Senior Thesis Titles Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Abigail Brown Supervisor

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Senior
 Thesis
 Titles

Fall
 2011
 and
 Spring
 2012

Abigail
 Brown

Supervisor:
 Kyoko
 Sato

Global
 Elites
 and
 Alterglobalization:
 The
 Case
 of
 the
 World
 Social
 Forum

Timothy
 Lambert

Supervisor:
 Kevin
 Caffrey

Beyond
 Patron
 and
 Client:
 Corruption,
 Democracy,
 and
 the
 Aid
 Industry
 in
 Kenya

Abdelnasser
 Rashid

Supervisor:

 Richard
 Tuck

On
 a
 Federal
 Solution
 to
 the
 Israeli-­‐Palestine
 Conflict

Amy
 Smekar

Supervisor:
 Rebecca
 Galemba

Closet
 Communities:
 A
 Study
 of
 Queer
 Life
 in
 Cairo

Natali
 Alcala-­‐Moreno

Supervisor:
 Ioanna
 Tourkochoriti

Mexico
 Against
 Organized
 Crime:
 Fear,
 Security
 and
 War

Tarek
 Austin

Supervisor:
 Ruxandra
 Paul

The
 End
 of
 Europe?
 Turkey
 at
 the
 Cultural
 Border
 of
 the
 European
 Union

Ita
 Barton-­‐Kettleborough

Supervisor:
 Carla
 Yumatle

Are
 Human
 Rights
 Universal?
 An
 Examination
 of
 the
 Philosophical
 Justification
 of
 Human

Rights
Anthony
 Bator

Supervisor:
 Terry
 Aladjem

Effect
 of
 Finality
 on
 Racial
 Discrimination
 in
 Contemporary
 American
 Death
 Penalty
 Practice

Elizabeth
 Bloom

Supervisor:
 Christopher
 Winship

Burden
 of
 Rhee-­‐form:
 The
 Politics
 of
 Education
 and
 Race
 in
 the
 2010
 Mayoral
 Election
 in

Washington,
 D.C.

Tyler
 Brandon

Supervisor:
 Jennifer
 Darrah

"Blended
 Roles"
 of
 Community
 Health
 Agents
 in
 Brazil's
 Universal
 Primary
 Health
 Care

System

Jessica
 Ch'ng

Supervisor:
 Keridwen
 Luis

Life
 Under
 the
 Knife:
 Ethnic
 Cosmetic
 Surgery,
 Consumerism,
 and
 Agency

Mihir
 Chaudhary

Supervisor:
 SV
 Sumbramanian

Through
 These
 Eyes:
 Gendered
 Epistemology
 and
 Agency
 in
 North
 India's
 Village
 Democracies

Samantha
 Cohen

Supervisor:
 Andrew
 Jewett

Price
 of
 Pop:
 An
 Examination
 of
 the
 Commercial
 Market
 for
 the
 Artwork
 of
 Andy
 Warhol

Alissa
 Costello

Supervisor:
 Caroline
 Elkins

Towards
 a
 New
 Synthesis
 of
 the
 Individual
 and
 Society:
 Reconceptualizing
 Liberation
 in

Postcolonial
 Tanzania
Alexander
 Cox

Supervisor:
 Oscar
 Grauer

Drugs,
 Guns,
 and
 Plazas?
 Public
 Space
 and
 “Post-­‐Conflict”
 Revitalization
 in
 Contemporary

Bogotá
 and
 Medellín,
 Colombia

Katie
 Dahlinghaus

Supervisor:
 Jennifer
 Darrah

Constructions
 of
 Rural
 Poverty:
 Navigating
 Economic
 Insecurity
 in
 an
 Appalachian
 Ohio

