2020 List of Graduates
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, & Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Degrees
Jeffrey William Arnold
Bachelor of Arts
PSYCHOLOGY
A Study of Depression in the U.S.A.
Sponsors: Thomas Toleno, Matthew Ollis
Outside Evaluator: Caroline Fish
Ryan Driscoll Barry
Bachelor of Arts
PSYCHOLOGY
Modern Psychology and Freudianism
Sponsor: Thomas Toleno
Outside Evaluator: Casey Ford
Jadian Tara Bryan
Bachelor of Arts
VISUAL ARTS/Leadership & Community Engagement
Making Art Work: Understanding Visual Language of the Personal and Communal
Sponsors: John Willis, Felicity Ratté
Outside Evaluator: Lorie Novak
Kenny Paul Callahan
Bachelor of Science
Molecular Biology and Mathematical Modeling
Exploring Cancer Through Review & Model
Sponsors: Todd Smith, Matthew Ollis
Outside Evaluator: Jeremy Ward
Mary Candito
Bachelor of Arts
POLITICS/Creative Process
An Exploration of Identity and Society Through Political Theory, Historical Narratives, and Personal Reflection
Sponsors: Meg Mott, Kristin Horrigan
Outside Evaluator: Lise Sanders
Leni Claire Charbonneau
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
Human Geography
Narrative Geographies: A Map to Contemporary Colonial Japan
Sponsors: Seth Harter, Nelli Sargsyan
Outside Evaluator: Michael Thornton
Hannah Chase
Bachelor of Arts
VISUAL ARTS
Art and Bodily Knowing
Sponsors: Timothy Segar, Amer Latif, William Ransom
Outside Evaluator: Olivia Bernard
Cameron Cory Cobane
Bachelor of Arts
THEATER & POLITICS
An Investigation of Cultural Attachment to Revenge Cycles as a Defining Force in both Shakespearean Drama and Contemporary Political Discourse
Sponsors: Meg Mott, Paul Nelsen
Outside Evaluator: Edward Isser
Jan Raphael Cornel
Bachelor of Arts
LITERATURE & WRITING/Poetry
Proust, Poetry, and the Narrative Work of Friendship
Sponsors: William Edelglass, Bronwen Tate
Outside Evaluator: Jessica Smith
Nicholas Langley Creel
Bachelor of Arts
COMPUTER SCIENCE & WRITING/Interactive Literature and New Media
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Interactive Electronic Literature: Creative, Analytic, and Technological Exploration of an Emergent Genre
Sponsors: Jim Mahoney, Bronwen Tate
Outside Evaluator: Claire Donato
Elliot M. Dale
Bachelor of Arts
SOCIOLOGY & POLITICS & PHILOSOPHY/Praxis
Theory and Praxis
Sponsor: Kathryn Ratcliff
Outside Evaluator: Jerry Levy
Drew Sampson Daniels
Bachelor of Arts
SOCIOLOGY/Cultural Sociology & PSYCHOLOGY/Social Psychology
Radical Co-Creation within the Burning Man Community: An Exploration of the Collective Self and Ritual Interaction
Sponsors: Jennifer Girouard, Thomas Toleno
Outside Evaluator: Mark Austin
Josephina Della Dolcino
Bachelor of Arts
Applied Mathematics & Ceramics
Making Excellent Neapolitan Pizza: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Sponsors: Matthew Ollis, David Eichelberger, Sara Salimbeni
Outside Evaluator: Noel Brohner
Brooke Elaine Evans
Bachelor of Arts
WRITING/Poetry and Memoir
As I Left It: Recollections & Reflections
Sponsors: Bronwen Tate, Gloria Biamonte
Outside Evaluator: Camille Guthrie
Carol T. Friedman
Bachelor of Arts
CERAMICS
An Investigation of Art and Function Through Ceramics
Sponsors: David Eichelberger, John Willis
Outside Evaluator: Autumn Cipala
Erelyn Elizabeth Griffin
Bachelor of Arts
VISUAL ARTS/Painting and Photography
Who is Redcape? Story, Place, and Identity in Southern Vermont
Sponsors: John Willis, Amy Beecher
Outside Evaluator: Cathy Cone
Shannon Juliana Haaland
Bachelor of Arts
POLITICS
Broadcasting the Kingdom of Silence: Depictions of the Syrian War in Russia Today vs. Western News Media
