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THE TANNERCONFERENCE

WELLESLEYIN THEWORLD

WEDOCT 24

2001newdirectionsin liberaleducation

Wellesley College gratefully acknowledgesthe generous alumnae and friends who sup-port experiential learning opportunities.Their support enables students to choosefrom a wide and varied array of off-campuslearning opportunities that have become anintegral part of the Wellesley College educa-tional experience.

In light of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, our work in liberal educa-tion is more important than ever. The Tanner Conference offers an opportuni-ty to question assumptions, reason well together, explore our differences andfind in our shared aspirations the wisdom and the courage to forge a commonfuture. Now, when our routines and beliefs have been so painfully shattered,perhaps we can dream a new collective vision of a world all of whose peoplecan be safe from the ravages of violence.

Diana Chapman Walsh ’66President

The Tanner Committee gratefully acknowl-edges staff in the following departments fortheir commitment to developing the inaugu-ral Tanner Conference: Auxiliary Services,Campus Police, Communications andPublications, Custodial Services, FoodService, Grounds, Instructional Technology,Media Services, Post Office, Science Centerand Special Events.

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THE TANNER CONFERENCE

Encompassing the diversity of student expe-riences and interests, the Tanner Conferencetakes as its subject internships and servicelearning, international study, experientiallearning in courses and research conductedaway from Wellesley. The conference pro-vides a venue for faculty, staff and studentsto discuss the challenges to teaching andlearning presented by new definitions ofwhat constitutes the classroom. It alsoinvites alumnae to return to campus to dis-cuss how their decisions to participate inthese experiences as Wellesley students laterproved to be ones of consequence.

Representing the work of more than 300Wellesley students, alumnae, faculty andstaff, the 2001 Tanner Conference is organ-ized around seven broad themes: Commu-

nity and Society; Science and Technology;Gender and Social Relations; Politics andEconomics; Decisions of Consequence;Wellesley in the World; and Conversationsabout New Directions. The conference con-cludes with an exhibition featuring informa-tion on internships, service learningopportunities, international study andWintersession programs.

We wish to thank all those presenting in thisfirst Tanner Conference for their roles inhelping us to understand better Wellesley’splace in the world. We invite you to join theconversation they are seeking to foster.

The 2001 Tanner Committee

Lee CubaOffice of the Dean of the College

Richard G. FrenchDepartment of Astronomy

Nancy P. GeneroDepartment of Psychology

Susan Harmon ’67Business LeadershipCouncil

Melissa HawkinsCenter for Work andService

Sylvia S. HiestandInternational Studies

Lidwien KapteijnsDepartment of History

April Kuehnhoff ’01Center for Work andService

Amanda Lahikainen Class of 2002

Bonnie D. Leonard ’59Continuing Education

Catherine MassonDepartment of French

Mary P. MorrisOffice of Special Events

Lynn MilesOffice for Resources

Joanne Murray ’81Center for Work and Service

Susan ScherrCenter for Work and Service

Edward A. StettnerDepartment of Political Science

Theresa TribbleClass of 2001

Marybeth ToomeyExperiential and Leadership Programs

Deborah UllrichCenter for Work and Service

Carlos VegaDepartment of Spanish

Geneva M. Walker-JohnsonOffice of the Dean ofStudents

Dana WeekesClass of 2003

It is our privilege to invite your participationin the inaugural Tanner Conference. Estab-lished through the generosity of trusteeemerita Estelle “Nicki” Newman Tanner ’57,the Tanner Conference explores the relation-ship between the liberal arts classroom andstudent participation in an increasinglydiverse and interdependent world. The con-ference is premised on the belief that agreater understanding of the learning thattakes place off campus – combined with critical inquiry into the purpose, value andeffect of such learning – has the potential totake liberal education in new directions.

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THEMATIC OVERVIEW

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Community and Society

Global Learning panel 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 239Wellesley Academics and Off-Campus Athletics panel 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 151Art and Architecture individual presentations 11:00 a.m. Collins CinemaUrban Education I individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 339Understanding Community individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 349 Urban Education II individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton West 212Children of the World individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton West 117International Health Issues individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton West 116

Science and Technology

Lake Baikal panel 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 139Interdisciplinary Approaches to Biological Problems individual presentations 9:30 a.m. Pendleton West 116The Sea individual presentations 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 129Biomedical Research individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 212Belize/Costa Rica Wintersession: Tropical Ecology panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 127

Gender and Social Relations

Wintersession in Morocco panel 9:30 a.m. Pendleton West 117Building Bridges panel 11:00 a.m. Pendleton West 117Gender Issues in International Perspective individual presentations 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 139Exploring Latina Girls’ Relational Supports and Challenges panel 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 116Barns, Brönte and the Bard panel and performance 3:00 p.m. Jewett Auditorium

Politics and Economics

National Politics and Policy individual presentations 9:30 a.m. Pendleton West 212The Evolution of a Development Project from the Classroom to the Field panel 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 349International Economics individual presentations 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 239The Coffee Connection individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 130Learning through the Internship Experience in Costa Rica panel 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 117At the Center of Power? panel 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 239Human Rights and Civil Rights individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 239Social Issues in South Asia individual presentations 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 339


Decisions of Consequence

Tale of the Trail individual presentation 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 251Discussion of Fellowship Experiences panel 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 339Beyond Aix individual presentations 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 151Knafel Award Winners individual presentations 1:30 p.m. Pendleton West 220Business Leadership Council Members Look Back panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 130Learning in Student Teaching panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 151

Wellesley in the World

Servus! Wellesley Explores Vienna panel 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 339A Year in Bologna, Italy panel 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 129Falling in Love with Oaxaca, Mexico panel 11:00 a.m. Pendleton West 116Contrasts on the Cape of Good Hope panel 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 130Reacting to a Domestic Tragedy While Abroad panel 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 127Columns, Cannoli and Culture panel 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 351Wintersession Program in the Republic of Georgia panel 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 129A Conversation with Women on Luce Internships in Asia I panel 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 139In Search of the Real Japan panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 129A Conversation with Women on Luce Internships in Asia II panel 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 139

Conversations about New Directions

Integrating Academic Excellence and Community Service roundtable 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 349“I Hate Coming Back” roundtable 9:30 a.m. Pendleton East 351Beyond the Borders That Divide Us roundtable 11:00 a.m. Pendleton East 351When Bad Things Happen to Good Internships roundtable 1:30 p.m. Pendleton East 151Women Crossing Cultures roundtable 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 349Starting an International Internship Program roundtable 3:00 p.m. Pendleton East 351

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:30–9:30 a.m.

Conference Registration andContinental Breakfast

Registration and continental breakfast served inPendleton Atrium.

9:30–10:40 a.m.


Global Learning: An InternationalCommunity Committed to the Education of Children (panel)Pendleton East 239

Elisa C. Morimoto, Yelena Biberman, JessicaHass, Suzanne Slezak and Katrina Weber

Wellesley Academics and Off-CampusAthletics (panel)Pendleton East 151

Alexandra Dunne-Bryant, Samantha L.Castro, Dow-Jane Chi, Michelle D. Bowlen andChristine E. Kitzmiller


Lake Baikal: Wellesley Students Return fromSiberia (panel)Pendleton East 139

Nicole Deterding, Chloe Nathan, Anna Nousek,Dorothea Sittler, Theodora VanWagenen andElizabeth Wolkovich

Interdisciplinary Approaches to BiologicalProblems (individual presentations)Pendleton West 116

Allison D. Dupuy, Development of a ForceClamp to Investigate Outer Hair CellElectromotility through the Study ofMembrane Tether Formation Using OpticalTweezers

Monica C. Byrne, The First Martian LifeForms? A Terrestrial Analog


Wintersession in Morocco (panel)Pendleton West 117

Narges Bajoghli, Daniella Kevelson, Grace Kim,Morgan Thompson, Danielle Solomon, CarissaWyant, Marsha Botros and Rachel Schwartz


National Politics and Policy (individual presentations)Pendleton West 212

Ariel S. Greenblum, Queen of My UrbanUncertainty: A Study of Urban Poverty

Adina Lord and Jessica Tenaglia, Women andPolitical Power: The Struggles and Successesof the Women’s Political Caucus

Gwendolyn E. Thomson, “Democracy’s NewChallenge: Globalization, Governance andthe Future of American Federalism”


Tale of the Trail: A Wellesley Graduate Hikes the Appalachian Trail (individual presentation)Pendleton East 251

Meredith S. Sorensen ’01


Servus! Wellesley Explores Vienna (panel)Pendleton East 339

Angela Kappler, Cecily Goodrich, CameronSalisbury, Kunjal Chaudhari and MelaniePrasol

A Year in Bologna, Italy with the EasternCollege Consortium (panel)Pendleton East 129

Lindsay Sabadosa, Laura Cincotta, NitaVivatrat, Cindy Kang, Ariel Novick, JenniferZerwer, Katie Sokolski and Heidi Hemmett


Integrating Academic Excellence andCommunity Service: A Roundtable onCurricular Innovation (roundtable)Pendleton East 349

Facilitators: Lidwien Kapteijns, History, NancyP. Genero, Psychology, Lois Wasserspring,Political Science, Winifred Wood, Writing,Deborah Weaver, Physical Education andCenter for Work and Service, Sumru Erkut,Center for Research on Women, ChristopherCandland, Political Science and NicholasRodenhouse, Biological Sciences

“I Hate Coming Back”: Reentry Issues afterInternational Study (roundtable)Pendleton East 351

Facilitators: Kenia M. Halleck, Spanish, SylviaS. Hiestand, International Studies, HomaGayle, Erin Goodman and Ginney Lu

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10:40–11:00 a.m.

Break

Refreshments served in Pendleton Atrium andfirst floor study area.

11:00 a.m.–12:10 p.m.


Art and Architecture (individual presentations)Collins Cinema

Jess S. Charlap, Sixteen Millimeter andBeyond: Filmmaking and the Movie Industry

Marta Allyson White, Turn of the MillenniumArt in Beijing, China

Emily R. Brouwer, Eakins in Europe? ASummer at the Musée d’Art AméricainGiverny

Kerry A. Coyne, Building on Ideas: Learningthrough Construction


The Sea (individual presentations)Pendleton East 129

Tuyet-Catrina N. Huynh, Williams-MysticSeaport Program: Opportunities andContinued Learnings Regarding the Sea

Christina E. LaPointe-Nelson, Research on theGeology of Marine Casualties

Erin M. Fernald, Lobstermen and Scientists:Understanding the Lobster


Building Bridges: Wellesley Women AreMaking a Difference in Boston Girls’ Lives(panel)Pendleton West 117

Deborah Weaver, Physical Education andCenter for Work and Service, Nancy Ryan,Cambridge Women’s Commission, Emily C.McDonald, Johanna Pino, Jane A. Marsand Rachel Schwartz

Gender Issues in International Perspective(individual presentations)Pendleton East 139

Erin Humphrey, Communities of ElderlyWomen in Japan: The Changing Nature ofEmotional and Spiritual Needs in an AgingSociety

Eleanor J. Kleiber, Fiji in Transition

Aishwarya Lakshmiratan, Study Abroad: Lessabout the What, More about the How


The Evolution of a Development Projectfrom the Classroom to the Field: A CaseStudy with Bribri Indigenous Women ofCosta Rica (panel)Pendleton East 349

Olivia Ricchi ’01 and Aimee Sostowski ’01

International Economics(individual presentations)Pendleton East 239

Meng-jiao Jiang, Maisie Ng and Chen YangBusiness in Shanghai

Stanislava Dratvova, World TradeOrganization – A Look from Within

Pilar A. Eguez, The Social Face ofDollarization

Lena M. Mass, World Health OrganizationGlobal Program on Evidence for HealthPolicy: Assessing the Performance of HealthIntervention Programs


Discussion of Fellowship Experiences(panel)Pendleton East 339

Kathryn Carlson ’00, Rachel Goshgarian ’97,Wei Wei Lee ’00, Julie Levison ’98, TheresaLund ’00 and Marisa B. Van Saanen ’01

Beyond Aix (individual presentations)Pendleton East 151

Amy C. Delamaide, From Aix to Bedford:Reflective Essays on Study and ServiceAbroad

Lauren J. Aste ’94, Life after Aix


Falling in Love with Oaxaca: Reflections on Intellectual and Personal Growth after a Semester in Mexico (panel)Pendleton West 116

Alissa M. Moen, Georgina Scarlata, ClaudiaGuzman, Rosa Garza, Sara Villarreal andAgnieszka Ziaja

Contrasts on the Cape of Good Hope (panel)Pendleton East 130

Mae Podesta, Kuuipo Curry, Julie Ota,Dana Williams and Maria A. Zambrano

Reacting to a Domestic Tragedy WhileAbroad (panel with videoconferencing)Pendleton East 127 (with overflow in Pendleton West 212)

Carlos Vega, Spanish, Jennifer Gonzalez,Elizabeth Hirshorn and Aimee Kim

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Beyond the Borders That Divide Us: Racismand Its Impact on International Study andInternship Experiences (roundtable)Pendleton East 351

Facilitators: Geneva M. Walker-Johnson, Officeof the Dean of Students, Durba Ghosh,Women’s Studies, Patricia Amina P.Evangelista, Dana Weekes and Cindy Kang

12:10–1:30 p.m.

