USE Biography



SAMANTHA HEAVNER, Junior studying History and Literature



Major: American History and Literature

College/Employer: Harvard

Year of Graduation: 2020

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Hi! I'm a Sam, a junior at Harvard originally from Pomona, New York. I study American history and literature with a secondary in African-American studies. I'm interested in 20th-century cultural history and the study of childhood, reading, and education. On campus I sing in the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and work with the Small Claims Advisory Service. I'm super excited to teach with Splash this year!



Past Classes

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H26: Fairy Tales and Bedtime Stories in Splash Spring 2019 (Apr. 27, 2019)
This lesson will discuss childhood and the stories we’re told when we are young. Using key works in the children’s literature genre across various cultures, we would be able to track the social messages coded in these texts and the ways in which they represent the values and beliefs of a given community. This interdisciplinary "cultural studies" lesson will allow students to debate the moral and philosophical meanings of folkloric texts and to consider the role of popular stories in wider cultural contexts.