{"id":1150,"date":"2015-03-02T18:51:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T23:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/?page_id=1150"},"modified":"2015-03-02T18:51:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T23:51:41","slug":"meet-our-student-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/about_center\/people\/meet-our-student-advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Student Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Rich Allberry<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am a senior majoring in English. As a returning student, I started my degree for the sake of professional advancement: the technical writing field I wanted to move into required a\u00a0BA in English. To become a better job candidate is a great reason to pursue an English degree, but it is no longer my only reason. The faculty at URI has shown me more: to become a closer reader, a clearer thinker, and a more attentive listener. These skills are marketable, sure, but they\u2019re also worth pursuing for their own sake. I hope to teach literature to help others benefit from its study\u2014professionally and personally\u2014as I have.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\">Devon Andrews\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a Junior majoring in Philosophy and Writing and Rhetoric with a particular interest in Existentialism, and the communication of philosophical thought through creative literature. I&#8217;m also an avid pool player with a love of vinyl records. The draw of philosophy for me came from they way in which my entire world view can be changed by certain ideas and philosophical systems. I intend to\u00a0expand my knowledge of various philosophical ideas\u00a0to eventually formulate and produce\u00a0creative works which carry my own ideas as\u00a0a part of their themes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Olivia Chaves<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am a Senior at the University of Rhode Island. I am an English and Secondary Education major. I hope to become a local English middle school or high school teacher and give back to my community once I graduate. I have always been an avid reader and writer and a true supporter of the arts and Humanities.The Humanities are such an integral part of our society and culture and I think a wonderful field of study.\u00a0In my free time I love to spend time with family and friends, do yoga, play the guitar, and watch movies and films. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=deUFxGVRitM&amp;feature=youtu.be\">here<\/a> for to see a video of me playing at a local music festival a few years ago!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Tyler Donley<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m currently a Senior living in Newport, Rhode Island studying Film and Media at the University of Rhode Island. I must admit, it\u2019s a great field and I love it. When I first began my studies at URI I was an engineer. In high school I was always very good at math and science. I\u2019ve always been an incredibly logical and motivated person. Sounds like I\u2019d fit the engineer stereotype, right? Wrong. I just wasn\u2019t happy with what I was doing, so I switch my major to film \u2013 a topic I\u2019ve been passionate about my entire life!Since becoming a film major, I have completely immersed myself into the program at URI. On top of film, I enjoy doing other things like writing and recording music, snowboarding, windsurfing, and motorcycling.\u00a0Feel free to check out my\u00a0portfolio site <a href=\"http:\/\/tylerdonley.com\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/20150328_172624-e1437002084653.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1176\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/20150328_172624-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"_20150328_172624\" width=\"255\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a>Autumn Guillotte<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a Freshman double majoring in History and Philosophy and pursuing a minor in Labor Studies. After graduating, I intend to\u00a0go to law school, focusing on the arena of public policy.\u00a0 I am currently Clerking for the State Senate\u2019s Ethics Commission and Interning with the RI National Organization of Women legislation action committee. Because of my background and experiences within the Humanities, I feel confident that I will be able to establish a strong career in law and advocacy. The Humanities have given me the confidence and training to take on a broad amount of opportunities. I know that no matter what, I can fall back on the researching and analytic skills I have gained through the study of History and Philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Katie Owens<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a Junior at URI and I am double majoring in Italian and Philosophy. My focus right now is on my education, my future, and how I can make the most of what I have learned at URI. After graduation, I want to continue on to graduate school for something along the lines of grant writing, policy writing or philosophy. I want to apply what I have learned studying philosophy onto real problems facing the world today, such as global poverty and malnutrition. My majors help me learn valuable skills that I can transfer from school into the workplace, while teaching me about myself and the world.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><strong>Allie Roderick<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/image1-e1437002202347.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1174\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/image1-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"image1\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am a Freshman double-majoring in History and Secondary Education, because I am very interested in social justice and youth being educated on the world issues. I am a camp-counselor at my former high school,\u00a0Mount Saint Charles Academy&#8217;s Fine Arts Camp. I love being a camp counselor because the kids are so excited to learn new things that I want to learn with them. History is my focus of studies because I like to see how we got to where we are today. The social justice issues and cultural influences interest me the most about History. I hope I can go back to my high school with my degree and teach. I have had trouble in school since I started and I really want to help kids who struggle as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/photo-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1164\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/photo-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2\" \/><\/a>Kara Watts<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a third year PhD student in English, specializing in the British modernist novel, the politics of form, and affect studies. I&#8217;m writing her dissertation on charm as both critique and pointed aesthetic circulating among female modernists. The Humanities allows just such a discussion to occur &#8211; an everyday term, &#8220;charming&#8221; can be unpacked to reveal a host of political, social, and cultural assumptions. I&#8217;m passionate about the Humanities as a vital discipline, and happy to be serving on the Advisory Board!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rich Allberry I am a senior majoring in English. As a returning student, I started my degree for the sake of professional advancement: the technical writing field I wanted to move into required a\u00a0BA in English. 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