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Business Mogul Sheila C. Johnson Tells Grads to Prepare for Global Competition
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n her May commencement address to nearly 550 Spelman graduates, business mogul and philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson laid out the challenges these women will face in the exploding global economy and encouraged them to be life-long learners. “You are being asked to enter into this world and compete against a level of competition no generation in America has ever before seen,” said Ms. Johnson. “It is a world fueled by an economy that relies less on any one country and more on free trade between countries. It is a world whose financial model is not merely global, but ultra competitive. What is happening out there is war. And I’m not talking about Iraq or Afghanistan, nor am I talking about terrorism – at least not the kind we associate with 9/11. I am talking about a shifting global economy.”
Identifying the spoils of this war as jobs, growth and economic survival, and the weapons used to win as innovation, initiative and ideas, Ms. Johnson advised the graduates about their competition on the world stage. “They were taught to mine deeply, to solve problems creatively, and to consider broad and infinite possibilities when given even the most menial tasks,” she explained. “Their minds were trained to sift through large quantities of information, synthesize it, and then use it to deepen their understanding. Your competition wasn’t so much taught what to think, but how to think…Your competition was taught mental discipline; the kind the world is going to reward as it realigns itself less around geographic lines, and more around economic ones.” Sheila C. Johnson
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Founders Day 2008 Celebrates Spelman College Changing the World
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he College celebrated the 127th anniversary of its founding with a new theme song, “A Choice to Change the World,” written by Sarah Stephens, C’2007. The theme was explored in the address given by the Founders Day speaker Herschelle Challenor, Ph.D., C’61, the former director of Democracy and Governance Programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission. Uplifting the visionary mission of the founders, Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles, Dr. Challenor spoke about the challenges facing those preparing to be change agents in today’s tumultuous times. During the convocation, Dr. Challenor received an honorary degree in humane letters. Also, Daisy Phinazee Harris, C’47, a retired principal in Atlanta, received the 2008 Founders Spirit Award and the True Blue Award was pre-
sented to Mrs. Lula Roberts, the learning resources specialist in the Learning Resources Center. A week prior, the student body was treated to “Dear Spelman: Letters That Changed the World,” a production that showcased how Spelman graduates have historically overcome great odds to make pioneering achievements (see photos on page 5). Produced and directed by Mr. Kenneth Green, lecturer, drama and dance, Spelman College, the retrospective journey of the College’s history was derived from letters written by Spelman students and alumnae from 1889 to present day. One of the earlier letters brought to life depicted the poignant story of a student who picked 1,000 pounds of cotton to make it to Spelman only to die within a week of her arrival. But as her sister’s letter revealed, the
Sarah Stephens, C’2007 elder’s struggle inspired the younger sister to graduate from Spelman 10 years later – so her mission was not in vain. ● The new theme song, “A Choice to Change the World,” is available for download via www.spelman.edu.
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Contents
The Best and the Worst of Times
Features 1 Business Mogul Sheila C. Johnson Tells Grads to Prepare for Global Competition 1 Founders Day 2008 Celebrates Spelman College Changing the World 4 Founders Day 2008 5 Scenes from ‘Dear Spelman’ 6 News Briefs 7 Spelman Scholarships 7 Spelman College Concert Celebrates All-Steinway Status 8 Cosby Chair Culminating Event Addresses Female Images 8 Research Day Winners Departments 2 A Dialogue With Dr. T. 3 CENTERgy
A Choice to Change the World EDITOR
Joyce E. Davis COPY EDITOR
350 Spelman Lane S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314 www.spelman.edu
Janet M. Barstow GRAPHIC DESIGN
Garon Hart EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Jo Moore Stewart Eloise Alexis, C’86 Tomika DePriest, C’89 Kassandra Kimbriel Jolley Renita Mathis Angela Wood, C’90 Daryl White Lily McNair WRITERS
Jemarion Jones PHOTOGRAPHERS
Rick Cash J.D. Scott Julie Yarbrough
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Inside Spelman is published three times per academic year for a readership that includes alumnae, trustees, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends of the College. The newsletter is dedicated to informing our readers about news, upcoming events and issues in the life of the College.
