SPIA Undergraduate Class Day Booklet

Class Day May 24, 2021

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Virtual Class Day Schedule SPIA Undergraduate Program

Opening Celebratory Class 2021 Video Welcome and Opening Remarks Nolan McCarty Interim Dean, SPIA David S. Wilcove Faculty Chair, Undergraduate Program Student Class Day Address Remy Reya ‘21 Presentation of Awards David S. Wilcove Faculty Chair, Undergraduate Program Paul A. Lipton Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education Announcing Graduating Class David S. Wilcove Faculty Chair, Undergraduate Program Paul A. Lipton Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education SPIA Faculty Congratulatory Video

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Prizes and Awards Maggie Baughman

Nikhita Salgame

Eric Guerci Alaina McGowen

Cy Watsky

Morgan Mills

Edward W. Mowinckel

Morgan Smith Abraham Waserstein

Richard H. Ullman Prize

Awarded to the senior who writes the best senior thesis on a subject with foreign policy implications for the United States.

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.

School of Public and International Affairs Thesis Prize

Awarded to seniors who write the best thesis on racial justice.

Myron T. Herrick Prize Awarded to the writer of the best senior thesis in the School of Public and International Affairs.

Gale F. Johnston Prize in Public Affairs Awarded to a senior who has demonstrated scholarly growth and leadership combined with excellence in work.

Class of 1924 Award Awarded to senior whose contribution to a Policy Seminar have been judged most outstanding.

Donald E. Stokes Dean’s Prize Awarded to seniors who have displayed extraordinary leadership and made the most significant contribution to the Undergraduate Program and to the School of Public and International Affairs.

Prizes Awarded by Other Programs

Zoe Lindsay Kassinis

European Union Program Senior Thesis Prize Awarded by the European Union Program to the student who has written the best senior thesis on the topic of European integration.

Tyler Ashman

J. Welles Henderson ’43 Senior Thesis Prize in Legal Studies Awarded by the Program in Law and Public Affairs to the student who has written the most outstanding thesis on a law related subject.

Emily Reinhold

Environmental Senior Thesis Prize Awarded by the High Meadows Environmental Institute to the student who has written the best senior thesis in the broad area of Environmental Studies

Awards and Scholarships Previously Received Fulbright Scholar Abraham Waserstein James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Nikhita Salgame Janet M. McCartney Scholar Eric Guerci Vernon W. Metz Scholar Isabel Riggs Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize Amy Jeon R. W. van de Velde Award Didi Anekwe Chesley Chan Mittie Grace Doyle Eric Guerci Amy Jeon Zoe Lindsay Kassinis Mia Rosini Ashley Brynne Scott Gregory Terrell Seabrooks Aparna Shankar Kevin O’Toole Gabriella Tummolo

Senior Thesis Name

Title

Lisa Abascal Larson

An Investigation of the Link Between Remittances to Cuba and Economic Liberalization

***Noah Agarwal

Tactical Tariffs: Political Targeting in China’s Trade Policy

Haajar Alaoui

The Assessment of Immunization Infrastructures and Vaccine Opposing Movement in Japan, Norway, and The United States of America

*Miranda Allegar

“One Bad Silver Bullet”: Examining Title II Emergency Food Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa

*Didi Anekwe

Germán Felipe Arrocha Boyd

Biopower, Boyfriends, and At-Risk Bodies: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of Apartheid’s Role in Shaping Quid Pro Quo Relationships and HIV Vulnerabilities Among Black South African Women (1948-Present) El Progreso Acaricia Tus Lares: The Republic of Panama’s Fiscal and Institutional Decentralization

**Tyler Ashman

In The Court’s Shadow: Evaluating State Government Backlash to Obergefell v. Hodges

Maddie Bacskai

Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing: A Closer Look at Maternal Incarceration’s Impact on Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes

***Maggie Baughman

Selling China’s Story Well: The Chinese Government’s Pivot to ‘Privatized Propaganda’ on Western Social Media

Matthew Bomparola

Crisis on Wall Street: A Retrospective Analysis of the 2004 SEC Net Capital Requirement Rule Change

Grace Brightbill

A Resilience of Their Own: An Analysis of Iranian Women’s Rights and Movements Since 1960 Through Portrayals, Legislation, and Dissident Voices

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis Jake Brzowsky

Losing the Battle: How Jordan’s Governance Failures Enabled Water Losses and Prolonged its Water Crisis

Brandon Callegari

No Place to Call Home: An Analysis of the Drivers of Refugee Treatment in China and India

**Morgan Carmen

*Chesley Chan

Kelton Chastulik

“I Didn’t Need to Suffer”: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Contraceptive Decision-Making of CollegeAged Women Harnessing Social Media to Dispel Xenophobia: A Policy, Sentiment, and Regression Analysis of News Sources’ Immigration-Related Tweets and Engagement Navigating Home: Examining Rural Students and Their College Choices in an Age of College Undermatch

*Kavya Chaturvedi

Can Words Speak Louder Than Actions? A Text AnalysisBased Evaluation of the UK Modern Slavery Act

Emily Cheston

In Search of Medical Truth: How the History of Biological Determinism Threatens the Future of an Equitable AIIntegrated Healthcare System in the U.S.

**Elizabeth Melia Chittenden

The Social Mirror: A Survey Study on Arab American Experiences, Identity, and Mobilization Under the Trump Administration

Ben Clarick

Nicholas A. Coleburn Austin Colorite

Designing United States Policy for Iraq Following the Death of Qassem Suleimani, the Fall 2019 Protests, and the Confirmation of Mustafa al-Kadhimi as Prime Minister Uterus Collectors: An Exploration of Contemporary Coercive Sterilization Policy Faith, Foreigners and Fundamentalism: An Analysis of Clerical Impact on Congregational Sentiment Towards Undocumented Immigrants

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis *William Conte Tiffany Critchlow

Abraham Cruz-Peña

Reconceptualizing Farmer Tenure Contracts for a Greener Tomorrow Hardly Private and Heavily Attacked: An Analysis of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Regulations and Cybersecurity Measures for Digitally Vulnerable Healthcare Data A Dual Method Policy and Grassroots Approach to Creating Healthier Conditions for Small Business Entrepreneurship in US-Mexico Border Cities

Diana Dayoub

The Indian Crime-Politics Nexus: Who Is Paying the Price?

***Mittie Grace Doyle

Under-Fueled and Under-Supported: Addressing a Policy Void to Prevent the Female Athlete Triad and Bolster the Promise of Title IX

*Sydney Edwards

The Hidden Decision Makers: The Case for Expanding Advertising and Marketing Regulations to Include Psychological Manipulations

**Karolen Eid

As He Shall Deem Necessary: An Analysis of the Trump v. Hawaii Decision Through Precedents and Powers in the Executive-Judicial Relationship

Antonio Ferrer

The Swift Rise of Sports Gambling: Danger to Society or Economic Enhancer?

Julius Foo **Jacob Gerrish

Solving the Soft Power Gap: A Strategic Approach to U.S. International Student Recruitment Himalayan Rivalries: A Changing Asian Strategic Landscape

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis **Sydney Goldman

The Paradox of In/Visibility and Layers of Harm: The Experiences of Black Immigrant Women in the United States Immigration Detention System

Tiana Graham

Addressing the Root: US Emergency Management Interventions and Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Community Disaster Resilience

***Eric Guerci

Ready or Not, Here it Comes: American School Districts’ Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ameya Hadap

A Duty to Disarm: The Impact of the TPNW on French Nuclear Discourse and Ambition

**Lyubomir Hadjiyski

The European Parliament as a Rule of Law Promoter in the European Union Member State and Neighborhood Contexts

*Julia Harisay

What’s the Beef with the Media: The Effects of Social and Traditional Media on Biased Assimilation and Attitude Polarization on the Issue of Livestock Production and Climate Change

**Rachel Hazan *Eve Hewins **Seoyoung Hong Kris Hristov *Sullivan Hughes

Tips to Stop Fake News: Assessing the Effectiveness of Different Digital Literacy Interventions Fit for Social Media The Role of Gender in the Professional Advancement of Lawyers in the United States Evaluating the Inclusion of Women’s Voices and Feminine Framings on Climate Change in The New York Times The Lion, the Eagle and the Firehose: Understanding the Mechanism of Disinformation in Southeastern Europe Where Policy is Made: A Quantitative Analysis of Polarization on the U.S. Courts of Appeals

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis **Julia Ilhardt

The Fight for Fresh Air: Localized Movements for Environmental Justice and the Incremental Process of Policy Reform

Hans Imhof

The Modernization of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and its Effects on Solar Power Generation: An Analysis of the Implementation of PURPA in South Carolina

*Alex Jacobson

**Amy Jeon *Frederik Johne Gordon V. Johnson

A New Framework For Crime Deterrence in the Pandemic Era: Leveraging Collective Efficacy to Combat Rising Gun Violence Whose Nation? Defining the Dimensions of Nationalism through Public Opinion in the U.S. and Spain SNAP Meal Kits: A New Hope in the Fight against Obesity Cyber Warriors are the New Mercenaries: Information Warfare in the Second Libyan Civil War

Sydney Johnson

A Shifting Regulatory Drug Regime: What Measure 110’s Successful Campaign Teaches us About Decriminalizing Drugs in the United States

***Zoe Lindsay Kassinis

Locked Out of Lockdown: An Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Asylum Policies in Europe

Ethan Katz

Keep Your Friends Close: Cold War Détente as a Lens into Energy Security During the Clean Energy Transition

Shafaq Khan

Demography and Destiny in the Kashmir Valley: Secession in Theory and Practice

Brent Kibbey

The Judicial Appointments Process and Procedural Reform: Change in the Scorched-Earth Senate

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis Lucy Kloeppel *Aviva Kohn

Walk the Walk: School Choice Process Consistency in Large U.S. Public School Districts Worth a Shot: A Constitutional Investigation of Federal Vaccine Legislation

**Judy Koo

Looking at History or Seeking Partnership: South Korean Foreign Policy Toward Japan 1998-2019

Hollis Kuang

A Tale of Two Energy-Starved Nations: An Analysis of The Belt and Road Initiative’s Effect on Sustainable Development in Recipient Countries

Nisha Lakhiani

The Kids Are Not Alright: Investigating the Motives Behind Trump’s Zero-Tolerance Policy

*Regina Lankenau

Weathering the Storm: Harnessing Climate Migration from Central America to Advance the Sustainable Development Agenda

Caden Laribee

Labor Market Trends in Rural Economies: Diminishing Seasonal Fluctuations in Lewis County, NY

Calista Lee

“Chinese Virus”: The U.S. Government and Institutionalized Racism in the COVID-19 Pandemic

***Katherine LeggatBarr

Responding From A Fractured Foundation: An Analysis of the COVID-19 Response on the Navajo Nation, to Explain Observed Elevated COVID-19 Mortality Rates

***Harley Lopez Miro

The Impact of Admission and Financial Aid Policies on the Percent of Under-Represented Minority (URM) Students at the Top Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis **Imane Mabrouk

What I’m Living is Not A Life: Irregular Economic Migration at the Spanish-Moroccan Border and the Human Rights of African Youth

Annie MacDonald

DNA Information, Collection, and Databases, What’s the Harm? An Analysis of the Effects Supreme Court Rulings Under the Fourth Amendment DNA Privacy Rights Have on Direct-to-Consumer Privacy Policy Regulations

Rachel Marcheskie

Modernize and Reform HIV Criminalization Laws: The Role of Federal Mandates in the United States

*Cai Markham

Securitization for War: An Examination of the US Home Front During WWI and its Implications for Securitization Theory

