2008 Levitt Research Fellows Announced

The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center recently announced the 2008 Levitt Research Fellows. Levitt Fellows spend 10 weeks during the summer working intensively in collaboration with a faculty member on an issue related to public affairs.

This summer's participants and their projects are:

• Matt Arnold '09 with Assistant Professor of Anthropology Chaise LaDousa
  "Education and Democracy in India"
• Kaitlin Britt '09 with Lecturer in Government David Rivera
  "Public Opinion and Democracy: A Comparative Study of Russia and China"
• William Cowles '09 with Associate Professor of History Kevin Grant
  "Gandhi's Political Community in South Africa"
• Sam Dudley '09 with Assistant Professor of History Lisa Trivedi
  "In the Name of Our Fathers: The Historical Conditions and Lived Experience of Partition in South Asia"
• Cameron Gaylord '09 with Assistant Professor of Government Ted Lehmann
  "U.S. Foreign Policy and Oil: America, Democracy and the Global Oil Competition"
• Blake Hulnick '09 with Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico
  "Assessing Federal Election Administration at the State and Local Level"
• Jennifer Karl '09 with Associate Professor of History Lisa Trivedi
  "The Health of Women Textile Workers in Lancashire and Lowell"
• Silin Li '11 with Professor of Government Steve Orvis"From McDonald's to Chinese Cultural Identity in a Globalization World"
• Wenxi Li '10 with Associate Professor of History Doug Ambrose
  "African Americans Vote Democrat: Trend or Here to Stay?"
• Andrew B. Miller '10 with Professor of Economics Chris Georges
  "Agent Based Modeling of Firm Dynamics and Labor Turnover"
• J. Kevin O'Connor '09 with Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo
  "Anacostia and the U-Street Corridor: Interactions between Class, Race, and Conceptions of Place in the Nation's Capitol"
• Lu Qi '11 with Assistant Professor of Economics Julio Videras
  "Lunar New Year of 2008 Encounters Big Snowstorm: How the Natural Disaster Reveals China's Migration and Economic Structure Issues"
• Li Qiu '09 with Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen
  "A Study of the Global Stock Markets Integration"
• Stephen Rowe '09 with Associate Professor of Government Rob Martin
  "Globalization and Human Happiness: Findings from India"
• Daniel Rudel '10 with Eugene Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss
  "Theories for Community Integration: Refugees in Utica, N.Y."
• Razeena Shrestha '09 with Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson
  "Social Entrepreneurship: How It Has Transformed Sustainable Community Development in Nepal"
• Xiaolu Xu '10 with Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo
  "The Challenge of Architectural Preservation in Booming Shanghai"
• Cindy Zhu '11 with Associate Professor of Economics Steve Wu
  "The Impact of China's Housing Reform on Income Inequality."