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hen asked how things are going at Spelman College, I sometimes reply with the opening line of a Charles Dickens novel, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....” Certainly it seems like the best of times when we realize how much we have to celebrate – another record-breaking year of applications; a graduating class of 548 – the largest in our history, with one Watson Fellowship and four Fulbright Fellowship winners among them; a brand new “green” residence hall opening in August 2008; the faculty, led by Provost Johnnella Butler, actively engaged in designing exciting new interdisciplinary seminars; and plans in place to begin teaching Chinese, just one of the new offerings made possible by the $10 million gift for the Lehman Brothers Center for Global Finance and Economic Development that will officially open in the fall. At nearly 80 percent, our graduation rate is the highest in the nation among those educating significant numbers of low-income students. We have defied the low expectations for women of color in Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum science by graduating almost a third of our students with degrees in the STEM fields, serving as a major pipeline of Black female engineers, mathematicians, and health professionals. Two-thirds of all of our students will pursue graduate or professional degrees within five years of graduation, sought after by the most prestigious universities in the country. In the midst of our nation’s education crisis, we are a beacon of hope. Yet, without intervention in this economy, many of our students are at tremendous risk. And that is why it is the worst of times. Our Pell-grant recipients, 40 percent of our student population, are headed for a disaster precipitated by the mortgage-lending crisis. [As banks respond to the crumbling financial conditions, they are pulling back on student loans, and Pell-grant recipients at under-endowed institutions like Spelman are dependent upon loans to remain in school because we cannot meet all of their financial needs.] In addition to working long hours in part-time jobs, many of our high-need students must also turn to private loans, but to qualify, you must have a co-signer with good credit, criteria that many cannot meet. In 2007–08, almost 400 received subprime or nongovernmentally backed student loans. Collectively they borrowed $6.6 million, averaging $18,000 each, just for one year. Already some students and their parents have been told that their private loan applications for 2008–09 have been denied. The danger is that they will have to leave school, already deeply in debt and unable to finish their education. We can’t let this happen. The long-term solution is to increase our scholarship resources dramatically, and we are working toward this goal every day. Since 2002, our scholarship support for students has almost doubled – from $4.7 million in 2002 to $9.2 million in 2008. In the short term, we must create a safety net of individuals willing to support one or more students at the $20,000 level (the approximate cost of next year’s tuition and fees). Wouldn’t it be wonderful if each student who is wondering if she will be able to come back to school had a sponsor who stood ready to make that possible? Perhaps you have heard the often-told story of the young girl who came upon thousands of starfish on the beach, washed up after a storm. In an effort to save them from the hot sun, she began to toss starfish back into the sea. Noticing her efforts, a man interrupted her, saying, “There are too many. You can’t make a difference.” Momentarily discouraged, the girl paused, but then reached down, picked up a starfish, and as she hurled it back into the water, she said triumphantly, “I made a difference to that one.” Inspired, the man joined in, and before long, there was a crowd of people rescuing starfish, one by one, until all were back in the ocean. This story reminds me what can happen when each of us takes even a small action. When I get discouraged about the financial challenges our students face, I think about that story and the possibility of saving all of our students, one student at a time. Of course, not every donor can make a gift that large and not every gift should be designated for scholarships because we still have other important needs like faculty support and enhancing our academic programs. However, one thing that presidential candidate Barack Obama has taught us in this election season is that even small gifts quickly add up to large sums, and together we can help those students most in need and ensure that Spelman College continues as a beacon of strength, offering “nothing less than the best” to the young women we serve. ●
CENTERgy Featuring the Centers of Spelman College LEADS Center at Spelman College Students sponsored by The Bonner Office of Community Service and Student Development and the Spelman Independent Scholars program, both LEADS entities, chose to change the world by taking spring break trips to the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. In the Dominican Republic, Bonner students worked with Orphanage Outreach, a project that provides opportunities for orphaned, abandoned and dis-
WISDOM Center Sisters Chapel WISDOM Center’s Daughters of the Covenant Mentoring and Leadership Development Program has partnered with the Children’s Defense Fund for a 2008–2009 student internship position. Spelmanites Kristin Mason, C’2010, and Mia Dunlap, C’2010, have been selected to participate in the program produced by the partnership, which provides a yearlong internship primarily supporting the CDF’s Youth Leadership Program that empowers Spelman students to be morally conscious social change agents on behalf of our nation’s children.
