Lily Bartlett
Major: Environmental Studies
Study Away: Grahams Town, South Africa
PICA Interest: Non-profit volunteering and community-based organizing
Internship: Common Ground Relief, New Orleans, LA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Non-Profit Industrial Complex: How it is Sabotaging our social movements and what we can do about it, Gender and Women’s Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Mab Segrest, Gender and Women’s Studies
Kathryn Beers
Major: Psychology-based Human Relations
Study Away: Perugia, Italy
PICA Interest: Access to mental healthcare in rural communities
Internship: Community Action Partnership for Madison County, Morrisville, NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Rural Mental Health: Barriers to Care, Special Populations,
and Effective Models of Care, Psychology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Audrey Zakriski, Psychology
Alexandra Bolles
Majors: Sociology and Religious Studies
Study Away: England
PICA Interest: The impact of religious communities on the well-being of LGBTQ youth and
young adults
Internship: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, New York, NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): How Queering Religious Communities Benefits Queer Young
people, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Ron Flores, Sociology
Kelsey Burke
Major: Economics
Study Away: SIT Kenya
PICA Interest: Water and sanitation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
Internship: The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Viability of Privatization to Address Water Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa, Economics Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Rolf Jensen, Economics
Caroline Corbett
Major: Environmental Studies and Economics
PICA Interest: Corporate social responsibility
Internship: Analysis Group Economic Consulting Firm, Boston, MA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Too Big To Fail: How Corporate Control of the Food System Has Failed Us, Environmental Studies Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jane Dawson, Environmental Studies
Regina Deitz
Major: Psychology
Study Away: Cape Town, South Africa
PICA Interest: Domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy and education
Internship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Community Health and Health Equity,
Boston, MA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): What’s In a Name?: An Analysis of the Changing Framework of the Domestic Violence Movement and the Push Towards Inclusivity, Practicum in Clinical and Community Settings, Psychology Capstone Course
SIP Adviser: Professor Audrey Zakriski, Psychology
Courtney Gardner
Major: Government
Minors: Human Development and Psychology
Study Away: Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
PICA Interest: Juvenile justice and child advocacy
Internship: Office of the Attorney General, Child Protection Department, Hartford, CT
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Within the Walls: The Structural, Individual, and Societal Causes of Violence in America's Correctional Facilities, Human Development Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jennifer Fredricks, Human Development
Maura Hallisey
Majors: Film Studies and Sociology
Study Away: Copenhagen, Denmark
PICA Interest: Gender and the media
Internship: National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Trapped Under a Celluloid Ceiling: Implications of Children’s Television on Educational and Professional Success of Girls and Boys, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Afshan Jafar, Sociology
Jamie Honohan
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience
Study Away: Dublin, Ireland
PICA Interest: Obesity in low-income urban areas
Internship: Weill Cornell School of Medicine, New York, NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): A Comparison of Conditioned Place Preference to High-Fat/Sugar Food Versus Cocaine, Psychology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Dr. Joseph Schroeder, Behavioral Neuroscience
Jovanni Jauregui
Major: Gender and Women’s Studies
Study Away: Mexico Solidarity Network
PICA Interest: Critical media literacy
Internship: Inner City Struggle, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Education Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Sandy Grande, Education
Amanda Jones
Major: Government
PICA Interest: Education
Internship: Citizen Schools, Boston, MA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Extended Learning Time Models: Comparing Traditional and Non-Traditional Examples of Expanding Student Learning Opportunities, Education Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Sandy Grande, Education
Elizabeth Kaplan
Major: Psychology
Study Away: South Africa
PICA Interest: Women’s reproductive health
Internship: Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service, N Street Village, Washington, DC
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Infertility as an Issue of Public Health: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Unique Biopsychosocial Consequences of Childlessness, Medical Anthropology Capstone Course
SIP Adviser: Professor Catherine Benoit, Anthropology
Justine Keller
Major: Mathematics
Minors: Sociology and Art
PICA Interest: Education
Internship: Institute for Philanthropy and Voluntary Service, First Book, Washington, DC
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): How Class and Public Policy Affect Secondary School Performance and College Attainment and Ways to Combat Low Academic Achievement and Alterations of Public Policy to Account for the Socio-Economic Gap, Sociology Independent
Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Robert Gay, Sociology
Sarah Lamer
Major: Psychology
Minor: Applied Statistics
Study Away: SATA Vietnam
PICA Interest: Healthy self-concept development
Internship: University of Denver, Social Perception and Attitudes Lab, Denver, CO
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Power of Perspective: Implications of Seeing Gender as Natural or Nurtured, Psychology Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Joan Chrisler, Psychology
Kristen McAleenan
Majors: Psychology and Human Development
PICA Interest: Child maltreatment and therapy
Internship: Aurora Charter Oak Hospital Psychiatric Facility, Covina, CA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Perceptions of Mental Illness and Mental Health Policy, Psychology Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Jason Nier, Psychology
Matthew Newton
Major: American Studies
Minor: Economics
PICA Interest: Juvenile justice
Internship: Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office, Los Beach and Inglewood, CA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): A Critical Analysis of the Systems of Care that are Offered to Youth Who Suffer from Depression in the Juvenile Justice System, Human Development Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Jennifer Fredricks, Human Development
Jennifer Parry
Major: History
Study Away: England
PICA Interest: Reformation of the juvenile justice system
Internship: American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, Washington, DC
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Forgotten History, Repeated Mistakes: The Juvenile Justice System and Lessons Left Unlearned, History Honors Thesis
SIP Adviser: Professor Marc Forster, History
Mica Sloan
Major: Gender and Women’s Studies
Study Away: Chile
PICA Interest: Human rights law
Internship: Humanity World Int., Humanity Action Human Rights Program, Accra, Ghana, West
Africa
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Social Justice in New York City: An Analysis of the Stop-and-Frisk Program, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Ronald Flores, Sociology
Amelia Smith
Major: Sociology-based Human Relations
Elementary Education Certification
PICA Interest: Education access and equity, school integration
Internship: West Ed, San Francisco, CA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Impacts of Secondary School Segregation on College Access, Sociology Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Ronald Flores, Sociology
Elisabeth Speece
Major: Latin American Studies
Study Away: Peru
PICA Interest: Internal armed conflict in Peru
Internship: Pulsera Project, Granada, Nicaragua
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Co-option Women and the Indigenous: Strategies and Contradictions of Sendero Luminoso, Hispanic Studies Capstone Course
SIP Adviser: Professor Frank Graziano, Hispanic Studies
Maureen Sweeney
Majors: Government and History
Study Away: Stockholm, Sweden
PICA Interest: Policy for refugee resettlement in the US
Internship: International Institute of New England, Boston, MA
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): The Role of Policy in Refugee Resettlement in the United States, Government Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor MaryAnne Borrelli, Government
Lucy Wallace
Major: International Relations
Study Away: Ecuador
PICA Interest: Human rights and the media
Internship: The Documentary Group, Girl Rising, New York, NY
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Media Imagery and War Mobilization: Case Study on September 11th, Government Independent Study
SIP Adviser: Professor Tristan Borer, Government
Anna Williams
Major: International Relations
Study Away: Nairobi, Kenya
PICA Interest: Global health – Malaria and HIV initiatives in East Africa
Internship: Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
Senior Integrative Project (SIP): Combating HIV-Related Stigma in East Africa: An Anthropological Approach, Medical Anthropology Capstone Course
SIP Adviser: Professor Catherine Benoit, Anthropology