CISLA Sophomores: Class of 2029

Norah Anderson

Major:

CISLA Language: French
SIP: The Case Of Congolese Women Seeking Asylum and The Limitations of Effective Protection Invoked Through International Human Rights Law, and Asylum Law- Post Belgium Colonialism
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Belgium

Nare Babayan

Major:

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: The influences of Mudejár(Islamic culture) on the development of Plateresque ornamentation style in Spain
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Spain

Abeer Bhaskar

Major:

CISLA Language: Japanese
SIP: Where Chai Meets Matcha: Exploring South Asian Migrant Workers and Diaspora within Urban Japan in relation to Japanese Immigration Policies in the 21st Century
Internship: 
Countries of Interest: Japan or India

Cecilia Brubaker

Major:

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: The European Refugee Crisis and the Politics of Maritime Safety
Internship: 
Countries of Interest: Tunisia, Spain, and Italy 

Angelo Correa

Major:

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Overcoming Stigma: How Clinicians Support Children to Talk About Trauma in Mexico
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Mexico

Veda Kiper Phelps

Major:

CISLA Language: French
SIP: How did art created by psychiatric patients evolve from being a clinical curiosity to a deliberate therapy practice?
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Switzerland

Harper Layng

Major:

CISLA Language: French
SIP: An Analysis of Human Rights and Development: To what extent does France’s geopolitical and neocolonial power erode Senegal’s sovereignty?
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Senegal

Jerry Lin

Major:

CISLA Language: Chinese
SIP: How have advances in green chemistry improved quality of life in China?
Internship: 
Country of Interest: China

Lola Louis

Major:

CISLA Language: Italian
SIP: Social Justice through Fashion: Exploring the ways Fashion as Art influences Society and the ways the Production of Fashion impacts Society through Labor Conditions, Exploitation, and Sustainability
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Italy

Jaidy Magiraga

Major:

CISLA Language: French
SIP: How France created a Neocolonial Empire through one currency; The CFA Franc
Internship: 
Countries of Interest: France and Senegal

Leroy Mashet

Major:

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Investigating BRCA1-Associated DNA Repair Dysfunction in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Comparative Study of Kenya, the United States, and Germany
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Germany

Fiora Moakley

Major:

CISLA Language: Chinese
SIP: How the possession of nuclear weapons affects relations between the US and China
Internship: 
Countries of Interest: China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong

Brady Morvay

Major:

CISLA Language: Germany
SIP: The Impact of Prussian Political and Military Institutions in the Development of Germany from 1848-1933
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Germany

Belma Pecanin

Major:

CISLA Language: Italian
SIP: Movement as Medicine; how the intersection of dance, neurological processing and Italian culture influences Parkinson's disease
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Italy

Tahsi Rabbani

Major:

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: Brain Capital and Women’s Empowerment: Brain Health, Brain Skills, and Economic Opportunity in Morocco
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Morocco

Fatimah Rahman

Major:

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: Translating the "Other": A Comparative French-Arabic Analysis of Contemporary Islamophobia and Post-Colonial Identity.
Internship: 
Country of Interest: France

Ada Richards

Major:

CISLA Language: French
SIP: Mental Healthcare Access for Women in Rural Morocco: The Crossroads Between Traditional and Colonial Medicine
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Morocco

Daniel Joaquín Senise Ortiz

Major:

CISLA Language: Portuguese
SIP: Analysis of the Role of Data and Digital Design in Social Media and Online Sports Betting Addiction in Latin America.
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Brazil

Lily Smith

Major:

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: How Nutrition Impacts Public Primary Education in Latin America
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Mexico

Arpi Tikranian

Major:

CISLA Languages: Armenian and Russian
SIP: Post Genocide Diasporas: Linguistic and Cultural Variation as Traces and Means of Survival
Internship: 
Countries of Interest: Bulgaria and Latvia

Diana Tynda

Major:

CISLA Languages: Italian and Ukrainian 
SIP: Paperless Economies: Quantitative Analysis of Identity Suppression, Administrative Barriers, and Peripheral Livelihoods (with a focus on Sicily/Italy, and Crimea/Ukraine)
Internship: 
Countries of Interest: Italy, Switzerland, and Czech Republic

Ajsa Zametica

Major:

CISLA Language: German
SIP: How does the asymmetrical institutional design of the Eurozone, specifically the separation of a single monetary authority from decentralized fiscal policies, lead to economic inequality?
Internship: 
Country of Interest: Germany

Annie Zhang

Major:

CISLA Language: Chinese
SIP: Curating Culture: Tourism and the Representation of Cultural Minorities in China
Internship: 
Countries of Interest: China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan