The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the Summer 2007 Levitt Fellowship. To enhance student research around issues of public affairs, the Levitt Center funds student-faculty research through its Levitt Research Fellows Program. The program is open to all students 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 in the summer working intensively with a faculty mentor. The 2007 recipients are:
Tamar Nobel '08 with Professor Selcuk Eren
The Causal Relationship of Access to Insurance Coverage and Utilization of Emergency Departments for Asthma Patients
Emily Pallin '08 with Professor Dan Chambliss
Katrina: Disaster Brings Opportunity to a Failing School System
Abhishek Maity '08 with Professor Erol Balkan
Optimal Foreign Exchange Reserves of Developing Countries
Ethan Woods '08 with Professor Erol Balkan
Economic Sustainability: Comparing the Economics of Fossil Fuels and Alternative Energies in Central New York
Giorgi Chavleishvili '08 with Professor Esther Kanipe
The Impact of a Proper Education on the Development of Democracy in the Republic of Georgia
Matt House '08 with Professor Rob Martin
The Ideal of the Citizen-Soldier
Andrew Gumbiner '08 with Professor Sharon Rivera
Developing a Culture of Democracy with Education in the Middle East
Julia Stahl '08 with Professor Lisa Trivedi
Changing Perceptions of Race in the U.S. Army
Francisco Blanco '08 with Professor Rick Werner
The Relationship between Positive Psychology and Political Philosophy
Emily Smith '09 with Professor Rob Martin
The Link between African Philanthropic Endeavors and Celebrity Patrons
Chris Sullivan '09 with Professor Peter Cannavo
Local Culture and Agriculture: Community Supported Agriculture in the Northern United States
Xiaobo Ma '09 with Professor Derek Jones
The Impact of Chinese Privatization on Firms and Workers
Harry Jerome Noel '09 with Professor Doug Ambrose
Abraham Lincoln: How Speeches and Policies Changed the Presidency
Steve Beale '09 with Professor David Rivera
A Tale of Two Wars: The Impact of the Chechen Wars on the Russian Armed Services
Allison Gaston-Enholm '09 with Professor Steve Orvis
African Contingency Plans for the Avian Flu
Hilary Masuka '09 with Professor Steve Orvis
The Experience of Zimbabwean Immigrants in South Africa
Alex Tudor Seserman '09 with Professor Rick Werner
Understanding Madness
Those selected for the program are required to provide a written assessment of their work at the completion of the summer, and also participate in a poster session in the fall. Levitt Fellows are automatically eligible to participate in the Levitt Scholars Program, in which they discuss their research in local high schools.
