The Humanities Council celebrates seniors in the Class of 2026! 75 students earned minors across the four Council undergraduate programs – European Cultural Studies, Humanistic Studies, Journalism, and Medieval Studies.
Congratulations to all our students and thank you to our faculty!
Program in European Cultural Studies
Minor in European Studies: Santiago Castro Carrillo, Laurie Drayton, Noah Eshaghpour-Silberman, Preston Ferraiuolo, Illia Filipacchi, Wyndham Freeman, Ashley George, Louisa Gheorghita, Willliam (Ryland) Graham, Andrei Iosifescu, Abby Lu, Justin Murdock, Sarah Payne, Fallon Rowerdink, Annie Townsend, and Laura Zhang.
Minor in Humanistic Studies: Ina Aram, Cooper Austen, Abby Bacall, Ash Baudelaire, Francisco Bendezu, Talia Czuchlewski, Charlotte Defriez, Todd Ferry, Raphaela Gold, James Healy, Jr., Eve Hepner, Michelle Ho, Andrei Iosifescu, Annie Kim, Pippa LaMacchia, Cora LeCates, Sander McComiskey, Madeleine Murnick, Sarah Payne, Olivia Roslansky, Sofiia Shapovalova, James Sowerby, Emma Tsoglin, Miriam Waldvogel, Riley Yowell, Laura Zhang, and Jacqueline Zhou.
Minor in Journalism: Pia Bhatia, Megan Cameron, Coco Cresswell, Isabella Dail, Synai Ferrell, Uma Fox, Hannah Gabelnick, Raphaela Gold, Allison Jiang, Samuel Kennedy, Vitus Larrieu, Cora LeCates, Zach Lee, Alyssa Lloyd, Ceci McWilliams, Alex Norbrook, Koki Ogawa, Bridget O’Neill, Regina Roberts, Frankie Solinsky Duryea, Kendrah Su, Evelyn Walsh, Josephine Wender, and Justus Wilhoit.
Minor in Medieval Studies: Elinor Detmer, Lilli Duberstein, Jack Geld, Alina Guo, Andrei Iosifescu, Dan Kaiser, Kasia Kirnie, and Nadia Makuc.
Senior Prize Winners
Asher Hinds Prize for Excellence in the Program in European Cultural Studies
Andrei Iosifescu, History
Senior Thesis: “A Small State Constellation in the Twilight of Empire: The Foundations and Evolution of the Little Entente, 1918–1938”
Advisor: Natasha Wheatley (History)
Honorable Mention
Laurie Drayton, Classics Senior Thesis: “After Hermaphroditus: Statues, Sex Change and Artistic Response in the 19th-Century Androgyne Novel”
Advisor: Brooke Holmes (Classics)
Joseph R. Strayer Prize in Medieval Studies
Joseph Silva, History
Senior Thesis: “At Risk of Eternal Damnation: The Life, Writings, and Excommunication of the Byzantine Thomist Prochoros Kydones”
Advisor: Jack Tannous (History and Hellenic Studies)
Richard D. Challener ’44 Senior Thesis Prize in Canadian Studies
Alex Norbrook, History
Senior Thesis: “Sowing Conflict: Seeds, Appropriation, and Discourse in the International Struggle for Plant Intellectual Property Rights, 1946-1991.”
Advisor: Joseph Fronczak (History)
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