Sociology/Anthropology

Becky Dernbach held interviews with students across campus on the topic of racism at Carleton and wrote her thesis on topics regarding white anti-racist identities.

American Studies

Elizabeth Gray worked directly with the Laura Baker Center in Northfield to conduct a comprehensive historical analysis of the facility. The project is now used in publications and presentations by the facility.

Abigail Baum commuted to the Anishnabe Academy in Minneapolis for years to be a volunteer before presenting her senior thesis on the balance of academics and cultural relevance in the school.

Math

Math Department Senior Exercise
Challenge Math for 5th Graders
Gabe Hart, Alissa Pajer, Melissa Schwartau, Lily Thiboutot
Advisor: Deanna Haunsperger

This comps group created and wrote a set of fifty lesson plans for challenging mathematical investigations for fifth graders in the Northfield School District. These lesson plans will be used by parent volunteers in the fifth grade classrooms to provide once weekly one-hour pull-outs for children who are not being challenged by the standard fifth grade mathematics curriculum. The content covers an impressive range of mathematical ideas from geometry, number theory, combinatorics, algebra, computer science, probability, topology, and estimation, made understandable to fifth graders.