Lehman Brothers Center for Global Finance and Economic Development
SIS outreach in Jamaica
advantaged children. SIS students expanded their oral history research of the Caribbean through work with the WHO-PAHO Collaborating Centre of Ageing and Health at the University of West Indies in Jamaica. During her keynote address for the annual Johnnetta B. Cole Institute Lecture Series, Helene D. Gayle, M.D., M.P.H., president and chief executive officer of CARE USA, discussed the challenges of managing global health issues affecting women in poor communities. The series is a key public program offering that supports LEADS’ efforts to cultivate a forum for seasoned leaders to dialogue about issues critical to women leaders. The LEADS Center recently issued the results of its 2008 Leadership Survey, the first nationwide analysis to explore the political interest and mindsets of minority female Democrats. Survey results revealed that less than 10 percent of African-American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and Native American female Democrats admitted that neither race (2.7 percent) nor gender (six percent) were the primary motivators for selecting the next presidential candidate. Nine out of 10 respondents said they will choose based on leadership abilities.
Thanks to the corporate-academic partnership between Spelman College and Lehman Brothers, an innovator in global finance, the College recently hired Zhengbin (Richard) Lu as an assistant professor of world languages and literature to teach Chinese. Professor Lu will be assisted during the first year by Jin Qiu, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant. The new Chinese foreign language offering is part of Spelman and Lehman’s efforts to prepare students for the global marketplace and increase the number of women in the financial sector.
Pictured with Spelman President Beverly Daniel Tatum (right), Ingrid Saunders Jones, a senior vice president of the Coca-Cola Company and chairperson of The Coca-Cola Foundation, received an honorary degree at commencement.
Business Mogul Sheila C. Johnson Tells Grads to Prepare for Global Competition Continued from page 1.
Ms. Johnson went on to use Sen. Barack Obama’s seminal speech on race to urge the graduates to be independent thinkers and to demand the highest standards from politicians and the media. Referencing her position as global ambassador for CARE, which empowers women in places most at risk, Ms. Johnson challenged the graduates to support, nurture and “embrace each other with strength, dignity and loyalty.” The co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, Ms. Johnson is also the only woman in history to have an ownership stake in three professional sports teams. She received an honorary doctorate of humane letters as did Ernest G.
Alice Walker
Women’s Research & Resource Center The Women’s Action for New Directions recently presented the “Mother’s Day for Peace” awards ceremony honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Spelman alumna Alice Walker. President Beverly Daniel Tatum and Agnes Scott President Elizabeth Kiss hosted the event in Sisters Chapel, which celebrates women who have worked for peace and social justice. Special guests included Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and award-winning author and playwright Pearl Cleage, C’71. ●
Green, managing director of public finance for Lehman Brothers’ Washington, D.C. office, and Ingrid Saunders Jones, senior vice president, global community connections, of The Coca-Cola Company and chairperson of The Coca-Cola Foundation. Erica Hunt, president of the TwentyFirst Century Foundation, was presented the National Community Service Award. ●
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Founders Day Speaker Addresses 21st Century Challenges “The future of our country will depend in part on what choices you make to change the world,” said Herschelle Challenor, Ph.D., C’61, in her Founders Day address. Dr. Challenor, the former director of Democracy and Governance Programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission, ended her speech by offering key advice (excerpts below) for contending with the cultural and economic challenges facing the United States in the 21st century: Love and respect yourself, so you are free to love and help others. Live crowded hours, but develop a strong spiritual center and leave time for personal introspection. Constantly broaden your horizons. Study abroad and respect cultural differences.
