Film and Representation Studies

Everything I do is with the intention of bringing people together and creating a collaborative community.

I am a graduate of the class of 2022. I majored in English and minored in Film and Representation Studies. Born in the Far East of Russia, I came to St. Lawrence to follow my dreams and pursue my interest in the field of film and media. During my journey, I realized that my cultural background has opened a path to connecting with others, listening to others, and sharing achievements we all perished throughout our life. My empathy and compassion led me to start in a new field of sales and financial services.

Kam Omari '24 is an international student from Beirut, Lebanon. Kam is dedicated to the representative power of the performing arts, especially outside the theatre. Kam's artistic efforts often include advocacy for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, racial minorities, and refugees. They hope to become a drama therapist and use their expertise in theatre to assist in the rehabilitation of marginalized individuals around the world. 

My name is Drew Racioppa, a senior at St Lawrence University. In my 21 years of life, I have really come to value the education of experience. I realized as a teenager that to help change the world, you have to see it. You have to feel the water, see the birds, learn the language, bake the bread. I became obsessed with communication and how people from different cultures interact. I have studied mangroves in Kenya with the Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute and worked on the highest continuous peak planting native mamane trees on Mauna Kea in Hawai'i.

Hannah Rutkowski '22 is a writer and editor who majored in English and minored in film studies and gender studies during her time at St. Lawrence. An avid book lover, she is interested in pursuing the publishing industry, and is exploring what parts of the industry she might fit into through internships with St. Lawrence Magazine, The Adirondack Review, and soon Slag Glass City. Rutkowski will be attending Depaul University this fall for an MFA in Writing and Publishing where she'll be working with Slag Glass City and taking in all that Chicago has to offer.

Ángeles Zúñiga is a candid human rights advocate from Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. She graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2022, with a major in Global Studies and a double minor in Film and Education. She is also a UWC ISAK Japan alumna, Semester at Sea alumna, and Davis Scholar. During her entire senior year, Ángeles enrolled in the Career Services Internship Course, and was a Detained Units Intern for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.

My name is Nikki Petrescu-Boboc and I’m a junior at St. Lawrence University. I am majoring in English, specifically creative writing, and minoring in Film studies. Currently, my goals and interests are that of pursuing screenwriting as a career path.  

Lauren Donohue, '21, is a Psychology major with minors in Sports Studies and Exercise Science and Film Studies. She is a Senior Fellow in the Admissions Office and is working on a SYE that is an extension of her summer fellowship. She hopes to go to graduate school and one day be a Psychology Professor or something surrounding that field. She is a captain of the Women's Varsity Volleyball team and spends her free time writing articles for the HerCampus online women's magazine.

Bridger Royce ('22) is an English Major with a longstanding appreciation for and fascination with rural spaces, especially Upstate New York. During the Summer of COVID-19, he enjoyed a hermitage at his grandparents' horse farm in Degrasse, where he wrote under the mentorship of Professor Paul Graham. Royce's stories explore life in Northern New York, often through extremity and the moments when good luck runs out. Since concluding the fellowship, he has continued working within this vein, and hopes to build these stories into a collection.