4:30 pm ∙ Monday, May 29, 2023 Carl Fields Center CLASS DAY
Class of 2023
Annabelle Berghof
Grant Bruner
Shaun Cason
Maggie Chamberlain
Lola Constantino
Kelsey Franklin
Alison Hirsch
Tai Jeffers
Benjy Jude
Maia Julis
Anika Khakoo
Lane Marsh
Lulu Meissner
Nemo Newman
Eloise Schrier
Titi Sodimu
Megan Specht
David Timm
Sea Yoon
Class Day Program
Welcoming Remarks
Rachael DeLue
Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art
Faculty in the Effron Center for the Study of America
Chair, Department of Art & Archaeology
History of Art
Rachael DeLue
Practice of Art
Pamela Lins
Professor of Visual Arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts
Acting Director, Program in Visual Arts
Program in Archaeology
Branko Glisic
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Program in Archaeology
Awards in Other Programs
Rachael DeLue
Awards in Practice of Art
Pamela Lins
The Herbert L. Lucas Prize in Visual Arts
The Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts
Awards in the Department of Art & Archaeology
Rachael DeLue
The Stella and Rensselaer W. Lee Prize
The Irma S. Seitz Prize in the Field of Modern Art
The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Architectural History
The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Archaeology
The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Art History
The Department of Art & Archaeology Senior Thesis Prize
Departmental Honors
Rachael DeLue
History of Art
Berghof, Annabelle. “The Bookkeeper-Magician”: Paul Klee and his Catalogue Raisonné.
Adviser: Brigid Doherty
Chamberlain, Maggie. The Maiden and The Mirror: Considering Epigram and Image in Tandem on the Attic Grave Stele of Pausimache (390–380 B.C.E.).
Adviser: Samuel Holzman
Franklin, Kelsey. “That Perfect Girl is Gone”: Walt Disney Studios’ Post-Princess Era and the Evolving Representation of Animated Disney Heroines.
Adviser: Rachael DeLue
Hirsch, Alison. Monsanto as Image Maker: Feeding the World Lies.
Adviser: Rachael DeLue
Jude, Benjy. Across Types: A Reexamination of the Sculpture of Charles Cordier.
Adviser: Bridget Alsdorf
Julis, Maia. The Exposures of Francesca Woodman.
Adviser: AnnMarie Perl
Khakoo, Anika. Lenses of Partition: Remembrance and the Photograph.
Adviser: Katherine Bussard
Meissner, Lulu. “There is Nothing New Except in Recollection”: * How Kiefer’s Searing Holocaust Reflections in his Palazzo Ducale Installation Reinterpret Venetian History.
Adviser: Carolina Mangone
Schrier, Eloise. Dompas as Symbolic Object: The Passbook in Contemporary South African Art.
Adviser: Irene Small
Timm, David. POST, HUMAN! Stitched Faces, Cyborgian Digital Embodiments, and Trans* Futures.
Adviser: Brigid Doherty
Practice of Art
Constantino, Lola. Comb Back Home.
Advisers: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Tina Campt
Jeffers, Tai. Suspension.
Advisers: Glen Fogel, Tina Campt
Marsh, Lane. Petty Saint.
Advisers: Pamela Lins, Brigid Doherty
Newman, Nemo. Ego Death in Two Battles: 988 (1;800;273;TALK) and Living in the GAP.
Advisers: Troy Michie, Beatrice Kitzinger
Sodimu, Titi. Boxes and Building Blocks.
Advisers: Tim Szetela, Charlie Barber
Program in Archaeology
Bruner, Grant. Prepared with Plumbum: The Socioeconomics of Lead Production in Pompeii.
Adviser: Caroline Cheung
Cason, Shaun. The Rebellion Of Ali B. Muhammad Reexamining The Zanj Revolt and its Place in Abbasid History.
Adviser: Helmut Reimitz
Specht, Megan. First Impressions Matter: A New Behavioral Strategy to Model the Evolution of Cooperation in Everyday Trade in Ancient Pompeii and Viking Age Scandinavia.
Adviser: Corina Tarnita
Yoon, Sea. MOTHER, HEALER, BARBARIC WARRIOR: The Multifaceted Role of Female Representation in RomanoBritish Religion and the Political Significance of Britannia Under Imperial Rome.
Adviser: Helmut Reimitz
Prizes
The Grace May Tilton Prize in Fine Arts
The prize is awarded for an outstanding thesis by a senior in any of the departments collaborating in the Effron Center for the Study of America. The thesis must deal wholly or principally with some aspect of the fine arts or crafts, past or present, within the territory now embraced by the United States, or elsewhere in the Americas. The prize is a gift of Robert Schirmer of the Class of 1921 in memory of his mother.
The Asher Hinds Prize in European Cultural Studies
This prize was established in memory of Asher Hinds, professor of English and one of the leaders of the Special Program in the Humanities, which later became the programs in American studies and European cultural studies. Hinds was remembered with particular affection by his students and colleagues, who established this prize. It is awarded to the student who does the most outstanding work in the humanities.
The Herbert L. Lucas Prize in Visual Arts
This prize was established in 1998 by Herbert L. Lucas, Class of 1950, and was amended in 2004 to recognize excellence and the quality of a body of work by graduating seniors in painting, sculpture, photography, film, and media.
The Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts
The prize is presented annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in performance, execution, or composition in one of the arts.
The Stella and Rensselaer W. Lee Prize
This prize is awarded to the student who has written an outstanding senior thesis on a subject involving the theory of art and architecture or their relationship to literature.
The Irma S. Seitz Prize in the Field of Modern Art
This prize was established by Irma S. Seitz after the death of her husband, William, in 1974. It is awarded annually to a Princeton senior in acknowledgement of their contribution to scholarship in the area of modern art.
The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Architectural History
This prize was established by Mrs. Norman White in memory of her son, Frederick Barnard White, Class of 1883. It is awarded to the student who has written an outstanding senior thesis on the subject of architectural history.
The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Archaeology
Established in 2001 in memory of Frederick Barnard White, Class of 1883, this prize is awarded to the student who has written an outstanding senior thesis in archaeology.
The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Art History
Established in 2001 in memory of Frederick Barnard White, Class of 1883, this prize is awarded to a student who has written an exceptional senior thesis on any art historical topic.
The Department of Art and Archaeology Senior Thesis Prize
Established by the Irvine Foundation and awarded annually for the most outstanding senior thesis in the Department of Art and Archaeology.
Image Credits
Front Cover: Tai Jeffers, Suspension, ceramic shards, recycled yarn, fishing line, TV monitors, media players, flash drives, HDMI cables, extension cords, pipes and mounts, 2023.
Back Cover: Grant Bruner (right) and fellow students of Art 304G: Archaeology in the Field, photo courtesy of Grant Bruner.
