Class of 2016 Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy
Kate Adams
Major: Human Development
Minor: Hispanic Studies
PICA Interest: Access to Health
Study Away: Athens, Greece
Internship: Aporta Desarrollo Sostenible, Telemedicine in Lima, Peru
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Missing Persons: Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the Healthcare
Workforce, Human Development Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jennifer Fredricks, Human Development
Mattie Barber-Bockelman
Major: Theater
Minor: International Relations
PICA Interest: Theater for Social Change
Internship: Women’s Project Theater, New York City
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Staging the Unspeakable: Organization and Exclusion of Women’s Voices in Theatrical Representations of Violence against Women, Theater Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor David Jaffe, Theater
Ciara Beaulieu
Major: Sociology
Minor: Religious Studies
PICA Interest: Sexual Violence in Underserved Communities
Study Away: Vienna, Austria
Internship: Department of Justice Office on Violence against Women, Washington, D.C.
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Transcending Patriarchal Borders: An Analysis of Transnational Women’s Movements in Austria and Germany, Religious Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Sufia Uddin, Religious Studies
Ariana Beers
Major: Human Development, Elementary Education Certification
PICA Interest: The Autonomous Zapatista Schools Study Away: Mexico Solidarity Network
Internship: The Association to Benefit Children, New York, NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): A Historical Perspective: Mexican Immigrant Children and the Impact that Social and Economic Reproduction of School Segregation, Racism, and Americanization has had on their Experience in U.S. Public Schools, Human Development Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jennifer Fredricks, Human Development
Dana Canfield
Major: Biological Sciences, Cellular and Molecular Concentration
PICA Interest: Mentoring to Enhance Science Identity and Increase the Persistence of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Internship: Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), University of Illinois at Chicago
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Launching a Mentoring Program for Women in Science, Technology, and Math at Connecticut College, Gender & Women’s Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professors Deborah Eastman, Biology; Jennifer Gorman, Psychology; and Ariella Rotramel, Gender & Women’s Studies
Aleksandr Chandra
Majors: Psychology, English
PICA Interest: Aging in North India
Study Away: Delhi, India
Internship: Mending Maya Program and Agewell Foundation, New Delhi, India
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Mending Maya: Aging and Intergenerational Connection in Delhi, India, Psychology Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Audrey Zakriski, Psychology
Grace Finley
Majors: Dance, American Studies with a focus in Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity
PICA Interest: Access to Quality Education
Study Away: Prague, Czech Republic
Internship: The District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Developing and Implementing the ‘Camel Sprouts’ Nutrition Curriculum at the Connecticut College Children’s Program, Human Development Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Kathryn O’Connor, Director of the Connecticut College Children’s Program, Human Development
Gracie Hall
Major: Sociology
Minor: Economics
PICA Interest: Racial and Ethnic School Integration Reform
Study Away: Hanoi, Vietnam
Internship: Fieldwork Research Assistant of Professor Campos-Holland at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Consequences of ‘Choice’: Experiencing Youth Peer Culture in a Racial and Ethnic School Integration Reform, Sociology Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Ana Campos-Holland, Sociology
Kristina Harrold
Major: International Relations
PICA Interest: Democratization and Development Studies, Access to Civic Engagement
Study Away: Amman, Jordan
Internship: Groundwork Somerville, Massachusetts
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): A Comparative Analysis of Democratization in Libya and Tunisia: Successes, Failures, and Implications, International Relations Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Alex Hybel, Government
Julia Hayden
Majors: Environmental Studies, Botany
PICA Interest: Environmental Justice
Study Away: Copenhagen, Denmark
Internship: Botany Lab of Professor Silver at Connecticut College, New London, CT
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Cut Flower Industry as an Environmental Injustice: A Comparative Study between Imports to the European Union versus the United States, Environmental Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jane Dawson, Government
Estefani Ignacio Gallegos
Majors: Biological Science and Public Health
PICA Interest: Public Health
Study Away: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Internship: University of Michigan School of Public Health and Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) Center, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI Senior Integrative Project (SIP): An Analysis on How the Social Determinants of Health Lead to Environmental Inequalities in Lead Contamination, Psychology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Joseph Schroeder, Psychology
