Undergraduate Grants

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2013-2014 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS

The Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism will award up to 10 undergraduate research fellowships for projects to be begun in the summer of 2013 and completed during the 2013-2014 academic year.

Applications are due by MARCH 29, 2013. Applications should be made via the CURF website, http://www.upenn.edu/curf/research/grants/ppdcc. For further information, click here, or contact Professor Rogers M. Smith, Chair of the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism, e-mail rogerss@sas.upenn.edu.

2012-2013 Penn DCC Undergraduate Grant Recipients and their research projects:

	Humna Bhojani, Political Science, bhojani@sas.upenn.edu "Arabs in East Jerusalem" Adviser: Ian Lustick, Political Science
	Robert Franco, History, francor@sas.upenn.edu "El Parasio de Las Mujeres: Women's Suffrage in Ecuador, 1895-1929" Adviser: Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, History
	Stephen Fritz, History, jafritz@sas.upenn.edu "The South Carolina Progressive Democratic Party, 1944-1948." Adviser: Thomas Sugrue, History
	Naomi Fujiki, History, nfujiki@sas.upenn.edu "Human Rights Watch and the Helsinki Final Act: The Role of An American Human Rights Nongovernmental Organization At the End of the Cold War " Adviser: Vanessa Ogle, History
	Michael Gutierrez, Hispanic Studies, mgut@sas.upenn.edu "Democratic Spaces in Cuban Hip-Hop" Adviser: Rachel Ellis Neyra, Romance Languages
	Ting Cho Lau, Political Science, tlau@sas.upenn.edu "Derek Parfit, Moral Theory, and Political Communities." Adviser: Jeffrey Green, Political Science
	Jun Youb Lee, History, leej5@wharton.upenn.edu "The Great Peace March of 1986" Adviser: Walter Licht, History
	Lee Marcus, Health and Societies, lmarc@sas.upenn.edu "Social Position and Citizenship Identities Among Middle School Adolescents in a Higher Education Partnership After-School Program." Adviser: Xu Lan, Graduate School of Education
	Laurel Ma, History/African Studies, majy@sas.upenn.edu "National Identity Construction in the Zimbabwean Crisis" Adviser: Lee Cassanelli, lcassane@sas.upenn.edu
	Kristin Zuhone, Political Science, zuhonek@sas.upenn.edu "Rioting in the Banlieues and Questions of Citizenship in France" Adviser: Brendan O'Leary, Political Science

2011-2012 Penn DCC Undergraduate Grant Recipients and their research projects:

	Meghna Chandra, Political Science, megcha@sas.upenn.edu      "NGOs and Conceptions of Citizenship in Bogota, Columbia and La Paz, Bolivia" Adviser: Prof. Tulia Falleti, Political Science
	Adam Croom, Philosophy/Linguistics, croom@sas.upenn.edu “Game Theoretic Pragmatics and the Socio-Politics of Face” Adviser: Prof. Robin Clark, Linguistics
	John Gee, History, johngee@sas.upenn.edu “An Intellectual Biography of Rawls’ Theory of Justice” Adviser: Prof. Warren Breckman, History
	Melissa Goodman, Political Science, melgood@sas.upenn.edu “Humanitarian Law and Foreign Policy in the Afghanistan War” Adviser: Prof. Jessica Stanton, Political Science
	Meghan Hussey, International Relations, mhussey@sas.upenn.edu “Criminals of Political Prisoners? The Management of the 1980-1981 Hunger Strikes in Northern Ireland by the Governments of the UK an Ireland” Adviser: Prof. Brendan O’Leary, Political Science
	Emily Kern, History (Diplomatic), keemily@sas.upenn.edu “GI Jupp: German-American Identity and Citizenship in World War II” Adviser: Prof. Arthur Waldron , History
	Galileu Kim, Political Science and Economics, galileu@sas.upenn.edu “The Paris Club: Politics and the Impacts of Debt Restructuring in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico” Adviser: Prof. Tom Callaghy, Political Science
	Quratul-Ann Malik, Political Science, qmalik@sas.upenn.edu “Does Pakistan Have a Tipping Point? An Agent-Based Modeling Analysis” Adviser: Prof. Ian Lustick, Political Science
	Michael Morse, Political Science, morsem@sas.upenn.edu “Political Impacts of Felon Disfranchisement” Adviser: Prof. Marc Meredith, Political Science
	Zachary Propert, Comparative Literature, zpropert@sas.upenn.edu “The Media War and Political Discourse in Mali” Adviser: Prof. Lydie Moudileno, Romance Language
	Adam Saltzman, Philosophy, saltzm@sas.upenn.edu “When Is Terrorism Justified?” Adviser: Prof. Kok-chor Tan, Philosophy
	Sarabeth Zielonka, Russian Languages and Literature, zielonka@sas.upenn.edu “The Sinyavsky-Daniel Trial and the Origins of Soviet Legalism” Adviser: Prof. Benjamin Nathans, History

Past 2010-2011 Penn DCC Undergraduate Grant Recipients and their research projects:

Eitan Adler, International Relations, eitana@sas.upenn.edu
“Identity and tensions surrounding the accidental non-Jewish Russian population in Israel”

Project Adviser: Prof. