The John Parke Young Grant has allowed more than one hundred students to explore 50-plus countries through research and internships. See the map below for student research and internship locations and projects from 2012 through the present year.
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Summer 2020
Unfortunately, due to the coronovirus (COVID-19) pandemic, all student grants for summer 2020 were postponed.
Winter 2020
Andrea Nichole Devries '20
Independent Research
Paris, France
Aerex Narvasa '22
Conference: Warwick Economics Summit
Coventry, United Kingdom
Evan G. Sarafian '20
Research: Exploring the Historical Origin of Abkhaz Secession
Tbilisi, Georgia
Jade Siew Thurnham '20
Conference: American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting: 2020 Communicating Science Seminar
Seattle, United States
Joseph Michael Sortino '20
Research: Italian Slow Food in a Fast-Heating World
Panzano in Chianti, Italy
Kathryn G. Roach '20
Research: Youth Participation in Civil Society through Digital Media in post-revolutionary Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia
Nora Grace Healy '20
Research: Independent Research to analyze how Hungarian national identity and history is manifested in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Otto Martin Altman '20
Research: A Template for Our Urban Future - Infrastructure in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Samuel L. Berger '22
Research: Self-organized interview and documentation at several organizations/establishments, starting with the Azienda Agricola Orsini
Florence, Italy
Seth E. Davis '20
Research: Moroccan Journalist Jailed for Abortion Freed After Royal Pardon
Marrakesh, Morocco
Thomas J. Robertson '20
Fellowship: Collaboration on ICT Policy for Central and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Kampala, Uganda
Summer 2019
Alexandra deGrasse Schrader '19
Conference: Google Cloud Next
San Fransisco, United States
Alessandra K. Pelliccia '20
Research: Generations of Conflict and Remembrance in Medellin, Colombia
Medellin, Colombia
Anabel Lee Gullo '21
Research: "The City and the Sea"
New York, United States
Belle Brooke Bashaw '20
Conference: at the Hague
The Hague, Netherlands
Chidire Obioha Ezeh '20
Conference: UCLA Data Science Expo
Los Angeles, United States
Claire Grace Van Fossen '19
Internship: Vital Voices Global Partnership, Human Rights Team
Washington D.C., United States
Hallaamal Mohamed Keir '19
Conference: Rebellious Lawyering
New Haven, United States
Ian Russell Lehine '19
Internship: Central for Digital Liberal Arts
Los Angeles, United States
Layla Hamedi '19
Internship: Community Outreach with Proyecto Valores
Heredia, Costa Rica
Leo Connelly '19
Conference: Google Cloud Next '19
San Fransisco, United States
Liam James Walsh '19
Conference: Impact Capitalism Summit
Denver, United States
Plamen Kalinov Ilchevski '20
Research: Stagnation in the IT Industry in Bulgaria
Bulgaria, various cities
Pooja Hasmukh Thekdi '19
Conference: South by Southwest
Austin: United States
Saya K. Madea '20
Internship: Tokyo Intern at the US-Japan Council
Tokyo, Japan
Sofia Porcarelli '20
Research: Right-Wing Populism in Germany
Germany, various cities
Yiming Zhang '19
Research: Field Expedition in Central Iceland: Investigation of the Human Drivers of Landscape Changes and Soil Erosion
Central Highlands, Iceland
Youngeun A. Kang '21
Internship: Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Program
Washington D.C., United States
Winter 2019
Alejo Maggini '22
Conference: Latin American Leadership Academy
Montgomery, United States
Alisson Salazar '19
Research: Here and There: Transitional Immigrant Rights Activism
Tijuana, Mexico
Allen Chen '19
Research: Chinatown (El Barrio Chino) in Havana Cuba
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Jacquez Pierr Lesure '19
Research: Seeking Truth and Reconciliation in Education
Cape Town, South Africa
Manjun Hao '19
Internship Host: Star Kampuchea
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mia Grace Smitny '19
Research: Diverging Nationalisms: A Comparative Study of French and German Alt-Right POlitics in the Postwar Era
France and Germany, various cities
Robertia Fujino Reid '19
Research: Shiki: Conceptualizing (anti)Blackness in Contemporary Japan
Boston, United States
Samir Alexander Gangoli '19
Conference: 60th India Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) Annual Conference
Mumbai, India
Olivia Alexandra Wilk '19
Research: Culture and Copyright: The Intersection Between Soft Power and Intellectual Property Law in China
China, various cities
Tala Ismail '20
Research: Tania El Khoury's Garden Speaks Exhibit at Brut Wein
Vienna, Austria
Troy Van Buskirk Barter '20
Research: Connecting the Paris Agreement with Beef in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summer 2018
Lexi Nicole Banbury '19
Research - The Impact of Female Friendships With a Bi-National Identity
Amman, Jordan
"Body in Amman, Soul in Palestine."
