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Undergraduate Associates 2015–2016

The following students have been appointed Undergraduate Student Associates for the 2015–2016 academic year and have received grants to support travel in connection with their senior thesis research on international affairs.

Neil Alacha (Social Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. The construction of “human rights” in Jordan by interactions between local and international actors.

Hanna Amanuel (Anthropology), Rogers Family Research Fellow. Female genital cutting and women’s rights’ agendas in Eritrea.

Amalia Bersin (Social Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. The securitization of HIV/AIDS and the implications for East Africa.

Colette Bishogo (African and African American Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Post-conflict resolution in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Matthew Disler (Social Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Government and social movements in contemporary Brazil.

Kirin Gupta (Joint in Social Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality), Simmons Family Research Fellow. A comparative case study of the violent formation of gendered subjectivities in Guatemala and Ecuador through the lens of street art.

Alice Han (History), Transatlantic Relations Undergraduate Fellow. How Charles De Gaulle and the French opened China for the United States.

Elsa Kania (Government), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Legal aid in China as an indicator of the prospects for reform.

Andrew Ma (Economics), Julian Sobin Fellow. Modelling and quantification of the effect of displaced households on host communities in Iraq.

Bianca Mulaney (Economics), Frank Boas Fellow. Assessment of the economic impact of antimicrobial resistance in agriculture.

Iyeyinka Omigbodun (Special concentration in Anthropology and African Studies), Rogers Family Research Fellow. An anthropology of “Good Governance” policy in Nigeria.

Andrea Ortiz (Social Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Class and prospective migrants’ perceptions on migration to the United States from Latin America.

Aman Rizvi (Social Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. The impact of democratization on national identity.

David Song (Social Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Transborder social movement networks and the spread of comfort women memorials in the United States.

Megan Taing (Joint in English and Folklore and Mythology), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Storytelling, memory, and genocide in the Cambodian diaspora in the United States and France.

Samuel Wallace-Perdomo (Government), Williams/ Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Comparative research on the Dominican and Costa Rican electoral management bodies.

Jessie Wyatt (Joint in Social Studies and Religion), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Fellow. Muslim community motivations in establishing a counter-narrative to violent extremism.

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2015 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize Winners

The Weatherhead Center congratulates the following Undergraduate Associates who were awarded 2015 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prizes on the basis of their outstanding scholarly work or research.

Daniel Barcia, “Restless Liberty: The Fall of Florida’s Maroon Haven and the Largest Slave Rebellion in US History, 1835–1838”

Hannah Mullen, “Shifting Scales of Justice: Military Justice Reform in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States”

Debbie Nnenna Ama Onuoha, “Murky Waters on a Gold(en) Coast: Discourses of Pollution along the Korle Lagoon, Accra, Ghana”

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