Lunch

All members of the Wellesley College communityare invited to have lunch on Severance Green.(In the event of rain, lunch will be served in theresidence halls. Kosher lunches will be availablein Pomeroy Hall.)

1:30–2:40 p.m.


Urban Education I (individual presentations)Pendleton East 339

Sonya U. Sanchez ’01 and Jenessa Boleda ’01, Creating DAE: ExploringPartnerships of Education and Social Justice

Neha O. Ummat, Education Fieldwork:Louisville, Kentucky

Jane A. Mars, Urban Education in an Era ofHigh-Stakes Testing

Understanding Community (individual presentations)Pendleton East 349

Linda M. Schneider, Unos Pocos Cuentos deMexico – Shattering Stereotypes

Eva K. Kaplan, The Changing Kibbutz

Dawn M. Joyce and Joana Silva, Sevilla: Cityof Life, Deep Faith and Strong Traditions


Biomedical Research (individual presentations)Pendleton West 212

Anuradha V. Gokhale, The Effect ofGlutathione S-Transferase on ApolipoproteinB in Human Liver Cells

Aurora R. Alva, Investigation of Mechanismsof Pathogenesis of Hereditary SensoryNeuropathy Type 1 (hsn-1)

Christina P. Antonopoulos, Engineering andCharacterization of Premalignant HumanBreast Epithelial Cells to Induce BreastCancer

Beza Seyoum, Cytomegalovirus Infection inXenotransplantation


Exploring Latina Girls’ Relational Supportsand Challenges: An Ecological Perspective(panel)Pendleton West 116

Nancy P. Genero, Psychology, Marie Corriveau,Tiffany Cheng, Karlo Ng, Jamilah Freeman andOlivia Hsin


The Coffee Connection (individual presentations)Pendleton East 130

Maggie Rivage-Seul, Will the Real Juan ValdezPlease Stand Up?

Alison L. Mostue, Life Revolving aroundCoffee

Learning through the Internship Experiencein Costa Rica (panel)Pendleton West 117

Rachel Gottesfeld, Suzanne Moellendorf,Pamela Galvis, Aurora Gonzalez and NatalieDrorbaugh

At the Center of Power? Internships in Washington, D.C., Summer 2001 (panel)Pendleton East 239

Edward A. Stettner, Political Science, SumanaChatterjee, Marley Degner, Stacey Gutkowski,Abigail Moncrieff and Alexandria Young


Knafel Award Winners (individual presentations)Pendleton West 220

Avantika Rao ’98, Women, Culture andNatural Resources: The Distributive Politicsof Modern South Asia and the Implicationsfor America Today

Lakshmi Ramarajan ’98, UnderstandingCulture through Dance

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Columns, Cannoli and Culture: Classical Experiences Abroad (panel)Pendleton East 351

Sarah E. Beam, Sarah Barton, AlexandraDunne-Bryant, Amanda Freeman, Holly-LeighPitts and Audrey M. Provenzano

Wellesley/Mt. Holyoke/WilliamsWintersession Program in the Republic ofGeorgia (panel)Pendleton East 129

Ariel Greenblum and Heidi Zirtzlaff

A Conversation with Women on LuceInternships in Asia I (panel)Pendleton East 139

Katie Berroth, Christine Dobridge, Lyle Pannell,Lavanya Ravichandran, Charlene Wang andDana Weekes


When Bad Things Happen to GoodInternships (roundtable)Pendleton East 151

Facilitators: Marybeth Toomey, Experientialand Leadership Programs, Joanne Murray ’81,Center for Work and Service, Karen Helgeson,Amy Lawler, Adina Lord and Sarah Grant

2:40–3:00 p.m.

Break

Refreshments served in Pendleton Atrium andfirst floor study area.

3:00–4:10 p.m.


Urban Education II (individual presentations)Pendleton West 212

Morgan Adams and Diana Dube, JeffersonPark: Two Wellesley Students’ Summer withthe Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program

Rhian K. O’Rourke, The Experience ofSomali Refugees in the Boston PublicSchools

Children of the World (individual presentations)Pendleton West 117

Mary E. Evans, Working to Fight the Effectsof Poverty in Nairobi

Jennifer K. Vazquez, Cultural and SocialClass Expectation Differences betweenMexico and the United States: An Experiencein Oaxaca, Mexico

Mariana Mejia, Is Going to School Alwaysthe Best Thing for a Child? A Glance at theDriving Forces of Child Labor in Managua,Nicaragua

International Health Issues (individual presentations)Pendleton West 116

Neo M. Tapela, Current HIV/AIDS Researchand Related Developments in Botswana

Kakra Soadwa and Khadija Mani, The DyingGhana: The Effects of AIDS on Ghana

Katrina M. Robertson, Niño a Niño: HealthAction in Oaxaca, Mexico


Belize/Costa Rica Wintersession: TropicalEcology (panel)Pendleton East 127

Nicholas Rodenhouse, Biological Sciences,Tasha Teutsch, Danielle Norris, Rosalie Elderand Rose Finley


Barns, Brönte and the Bard (panel and performance)Jewett Auditorium

Emily E. Coddington, Lili Schwan-Rosenwald,Sarah R. Murphy-Katz, Sara M. Wasserman,Emi A. Kolawole, Andrea M. Kennedy, MorganP. Carberry, Sarah E. Barton, Heather J. Boasand Elana T. Hayasaka


Human Rights and Civil Rights (individual presentations)Pendleton East 239

Natalie S. Ondiak, Experiential Learning atthe International War Crimes Tribunal forthe Former Yugoslavia

Katrina R. Weber, Villa Grimaldi, Parque por la Paz: Shadows of Memory, Places ofHistory

Heather E. Long, The State of Hate inPennsylvania

Whitney E. Shaffer, Alejandro Toledo: TheNew Face of South American Influence

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Social Issues in South Asia (individual presentations)Pendleton East 339

Marisa B. Van Saanen ’01, Perceptions ofEconomic Poverty and Social Inequality inKolkata, India

Christopher Candland, Political Science andAishwarya Lakshmiratan, CommunitySolidarity through Volunteer Workcamps inSri Lanka


Business Leadership Council Members Look Back (panel)Pendleton East 130

Lynne Miller ’73, Jane Philippi ’68 and DeniseWelsh ’75

Learning in Student Teaching (panel)Pendleton East 151

Amy Picard ’97, Debby Saintil ’96, RebeccaSanborn ’00 and Somchay Xayarath Edwards ’98


In Search of the Real Japan (panel)Pendleton East 129

Jeehyun Lee, Eunice Chung, Prudence Tsang,Worknesh Belay and Tami Tamashiro

A Conversation with Women on Luce Internships in Asia II (panel)Pendleton East 139

Sophia Dien, Adria Greene, Olivia Hsin,Quyen Le, Mary Mo and Shannon Snow


Women Crossing Cultures (roundtable)Pendleton East 349

Facilitators: Catherine Masson, French,Filomina Steady, Africana Studies, AngelaCappucci, Spanish, Anjali Prabhu, French,Naomi Warren, Davina Piker, Cristi Collariand Jochelle Pereña

Starting an International InternshipProgram (roundtable)Pendleton East 351

Facilitators: Guy M. Rogers, Classical Studiesand History, Margaret Ward, German, LoisWasserspring, Political Science and ThomasCushman, Sociology

4:30–5:45 p.m.

Exhibition and Reception

Science Center

Faculty, staff and student representativesfrom Wellesley’s internships and servicelearning, international study andWintersession courses will be available tospeak with students.

International food will be served in the SageLounge.

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TANNER CONFERENCE 2001ABSTRACTS

Wellesley Academics and Off-CampusAthletics (panel)Alexandra Dunne-Bryant ’02, Latin and Greek,Samantha L. Castro ’02, French and ArtHistory, Dow-Jane Chi ’03, International Rela-tions, Michelle D. Bowlen ’03, InternationalRelations and Economics and Christine E.Kitzmiller ’02, American Studies and HistoryAdvisor: Bob Milnikel, Mathematics

Many students at Wellesley are engaged inelite-level competition in off-campus, non-Wellesley sports. How has our commitmentto athletics affected our Wellesley academ-ics? And how has our commitment to therigorous academic demands of Wellesleyaffected our athletic accomplishments?Furthermore, how has the Wellesley commu-nity affected our athletic community andvice versa? In this presentation, studentsfrom multiple sports will discuss the variedmanners in which we have handled this dif-ficult balancing act. Topics will include: thechoice to take time off or graduate in morethan four years; academic, athletic, socialand cocurricular choices; and continuingparticipation in our sports following thedeparture from elite-level competition.


Lake Baikal: Wellesley Students Return from Siberia (panel)Nicole Deterding ’03, Sociology, Chloe Nathan ’03, Undeclared, Anna Nousek ’03,Biological Sciences, Dorothea Sittler ’02,Biological Sciences and Earth Systems Science,Theodora VanWagenen ’02, Biological Sciences and Elizabeth Wolkovich ’02,Biological SciencesAdvisor: Thomas P. Hodge, Russian, Marianne Moore, Biological Sciences andSusan Kohler, Science Center

These students were participants inExperimental 212, an interdepartmentalcourse between the Russian and BiologicalSciences departments. Students will discussthe ecological and cultural values of LakeBaikal – the oldest, deepest and most bioti-cally rich lake on the planet. Students willpresent their findings on research conductedduring the 22-day field laboratory, whichtook place at Lake Baikal in eastern Siberiain August 2001. Students will address thefundamentals of aquatic ecology and the roleof Lake Baikal in Russian literature, art,music and the country’s environmental

9:30–10:40 a.m.


Global Learning: An InternationalCommunity Committed to the Education of Children (panel)Elisa C. Morimoto ’04, Peace and JusticeStudies, Yelena Biberman ’04, InternationalRelations and Russian Area Studies, JessicaHass ’02, Latin American Studies, SuzanneSlezak ’03, Anthropology and Katrina Weber ’02, Peace and Justice StudiesAdvisor: Jonathan Imber, Sociology

Global Learning is an international project,fueled by positive energy and cooperativeefforts, seeking to ensure that every child hasa realistic opportunity for an innovative andquality education. By creating an effectivenetwork of experienced volunteers and pro-fessionals, Global Learning supplementscommunity efforts to expand and improveeducation, attract and retain children in pub-lic schools and reach the maximum potentialof our young people. For the past four years,Wellesley College students have traveled toGlobal Learning programs in Costa Rica,Mexico and California where they have col-laborated with local students and communityleaders to transform ideas into actions.

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movement. Students will discuss their expe-riences working in Siberia at the local limno-logical facilities in Bol’shie Koty. Thesestudents will have learned firsthand the diffi-culties of scientific research in a countryundergoing dramatic changes. They willpresent their experiences in a roundtable dis-cussion supplemented with visual materials.(Supported in part through the HowardHughes Medical Institute [HHMI]Undergraduate Sciences Program Grant.)

Interdisciplinary Approaches toBiological Problems (individual presentations)

Development of a Force Clamp to InvestigateOuter Hair Cell Electromotility through the Study of Membrane Tether FormationUsing Optical TweezersAllison D. Dupuy ’02, Physics and Biological SciencesAdvisor: Theodore Ducas, Physics

Optical tweezers are tools for nonintrusivemanipulation of micrometer-sized particles.They are constructed by coupling a laserbeam into a microscope objective whichfocuses the light to a small waist whereobjects can be trapped. While conductingresearch in the Bobby R. Alford Departmentof Otorhinolaryngology and CommunicativeSciences at Baylor College of Medicine andthe Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineer-ing at Rice University, I worked on theimplementation of a force clamp in an opti-cal tweezers apparatus. This force clamp wasused to study the physics of tether formationfrom the lateral wall of the outer hair cell inorder to reveal additional information about

the mechanism of outer hair cell electro-motility. (Research supported by BaylorCollege of Medicine SMART Program andthe National Science Foundation.)

