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What They Learned: Magnolia Clayton ’23
The independent major in Education Studies explored how education has functioned as promise, oppression, hope, and liberation in her own life, which invoked many ideas from scholars who have influenced how she sees education as a tool for liberating practice.
What They Learned: Christina McBride ’23
McBride’s research seeks to understand the ways in which microbes produce a particular class of natural products.
What They Learned: Nick Lasinsky ’23
For his thesis, the double major in history and English examined the effect of built space upon a mining community.
What They Learned: Anubhav Sharma ’23
The math and computer science double major explored the applications of finite fields in cryptography.
What They Learned: Eva White ’23
The physics major and environmental studies minor used her thesis research to explore the sustainability efforts by Haverford College to design a microgrid.
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What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates. View More
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Hina Fathima ’15
“Shit Talk: Culture, Open Defecation, & Development in Rural India” explored the political science major’s interest in poverty and development in her home country through the issue of open defecation.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Sydney Jones ’15
The English major examined how author Charles W. Chesnutt embedded racialized tensions into architectural structures in his 1899 short story “Po Sandy.”
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Max Findley ’15
The history and chemistry double major completed two different theses, both related in some way to environmental science.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Olivia Rauss ’15
The East Asian languages and cultures major and Chinese language minor researched a specific piece of Chinese jade artwork for her thesis, “What is in a Date? The Implications of Misdating a Jade Camel.”
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Josh Nadel ’15
The economics major used tenets of game theory to investigate an individual’s decision to own a gun.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Willa Austen Isikoff ’15
Her history senior thesis on the British policy regarding Basque child refugees during the Spanish Civil War studied the past to see how it can inform contemporary policy issues.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates. View More
Where They’re Headed: Katie Lee ’16
The biology major ’16 will stay on campus in her new role as an admissions officer.
Where They’re Headed: Alana Thurston ’16
After she finishes her six-week ecological field and lab work at the Toolik Lake field station in Alaska, Alana Thurston ‘16 will become a laboratory and field technician at Drexel University’s Patrick Center for Environmental Research.
Where They’re Headed: Anne Roca ’16
The growth and structure of cities major is pursuing an MFA in interior design at the Parsons School of Design in New York City.
Where They’re Headed: Cora Hersh ’16
The physics major will spend six months as a fellow for the National Cancer Institute.
Where They’re Headed: Sarah Waldis ’16
The biology major is working as a research technician in a hematology-oncology lab at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Where They’re Headed: Gabe Rybeck ’16
In early August, Gabe Rybeck ‘16 will begin work as a data scientist for Booz Allen Hamilton’s Strategic Innovation Group in McLean, Va.
Cool Classes
A series highlighting interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. View More
COOL CLASSES: “Women in War and Peace”
This political science course analyzes the complex issues surrounding women as political actors and the ways in which citizenship relates to men and women differently.
COOL CLASSES: “You Are What You Eat? Eating and Identity”
This writing seminar considers the way food practices and the discourses that surround them can unite families, consolidate ethnic identity, reinforce class boundaries, and even express gender.
COOL CLASSES: “Gender Dissidence in Hispanic Writing”
This year, Israel Burshatin’s comparative literature course on the dissenting voices of gender and sexuality in Spain and Spanish America is buoyed by a related exhibition in Magill Library around the Inquisition trial of a F-to-M trans surgeon born into slavery.
COOL CLASSES: “Case Studies in Environmental Issues: Concepts, Contexts, and Conundrums”
This introductory course in environmental studies is team taught by faculty from different disciplines and uses case studies as the basis for its exploration of contemporary and historical environmental issues.
COOL CLASSES: “Japanese Modernism Across Media”
This curatorial seminar examines the revolutionary transformation of Japanese artistic production and exhibition practice from the late 19th century through the present day.
COOL CLASSES: “Introduction to Visual Studies”
This new course (taught by the new director of the visual studies program) introduces students to key issues in this interdisciplinary field.
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