Marissa O’Connor Nicosia ’07
PhD candidate in the department of English at the University of Pennsylvania…Her work on early modern drama and poetry engages with the fields of book history and political theory…Current research focuses on print, genre, and politics in seventeenth-century England
Eva Rosen ’05
Doctoral candidate in sociology and social policy at Harvard after majoring in political science and French and Francophone studies at Barnard…Her dissertation is an ethnographic study of Baltimore neighborhoods emerging in the wake of public-housing demolition
Suzanne O’Connell ’00
PhD candidate in horticultural science at North Carolina State University and a recent Fulbright Fellow to Honduras…Research focuses on indicators of nitrogen mineralization from cover crops in organic farming systems (cover crops protect and improve the soil while acting as a natural fertilizer)…Hopes to encourage sustainable farming in the U.S. and abroad through a combination of science and policy work
Hannah Elmer ’06
PhD candidate in Columbia’s history department…Specializes in the cultural history of medieval Europe…Developing projects on crime, punishment, and the Dominican Order, and conceptions of regional identity…Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to study Middle High German and Old Norse in Vienna, Austria…Master’s degree in early modern history from Berlin’s Free University
Tara Aisha Willis ’09
Graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Academic Fellow in Spanish…Recipient of several Barnard poetry awards… Choreographed performance piece with aid from the Centennial Scholars Program…Van Lier Fellowship…Dancer for independent projects around NYC…Program associate at Movement Research…Performance studies master’s program at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
