On May 2, 2018 the Maxwell School celebrated the achievements of undergraduate scholarship in the Social Sciences in the sixth annual Maxwell Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship. Our celebration consisted of individual events hosted by each department as well as a multi-disciplinary poster session featuring research undertaken by undergraduate students during the current academic year.
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The following awards were presented during the celebration.
MAX 123/132 Exemplary Student Paper Award, selected by MAX course faculty
MAX 123
–– Jennifer Glass, for her paper
titledtitled The Inherent Systematic Problems Causing Inequality.
MAX 132
–– Elizabeth Dizor, for her paper
titledtitled The Fight to Address Climate Change: Obstacles to International Cooperation and the Efficacy of Grassroots Movements.
Outstanding Student Rearch Paper, selected by a Maxwell faculty committee
Tammy Hong
forfor her paper
titledtitled Why Did it Fail? The Story behind Ivan
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Caitlin Harrison
forfor her paper titled Refugees Welcome? Why Governments Decide to Accept or Reject Refugees.
Best Poster Award, selected by a committee of Maxwell graduate students
Dana Lechleiter
forfor her work
titledtitled And Babies.
Research Poster Honorable Mention, selected by a committee of Maxwell graduate students
Andrew Stranahan
forfor his work
titledtitled Rethinking Colonization.
Viewer's Choice Poster Awards, selected by viewer voting during the poster session
Leishla Agosto-Ortiz
forfor her work
titledtitled The Visible Hand of the State: A Case Study of Inequality & the Left Turn in Latin America.
Marielle Geerling
forfor her work
titledtitled Counter-Revolution: Crackdown vs. Chaos in the Gulf's Arab Spring.
Congratulations to all the students who participated and thank you to all the faculty and staff who supported the students.