Chidire Obioha Ezeh '19
Internship - Global Ambition, Local Action Initiative (G.A.-L.A.) with L.A. City Mayor's Office
Los Angeles
Ovie Ayebatari Kabba '19
Internship
Proyde Madrid
Hallaamal Mohamed Keir '19
Internship - Yemen Peace Project
Washington D.C., USA
Megan Elizabeth Mundell '19
Internship - IES Tokyo Summer Program Resident Assistant
Research - Literature Review and Qualitative Analysis of Working Women and Family Planning
Tokyo, Japan
Working women and Family Planning in Japan: What do working women in Japan need to balance a career and a family?
Marie Andrea Snyder '19
Internship - Ashoka Africa Partnerships and Fundraising
Arlington VA, USA
Zachary Sasha Solomon '19
Internship - Global Ambition, Local Action Initiative (G.A.-L.A.) with L.A. City Mayor's Office
Los Angeles CA, USA
Snighda T. Suvarna '20
Internship - Global Ambition, Local Action Initiative (G.A.-L.A.) with L.A. City Mayor's Office
Los Angeles CA, USA
Georgia Tucker '18
Conference - 6th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development
Granada, Spain
Emily Winfield '17
Conference - Visual Science of Art
Berlin
Jayne Seeger Wixtead '19
Internship - IAEA's (International Atomic Energy Agency) Central Security Coordination Office Regarding Policy and Planning
Vienna
Troy Van Buskirk Barter '20
Conference - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy
Washington D.C., USA
Henry Doyle '19
Research: Northern Ireland and the Palestinian / Israeli Conflict
Belfast
Mason Vaughn Hurlocker '20
Research: Onward Israel Government and Politics Program 2018
Jerusalem
Gaea Patrice Morales '18
Conference - 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations
New York NY, USA
Haiyi Zhao '19
Internship - Global Ambition, Local Action Initiative (G.A.-L.A.) with L.A. City Mayor's Office
Los Angeles CA, USA
Winter 2018
Ronald Chan '18
Conference - The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
Berlin, Germany
Kiera Cox '18
Research - Transnational Anti-Femicide Movements as Agents of Social Change in Latin America
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Adriana Housman '18
Documentary - The Eyes of Crisis - The Visual Narratives of Immigration: Who is Framing the Immigrant Experience?
