Berkley Center

Living and studying in Mexico City, Jessica Frankovich (C'20) confronts the way violence and the threat of violence severely limits the right to mobility of women and inhibits their access to the public sphere.

Grace Ramstad (C'20) finds that a love and respect for time spent in nature has replaced the Lutheran church in the lives of many Swedes, but that ostensibly secular but religiously-based customs create a society where Lutheran-tinged secularism is seen as more valid than non-Christian religiosity.

Leah Kanzer (SFS'20) wrestles with her decision not to live with a "medium-low income host family” while studying abroad in Ecuador and describes her reluctance to use someone's life for her own educational development.