Sorensen Fellowship Publications
Tracing Roots: Uncovering Realities Beneath the Surface (2012)
- Introduction - Mitra Shavarini
- Identity Troubles: Establishing National Identity in Post-War Northern Ireland - Rachael Koehler '13
- Changing the Culture of the Young Generation in Msunduza, Swaziland: The Role of Women - Mangaliso Mohammed '13
- Exploring the Informal and Semi Rural Economy: Impact of Microfinance in Tanzania - Karia Sekumb0 '14
- Building on the Past: Media Ethics in Rwanda's Evolving Post-Genocide Society - Robyn Spector '13
- The Merging of Times: Palestinian Refugee Identity Within the West Bank - Andrea Verdeja '14
Voices in Solidarity: Six Friends Reaching for Healing Across the World (2011)
- Introduction - Mitra Shavarini
- Planting Seeds of Peace: Teaching Nonviolence in Costa Rican Schools - Calliope Desenberg '12
- Trauma and Healing Through Art: Revealing the Power of Solidarity - Jessye Kass '13
- Rethinking Disability: Value in Human Difference - Sarah Michael '12
- Giving Voice - Shani Rosenbaum '12
- A Cure for Poverty: A Profile of Community-Based Healthcare - Piyawat "Paul" Sukijthamapan '13
- From Severed Roots: Journeys of Abuse to Empowerment at Thailand's Wildflower Home - Sarah Van Buren '13
- Introduction - Mitra Shavarini
- Confronting Community: The Complexities of Slum Life in Mumbai - Kayla Dinces '12
- A Lot Can Happen Over Coffee - Kelsey Grab '12
- Girl Power: Gender Roles and Women's Empowerment in Kyrgyzstan - Matthew Kupfer '12
- La Loma: Community and Education in a Rural Andean Village - Christopher Lau '12
- Her Story: The Struggles and Characteristics of the Kilimanjaro Woman - Tess Raser '12
- Treasure Amidst Trash: Preserving Community in the World's Largest Garbage City - Madeleine Stix '12
Sustaining Hope: Six Tales of Trauma and Transformation (2009)
- Introduction - Mitra Shavarini
- Reality and Reckoning: The Sanctity of Humanity in the Occupied Territories - Elizabeth Bowman '10
- Jamaica - No Problem - Lisa Hanania '11
- Defining Assistance: The Complexities of International Aid in Lesotho - Lauren Kraus '10
- Closed Doors and False Hope: A Critique of Medical Aid Provided by American-Run Organizations in the Sacred Valley - Kathleen Rees '10
- Forgive Them, Mother: Witnessing Impossible Forgiveness - Noam Shuster '11
- The "Right" Medicine - Gabriel T. Verzino '10
Contrasts & Connection: Nine Students Reflect on Their Worldwide Internships (2008)
- Introduction - Mitra Shavarini
- Barriers and Solidarity: An Outsider Navigates Northern Uganda and its Humanitarian Enterprise - Benjamin Bechtolsheim '09
- Searching for Relief from an AIDS Epidemic: Clients and Community at Gay Men's Health Crisis - Aaron Breslow '10
- From Where I Sit: Disconnected Memories and Thoughts From Beneath the 58,000 - Rachael Chanin '10
- Expectations - Hannah Janoowalla '10
- Discovering the Role Art Plays in Creating Social Change - Catherine McConnell '10
- Being Part of the Change - Avram Mlotek '09
- Live and Become - Judith Simons '10
- Through the Lens: The Insider-Outsider Conundrum that NGOs Face Working in Beijing, China - Angela Tse '08
- Searching for Peace through the Chaos: Peace and Development in Nepal - Aaron Voldman '09
Translations: Six Stories of (Mis)Understanding (2007)
- Introduction - Daniel Terris
- Stars in the Sky: Race, Class, and Security in Randleman, North Carolina - Ramon De Jesus '08
- ¡El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - Rachel Kleinbaum '08
- Sentences and Words: Language and Legacy Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - Daniel Koosed '08
- Uzi Kurinda Imana We: A Story of Resilience in Rwanda - Margot Moinester '09
- Coercion and Conversion: The Organic Farming Movement in Maharashtra, India - Neena Pathak '08
- Kakamega: Living and Learning in Kenya's Last Remaining Rainforest - Jamie Pottern '09
Alone With Five Others: Dispatches from a Changing World (2006)
- Introduction - Daniel Terris
- Perform for a Change - William Chalmus '07 (School of Playback Theatre, New Paltz, New York, and Contact Inc., Brisbane, Australia)
- Autonomy, Representation and Lekil Kuxlejal in Highland Chiapas - Daniel Duffy '07 (Red de Comunicadores Boca de Polen, Chiapas, Mexico)
- The Politics of History Education in the Balkans: The Young Generation as Transmitter of Reconciliation - Kosmes Kaprinis '07 (Kokkalis Foundation, Athens and Olympia, Greece)
- The End of Transition? Information and Democracy on the Brink of Bulgaria's Accession to the European Union - Josh Rosenthal '07 (Access to Information Programme Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria)
- The Art Therapy Centre: A Portrait - Naomi Safran-Hon '08 (Art Therapy Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Finding What's "Right": Understanding Women's Rights in Senegal through Multiple Identities - Dana Sawitz '08 (West African Research Center, Dakar, Senegal)
