Class Day May 29, 2020
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School Virtual Class Day Schedule of Program Events
Master of Ceremonies Paul A. Lipton Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education Welcome and Opening Remarks Mark W. Watson Acting Dean, Woodrow Wilson School Presentation of Awards David S. Wilcove Faculty Chair, Undergraduate Program Paul A. Lipton Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education Closing Remarks Paul A. Lipton Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
Woodrow Wilson School Prizes and Awards Lieutenant John A. Larkin Memorial Prize
Awarded to the senior who writes the best thesis in the field of political economy or on a broadly interdisciplinary subject in which economics plays the most important part.
Woodrow Wilson Senior Thesis Prize
Awarded to seniors who write theses of unusual merit
Myron T. Herrick Prize
Awarded to the writer of the best senior thesis in the Woodrow Wilson School.
Gale F. Johnston Prize in Public Affairs
Awarded to a senior who has shown both great improvement and achieved excellence in work in the Woodrow Wilson School.
Class of 1924 Award
Awarded to the senior whose contribution to a Policy Seminar has been judged most outstanding.
Donald E. Stokes Dean’s Prize
Awarded to seniors who have displayed extraordinary leadership and made the most significant contributions to the Undergraduate Program and to the Woodrow Wilson School.
Awards and Scholarships Previously Received Fulbright Scholar Juston Forte Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Fellowship Grace Baylis Diana Sandoval Simán Jason Wee Janet M. McCartney Scholar Jason Allen Vernon W. Metz Scholar Olivia Ott Rhodes Scholarship Ananya Malhotra Charles Plohn ’66 Scholarship Nazenin Elci Scholars in the Nation’s Service Fellowship Alexandra Zalewski Schwarzman Scholars Nathan Levit R. W. van de Velde Award Ann Cory Ramzie Fathy Mabel Felix Brendan Galvin Olivia LeSueur Nathan Levit
Bozhidar Stankovikj Morgan Steelman Owen Tedford Jason Wee Nicole Zivkovic
Senior Thesis Name Graham Adomitis Daniel Afrifa Eun Ahn **Rose Arbittier *Kaveh Badrei Jason Allen Grace Baylis *Adam Beasley **Aoife Bennett *Kasey Bersh Tania Bore Winifred BrandfieldHarvey *Alexandra Burghardt
Title Defending the Eastern Front: The United States and NATO’s Effect on the State of Lithuanian National Security Stop Picking Your Poison: Icers as a Framework to Minimize Ghana’s Hydro Costs The Role of Technology in Combating Sex Trafficking Defining “Reasonable Accommodation”: Reframing the Americans with Disabilities Act through the Disability Human Rights Lens Hybrid Legitimacy: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Hybrid Tribunals in International Criminal Law Schools’ Advance: Teacher Evaluation in New York City Combatting Human Trafficking Does Not Have to be at the Expense of Sex Workers Making Mobility Work: Understanding Housing Choice Voucher Recipient Preferences and Neighborhood Access in Dallas Legalizing Abortion in Ireland: Success and Failure in the First Years of Reform Combating Inequality: Recruiting Practices and Demographic Diversity in the US Military The Impact of Camp Detention on Women Empowerment in Kenya Are Drones Revolutionary: Assessing the Impact of Unmanned Systems within the Revolution in Military Affairs Theory Holocaust Remembrance, or Lack Thereof: An Analysis of Changes in Holocaust Portrayal in Polish and German History Textbooks, World War II–Present
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Senior Thesis Jackson Caputo Christina Chong Coco Chou Ben Clarke **Ann Cory **Audrey Davis Megan Donahey Jackie Dong Simone Downs *Nazenin Elci Madison Eller ***Alexander Essig
