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2008 AWARDS
Normand Cartier Award: Allison Astuno
Wendy Berson Language Award: Melissa McGrath
Princess Grace of Monaco Award: Samuel Dolinger
The Figurito Family Award: Vanessa Parravano
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RLL Honors Theses
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Stacy Brown Thesis Director: Prof. Dwayne E. Carpenter Curanderismo: Teresa Urrea and the Legacy of Dissent This thesis offers a critical analysis of the legacy of 19th-century curandera (healer) and folk saint Teresita Urrea. The daughter of an indigenous servant in rural Mexico,Teresita ultimately became an icon of powerful social influence, a political threat to the Mexican dictatorship, a harsh critic of formalized medicine, and an enemy of the Catholic Church. Her legacy, however, is nuanced by her complex and, at times, contradictory life. |
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Julie Bulman Thesis Director: Prof. Ourida MostefaiL'habit en Révolution: Mode et Vêtements dans la France d'Ancien Régime [Revolution in Style: Dress and Fashion in Pre-Revolutionary France] This thesis addresses the role of dress in the blurring of social class divisions in pre-revolutionary France. The Ancien Régime had a fixed code for costume, in accordance with rank and birth. Using historical evidence and literary examples, the first part outlines in detail this prescribed order, as well as the disorder that resulted from this same social structure. The second part discusses the creation and practice of fashion in the 18th century, leading up to the Estates General of 1789. The increasing significance of physical appearance in France made dress both a political and social tool that became powerfully useful during the French Revolution. |
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Jessica Fuller Thesis Director: Prof. Sarah Beckjord Estamos en este país: Motivations for English Acquisition among Adult Latino ESOL Students This thesis examines the motivations for English language acquisition among Latino immigrants currently residing in the United States. By interviewing 34 adult students enrolled in ESOL classes in the Boston area, the author attempts to determine whether their desire for language acquisition is motivated by integrative or instrumental factors. These results are analyzed in light of the current debate on the assimilation of Latino immigrants, ultimately concluding that this segment of the population is indeed desirous of integration into mainstream U.S. society. |
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Phi Beta Kappa
Dean's Scholars Carly De Filippo, French Major Sophomore Scholars
Peer Advisors Allison Astuno, French Major | ||
Amanda Ang, Kathryn Balch, Julie Bulman, Kattieanne Cadet, Juliane Casey, Kimberly Claudat, KAsey Coyne, Erin Daley, Kevin Decesare, Samuel Dolinger, Claire Duggan, Jill Forgash, Chtherine Hadshi, Emily Igo, Katie Kearsey, REbecca Kelleher, Megan Koch, Erica Lewis, Jamie Martin, Michelle Martínez, Michael McCarthy, Ronaldo Mendoza de Jesús, Daniel Moresco, Paul Newmark, Lindsay Oliver, Emily Pierce, Danielle Russell, Mark Schott, David Tolioupov Italian Jessica Calandra, Tomaso Canetta, Romulo A. Celli, Jillian Cronin, Catherine D'Ascoli, Joseph Forgione, Veronica Gentile, Rene Lento, Ashley McLaughlin, Miriam Michalczyk, Patrick W. Murphy, Vanessa Parravano, Janine Sanderman, Colleen Volpe Hispanic Studies Nisuary Amador Tejeda, Sebastián Amaya, Laura Amerein, Amanda Ang, Kalyn Belsha, Alison Chou, Julio García, Marina Hernández, Alexander López, Marina Pastrana, Emily Pierce, Andrea Reichert, Kelly Sagar, Meagan Shepanus, Bridget Sweeney, Kimberley Walsh, Alessandra Ward, Jessica Winn, Jeffrey Zapora | ||
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