The First Martian Life Forms? A Terrestrial AnalogMonica C. Byrne ’03, Biological ChemistryAdvisor: Adele Wolfson, Biological Chemistry

In 1996, Dr. David McKay and his team ofNASA scientists revealed stunning news:they had found what appeared to be micro-bial forms embedded in a Martian meteorite.Their research ignited controversy in the sci-entific community that has yet to beresolved.

The news also encouraged research on thefirst forms of life on Earth. Stromatolites,stacks of microbial mats that become fos-silized over millenia, became of new inter-est. Stromatolites were the dominant lifeform in the Precambrian Era and now existonly in high-salt lakes and subtidal pools.These may represent life’s first mass aggre-gates, regardless of the planet on which theyevolve.

This presentation will explore research donewith Dr. McKay and the NASA AstrobiologyTeam on Bahamian stromatolites. Using ascanning electron microscope, a vast array ofmicrobes and microenvironments was exam-ined. Primary among these were intriguingspherical shapes, embedded in biofilm andaveraging 0.13 microns in diameter – wellbelow the established size limit for life.While these may not be life forms them-selves, they are probably “biomarkers”: a fin-gerprint of life. Identifying biomarkers mayprove useful in a future Mars mission indetermining the past presence of life.(Research funded through the Massachu-setts Consortial Space Grant from NASA.)


Wintersession in Morocco (panel)Narges Bajoghli ’04, International Relationsand Philosophy, Daniella Kevelson ’02,Psychology, Grace Kim ’02, InternationalRelations and History, Morgan Thompson ’02,History and Philosophy, Danielle Solomon ’02,History and Women’s Studies, Carissa Wyant ’02, Peace and Justice Studies, Marsha Botros ’02, Psychology and FilmStudies and Rachel Schwartz ’02, SociologyAdvisor: Wilfrid Rollman, History

The Wintersession in Morocco group willspeak on the general conditions in Moroccowith a particular focus on women. We willdiscuss the role of space and gender in thesociety as related to the architecture of thecities and the social atmosphere. We willexplore the state of the country 50 years afterits independence from France. Topics of dis-cussion will include the educational system,including university-level education; the con-ditions of the youth; the economic crisis inthe country and its affect on the youth of thecountry; the social and economic gapbetween the rich and the poor; the ever-prevalent identity crisis of East versus West;and Jews in Morocco.

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National Politics and Policy (individual presentations)

Queen of My Urban Uncertainty: A Study of Urban PovertyAriel S. Greenblum ’03, Political ScienceAdvisor: Suzanne Estelle-Holmer, Hebrew

In my presentation I will focus on my experience at Greater Boston Legal Services(GBLS) by describing the work environ-ment along with my clients and research.Describing how GBLS makes decisions onthose cases it does take, I will draw a time-line of one client’s dealings with GBLS andother institutions. I will point out howGBLS’s help in this person’s life is now min-imal, but that her problem is in no wayresolved. I will discuss work projects such asattending tenant group meetings, lobbyingmembers of the Boston City Council andresearching the history of the BostonRedevelopment Authority. In this way, I willdemonstrate the immediacy of the problemof homelessness. (Internship supported by aService Opportunity Stipend.)

Women and Political Power: The Struggles and Successes of the Women’s Political CaucusAdina Lord ’02, Political Science and JessicaTenaglia ’02, Political Science and Spanish Advisor: Jeff Gulati, Political Science

The National Women’s Political Caucus andits state branch, the Massachusetts Women’sPolitical Caucus, share common goals: toelect pro-choice women, from any party, to

political and appointed office. In our presen-tation, we will examine the successes andfailures of the Caucus, looking at several dif-ferent aspects. We will discuss the advan-tages that the Caucus has to offer to womenconsidering running for office and theachievements that the Caucus has made inits 30-year history, both nationally and inMassachusetts. We will also discuss thechanges in membership over the past 30years, taking time to examine both the pit-falls and benefits of nonprofit organizations.

“Democracy’s New Challenge: Globalization, Governance and the Future of American Federalism”Gwendolyn E. Thomson, Davis Scholar ’03,Political ScienceAdvisor: Marion Just, Political Science

I interned for a small public policy researchand advocacy group, Demos, that focuses onstrengthening American democracy. Ilearned with gratification that the skills andknowledge I’m gaining at Wellesley are valu-able tools that are respected and appreciatedin the “real world.” I came to value morehighly than ever the importance of workingwith people with a good mix of idealism andrealism who are willing to work with energy,commitment, integrity and good humor. Theexperience also demystified the nonprofit pol-icy-making world. I worked on the promotionof a new Demos report, “Democracy’s NewChallenge: Globalization, Governance andthe Future of American Federalism.” Thereport is a “thought piece,” intended to stim-ulate discussion and new perspectives amongpolicy and opinion makers; contribute to alllevels of government taking practical stepsthat will support communities, states andnations in shaping the process of globaliza-tion so that democratic and federalist values

are not gravely undermined; and, hopefully,contribute to bridging some of the ideologicaldivides between conservative and progressivegroups. (Internship supported by the Beth K.Smith Award.)


Tale of the Trail: A Wellesley Graduate Hikes the Appalachian Trail (individual presentation)Meredith S. Sorensen ’01Advisor: Harold Andrews, Geology

This summer I hiked the Appalachian Trailfrom Maine to Georgia. This 2,167-mileendeavor took several months. My class-mates moved to cities, traveled on fellow-ships, went to graduate school, found jobsand collectively took their first steps intothe “real world.” I took a different path –one through the woods with my food andshelter on my back. In hiking the trail, Istepped into myself. Stripped to the corebasics, it was an emotional, physical andmental challenge that pushed my limitsand dropped my boundaries. I will sharemy experience through my slides and jour-nals. I’ll tell my tale of the trail: an alterna-tive path after college.

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Servus! Wellesley Explores Vienna (panel)Angela Kappler ’02, English and German,Cecily Goodrich ’02, German Studies, CameronSalisbury ’02, German Studies, KunjalChaudhari ’02, International Relations andGerman Studies and Melanie Prasol ’02,Neuroscience and GermanAdvisor: Margaret Ward, German

Through a panel presentation, five studentsreturning from the brand-new internationalstudy program Wellesley-in-Vienna will dis-cuss their experiences and promote the ben-efits of spending a year or a semester inAustria. From a science major’s foray intolaboratory work over the summer, to anotherstudent’s adventures while participating intwo journalism internships and yet another’sfears of residing as a minority in a countryknown for its far-right politics, discussionwill entail the students’ various struggles –and successes – while abroad. Comparisonsbetween course study and extracurricular lifeat the University of Vienna to that ofWellesley College will also be explored, aswill the value of learning via tourism andtravel, the challenge of participating in allfacets of life under the barrier of a foreignlanguage and the loss and subsequentrenewal of confidence undergone by many ofthe students during their stay in Vienna.This presentation will seek to convince thosestill in doubt that international study is notonly advantageous, but necessary for theeducation of any liberal arts student.(Internships supported by the SusanRappaport Knafel ’52 International Intern-ship Fund.)

A Year in Bologna, Italy with the EasternCollege Consortium (panel)Lindsay Sabadosa ’02, French, Laura Cincotta ’02, Studio Art, Nita Vivatrat ’02,Music, Cindy Kang ’02, French and ArtHistory, Ariel Novick ’02, Psychology, JenniferZerwer ’02, Italian Studies and Spanish, Katie Sokolski ’02, Italian Studies and HeidiHemmett ’02, Italian StudiesAdvisor: Flavia Laviosa, Italian Studies

Studying with the Eastern College Consor-tium (ECCO) is an exciting opportunity fullof challenges and adventures where manypossibilities are open to students. Our panelaims to provide those who are going abroad,or considering going abroad, with informa-tion to ease cross-cultural transition throughdescriptions of what a foreign student mayencounter in Italy. Education will be dis-cussed in terms of exploring, understandingand appreciating differences between Italianand American university systems. Culturalindicators including the role of the “centrosociale,” the shape of social gatherings, thestrength of family relations and the positionof women in society and in the media will bereviewed. The importance of traveling, thelessons it teaches and the consequent exami-nation of oneself and one’s culture will beexplored as yet another mode of learningand of immersion.


Integrating Academic Excellence andCommunity Service: A Roundtable onCurricular Innovation (roundtable)Facilitators: Lidwien Kapteijns, History, Nancy P.Genero, Psychology, Lois Wasserspring, PoliticalScience, Winifred Wood, Writing, DeborahWeaver, Physical Education and Center forWork and Service, Sumru Erkut, Center forResearch on Women, Christopher Candland,Political Science and Nicholas Rodenhouse,Biological Sciences

This roundtable will explore how to use aca-demic rigor in serving our communitiesmore effectively. We will ask participants toshare their existing practices and principles,ideas, plans, past experiences, queries andworries. We will also inform each otherabout existing community partnerships andwill explore potential collaborative curricularinitiatives.

“I Hate Coming Back”: Reentry Issues afterInternational Study (roundtable)Facilitators: Kenia M. Halleck, Spanish, SylviaS. Hiestand, International Studies, HomaGayle ’02, Economics, Erin Goodman ’02,Spanish and Ginney Lu ’02, InternationalRelations

This roundtable will discuss the thoughtsand feelings of those who return to theirhome culture after having been abroad foran extended period of time. The followingquestions will be addressed: What is reverseculture shock? How does it manifest itself?What are some of the coping strategies?How does one preserve what was gainedfrom time away?

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Art and Architecture (individual presentations)

Sixteen Millimeter and Beyond: Filmmaking and the Movie Industry Jess S. Charlap ’03, Architecture andMultimediaAdvisor: Naomi Ribner, Studio Art

In today’s world of video and digital media,movies of all kinds are still shot on expen-sive, time-consuming, temperamental film.What is it about light-sensitive chemicals onstrips of plastic which make it so appealingto the storytellers and artists who use film?This past summer I sought to answer theseand other questions about the art of filmthrough a six-week course at the New YorkFilm Academy. I made four films during thatperiod: three assignment pieces and a finalfilm. Each of the first three films deals with aspecific aspect of filmmaking such as: light,mis-en-scene (what’s put in front of the cam-era), continuity, directing actors, sound andmontage. The final film is a combination ofall these techniques in a narrative structure.In addition to speaking about the films I pro-duced, I will talk about professional versusamateur filmmaking and how making a filmchanged how I watch movies. I will alsoanswer some commonly asked questionsabout film and the movie industry.

ans, guided visits to various museums inParis and roundtable presentations of per-sonal work. Apart from the residency pro-gram, working at the Musée d’Art AméricainGiverny was a wonderful hands-on introduc-tion to the behind-the-scenes of a museum,from the installation of the exhibits to a tripto the Bibliothèque Nationale to pick up rarebooks. Between translating French explorerAlexis de Tocqueville’s texts into English atthe museum and being the official translatorfor lost American tourists on the shuttle bus,this summer proved to be a truly memorableexperience. (Internship supported by theFrench House Fellows Scholarship.)

Building on Ideas: Learning throughConstructionKerry A. Coyne ’02, ArchitectureAdvisor: James F. O’Gorman, Art History

The Design/Build program throughUniversity of Washington provided a uniquecultural and architectural experience thatbrought to life many ideas and concepts. Theprogram added an understanding of practi-cality to the history and design conceptslearned in art history and studio art classesat Wellesley College. As I experienced theCuban and Mexican cultures, I was requiredto reflect and create an architecturalresponse to many issues, from developing acommunity gathering place in a communistcountry, to discussing issues of water conser-vation and cooling techniques for a dry openmountain site in Mexico. The impact of the

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Turn of the Millennium Art in Beijing, ChinaMarta Allyson White ’02, Biological Chemistryand Chinese StudiesAdvisor: Dai Chen, Chinese and Ruby Lam,Chinese

After the procommunist art of the CulturalRevolution, and after the revolutionist art ofthe prodemocracy uprisings, what influencesmodern art in China? Studying Mandarin inBeijing this summer gave me the opportuni-ty to seek out the artistic community, visitthe galleries and gather my own impressionof what influences art in Beijing today. Ifound tension and excitement, warning andcelebration, denial and freedom all brewingin the artistic community which is attempt-ing to establish and define itself with andwithout the Western world.

Eakins in Europe? A Summer at the Musée d’Art Américain GivernyEmily R. Brouwer ’02, French and American StudiesAdvisor: Marie-Paule Tranvouez, French and Rebecca Bedell, Art History

What is American art doing in Europe? This presentation will summarize the experi-ence of being a summer intern at a smallAmerican art museum just outside of Paris. This internship was particularly educa-tional in that it coincided with a SummerResidency Program for Artists and ArtHistorians at the museum. This programpresented many unique opportunities for thefellows and interns, such as discussion lec-tures with well-known American art histori-


program was amazing. I learned firsthand todesign and build a building and the commu-nity received a gift – the building. I alsogained through my contact with a new cul-ture a sense of place and connection withinthe world.