Grassroots Theory: Offering A New, Theoretical Approach to US Cyber Doctrine Traditional Roots and Modern Resettlements: Navigating Cultural Systems in the Development of Malaysia’s Orang Asli Mobile Dentistry and Chronic Absenteeism: A Dental Health Solution to Improving Education Quality and Student Performance Outcomes Diamonds in the Rough: Examining the Impact of FIFA’s Transfer Market Policies on the Well-Being of Minors It’s Not Easy Being Green: Corporate Environmental Activism in an Era of American Climate Policy Stagnation Women in Crisis: An Analysis of the Benefits of Gender-Responsive and Trauma-Responsive Treatment Models for Women in the Criminal Justice System Educational Progression or Regression? An analysis of the varied reactions to school choice policies in New York City Into a New Normal: An Analysis on the Economics of Labor Unrest Female Justice: A Qualitative Analysis of Gender Equality Policy Impact Through Gender Representation on the Supreme Courts of South Asia The ‘Unknown’ and ‘Frightening’ Butterfly: The Reversal of Turkey’s Kurdish Language Policy Empower Through Education: An Exploration of Sexual Health Education and Reproductive Health Resources in Laikipia County, Kenya Under Peaceful Skies: The Effects of Aerial Image Collection and Verification Technologies on United Nations Peacekeeping
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Senior Thesis *Couty Fall Ramzie Fathy
***Mabel Felix Kelcey Flowers Juston Forte *David Friedman *Brendan Galvin Jeremy Germain Rose Gilbert Mary Givens Andrew Gnazzo Monica Gomez **Rachel Granovsky
On Syrian Civil War or Regional Chess: An Analysis of Regional Dynamics From Protest to the Withdrawal of US Troops Judging Constitutions: Identifying Strategies to Reach a More Perfect Balance between Judicial Review and Representative Democracy through Comparative Constitutional Law “The People” Have Spoken: Explaining the Rise of Populism in Mexico and Brazil Local Action, National Movement: Immigrant Sanctuary in a Time of Militant Deportation Taking a Year Off: The Influence of Redshirting on Academic Achievement Across Socioeconomic Status and Gender Jummah on Jeju Island: Assessing the Legal Status and Integration of Yemeni Migrants in South Korea Feeding the Dragon: Chinese Oil Investment and Economic Statecraft Does Context Matter? An Analysis of MLB Stadium Subsidies in the Post-Camden Yards Era Disobedient Mayors: Exploring Intercity Collaboration as a Solution to Divergent Policy Preferences Between National and Municipal Government on Legge no.132 Healthcare Systems in Crisis A Unified Peninsula: Consensus as the Optimal Path to Korean Reunification A Study of the Colombian Venezuelan Migration Crisis: What Drives Colombia’s Open Arms Response? Health, Wealth, and Nativity: Re-Examining the Immigrant Health Paradox Among Low-Income Mothers
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Senior Thesis Sophia Gulati Jessica Harris Allison Harvey Sirad Hassan **Benjamin Hildenbrand *Julia Hillenbrand Roman Horoszewski Benjamin Issroff Jiayu Kong ***Nankee Kumar Nathaniel Lambert Yun Woon Lao Kierra Laube
Am I Here Because I’m a Girl? A Qualitative Analysis of Women in New York and Stockholm’s Finance Sector The Truth Behind the Terror: Analyzing the Cost and Effectiveness of Post-9/11 Homeland Security Spending What’s Your Name Worth? A Discussion on Amateurism, the NCAA, and How Collegiate Athletes Should Get Paid Trauma and Resilience: An Analysis of Somali Refugee Women and their Experiences with Health Care in the United States Tools to Fight Tobacco: An Assessment of the Legality of an FDA Prohibition on the Remote Retail Sale of Electronic Cigarettes In a State of Recovery: A Study of Ohio’s Response to the Opioid Crisis Through the Lens of Education, Child Welfare, and Data Policies Political Alignment, Protests, and Trade Local Change in a Global World: An Analysis of Immigration’s Relationship with Gentrifiation The Gradient of Health and Wealth: An Analysis of the Effect of Income on Health of Children in China Trauma in Their Telomeres: The Impact of Paternal Incarceration on Child Health and Wellbeing Different Gays, Different Gaze: Exploring the Effects of the Sanitization of Gay Men in Media The Watched and the Watchful: The Economic and Foreign Politics of the Chinese Communist Party’s Religious Persecution of the Uyghur Minority An Exploration of Self-Managed Abortion in the United States: Incidence, Behavior, Knowledge, and Preferences
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Senior Thesis Daniel Lee
