Session VI: Public Policy & Social Movements 11:45am-1:00pm MGC 3
Daria Dudzinski
Faculty Sponsors: Profs. Anthony Miller & Christie Parell
Rhetoric vs. Reality: The State of Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military
Matthew Waskiewicz
Faculty Sponsors: Profs. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers & Seth Gershenson
Agritourism as a Driver of Peri-Urban Economic Development
Isaiah Beaton
LGBT Homeless Youth
Faculty Sponsors: Profs. Anthony Miller & Gina Lambright
Lucas Wright
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Alan Levine
Community and Sovereignty Online: Cyberspace as a Setting for Citizenship
Reiter Boldt
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers & Dan Freeman
Genetically Modified Food Labeling Policy in the United States: A Rationale for Policymaking
Suzanna Steele
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Elizabeth Sherman
Men’s Meaningless Movement
Session VII: American Politics 11:45am-1:00pm MGC 4
Arlene Pun
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Measuring Presidentialization
Jordan Barth
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jan Leighley
Trusting Government: A Primer
Brian Hamel
Faculty Sponsors: Profs. Jan Leighley & Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Using Electoral Loss to Understand Contribution Motivations
Closing Remarks & Awards
1:00pm-1:15pm
MGC 5
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Jessica Waters, J.D.
Join us next year for the 9th Annual School of Public Affairs
Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 26, 2017.
8th Annual
Undergraduate
Research
Symposium
Wednesday April 20, 2016
10:00am – 1:15pm
Check in at 9:30am
Mary Graydon Center, Rooms 2-5
Opening Remarks & Welcome 10:00am – 10:15am
MGC 5
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Jessica Waters, J.D.
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Recruitment & Retention, Justin Williams
Session I: Education Policy
10:20am-11:35am MGC 2
Deep Dhaliwal
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
Student’s Experiences at a DC Public Charter School: A Program Evaluation
Ashlyn Dean
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
Students Who Drop Out of High School: From their Perspectives
Antonio Alvarez
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
How to Support Students to Prevent Drop-Out: Focus Group Results
Lee Clyne
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
Charter School Students Perspectives on Why Students Drop-Out of School
Elizabeth Pancotti
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Seth Gershenson
The Effect of State Accountability Policies on Postsecondary Outcomes
Session II: Justice & the Law
10:20am-11:35am MGC 3
Peter Hutchinson
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Beatrix Siman Zakhari
Unaffordable Public Defenders: A Hidden Miscarriage of Justice
Session IV: Poster Sessions – All Fields 10:20am-11:35am MGC 5
Alaa Chaker
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Tricia Bacon
Divided They Fight: How the Structure of Conflict Explains Variation in Foreign Fighters’
“Impact”
Lars Emerson
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Unemployment in a Post-Recession Environment
Evan Sageser
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Age, Education and Trust in Vaccines
Chloe Kuske
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Paul Manuel
Dialogues on Abortion for Women
Jasmine Nadim
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Anthony Miller
America’s Largest Desert: The Economics of Food Deserts
Andrea Walton
Faculty Sponsors: Profs. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers & Michelle Newton-Francis
The Approval Stage of Congressional Candidacies Whither Gender?
Session V: Education Policy 11:45am-1:00pm MGC 2
Diana Knott, Samantha Gies,
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
& Rhea Kapadia
The Impact of a Residential Program on the Lives of Urban Public Charter School Students:
Interview Results
Noah Levy
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Katie Frey
Increase the Minimum Wage to Save Felons
Shyheim Snead, Carly Mitchell,
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
& Brandan Persaud
The Impact of a Residential Program on the Lives of Urban Public Charter School Students:
Focus Group Results
Vivian Hagerty
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Tricia Bacon
Terrorist Divorce: Examining Alliance Break-Ups and the Al Qaeda/ISIL Split
Ariel Gomez & Nicole Barnes
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
Amplifying Urban Youth’s Voices through Video: A Community-Based Research Project
Rain Freeman & Marieka Cober
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Claire Griggs
Juveniles with Disabilities: Miranda Rights and Reasonable Accommodations
Daniel Budai
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
The Impact of a Residential Program on the Lives of Urban Public Charter School Students:
Quantitative Results
Session III: Historical & Cultural Inquiry 10:20am-11:35am MGC 4
Mary-Margaret Koch
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jane Palmer
Student Mental Health Concerns and Community Response at a Mid-Size Private University
Aliya Levinstein
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jennifer Gumbrewicz
A Historical Comparison of the Treatment of Jews and Muslims in Pre-World War II and
Present-Day Germany
Nick Allmaier
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Alan Levine
19th Century Travelers in America
Lexi Ivers
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Douglas Klusmeyer
Shades of Equality: The Constitution as a Pro-Slavery Document
Megan Crowley
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Douglas Klusmeyer
The Role of Religion in Asian Human Trafficking
Thank you to our faculty judges:
Tricia Bacon, Chana Barron, Brad Bartholomew, Bill Davies,
Chris Edelson, John Firman, Kathleen Frey, Claire Griggs, Jeremy
Janow, Constance Lindsay, Dave Marcotte, Scott Patrick, Daniel
Puskin, Joanne Savage, Lara Schwartz, Elizabeth Sherman,
Carletta Sims, & Diane Singerman