Senior Thesis: Archive from 1997-2007
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| Last Name | First Name | Grad Year | Title | Fieldwork Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amar | Priya | 2007 | Re-Mix: Haverford College's Multiracial Student Club | Haverford |
| Taylor | Claire | 2007 | The Interpreter: A Reflexive Analysis of Deafness in the Famly | Gig Harber, WA (family home) |
| Weiss | Ingrid | 2007 | Counting Sheep; An Examination of Societal and Political Effect of Faith-Based Legislation | Philadelphia--Salvation Army and the Episcopal Community Services |
| Stoffregen | Alison | 2007 | Wixage Anai: An Analysis of Complexities in Movements of Urban Indigenous Identification | Santiago, Chile--Wixage Anai Radio Program |
| Slutzky | Shana | 2007 | Reversion to Islam: A Study of Racial and Spiritual Empowerment among African-American Muslims | Various mosques in Albany, NY and South Philadelphia CONTACT: Aliya Z. Khabir, khabir79@yahoo.com, 215-668-1092 |
| Marschalk-Burns | Anna | 2007 | Make Something of Yourself: The Connection between Discipline and Class Reproduction at Belmont Charter School | Belmont Charter School (Phila.) and Coopertown Elementary School (Bryn Mawr) |
| Little | David Sterling | 2007 | Contemporary Berlin's Holocaust Commemoration: Anti-Redemptive Logic in Memorial Architecture | Berlin, Germany |
| Huh | Monica | 2007 | Beyond Religion: How the Korean Presbyterian Church Meets Social and Cultural Needs of First-Generation Korean Americans | Korean Presbyterian Church |
| Hartman | Sarah | 2007 | Postcards of Us: Moroccan Textiles on the Global Market | Tarmilat, Morocco--Women's Weaving Cooperative |
| Rhoads | Elizabeth Lugbill | 2007 | Empowering "Culture": Homogenization, Standardization and Discrimination in Bali | Kesiman, Bali |
| Rhi | Janet | 2007 | Politics of ESL Learning: A Real Perspective | Philadelphia--charter school |
| Pennington | Amy | 2007 | Se Busca Una Cruz: Public Art and the Power of the Memorial in the Ni Una Mas Movement | Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Gaynier | Kelsey Lee | 2007 | From Lust to Money: An Ethnography on Women Who Perform Erotic Labor | |
| Fiddner | Andrew | 2007 | For the Player, By the Player: The Creation of Online, Video Game Communities | |
| Fechter | John | 2007 | Primitivism, Transgression, and other Myths: The Philosophical Anthropology of Georges Bataille | |
| Cahill | Colin | 2007 | Paroxysmal Installations: Painting Identities in Subversive Spaces on Bali, Indonesia | Bali |
| Damascus | James | 2006 | The Guardian Angels: A Case Study in Vigilantism | NYC--WABC, Guardian Angels |
| Baldonado | Mia | 2006 | Filipino American Cotillion: Dancing Across Boundaries | Bergen County, NJ--Phillipine American Community of Bergen County |
| Burger | Alexandra Beah | 2006 | Picturing the "Curious Amalgaam": Photographs of the Thai King as Nation as King | Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Leitner-Laserna | Liliana Rosa | 2006 | A Question of Life, A Sentence of Death: Analysis of the Empowerment Discourse for HIV/AIDS in Guatemala City | Guatemala City, Guatemala--Medecins Sans Fontieres clinic |
| Shookhoff | Alexandra | 2006 | Affinity Groups: Commonality in Diversity | Haverford College--Alliance of Latin American Students, Asian Student Association, Black Students League |
| Derickson | Katherine | 2006 | Creating Kinship in North Philadelphia | North Philadelphia--Village of Arts & Humanities |
| Greenberg | Gregory | 2005 | The "Harder, Better, Faster, Stonger" Body Factory: Mapping the Commodification of American Weightlifting | Philadelphia--Philadelphia Sports Club |
| Perlberger | Laura | 2006 | Lifestyle is the New Pink: Class, Consumption, and the Lilly Pulitzer Brand Community | Ardmore, PA--Lilly Pulitzer store |
| Ogawa | Morika | 2006 | Everyone Wears Blue Jeans: Epitomizing Contradictions in America's Most Familiar Clothing | Haverford College |
| Lee | Jenny | 2006 | The Carnival Ritual of "Mas" in Trinidad | Trinidad |
| Bailey | Austin | 2006 | The Jewel of Consumption: Culture, Status and Consumerism within Atlantic City Casinos | Atlantic City, NJ |