Village

Hillary
 Ditmars

Supervisor:
 Erin
 Mosley

Exploring
 the
 "Grey
 Matter"
 of
 Trauma:
 Using
 Film
 to
 Reframe
 Conceptions
 of
 Mental
 Health

in
 Post-­‐Genocide
 Rwanda

Avishai
 Don

Supervisor:
 Leonard
 Wood

Discursive
 Theater
 of
 War:
 An
 Analysis
 of
 Popular
 Intellectual
 Discourse
 on
 the
 Israeli-­‐
Palestinian
 Conflict
 in
 the
 United
 States,
 2001-­‐2011

Roisin
 Duffy-­‐Gideon

Supervisor:
 Ted
 Macdonald

María
 Lionza:
 Ritual,
 Community,
 and
 the
 Generation
 of
 Culture
 in
 Contemporary
 Venezuela

Maya
 Espada

Supervisor:
 Ted
 Macdonald

Believing
 Boys
 Will
 Be
 Boys:
 A
 Cultural
 Analysis
 of
 Gendered
 Approaches
 to
 HIV
 Prevention
 in

Chile
Kirkpatrick
 Fergus

Supervisor:
 Kevin
 Caffrey

Linking
 Democracy
 to
 Ethnic
 Violence:
 The
 Origin
 and
 Resurgence
 of
 the
 Kurdish-­‐Turkish

Conflict
 in
 Turkey

Madeleine
 Fleming

Supervisor:
 Darra
 Mulderry

Preach
 What
 We
 Practice:
 Boston
 Catholics
 Call
 for
 Change
 in
 the
 Church

Ross
 Ford

Supervisor:
 Brendan
 Karch

Enigmatic
 Year:
 Neorealist
 Politics,
 Nationalism,
 and
 Irredentism
 in
 the
 First
 Balkan
 War

Adam
 Gann

Supervisor:
 Michael
 Frazer

Facts,
 Normative
 Political
 Theory,
 and
 the
 Reshaping
 of
 American
 Distributive
 Justice

Chloe
 Goodwin

Supervisor:
 Leonard
 Wood

Interpretations
 and
 Machinations:
 Rethinking
 the
 Historical
 Role
 of
 International
 Law
 in

Israeli
 Settlement
 Policy

Peter
 Grbac

Supervisor:
 Nicole
 Newendorp

Spaces
 of
 Conflict:
 Gypsy/Roma
 Migration
 and
 the
 French
 Urban
 Experience

Elias
 Groll

Supervisor:
 Ayca
 Cubukcu

Mainstream
 Radicals:
 Right-­‐Wing
 Populism,
 Race,
 and
 Nation
 in
 Sweden
Benjamin
 Hand

Supervisor:
 Richard
 Tuck

Utilitarianism
 and
 Democracy:
 From
 Bentham
 to
 Austin

Elizabeth
 Heller

Supervisor:
 Shauna
 Shames

The
 Meaning
 of
 Choice:
 A
 Study
 of
 Self-­‐Help
 Books
 Written
 for
 Women
 on
 Breastfeeding
 and

Sexual
 Partners,
 1975-­‐1985

Anita
 Hofschneider

Supervisor:
 Jennifer
 Darrah

Taotao
 Tano
 "People
 of
 the
 Land":
 Discourse
 on
 Immigration
 in
 Politics
 and
 the
 Media
 in
 the

Northern
 Mariana
 Islands,
 2007-­‐2011

Zachariah
 Hughes

Supervisor:
 Louis
 Menand

Masks
 of
 Glamour,
 Screens
 of
 Discipline:
 The
 History
 of
 Sunglasses
 in
 America

Alexis
 Ixtlahuac

Supervisor:
 Terry
 Aladjem

American
 Family
 Structure:
 The
 Influence
 of
 Supreme
 Court
 Ideology
 on
 Family
 Law
 from

1972-­‐2000

Jean-­‐Paul
 Jacquet

Supervisor:
 Jennifer
 Hochschild

Genetic
 Evidence:
 A
 Foucauldian
 Critique
 of
 the
 Collection
 and
 Maintenance
 of
 DNA
 Evidence

in
 the
 United
 States

Niharika
 Jain

Supervisor:
 Anush
 Kapadia

Political
 Economy
 of
 Public
 Primary
 Education
 in
 India
Anita
 Joseph

Supervisor:
 Marcia
 Castro

Pills
 Over
 Practitioners:
 Conceptual
 Consequences
 of
 the
 Distortion
 of
 Primary
 Health
 Care
 in