Los Angeles, New York City, and San Fransisco
Miki Konishi '18
Research - Stateless in Japan - Experience and Biopolitical Management
Tokyo, Japan
Sam Kowitch
Research - Catholic Nonprofit Work with Assisting Migrants
Seville, Spain
Juliah Lee '19
Research - Putting Theory into Practice: Integrating Moral Disengagement Theory into Counterterrorism
Washington DC
Qin Mei '18
Research - China's Soft Power Campaign in the Trump Era|
Shenzhen, China
Summer 2017
Julia d'Amours '17
Research - The Salability of Death: The Selk'nam Genocide in the Public Sphere
Santiago, Chile
Chelsea Blair '18
Research - Commodification and the Indian Diaspora
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sydney Bowman '18
Internship - Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives Integrity
San Francisco, USA
Evan Brandaw '18
Internship - Institute on Economics and International Affairs (IEIA)
Washington D.C., USA
Elizabeth Bushong '18
Research -Womanhood and the Environment: Examining Native American Artists' Intersectional Identities
Venice, Italy
Ciara Byrne '18
Research - The Nicaraguan Experience in Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
Zachary Cohen '18
Internship - World Affairs Council, Global Education
Washington D.C., USA
Ca'La Connors '17
Research - Creolization and the Creation of Afro-American Nations
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Kathleen Fedorchak '18
Research - Investigating the Effects of French Colonialism on the Development of the Moroccan Education System
Rabat, Morocco
Isaac Glanzrock '17
Research - Geological Research in Iceland's Central Highlands
Reykjavik, Iceland
Ryan Henderson '17
Internship - International Budget Partnership: Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency
Washington D.C., USA
Rosalind Jones '18
Internship - United Nations Populations Fund
Washington D.C., USA
Yumi Kobayashi '19
Research - Indian Diasporic Experience
Kobe and Tokyo, Japan
Dana Lim '17
Research - Decolonization Through Global Visibility of Indigenous Artistic Production
Venice, Italy
Hongjin Lin '18
Internship - OneSky Foundation
Beijing, China
Cynthia Magallanes-Gonzalez '17
Conference - Mobile Identities: Sub Sharan Migration towards Western Europe
Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
Ieva Marcinkeviciute '18
Research - Clash of Histories: The Forgotten Baltic Genocide
Vilnius, Lithuania
Jason Mittler '20
Internship - Hybrid Social Solutions: Solar Unit Development in the Philippines
Manila, Philippines
Hanan Mohamed '18
Internship - Global Youth Connect Colombia
Bogota and Medellin, Colombia
Jesse Moore '17
Research - Transnational Labor Migration and Its Impact in Rural Bolivia
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Gaea Patrice Morales '18
Research and Internship - The Missing Link n the Gender and Sustainability Discourse
Makati City, Philippines
Naomi Navarro '18
Research and Internship - Women, Skateboarding and Development
Jarwa, India
Matthew Riback '17
Research and Internship - AMUMRA: Human Rights in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anthea Taeuber '19
Internship - Musings Magazine
New York, USA
Elizabeth Taylor '18
Research - Analyzing the Dutch and American Mental Health Systems
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Poppy Thekdi '19
Internship - U.S. Department of State: Consulate General of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrea Tuemmler '18
Research - Tracing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Colombian Peace Process
Medellin and Bogota, Colombia
Taylor Walton '18
Internship - Some of My Best Friends are Kimchi: Exploring Gastrodiplomacy Through Documentary
Los Angeles, USA
Winter 2016
César Martinez '17
Research - Documentary film "No Olvidados"
San Diego, USA
Anna Misenti '17
Conference - Arctic Circle Assembly on Climate Change
Reykjavik, Iceland
Charles Witwer '18
Conference - Students for Sensible Drug Policy 2017
Portland, USA
Summer 2016
Maya Allen '17
Researching Solutions to Femicide in Guatemala Through Education
Antigua, Guatemala
William Butenschoen '18
Fellowship - Social Entrepreneurship at Sustainable Harvest
Portland, USA
Hannah Cohen '17
Internship - US Department of State
Washington D.C., USA
Isaac Dalsheimer '18
Research - Construction Projects with Fundación Aprender
Las Salinas and Tola, Nicaragua
Nicholas Descamps '17
