For Students: Past Seminars
2008-09
SAMPLING: Musical Sampling and Cultural Appropriation in Hip-Hop
Leader: Duncan Cooper '09 (Growth & Structure of Cities), James Kittler '09 (English)
Faculty Advisor: Kim Benston (English)
Seminar Participants: Paul Bisceglio '09 (English and Philosophy)
John Daise '09 (East Asian Studies)
Amadi Gibbons '09 (Anthropology; Minor: Philosophy)
Annie Kohanek '10 (History)
Scott Muller '09 (English and Music)
Dan O'Toole '09 (English; Minor: Economics)
Patrick Phelan '11 (Religion or Anthropology)
2007-08
High Contrast: Representations of Black Women in White America
Leader: Lorin Jackson '08 (Philosophy, Education, Political Science)
Advisor: Jerry Miller (Philosophy)
Seminar Participants: Misha Baker '09 (Growth & Structure of Cities)
Gina Delvac '08 (Comparative Literature/Latin American-Iberian Studies)
Marien Levy '08 (Independent Major in Peace and Conflict Studies)
Precious Kapri Morgan '08 (English)
Andrew John Rech '10 (English, Pre-Med)
Alex Russell '08 (English)
Natalie Wossene '08 (Political Science)
Mining the Folktale
Leader: Justin Dainer-Best '09 (English, Psychology)
Advisor: Kim Benston (English)
Seminar Participants: Tom Carroll '10 (Classics)
Cara Curtis '10 (Religion/Gender & Sexuality Studies)
Ariella Foss '09 (Comparative Literature [German]/Music minor)
Sean Hughes '10 (English)
Sophie Taylor '10 (Linguistics)
Stephanie Wu '09 (English/East Asian Studies)
"I clutched at sound—" Synesthesia Across Disciplines
Co-Leaders: Luke McNamara '08, (English, Film Minor) and Ben Lansky '08 (English/Creative Writing, Gender & Sexuality Studies)
Advisor: Laura McGrane (English)
Seminar Participants: Bianca Bromberger '08 (Psychology/History of Art)
Ryan Cameron '09 (English/Fine Arts)
Jacob Carroll '09 (English/History of Art minor)
Conall Cash '08 (English)
Vidya Gopinath '10 (Biology/NeuroBio Concentration)
Laura Jones '09 (Biology/NeuroBio Concentration)
It Started Out Like a Song: The Art of Musical Theatre
Co-Leaders: Nina Morton '08, (English/Chemistry) and Caroline Goldstein '08 (Music, Education minor)
Advisor: Laura McGrane (English)
Seminar Participants: Siggy Moore '09 (Math)
Cody Oakley '10
Sarah Singley '10
Abigail Wacker '10
Anna Weltman '09 (Math/Political Science)
2006-07
Art and Articulation: Meaning and Intention in the Nuances of Artistic Expression
Leader: Evan Rodriguez '08 (Classics/Philosophy)
Advisor: Deborah Roberts (Classics/Comparative Literature)
Seminar Participants: Peter Barish '08 (Bilogy; Minor: Philosophy)
Justin Dainer-Best '09
Allyn Gaestel '09
Karen Terry '09 (History of Art/Religion)
Oliver Wunsch '07 (Fine Arts; minor: History of Art)
Chloe Levenson '09
Seen and Not Seen: Twentieth Century U.S. Working Class Narratives, Representations, and the American Dream
Co-Leaders: Jackie Richards '07 (Philosophy) and Heidi Smith '07 (English)
Advisor: Jerry Miller (Philosophy)
Seminar Participants: Anna Pellecchia '08 (Philosophy/Gender & Sexuality Studies Concentration)
Mitra Eghbal '08 (Biology/Linguistics)
Anna Mancusi '07 (Comparative Literature with French; minor: Philosophy)
Max Rosen-Long '09
Liz Booth '07 (Political Science; Spanish, Latin American & Iberian Studies Concentration)
"When We Were Orphans"
Leader: Zoe Marquardt '07 (English; minor: History of Art)
Advisor: Dorian Stuber (English)
Seminar Participants: Graeme Harcourt '09
Ben Lansky '08 (English with Creative Writing Concentration; minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies)
Lucas McNamara '08 (English; minor: Film Studies)
Hilary Mislan '09 (Political Science, Pre-Med)
Jonathan Pober '07 (Physics and Astronomy; minor: Philosophy)
Victoria Salinger'07 (History of Art; minor: Mathematics)
2005-06
I Love My Culture, But Where is My Feminism?: Women of Color Responses to the Second Wave
Co-Leaders: Allison Jones '07 (Sociology/Education minor) and Deepa Vasudevan '07 (English /Anthropology minor)
Advisor: Raji Mohan (English)
Seminar Participants: Derek Ettensohn '06 (English; minor: German),
Steve Hagenbuch '07 (History; minor: Spanish),
Laura Kasakoff '06 (Mathematics/Computer Science)
Marien Levy '08 (Peace & Conflict Studies)
Katie Schnur '07 (English/Feminist & Gender Studies)
Katrina Schwartz '08 (English)
2004-05
"What are Poets and Polynomials For?"
Co-Leaders: Dave Alff '05 (English) and Dave Henry '05 (Mathematics)
Advisor: Josh Sabloff (Mathematics)
Seminar Participants: David Burkhardt '07 (Physics)
Hilary Franklin '05 (English)
Jessica McDonald '06 (English/Biology)
Su-Lyn Poon '05 (Anthropology)
Robyn Schelenz '07 (Sociology)
Brian Walker '05 (Mathematics)
The Bizarre and the Grotesque in Literature, Art, and Film: Honest Looks at a Mad World
Leader: Lewis Bauer '06 (English)
Advisor: Debora Sherman (English)
Seminar Participants: Brooks Ambrose '06 (Sociology)
Liz Caris '06 (Psychology)
Emma Chubb '06 (History of Art/French Studies)
Greg Greenberg '05 (Anthropology)
Michael Kassler-Taub '06 (Philosophy)
James Weissinger '06 (English)
Topography of the Family: On Ideology, Science, Religion, and the Politics of Conjugal, Filial and Gendered Life
Co-Leaders: Beah Burger '06 (Anthropology) and Ross Lerner '06 (English/Comparative Literature)
Advisor: Stephen Finley
Seminar Participants: Benjamin Cooper '05 (Religion)
Marguerite Grady '05 (Political Science)
Sarah Lorr '05 (History)
Brooke Phan '06 (Anthropology)
Craig Tutterow '07 (Sociology)
Brendan Wattenberg '06 (English)