Sixteen students are recipients of the Summer 2011 Levitt Research Fellowship Grants. The program is open to rising juniors and seniors who wish to spend the summer working in collaboration with a faculty member on an issue related to public affairs. Students receive a summer stipend and spend 10 weeks working intensively with a faculty mentor. Following are this year's recipients and their mentors:
Wlajimir Alexis ’13, with Rodric Waugh ’13 and Professor Todd Franklin, The Impact of Co-Curricular Field Trips on Middle Schoolers in the District of Columbia
Henry Anreder ’12, with Professor Steve Orvis
Comparative Effectiveness of Governmental Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations in the Assistance of African Refugees in Israel
Scott Blosser ’12, with Professor Doug Ambrose
Federalism and the Problem of State Debt: The Debate over and Lessons of the Federal Assumption of State Debt
Thomas Cheeseman ’12, with Professor Doug Ambrose
The Naked Public Square? The New Natural Law Movement's Impact on Public Morality
Yinghan Ding ’12, with Professor Margaret Morgan-Davie
Challenges in Climate Finance: How to Ensure a Measurable, Reportable, and Verifiable Support to Climate Action in Developing Countries
Mihai Dohotaru ’13, with Professor Christophre Georges
The Housing Bubble and the US Labor Market after the ‘Great Recession’
Noah Ford ’13, with Professor Paul Hagstrom
The Effects of Local Networks on First and Second Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the United States
Jasmina Hodzic ’13, with Professor Alan Cafruny
Bosnia’s Time to Govern: Overcoming International Supervision in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austin Walker ’12, with Professor Steve Orvis
Development Perspectives: The Lost Voices of Kenyan Youth
Rodric Waugh ’13, with Wlajimir Alexis ’13 and Professor Todd Franklin
The Impact of Co-Curricular Field Trips on Middle Schoolers in the District of Columbia
Recipients of the Summer 2011 Levitt Research Group Grants:
Will Rusche ’13, and Andrea Wrobel ’13 with Professor Stephen Ellingson
The Making of Green Religion: Embeddedness, Strategic Choice and the Development of a New Social Movement Field
Anastassia Baldridge ’12, Bonnie Buis ’13, Paige Cross ’13 and Clayton Larsen ’13 with Professor Chaise LaDousa
New Literacies for an Old City