Sponsors: Kathryn Ratcliff, Adam Franklin-Lyons
Outside Evaluator: Yasser Munif
Grace Alexander Hamilton
Bachelor of Arts
SOCIOLOGY & POLITICS
The Deep End: An Investigation of Racial Identity in Intentional Spaces
Sponsors: Jennifer Girouard, Meg Mott
Outside Evaluator: Lise Sanders
Sam Nash Harrison
Bachelor of Arts
FILM/VIDEO STUDIES & PHOTOGRAPHY
A Compilation of Film and Photography Projects
Sponsors: John Willis, Brad Heck
Outside Evaluator: Jen Morris
Bridget Grace Houston
Bachelor of Arts
CLASSICS/Latin Literature
A Translation and Study of Rhetoric in Augustine and Virgil
Sponsors: Adam Franklin-Lyons, Henner Petin
Outside Evaluator: Isabella Grunberger-Kirsh
Elizabeth Johnson
Bachelor of Arts
AMERICAN STUDIES & SOCIOLOGY
Library As…: The Past, Present, and Potential of Public Libraries
Sponsors: Kathryn Ratcliff, Jennifer Girouard
Outside Evaluator: Joy Worland
Sage Anastasia Kampitsis
Bachelor of Arts
SOCIOLOGY/Education and Social Justice
Educational Symbolic Violence: Teachers’ Role in the Creation of “Problem Students”
Sponsor: Jennifer Girouard
Outside Evaluator: Amy Grillo
Merlin Kermit Jonathon Katz
Bachelor of Arts
FILM/VIDEO STUDIES
Allegory as Fact: A Study of the Depiction of Imagination in Film
Sponsor: Brad Heck
Outside Evaluator: Josephine Decker
Henry David Garland Kirk
Bachelor of Arts
PHILOSOPHY
Heraclitus, Hegel, and the Ontological Grounding of Philosophy
Sponsor: William Edelglass
Outside Evaluator: Meg Mott
Angelique Katherine Krohn
Bachelor of Arts
AMERICAN STUDIES/Literature and History
Rhetorics of American Indian Assimilation and Survivance in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Sponsors: Kathryn Ratcliff, Catherine O’Callaghan
Outside Evaluator: Kyhl Lyndgaard
Menefese Selassie Kudumu-Clavell
Bachelor of Arts
FILM/VIDEO STUDIES
Bridging Cultural Divides
Sponsors: Brad Heck, Amer Latif
Outside Evaluator: Laura Isabel Serna
Roan Elizabeth Lee-Plunket
Bachelor of Arts
WRITING & LITERATURE
The Shape of Darkness: An Exploration of Science Fiction and Horror
Sponsors: Bronwen Tate, Gloria Biamonte
Outside Evaluator: Brian Stavely
John William Marinelli
Bachelor of Arts
THEATER/Physical Theater
Theater Methodology: A Study of Chinese Martial Arts as Actor Training
Sponsors: Brenda Foley, Seth Harter
Outside Evaluator: Jonathan Croy
Ana Nicktae Marroquin-Haslett
Bachelor of Arts
VISUAL ARTS
Identity Construction of a Biracial Family in the United States: An Exploration in Painting and Writing
Sponsors: Amy Beecher, Nelli Sargsyan
Outside Evaluator: Estefania Puerta
Sara Elizabeth McMahon
Bachelor of Arts
MUSIC/Performance & WRITING/Translation
Engaging Bossa Nova: Transmission,Translation, and Performance
Sponsors: Matan Rubinstein, Adam Franklin-Lyons
Outside Evaluator: Dario Borim
Alta Claire Millar
Bachelor of Arts
Dance and Critical Theory
Investigating Adaptability Through Collective Navigation
Sponsors: Kristin Horrigan, Nelli Sargsyan
Outside Evaluator: Lailye Weidman
Nicholas Anthony Montalbano
Bachelor of Arts
FILM/VIDEO STUDIES & PHILOSOPHY
General Economy and Celluloid
Sponsors: William Edelglass, Brad Heck
Outside Evaluator: Lindsay Lerman
Anna Shea Morrissey
Bachelor of Arts
WRITING & LITERATURE
Freer Together: Exploring Freedom and Relationality Through Faulkner, Spinoza, and Poetry
Sponsors: Bronwen Tate, Gloria Biamonte, Meg Mott
Outside Evaluator: Ross Gay
Hailey Elaine Mount
Bachelor of Arts
Ecology and Environmental Philosophy
Learning from Plants: Exploring Ecology and Phenomenology of Plant Life to Inform Sustainable Environmental Relationships