*Alaina McGowen

Policing the Police: The Impact of the Black Lives Matter Movement on Eliminating Police Officer Investigatory Protections

Jaren McKinnie

Maintaining World Order: Re-Legitimizing the United Nations Security Council for 21st Century Geopolitical Realities

**Morgan Mills

Women’s International Bill of Rights? Analyzing CEDAW’s Impact on Women’s Economic Opportunity and Participation

*Edward W. Mowinckel

The Scramble for the Arctic: A Structural Realist Approach to the Geopolitics of the High North

Natashia Neckles

Enabling Social Good in a For-Profit Environment: What Works? Methods for Creating and Supporting Social Impact

*Apurva Nidgundi

An Analysis of the Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding in India

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis *Samuel Oh

**Patrycja Pajdak

Emma Parish Elizabeth Parker

MaryAnn Placheril

**Carlotta Platt

***Hannah Pouler

Sofia Quevedo **Sarah Radwan Victor Raiskin

Breaking Free of Square One: Policy Recommendations for the United States Regarding Successful Engagement Strategies Towards North Korea Disease and Information Dissemination: Analyzing the Media’s Role in Promoting the Public Health Agenda During the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics Voting 101: What Universities Can Learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic About Increasing Student Voter Turnout Local Journalism and Governance: the Impact of News Sources and Forms on Community Cohesion and Government Outcomes Whose City Upon a Hill? A Mixed Methods Analysis of Race, Foreclosure, and Investor Buyers In Boston, Massachusetts Containing the Contagion: Determinants of Government Response to the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe Sustenance and Stigma: Examining the Determinants of Nutritional Welfare Participation in Minnesota and Tennessee Pregnancy and Prejudice: Race & The State’s Response to Pregnant Drug Use A Domino Effect: Tourism and Egypt’s Reliance on the Informal Economy During the COVID crisis What to Do About Rural American Disproportionate Disadvantage & Disproportionate Inattention

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis **Enver Ramadani

Right-Wing, Wrong Answers: Legislative Responses to RightWing Terrorism in the United States

Nico Ramos

The Mexican Cartels: A Threat to the National Security of the United States

*Emily Reinhold

Perpetual Plastics No More: Large-Scale Plastic Waste Mitigation in a Circular Economy

Remy Reya

Seeking Refuge in a Global Pandemic: Understanding Emergency Homeless Shelter Needs During Public Health Crises

**Gabrielle Rich

Japan and the Power of Production: Japanese Protectionist Policy Since the Mid-19th Century

***Isabel Riggs ***Jacob T. Rob **Michael Rodriguez

Tajin Rogers Mia Rosini ***Ben Ryu ***Nikhita Salgame

Texas, Trump and Truancy: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Student Absenteeism Ending the Cold War Against Cuba: A Policy Recommendation to the Biden Administration Following the Rules: The Impact of Federal Regulatory Changes on Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Americans Seeing in the Borderlands: Russian and Soviet Intelligence Along the Chinese Frontier, 1905-1931 A Moral Failing: President Trump’s Impact on the Treatment of Immigrant Children in U.S. Detention The Societal Impact of Rising House Prices in Korea: An Empirical Analysis of Homeownership and Fertility Negotiating the Narrative: An Analysis of China’s Investment in Foreign Media Influence

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis Durand Scheerer

The Iron Fist that Feeds: Assessing the Coercive Properties of Chinese Debt in Africa

*Lindsey Schmidt

A Push Towards Security: Drivers of Migration from Guatemala and El Salvador and Implications for U.S. Policy

**Ashley Brynne Scott

Alienated Citizens, Inalienable Rights: The Impact of Felon Disenfranchisement on Recidivism

Sine Scribbick

Gasping for Air: Why Texas Air Pollution Policies Fail to Protect Children with Asthma

***Gregory Terrell Seabrooks

Forming a More Perfect Union: An Analysis of Coalition Building Strategies Used to Promote Felon Voting Rights

*Aparna Shankar

Can Militants Moderate? Evaluating Shifts in Hamas’ Positions for a New U.S. Approach

