Fall 2021
Emmett Shell // on state legislatures //
Arya Nalluri // on politics of the judicial branch //
Victoria Kipngetich // on soft power //
Summer 2021
Ella Attell // on attention //
Ian Berlin // threats to democracy //
Pierce Daly // the Olympics //
Caleb Dunson // the politics of status and honor //
Sachien Fernando // international systems of governance //
Vanika Mahesh // Southeast Asian politics //
Kyra McCreery // international climate politics and diplomacy //
Nicholas Perez // American energy and oil politics //
Alexa May Richards // the intersection of arts and activism //
Hongyi Shen // political philosophy for the present day //
Manav Singh // local historical societies //
Axel de Vernou // high frequency trading //
Spring 2021
Gabriel Colburn // climate policy //
Rachel Folmar // democratic reform and the electoral process //
Mafalda von Alvensleben // disability justice //
Joaquín Lara Midkiff // disability justice //
Fall 2020
Nick Jacobson // Amazon //
Victoria Chung // on justice and enacting political change //
Philip Mousavizadeh // Middle East politics //
Summer 2020
Pranav Senthilvel // on data and AI //
Eric Krebs // urban policy post-COVID-19 //
Joe Peck // the reconstruction of global politics //
Neha Middela // under-represented literary fiction //
Zahra Yarali // public education //
Timothy Han // faith and politics //
Daevan Mangalmurti // life for immigrant and “guest” Americans //
Sarah McKinnis // space exploration and politics //
Isabella Li // discrimination in healthcare //
Wei-Ting Shih // comparative international politics //
Aidan Campbell // rural life and politics //
Spring 2020
Sindhura Siddapureddy // mental health and healthcare //
Isiuwa Omoigui // race and politics //
Joe Peck // the death of European liberalism //
Fall 2019
Weronika Betta // human rights crises //
Kevin Xiao // political polarization //
Olivia Tan // water politics around the world //
Summer 2019
Allison Park // NYC politics //
Lizzie Bjork // the 2020 democratic candidates //
Catherine Zou // culture //
Mina Caraccio // Catalan politics //
Spring 2019
Oona Holahan // movies and TV //
Joe Peck // American and European politics //
Claire Kalikman // culture //
Kevin Han // Asian politics //
Fall 2018
Jorge Familiar Avalos // Mexican politics //
Jacob Hutt // American politics //
Abby Lee // the politics of culture //