Tanzania

Jonathan
 Kaufman

Supervisor:
 Kevin
 Caffrey

Islam(s)
 on
 the
 Border:
 Authenticity,
 Imagined
 Geographies,
 and
 Ethnic
 Boundaries
 in
 Chinese

and
 Burmese
 Muslim
 Communities

Jaymin
 Kim

Supervisor:
 Nicolas
 Prevelakis

Legacies
 of
 the
 Minjung:
 Democratization
 and
 Anti-­‐U.S.
 Sentiments
 in
 21st
 Century
 South

Korea

Andrew
 Klein

Supervisor:
 Malika
 Zeghal

Statue
 Suddenly
 Awakens:
 History,
 Historiography
 and
 Memory
 in
 a
 National
 Museum
 in

Lebanon

Anne
 La

Supervisor:
 Nicole
 Newendorp

Centering
 the
 Periphery:
 The
 Preservation
 of
 Cantonese
 Regional
 Identity
 in
 a
 Changing

Guangzhou

Sabrina
 Lee

Supervisor:
 Keridwen
 Luis

"Flower
 Folds
 Open":
 Reimagining
 the
 Social
 World
 in
 the
 Madea
 Project
 Theater
Ga
 Eun
 Lee

Supervisor:
 James
 Robson

Re-­‐envisioning
 Kinship:
 Negotiation
 of
 Confucian
 and
 Christian
 Identities
 by
 Modern
 Korean

Christians
 Through
 the
 Lens
 of
 Death
 Rituals

Kristy
 Luk

Supervisor:
 Chiwen
 Bao

Remembering
 the
 Teacher:
 Teachers'
 Perceptions
 of
 Rationalization
 in
 the
 Experiential

Realities
 of
 the
 Classroom

Lange
 Luntao

Supervisor:
 Laure
 de
 Vulpillieres

Culture
 of
 Challenge:
 The
 Role
 of
 Institutional
 Context
 in
 Conservative
 Student
 Activism

Eleanor
 Martin

Supervisor:
 Libby
 Newman

Education
 for
 a
 Modern
 Democracy:
 Building
 the
 Framework
 for
 a
 Contemporary
 American

Civic
 Education
 Program

Dylan
 Matthews

Supervisor:
 Thomas
 Scanlon

Get
 Happy:
 A
 Defense
 of
 Act
 Utilitarianism

Abigail
 Modaff

Supervisor:
 Christopher
 Meckstroth

Dilemmas
 of
 Popular
 Revolutions:
 Popular
 Sovereignty
 and
 the
 Crowd
 in
 Post-­‐Revolutionary

America
 and
 Russia

Naseemah
 Mohamed

Supervisor:
 Doris
 Sommer

The
 Art
 of
 Literacy:
 A
 Post-­‐Colonial
 Pedagogical
 Intervention
 in
 Zimbabwe
Timothy
 Moore

Supervisor:
 Ted
 Macdonald

(Re)creating
 Ethnic
 Territories:
 The
 Formation
 of
 Afro-­‐Columbian
 Identity
 in
 a
 Context
 of

Violence

Anna
 Murphy

Supervisor:
 Louis
 Menand

Corporate
 Culture:
 Cold
 War
 Management
 Theory
 and
 the
 Revaluation
 of
 the
 White-­‐Collar

Workplace

Kevin
 Neylan

Supervisor:
 Rodrigo
 Chacon

Revitalizing
 Practical
 Philosophy:
 Heidegger,
 Aristotle,
 and
 the
 Roots
 of
 Theory

Fallon
 O'Dowd

Supervisor:
 Karam
 Dana

Female
 African
 American
 Muslims:
 Race
 Relations
 in
 the
 Islamic
 Community
 in
 Roxbury

