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Staff

Swat FLI Staff

Karen Henry '87

Dean of First Year Students

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8169
  2. Office: Parrish 130
  1. Profile
Karen Henry

Betsy Durning

Administrative Assistant, First Year Dean and Assistant to Assistant Vice President and Dean of Inclusive Excellence and Community Development

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5744
  2. Parrish 140
Betsy Durning

Nakia Waters

Program Coordinator FFI

Black Cultural Center

Dean's Office

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5541
  2. Black Cultural Center 303B
  3. Parrish Hall E126
waters

Swat FLI Interns

Zeus Borrego  '22
zborreg1@swarthmore.edu

Cindy Li  '20
cli1@swarthmore.edu 

Edna Olvera  '21
eolvera1@swarthmore.edu 

Evelyn Pineda  '22
epineda1@swarthmore.edu 

Naja Smith  '20
nsmith2@swarthmore.edu 

Dulce Ventura  '22
dventur1@swarthmore.edu 

First in Family Advisory Group

Elizabeth Vallen

Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology

Cell Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8048
  2. Martin 312
  1. Profile
  2. CV [pdf]

Research: Symbiosis in corals/anemones

Krista Thomason

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Coordinator for Peace and Conflict Studies Program

On Leave Spring 2021

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8429
  2. Beardsley 209
  3. Office Hours:

    Fall 2020 -  and by appointment

  1. Profile

Interests: Ethics, Moral Psychology, Kant's Moral Theory, Social/Political Philosophy
Ph.D., Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Nanci Buiza

Associate Professor

Coordinator for Latin American and Latino Studies Program

Peace & Conflict Studies

Department of Spanish

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8163
  2. Kohlberg 339
  1. Profile

Interests: Latin American literature, Central American and Mexican cultural studies, U.S. Latino/a studies, and diasporic and transnational community formations.

Nanci Buiza