Allison Anoll

Hello Friends.

Name: My name is Allison Anoll.

Major: I'm a double major in American Studies and Government.

Hometown: I like to identify my hometown as Exit 152B off I-95. If you're not familiar with Northern Virginia, that's the western side of Prince William County.

Service Involvements: My time at William and Mary has been shaped largely by my involvement in the Sharpe program. As a freshman I was a Sharpe Scholar in the Citizenship and Community class. During my sophomore year, I lived in the Community Scholars House and created the Sharpe Ambassadors program. This program morphed into my position as a Program Assistant for Sharpe during my junior year. This year, I will continue my work as a Program Assistant as well as fellowing for the Citizenship and the Community class. In addition, I will be teaching the Civic Engagement Seminar for upperclass Sharpe Scholars in the fall.

Outside of Sharpe, I am a Tour Guide for the College and work in OSVS as a Community Service Leader. In this position, I organize weekend and day trips as well as schedule speakers for William and Mary students surrounding the topic of education.

Favorite Book: I'll have to go with Bowling Alone. Alongside being an incredible piece of quantitative research, the book gives drive and justification to my own research and service.

Ramble Ramble Ramble: My past research and my current honors thesis focus on the development of affective civic education. What I'm most interested in about service is its ability to inspire people to ask difficult questions about social justice, system stuctures, and their role as an architect in a changing society. I believe change is slow, but always possible. I believe education, especially in civic skills, is a skeleton key to paradigm shift. I believe discussion breeds change if only by making you think about your individual actions. And for all these reasons, I'm siked about SLC.