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Sahar Abi Hassan<\/strong>, doctoral student, Political Science
\nShe studied the role of political trust in the emergence and consolidation of populist politics, through an individual-level study across ten Latin American countries.
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Eliza Garfield<\/strong>, master’s student, Biology
\nShe considered the colonial nature of corals used in coral reef restoration world-wide and the implications for new restoration methodologies that could enhance long-term reef survival.
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Junda Jin<\/strong>, doctoral student, Political Science
\nHis study introduced the concept of virtual water, the water needed in the production of one product, into China’s recent discussion about food security. The study discussed the perspective of implementing water-saving policies in China’s food production by analyzing China’s institutional regulators of agricultural practice.
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Claire Seulgie Lim<\/strong>, doctoral student, Political Science
\nShe explored the political, social, and religious aspects involved in defining the political identities of Senegalese women, and how the gender parity law at the level of the National Assembly is reflected in reality.
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Emily Philipp<\/strong>, doctoral student, Sociology
\nShe explored the history of U.S. foundations\u2019 engagement with microfinance efforts to identify the characteristics of early and later financial supporters of this economic and social development strategy.
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Kira Sullivan-Wiley<\/strong>, doctoral student, Earth and Environment
\nShe analyzed the relationships between landslide, soil erosion, and flooding risk perceptions and risk management behaviors of small-scale farmers in the Bugisu sub-region of eastern Uganda, and investigated how those perceptions and behaviors are linked to their relationships with local and regional development and disaster risk reduction (DRR) organizations.
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Andrew Trlica<\/strong>, doctoral student, Earth and Environment
\nHe studied the relationship of albedo (surface brightness) to underlying urban land features and the influence it has on the local urban heat island effect, using the Boston metropolitan area as a test case.
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Maanasa Venkatesh<\/strong>, master’s student, Global Health
\nShe researched whom women in India communicate with within their social networks regarding decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, and why policies need to be reframed to address men, specifically, as the recipients of messages.
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Zoey Zheng<\/strong>, master’s student, Mathematics and Statistics
\nShe built a model to study how climate change will affect the prices and land allocation for ten\u00a0main crops in villages or provinces in Indonesia.
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More information about the Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program and previous summer fellows is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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