STUDENTS Student News IfQtua A New MALAS students at the August 2007 orientation. MALAS Graduates 2007 August 2007 Jessica Joy Gonzalez Thesis: "The Role of the Catholic Church in Colombian Social Development Post World War II." Margaret J. McCleland Thesis: "Gender and Family Roles in George Lopez: A Textual Analysis and Audience Study." Priscilla M. Medina Thesis: "Milk Production in Canete, Peru: Research on Child Nutrition and Health." Luciana da Cunha Monteiro Thesis: "Cross-Dressed Poetics: Lessons and Limits of Gender Transgressions in Brazilian Popular Music." Jacob Schultz Thesis: "Contemporary Brazilian Trade Policy: Content, Processes, and Politics." December 2007 Juliana Azoubel Thesis: "Frevo and the Contemporary Dance Scene in Pernambuco, Brazil: Staging 100 Years of Tradition." Jessica Bachay Thesis: "Banking on Remittances to Mexico: Business Opportunities and Challenges Megan Barolet-Fogarty Thesis: "The Female Sterilization Controversy: Framing Reproductive Rights at the Intersection of Race and Gender in Brazil." MALAS Graduates continued on page 15. 14 THE LATINAMERICANIST