 73 Aylward, Rianna 11, 37 Bai, Wenbo 7, 24, 67, 70 Bailey, Caitlin 7, 24, 65, 66, 69 Baltazar, Catherine 11, 36, 68 Bandurska, Caroline 8, 25 Barrios, Genesis 8, 26, 67, 69 Bechtel, Caroline 8, 26 Begovic, Jelena 10, 33 Bennett Pierre, Grace 9, 29 Berry-Toon, Meredith 11, 37 Blumfield, Annie Roth 10, 33, 67, 69 Bobadilla, Ximena 10, 31 Botti, Pelumi 5, 17, 69 Boyd, Fiona 5, 17, 66, 69 Braun, Amber 12, 39 Brewer-Wallin, Emma 11, 37, 69 Brooks, Danielle 11, 38 Brown, Elise 7, 23 Bruehl, Melissa 14, 46 Brumfield, Sydney 8, 28 Bu, Jessica 14, 45 Burhans, Kelsey 8, 28 Burnam, Rose 5, 17, 66 Bussert, Kate 7, 22 Castano, Marce 14, 45 Chan, Karina 12, 40 Chan, Huiying Bernice 7, 23, 71 Chatila, Zena 7, 22 Chen, Melanie 11, 34, 65, 68 Chen, Vivien 6, 21 Chen, Xueying 11, 35, 69 Cheng, Michelle 13, 42 Cheng, Sabrina 14, 45 76

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Cho, Elizabeth 7, 22, 70 Chun, Emily 8, 27 Coffee, Cindy 14, 45, 70 Cohen, Ariel 10, 34 Conron, Anne 7, 23 Cranor, Taylor 6, 20, 65, 68 Crawford, Caitlin 8, 28 Cui, Kendra 13, 41 Cuin Miranda, Alejandra 8, 25 Davelman, Hannah 14, 46 Davis, Jasmine 6, 21 Day, Pauline 7, 24, 67, 69 Desai, Chitti 14, 47 Dewan, Zaynah 13, 42, 66, 70 Duckler, Eva 9, 30 Dugas, Marilis 11, 35, 68 Duggan, Olivia 5, 17, 66 El-Taha, Muna 14, 44, 70 Elabbady, Leila 9, 28, 68 Ertle, Sarah 10, 32 Everett, Anna 11, 38, 71 Fan, Fiona 13, 42, 66, 70 Fang, Jennifer 7, 22 Feng, Maggie 14, 44, 66, 70 Ferguson, Leah 12, 40 Flesch, Hannah 7, 24, 69 Flores-Montano, Cassandra 11, 36 Forden, Jessica 13, 41 Fouda, Priyanka 6, 20, 65 Friedberg, Elle 15, 48 Fromm, Catherine 14, 47 Fry, Juliette 13, 42, 68 Funk, Ashley 7, 24, 73 Gadkari, Gauri 6, 19 GallĂŠe, Jeanne 5, 18 Ghazarian, Talin 8, 27, 65, 68 Gibert, Sophia 13, 44 Gill, Kimberly 11, 37 Gill, Clare 15, 49 Goldstein, Emerson 11, 38, 70 Gordon, Helen 10, 33 i n

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Grange, Meredyth 13, 41 Greenwald, Jihelah 66, 69 Grochmal, Olivia 6, 19, 66, 71 Guild, Caroline 8, 27 Guzman, Jennifer 6, 19, 66, 71 Guzman, Irene 11, 36 Han, Rachel 13, 43 Hannink, Jordan 11, 37 Hauge, Savannah 11, 37 Hejmadi, Meera 9, 30 Ho, Catherine 13, 42, 66, 70 Hooker, Chesley 9, 30 Howland, Grace 6, 20 Huang, Can 65 Huizenga, Kristin 10, 31 Ibrahim, Sahar 10, 33, 65, 67 Isabelle, Amy 5, 18, 66, 70 Jain, Mollee 12, 40 Jin, Emily 10, 32 Johnson, Ali 14, 46 Jones, Abigail 8, 28 Joseph, Christiana 14, 45 Justus, Margaret 10, 32, 70 Keenan, Mary 15, 48 Khan, Maryam 13, 42 Kim, Madeleine 9, 29 Kinman, Laurel 11, 35 Kinsey, Betsy 10, 34, 65, 67 Kjeer, Katherine 12, 40 Kwon, Rachel 6, 21 Lamas, Cristian 10, 32 Lanevi, Sam 14, 45 Lee, Eunbyul 5, 17, 66 Lee, Priscilla 14, 45 Lee, Ting Shan 11, 35, 67, 69 Li, Hui 13, 42 Li, Beibei 9, 30 Li, Yuyu 12, 40 Liang, Yilin 12, 40 Liang, Alice 6, 20

