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.