Sponsors: Jennifer Ramstetter, William Edelglass
Outside Evaluator: Thomas Wessels
Lydia Marie Nuhfer
Bachelor of Arts
BIOLOGY & HISTORY
Plants of Concentration: Plant Classification in Human Context
Sponsors: Jennifer Ramstetter, Adam Franklin-Lyons, Bronwen Tate
Outside Evaluator: Elizabeth Thompson
Claire O’Pray
Bachelor of Arts
PSYCHOLOGY & HISTORY/History of Medicine
The Medicalization of Psychology in the 19th Century and Its Modern Day Manifestations
Sponsors: Thomas Toleno, Adam Franklin-Lyons
Outside Evaluator: Hannah Decker
Samantha Marica Pavlic
Bachelor of Arts
ASIAN STUDIES/Contemporary Japanese Culture
A Study of Japan after WWII by Looking at Expressions of Youth Geekdom in Its Culture
Sponsor: Seth Harter
Outside Evaluator: Frenchy Lunning
Aaron Matthew Pilarcik
Bachelor of Science
PHYSICS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Non-ionizing Radiation and Its Biological Effects
Sponsors: Sara Salimbeni, Todd Smith
Outside Evaluator: David Carpenter
Karla Julia Ramos
Bachelor of Arts
DANCE & PSYCHOLOGY
La Escuela Viene Primero: The Adolescent Journey Among Multi-Generational Dominican Immigrants
Sponsors: Kristin Horrigan, Thomas Toleno
Outside Evaluator: Chevon Stewart
Malachie Patrick Reilly
Bachelor of Arts
WRITING
Identity and Place in Poetry, Personal Essay, and Lyrics
Sponsor: Bronwen Tate
Outside Evaluator: Camille Guthrie
Sarah Rovner-Frydman
Bachelor of Arts
COMPUTER SCIENCE/Programming Languages & MATHEMATICS/Logic
Math for Programming and Programming for Math
Sponsors: Matthew Ollis, Jim Mahoney
Outside Evaluator: Lars Birkedal
Cary Ana-Theresa Russell
Bachelor of Arts
FILM/VIDEO STUDIES/Television
Women in Suits: Representation & Narratives of Resistance on TV
Sponsors: Brad Heck, Brenda Foley
Outside Evaluator: Morgan Faust
Deana Joy Seitz
Bachelor of Arts
FILM/VIDEO STUDIES & SOCIOLOGY
Visible Voices: Media Justice and Critical Media Literacy
Sponsors: Brad Heck, Jennifer Girouard
Outside Evaluator: Rachel Cole
Asa Gabriel Shadis
Bachelor of Arts
POLITICS/Peace Studies & RELIGION
Embattled Spirit: Glimmers of the Eternal in Struggle and Sumud
Sponsors: Meg Mott, Amer Latif
Outside Evaluator: Khristina Haddad
Harriet Veronica Ball Sherman
Bachelor of Arts
FILM/VIDEO STUDIES/Video Art & SCULPTURE/Installation
Dream(emory): Translating Dream Experience in the Digital Age
Sponsors: Brad Heck, William Ransom
Outside Evaluator: Jo Derry
Sarah Lynn Sidney
Bachelor of Arts
WRITING & AMERICAN STUDIES
The Books of Teenagers: Feminism & Fans in Young Adult Fantasy
Sponsors: Bronwen Tate, Kathryn Ratcliff
Outside Evaluator: Hannah Hudson
Cecil Annaliese Siebold
Bachelor of Arts
SCULPTURE/Multi Media & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Representing Sustainability Artistically
Sponsors: William Ransom, Todd Smith
Outside Evaluator: Jennifer Moore
Stacia Helen Skwirut
Bachelor of Arts
Environmental Science and Education
Current Climate Crisis: Pedagogy for Science Education
Sponsors: Jennifer Ramstetter, Thomas Toleno
Outside Evaluator: Karen Cangialosi
Mercy Solbeck
Bachelor of Arts
GENDER STUDIES & FILM/VIDEO STUDIES
(Un)Learning Gender: An Exploration of Nonbinary Identities and Experiences Within and Beyond Gender Studies
Sponsors: Brad Heck, Kristin Horrigan
Outside Evaluator: André Perez
Jennifer Lauren Stofer
Bachelor of Arts
VISUAL ARTS/Painting & PHILOSOPHY
Thinking With Others: Explorations in Philosophy and Painting
Sponsors: Amy Beecher, William Edelglass
Outside Evaluator: Claire Donato
Adeel Sultan
Bachelor of Arts
THEATER/Playwriting
Conflict and Compromise: A Theatrical and Literary Exploration of Muslim Perspectives in the U.S.