2005 Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellows
The Art of Coexistence: 6 Students, 4 Countries, 1000 Questions (2004)
- Introduction - Daniel Terris
- New Voices in Johannesburg: Melody and/or Cacophony? - Darnisa Amante '06 (Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Ice Breakers in Sri Lanka: How Do Grassroots Workshops Stop a Civil War? - Lisa Kim '06 (AHIMSA, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka)
- Picasso in Phnom Penh: Can Western Arts Help Heal a Nation? - Daniel Ludevig '06 (Reyum Arts Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
- A Nerve Center in Northern Ireland: Can Music Bring Down the Walls of Derry? - Patrick Raymond '05 (The Nerve Centre, Derry, Northern Ireland)
- Modern Missionaries in Cambodia: When Does Activism Become the New Imperialism? - Joshua Russell '06 (Womyn's Agenda for Change, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
- Artist Proof Studio in South Africa: When Does Optimism Silence Memory? - Amy Schiller '06 (Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Caminando con el Commandante: Experiencing Development and "la mistica" in Guatemala - Paul Adler '04
- Learning on La Finca: Community Development from the Bottom Up - Xiomara Gonzalez '05
- Fear of Getting Involved in Coexistence Groups - Ayham Bahnassi '05
- Issues of Fear and Identity in Engaging with Your Community - Matthew Harris '04
- Civil Society: The Only Comfortable Meeting Place for the Multi-racial, Ethnic, and Socio-economic Population of Cape Town? - Dierdre Mooney '05
- Between Hope and Struggle: Dialogue in Sri Lanka and Israel - Marina Pevzner '04
2002 Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellowships
- Voices of Youths: Let Us Live as One - Trang Nguyen '03
- Everybody Hurts: Vying for Victimhood in Northern Ireland - Miriam Kingsberg '03
- Existence and Coexistence: Class Strata and Coexistence - George Okrah '03
- Action and Growth Among Youth in the Inner City: Learning How to Grow and Thrive Through Adversity - Susan Ulrich '03
- Transforming Conflict in a Developing Nation: Challenges and Opportunities - Jocelyn Berger '03
- Transforming Conflict in Sri Lanka: Coexistence as a Mean to Sustaining Development - Aran Lavi '04
2001 Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellows
- Reconciling Peace and Justice: Economic Development and Community-Building in Sri Lanka - Jennifer Lewey '02
- Bridging the Gap: Dialogue in a Divided Israel - Daniel Weinstein '02
- A Personal Peace: Reconciliation on an Individual Basis for the Children and Families of Northern Ireland - Maryanne Cullinan '02
- Lifting the Shackles: Women Building Peace in an Unreconciled South Africa - Aliya Caler '02
- Cultural Frameworks: Shaping the Ways People See, Understand, and Act in the World - Yaser S. Robles '03
- South African Women Unite: Gender Rights Lobbying and Advocacy - Anna Jaffe-Desnick '02
- Desperate to be Recognized: Youth in South Africa - Nakisha Evans '02
- Joining a Community for Humanity - Zach Sherwin '02
- Grenada: Memory Moving Forward - Tova Neugut '01
- Northern Ireland: Trauma and the Path Toward Healing in Rural and Urban Communities - Sarah-Bess Dworin '01
- Creative Ways to Reconciliatin and Coexistence in Northern Ireland and Beyond - Sophia Moon '02
- The Corrymeela Community - Andrew Slack '02
1999 Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellowships
- Education for Memory and the Continuing Struggle for Justice and Human Rights in Argentina - Wendi Adelson '01
- Understanding Jerusalem - Tamara Beliak '00
- Culture Preservation and Education in the Gambia, West Africa - Lauren Elson '00
- Media and Coexistence in Bosnia-Herzegovina - Keren Ghitis '01
- Grenada's Children: Educational Development on a Caribbean Island - Karen Hovav '00
- Claiming Half the Sky: Understanding Women-Centered Development in China - Devika Mahadevan '00
1998 Ethics and Coexistence Student Fellowships
- Ethnic Conflict and Human Rights in the Former Yugoslavia - Ariele Cohen '99
- A Call to Community: An Honest Conversation on Race, Reconciliation, and Responsibility - Liora J. Cobin '99
- Amazon Worlds Museum: An Experiment in Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Development in the Upper Ecuadorian Amazon - Ben Singerman '99
- Working for Human Rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - Forsan Hussein '00
- An Inquiry Into Poverty Alleviation: Rural Credit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan - Syed Nageeb Mustafa Ali '99
- Child Survival and Community Health Project in Cuamba, Mozambique - Eldad Elnekave '00
- NOVA: A Project in Environmental and Poverty Upliftment in Rural South African Communities - Brahmy Poologasingham '00
- Plague Control in Tanzania - Manuel Costescu '99