seniors

FGS ’20 Senior Spotlights

In this issue of the Monthly Rag I would like to highlight some senior FGS majors. Our last first block!

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Mekael Daniel (FGS ’20)                                                                                                                        I am Black and Comely                                                                                                                  look upon me because I am Black,                                                                                          Because the sun hath looked upon me                                                                                       because I find poetry lovely                                                                                                      Because I’m sweet as honey

 

 

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Hello! My name is Malone DeYoung and I am a Feminist and Gender Studies major from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since FYE when Heidi told me my paper about Hillary Clinton was sexist, I can say that I’ve grown a lot. Some things I’m proud of are bringing a current events class to the county jail, participating in FemCo, and being the only CC student ever to work at the same calling job coercing alumni to donate to our school for all four years. Some of my other highlights include never speaking in Nadia’s class and dreaming about my essays every night for Dr. Kumar. Something I look forward to this year is explaining to adults what I will be doing with my major after graduation. That said, my sage advice to CC students would be to major in FGS, or at least minor.

 

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Hi! My name is Hailey Corkery and I am a senior double majoring in Sociology and Feminist and Gender Studies from Reston, VA. This past summer, I interned at an immigration firm in New York City and I hope to someday go to law school to study civil rights law. I’m very excited to spend my last year at Colorado College working on my senior thesis, leading Ellement (one of CC’s acapella groups), and hanging out with my wonderful friends!

 

 

 

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I’m Judy Fisher and I am a senior FGS major from Oklahoma. I’m a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and I spent part of my summer in Germany conducting research for my senior thesis which focuses on transnational representations of Native people. I’m excited to end my undergraduate experience where it began, in the FGS department, with wonderful professors and mentors like Heidi who I’ve known since day 1 at CC and with some of the friends I made in bridge.

 

 

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I’m Susanna Penfield, a current senior double majoring in Political Science and Feminist and Gender Studies. Born and raised in central Vermont (in a town with a population smaller than CC), I appreciate fiery fall foliage, houses with no neighbors, and the taste of local maple syrup. On campus, I serve as co-chair of the Student Title IX Assistance and Resource Team (START), prose editor for Leviathan literary magazine, vice president of Cutler Publications – the board that oversees student journalism at CC – and member of the Cutthroat Rugby Team. On weekends, catch me hanging with my roommates and our pet snake.

Celebrating FGS Seniors

Please help us in celebrating the 2019 Feminist and Gender Studies minors: D Adams, Kathryn Chase, Abby Diess, Madi Doerre, Lauren Larrabee, and Jabu Ndlovu 

and the 2019 FGS Majors: Amelia Eskenazi, Eden Lumerman, Christie Ma, and Niyat Ogbazghi

 

 

AMELIA

In their time at CC, Amelia has been involved with FemCO, Relations: The Play, and is currently the co-chair of the Llamapalooza Music and Arts Festival. After graduating in May, Amelia will be moving to New York City where they will be working as a studio assistant for Wardell Milan. In assisting Milan, Amelia will aid in archiving past work, photographing works-in-progress, and    organizing studio space, among other responsibilities. In addition to working for Milan, Amelia will also be doing freelance photography.

 

eden 

In her time at CC, Eden has been double majoring in Feminist & Gender Studies and Political Science. She has been especially interested in studying nationalism and its effects on citizens’ affective attachments to the nation-state. After graduation, Eden is hoping to study international human rights law and journalism and work towards the criminalization of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine.

 

CHRISTIE

Following graduation, Christie is working to immerse herself in activism and the arts. She is drafting designs for various women-of-colour-owned businesses and international collaborations while promoting equity in sport as an ambassador for Upwind Ultimate. Her essay “Fucking White People: A Phrase, An Action, An Ethics” is set for publication in the Mary Shepherd Conference on Feminist Philosophy journal in Edinburgh, Scotland in June 2019. As a member of the Hong Kong U24 National Team, Christie will also be competing at the World Ultimate U24 Championships in July 2019 in Heidelberg, Germany.

 

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Post-graduation, Niyat plans to work as a writer for a Colorado magazine for one year. During that year, she plans to take the GRE and apply to graduate school, hoping to attend graduate school for Journalism beginning in Fall 2020.