| Halpern | Adina | 2006 | Knitting Culture: The Social Processes of Hand Knitting in Philadelphia | Philadelphia Area--BMC Knitting Club, Rosie's Knitting Circle, Main Line Knitting Group, Phillyknitters Stitch 'n Bitch, Fiber Nite |
| Gwynn | Kristen | 2006 | The (Mexican) American Dream: Food, Identity, and Acculturation in Mexican Immigrants | Norristown, PA--Accion Communal Latino Americano de Montgomery County |
| Moon | Randolph | 2006 | Harnessing Hierarchy: Pick-up Basketball and the Power of the Win | Haverford, Pa and Flint, MI |
| Basom | Kit | 2006 | Cultivating Community and Place in Contested Space: Surveying the Moral Landscape of Urban Gardens | West Philadelphia |
| Davison | Emmy Nakasu | 2005 | Talking Story: The Role of Narrative in Cross-Cultural Medicine in Hawaii | Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center--O'ahu, Hawaii |
| Brooker | Megan Elizabeth | 2005 | Acclimatizing to the Altitude: Nepali Women's NGOs as Social Movement Organizations | Kathmandu Valley, Nepal |
| Conti | Angelina | 2005 | Farming the World: A Construction of Reading Terminal Market | Reading Terminal Market--Philadelphia |
| Resnick | Elana | 2005 | Europe's "Blacks": Roma Youth and Constructions of Racial Identity vis-à-vis African American Pop Culture and Politics | Equal Access Foundation--Sofia,Bulgaria, Roma Support Group--London, Krakow, Poland |
| Ali | Noor | 2005 | A Partitioned Brotherhood: The Role of History, Violence, Memory, and Nationalism in the Formation of Identity and Community | |
| Taylor | Sally | 2005 | "Roaring at the Lion" The Articulation of Social and Religious Concerns at Zion Baptist Church | Zion Baptist Church--Ardmore, PA |
| Rubinstein | Rachel | 2005 | Contemplating Identity, Attachment, and Social Transformation: Mexican Immigrant Integration in Philadelphia and Chester Co. | Nationalities Service Center--Philadelphia, Migrant Education Program--Chester County |
| Phan | Brooke Bach-Tang | 2005 | The Viet Kieu's Return "Home": From Vietnam to California and Back Again | Santa Ana/Orange County, CA, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Poon | Su-Lyn | 2005 | In Search of Inspiration: Situating the Education/Entertainment Debate at the Franklin Institute | Franklin Institute--Philadelphia |
| Sweet | Eli | 2005 | Bullet on the Charts: Beef, the Media Industry and Rap Music in America | |
| Peraza-Baker | Aaron | 2005 | I Fan: Identity Formation and Community Construction through Selective Consumption | SWIL, Doublestar, Anime Alliance clubs, Philcon and Katsucon conventions--Philadelphia |
| Rudenstine | Sasha | 2004 | Nice Shoes: The Anthropology of Harm Reduction for Injection Drug Users | NYC |
| Reineke | Robin | 2004 | Remembering the Killing Fields | Seattle, WA and Philadelphia |
| Schlissel | Jennifer | 2004 | Domestic Violence in America: Conditions that Abet the Cycle of Abuse | |
| Powell | Erika | 2004 | The Derecho: An Anthropological Approach to Understanding Money Exchange in Santeria | Cuba |
| Oliver | Jennifer | 2004 | Belonging in a Resort Town: Coffee, Junk and Value Negotiation | Brewster, MA |
| Moyer | Ilana Beth | 2004 | Organizing Faith: An American Methodist and Jewish Teen Search for Identity | United Synagogue Youth at Temple Beth Hillel Beth El--Wynnewood, PA and Camp Hill United Methodist Church--Camp Hill, PA |
| Greif | Sasha | 2004 | Making Memories: Time in the Suburban Imagination | Philadelphia suburbs |
| Marshall | Tatiana | 2004 | Boners and Twats: Sexual Discourse and Political Pedagogy in a Sex Education Classroom | Goat Crossing School--Philadelphia suburbs |
| Werbell | Jenny | 2004 | Stepping up to the Gate: The Construction, Production, and Repercussions of Puerto Rican Identity in a Middle School | Eugenio Maria de Hostos Bilingual Community Charter School--N. 5th St, Philadelphia |
| White | Miranda | 2004 | Fantasies of a Past, Fantasies of a Future: Narrating Northern Liberties | Northern Liberties, Philadelphia |
| Kyzmir | Ericac | 2004 | Silence through Discourse: The Dating and Sexual Cultures of Haverford College | Haverford College |