Jessica Kannam
Major: American Studies
Minor: Government
PICA Interest: Community-Based Organizing for Educational Change within Low-Income Communities of Color
Study Away: Cape Town, South Africa
Internship: Urban Education Leaders Internship Program at DC Public Schools, Washington, DC
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Community-Based Organizing for Educational Justice: A Case Study of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, American Studies Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Dana Wright, Education
Taryn Kitchen
Majors: Latin American Studies, Elementary Education and Secondary Spanish Education Certification
PICA Interest: Immigration Policy and Activism
Study Away: Havana, Cuba Internship: Communications Intern at Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Boston, Massachusetts
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Big Dreams and Big Barriers: How Immigration Advocacy Coalitions Overcome Major Obstacles to Policies that Defend Migrant Rights, Latin American Studies Capstone
SIP Adviser: Professor Jennifer Rudolph, Hispanic Studies
Samantha Krieger
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience, Premed
PICA Interest: Women’s Health Issues
Study Away: Barcelona, Spain
Internship: Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease Research at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Rapist After Prison: Misconceptions, Ethics, and the Sex Offender Registry, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Robert Gay, Sociology
Bianca Lopez
Majors: Psychology and Human Development
PICA Interest: Resiliency in College Students of Color
Internship: Ramapo for Children, Rhinebeck, New York
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Resiliency in Students of Color at Connecticut College, Human Development Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Michelle Dunlap, Human Development
Paul Luba
Major: Government
PICA Interest: Access to Justice
Internship: Rhode Island Legal Services, Providence, Rhode Island
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The New Face of Justice in the 21st Century, Government Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Peter Mitchell, Government
Susanna Mathews
Major: Government
Minor: History
PICA Interest: Food Security and Food Aid in Southern and Southeast Asia
Study Away: SATA Vietnam
Internship: Unconventional Weapons and Technologies Department, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, College Park, Maryland
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Food for Thought: An Exploration of Food Aid and Food Security to India and Southern Vietnam during the Cold War, History Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Sheetal Chhabria, History
Khushbu Pandya
Majors: Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
PICA Interest: Implications of Economic Policies on the Healthcare System of India
Internship: Comprehensive Rural Health Project in Jamkhed, Maharashtra, India
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Effects of Neoliberalization on the Healthcare Policy of India, History Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Sheetal Chhabria, History
Luis Ramos
Majors: Architectural Studies, Sociology
PICA Interest: Education Inequality and Access
Study Away: Yestermorrow-UMASS Semester in Sustainable Design/Build
Internship: Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program’s Junior Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): (DIS)CONNECTED: Racial/Ethnic Microaggressions and Youth Peer Culture during a School Integration Reform, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Ana Campos-Holland, Sociology
Sophie Sharps
Major: Sociology
Minor: American Studies
PICA Interest: Charter Schools, Neighborhood Change and Educational Inequality
Study Away: Valparaíso, Chile
Internship: Research and Policy Intern at the New York City Department of Education
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Who Benefits from the Educational Marketplace? Charter Schools and Neighborhood Composition in New York City, Sociology Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Ronald Flores, Sociology
Chakena Sims
Major: History
PICA Interest: Social & Economic Influences of US Housing Policy from 1934 to Present
Study Away: SATA Vietnam
Internship: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Auburn Hills, MI
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Social and Economic Changes Influencing Housing Policy in the United States since 1934, Economics Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Donald Peppard, Economics
Paley Sweet
Major: Human Development
Minor: Government
PICA Interest: Girls’ Identity Development in Developing Countries
Study Away: Barcelona, Spain
Internship: Human Rights Watch: International Initiatives, New York, NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Globalization of Beauty: How Beauty Standards Shape Identity Development Worldwide, Human Development Capstone
SIP Adviser: Professor Sunil Bhatia, Human Development