Sponsors: Brenda Foley, Bronwen Tate
Outside Evaluator: MJ Halberstadt
David L. Teter
Bachelor of Arts
Film Production and Photography
A Queer Response to Heteronormativity in Cinema and an Exploration of Lighting and Cinematography
Sponsors: Brad Heck, John Willis
Outside Evaluator: Rose Bush
Cyane Serena Herriott Thomas
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
ASIAN STUDIES/Hallyu & SOCIOLOGY/Subcultures
Cross-Cultural Unity or Division: Analysis of the Global Korean Pop Music Fandom
Sponsors: Seth Harter, Jennifer Girouard
Outside Evaluator: Kelly MacDonald Weeks
Christopher Reed Tripp
Bachelor of Arts
MATHEMATICS & PHYSICS
Adventures in Time and Space: Variable Stars and Canonical Forms of Matrices
Sponsors: Matthew Ollis, Sara Salimbeni
Outside Evaluator: Giuliana Fiorentino
Jonathan Clark Tuttle
Bachelor of Arts
PHYSICS
An Examination of Statistical Mechanics Through Brownian Motion and Quantum Mechanics
Sponsor: Sara Salimbeni
Outside Evaluator: Kebra Ward
Ricarrdo Andre Valentine
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
DANCE & PHOTOGRAPHY
Shaping Afro-Neo Narratives: Bailar y Fotos (Dance and Photos) in Afro-México
Sponsors: Kristin Horrigan, John Willis
Outside Evaluator: Christal Brown
Nathaniel Paul Van Osdol
Bachelor of Arts
HISTORY/Classical Antiquity & CERAMICS
Metaphora: Understanding Language and Ceramics Through Translation
Sponsors: Adam Franklin-Lyons, David Eichelberger
Outside Evaluator: Georgia Tsouvala
Eric Wefald
Bachelor of Arts
POLITICS/Law & LITERATURE
A Brief Moment in the Sun: The American Reconstruction Period in Retrospect
Sponsors: Meg Mott, Gloria Biamonte
Outside Evaluator: Anna Terwiel
Adam Walter Weinberg
Bachelor of Arts
PSYCHOLOGY & POLITICS
“I’m Not Complaining”: Ruminations on Ideological Diversity and the Need for Difference
Sponsors: Meg Mott, Thomas Toleno
Outside Evaluator: Joanne Hayes
Ty White
Bachelor of Arts
RELIGION & ANTHROPOLOGY & LITERATURE
Trickstering: An African American Methodology of Imaginative Resistance Through Life and Craft
Sponsors: Nelli Sargsyan, Rituparna Mitra
Outside Evaluator: Roberto Strongman
Raina James Workman
Bachelor of Arts
HISTORY/Medieval Studies
Perspectives on Late Antique Femininity
Sponsor: Adam Franklin-Lyons
Outside Evaluator: Jesse Torgerson
Virginia Jeanne Zosel
Bachelor of Arts
PSYCHOLOGY
Boundaries of Continuity: Dissociation, Dreaming, and Abnormal States of Sleep
Sponsor: Thomas Toleno
Outside Evaluator: Gordon Faison
Graduate & Professional Studies Degrees
Catherine R. Clauss
Master of Business Administration
Fostering Shared Leadership and Using Systems Thinking for Collaborative Problem-Solving
Angie M. Raymond Leduc
Master of Business Administration
Cultivating Connection: A Path to Individual & Organizational Wellness
William Neff
Master of Business Administration
Embodying Equity: Exploring White-Male-Accountability, Social Transformation, and Collective Liberation
Willow Anne Ross
Master of Business Administration
Love Leadership: A Compassionate Approach for Leaders
Genna C. Williams
Master of Business Administration
Food as Medicine: A Prescriptive Food Program
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Alysa Sierra Austin
Master of Science in Management
Care Culture in the Workplace: Reimagining the Role of Organizations in Personal Well-Being
Kelly Lorraine Barton
Master of Science in Management
We Don’t Keep Score: A Co-Owned Video Podcast Venture
Mack Mackin
Master of Science in Management
Managing Change While Supporting Personal and Professional Development
Elissa M. Pine
