Administrative Staff
Department Administrator
Amanda Armstrong
Administrative Assistants
Calla Rhodes
College of Arts and Sciences, Senior
Major: American Studies
Minor: Anthropology.
Calla is interested in the construction of race, class, gender, and sexuality in American media.
Emily Scheibe
College of Arts and Sciences, Senior
Major: Economics
Minor: English
Emily is interested in ethics, Rock Climbing, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Lisette Blackstone
College of Arts and Sciences, Junior
Major: Anthropology
Minor: Cognitive Science
Lisette spent the summer working on her Stapleton Award research on drug addiction and harm reduction strategies in Dallas, Texas.
Katarina Junod
SFS, Senior
Major: International Political Economy
Minor: Religion Ethics and World Affairs
Kat spent the summer interning for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research remotely. She researched new companies in the food and ag space and kept up to date with how climate change is affecting the farmers in the US and worldwide. As the program was remote, she had to opportunity to spend time with her family at the beach and visit Zion National Park.
Sahar Wakilzada
SFS, Sophomore
(Planned) Major: International Politics
Minor: Arabic.
She is from Afghanistan but has been living in Virginia for about 7 years. She spent the summer in Amman, Jordan, studying Arabic with the State Department through the Critical Language Scholarship. She plans on going to law school after graduation, and loves to write.