| Kleinman | Julie | 2004 | Tending Sheep in the City: Migration, Domestic Violence, and the Failure of Development in Bolivia | Programa de Investigacion Estrategica en Bolivia--Sucre, Bolivia |
| Schlesinger | Zoe | 2004 | The Nemacolin Patch: Cultural Residue in a De-Industrialized Coal Mining Community | Nemacolin, PA |
| Kohut | Hannah | 2006 | The Myth of Tibet: Photographic Portrayals from the West and China | |
| Bailey | Katie | 2004 | Teaching the Whole Child: An Inquiry into the Applications and Implication of Multiculturalism in Education | Talent Search, Cheever Middle School--West Philadelphia |
| McDonald | Laura | 2003 | Disability Access at Haverford College: Quaker and Feminist Perspectives on Social Equality | Haverford College |
| Wolcott | Sara | 2003 | Fiim-Familiies, Documentary-Style: A Look at a Case Study from the Philadelphia Independent Documentary Film Community | Philadelphia |
| Henderson | Ariel | 2003 | Symbols of Resistance: A Study of Anarchist Space and Identity in Philadelphia | The Wooden Shoe and the A-Space, West Philadelphia |
| Edmundson | Kate | 2003 | Experiential Blues Identity: Analyzing Racial Categories of Difference in a Philadelphia Blues Club | Warmdaddy's--Philadelphia |
| Ovadia | Maya | 2003 | The Value of Currency: French Nationalism, Europeanization, and the Transistion to the Euro in Nancy | Nancy, France |
| Max-Sohmer | Paula | 2003 | Bridging the Gap between Medicine and Culture: The Birth Center in Springfield, USA | The Birth Center--Springfield, PA |
| Stevens | Ginger | 2003 | Educating for Social Justice? Hierarchy and Principles of Equality in the Staff Experience at an Elite Quaker School | Haverford College |
| Lopez | Lois McAffrey | 2003 | Ritual--Community and the Embodiment of Knowledge | Bryn Mawr College--McBride Scholars Community |
| James | Leigh Biddle | 2003 | Authority, Obedience, and Lack of Intellectual Learning: Discipline in the Urban Public School Setting | Weston Elementary School--West Phladelphia CONTACT: Mrs. Ludrick, West Philadelphia teacher |
| Fairbanks | Courtney | 2003 | Their Own Lives: People with Disabilities Living Independently | Liberty Resources--Philadelphia, Monterrey, Mexico |
| Ritson | Megan | 2002 | Tradition and Identity: The Power of the Coach over Young Athletes | Friends Central School--Philadelphia |
| Durham | Caroline | 2002 | The Martha Stewart Lifestyle: Identity Creation and Appropriation for the Self | |
| Courtney | Langan Jane | 2002 | The Path to Reconciliation and Healing: Conflict Resolution Among Liberian Immigrants and Refugees in a Phila. Church Comm. | Christ International Baptist Church--Southwest Philadelphia |
| Best | Emily | 2002 | Primitive-Self-Skin-Society: Watching Boundaries Collapse in an Internet 'body modification community' | Body Modificiation Ezine--online community |
| Romero | Emily | 2002 | Thrift Stores and Networks of Secondhand Clothing: A Study of Consumer Culture(s) | various thrift stores in Philadelphia, the Main Line, and Las Vegas, New Mexico |
| Knapp | Kristin | 2002 | Exploring Dislocations: Narratives of Diaspora from the Liberian Community of Philadelphia | Balch Institute--West Philadelphia |
| Murphy-Hoffmann | Alanna | 2002 | The Construction of Irish American Identity and Folklore in the Post Famine Years: And Examination of the Modernization and Urbanization of Irish American Folklore and Identity | Irish Catholic communities in the Northeastern U.S. |
| Halperin | Glenna | 2002 | Creating Jewish Roots and Wings: The UAHC Eisner Camp Experience | Joseph Eisner Institute of Living Judaism/the Union of American Hebrew Congregation--Great Barrington, Mass. |
| Leuschke | Kate | 2001 | A Truth with Points of View | Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Covey-Brandt | Alexis | 2001 | Culture, Curriculum and Education: Images of Africa in the Classroom | Heston Elementary School--Philadelphia, Landon School for Boys--Bethesda, MD |
| Baim-Lance | Abigail | 2001 | Laying Claim, Forming Identity: Unweaving Chicago's Devon Avenue | Devon Avenue, Chicago |
