People
Undergraduate Fellows
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Anwar Akrouk
History
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: The Last Jihad: Arab Nationalism, the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, and Minorities
I'm Anwar, a history major and member of the Class of 2015. Originally from Jordan, I have also lived in Bahrain, Poland, the UK, and Egypt. In my free time I enjoy reading, playing and watching soccer, and exploring... (more)
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Juan Cabrera
Linguistics
College of Arts & Sciences, 2017
Project: (De)colonizing Representations: Influence of 20th Century Indigenous/Indigenist Art in Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico
A native of Ecuador, Juan Cabrera is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences studying linguistics and minoring in fine arts and anthropology. When not cracking the books, he works at the Kelly Writers House... (more)
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Antonios Cotzias
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
College of Arts & Sciences, 2014
Project: The Exile of Darkness
Ironically enough, I came to Penn all the way from Athens to study philosophy, politics, and economics. Graduating a semester early in December 2014, I am looking forward to applying to intersectional graduate... (more)
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Leah Davidson
2014-15 Undergraduate Humanities Forum Chair
Management and Global Innovation
Wharton, 2016
Project: The Colors of Environmental Art: A Study of Psychology and Activism
Leah Davidson is a junior in Wharton concentrating in management and global innovation. She has created a microfinance program to incubate businesses in rural Peru, launched Act for Antarctica, a youth-led campaign... (more)
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Danielle Kerker
History
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: “The Implacable Surge of History”: Investigating Jewish Activism in Atlanta During the Civil Rights Movement
My name is Danielle Kerker and I'm a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in History with a concentration in American History. I hail from Atlanta, GA, and my research interests lie in the histories... (more)
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Abigail Koffler
History
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: ‘He too has a right to be educated’: Inclusion and Identity in Ecuador’s Indigenous Movement, 1927-2009
Abigail Koffler is a senior from Queens, New York. At an early age, she learned to ride the subway and avoid the nickname “Abby.” She attended international school from kindergarten through 8th grade, where she began... (more)
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Kimberly Kolor
2014-15 Undergraduate Humanities Forum Steering Committee
Religious Studies, South Asia Studies
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: Color-coding the Margins: Personal & Public Beautification and Community Identity in Eastern Sri Lanka
Kimberly is a South Asia Studies and Religious Studies double major with a Tamil language focus and a minor in International Development. Her general research interests include material religion, religion in... (more)
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Jose Romero
2014-15 Undergraduate Humanities Forum Steering Committee
Anthropology
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: Sensing Inhumanity: Brownness at the Limits of the Political in Washington
José is an anthropology major whose research broadly tunes into the alimentary antagonisms of capitalist and colonial development. Aside from his Penn Humanities Forum Fellowship and Steering Committee position, he... (more)
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Kimberly Schreiber
Comparative Literature
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: Documenting Disremembrance: Histories of Loss in Contemporary Chinese Representation
Kimberly Schreiber is a senior majoring in comparative literature, with a concentration in literary and cultural theory, and minoring in art history and Chinese. Her research is on representations of loss in... (more)
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Brendan Van Gorder
Political Science and Sociology
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: How Sight Creates Prejudice: The Marketing and Protesting of Brazil’s World Cup
Brendan Van Gorder is graduating 2015 in political science as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and Civic Scholar. He is currently pursuing computer programming and network science in order to acquire the tools to develop... (more)
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Melanie White
Cultural Anthropology
College of Arts & Sciences, 2015
Project: As Long as You’re a Black Wo/man You’re an African: Creole Diasporic Politics in the Age of Mestizo Nationalism
Melanie (C’15) is a senior cultural anthropology major with a minor in Africana studies. During her time at Penn she has been a member of Penn's Race Dialogue Project and a student advocate at LIFT-Philadelphia. Her... (more)