Clark University senior Anna Voremberg spends summer examining human rights issues

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Clark University senior Anna Voremberg

WORCESTER, MA (08/10/2012)(readMedia)-- Clark University senior Anna S. Voremberg, of New York City, is spending her summer interning at The Consortium on Gender, Security, and Human Rights, conducting research with funding from the University's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program.

In addition to various organizational activities, Voremberg is examining and producing a state of the field report on forced abortion, forced marriage, and forced pregnancy. She is also conducting research on women's experiences as policymakers in the international sphere.

Olga Litvak, associate professor in Clark's Department of History and Michael and Lisa Leffell Chair in Modern Jewish History, supported funding Voremberg's internship proposal.

"Anna communicates her ideas with passion and precision. Her written work manifests a strong capacity for researching and conceptualizing a difficult topic and presenting it in a compelling and original manner," she wrote. Professor Litvak also said the student "writes with a sense of serious scholarly purpose" and has a "solid grasp of complex historical questions that continue to remain relevant in today's world."

Two other Clark undergraduates also received stipends from the Program this summer to pursue internships or study opportunities in the field of Holocaust and genocide.

"Each of the students clearly benefits from her summer internship or study opportunity. The impact of their experiences, however, extends beyond these three students to the broader Clark community," said Shelly Tenenbaum, chair of the Department of Sociology, and director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Undergraduate Program. "The classroom is transformed when these students return to campus and share their new insights with their peers and professors."

The Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program has been offering summer internship stipends every other year since 1999. Students are awarded the internship stipend on the basis of their academic record and internship proposal. Voremberg is being funded by the Ina R. and Haskell R. Gordon Fund.

Voremberg is a member of Clark's Class of 2013. She majors in psychology with a concentration in Holocaust and genocide studies.

On campus, the student works as a Scarlet Key Ambassador in Clark's Office of Admissions and as an assistant to Professor Tenenbaum. She is completing her honors thesis in psychology, and will also be editor in chief of STIR magazine, Clark's arts and lifestyle publication. Voremberg is also the recipient of a Merit Award Scholarship and a Colin A. Witkin Scholarship for Creativity in Psychology.

Voremberg is a 2009 graduate of Tenafly High School in New Jersey.

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