Olivia LeSueur Katherine Leung ***Nathan Levit *Katrin Lewis *Janette Lu ***Ananya Malhotra ***Sarah Malik Adrienne Mandelbaum **Philippa Marks Benjamin Martin Jose Mazariegos
Equity in Transit: Evaluating the Modernization of the Chicago “L” Red Line South Branch Through an Analysis of Comprehensive Regional Planning Documents From An American Ideal to Political Rhetoric: How Presidents Have Shaped U.S. Refugee Policy Cultural Institutions Serving Ethnic Minorities in the City of Albuquerque: A Policy Case Study The Politics of Poverty: A Case Study Analysis of Interest Groups in Conservative State Legislatures A Crisis of Education: Female Secondary School Enrollment and Completion through the South Sudanese Civil War Limits Within the City: The Exclusionary Impacts of Zoning and Rezoning in New York City The Policy of History-Making: People, Place, and Time in the Memory of the Manhattan Project The Cost of Sending Money Back Home: An Analysis of Migrant-Skill Level and Informal Remittance Flows The Balancing Act: The Intersection of U.S. Economic and Humanitarian Policies and the Denuclearization Agenda in North Korea Covering America’s Contingent Worker: The Effect of ACA Mechanisms on the Insurance Prospects of PartTime Workers Cognitive Decline in Judges: A Statistical Analysis of State Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court Judges’ Performance Over Time Being Smart on Crime: A Correctional Officer Study Through the Lens of the Norwegian System
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Senior Thesis Kade McCorvy Atarah McCoy Sean McGowan Clare McKee Nell McKenna Molly Milligan Jona Mojados Taylor Nolan Courtney O’Brien Kezia Otinkorang ***Olivia Ott **Ilana Perkins
A Tale of Three Cities: Effects of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection on Border Town Economies Black and Blue on Bourbon Street: A Mid-Consent Decree Analysis of New Orleans Residents’ Confidence and Trust in The New Orleans Police Department The Economic and Political Impacts of Hosting a World Cup The Life of the Party: An Analysis of Electoral Systems, Electoral Context and Party Responsiveness in Europe The Milky Way: An Analysis of Medicaid Coverage of Donor Human Milk in Policy and in Practice Show Me the Money: Policy Options for Compensating NCAA Student-Athletes for Their NIL Rights Educational Inequality and Opportunity: The Effects of Secondary Education Expansion on Educational Attainment in the Philippines The Education Gender Gap: How Parent/Child Reading Trends and Parent Academic Expectations are Impacted by a Child’s Gender Balancing Access and Efficacy: Realizing the Potential of Stem Cell Therapies in the United States with Best Practices from Japan The Politics of Poverty Reduction: Exploring the ANC’s Policy Discourse on Non-Racialism and its Effects on the Persistence of the “Triple Challenge” in South Africa Legislative Lessons: An Analysis of State Anti-Bullying Interventions and their Effects on Student Outcomes Lighting a New Torch: An Analysis of Olympic Games Host Selection and Its Potential Implications for Human Rights
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Senior Thesis
*Lyric Perot Ethan Petno ***Stephen Phillips Gabriella Pollner Susan Powell James Proctor *John Ramirez **Jocelyn Reckford Andrea Reino David Roberts John Rose Haneul Ryoo
Sweet and Sour Investment: A Sentiment Analysis of Chinese Investment in Europe Grabbing the Tail of the Dragon: Understanding China’s International Crisis Response Process is Power: Improving the Political Mechanics of International Agreement Implementation in the United States Pride, Prejudice, and Policing: LGBTQ+ Lives and the Carceral State Trafficking in the Age of Trump: A Qualitative Analysis of the Immigration Restriction Approach to Human Trafficking Recovering The Unrecoverable? Understanding the Processes of Urban Stabilization and Redevelopment in America’s Legacy Cities Two Asian Giants, Too Many Men: Cultural Difference and the Consequences of the Sex Ratio Imbalance in China and India Weighing the Consequences: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Evaluation of Early Childhood Antibiotic Exposure as a Risk Factor for Obesity The Humaneness of the American and Norwegian Prison Systems: An Analysis of Mental Health and Recidivism I’m Not a Businessman, I’m a Business, Man: How Social Media Popularity Impacts Athletes’ Income Improving the Mental Health of Cystic Fibrosis Patients: An Analysis of an Understudied Issue The Untold Side of Artificial Intelligence: A Call For Researcher Protection From Vicarious Traumatization
