Dept. of Romance Languages & Literatures

Awards

romance languages & literatures

Undergraduate Awards

2008 AWARDS

 
Andrés Bello Award: Stacy Brown

Offered by the Consul of Chile to a senior who has excelled in Spanish

Normand Cartier Award: Allison Astuno

Given to a deserving member of Pi Delta Phi, the French Honor Society

Wendy Berson Language Award: Melissa McGrath

Given to a senior who has demonstrated excellence in the area of Romance Languages in general, but more specifically, to one with the ability to speak one or more of them with great expertise

Princess Grace of Monaco Award: Samuel Dolinger

Offered by the Consul of Monaco, in conjunction with the Consul of Chile, to a senior who has excelled in French

The Figurito Family Award: Vanessa Parravano

Presented in the name of Joseph Figurito, Professor of French and Italian at Boston College for one half a century, to a junior or senior for scholarly achievement in Italia Undergraduate Awards

RLL Honors Theses

Stacy Brown
 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.
 Julie Bulman 
Julie Bulman
Thesis Director: Prof. Ourida Mostefai

L'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.
Jessica Fuller
 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.

Phi Beta Kappa

Susan Kelly, Hispanic Studies Major
Kalyn Belsha, Hispanic Studies Major
Caitlin Fogarty, Hispanic Studies Major
Samuel Dolinger, French Major
Allison Astuno, French Major
Melissa McGrath, French Major

Dean's Scholars

Carly De Filippo, French Major

Sophomore Scholars

Claire Duggan, French Major, Sociology Major   
Joseph Forgione, talian Major, Biology Major   
Courtney Kipp, French Major, Theology Major
Valerie Paraiso, Hispanic Studies Major   
Daniel Safavi, Hispanic Studies Minor
Alessandra Ward, Hispanic Studies Minor

Peer Advisors

Allison Astuno, French Major
Stacy  Brown, Hispanic Studies Major
Elizabeth  Schiavone, Italian Major

RLL Book Prizes
For outstanding achievement in a Romance Languages & Literatures class

 Amanda and Ronaldo
French

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