Herschelle Challenor, C’61
Develop a plan for your lives, then prepare yourself to implement it and read voraciously. Concentrate on improving your writing and speaking skills, and computer knowledge. Cultivate good manners, and smile often and sincerely. Civility always trumps bombast and rudeness. Remain indignant about injustice and get involved in service and other extracurricular activities. Be an active listener. Dare to be different and pursue atypical career objectives; do not be discouraged by criticism. Develop solid financial and management skills, but consider money the means to achieve your goals, and not an end in itself. Should you have children, hold them close, set boundaries, teach them good core values and live those precepts. Speak truth to power; be courageous and persistent. Never, ever forget that real change only comes about when it becomes too costly not to change. Then, as poker players say, “Know when to hold them and know when to fold them.” Do not resist retreating to shore up your support to fight another day, or another battle.
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Far Left: True Blue Award winner Lula Roberts and Yvonne Jackson, chair of the Spelman board of trustees. Left: President Beverly Daniel Tatum and Founders Spirit Award recipient, Daisy Phinazee Harris, C’47.
Scenes from ‘Dear Spelman’
Dancers set the mood for Spelman letters from a missionary in the Congo.
Actress Cassi Davis, C’88, was the guest narrator of “Dear Spelman.”
Protestors stage a march to portray letters from the Civil Rights movement. Joy Brunson, C’2010, reads a letter containing powerful words from Spelman’s history.
SUMMER 2008
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Happening at Spelman
NEWS BRIEFS Recent staff additions to Spelman include Kassandra Kimbriel Jolley, vice president, development; Helga Greenfield, associate vice president, advancement operations; Ingrid Hayes, associate vice president, enrollment management and director of admissions; and Nokware Adesegun, director, office of sponsored programs. Additionally, Eloise Alexis, who previously served as the vice president of institutional advancement, recently moved into her new role as vice president for college relations. Spelman recently appointed new members to its board of trustees to serve three-year terms. The new trustees are: Claire “Yum” Arnold, CEO, Leapfrog Services Inc.; Janine Brown, a partner at the law firm of Alston and Byrd; Kimberly Davis, C’81, president, JPMorgan Chase Foundation; Scott Freidheim, co-chief administrative officer, Lehman Brothers; Evelyn Hammonds, C’76, dean, Harvard College; Gwen Adams Norton, former banking executive; John Wilson Jr., dean, George Washington University – Virginia campus; and new student trustee Christina Whatley, C’2011. The board of trustees awarded tenure and promotion from assistant professor to associate professor to the following faculty members: Jean Norgaisse, Ph.D., department of world languages and literature; Ralph Paul Thomason, department of drama and dance; Dr. Al-Yasha Ilhaam Williams, department of philosophy and religious studies. Spelman President Beverly Daniel Tatum has been appointed to the Chronicle of Higher Education/New York Times Higher Education Cabinet, a group of leading college chancellors, presidents and trustees who will provide feedback on writings published by either of those organizations on pressing issues facing higher education. Additionally, Dr. Tatum has been added to the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s list of “Who’s Who in Education,” a list of Atlanta’s leading educators. Seventeen Spelman students choosing an “alternative spring break” devoted to helping others were the focus of “Spring Break Diaries,” a Black Entertainment Television half-hour special that chronicled the students’ journey to the Republic of Senegal. The special, which premiered on BET in April and will air on BET J and BET UK, highlighted the students’ efforts to work with 10,000 Girls, an initiative that provides educational and employment opportunities to young girls in rural Senegal. Tomika DePriest, C'89, executive director of the office of communications, was associate producer of the film. 6 INSIDE SPELMAN
