Skip to main content

Southern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions

Published date

Last updated

Alexandra Damianos

Alexandra is from Westport, Connecticut. She attends Southern Methodist University studying history and art history and hopes to work in a museum or auction house.

Project: Evidence of State Sanctioned Hit Squads

Ashley Ridge

Ashley is a senior at Southern Methodist University. As a Creative Writing major who also dabbles in visual art, she wants to one day produce graphic novels.  Her main interests include food/cooking, fashion design, fiction writing, drawing, and African/African-American history and culture.

Project: The Failure of Good Intentions: What Went Wrong with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission upon Granting Reparations?

Christine Devine

Christine is a senior at Southern Methodist University studying Advertising and Psychology. She grew up in Connecticut and visited South Africa a few times which sparked her interest in learning more about its history. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading and drawing.

Project: Debating the Church Street Bombing

Tristan Kelly

Tristan is a third year student at Southern Methodist University studying History. He is from Lost Altos Hills, California and likes spending his time with his dogs or playing sports.

Project: PEBCO 3 and the TRC

Virginia Boswell

Virginia is a third year History major and Fashion Media minor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Her area of interest is 20th Century European history and Fashion PR. She writes for a college fashion website and hopes to one day work in the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. Her interests include reading, art, cooking, and horseback riding.

Project: Adriaan Vlok and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Andrew Mintz

Andrew is a junior at Southern Methodist University, studying History and Sports Management. He is a native of Houston, Texas. He thoroughly enjoys watching soccer, football, and basketball. Aside from his studies, Andrew works for the SMU basketball team.

Project: Winnie Mandela: the Former Mother of the Nation

Brianna McIntyre

Brianna is a junior at Southern Methodist University studying History and Classical Studies. Her favorite things are traveling, enjoying friends, spending time with family, and old movies.

Project: Art Inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

David Codron

David is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a focus on Markets and Culture and a minor in Business. Almost halfway through his third year, David is scheduled to graduate May 2014. David’s life has been shaped by an international background, spending eleven years in Asia between the ages of three and fourteen, as well as having bilingual parents who grew up in Africa. Studying the world and other peoples’ culture is David’s greatest passion and David has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to travel to many different countries in his short, twenty one year lifetime.

Project: Antjie Krog: The Altruistic Author on the Truth and Reconciliation Council

Gianna Duran

Gianna is a senior at Southern Methodist University, majoring in History with minors in political science and Business. Spent the spring semester of my junior year living in Italy and traveling Europe. 

Project: Kader Asmal

Jaime Ibarra-Perez

Jaime is a junior at Southern Methodist University studying History. He plays soccer for SMU and enjoys playing guitar and pool. He has travelled to several different countries to play soccer, including Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay.

Project: Eugene de Kock

Michelle Marriott

Michelle grew up in Maryland, but goes to school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is a sophomore at SMU where she is studying History, English, and Education. She intends to become a teacher after college and enjoys music, sports, and traveling.

Project: Albie Sachs

Saif Pardawala

Saif Ali is a junior at Southern Methodist University. He is a History major with a minor in Arabic and a Pre-law Scholar

Project: TRC Cradock Four Amnesty Hearings