Senior Capstone Projects
Theses:
Katie Ledwidge: “A Race of Devils: Illegitimacy in Frankenstein” - Advisor: Essaka Joshua
Melanie LeMay: “The Place of Lesbian Narratives in Young Adult Fiction” - Advisor: Susan Harris
Mandy Lewis: “Perceptions and Realities: Discerning the Relationship Between Mayan Women and the Roman Catholic Church” - Advisor: Susan St. Ville
Patrick Tighe: “Whose Right? Whose Fantasy? An Anti-Pornography Argument” - Advisor: James Sterba/Co-Advisor: Yael Prizant
Samantha Williams: “Home Birthing: A Divergence from the Alienation of the
Internships:
Gabbie Guajardo - Boys & Girls Club (South Bend, IN)
Andrea Jacobson - St. Margaret’s House (South Bend, IN)
Meaghan Jennings - S.O.S. of the Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County (South Bend, IN)
Jess Mahon - The Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County (South Bend, IN)
Melanie LeMay - Resource Center Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Cara Nazareth - Child Trends, Inc. (Washington, DC)
Miriam Olsen - Gender Relations Center (Notre Dame, IN)
Jill Schroeder - Children’s Defense Fund (Washington, DC)
Annual Undergraduate Writing Prize 2010 Recipient
Genevieve D. Willis Thesis Prize
Amanda Lewis—Majors: Sociology, Gender Studies
“Perceptions and Realities: Discerning the Relationship Between Mayan Women and the Roman Catholic Church” - Advisor: Susan St. Ville
Boehnen Summer Internship Grants 2010 Recipients
Alessandra Bouchard: The Women’s Center, Cambridge, MA
Erica Iantorno: Bonneville Chicago Radio Group, Chicago, IL
Kelly McGauley: Figment Magazine, New York, NY
Anne Reser: Turning Point Domestic Violence Shelter, Marion, OH
Catherine Scallen: Bitch Magazine, Portland, OR
Graduate Minor Recipients
Emily Difilippo: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Ryan Downey: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Regina Ingiosi: Master of Theological Studies in Systematics
Abigail Palko: Ph.D. in Literature
Samantha Schalk: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Honor Society Awards
Academic Journal Entrants
Sean Grammel: “Mother-questing Through Stories of Origin”
Scott Mitchell: “Integrating Identities: Negotiating the Religious Lives of Homosexual Christians in the Netherlands”
Jillian Schroeder: “Biologically Universal, Culturally Individual: The Cultural Construction of Responses to Menstruation”
Staysha Sigler: “Edward Cullen Gets the Blood Pumping: The Desire for Fated Love in Twilight”
Patrick Tighe: “Whose Right? Whose Fantasy? An Anti-Pornography Argument”
2009/2010 Officers
Mandy Lewis, President
Miriam Olsen, Vice-President
Jillian Schroeder, Secretary
Patrick Tighe, Treasurer
2010/2011 Officers
Robyn Grant, President
Anna Katter, Vice-President
Kelly Pierson, Secretary/Treasurer
New Members
Patrick Bears, Elise Gerspach, Robyn Grant, Melanie LeMay, Kelly McGauley
Graduating Seniors
Patrick Bears, Meaghan Jennings, Melanie LeMay, Mandy Lewis, Miriam Olsen, Jillian Schroeder, Patrick Tighe