Don’t miss the Final Presentations of the Elliott School Undergraduate Scholars this Thursday, April 16, 2015 in the Lindner Family Commons (1957 E Street NW, Room 602). The full schedule is below, with Team UHP representin’ in bold.
10:00 to 10:55 am
Civil Societies in Transition: Building Social Cohesion in the Wake of Conflict and Disaster
- Spogmay Ahmed, Feminism Along the Frontier: Using Religion and Tribal Customs to Promote Pashtun Women’s Rights (Faculty Advisor: Professor Robert Shepherd)
- Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, Shared Grievances, Divided Response: The Impact of Ethno-National Discourse on Youth Civic Engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Faculty Advisors: Professors Robert Shepherd and Sarah Wagner)
- Hailey Pulman, Rebuilding Society: The Exploration of Ethno-Religious Peacebuilding in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka (Faculty Advisor: Professor Melani McAlister)
- Avani Singh, The Impact of Language on Haitian Society (Faculty Advisor: Professor Robert Maguire)
11:00 to 11:40 am
Security Challenges and Responsible Management: Chinese Cyber Threats, Mexican Vigilante Violence, and Pentagon Budget Battles
- Samuel Klein, Beyond Capabilities: Investigating China’s Military Strategy and Objectives in Cyberspace (Faculty Advisor: Professor C. Dianne Martin)
- Ryan Melcher, A Geospatial Analysis of Overlooked Authors: Understanding the Vigilante Outbreak and Federal Efforts to Quell Cartel Violence Michoacán, Mexico (Faculty Advisor: Professor Joseph Dymond)
- Michelle Shevin-Coetzee, Learning to Share the Pie: Civil-Military Negotiation over the Defense Budget (Faculty Advisor: Professor Stephen Biddle)
11:45 am to 12:55 pm
Framing the Conversation: Examining International and Domestic Political Engagement
- Anna Boadwee, KDU-ČSL in the Czech Republic: The Rise of a Christian Party in a Secular Nation (Faculty Advisor: Professor Ingrid Creppell)
- Jennifer Hamilton, The Impact of Popular Definitions of Democracy on Democratic Legitimacy in Select African Countries (Faculty Advisor: Professor Eric Kramon)
- Rosa Kim, Civil Society in Japan-Republic of Korea Relations: Roles and Potential in Facilitating Reconciliation (Faculty Advisor: Professor Daqing Yang)
- Paul McKinney, What We Talk About When We Talk About Iraq: Identifying Dominant US Narratives and Their Impact on Sectarianism (Faculty Advisor: Professor Dina Khoury)
- Nicolás Pedreira, An American Embassy in Iran (Faculty Advisor: Professor Henry Nau)
1:00 to 2:00 pm
Land and Labor: Implications of Social Roles on Quality of Life, Public Health, Social Change, and Political Access
- Pamela Levy, Pay to Play? The Impact of Russian Policy-Making on Uzbek Labor Migration (Faculty Advisor: Professor Marlene Laruelle)
- Samah Mcgona, Perceptions of Gender Roles and Property Rights: Analyzing Policy as a Mechanism for Safeguarding Women’s Land Rights in Liberia (Faculty Advisor: Professor Nemata Blyden)
- Sarah Sawyer, Occupational Health Risk Factors for Schistosomiasis: Systematic Review and Analysis (Faculty Advisor: Professor Amira Roess)
- Julia Wagner, Construction of the Sustainable Waste-Picker in Buenos Aires (Faculty Advisor: Professor Lisa Benton-Short)
