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Immigrants' Rights Issues Drive Kamika Bennett's Studies
… ways,” she says. “Immigration was an important aspect of my lived experience, and there are some really good … ways,” she says. “Immigration was an important aspect of my lived experience, and there are some really good …
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A Bright, Shining Moment
… it felt like we all held our breath — and then I heard my colleagues scream and saw them jumping up and down and … it felt like we all held our breath — and then I heard my colleagues scream and saw them jumping up and down and …
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Transfer Student Sam Sharf F23 Advocates for Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care for GLAAD
… successes of gender-affirming care. As a college student, my experience is now much different than that of when I was younger, and I am finally able to perform at my academic potential. I study sociology, gender studies, and Spanish. During this journey I have also restored my interest in chess, which has been integral in my cognitive …
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… Fail Students Alum Tanja Hollander's "Are You Really My Friend?" Featured in Slate Magazine Prof. Sara Greenberger … Fail Students Alum Tanja Hollander's "Are You Really My Friend?" Featured in Slate Magazine Prof. Sara Greenberger …
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Introducing Visiting Assistant Professor of Film and Video Magdalena Bermudez 10F
… industry toward the development of their own media ethic. My Intro to Nonfiction Moving-Images Practices class examines … create work that demands active involvement from viewers. My Subjective Archives class considers collection as an … educational organizations, both of which have fortified my commitment to critical media education. Working in …
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Introducing Professor of Queer Studies Dana Ahern
… University of California, Santa Cruz. After completing my doctorate, I was at the University of Nevada, Reno, in the … and Identity, teaching classes in queer and trans studies. My teaching and research interests revolve primarily around … studies, and feminist science and technology studies, and my research spans the United States and Eastern Europe. What …
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Hampshire Faculty Recognized with Awards, Fellowships, Other Honors
… to 1950 in Walbrzych, Poland, where he was born. Knowing only her first name and possessing only a small photograph of the two of them taken in 1950, … to 1950 in Walbrzych, Poland, where he was born. Knowing only her first name and possessing only a small photograph of …
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Hampshire Student Isaiah Brown F20 Spent the Summer in Kenya Researching Water Quality
… study are you most interested in? Due to the nature of my high school, Norfolk County Agricultural, I’ve been an environmental science major since my junior year there. I’ve continued studying in this area, … communities to help understand some key issues. My team, the IRES Water Team, consisted of a mix of …
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Hampshire College Alum Illuminates Refugee Issues Through Photography Installation
… What did you study at Hampshire? What was your Div III? My studies were in peace and conflict studies and art. I … in these movements, and I took multi-media art classes. My Div III was a photography project focused on my own experiences of being born in Albania and growing up in …
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Introducing Assistant Professor of Experimental Film and Media Michelle Trujillo
… it comes to this work? In terms of areas of interest in my practice, I’m most interested in questioning and exploring … of Latin American culture, gender, and identity creation. My work stems from an intersectional feminist perspective, … work in English, Spanish, and Spanglish as a mirroring of my lived experience. I’m working on a feature documentary …
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Introducing Assistant Professor of Psychology, Africana Studies, and Social Transformation Gaurav Jashnani
… people challenging male supremacist practices. “My areas of teaching interest are institutional racism, … justice facilitator in numerous settings has impacted my teaching by strengthening my awareness of power dynamics and helping me to understand …
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Community Analysis and Bee Guts: A Very Hampshire Collaboration Between Faculty and Students
… at the same time and really wanted to collaborate. Because my bioinformatics skills are easily transferred onto new … the next two weeks, Jenny and I took care of the bees in my lab space in the Cole Science Center. Then, students in my Bioinformatics: Community Analysis class helped with DNA …
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A Recent Graduate Turns Their Attention to Environmental Justice through Urban Farming and Affordable Housing
… economic thought, as well as a bit of chemistry. In my first two years, I expressed myself through creative writing, and in my final two years, I turned to photography as an expressive mode. After I graduated, my partner (another Hampshire grad, Luke Gannon 17F) and I …
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Tiya Tejpal 05F on Filmmaking and Vigorous Lateral Thinking
… out to be strangely foretelling. Back in 2009, the year of my graduation, India had yet to assert itself as a … deluded itself and the world on its benign secularism. My film dissected religion and its unique play-outs with humanity on a local, village level. My primary cast was a seven-year-old! The work is possibly …
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Division III Student Isaac Rubin F22 Builds Community Through Play and Projects
… What takes up most of your time on campus? The majority of my time is spent on projects, things that aren’t technically … along with as many other things as I could fit into my schedule. I ended up focusing more heavily on research … which carried me through until the actual last semester of my Division II. At that point, I began taking a bunch of …
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Dr. J Finley 00F, Professor of Africana Studies Who Researches Black Women’s Humor, to Deliver Commencement Address
… have to put a little razzle-dazzle on things to make them my own, whether it’s how I write, how I dress, the way I … no tests was cool and all, but the idea that I could chart my own path pulled me in like a moth to a flame.” Getting to … meeting were from all over the world! I was just out of my element. My writing was not up to par in terms of …
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Hampshire Student Seeks to Improve Accessibility in Basketball with a Speech–to–Sign Language Algorithm
… sports. How did you first get interested in this project? My uncle and cousin are devoted Boston Celtics fans who would … it down into word tokens, and then the avatar — based on my sister’s face — demonstrated the corresponding sign … Assistant Professor of Psychology Ethan Ludwin-Peery, my Division II chair, was instrumental in nurturing the …
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Hampshire Student Selected as National Geographic Emerging Explorer
… if allowed to live. Ritualistic killing is seen as the only solution. Labuko was one of the first in his tribe to … if allowed to live. Ritualistic killing is seen as the only solution. Labuko was one of the first in his tribe to …
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Nicole DelRosso Wins Fulbright for Biophysics Research
… Chemie International Edition . In 2016, she was the only undergraduate invited to present her thesis research at … Chemie International Edition . In 2016, she was the only undergraduate invited to present her thesis research at …
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Phyllotaxis Dynamics
… based on mathematical models of phyllotaxis, seen not only in leaves but throughout nature in a variety of simple, … based on mathematical models of phyllotaxis, seen not only in leaves but throughout nature in a variety of simple, …
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Div III Student Josh Weissbach Receives Princess Grace Award
… This Princess Grace Award is a special honor awarded to only one filmmaker each year, and represents the selection … This Princess Grace Award is a special honor awarded to only one filmmaker each year, and represents the selection …
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Our Thanks to Leslie Cox, Who Grew Community on the Farm
… said Porter-Brown. "Personally, he's been very invested in my development past Hampshire as an alum going into … said Porter-Brown. "Personally, he's been very invested in my development past Hampshire as an alum going into …
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College Innovators Supported by Roddenberry Foundation Gift
… realities sooner rather than later. "I've heard fans say, my entire life, 'won't that future be great? Too bad I won't … realities sooner rather than later. "I've heard fans say, my entire life, 'won't that future be great? Too bad I won't …
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Alum Bob McCarthy Brings Hampshire Mojo to Hedge Fund Management
… there and “convincing a faculty committee to support my work,” he says. Today, he makes deals somewhat more … there and “convincing a faculty committee to support my work,” he says. Today, he makes deals somewhat more …
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Alum Derry Noyes Delivers Miniaturized Iconic American Art to Our Mailboxes
… and working with postage stamps was the very last thing in my brain. I fessed up, saying, ‘I know absolutely nothing … and working with postage stamps was the very last thing in my brain. I fessed up, saying, ‘I know absolutely nothing …
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