The Sea (individual presentations)

Williams-Mystic Seaport Program:Opportunities and Continued LearningsRegarding the SeaTuyet-Catrina N. Huynh, Davis Scholar ’03,Environmental Studies and FilmAdvisor: Nicholas Rodenhouse, BiologicalSciences

The sea, a natural resource with a rich histo-ry and diverse ecosystems, has intrigued andhaunted people for centuries. Today it con-tinues to serve as a major transportationaland commercial thoroughfare for cargoships, fishermen, cruise lines and immi-grants. Yet the health and welfare of itsmarine life is threatened by the industriesand individuals who use or rely upon it. Thispresentation will share one student’s experi-ence with the Williams-Mystic Seaport pro-gram, her semester research examiningcruise line wastewater dumping in Alaska vs.Caribbean Islands and her summer researchinternship on exploring various vectors forintroduced marine species.

Research on the Geology of MarineCasualtiesChristina E. LaPointe-Nelson ’03, PhilosophyAdvisor: Harold Andrews, Geology

The spring 2001 marine geology class atBowdoin College researched the marinegeologic environments of nine nuclear casu-alties. The purpose of this project was to

help the National Resource DefenseCounsel (NRDC) to understand the long-term stability of the seabed beneath thecasualties, and to determine which, if any,will receive additional attention by NRDC.After determining the casualty’s coordinatesto the best possible precision, we studiedthe nature of the seabed at those locations,our primary source being the databasesassembled in the Generic Mapping Tool pro-gram. We determined that the casualtieslocated in areas of least geologic stability arethe marine dumping grounds of Rybachiy,Russia, the surroundings of Novaya Zemlya,Russia, the USS Thresher, off the coast ofMassachusetts and the K-219, off the coastof North Carolina. While there is a possibili-ty of environmental contamination due togeologic factors for the other five casualties,further geologic research in those provincesis required to assess their degree of danger,if any.

Lobstermen and Scientists: Understanding the LobsterErin M. Fernald ’02, GeologyAdvisor: Harold Andrews, Geology and Lidwien Kapteijns, History

During the summer I spent a week on aresearch vessel off the coast of Maine assist-ing in a lobster-population study conductedby Dr. Bob Steneck and his team. My interestin this fishery was more than scientific – Iam the daughter of a sixth-generation lobsterfisherman. The lobster industry in Maine isbooming despite the predictions by manyscientists that it is on the brink of collapse.Many fishermen are resentful of this predic-tion for they believe the stock is healthierthan it has ever been. This void has causedmany conflicts in the realm of conservationpolicy within the industry. The week I spentat sea was an opportunity for me to see how

scientific knowledge needs to be combinedwith the wealth of native knowledge. Theonly way to unravel the habits and dynamicsof the lobster population is to bridge the twoworlds, a process that is slowly beginning tohappen.


Building Bridges: Wellesley Women AreMaking a Difference in Boston Girls’ Lives(panel)Emily C. McDonald ’02, English and French,Deborah Weaver, Physical Education andCenter for Work and Service, Nancy Ryan,Head of Cambridge Women’s Commission,Johanna Pino ’04, International Relations,Jane A. Mars ’02, Urban Studies and RachelSchwartz ’02, History and SociologyAdvisor: Deborah Weaver, Physical Educationand Center for Work and Service

Since 1997, Wellesley students have been avital part of LEAP (Lifetime Empowermentand Awareness Program), a programdesigned to empower at-risk girls, ages 8-14,using a unique combination of physical self-defense skills, safety awareness, life skillsand support to enable these girls to createsafe and healthy lives as they becomewomen. Students from the College who havecompleted Wellesley’s semester-long self-defense course serve as physical self-defenseskills teaching assistants, mentors to partici-pants and coordinators for program plan-ning in the Cambridge area.

The panel will provide a comprehensive lookat the wide-reaching impact that an outreachprogram like LEAP can have on all thoseinvolved and how it can tie disparate com-munities together. Though each panel mem-ber will be discussing her personalresponses to her involvement in the LEAP

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program, the discussion will focus around abroader issue for many of Wellesley’s out-reach programs: how to bridge differencesbetween the Wellesley College communityand the urban communities with whichWellesley collaborates.

Gender Issues in InternationalPerspective (individual presentations)

Communities of Elderly Women in Japan:The Changing Nature of Emotional andSpiritual Needs in an Aging SocietyErin Humphrey ’02, Religion and Japanese StudiesAdvisor: James Kodera, Religion

The goal of my research this summer inKyoto, Japan was to investigate how Japanesewomen perceive and deal with change –emotionally, psychologically and spiritually –as they move from a traditional caregiverrole into a care-receiver role in the last stagesof life. Japan faces a rapidly aging popula-tion: an estimated 33 percent will be over 65by 2050. This topic is particularly importantfor women, who face changes in and short-ages of physical and psychological supportfrom family, elderly communities, profes-sional care providers and spiritual communi-ties. I plan to share some of my impressionsof the lives of eleven elderly women (overage 60), whom I interviewed and thechanges taking place in their families, neigh-borhoods and communities.

Fiji in TransitionEleanor J. Kleiber ’02, Peace and Justice Studies and HistoryAdvisor: Sally Merry, Anthropology

I left for Fiji in February 2001, eight monthsafter the latest coup, and left just one monthbefore the August elections. I went to studyat the University of the South Pacific and toresearch the local implementation of the

United Nations (UN) Convention on theElimination of all forms of DiscriminationAgainst Women (CEDAW). Both my class-room and research experience helped me tounderstand the unstable political situation. I was able to meet and learn from incrediblewomen who taught me how to organize ademocracy ad campaign, weave Fijian matsand cook roti all in a day’s work. With thissmall nation as my teacher, I learned first-hand about the tension between nongovern-mental organizations (NGOs) andgovernments, the difficulties of organizingNGOs into a collective voice and the amaz-ing difference just a handful of dedicatedwomen can have in the struggle for democ-racy. The unique situation in Fiji testedeverything I thought I knew about justice,human rights and women’s rights by requir-ing me to constantly reassess my under-standing of the importance of the individualin relation to the community. It was a joyand a privilege to witness and participate inthe transition period of this small nation.

Study Abroad: Less about the What, More about the HowAishwarya Lakshmiratan ’03, EconomicsAdvisor: Geeta Patel, Women’s Studies

The four months I spent studying in Ugandawere experiences in living my learning.Everyday I would go out on the streets, watchwomen carry the world and more on theirback, chat with the groundnut vendors,interview Indian business people in theirshops on Kampala road, participate inpreparing and eating dinner with my family,ride 14-seater taxis from dawn unto dusk,and observe, inhale and revel in a very differ-ent form of learning where the world was, in

fact, my classroom. My presentations andpapers draw from these experiences, fromthe posing of questions that I could investi-gate to the limits of my ability. Books andreading would only supplement this directlearning, unlike the generalized classroomexperience in college where textbooks, moreoften than not, are the only sources and ref-erences in an investigation. InternationalStudy, when approached with no expecta-tions, becomes a radically fresh, exciting andsensitive way of learning, making what youlearn to some extent irrelevant. It is theopportunity to have your entire perspectiveuprooted and turned around, and then to seethe world as one synergistic dynamic com-posite, of which you are a miniscule and yetirreplaceable part.


The Evolution of a Development Projectfrom the Classroom to the Field: A CaseStudy with Bribri Indigenous Women ofCosta Rica (panel)Olivia Ricchi ’01 and Aimee Sostowski ’01Advisor: Christopher Candland, PoliticalScience

This panel will highlight the steps taken bythree graduates of the Class of 2001 to cre-ate, raise funds for and implement a devel-opment project with indigenous women.The participants, a group of 15 women froma remote community in the Bribri territory,located in the southeast corner of Costa Ricanear the Panamanian border, organized apig-raising cooperative project, using theirtraditional techniques as a means to ensureeconomic stability for their families. The dis-cussion will include an evaluation of theprocess of taking community developmenttheories and the guiding principles of social

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franchising and government restrictionsAmerican companies encounter. Chen Yangwill discuss her market research results onE-government and her experience at tradeshows and other events. We will conclude bysharing some personal experiences from theinternship and what it was like living andworking in Shanghai. (Internship supportedby the Parents’ Internship Program and theSusan Rappaport Knafel ’52 InternationalInternship Fund.)

World Trade Organization – A Look from WithinStanislava Dratvova ’04, UndeclaredAdvisor: Akila Weerapana, Economics

At the World Trade Organization (WTO) inGeneva, Switzerland, I worked as an internunder the direct supervision of an economistin the Economic Research and AnalysisDivision. Working on several research proj-ects enabled me to apply the knowledge Ihad acquired in my economics courses lastyear and to develop various skills – research-ing, summarizing, collecting and analyzingdata – that will benefit me in my courseworkthis year.

The most rewarding, and at the same timemost challenging, project was a comprehen-sive economic and trade report about theCaribbean Community countries for theDirector General, who used this report asbackground preparation for his mission tothese Caribbean countries. I developed asummary of accession conditions and thedegree of liberalization of Article XII (mostlytransition-economy) countries and analyzedthe economic problems in the Czech andSlovak Republics. Finally, I summarized dataon regional trade agreements in Africa foran official WTO document. (Internship sup-ported by the Beth K. Smith Award.)

The Social Face of DollarizationPilar A. Eguez ’02, EconomicsAdvisor: Candelario Saenz, Anthropology andAkila Weerapana, Economics

This project explores the implications of dol-larization in Ecuador from a social perspec-tive. After one year of its implementation,this model has had striking impact at thesocial level. Although inflation has been con-trolled, the purchasing power of the popula-tion is extremely low, poverty has increasedto 82 percent in spite of the recovery in eco-nomic growth and the inequality levelreached its peak at 0.54 Gini index, one ofthe highest in the world. The breakdown andsuccessive crisis of the financial sector fur-ther jeopardized the situation for low-income groups – such as indigenouscommunities, the elderly retired and stateemployees – as state resources were shiftedtowards the recovery of the financial sector.Furthermore, the feeling of a loss of thecountry’s sovereignty due to the replacementof the sucre with the dollar has provokedstrong reactions on the side of indigenousgroups and the population in general.Indigenous and various social organizationshave developed alternative proposals to thepolicy, such as a pluri-monetary system, inwhich a “new sucre” would be reintroduced.However the major change for which theystrive is the eradication of corruption, whichwill increase the effectiveness of the policy,hindering at the same time its impacts onvulnerable groups. (Research supported by aStudent Research Grant awarded by theOffice of the Dean of the College.)

empowerment, economic independence andsustainability into the field and a self-assess-ment of the problems and challenges thatwere faced in this project. Finally, insightsand suggestions that may be useful toWellesley students interested in startingother community development projectsaround the world will be provided.(Internship supported by Class of 2000Dean Daniels Service Internship Stipend.)

International Economics (individual presentations)

Business in ShanghaiMeng-jiao Jiang ’03, Political Science andEconomics, Maisie Ng ’03, Economics andChen Yang ’04, UndeclaredAdvisor: Deborah Ullrich, Center for Work and Service

Shanghai is the “Jewel of China.” Since thereform policies of the early ’80s, Shanghai –historically the most cosmopolitan city inAsia – has been restored as the industrial,financial and commercial center of China. Itserves as an example to the rest of the coun-try on environment, technology, governmentadministration, international businessnorms and other important issues. Thissummer, we worked in the United StatesForeign Commercial Service in Shanghai(USFCS). USFCS is the foreign-service armof the U.S. Department of Commerce thatacts as a bridge between China and theUnited States to promote and support U.S.trade with China. Meng-jiao Jiang will dis-cuss her work on deepwater port and Webprojects and the general business environ-ment in Shanghai. Maisie Ng will discussher market research results on retail and

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World Health Organization Global Programon Evidence for Health Policy: Assessing the Performance of Health InterventionProgramsLena M. Mass ’03, EconomicsAdvisor: Karl Case, Economics

A key element in improving the perform-ance of health systems is implementing anappropriate mix of cost-effective interven-tions. This will contribute directly to improv-ing the level of health in a population. Mostcountries now have the information onmajor causes of ill-health and death, eitherfrom their own health information systemsor from the World Health Organization(WHO) database. This information is inade-quate, for countries need to know the mostcost-effective interventions that addressthese causes. As part of the effort to providean evidence base to assist policy makers, theWHO developed a unit on choosing inter-ventions: Effectiveness, Quality, Costs andEthics (EQC), which is assembling regionaldatabases on the cost-effectiveness of healthinterventions. (Internship supported byAudrey Freedman ’51 Summer Internship inEconomics.)