Bronwen
 O'Herin

Supervisor:
 Andrew
 Jewett

Philosophy,
 Politics,
 and
 the
 Science
 of
 Experience:
 John
 Dewey
 and
 the
 Frankfurt
 School

Lucy
 O'Leary

Supervisor:
 Chiwen
 Bao

A
 Paternalistic
 Pedagogy
 for
 the
 Oppressed:
 Power
 and
 Resistance
 in
 L.A.'s
 Educational

Marketplace

Emily
 Osborne

Supervisor:
 Kathryn
 Boodry

Shouting
 Points:
 News
 Media
 and
 the
 Decline
 of
 American
 Political
 Discourse
Alex
 Palmer

Supervisor:
 Brendan
 Karch

“They
 Will
 Rule
 Over
 the
 Desert”:
 Refugees
 and
 Political
 Legitimacy
 in
 Post-­‐Genocidal

Societies

Robert
 Paris

Supervisor:
 Healan
 Gaston

Tax
 Exemption
 and
 the
 Postwar
 Politicization
 of
 Religion
 in
 America,
 1950-­‐1980

Seth
 Pearce

Supervisor:
 Tommie
 Shelby

What's
 So
 Bad
 About
 Educational
 Inequality?

Olivia
 Pei

Supervisor:
 Jennifer
 Brea

Hearts
 of
 Gold
 and
 Hearts
 of
 Stone:
 A
 Combined
 Game
 Theoretic
 and
 Ethnographic
 Approach

to
 Understanding
 Sino-­‐Ethiopian
 Joint
 Ventures

Nelia
 Peña

Supervisor:
 Doris
 Sommer

"Breaking
 the
 Chains
 That
 Silence
 Our
 Souls":
 Las
 Krudas,
 Cuban
 Hip
 Hop,
 and
 Agency

Jazmin
 Perez

Supervisor:
 Chana
 Teeger

Engaging
 in
 Another
 Country's
 Schools:
 How
 Trust
 and
 Criticism
 Affect
 Parental
 Involvement

Among
 Immigrant
 Parents

Noah
 Rayman

Supervisor:
 Evann
 Smith

Press
 in
 Egypt:
 Evaluating
 the
 Role
 of
 the
 Press
 as
 an
 Indicator
 of
 Democratization
Addie
 Rolnick

Supervisor:
 Sheila
 Jasanoff

Seed
 Politics:
 Genetically
 Modified
 Eggplant
 and
 Shifting
 Agricultural
 Imaginaries
 in
 India

Emelyn
 Rude

Supervisor:
 Joyce
 Chaplin

Tastes
 Like
 Chicken:
 A
 History
 of
 Making
 and
 Eating
 Meat
 in
 America

Tyler
 Runge

Supervisor:
 Anya
 Bernstein

Politics,
 Values,
 and
 Foster
 Families:

 The
 Development
 of
 Kinship
 Care
 in
 the
 United
 States,

1979-­‐2008

Yvette
 Saenz

Supervisor:
 Lucas
 Fain

Experiments
 in
 Subjectivity:
 The
 Anti-­‐Psychiatry
 Movement

Robert
 Santamaria

Supervisor:
 Meghan
 Healy

"It
 Takes
 a
 Team
 to
 Win
 a
 Game":
 Resources,
 Culture
 and
 Networking
 in
 the
 Soccer
 for
 Social

Development
 Movement
 in
 South
 Africa

Erica
 Senat

Supervisor:
 Christopher
 Winship

Giving
 With
 Expectations
 and
 Expectations
 of
 Giving:
 Philanthropic
 Decision-­‐Making
 in
 the

Second
 Coming
 of
 the
 Gilded
 Age

Huma
 Shah

Supervisor:
 Malika
 Zeghal

Negotiating
 Islamic
 and
 Secular
 Judicial
 Interpretation
 in
 Pakistan