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- Alumni
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Madeleine Gibbons-Shapiro (C’21) Works to End Stigma Against Disabilities in Kazakhstan
Gibbons-Shapiro was first drawn to this opportunity through the Beeck’s Center GU Impacts Fellowship because she wanted to do work that combined her sociology major with her…
January 12, 2020
- Alumni
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Sociology Major, Orunima Chakraborti, Won a 2019 Beinecke Scholarship
Sociology major Orunima Chakraborti (C’20) has won a 2019 Beinecke Scholarship, a prestigious award given annually by The Sperry Fund to students who plan on enrolling in an…
August 9, 2019
- Faculty
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Prof. Hsu Tackles Question of Happiness in China
Professor Becky Hsu led a multi-institutional research project into happiness in China, which inspired her own book, Happiness in China: Family, Fate, and the Good Death,…
January 30, 2019
- Faculty
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Prof. Fields Brings Black Identity Studies to Ignatius Seminar
Professor Corey Fields is one of Georgetown’s newer faces. This fall, he’ll help welcome its newest faces by leading one of the Georgetown College Ignatius Seminars. Fields,…
July 30, 2018
- Alumni
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Shakera Vaughan (C’19) has been named a Newman Civic Fellow
The government major and sociology minor has received a 2018 Newman Civic Fellowship, a national program for students who demonstrate meaningful engagement with their.…
March 19, 2018
- Alumni
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Andrea Keklak Writes about obstacles for female runners
Andrea Keklak was a sociology major who graduated in 2015. She ran track at Georgetown and before. She has written are powerful condemnation of the male chauvinism that kept…
March 19, 2018
- Alumni
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Marta Aparicio wins Rangel Graduate Fellowship
Alumna Marta Aparicio (C’14) of Providence, Rhode Island; Kala Deterville (C’18) of Queens, New York; and Sofia Gomez (SFS’18) of Hanover, New Hampshire, have received the…
January 10, 2018
- Alumni
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Yalda Baktash (C’18) Speaks Out On Life as a Refugee
Fall 2015 was Yalda Baktash’s (C’18) first at the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences—but her journey to the Hilltop began long ago. Baktash, a sociology…
April 4, 2016
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Princess Euphelma Choden Wangchuck’s (C’16) Submission Accepted to “Writing Women’s Lives” Panel
Sociology major Eeuphelma Wangchuck’s paper was chosen by the Georgetown University Panel for “Writing Women’s Lives.” The panel took take place March 20-21, 2016 at…
March 22, 2016
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Caitlin Snell (C’16) Awarded Summer Fellowship by the Education and Social Justice Project
Sociology major Caitlin Snell was awarded a summer fellowship from the Education and Social Justice Project to spend three weeks promoting social justice within institutions in…
February 12, 2016