The Senior Integrated Project (SIP) is the capstone of Kalamazoo College’s program of liberal arts education, offering students the opportunity to make use of all of their experiences at the College. The SIP is an occasion for independent scholarship, often in conjunction with an internship or other creative activity which results in a written report, performance, or exhibit. Rather than selecting only a subset of students to work on an honors project or thesis, the College considers such independent work a significant part of the education of all Kalamazoo College students and requires it of all seniors.

February 11, 2026
The 2026 Religion SIP Symposium
The 2026 Department of Religion SIP Symposium was held on
Thursday, February 11, in the Hick’s Banquet Hall.
The SIP Symposium Program
5:30pm – Welcome: Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada
5pm – Dinner
5:30pm – Dr. Maldonado-Estrada, Introduction
5:35pm – Cherry Acosta Juarez
“Perform, Profit, and Protect: Santiago Matatlàn’s Relationship with Tourism”
5:55pm – Evan Barker
“In Love with Immortality: An Examination of Romances with Gods, Vampires, and Fae”
6:15pm – Gabriella Barry
“Divine Dreaming: How God Finds Us In Our Dreams”
6:35pm – Erendira Cabrera
“Sacred Geometry and Sacred Places”
6:55pm – Reagan Woods
“Should I Stay or Should I Go?”: Understanding Modern Christian Disaffiliation Through an Experiential Church Internship”
7:15pm – Conclusion