Discussion of Fellowship Experiences(panel)Kathryn Carlson ’00, Thomas J. WatsonFellowship, Rachel Goshgarian ’97, FulbrightFull Grant to Morocco, Wei Wei Lee ’00,Wellesley-Yenching Graduate Fellowship atChung Chi College, Hong Kong, Julie Levison ’98, 1998 Rhodes Scholarship, Theresa Lund ’00, Fulbright PAD TeachingAssistantship and Marisa B. Van Saanen ’01,2000 Truman ScholarshipAdvisor: Ellie Perkins ’65, Center for Work and Service

A fellowship brings more than a period ofintense learning and adventure. Its effectswill reach into the future and transformone’s plans in subtle and significant ways.How have their fellowship experiences influ-enced the personal and professional lives ofthese Wellesley alumnae?

Beyond Aix (individual presentations)

From Aix to Bedford: Reflective Essays on Study and Service AbroadAmy C. Delamaide ’02, Anthropology and FrenchAdvisor: Alexia Sontag, Mathematics

After spending six and one-half months inthe south of France studying with theWellesley-in-Aix program, I spent twomonths in Bedford, England, volunteering at a homeless shelter. The transition was jarring: I went from living and studying inan educated, wealthy, provincial tourist town, to cleaning, cooking and serving thepoor in a working-class community of cen-tral England. These essays reflect on thechallenges, joys and times of personal transformation I encountered in Aix and in Bedford, and on the juxtaposition of these two experiences.

Life after AixLauren J. Aste ’94Advisor: Catherine Masson, French

Having immersed myself in French cultureand language as a student in the Wellesley-in-Aix program in 1992-93, I returned to theU.S. inspired to incorporate French into mycareer. After graduating, I worked as aresearch assistant for Professor CatherineMasson and then as a translator of businessFrench at Bowne Translation Services, beforedeciding to attend New York Universitywhere I obtained a J.D. and an M.A. in

French Studies in 1998. The highlight of mygraduate joint-degree program was returningto France in 1997 to interview Frenchlawyers, academics and social activists for anarticle on French corporate governance thatwas published in The George WashingtonJournal of International Law and Economics in1999. Now, as an associate at a New York lawfirm, I am able to use my French on anygiven day to advise a French corporate clienton how to structure a sale of assets as well asto help a French-speaking teenager fromWest Africa seek asylum in the U.S.


Falling in Love with Oaxaca: Reflections on Intellectual and Personal Growth after a Semester in Mexico (panel)Alissa M. Moen ’02, Peace and Justice Studiesand Spanish, Georgina Scarlata ’02, LatinAmerican Studies, Claudia Guzman ’02,English and Spanish, Rosa Garza ’02,Anthropology, Sara Villarreal ’02, Psychologyand Spanish and Agnieszka Ziaja ’02, Spanishand Peace and Justice StudiesAdvisor: Lois Wasserspring, Political Scienceand Lorraine Roses, Spanish

Wellesley-in-Mexico participants from thefall semester of 2000 will share their experi-ences from their Oaxaca program. Thispanel presentation will reflect on genderroles, the place of the Wellesley “super-woman” mentality and the impact of study-ing in a society with visible social classdivisions. We will focus on the larger signifi-cance of a semester of study in a foreignland and its impact on the academic careers,future goals and personal lives of Wellesleystudents.

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Contrasts on the Cape of Good Hope (panel)Mae Podesta ’02, International Relations,Kuuipo Curry ’04, Undeclared, Julie Ota ’04,Undeclared, Dana Williams ’02, English andMaria A. Zambrano ’02, Latin AmericanStudiesAdvisor: Kyle D. Kauffman, Economics

This summer Wellesley introduced its firstinternational summer session to SouthAfrica. Seven students from both Wellesleyand Smith, all concentrating in different dis-ciplines, came together to study the historyand culture of postapartheid South Africa.The course included lectures at the Univer-sity of Cape Town ranging from the physicaland social sciences to medicine, the arts, pol-itics and the humanities. Throughout thetrip, students met with prominent commu-nity members of the South African govern-ment, arts and academia. They studiedcurrent issues facing South Africa such asthe Truth and Reconciliation Commission,HIV/AIDS and other public health issues,economic development in the townships,environmental concerns and contemporarydevelopment in the arts. In addition, theyparticipated in social and cultural field trips,community service projects and homestaysin both Black and Muslim communities. Thestudents will offer their reflections through avisual presentation of their four-week experi-ence in Cape Town, South Africa.

Reacting to a Domestic Tragedy WhileAbroad (panel with videoconferencing)Jennifer Gonzalez ’03, Political Science,Elizabeth Hirshorn ’03, Cognitive Science andSpanish and Aimee Kim ’03, EnglishAdvisor: Carlos Vega, Spanish

How do you react to a major tragedy at homewhile abroad? News reports are in a lan-guage you are working hard to learn and youcan’t quite figure out the details of what’shappening. The phone lines back home aretied up. You want to be with family and lovedones and can’t help but worry about how thesituation could escalate. At the same time,you feel guilty about being abroad. You wantto see the monuments and museums youhave always dreamed about and experience anew culture firsthand, but wonder if you canor should do these things when there hasbeen such suffering back home. You are alsoworried about how the citizens of your hostcountry will treat you at a time in whichnews from home is at the center of globalinterest and concern.

Wellesley students currently participating inthe PRESHCO program (a consortium ofWellesley, The College of Wooster, Oberlin,Smith, Trinity and Wheaton) will discusshow they came to terms with the terroristattacks in the U.S. that took place inSeptember, only a few days after they hadarrived in Spain. They will discuss how –removed from support systems back home –they found ways to cope with grief and con-tinue their learning experience abroad. Theywill also discuss reactions they experiencedfrom people in Spain – a nation itself alreadyall too familiar with terrorism.


Beyond the Borders That Divide Us: Racismand Its Impact on International Study andInternship Experiences (roundtable)Facilitators: Geneva M. Walker-Johnson, Office of the Dean of Students, Durba Ghosh,Women’s Studies, Patricia Amina P.Evangelista ’02, Political Science and JapaneseStudies, Dana Weekes ’03, Political Science andCindy Kang ’02, French and Art History

How was your international study or intern-ship experience shaped by your race/ethnici-ty? Did you anticipate your race or ethnicitywould become a factor in your experience?Were you able to compensate for any adverseeffects of racism on your experience? How?This discussion will focus on the impact ofracism on the quality of international study orinternship experiences for students of color,and an exploration of strategies students havedeveloped to ensure that their experiencesmet their needs and expectations.

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Urban Education I (individual presentations)

Creating DAE: Exploring Partnerships of Education and Social JusticeSonya U. Sanchez ’01 and Jenessa Boleda ’01Advisor: Christopher Candland, PoliticalScience and Kenneth S. Hawes, Education

The presenters cofounded the DorchesterAcademic Exchange (DAE) Program, atutoring/mentoring program implementedat Dorchester High School during the fall of2000. DAE was created to facilitate anexchange between Wellesley College andDorchester High School, thereby providingstudents from Dorchester High with aca-demic guidance while offering Wellesleystudents deeper insight into their ability toeffect social change. Currently, the DAE pro-gram is expanding. Wellesley students areinvolved in creating a “CommunityLeadership through Art Education” pro-gram. In this program Dorchester studentswill design and paint a large mural, symbol-izing their efforts to create a more dignifiedlearning environment. They will also partici-pate in workshops designed to teach politi-cal and social organizing techniques byexploring topics such as immigrant rights,common roots among various classes andraces and environmental justice. Their pres-entation will focus on the challenges andrewards of establishing a community out-reach program within the framework of anacademic institution.

Education Fieldwork: Louisville, KentuckyNeha O. Ummat ’02, Political ScienceAdvisor: Barbara Beatty, Education andKenneth S. Hawes, Education

My talk will focus on the fieldwork I did ineducation as a part of my fellowship fromthe Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a fund that issending me to graduate school in education.I worked at two sites this summer: the chil-dren’s ward of a mental institution and atSummerbridge Louisville, an academicenrichment program for middle-school stu-dents. Both experiences were enriching andamazing for very different reasons. I willshare some of the highlights including bothchallenges and triumphs of each experience.I will also speak about the conference Iattended at the end of the summer for theother Rockefeller Fellows. My goal is toshare with the audience my love for the stu-dents I taught this summer and my excite-ment for my future in education.

Urban Education in an Era of High-Stakes TestingJane A. Mars ’02, Urban Studies and Public PolicyAdvisor: Barbara Beatty, Education

In 1998, Massachusetts introduced high-stakes testing, requiring tenth grade stu-dents in all public, charter and other publiclyfunded schools to take and pass the contro-versial Massachusetts ComprehensiveAssessment System (MCAS) exam in orderto obtain a high-school diploma. However, asMassachusetts and other states around thecountry push for higher academic standardsand exit exams in response to political

demands for accountability and improvedperformance, more emphasis is being placedon outcomes, testing and learning resultsinstead of on inputs, practical applicationand conceptual understanding. As a sum-mer-school teaching assistant in a Bostonpublic high school, I worked with studentswho are experiencing school failure. Thisproject allowed me the opportunity to assessthe effects of such standards-based reforminitiatives on both students’ and teachers’performance in the actual classroom. It alsoallowed me to gain teaching skills and exam-ine remediation techniques for working withlow-achieving students who failed theirrespective grade levels and were also in dan-ger of failing the MCAS.

Understanding Community (individual presentations)

Unos Pocos Cuentos de Mexico – Shattering StereotypesLinda M. Schneider, Davis Scholar ’02, EnglishAdvisor: Jill Syverson-Stork, Spanish

I decided to travel to Mexico this summer fortwo reasons. First I wanted to continue mystudy of Spanish language and culture byattending an immersion Spanish-languageprogram, el Instituto Cultural Oaxaca andliving with a Mexican family. My primaryobjective was to become fluent in Spanish. I also wanted to encounter and learn aboutMexico’s people and culture firsthand. I willpresent my insights into the culture, includ-ing ways in which my preconceptions andexpectations (derived from American cul-

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ture) have changed as a result of my journey,discussing interactions with individualMexicans in the context of more widespreadobservations about current Mexican culture.I will use photographs, newspapers, mapsand guides to enhance and explicate my oralpresentation.

The Changing KibbutzEva K. Kaplan ’02, Political ScienceAdvisor: Candelario Saenz, Anthropology

This presentation will examine how the kib-butz movement in Israel has changed over50 years using two key case studies andmore general research. I will start by outlin-ing the history of the kibbutz movement,highlighting its ideology, methodology andearly challenges. The presentation will examine how and why the movement haschanged, focusing on shifts in ideology, therole of women, the role of money, labor prac-tices and the education of children. I willalso examine how the kibbutz has frequentlybeen forced to reconcile and adapt itself toits surroundings for economic, political andphysical reasons. I will conclude by dis-cussing how these changes could affect thefuture of the kibbutz movement.

Sevilla: City of Life, Deep Faith and Strong Traditions“La Vida en Sevilla es una Maravilla”Dawn M. Joyce ’02, International Relationsand Joana Silva ’02, Psychology and Language StudiesAdvisor: Elena Gascón-Vera, Spanish

“La Vida en Sevilla es una Maravilla.” Ourenriching experience studying abroad inSevilla, Spain last semester has opened oureyes to a new way of conceptualizing thepast, present and future of our lives. Lookingback, we recognize that the strong traditions

that play a central role in the lives of thecity’s inhabitants also left a meaningful markon us as visitors. We want to share with youseveral of the most well-known traditions ofSevilla, such as its music, dance (flamencoand sevillanas) and religious ceremonies,and how they are inseparable from the every-day existence of its inhabitants. We realizethat the city’s culture is unique within Spainand certainly contrasts sharply with the cul-ture of the Wellesley campus. We are, there-fore, excited to share with you the experienceof being an American living in Sevilla.


Biomedical Research (individual presentations)

The Effect of Glutathione S-Transferase onApolipoprotein B in Human Liver CellsAnuradha V. Gokhale ’03, Biological SciencesAdvisor: Mary Allen, Biological Sciences

Apolipoprotein B (apo B) is a major proteinassociated with low-density lipoprotein (LDL)and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), andthus possesses a crucial role as a cholesterolcarrier. In hepatocytes, the function of apo Bis to package triglycerides and cholesterol sothat they may be secreted in the blood-stream. Elevated levels of apo B have beencorrelated with increased risk of heartattacks. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) is aubiquitous enzyme whose primary role is todetoxify endogenous or xenobiotic com-pounds in a process called glutathione con-jugation. Since GST had previously beenassociated with apo B in crosslinking experi-ments, the enzyme was suspected to affecteither the secretion or degradation of apo B.To investigate this hypothesis, human livertumor cells were transfected with GST andmetabolically labeled using radioactivemethionine. The cells and media were col-lected one hour after pulse-labeling and the

amount of apo B was examined using gelelectrophoresis technique. The preliminaryresults of this experiment suggest that GSTtransfection does indeed affect either thesecretion or degradation of apo B in the cells.A possible implication of this experiment isthat since less apo B is available in GSTtransfected cells, less triglycerides and cho-lesterol can be packaged and secreted intothe bloodstream.