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Senior Thesis
Tom Salama Shivraj Sandhu *Diana Sandoval Simán *Katherine Schneer *Jenna Shaw Rachel Silverman ***Bozhidar Stankovikj **Morgan Steelman *Eric Stinehart **Jane Sul
The Efficacy of Trade Adjustment Assistance in Targeting and Mitigating the Negative Impacts of Trade Shocks in Local Labor Markets Rethinking Data Privacy: Examining Innovative Policy Solutions and Private Sector Mechanisms for Consumer Data Privacy in the United States Gang Violence and the Politics of Popular Punitivism in El Salvador Urban Adaptations to Extreme Heat: Accessing Cooling Centers in Phoenix, Chicago, and NYC Testing the Waters: A Case Study of the Relationship Between Risk Perception and Water Consumption Habits in Trenton, NJ Violence and Radicalization in a Socialist Haven: A Study of Domestic Integration Policy and Taboo Culture in Sweden “Show Me Who Your Friends Are”: Constructing a Social Network Using Mobile Location Data On Bad Terms: The Effect of President Trump’s First Term on Preterm Birth and Prenatal Care Utilization Among Latina Immigrants The Potential of Chinese Manufacturing Investment on Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Ethiopia and Nigeria The Renewable Energy-Equity Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of the Governance of Renewable Energy and its Implications for Electricity Access in the Region
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**Owen Tedford Dayna Valek Sylvia Wallin
*Jason Wee Anne Marie *Jenny Xin *Zhiyu Aleesha Ye *Alexandra Zalewski *Laura Zecca Andy Zheng *Nicole Zivkovic
To Divide or Not to Divide: The Relationship between Chinese Foreign Direct Investment and European Countries’ Foreign Policy Views American Dream Turned American Delusion: High School Mathematics Education for an Idealized Workforce Regime Transition, Recession and Intoxicated, Violent Men: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Effects of the 1991 Transition on Russian Gender Dynamics Through a Feminist Lens Majmuk in Practice: Intergroup Contact for Prejudice Reduction in Malaysian Schools Where Camouflage Does Not Blend In: A Study of the Civilian-Military Divide and American Society The Model Maternity Myth: An Exploration of AAPI Experiences in the U.S. Maternal Healthcare System Freedom in Chains: An Empirical Analysis of Publicand State-Driven Support for the Privatization of Immigration Detention PiS’s Surprising Victory: Authoritarianism, Religion and the Welfare State Assessing Putin’s Foreign Policy: Diversionary Force and Social Cohesion in 21st Century Russia Away from the Hospital: Evaluating the Impact of the Affordable Care Act in New York and Florida on Preventable Hospitalizations No Education Without Representation: Analyzing New Jersey Charter School Websites and their Effect on English Language Learner Enrollment
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Undergraduate Program Committee David Wilcove, Chair Noreen Goldman Marzenna James Patricia Kirkland Paul Lipton Jonathan Mayer Jessica Metcalf Sophie Meunier Eduardo Morales Emily Pronin Undergraduate Program Prize Committee David Wilcove, Chair Alin Coman Paul Lipton Sophie Meunier Christopher Neilson Leonard Wantchekon Andreas Wiedmann Julian Zelizer
Undergraduate Student Committee Seniors Jackson Caputo Alexander Essig Couty Fall Janette Lu Olivia Ott Lyric Perot Anne Marie Wright Juniors Lyubomir Hadjiyski Emma Parish Benjamin Ryu Nikhita Salgame Aparna Shanker Abraham Wasserstein Undergraduate Program Staff Paul Lipton, Associate Dean Monica Ruscil, Director Jan Burch, Academic Program Coordinator Georgette Harrison, Administrative Program Coordinator
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