The Levitt Center has announced the 2012 Levitt Summer Research Fellowship recipients and Levitt Summer Research Group Grant Recipients. Twenty-one students will conduct research with 13 faculty members.
Research Fellows
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Julian Aronowitz ’14 with Professor Betsy Jensen
“A Network Analysis of the Inter-connectivity of Financial Firms” -
Beril Esen ’13 with Professor Nesecan Balkan
“Domestic Violence against Women in Istanbul, Turkey” -
Martin Lavallee ’14 with Professor Steve Orvis
“Agrarian Land Reform in Honduras” -
Melissa Mann ’13 with Professor Peter Cannavo
“Brownfields in Brooklyn: How Environmental Injustice is Affecting Latino Communities” -
Jimmy Nguyen ’14 with Professor Doran Larson
“A Comparative Study of Human and Constitutional Rights in Developed and Developing Countries” -
Ashley Perritt ’14 with Professor Vivyan Adair
“Emergency Room Profiling in High and Low Income Neighborhoods” -
Pauline Wafula ’13 with Professor Steve Wu
“Female Education and HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Kenya” -
Joshua Yates ’14 with Professor Shoshana Keller
“Israel's Hidden Crisis: The Rise of Fundamental Judaism in Israeli Politics and Society” -
Nicholas Yepes ’15 with Professor Emily Conover
“A Needs Assessment of Guarani Migrant Entrepreneurs in Asuncion, Paraguay”
Research Groups
Levitt Center-funded research groups, a new initiative of the Levitt Center, are composed of one faculty member and two to three students who work together over the summer on a joint research project focsuing on some aspect of public affairs or public service.
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Professor Andrew Holland with Emily Delbridge ’13 and Katherine Delesalle ’14
“Bricks: An Intersection of Community and Architecture” -
Professor Carole Bellini-Sharp with Erika Marte ’15 and Victoria Harbour ’14
“Bricks: Intersection of Architecture and Community” -
Professor Phil Klinkner with Benjamin Anderson ’14 and Peter Adelfio ’13
“A Field Experiment Approach to Analyzing Voter Behavior” -
Professor Chaise LaDousa with Paige Cross ’13, Robert Trevor Howe ’14 and Kara Vetrano ’13
“Organizing to Teach Literacy, Reading Cultural Significance” -
Professor Chaise LaDousa with Anna Zahm ’13, Grace Parker Zielinski ’14, and Melissa Segura ’14
“Learning Cultural Lessons while Seeking English in the United States”
