Final Research Papers from the 2017-2018 Olson Cohort
Case Studies
Higgins, Noah: “The Making of an Illiberal Democracy: The Case of Hungary.”
Palmer, Rachel: “Struggling to Survive: The Persecution of Religious Minorities.”
Ramsey, Jack: “Mixed Signals: The Chinese Government and the 2017 Anti-South Korean Movement.”
Sarova, Dayana: “Europe Divided: The Clinton Administration’s Transatlantic Security Project.”
Interpretivist Studies
Szabo, Gwenyth: “The Politics of Perception: An Interpretivist Approach to Refugee Burden-Sharing.”
Whyte, Camille: “Exclusion and Necessity: The Construction of Migrant Workers in Singapore.”
Statistical Studies
Mejia, Carolyn: “Fear and Terrorism: A Statistical Analysis of Threat Perception.”
Tietz, Nathan: “Explaining Global Variation in Operation Hours for Metro Transport Systems.”
Final Research Papers from the 2016-2017 Olson Cohort
Case Studies
Goetzke, Brianna. “People as Pawns: Leveraging a Migrant Crisis”
Rogers, Bryce. “Sourcing Sultanism: An Analysis of the Foundations”
Interpretivist Studies
Fedasiuk, Ryan. “Courage and Cowardice: A Discourse Analysis of Suicide and Self-Harm in Russia”
Forsyth, Alison. “Who’s the Bad Guy?: Competing Human Rights Discourses in Venezuela”
Fujii, Albert T. “Italian Artifact Restitution: Who Owns History?”
Valone, Olivia. “Security or Humanity: German Identity and the Syrian Refugee Crisis”
Whitson, Connor. “Rebuilding from Genocide: Framing Development in Rwanda Post-1994”
Poster Examples from the 2016-2017 Olson Cohort
Final Research Papers from the 2015-2016 Olson Cohort
Large-N Quantitative Studies
Bassney, John. “Revenue and Democratic Politics Across Commodities”
Kaufmann, Jonathan. “Exploring the Efficacy of Reintegration Assistance for Former Child Soldiers”
Case Studies
Layer, Liza. “Understanding Putin’s Approval Ratings During Russia’s Current Economic Crisis”
Theuma, Luke. “Explaining the French Partial Withdrawal From NATO”
Wong, Bailey. “Understanding the Potential for Conflict in the South China Sea”
Interpretivist Studies
Fabian, Carly. “Buffer Zones and Contested Terrain: Shifting Roles for Women in Counterterrorism”
Luboteni, Jeta. “Self-Determination in the Modern World Order: A Look at Kosovo”
Vaughan, Katie. “The Discourse of Development: A Close Study of International Actors in Guatemala”
Poster Examples from the 2015-2016 Olson Cohort