CGS Fall 2023 Newsletter Highlights

 

Highlights from the latest Center for Global Studies newsletter. Student ventures, research, awards, presentations, and our latest Scotland trip are all featured. Check out the full newsletter for more.

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Student Ventures and Awards

In 2022-23, we supported 26 students, with awards totaling $56,600. All these awards were made possible by individual donations and the ongoing support of the Harris and Ellbogen endowments.

 

Centennial Scholar Awards

• Nini Gegidze: "American perspectives on NATO expansion"
• Hannah Mink: "Chilean-Bolivian International Transboundary Water Relations Post-Chile v. Bolivia"
• Skylar Chambers: "Modern Feminist Activism in Taiwan and Japan: A Comparative Examination of #MeToo's Influence"
• Dahara Don: "Socio-cultural and Economic Barriers Encountered by Women in Politics in Sri Lanka: A Case Study"
• Sylvie Hansen: "Native Americans & Nonsingular Subjectivities at the Metropole"

 

CGS Excellence Awards

• Erin Stewart: "Songs of Chesnut-backed Antbirds"
• Kimberley Jordan: "How does bill morphology impact foraging behavior in a tropical bird across a rainfall regime?"
• Leo Khasoha: "What explains commonness and rarity of small mammals in an East African Savanna: a test of the Niche-Breadth hypothesis"
• Mary de Aquino: "Examining the relationship between specialization level and niche breadth in army-ant following birds"
• Logan Armstrong: "Indigenous Peoples in Chile v. Bolivia"
• Haley Moon: "A Comparative Study of Universities Response to Sexual Assault"
• Naomi Boldon: "Discovering the role of MCS in epigenetic programming and behavioral outcomes"
• Lena Newlin: "Japanese American Wyomingites-an intergenerational story"