Featured Projects
Here are a few projects that exemplify the wonderful research students from the International Studies department have done over the years.
Additional Research Projects
These are all the projects the International Studies department has presented at SSRD in the last few years.
- Aid’s Impact on Sierra Leone’s Development through its Economy and Politics, Policy, Law and Ethics - Mona Lisa Utting (Thesis)
- Secularism, Schoolgirls, and Hypocrisy: How Muslim Garb Divides France - Morgan Del Fierro (Thesis)
- The Internationalization of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the United Nations System - Robyn Burnside (Thesis)
- Surrogacy and Surgery: Medical Tourism in Thailand and India - Nicole Morozov (Thesis)
- Japan’s Uncomfortable Historical Memory with Korea: The “Comfort Women” Issue - Noemi Cruz-Cruz (Thesis)
- Silence or Truth: Understanding Transitional Justice in Spain - Jordan Martin (Thesis)
- Human Rights and the UN Security Council: The international system’s response to the Yazidi Genocide - Abrian Sabo (Independent Research)
- Why the UN Security Council Chose to Refer the Conflict in Darfur to The International Criminal Court - Kathryn Hammitt (Independent Research)
- Philippine Gender Fuckers: Trans Filipina Sex Workers Under Imperial Scrutiny - Gia Agatha Dacayanan (Colloquium Grant)
2017
- Multi-Stakeholder Certification Schemes in Agriculture: What can we Learn from the Failure of the RSPO? - Dru Blossom (Thesis)
- Why has the U.S. Pivot to Asia Failed? - Jessica Weiss (Thesis)
- From Leader to Laggard: The USA's Participation in International Environmental Regimes - Rose Wilhelmi (Thesis)
2016
- Not All Migrants Are Equal: A Comparative Analysis of the Turkish and Polish Migration Experience in Germany - Roxana Daliana (Thesis)
- The Philippines Out-Migration Push and Pull Factors - Yasmine Genena (Thesis)
- Drowning in Apathy: International Inaction and Possible Solutions for Environmentally-Displaced People - Samuel Newman (Thesis)
- The Relationship Between the United States and Haiti in Accordance to Humanitarian Aid - Pooja Ravikiran (Thesis)
- Racism in Revolutionary Cuba - Will Falvey (Thesis)
- Is China Doing Good? Their Role in Foreign Aid - Trisha Fujiwara (Thesis)
- Food Insecurity Among Immigrant Populations: How Local Food Shares Can Improve Practices - Liberty Siegle (Thesis)
- Kids versus Career: The Childcare and Maternity Problems in Japan - Kennedy Simpson (Thesis)
2015
- The Imitation Game: Fakes and Forgeries in the Chinese Art Market - Miranda Schwabauer (Independent Research)
- Why Few Hikikomori Receive Treatment - Caitlyn Phillips (Independent Research)
- Cannabis in Japan: Law Reconsidered - Adrienne Higashida (Independent Research)
- Glass Ceilings: Setbacks for Japanese Working Women - Marissa Lau (Independent Research)
- Islamophobia and the Creation of the Torture Subject - Courtney Irons (Independent Research)
- Explaining Islamic Terrorism and Extremism through Jihad - Nathaniel Balk (Independent Research)