Spelman students defeated competitors from Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College to win the National Hockey League and Atlanta Thrashers’ marketing challenge among Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities. The students were challenged to create innovative marketing ideas to increase ethnic diversity among NHL hockey fans. The winning team consisted of Victoria Beeks, C’2008; Erica Boykin, C’2008; Kim Hogg, C’2008; Erin Jones, C’2008; Ashley Johnson, C’2007; and Morgan Pierce, C’2010. Spelman professors Romie Tribble, Ph.D., and Juliet Elu, Ph.D., served as team advisers. William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D., associate professor of history, recently won his bid to become a delegate from Atlanta’s Fifth Congressional District to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, which takes place Aug. 25–28. In addition to his work at Spelman, Dr. Cobb is an accomplished author who has spoken and written extensively about the upcoming presidential election. Andrew Williams, Ph.D., associate professor of computer and information sciences, received the Young Engineer Award from his alma mater, Marquette University, for his exceptional achievement in the field of engineering. Dr. Williams is the founder and coach of SpelBots, a group of students who compete in robotics technology competitions both nationally and internationally, and the director of Spelman’s Artificial Intelligence, Informatics and Robotics Lab. Seventeen Spelman seniors joined the growing ranks of Teach for America, the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools around the country. Spelman is a top producer of African-American Teach for America corps members. This year, 16 percent of Spelman seniors applied to the Teach for America program. The day after she graduated, Adrienne Walker, C’ 2008, traveled to Paris with the Atlanta Opera as a chorus member for “Porgy and Bess.” While in Europe, the classically trained vocalist also toured Grenada and Spain, and in the fall will tour Luxembourg for two weeks. Walker plans to pursue a master’s degree in vocal performance at Florida State University or Roosevelt University.
Patricia Ventura, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, received the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty. While on sabbatical for the program during the 2008–2009 academic year, professor Ventura will complete her book, “The Neoliberal Culture of the US 1990s,” which explores the ideology of the free market – known as neoliberalism – and how it erodes social systems. Chandra Chambliss, senior administrative assistant in the department of research resources in academic affairs, and the department of facilities management and services recently received the 2008 Exemplary Customer Service Award. Announced during the State of the College Address on Tuesday, May 6, the award recognizes an individual and department for providing exemplary customer service and working well with the campus community. Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown, Ph.D., has been appointed as the new director for African Diaspora and the World. This summer, Dr. Billingslea-Brown will lead the ADW Summer Workshop in Savannah. IN MEMORIAM: The Spelman College community mourned the passing of Spelman trustee Toy Caldwell-Colbert, Ph.D., C’73. The distinguished psychologist, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Central State University, and vice chair of the Spelman College board of trustees, passed away in March. Dr. Caldwell-Colbert was elected as a trustee in 2003. Pre-med major, Yolanda Britton-Cammon, C’2011, passed on Sunday, May 26, following an automobile accident. The College will host a memorial service to honor Ms. Britton-Cammon during the fall semester. Mrs. Beatrice M. Williams, a professor of education at Spelman College from 1940 until she retired in 1972, died on Thursday, May 22. Mrs. Williams, who was 101 years old, was also an instructor of the student teachers in the Morehouse-Spelman Peace Corps training program. ●
Spelman Scholarship Roundup our graduating Spelman seniors were awarded Fulbright Language Teaching Assistantships. As Fulbright fellows, the students will teach English overseas during the 2008–2009 academic year: Clarissa Davis, Malaysia; Erin Williams, Korea; Brittany Nash, Taiwan; and Sydney Taylor, Spain. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Spelman has been recognized the past three years as one of the top liberal arts colleges to produce Fulbright Fellows.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. awarded seniors Tanganica Turner and Eddiemae Nash $2,500 scholarships as part of the Cracker Barrel Endowed Heritage Scholars Program at Spelman College. Established in 2004, the program is designed to inspire young people of color to value and explore their history. Spelman 2008 graduates Shannon Cumberbatch, Danielle Snead and Shaunicie Fielder have been selected as 2008 summer fellows in the Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowship Program. In conjunction with Yale Law School, the