Investigation of Mechanisms ofPathogenesis of Hereditary SensoryNeuropathy Type 1 (hsn-1)Aurora R. Alva, Davis Scholar ’03, Biological SciencesAdvisor: Robert H. Brown, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.,Massachusetts General Hospital/HarvardMedical School

Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1(HSN-1) is a neurodegenerative disorder ofthe peripheral nerves. Individuals affectedwith this disease become unable to sensepain and changes in temperature. Therefore,they tend to develop distal digit ulcerations,which are generally followed by infectionsand eventually amputations. To this date, thecauses for HSN-1 remain unknown.Recently, however, the laboratory I haveworked in at the Massachusetts GeneralHospital and a laboratory in Australia havediscovered gene mutations in families affect-ed with HSN-1. These mutations were foundin three different nucleotides of a gene locat-ed in chromosome 9q22. This gene, palmi-toyl transferase long-chain base-1 (SPTLC1),encodes for a 473-amino-acid protein knownas long chain base 1 (LCB-1), which is one ofthe two subunits that make up the not yetpurified enzyme serine-palmitoyl-transferase(SPT). The SPT enzyme regulates the syn-thesis of sphingolipids, which are integralconstituents of cell membranes.

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Work on this research project has focused onstudying whether the SPLTC1 mutations areaffecting the levels of expression of the LCB-1 protein and the activity of the SPT enzyme.Recent experiments have shown that thereexists no difference in the LCB-1 proteinexpression level on the lymphoblastoid celllines of affected and normal individuals.Present studies are focusing on investigatingwhether the mutated SPLTC1 gene alters theSPT enzyme activity in HSN-1 patients.(Supported through the Howard HughesMedical Institute [HHMI] UndergraduateSciences Program Grant.)

Engineering and Characterization ofPremalignant Human Breast Epithelial Cellsto Induce Breast CancerChristina P. Antonopoulos ’02, EconomicsAdvisor: Robert Weinberg, WeinbergLaboratory, Whitehead Institute for BiomedicalResearch and Charlotte Kuperwasser, WeinbergLaboratory, Whitehead Institute for BiomedicalResearch

Mutations arising in genes involved in thegrowth-control mechanism of the cell canresult in deregulation of this mechanismand abnormal cell proliferation and tumorformation. Recently, researchers have sug-gested that the stromal microenvironment ofthe breast may be as important in promotingtumorigenesis as the mutations found in thecell. Therefore, the goal of this study was togenetically engineer breast epithelial cells toclosely resemble premalignant human breastepithelial cells in morphology in order tomeasure their tumorigenic ability in differ-ent stromal environments. Genetically modi-fied breast cell lines of known etiology havebeen previously generated and found to formtumors in immunocompromised mice.These types of environmental tumor modelscan be constructed and utilized in xenograft

experiments to study the mechanisms oftumor development. An understanding ofthe mechanisms of tumorigenesis willpotentially allow researchers to develop drugtherapies that can be used to treat naturallyarising cancers in patients. (Research sup-ported by the Marie and John ZimmermannFoundation Grant.)

Cytomegalovirus Infection inXenotransplantationBeza Seyoum ’03, Biological Sciences and ChemistryAdvisor: Andrew Webb, Biological Sciences

Xenotransplantation is cross-species organtransplantation such as from nonhumans tohumans. The limited availability of organsand lack of replacement technology makesxenotransplantation a possible therapeuticoption for individuals who suffer from organ failure. However, there are problemsassociated with xenotransplantation: ethicalconcerns, immunologic barriers and cross-species infection. The biggest concern is thepossible transmission of “novel” infectionsfrom the donor species to the recipient orthe society at large. My research focused onpossible cytomegalovirus infection fromporcine to humans. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)belongs to the herpesvirus group. Infectionby this virus is very common. The infectionis lifelong and generally remains latent inhumans. The risk of developing illness dueto CMV is greatest with anti-lymphocytetherapy, graft rejection or depressed immu-nity. Immunosuppression during xenotrans-plantation induces reactivation of latentinfections both in the donor organ and/orthe recipient. It also facilitates cross-speciesCMV infection.

My summer research was driven by thehypothesis that porcine cytomegalovirus willinfect human cells. My experiments in vitro

attempted to establish CMV infection inporcine and human cell lines using porcinespecific cytomegalovirus. By the end of thesummer, I established infection in theporcine cell lines but needed more time tofinish the serial assays for the virus-exposedhuman cell lines. (Research supported by theHoward Hughes Medical Institute [HHMI]Undergraduate Summer Research ProgramGrant.)


Exploring Latina Girls’ Relational Supportsand Challenges: An Ecological Perspective(panel)Nancy P. Genero, Psychology, Marie Corriveau ’02, Psychology, Tiffany Cheng ’02,Psychology, Karlo Ng ’02, Urban Studies,Jamilah Freeman ’02, Psychology and Sociologyand Olivia Hsin ’02, French and PsychologyAdvisor: Nancy P. Genero, Psychology

Psychologists are paying increasing attentionto the ways in which relationships affect theprocess of acculturation – participation intwo or more cultures simultaneously. As partof our Psychology Seminar on Culture andSocial Identity, we explored how Latina girlsunderstand their bicultural identities andhow their relationships with family, teachersand peers hinder or foster their psychologi-cal growth and development. This presenta-tion is based on a series of interviews that weconducted with four middle-school Latinagirls from Framingham, Massachusetts.Three interrelated research topics will be dis-cussed from a bicultural perspective:Cultural Socialization; Relationships andResilience; and Girls’ Academic Experiences.Videotape segments of conversations withthe girls will also be presented.

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The Coffee Connection (individual presentations)

Will the Real Juan Valdez Please Stand Up?Maggie Rivage-Seul ’02, Peace and JusticeStudiesAdvisor: Veronica Darer, Spanish

Who and what is involved in the productionof a cup of coffee which so many of us enjoyeach morning? This presentation willattempt to answer that question by contrast-ing the typical answer most Americans arelikely to give with the deeper understandingI gained this past summer. The typicalunderstanding is reflected in the “JuanValdez” image familiar from TV commer-cials. It was also captured in a theatrical tourof the Café Britt “coffee plantation” which Itook this summer in San Jose, Costa Rica. Itenvisions small coffee producers happilyproviding high-quality coffee beans to largeconglomerates such as General Foods.However, such understanding sharply con-flicts with what I discovered this summerworking for the pioneering fair-trade coffeecompany, Equal Exchange. At EqualExchange, I learned of the “boom and bust”cycles of the coffee market, and how smallproducers and coffee workers are typicallyexploited by large marketers such as CaféBritt, Starbucks and Maxwell House.Additionally, my participation in a Seminarfor Invited Researchers at San Jose’sDepartamento Ecumenico de Investiga-ciones (DEI) showed me how coffee produc-tion is merely one aspect of a globalizedsystem of production and consumptionwhich enriches multinational corporationswhile creating misery for producers of agri-cultural products and raw materials. Thisdeeper, more complex understanding of

where coffee comes from and how it fits intothe global market is not entirely inaccessibleto Americans. Beginning at the end of July, itwas revealed in a series of front-page articlesin The Boston Globe. The presentation willconclude with practical suggestions for con-sumers of coffee who are also concernedwith social justice.

Life Revolving around CoffeeAlison L. Mostue ’03, Latin American StudiesAdvisor: Lorraine Roses, Spanish

My independent research experience with theSchool of International Training (SIT) inOaxaca, Mexico, was an amazing experience.I chose to research coffee because of theheightened interest in agriculture that Iacquired while in Mexico. I had no idea thatmy experience studying coffee would be soprofound, touch on many social aspects aswell as agricultural aspects and also move mein such an intense way. During my approxi-mately one-month stay, I learned about theprocess of harvesting, cleaning and sellingcoffee. As I researched coffee, I was intriguedby other aspects of the area and town as well.For example, the town appeared to be veryenvironmentally aware as well as aware ofpublic health issues. These were both issuesthat I had not noticed in other parts ofMexico that I had visited.

With these topics of interest, I visited manyfarms, interviewed many townspeople andtried to immerse myself as entirely as possi-ble in that life. In my final paper of my stud-ies in Pluma Hidalgo, I tied together thegeneral lifestyle of farming coffee, the envi-ronmental and public health awareness inthe town and the state of the town due to thelow coffee market. I showed how these dif-ferent focuses all played off one another andwere connected because of coffee.

Learning through the Internship Experience in Costa Rica (panel)Rachel Gottesfeld ’01, Suzanne Moellendorf ’03,Biological Sciences, Pamela Galvis ’03,International Relations, Aurora Gonzalez ’03,History and Natalie Drorbaugh ’02, SpanishAdvisor: Lois Wasserspring, Political Science,Faculty Director, Wellesley Internships in Costa Rica

In the summer of 2000, Wellesley Collegeinitiated a ten-week summer internship program, Wellesley in Costa Rica. Duringthat pilot summer, seven Wellesley studentsworked in diverse internship sites in andaround the capital city of San Jose. In 2001,ten Wellesley students had internships in awide variety of sites throughout the country.Participants from both summer programswill discuss the ways in which their internships expanded their academic learn-ing at Wellesley. (Internships supported bythe Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52 Interna-tional Internship Fund, the Mollie GreenLumpkin ’25 Fund for Experiential Learningand the Lumpkin Family Internship for theEnvironment and Service OpportunityStipends.)

At the Center of Power? Internships inWashington, D.C., Summer 2001 (panel)Edward A. Stettner, Political Science, SumanaChatterjee ’02, English, Marley Degner ’02,Political Science, Stacey Gutkowski ’02,Philosophy, Abigail Moncrieff ’02, English andPolitical Science and Alexandria Young ’02,Political ScienceAdvisor: Edward A. Stettner, Political Science

Thousands of interns descend onWashington, D.C. every summer – to internin Congress or in the executive offices of thefederal government, and also to seek place-

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ments in one of the many nonprofit groups,think tanks, media offices and internationalorganizations that maintain offices in thecity. This panel will explore the experiencesof several Wellesley students who interned inWashington last summer. Some were partici-pants in Wellesley’s Washington InternshipProgram (Wellesley-in-Washington), andsome obtained placements through otherprograms. They all benefited from living andlearning about politics in this fascinatingand important city.

What can an internship teach us? How does this “practical” experience integratewith a more scholarly view of politics? Canan internship be the basis of 370 research as a senior? Can interns assume meaningfulresponsibilities that really do teach us about how government works? How does an internship relate to career choices thatWellesley students are confronting? Thispanel hopes to provide answers to at leastsome of these questions. (Program sup-ported by various endowed funds in theDepartment of Political Science.)


Knafel Award Winners (individual presentations)

Women, Culture and Natural Resources: TheDistributive Politics of Modern South Asiaand the Implications for America TodayAvantika Rao ’98Advisor: Ellie Perkins ’65, Center for Work and Service

During her year of study, Avantika complet-ed the Postgraduate Certificate in Women’sStudies in the Department of Sociology ofthe University of Pune. She wrote a paper on

how low-caste women activists could learnfrom the experiences of African Americanwomanist activists, a paper about the Puneaudience’s reaction to Deepa Mehta’s contro-versial film Fire, and she participated in foraon natural resources, the law and feminism.Over the summer, Avantika also completedthe American Institute of Indian Studies’Summer Advanced Hindi Program. Cur-rently a student at the King School of Law,University of California at Davis, she contin-ues to focus on law and the politics of cul-ture and is particularly committed to diverseimmigrant communities. (Scholarship sup-ported by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52Scholarship for Foreign Study.)

Understanding Culture through Dance Lakshmi Ramarajan ’98Advisor: Ellie Perkins ’65, Center for Work and Service

Lakshmi began to learn the dance of India,Bharatha Natyam, at the age of four, study-ing in the United States and in Indiathroughout her undergraduate years. Aftertouring for a year with a dance troupe inIndia, Lakshmi came to Wellesley where shefounded Thala, a dance troupe for ourCollege community. Seeking to learn aboutother cultures through dance, as she hadlearned about her own, Lakshmi designed aproject that involved observing, understand-ing and attempting to master dances of othernations. Her research took her around theworld to countries whose dance forms hadbeen influenced by Bharatha Natyam, bothin East and South East Asia. Lakshmi willdiscuss her travels with us and demonstratetwo dances, one from Japan and the otherfrom Cambodia. Lakshmi is currently doingresearch at the Wharton School of Businessand the Asch Center for the Study of

Ethnopolitical Conflict. She is also exploringher developing interest in yoga and modernIndian dance. (Fellowship supported by theSusan Rappaport Knafel ’52 TravelingFellowship.)


