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.
Where They’re Headed: Meghan Sanchez ’15
Meghan Sanchez ’15 is beginning a residency this fall at the Urban Teacher Center in Washington, D.C.
Chesick Scholars Tackle Education and Quaker History
The fourth class of Chesick Scholars capped off their five-week summer program with a day of presentations on their research.
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.
Where They’re Headed: B.J. Hillinck ’15
B.J. Hillinck ’15 will be working for the pianomakers Steinway & Sons starting this fall.
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.
Cool Classes
The Club Life @ Haverford
A series exploring the many varied student clubs on campus.
What They Learned
A series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.
Where They’re Headed
A blog series detailing the post-Haverford plans of our recent graduates.