fellowship supports undergraduates who will pursue careers in public interest law. Spelman student Khadijah Robinson, C’2011, was named one of four winners of the “Writers of Passage” scholarship program through The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and The Sallie Mae Fund. Robinson earned both a $5,000 individual award toward her tuition and fees and a $20,000 grant for Spelman from The Sallie Mae Fund to help improve student outreach and writing enhancement initiatives. ●
Class of 2008
Spelman College Concert Celebrates All-Steinway Status The Spelman College department of music and Steinway Piano Galleries of Atlanta presented internationally renowned classical pianist and Steinway artist Leon Bates in concert on April 16, 2008 in Sisters Chapel. The performance was a celebration of the College’s status as an All-Steinway School. Spelman is only the third college in Georgia, and the first historically Black college or university, to join a prestigious group of institutions designated as AllSteinway Schools. All-Steinway Schools are institutions that have made an agreement with Steinway & Sons, the oldest piano company in America, that 90 percent or more of the school’s Leon Bates collection of pianos will be Steinways. ●
President Tatum hosts CEO Roundtable In partnership with General Electric Vice Chairman John Rice and Southern Company CEO David Ratcliffe, President Beverly Daniel Tatum hosted a roundtable discussion with 11 CEOs and a group of senior-level executives, including Spelman alumnae, in the corporate sector. The dialogue, held May 1, focused on strategies for the effective recruitment, retention and advancement of Black women within organizations and the role of the CEO in cultivating leadership within organizations across racial and gender lines. A follow-up conversation is planned in the fall. SUMMER 2008
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Cosby Chair Culminating Event Addresses Female Images Exploring provocative images and lively topics ranging from the infamous Hottentot Venus to singer Janet Jackson and actress Whoopi Goldberg, Lisa E. Farrington, Ph.D., presented “Hottentot to Hip Hop: The Black Female Body in Art and Visual Culture,” on March 28, 2008, in the Cosby Academic Center Auditorium. Dr. Farrington holds the 2007–2008 Cosby Endowed Chair in Humanities. The culminating event of “Hottentot to Hip Hop” featured renowned specialists in Black visual culture and a museum tour of the acclaimed exhibition,
“Cinema Remixed and Reloaded.” Topics including “Black Feminist Perspectives on the Politics of the Female Body” and “Whoopi Goldberg and the Black Female Body in Hollywood Films” were addressed by such experts as Michael D. Harris, art history professor at Emory University, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, C’66, director of the Women’s Research & Resource Center at Spelman and Anna Julia Cooper professor of women’s studies and English, and Marta Reid Stewart, museum studies director at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts. ●
Research Day First Place Winners Twenty-three students walked away with honors during Research Day 2008. Designed to highlight student research achievements, this year’s event drew 1,000 attendees making it one of the most successful Research Day events in Spelman history. Research subjects included environmental concerns and the public health impacts of post Hurricane Katrina, college students’ perceptions of Green Party candidates, prostate cancer research, and the role of race and gender in the voting behavior of African American women. FIRST PLACE WINNERS Biology Elizabeth Johnson, C’2008 Adviser(s): Michael Goodisman, Ph.D. (Georgia Institute of Technology) Chemistry Andraya Johnson, C’2008 Other author(s): Alison Brown Adviser(s): Kimberly Jackson, Ph.D.
Computer Science Chanelle Green, C’2010 Other author(s): Diego Rivera, (Northeastern University) Adviser(s): James Hale, David Kaeli (Northeastern University) Education Kristle Wilson, C’2008 Adviser(s): Marshalita Peterson, Ph.D., C’78 English/Political Science Destinee Moore, C’2009 Adviser(s): Margaret Price, Ph.D.
Philosophy/Religion Nile Johnson, C’2008 Adviser(s): Cynthia Neal Spence, Ph.D., C’78 Political Science Allison Wright, C’2008 Adviser(s): Kai He, Ph.D., Marilyn Davis, Ph.D. Sociology/Music Lauren Eldridge, C’2010 Adviser(s): Tarshia Stanley, Ph.D., Hyunjung Chung, Ph.D.
Environmental Science/Psychology Danielle Doss, C’2008 Other author(s): Brittany Edwards Adviser(s): Victor Ibeanusi, Ph.D., Yassin Jeilani, Ph.D. Mathematics Carmen Smith, C’2008 Adviser(s): Nagambal Shah, Ph.D.
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