Internship - US Senator Steve Daines
Washington D.C., USA
Madeline Dimarco '17
Research - Comparing Dutch and American Youth Perceptions: Negative Political Rhetoric of Muslim Immigrants
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mario Erpinar '16
Internship - US Department of State
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Jenna Feldman '18
Internship - Machon Kaplan Summer Program
Washington D.C., USA
Naomi Hong '18
Internship - IMS Legal Professional Corporation
Tokyo, Japan
Trevor Litwin '17
Research - An Investigation into the Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014
Dublin, Ireland; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland; London, England
Cynthia Magallanes-Gonzalez '17
Research - Migrant Women from Africa South of the Sahara in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco
Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco
Marilena McCarty '18
Internship - US Consulate
Naples, Italy
Jesse Moore '17
Research - The Effects of Political, Economic, Social, and Technological Developments on Smallholder Farmers in MERCOSUR Nations
Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cordoba, Argentina; Asunción, Paraguay; Porto Alegre, Brazil
Steven Paul '18
Research - How Have Brazilians/Cariocas Utilized Street Art to Mitigate the Effects of Social Unrest and Economic Downturn?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Angela Peckham '17
Research - Ethnography of Female Muslim Refugees: Insight into Resettlement
Los Angeles, USA
Luis Robles '17
Internship - European Division at the International Republican Institute
Washington D.C., USA
Anastasia Ryseff '17
Research - Police Discrimination Against Minorities in France in Relation to Terrorism
Paris, France
Rizwan Sardar '16
Research - Prospects of Economic Growth with Climate Change: A Greenlander's Perspective
Nuuk, Ilulissat, Sisimiut, Aasiaat, Greenland
Nettie Stein-Miller '17
Internship - US Department of State
Valletta, Malta
Michael Tonetti '16
Internship - Fundraising and Development for E2E Foundation
Medellin, Colombia
Jarron Williams '18
Research - Luce-China Environment Grant
Hong Kong
Ruoxi Zhang '18
Internship - CIEE Summer Program
Seville, Spain
Winter 2015
Tristan Cooper ‘16
Internship - Team Tassy
Port Au Prince, Haiti
Julia d’Amours ‘17
Conference - Lemkin Summit 2016
Washington D.C., USA
Dennis Donovan ‘17
Research - Changing Climates and Changing Economies: The Impact of Deglaciation on the Aysen Region of Chilean Patagonia
Puerto Bertrand, Chile
Mika Kato ‘17
Internship - Team Tassy Year Youth Program
Port Au Prince, Haiti
Emma Goldstein ‘16
Conference - China's Soft Power in Foreign Relations
Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Samantha Morrill ‘16
Internship - Lawyers Without Borders
New Haven, Connecticut
Cesar Martinez ‘17
Research - Alternative Media Circulation in Cuba: Alternative Paquetes and the Re-appropriation of El Paquete Semanal
Havana, Cuba
Catherine Spear ‘16
Internship - Team Tassy
Port Au Prince, Haiti
Daniel Tobin ‘16
Research - Exploring a Multidimensional Environment Index: The Case of Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Summer 2015
Natasha Anderson ‘16
H.I.J.O.S. as a Protagonist of Justice: A Case Study of Argentina
Argentina
Shilpa Bhongir ‘16
Young Readers Program Arodhum International
India
Ripsime Biyazyan ‘16
Internship
Cuba
Emily Eichenthal ‘18
Senate Foregin Relations Committee Internship
Washington, DC
Olani Ewunnet ‘17
Participatory Urban Planning: An Analysis of Copenhagen and Addis Ababa
Denmark
Jonathan Kanellakos ‘16
Research on Law of Foreign Investment
Hong Kong
Cholpon Ramizova ‘15
UNHCR Field Internship
Jordan
Beebe Sanders ‘15
Fellowship with Religions for Peace
New York
Sophie Shafer-Landau ‘17
American Security Project
Washington D.C.
Sydney Silver ‘16
Summer Corporate Partnerships Internship
Washington D.C.
Victoria Walker ‘18
Internship with the U.S. State Department at US Embassy
Maputo, Mozambique
Summer 2014
Alida Beck ‘15
Bumi Sehat Foundation Internship in Bali
Nyuh Kuning and Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Alison Flaming ‘15
Dimagi Internship
Leribe District, Lesotho
Andrew Bariahtaris ‘14
Internship at U.S. Congress
Washington, D.C.
Beebe Sanders ‘15
Internship with the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Washington, D.C.