Columns, Cannoli and Culture: ClassicalExperiences Abroad (panel)Sarah E. Beam ’02, Classical Civilization,Sarah Barton ’02, Greek and Latin, AlexandraDunne-Bryant ’02, Latin and ClassicalCivilization, Amanda Freeman ’02, ClassicalCivilization, Holly-Leigh Pitts ’03, ClassicalCivilization and Audrey M. Provenzano ’02,Classical CivilizationAdvisor: Raymond Starr, Classical Studies

Students from Classical Studies will dis-cuss their experiences in various programsin Greece and Italy: the College Year inAthens, the Intercollegiate Center forClassical Studies in Rome, Wellesley’sCLCV 232 (The Bay of Naples Antiquity),taught in Sorrento, Italy and an archaeolog-ical excavation in Italy.

Wellesley/Mt. Holyoke/WilliamsWintersession Program in the Republic ofGeorgia (panel)Ariel Greenblum ’03, Political Science andHeidi Zirtzlaff ’03, MusicAdvisor: Philip Kohl, Anthropology

Students from Wellesley College, Mt.Holyoke College and Williams College fly toTbilisi, Georgia and live with Georgian fami-lies for three weeks during January. Eachstudent participates in an individuallyassigned internship program of her choice.Students also take excursions in and aroundTbilisi to museums and historical monu-

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ments and attend a series of lectures, inEnglish, at Tbilisi State University on vari-ous aspects of Georgian history, culture, lan-guage and contemporary affairs.

A Conversation with Women on LuceInternships in Asia I (panel)Katie Berroth ’02, Japanese Studies, ChristineDobridge ’02, Economics, Lyle Pannell ’02,Chinese Studies, Lavanya Ravichandran ’02,International Relations, Charlene Wang ’03,International Relations and Dana Weekes ’02,Political ScienceAdvisor: William A. Joseph, Political Science

Participants in last summer’s Elisabeth LuceMoore ’24 Wellesley-Yenching Program willdiscuss their internship experiences in HongKong, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Thesession will take the form of a conversationamong the interns and with the audience.

The students worked for eight weeks in avariety of governmental, nongovernmental,academic and media organizations in EastAsia. Their work sites included national andlocal legislative offices, a city governmentcultural affairs bureau, a public policy thinktank, an economics research institute and amajor national newspaper. Other sitesincluded nonprofit organizations committedto peace and human rights, combatingracism and discrimination, health educationand training, promoting public awareness ofand access to the arts and cultural andwildlife preservation.

The issues to be discussed include living andworking in Asia from the perspective of bothfirst-time visitors and those with prior expe-riences; cultural and personal adjustments,including issues of self, national and ethnicidentity; the challenges of dealing withbureaucracy, patriarchy and privilege; indi-vidual responsibility in a global context; andthe relationship between the internshipexperience and academic and career goals.(Internships supported by the Henry LuceFoundation.)


When Bad Things Happen to GoodInternships (roundtable)Facilitators: Marybeth Toomey, Experientialand Leadership Programs, Joanne Murray ’81,Center for Work and Service, Karen Helgeson ’02, International Relations andGeology, Amy Lawler ’02, Political Science and Spanish, Adina Lord ’02, Political Scienceand Sarah Grant ’02, History

Sometimes you have to have a bad intern-ship to realize what you want for your pro-fessional life. We will discuss our internshipexperiences and share what we gleaned fromthese less-than-fulfilling summer positions.Want tips on how to avoid our fate in thefuture? We’ll offer advice on selecting intern-ships and how to use a bad internship expe-rience to your advantage.

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Urban Education II (individual presentations)

Jefferson Park: Two Wellesley Students’Summer with the Cambridge YouthEnrichment ProgramMorgan Adams ’03, History and Diana Dube ’03, PhilosophyAdvisor: Nathaniel Sheidley, History

This past summer we worked with theCambridge Youth Enrichment Program atthe Jefferson Park site in North Cambridge.The program, run through the nonprofitPhillips Brooks House Association atHarvard University, services underprivilegedchildren in the Cambridge area by providinga seven-week learning and recreational expe-rience at a minimal cost to parents. Weworked with children from the WaldenSquare Apartments, Rindge Towers and theJefferson Park housing development rangingin ages from six to twelve years. We willpresent our summer experience, encompass-ing topics such as our training, lesson plans,field trips, interactions with the communityand future involvement. (Internship support-ed by a Service Opportunity Stipend.)

The Experience of Somali Refugees in the Boston Public SchoolsRhian K. O’Rourke ’03, Middle Eastern andMedia StudiesAdvisor: Lidwien Kapteijns, History

The Somali community in Boston is current-ly struggling with problems of immigration.Many are poor refugees dealing with trau-mas of a violent civil war in their homecountry. In the U.S., they are often targets ofracial prejudice and frequently experiencesevere cultural clashes. This summer Iobserved and recorded the cultural chal-lenges that many Somali students experi-ence as they begin to integrate themselvesinto the Boston Public School system. Tofully understand the students’ transitionalchallenges, I volunteered at English HighSchool in Boston and completed elevenvideo interviews. In my presentation, I willshow clips from my interviews and willspeak briefly about my personal reflectionson service-oriented research projects.

Children of the World (individual presentations)

Working to Fight the Effects of Poverty in NairobiMary E. Evans ’02, Bioethics and PsychologyAdvisor: Maud Chaplin, Philosophy

I arrived in Kenya with few expectations andthe simple goal of learning more about theproblem of street children in Nairobi and lefthaving had the most influential experienceof my life thus far. I worked at ChildlifeTrust, a nonprofit organization that supportsstreet children by providing food, clothing

and educational materials to rescue andrehabilitation centers throughout Nairobi.They also host an annual exhibition called“The Other Side of the Street.” Surprisingly,I learned only a little about the problem ofstreet children. However, the experienceenabled me to peer through a new windowon the world. My administrative contribu-tions and occasional fresh perspective paledin comparison to the potentially lifelongfriendships I formed after breaking downcultural barriers. My coworkers educated meby introducing me to their culture in a waythat cannot be taught in a classroom. Theyasked me to share what I did learn aboutstreet children with others. My presentationwill focus on the rescue and rehabilitationcenters I visited as well as the exhibitionhosted by Childlife Trust. (Internship sup-ported by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52International Internship Fund.)

Cultural and Social Class ExpectationDifferences between Mexico and the UnitedStates: An Experience in Oaxaca, MexicoJennifer K. Vazquez ’02, AnthropologyAdvisor: Lauren Leve, Anthropology

My presentation will discuss my personaldiscovery of differences in culture, socialclass expectations and financial resourcesthrough obstacles I experienced in carryingout my summer project. While working inOaxaca, Mexico at the Center for Hearingand Language Rehabilitation (CORAL A.C.),a center that helps children suffering from

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hearing loss, I was able to travel to ruraltowns and speak with families, teachers andcolleagues. In doing so, I learned firsthandhow cultural, political and economic differ-ences can affect nonprofit agencies’ abilitiesto carry out their work effectively. Limitedfinancial and material resources for theorganization, parents’ lack of education,insufficient information for parents on dis-abilities, government bureaucracy, lack ofeducational options for children with hear-ing loss or special education needs and lackof advanced technology all influence howwell CORAL A.C. works and the ways inwhich it can serve the community. Becausethese factors are all related to cultural differ-ences and/or social class expectationsbetween Mexican and American cultures, Inever anticipated facing such issues. Thesefactors affected the work I was able to do, butforced me to broaden my horizons and adaptmyself to a new working environment.(Internship supported by a ServiceOpportunity Stipend.)

Is Going to School Always the Best Thing for a Child? A Glance at the Driving Forcesof Child Labor in Managua, NicaraguaMariana Mejia ’04, Latin American StudiesAdvisor: Kenia Halleck, Spanish

Have you ever been to a “Third WorldCountry” and seen children at every stoplight, bus and market selling everythingfrom candy to water to God’s message on lit-tle pieces of paper? Have you ever wonderedwhy they are there? This presentation willlook at several questions that emergedthroughout my experience tutoring childworkers in Managua, Nicaragua. Through aseries of monologues, we will explore the

family’s role in a child’s decision/obligationto work given the socioeconomic situation inNicaragua. We will also examine the state ofpublic education in Managua, its injusticesand discrepancies. This will lead to a discus-sion of the following questions: Is schoolreally the best option for children underthese circumstances? Should child labor beeradicated, or made fair and safe? Shouldmore emphasis be placed on technical train-ing? Or is this simply a way to keep childrenin maquiladoras while “professionals” getthe “real jobs”? Is it morally wrong for a par-ent to force his/her child to work? What isthe role of nongovernmental organizationsin this area? (Service learning experiencesupported by a Service Opportunity Stipend.)

International Health Issues (individual presentations)

Current HIV/AIDS Research and RelatedDevelopments in BotswanaNeo M. Tapela ’02, Biological SciencesAdvisor: Mary Allen, Biological Sciences

The presentation will integrate reflections oncultural, psychological and politicalimpacts/aspects of the AIDS situation inBotswana, from the perspective of one whois Motswana and an aspiring medical profes-sional. An overview of HIV studies andnational programs currently conductedthrough the partnership will be presented,including: the MTCT (Mashi) Study, investi-gating the effect of nevirapine and AZT onmother-to-child-transmission; the GenomicResistance (Tshepo) Study, involving geneticanalysis of antiretroviral drug-resistancedevelopment patterns of HIV-1C in theBotswana population; and the National 2001Sentinel Study, a survey to determine thecurrent HIV incidence in Botswana. The var-ious HIV diagnostic tests employed in these

studies – ELISA, PCR, Viral Load, WesternBlot, CD4 and Haematology/ChemistryAssays – will be discussed in technical andtheoretical detail. Finally, the presentationwill introduce the latest HIV/AIDS-relateddevelopments at the lab and in Botswana ingeneral, such as the launching of Phase Ivaccine trials and a government-sponsoredprogram to provide free antiretroviral drugsto all seropositive Batswana. (Internship sup-ported by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52International Internship Fund.)

The Dying Ghana: The Effects of AIDS on GhanaKakra Soadwa ’02, Neuroscience and KhadijaMani ’02, Africana StudiesAdvisor: Sheila Brachfeld-Child, Psychology,Director, Medical Professions Advising

During the summer of 2001, we participatedin the Ghana Education Project (GEP), a stu-dent-run nonprofit organization based out ofPrinceton University. The objective of theprogram is to provide meaningful serviceopportunities for American students whileproviding the people of Ghana with educa-tional resources that will allow them to pur-sue both higher levels of education andhigher standards of living. The program weparticipated in gave us the opportunity towork in conjunction with local health facili-ties to promote AIDS education and aware-ness. We conducted a variety of activities,such as giving village-wide public presenta-tions, organizing condom distribution andgroup discussion sessions and coordinatingAIDS awareness groups in many local sec-ondary schools. We found that there weresocial, cultural and economic obstacles that

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hindered our initial progress in HIV/AIDSprevention. However, we believe thatthrough our HIV/AIDS discussions and for-mation of AIDS awareness groups, as well asfuture GEP projects, we have made atremendous contribution to the overallhealth of Ghana. (International communityservice outreach supported by the ArthurVining Davis International Travel Fund andthe Arthur Vining Davis Public ServiceInternship Program.)

Niño a Niño: Health Action in Oaxaca, Mexico Katrina M. Robertson ’02, AnthropologyAdvisor: Sylvia S. Hiestand, InternationalStudies

Niño a Niño is a nonprofit organization thateducates children in rural areas of Mexicoabout health and nutrition. Its ideology isthat when children learn about preventativehealth, they take the knowledge to their fam-ilies and other members of their communi-ties. The educational programs focus onnutrition, pollution, sanitation, alcohol, vio-lence and hygiene. With community groupsinvolving over 600 children around the stateof Oaxaca, Niño a Niño continues to growand improve health and awareness through-out the region. I worked at the Niño a Niñooffice in the city of Oaxaca, studying theorganization in general, as well as workingclosely with employees on specific educa-tional projects. I visited community groupsand saw how both the children and commu-nities benefit from the program and howeach community program is tailored to theneeds of the children and families who livethere.


