2015 Undergraduate Commencement - Students graduating with a certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

1. COMMENCEMENT
2015
RECIPIENTS OF THE CERTIFICATE IN
LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STUDIES

2. UNDERGRADUATE
CERTIFICATES

3. Kaley Chase Deal
Major: Public Policy Studies

4. While at Duke
• DukeEngage Chile 2013
• DukeImmerse: Human Rights in the Americas
• Leadership and Arts Policy Internship in Medellín,
Colombia
• Duke Brazil Initiative Undergraduate Research Fellow
Favorite courses (some):
- African Dance Tech II with Ava Vinesett
- Intro to ContemporaryLatin America with Antonio Arce
- Latin American Left Turns with John French
- Black Brazil: Race/Nation/Culture with Lamonte Aidoo
- Gender & Sexuality in Latin America with Diane Nelson
- Portuguese with Magda Silva

5. Upon Graduation
Will be working on the One Person, One Vote
project, documenting the history and legacy of the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

6. Liliana Fiorenti
Majors: Political Science & French

7. While at Duke
• DukeEngage Chile 2013
• Studied abroad at Sciences Po in Paris, France
Favorite courses:
- Intro to ContemporaryLatin America with Antonio Arce
- Intro to Latino/a Studies with Antonio Viego
Honors Thesis:
Increasing Access to
Selective Institutions
of Higher Education
for Minority Students
in France and the
United States

8. Upon Graduation
Look for paralegal work in the Washington, D.C.
area and in a few years, apply to law school

9. Andrew Woodall Kragie
Majors: Political Science & Public Policy Studies

10. While at Duke
• Service trips to Costa Rica
• DukeEngage Brazil 2013
• Duke Brazil Initiative Undergraduate
Research Fellow
• Deans’ Summer Research Fellowship
• Pi Sigma Alpha
• Interfaith Council
• GANO
Favorite Professors:
Guillermo Trejo, Bethzaida Fernandez, Magda Silva,
Michael Munger, Peter Feaver, Corinne Krupp, Cathy
Shuman, Gerald Wilson

11. Upon Graduation
Journalism in Texas

12. Major: Earth & Ocean Sciences
Minor: Environmental Science & Policy
Hector Giovanni Rivera

13. While at Duke
• DukeEngage Chile 2012
• EOS field trips to the Amazon,
Andes, & Ireland
• Duke in Australia & Singapore
• Mellon Undergraduate Research
Grant and a Paul Baker Grant
Favorite courses:
- Evolving Earth and Life with Alexander Glass
- Human Rights, Dictatorships and Memory in Latin America
with Bryan Pitts
- Meet the Beatles with Thomas Brothers
- Volcanology: Geology of Hawaii with Alan Boudreau

14. Upon Graduation
Hoping to pursue a doctorate
in Geology

15. Jordyn Freddi Silverstein
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry

16. While at Duke Honors Thesis: Prediagnosis of Type 2
Diabetes in Adolescents
• DukeEngage Guatemala
• Studied abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Durham Regent Retirement home volunteer
• Lenox Baker Children’s Hospital volunteer
• Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
• Deans List with Distinction
Favorite courses:
- Coming of Age at Duke with Sheryl Welte
- Physiological Genetics of Disease with Frederick Nijhout
- Aging and Health with DeborahGold

17. Upon Graduation
Life Sciences Consulting
with Simon-Kucher in
New York City