Calli Obern ‘16
The Use of Social Media to Organize and Advocate
Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cholpon Ramizova ‘15
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Colleen Scribner ‘14
Attending the Global Forum on Statelessness
The Hague, Netherlands
Elizabeth Stein ‘16
J Street Congressional Internship Program
Washington, D.C.
Emily Linebarger '16
Internship with Chandelao Vikas Sansthan- Empowering Female Entrepreneurs
Jodhpur, India
Enoch Sowah '15
Human Rights Delegation Trip to Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda
Ian Charles Hutchcroft '16
Economic Development Internship at USAID Philippines
Manila, Philippines
Jean Coleman '14
Internship, Center for International Policy or Inter-American Dialogue
Washington, D.C.
Kaitlin Huemer '16
Sustainable Community Development Internship in Rural Malawi
Chididi, Malawi
Linnea Deewes '14
Examining the Potential of Biogas Systems as Substitutes for Propane and Firewood
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sarah Corsa '16
A 1000 Shillings Fellowship: Narrating the Microcredit Journeys of Namatala Women
Mbale, Uganda
Summer Peet '16
The Borgen Project - Donor Relations and Communications Intern
Seattle, WA
Tiffany Odeka '16
Communities for Democracy
Warsaw, Poland
Winter 2013
Jean Coleman ‘14
Prosecuting Pinochet: An Interview with Judge Juan Juzman Tapia
Santiago, Chile
CJ Cruz ‘14
2013 Social Business Summit and Young Challengers Meeting
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Derrick Green ‘14
Shine on Sierra Leone: Developing Metrics for Gauging Social and Environmental Impact
Kono, Sierra Leone
Summer 2013
Jessie Durett ‘13
Internship at the Council of Hemispheric Affairs
Washington, DC
Rachel Farkas ‘14
Council on Foreign Relations International
Washington, DC
Alison Flaming ‘15
Improving Access to Family Planning for Post-Abortion Patients
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Alexander Fried ‘14
Internship at the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Washington, DC
Jill Goatcher ‘14
National Security and Marine Protection: A Comparative Legislative Analysis
California, England and Australia
Noah Goldberg-Jaffe ‘13
Seliba Sa Boithuto Internship
Maseuro, Lesotho
Haley Gray ‘14
Summer Editorial Internship Institute for Palestine Studies
Washington, D.C.
Derrick Green ‘14
India and the Millennium Development Goal on Education: Researching in the Decline in Education Amidst the Institutionalization of the Caste System
Geneva, Switzerland
Alexander Keat ‘15
Younoodle Camp Internship
San Francisco, CA
Aaron Kiesler ‘14
Investigating the Use of Rugby in New Zealand Foreign Policy
Aukland, New Zealand
Robert Lane ‘13
Public Relations at the Sustainable Harvest
Portland, OR
Samuel Pastor ‘14
CSR Uganda: Frontier of Corporate Responsibility
Kampala, Uganda
Elizabeth Quinlan ‘14
Internship at Open A Door Foundation
San Rafael, CA
Ashley Quintana ‘13
Three Squares Inc Internship: Preparation for the Women in the Green Economy Conference
Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Taylor ‘16
Water Improvement Internship
Costa Rica
Nicholas Theyrl ‘15
Intern at the Office of Congressman Adam Kizinger
Washington, DC
Danny Tobin ‘15
Internship with El Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Acuacultura y Pesca
Cuenca, Ecuador
Katherine Waddell ‘15
Summer Internship with Ibis Reproductive Health
Cambridge, MA
Winter 2012
Giovanna Bettoli ‘15 and Dina Yazdani ‘15
Russell Tribunal on Palestine
New York City, NY
Matthew Horten ‘13
Bordering Cueta: A Historical Question?
Cuenta, Spain
Emma Lalley ‘14
Social Entrepreneurship and Women in Ghana
Hohoe, Ghana
Lauren Mahoney ‘13
StartUp Showdown
Guadalajara, Mexico
Karsten Potts ‘13
Federal Republic of Somalia Internship
The Republic of Djibouti, Federal Republic of Somlia