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Make a Seat
VCAM’S Design + Make Summer Fellowship challenged participants to get hands-on and craft four very different chairs.
Where They’re Headed: Filip Kesicki ’23
The economics major and Spanish minor joined Bain & Company as a management consultant this fall.
Where They’re Headed: Ethan Ezray ‘23
The sociology major and child and family studies minor is studying to become a nurse practitioner at Columbia University.
Where They’re Headed: Olivia Ahart ’23
The psychology major and neuroscience minor now works as a Research Assistant at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Bioethics (MBE), with plans to attend medical school.
Where They’re Headed: Amanda Halliday ’23
The neuroscience major and psychology minor is completing Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training at the National Institute of Mental Health.
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What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Grant Finn ’16
The math major and captain of the baseball team combined his two passions for a thesis that used statistics to address how certain situations in a game are advantageous for pitchers.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Kaziah White ’16
The anthropology major’s passion for reproductive justice and interest in oral history informed her thesis, which gathers stories from abortion care providers.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Divya Shiv ’16
The English and psychology double major wrote two theses: one on The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and another on cultural differences in social support.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Nora Weathers ’16
Inspired by a topic from her Superlab course, the chemistry major and environmental studies minor researched the long-term reservoirs of pesticide DDT—which has been banned for almost 50 years in the U.S.—in salt marsh sediment.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Ty Joplin ’16
The political science major researched radicalization, trying to understand why individuals join groups like ISIS.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Carman Romano ’16
The classical languages major explored the geography of the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates. View More
Where They’re Headed: Lucia Herrmann ’17
The English major is going from reading literature to reading college applications in Haverford’s Office of Admission.
Where They’re Headed: Youkun Zhou ’17
With College Possible, the Spanish major will counsel and support Philadelphia high school students through the college application process.
Where They’re Headed: Lucas Athanassiadis ’17
The East Asian language and culture major is living in Ningbo, China, counseling high school students seeking an education abroad.
Where They’re Headed: Mónica Marie Zorrilla ’17
The English major, who minored in psychology and Spanish, is beginning her journalism career at AL DÍA News Media in Philadelphia.
Where They’re Headed: Amelia DiAngelo ’17
The math major is working with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a nonprofit government contractor that helps address national security concerns.
Where They’re Headed: Gillian Miswardi ’17
The anthropology major is continuing her streak of success at the Stockholm School of Economics this August.
Cool Classes
A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. View More
COOL CLASSES: “Food Bioethics: The Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights of Food Choice”
This course in the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights Program explores the questions that commonly arise in food ethics, such as how values influence individual choice, health issues concerning food, the environmental impacts of farming choices, and food distribution concerns.
COOL CLASSES: “European History: Nationalism and Migration”
A history class on the theory and practice of nationalism uses “history as an indispensable tool for understanding the present.”
COOL CLASSES: “Human Rights and the Dead”
This course explores the material presence of dead bodies as reminders of the effects of violence, objects of mourning, and problems for those who seek to move forward into a new, post-conflict future. It focuses especially on forensic science as a tool for clarifying the fate of victims, prosecuting perpetrators, and identifying remains on behalf of loved ones.
COOL CLASSES: “Place, People, and Collaborative Research in the Urban Environment”
This transdisciplinary course focuses on the ethics and practice of community collaboration and community-based research in environmental work in urban settings and requires its students to spend significant time working with a community group in Philadelphia.
COOL CLASSES: “Women’s Work”
This first-year writing seminar explores the literary history of women’s work and women workers by analyzing poems, fiction, comic books, academic texts, and even Beyoncé videos.
COOL CLASSES: “Introduction to Health Statistics”
The Health Studies Program offers this introduction to statistical reasoning and application specifically for students interested in the health professions.
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