Spring 2020 Senior Honors Thesis

Congratulations to the 2020 cohort of Anthropology students who completed a thesis for Latin honors in the College of Arts & Sciences. Students were mentored by their thesis advisors and completed their projects under the direction of the Prof. Pascal Boyer, Director of the Undergraduate Honors Program in Anthropology. Please check out their thesis videos and PowerPoint presentations below.

 

Student: Neel Kale

Advisor: Prof. Brad Stoner

Thesis Title: Medical Conspiracies in America: How Systemic Inequality Breeds Mistrust

For more information and Neel Kale's PowerPoint presentation, please click here.

 

Student: Jae Hee Lee

Advisor: Prof. Brad Stoner

Thesis Title: Through Thick and Thin: An Investigation of How Transgender Women in Thailand Become Victims of HIV and Development of a Possible Solution

For more information and Jae Hee Lee's PowerPoint presentation, please click here.

 

Student: Nicholas Lin

Advisor: Prof. Brad Stoner

Thesis Title: “Fixing All These Things Requires Some Sort of Currency”: An Ethnographic Exploration of Homelessness and the American Healthcare System

For more information and Nicholas Lin's PowerPoint presentation, please click here.

 

Student: Sienna Ruiz Thesis

Advisor: Prof. Sam Shaerer

Thesis Title: Performing Street Art in Madrid: Artistic Labor and The Cost of Cool

For more information and Sienna Ruiz's PowerPoint presentation, please click here.

 

Student: Lydia Straka

Advisor: Prof. Carolyn Sargent

Thesis Title: Dutch Childbirth Narratives: Women’s Perspectives on Physiological, Biomedical, and Woman-Centered Approaches to Maternity Care in the Netherlands

For more information and Lydia Straka's PowerPoint presentation, please click here.

 

Student: Rinat Tal

Advisor: Prof. Carolyn Sargent

Thesis Title: Maternal Healthcare and Women’s Control: Defining Priorities for Care in the Rukwa Region of Tanzania

For more information and Rinat Tal PowerPoint presentation, please click here.

 

Student: Eddie Xie

Advisor: Prof. Anna Jacobsen

Thesis Title: Let’s Talk About Sex! The Tensions Between Sexual Education, National Structure, and Self-Care [Autocuidado] in Arica, Chile

For more information and Eddie Xie's PowerPoint presentation, please click here.