Master of Science in Management
563 Steps: An Audio Exploration of Opioids in My Neighborhood
Simon Renault
Master of Science in Management
The Power of Storytelling to Create Change in Communities: The What If? Project
Natasha Q. Yandow
Master of Science in Management
Business Planning for Launch Loft Coworking
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Christopher Ashley
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Storytelling: What Is the point?
Luiz Augusto Batista
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Teaching Society’s Dynamics Through Literature: A Demonstration of Applications of Socio-Political Literature in the Classroom
Mamadou Cisse
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Pythagorean Theorem: Historical Perspectives on the Legitimacy of Naming it After Pythagoras
Tristan Lorraine Close
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Community Work and Common Goals in Elementary Education
Jennifer Li-Yen Douglass
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Sugar: A Unit Plan for the Book Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Fatema Fahmid
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Our Problematic Education System
Joseph Frigo
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Teaching Science: Counter Examples to Understanding Contradictions
Kavya Ganesh
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Test Scoring in Public Schools in India and the United States
Keegan Harris
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Considering Food Justice: Is Industrial Agriculture the Problem? Is Food Citizenship the Solution?
Jessica Neely
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
What are We Learning?: Educating Remotely
Sara Salimbeni
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
The Use of Prisoner’s Dilemma in the Classroom
Lucas Arthur Schultz
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Origins of the Common Core and Next Generation State Standards
Michael Shlenoff
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Perceptions of Apathy in Differing School Settings
Stacia Helen Skwirut
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Modules for Plants, Carbon Sequestration, Water Cycles: Choose Your Own Adventure
Nicholas Sung
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
One-on-One Teaching with Special Needs Students and Exploring Alternate Way of Presenting Information
Joshua Mikal Wyman
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Building Community Within the Community
Keith Andrew Yergeau
Master of Arts in Teaching for Social Justice
Undefined: Understanding Political Differences
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Anabel Camacho Cuevas
Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Both my Brains Are Fine, Thanks!: The Implications and Impact of Social and Structural Linguistic Repertoire for Users of Multiple Languages
Jennifer Maria DiGiacomo
Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Flippin’ What?: Technology and Community-Building Through the “Flipped” ESL Classroom
Ahmed Elsayed Mohamed Salama Elgamsy
Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Movication!: Movies to Approach the Four Skills and Beyond
Kathleen Harris
Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
There’s an App for That: Mobile Learning for Refugee Students
Alexandra Jane Rutan
Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
King Tut & Stanley’s No-Good-Dirty-Rotten-Pig-Stealing-Great-Great-Grandfather in my Ethiopian ESL Classroom: A Content-Based Instruction Experience