Beverly Shen

Weathering the Storm: Mitigating the Impacts of Natural Disasters in United States Cities Through Smart Technologies

Lexis Sherron

Value-Based Insurance Design: Restoring Value to Health Care

Morgan Smith

White Caller Crime: An Analysis of Legislation to Combat Racially Biased 911 Calls

Owen Smith

Logic Modeling as a Mechanism for Improving Prisoner Reentry Programs

*Samuel Souleles

China’s Resource-Backed Loans to Africa and Latin America: An Analysis of Corruption and Debt Sustainability

Jordan Stallworth

Instituting an Antiracist Public Policy Curriculum: An Investigation of Faculty Professional Development That Makes Imagined Racial Equity and Inclusion Possible

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis Tori Styers

Small Arms, Big Problem: The Role that the U.S. Arms Supply to Fragile Nations Plays in the Armament of Insurgent Groups

Lutfah Subair

Securitizing Borders: An Exploration of Biometric Technologies as a Means of Criminalizing and Surveilling Immigrant Communities in the United States

Misha Tseitlin

1 Cross, 2 Cross, Red Cross, Blue Cross: California Wildfire Adaptation and Insurance

Gabriella Tummolo

Connor Udell

Caring For Our Nation’s Caregivers: An Analysis of Domestic Worker Wellbeing and Mobilization during the Era of Covid-19 in Miami-Dade County, Florida Shut Out: Exploring the Effects of Minor League Baseball Contraction on the Well-Being of American Cities and Communities

Francesca Walton

Social Media Spheres: How the Internet is Shifting the Power in Kenyan Politics

***Florence Wang

Nationalism with Chinese Characteristics: An Empirical Study of Nationalism and State Support in China

Hannah Wang

An All-American Crisis: Addressing Racial Disparities in U.S. Housing Insecurity Through the Lens of the COVID-19 Pandemic

*Abraham Waserstein

Rethinking United States Immigration Policy: A Bottom-Up Approach Using Community Based Visas

**Cy Watsky

Strategic Dispositional Voting and Policy-Making on the U.S Supreme Court

Marissa Webb

Vaccine Hesitancy in a Global Pandemic: Behavioral Obstacles in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in the United States

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Senior Thesis Reid Yochim

Coming to a Screen Near You: An Investigation into the Recent Proliferation of FDI Screening Mechanisms in Canada, the US, Australia, and the EU

*Shiina Yuri

Elite Education for Female Students: An Empirical Analysis of the Sources of Gender Disparities in Attending Japanese Elite National Universities

*Kevin Zheng

Music Royalties, Crowdfunding, and Retail Investors: Opportunities, Risks, and Barriers in the United States

*** Highest Honors

**High Honors

*Honors

Undergraduate Program Advising Committee David Wilcove, Chair Alicia Adsera Barbara Buckinx Charles Cameron Noreen Goldman Jean Grossman Andrew Guess Heather Howard Marzenna James Adam Kapor Zhao Li Paul Lipton John Londregan Anastasia Mann Sophie Meunier Patrick Sharkey Paul Starr Sarah Staszak Deborah Yashar

Undergraduate Program Curriculum, Prize, Honors Committee David Wilcove, Chair Carles Boix Bryan Grenfell Harold James Gregor Jarosch Patricia Kirkland Paul Lipton Rebecca Perlman Mica Sviatschi Julian Zelizer

Undergraduate Student Committee Seniors Lyubomir Hadjiyski Emma Parish Ben Ryu Nikhita Salgame Aparna Shankar Morgan Smith Abraham Waserstein Juniors Cassidy Barnes Francesca Block Katherine French Ashwin Mahadeva Ashley Morales Christian Potter Valeria Torres-Olivares

Undergraduate Program Staff Paul A. Lipton, Associate Dean Monica Ruscil, Director Jan Burch, Academic Program Coordinator Georgette Harrison, Administrative Program Coordinator

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