| Waldman | Maren | 2002 | West Coast Swing and the Freedom of Feeling | West Coast Swing dances throughout Pennsylvania |
| Waldron | Kristy | 2002 | Concealing as Healing: An (Inter)Disciplinary Approach to the American Cancer Society's Look Good…Feel Better Program | Look Good…Feel Better Program (American Cancer Society)--Bryn Mawr, Pa |
| Goldfus | Shoshi | 2002 | You're Listening at Me & I'm Listening at You: The Impact of Worldview of the Events at Mt. Carmel Center 2/28-4/19 1993 | |
| Feeney | Siobhan | 2000 | Among the Young: Cultural Agency of Children and Youth in Peace Time Belfast | Quaker Cottage--Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Morris | Ben | 2001 | Deconstructing the Construction of Murals: An Investigation of Murals and Graffiti in Philadelphia | Mural Arts Program--Philadelphia |
| Baker | Diana | 2001 | Jamaican and Haitian: Creoles? | Haitian Community Center and Jamaican churches--Philadelphia |
| Aydin | Tamar | 2000 | What Happens when the Image of the Folk Does Not Work for the Folk? Tibrevank Graduates Creating Community | Soorp Khatch Tibrevank--Istanbul, Turkey |
| Lewis | Addie | 2000 | Mobile and Motivated: Modernity and the Life Choices of Anglo Dati Olim | Jerusalem |
| Feuer | Aaron | 2000 | Online Adolescence: Social Development among Teens in Chat Rooms | American Online Chat Rooms |
| Ahn | Eugene | 2000 | The Hybridity of Hip-Hop Music: Culture, Purism, and R&B | |
| Targum | Elliot | 1999 | Learning the ABCs: Pre-Kindergarten Children and the Transmission of Upper-Middle Class Culture | The Haverford School--Haverford, PA and The Main Line Reform Synagogue Pre-School--Lower Merion, PA |
| Carlson | Linnea Ann | 1999 | Resistance on the Front-line: A Case Study of Employee Resistance to Policy Change Within a Corporate Organizational Setting | |
| Gavioli | Lisa | 1999 | A Myth of Mesopotamia: Archaeology, Culture, and State Formation in Iraq | |
| Kluber | Amy | 1999 | Tracing the Past in the Present: The Recalling of History as a Legitimization for the Foundation of Segregated Religious Comms & Search for a Religious Identification | Mother of God Catholic Community--Montgomery Village, MD |
| Greenspan | Elizabeth | 1999 | Economic Ethnicity on the Italian Market: How the Commodification of an Ethnic Past Affects Business | Italian Market--South Philadelphia |
| Forter | Alexandra | 1999 | Articulating Temporality: A Study of the Contemporary pan-Maya Movement in Guatemala | El Triunfo, Communities of Population in Resistance--outside Retalhuleu, Guatemala |
| Greenlee | Gaby | 1998 | The Reciprocal Construction of the Image and Viewer | |
| Tran | Djung | 1998 | Mainstream and 'Other,' Male and Female: Competing Cultural Paradigms with the American Legal System | |
| Nakamura | Minako | 1998 | Untitled | |
| Glijansky | Ghena Matyas | 1998 | Irene Saez: From Miss to Mayor--Politics and the Image of Woman in Venezuela | |
| Einaudi | Gian Paolo | 1998 | Apples and Oranges: An Analysis of Those Who Revisit Accepted Perspectives | |
| Feigenberg | Luba Falk | 1998 | Understanding the Word Versus the World: An Ethnography of Literacy | Philadelphia public school system |
| Salter | Amanda | 1998 | In Fear of Fitna: Turkish Gender Ideologies | |
| Gage | Cynthia | 1998 | Viability in the Face of Failure: Does Morality Outlast Marriage? | |
| Doran | Jennifer | 1998 | Importance of an "Afro-Brazilian" Construct in Salvador, Brazil | Operation Crossroads Africa--Salvador, Brazil |
| Lloyd | Morgan | 1998 | Systems of Justice: The Honor Code at Haverford College | Haverford College |
| Barrow | Darla Rochelle | 1998 | The Interconnectedness of Religion: Economics and Spirituality in Early Medieval Meccan Society | |
| Hayward | Morgan | 1998 | The Disorder of Infertility | |
| Dangers | Diem Thi Bui | 1998 | "Play Upon Form": The Equivocal Discourse of Nationalism | |
| Van Vleck | Amanda | 1997 | Cracking the Whip: A Discussion of the Discipline of the Body in Sport | |
| Bergstrom | Madeline Still | 1997 | Carpe Otium: Leisure, Affluence, and the Use of Time | |
| Gergans | Nicole | 1997 | Anthropology and Pardox: A Study of the Debate and Dialogue of Female Circumcisions |