Belize/Costa Rica Wintersession: Tropical Ecology (panel)Nicholas Rodenhouse, Biological Sciences,Tasha Teutsch ’02, Biological Sciences, Danielle Norris ’02, Biological Sciences, Rosalie Elder ’02, Biological Sciences and RoseFinley ’02, Biological SciencesAdvisor: Nicholas Rodenhouse, BiologicalSciences

Ecology of coral reefs and tropical rainforestswere explored and studied in Belize andCosta Rica. In the first half of the course,based on an island bordering the world’s sec-ond longest barrier reef, we danced withspiny lobsters and counted sea urchins whiletesting original hypotheses. In lowland rain-forest, during the second half of the course,we tramped through mud and counted armyant colonies. We tasted, touched, heard andsmelled the ecology of two of the world’smost biotically rich ecosystems.


Barns, Brönte and the Bard (panel and performance)Emily E. Coddington ’02, Theatre Studies and History, Lili Schwan-Rosenwald ’02,Theatre Studies and American Studies, Sarah R. Murphy-Katz ’02, Theatre Studiesand Psychology, Sara M. Wasserman ’02,Neuroscience and Theatre Studies, Emi A.Kolawole ’04, Theatre Studies and Interna-tional Relations, Andrea M. Kennedy ’03,English, Morgan P. Carberry ’04, Astronomyand French, Sarah E. Barton ’02, Greek andLatin, Heather J. Boas ’03, Theatre Studies andElana T. Hayasaka ’02, EnglishAdvisor: Nora Hussey, Theatre Studies

Onstage and off, from a practical as well asacademic standpoint, Wellesley studentshave taken part in a myriad of theatrical pur-

suits over the past year. Consisting of tenstudents – five of whom took part inWellesley Summer Theatre’s season by par-ticipating in the productions Jane Eyre,Cinderella and Franklin and the Ladies – andfive of whom have been working in othertheatre companies throughout the country,this presentation will include a brief discus-sion of the work and programs of which theyhave been a part. Students who have studiedtheatre abroad will be speaking as well.Topics discussed will include theatre as anacademic, intellectual and cultural pursuit;theatrical vision across the cultural divide;practical theatre: the utilization of knowledgein the professional setting and the integra-tion of students and professional perform-ers. A performance comprised of examplesof the students’ work will be shown at theconclusion of the presentation. (Internshipsupported by the Parents’ InternshipProgram.)


Human Rights and Civil Rights (individual presentations)

Experiential Learning at the InternationalWar Crimes Tribunal for the FormerYugoslaviaNatalie S. Ondiak ’02, International Relations and GermanAdvisor: Thomas Cushman, Sociology

My presentation focuses on my summerinternship experience at the InternationalWar Crimes Tribunal for the formerYugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, TheNetherlands. I will discuss my impressionsof what the tribunal is trying to accomplishand also my first experience with “fieldresearch.” I spent six weeks at the ICTY andwill present events as they unfolded on a

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weekly basis. I will speak about how I haveturned my research into an independentstudy and also how these experiences haveshaped my understanding of war and peace-making. (Internship supported by the SusanRappaport Knafel ’52 International Intern-ship Fund.)

Villa Grimaldi, Parque por la Paz: Shadowsof Memory, Places of HistoryKatrina R. Weber ’02, Peace and Justice StudiesAdvisor: Marjorie Agosin, Spanish

Villa Grimaldi, a once beautiful chateau onthe outskirts of Santiago, Chile, was a site oftorture and detention under dictator AugustoPinochet from 1973–1976. In 1997, this site,from which more people “disappeared” thanfrom any other location in Chile, was con-verted into a memorial park, the first of itskind in South America. Last fall, while inChile, I studied this park, its history and itscurrent life as a locus of memory. Throughindependent research, interviews with sur-vivors, family members, neighbors and nearby policemen and military officers, Iexplored the complexities of how the VillaGrimaldi, now Parque por la Paz (PeacePark), contains and yet does not contain aliving history. I promised those I met that Iwould do my part to keep the memory of thisplace and these people alive, to ensure that“Nunca más” (“Never again”) would suchhuman rights violations occur. With yourparticipation, the Tanner Conference canitself move from being a space for discus-sion to a place for memory. (Internship sup-ported by the Susan Rappaport Knafel ’52International Internship Fund.)

The State of Hate in PennsylvaniaHeather E. Long ’04, UndeclaredAdvisor: Lorraine Roses, Spanish and LatinAmerican Studies

The recent charge of York, PennsylvaniaMayor Charlie Robertson for the murder ofan African American woman in the 1969race riots brought national attention to thecivil tensions in Pennsylvania today. Beyond the metropolitan Pittsburgh andPhiladelphia regions, Pennsylvania is hometo thousands of rural towns that are justbeginning to feel the multicultural surgeleading to increased tensions and hate groupactivity. Even within the larger cities, hatecrimes are on the rise, especially againsthomosexuals. Last spring, the normally conservative state senate amendedPennsylvania’s Hate Crimes Law to includesexual orientation, sexual preference and dis-abilities. But is that enough?

Through my internship this summer in theCivil Rights Enforcement Section of thePennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, Ilearned how far we are today from achievinga society where people are not threatened andphysically hurt because of their race, gender,religion, national origin, age or sexual orien-tation. Beyond being inundated with the“state of hate” in Pennsylvania, I was chal-lenged to combat civil rights violations by cre-ating educational presentations for gradesK–12, participating in undercover tests andresearching legal remedies under the HateCrimes Law, Ethnic Intimidation Statute andthe Americans with Disabilities Act.

Alejandro Toledo: The New Face of South American InfluenceWhitney E. Shaffer ’03, Political Science and FrenchAdvisor: Lorraine Roses, Spanish

In June 2001, Peru experienced the fairestpresidential election in its history. AlejandroToledo, a 55-year-old business school profes-sor, emerged victorious. As a “cholo,” ormixed Latino and native Incan, the winmade Toledo the first president of color inSouth America. His victory signifies thebeginning of native Incan and cholo influ-ence on a continent where color often deter-mines class. After spending most of thesummer in Peru, I will present my under-standing of and experience with class differ-ences as they exist there today. (Internationalvolunteer experience supported by a ServiceOpportunity Stipend.)

Social Issues in South Asia (individual presentations)

Perceptions of Economic Poverty and SocialInequality in Kolkata, IndiaMarisa B. Van Saanen ’01Advisor: Christopher Candland, PoliticalScience

Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), Indiais a massive city woven with the stories of a300-year-old British colonial legacy, the sto-ries of mass migration from Pakistan afterPartition, of migration from China and fromrural India. The city boasts a rich intellectu-al, cultural life and history, is home to awealthy worldly elite, and also bears abjectand widespread poverty. Kolkata is seen asthe great “other” to so many of its visitors, aview that is well propagated by guidebooks,to the point that, from an outside perspec-tive, it becomes a kind of fantasyland of

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interminable problems and chaos. There is an overwhelming sense, even withinKolkata, that the city is so deeply immersedin economic poverty that thinking aboutstructural changes for the lives of the poor isimpractical and unnecessary. Largely, thosewho are interested in supporting the poor inKolkata do so through charity of the kindoffered by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries ofCharity, feeding and living with the poor,bringing them back to health or witnessingtheir death, and not through justice or theredistribution of wealth or social, situationalcapital. This presentation offers various per-ceptions of economic poverty and socialinequality in Kolkata, and the hope that thereis a better, more just, future possible for thepoor of this place. (Internship funded by theSusan Rappaport Knafel ’52 InternationalInternship Fund.)

Community Solidarity through VolunteerWorkcamps in Sri LankaChristopher Candland, Political Science andAishwarya Lakshmiratan ’03, EconomicsAdvisor: Christopher Candland, PoliticalScience

Students who have worked with theGandhian Sarvodaya Movement in Sri Lankain road construction, organic farming andcare and occupation training for disabledchildren will report on their experiencedonating their labor in community develop-ment workcamps. Students will focus onhow collective work builds community andhow Wellesley College enabled them to learnabout community development and tofinance this overseas community develop-ment work. (Internship supported by ServiceOpportunity Stipend.)


Business Leadership Council Members Look Back (panel)Lynne Miller ’73, President, EnvironmentalStrategies Corporation, Jane Philippi ’68,Consultant and former Senior ManagingDirector, John Hancock Financial Services, andDenise Welsh ’75, Managing Director and ChiefAdministration Officer, Investments, CitigroupAdvisor: Kathleen Sheehan, Office forResources and Public Affairs

Hindsight is an insightful and worthwhileteacher, often shedding light on key contrib-utors to our professional and personal choic-es. Looking back now at their off-campusexperiences, three members of Wellesley’sBusiness Leadership Council will reflect onthe effects of these experiences during theirtime at Wellesley and in later career and lifedecisions. Their internships and fellowshipsvaried from the Italian Phone Company toan astronomy lab on Nantucket to theEnvironmental Protection Agency.

Learning in Student Teaching (panel)Amy Picard ’97, Debby Saintil ’96, RebeccaSanborn ’00 and Somchay Xayarath Edwards ’98Advisor: Kenneth S. Hawes, Education andBernice Speiser, Education

The members of the panel will reflect onwhat they learned from their student teach-ing experience, a particularly intensive off-campus learning experience. The focuswill be on learning that can be appreciatedby all students attending the conference.Presenters will be specific about the processof learning to teach and relate to their stu-dents, but will also reflect on how theirlearning affected their personal growth, con-fidence or sense of direction. In addition,they will discuss how student teaching influ-

enced them to see their college education ormajor anew. Panelists will also reflect ontheir sense of how their presence in theclassroom seemed to affect the teachers, stu-dents, school and community with whichthey were associated.


In Search of the Real Japan (panel)Jeehyun Lee ’02, Economics and JapaneseStudies, Eunice Chung ’02, Economics andJapanese Studies, Prudence Tsang ’02,Economics and Japanese Studies, WorkneshBelay ’03, Undeclared and Tami Tamashiro ’03,UndeclaredAdvisor: Carolyn Morley, Japanese

We all have images of Japan through media,our courses at Wellesley and our Japanesefriends and teachers. How do these imagescorrespond to our experiences in Japan?What is the real Japan? We will focus ourdiscussion on how our experiences in Japanhave changed our perception of Japan and ofourselves. How does the knowledge ofanother culture affect our understanding ofthe world?

A Conversation with Women on LuceInternships in Asia II (panel)Sophia Dien ’02, Psychology, Adria Greene ’03,Sociology, Olivia Hsin ’02, French andPsychology, Quyen Le ’02, InternationalRelations, Mary Mo ’02, Cognitive Science andShannon Snow ’02, Philosophy Advisor: William A. Joseph, Political Science

Participants in last summer’s Elisabeth LuceMoore ’24 Wellesley-Yenching Program willdiscuss their internship experiences in HongKong, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Thesession will take the form of a conversationamong the interns and with the audience.

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The students worked for eight weeks in avariety of governmental, nongovernmental,academic and media organizations in EastAsia. Their work sites included national andlocal legislative offices, a city governmentcultural affairs bureau, a public policy thinktank, an economics research institute and amajor national newspaper. Other sitesincluded nonprofit organizations committedto peace and human rights, combatingracism and discrimination, health educationand training, promoting public awareness ofand access to the arts and cultural andwildlife preservation.

The issues to be discussed include: livingand working in Asia from the perspective ofboth first-time visitors and those with priorexperiences; cultural and personal adjust-ments, including issues of self, national andethnic identity; the challenges of dealingwith bureaucracy, patriarchy and privilege;individual responsibility in a global context;and the relationship between the internshipexperience and academic and career goals.(Internships supported by the Henry LuceFoundation.)


Women Crossing Cultures (roundtable)Facilitators: Catherine Masson, French,Filomina Steady, Africana Studies, AngelaCappucci, Spanish, Anjali Prabhu, French,Naomi Warren ’02, Spanish and Psychology,Davina Piker ’02, English and Spanish, CristiCollari ’02, Studio Art and Jochelle Pereña ’02,Anthropology

What is the experience of being a woman ina patriarchal society? Are race, class and gen-der inseparable issues? What are the experi-ences of nontraditional aged students in aprogram abroad? This roundtable discussionwill explore these and other issues related towomen crossing cultures through interna-tional study and internship experiences.

Starting an International InternshipProgram (roundtable)Facilitators: Guy M. Rogers, Classical Studiesand History, Margaret Ward, German, LoisWasserspring, Political Science and ThomasCushman, Sociology

This roundtable will discuss the differentmodels of international internship pro-grams, the various responsibilities of stu-dents, faculty and staff with respect to suchprograms, and also our experiences withrespect to Wellesley College’s pilot programsin Costa Rica, Vienna and the HumanRights Program. We furthermore would liketo invite faculty who might be interested inorganizing such programs in the future toattend and gather information.

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