Class of 2020

Liya Nuru Abseno

Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Quote: “If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.” -Maya Angelou

Parting Thoughts: Thank you to all my professors, advisors, friends and family for supporting me so I could graduate and move on to the next chapter of my life. 

Ama Amissah

Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Favorite WGS Class: WGS 4500: Violence Against Sexual Minorities with Doug. He shows deep understanding and analysis of certain acts of discrimination there are towards the LGBTQ community and you can learn so much from him, his critiques, and the readings assigned.

Favorite Book: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Gillian Betz

Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Parting Thoughts: Thank you WGS for an incredible undergraduate experience. Through my WGS courses I met amazing students and faculty that changed my life. This department is truly the best one at UVA and for that I am eternally grateful. Go Hoos! 

Quote:  "The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself. If I wasn't gonna fight for me, who else was?" from All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson 

 

Clara Sophia Camber

Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Awards: Dean's List for 8 consecutive semesters, Jewish student of the class of 2020 most engaged with the Brody Jewish Center

After graduation Clara will be working with Avodah in Washington DC.

Quote: "Fear can mean two things: forget everything and run or face everything and rise" - Zig Ziglar

 

Holly Wingfield Carrington

Minor

Margaret Chamberlain

Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Favorite WGS Class: Intro to WGS with Bonnie Hagerman because it introduced me to the department and my passion!

Quote: "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." -Margaret Thatcher

 

Camila Cifuentes

Major

Pronouns: She/Her

Camila plans to apply to PA schools while working as a clinical technician at Inova hospital

Quote: Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

 

Jennifer Christine Elisabeth Curry

Second Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Awards: Kishore Scholarship Nominee 

Quote: "Come, my friends, 'T is not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die." 

Kendra Eden Delahunt

Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

In the fall Kendra will attend the University of Chicago in pursuit of a Masters in Social Sciences.

Parting Message: The work being done by the WGS Department is incredibly important. Thank you for an amazing four years.
 

Ariana DeLaurentis

Major

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Awards: Echols Scholar, Dean’s List, and Intermediate Honors

Quote: "The liminality of selfhood is a liminality of otherness, a surrender that embraces what it is to be other, a practice of tension between two essential principles: 'I am (a) me' and 'I am someone's an/other.'" -Dr. Kevin Quashie

 

John Landers Dunkenberger

Minor

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Favorite WGS Class: Human Sexuality taught by Lisa Speidel.  Lisa created such incredible discussions on very important topics and it is a class that I would encourage everyone to take.

After graduation Jack hopes to work on the production side of the film industry when the economy re-opens. Until then he will be raising his new dog Tyson and doing freelance work in filming and editing.

Caroline Hackler

Major

Samantha Jane Hammer

Major, Gender Concentration

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Awards: Madison Tutoring Program Director

Favorite Book: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

 

Ariel Harris

Major, Gender Concentration

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Awards: Rush Family Scholar (2019-2020)

Quote: "When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.” Toni Morrison

 

Jemalyn Harvey

Major, Gender Concentration

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Awards: Dean's List

After graduation Jemalyn will be attending Saint Louis University School of Law to pursue a career in health law.

Quote: "Do all things with love"

 

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