Hello! Welcome to the digital portfolios of graduates of Clark University’s Community, Youth, & Education Studies (CYES) major. Unlike most majors at Clark, every student in CYES engages in a community engaged and socially transformative research project that we call “Praxis Projects.” They then turn these praxis projects into a senior theses. This becomes part of their digital portfolio, which is part of their requirements to graduate and complete the program.
Also, as a part of the digital portfolio, students develop their own theories of understanding based on three themes that undergird the CYES major. These themes are 1) critical theories on social inequity, 2) theories of positionality and identity in a social context and 3) theories of social change. Each student writes and rewrites their theories of understanding which ideally come to serve as their philosophy for living lives dedicated to greater equity and justice in the world.
Please click the links below to learn about our graduates, read their theses on their praxis projects, and learn from their theories of understanding in the world.
Class of 2019
Ben Forman
Linda Mindaye
Brittany Richard
Nia Slater-Bookhart
Micky Strachota
Naomi Weintraub
Class of 2020
Hannah Brier
MK Campbell
Christy Dang
Choe Dunnell
Louise Friedrich-Castronovo
Anna Kohanski
Kathryn Madaloni
Wendy Martinez-Calixto
Juhi Nath
Pauline Wan
Jess Zeyger
Class of 2021
Yasmeen Al-Adam
Michelle Coriano
Rebekah Etique
Gabrielle Joella
Lillian Johnson
Rachel Lawrence
Aidan Moffatt
Sophia Poulin
Deisy Rodriguez-Ledezma
Samantha Santos
Emily Vincent
Class of 2022
Riley Buckjune
Lily Bufalino
Emma Clark
Emily Dorsey
Sammy Eagen
Ilaria Fiorenza
Claire Jenkins
Ariana Kennedy
Sarah Krambeer
Jessy Martin
Willow McKeon
Kelly O’Brien
Olivia Shull
Ellie Sienkiewicz
Elena Sissell
Kaila Skeet-Browning
Grace Smith
Sophia Stewart-Chapman
Nicole Turetsky
Class of 2023
Rory Carrara
Leah Coen-Tarbox
Savannah Croft-Levin
Bea Gerber
Sydney Gibbons
Cam Gill
Sophie Gill
Sarah Gregory
Brynn Keevil
Erin Lally
Sydney Nilson
Aizoe Okaisabor
Rhya Sinnappen
Emma Theisen
Mariah Thron
JC Urella