Liano, Simone 12, 39, 66, 70 Lin, Veronica 6, 20, 68 Lindow, Hannah 11, 35, 68 Ling, Jennie 14, 46, 68 Lipstein, Hannah 11, 38 Liu, Xiaorong 10, 31 Liu, Sheree 5, 16, 70 Locatis, Megan 12, 39, 71 Lopez, Laura 8, 25, 71 Lowe, Alexis 71 Lu, Michelle 14, 45 Lukens, Julia 14, 47 Luo, Lily 7, 23 Macomber, Eileen 7, 22, 66 Man, Chloe 9, 30 Marquez, Rita 11, 37 Martel, Ann 13, 42 Mayron, Laura 5, 16, 67, 69 McClure, Amelia 7, 24, 65 McGarvey, Dylan 8, 27 McGovern, Cathleen 13, 41, 68 McKee, Nina 8, 25, 65, 67 Mehta, Akanksha 14, 45 Mendez, Lizette 10, 33 Michelson,Sarah 10, 32 Mincheva, Sam 6, 21 Mishanec, Nora 12, 38 Muosieyiri, Maud 13, 42, 66, 70 Murillo, Elizabeth 8, 25 Nettere, Isabelle 12, 39 Ni, Karen 8, 28 Noonan, Isabel 5, 16, 70 Nowell, Cecilia 8, 27 Odekirk, Lillian 13, 41 Oduor, Zilpa 6, 20 Okoro, Chimuanya 12, 40 Okoye, Ogochukwu 7, 22, 66 Olson, Elizabeth 7, 24, 67, 70 Oney, Seraphina 8, 26 Opferman, Tess 11, 37 Oppenheimer, Natalie 11, 37 Ortega, Rocio 8, 25, 71

Pak, Jane 10, 33, 71 Pan, Yuanzhen 9, 30 Pardo, Cynthia 5, 17, 66 Parece, Kiera 6, 19, 66, 71 Park, Grace 11, 37, 71 Parmley, Gretchen 13, 42, 69 Patel, Priya 7, 23, 67, 70 Patwa, Mariya 13, 42, 65, 67, 71 Patwardhan, Shweta 14, 46 Pegan, Alisha 11, 36, 68 Pera, Silvia 8, 26 Phelps, Christina 14, 44, 73 Piner, Catherine 7, 22 Pirani, Zahra 5, 18 Pollalis, Christina 6, 21 Reilly, Margaret 6, 19, 66, 71 Restrepo Alvarez, Savitri 10, 34, 66 Rieger, Agnes 7, 22, 66 Roche, Katherine 7, 22 Rodriguez, Mica 14, 44 Rodriguez Pliego, Mariajose 5, 16, 65, 67 Ruderman, Sally 15, 49 Ruebeck, Hannah 6, 20, 65, 68 Saifee, Jessica 13, 43, 67, 68 Saito, Akiho 14, 47, 67, 69 Saladi, Nikita 13, 43, 65, 67 Samen, Marcelle-Gloria 5, 17 Sarang, Mehak 10, 33 Sarwar, Prioty 8, 27, 71 Savage, Alison 9, 30 Schnitzer, Anne 6, 19 Shaw, Vivienne 14, 45,73 Silva, Kathy 11, 34 Smith, Madeleine 5, 16 So, Soo Jin 5, 17 Sotomayor, Selina 12, 40 Springer, Julia 10, 31, 67, 69 Stacy, Leilani 8, 26 Stark, Kristina 5, 19, 67, 70 Starr, Isabel 15, 48, 71 Steitz, Allison 6, 21, 65, 68

Steta, Senija 9, 29 Sung, Ye-Eun 8, 25, 71 Swarzenski, Zoe 12, 40 Tai, Teresa 9, 30 Takada, Megumi 14, 47 Tasneem, Rafa 5, 18 Thayer, Olivia 10, 33 Thomas, Ashley 12, 40 Towers, Gwendolyn 14, 44, 66, 70 Treadwell, Charlotte 13, 41, 67, 68

Zhou, Yu 10, 34 Zhou, Ronghao 14, 44 Zhou, Alice 14, 45 Zionts, Sabrina 7, 23

Vaish, Kanika 5, 17, 66 Vaquero, Idalmis 7, 24, 69, 73 Verbeck, Claire 10, 31 Volker, Victoria 10, 33 Wade, Meredith 7, 24 Walsh, Helen 13, 41 Wang, Crysti 14, 45 Wang, Zhou 15, 49 Weinstein, Noa 5, 18 Weiss, Charlotte 6, 19, 65, 67 Westort, Liliana 6, 21 Wickett, Amy 6, 20 Williamson, Chloe 11, 36, 65, 68 Wo, Anita 13, 42, 66, 70 Woodhouse, Catherine 14, 46 Wu, Zhongji 9, 30, 66, 69 Wulff, Rachel 9, 29 Xi, Ningyi 5, 16, 70 Yeh, Stephanie 15, 48 Yuan, Amy 13, 42, 66, 70 Zambrana, Melissa Jo 8, 26 Zeng, Laura 9, 30 Zhang, Judy 7, 22, 66 Zhang, Nancy 8, 27 Zhang, Rebecca 13, 43, 68 Zhang, Alexis 8, 25 Zhang, Liang 13, 42 Zhao, Emily 5, 16, 70 Zhao, Eka 13, 42 t h e

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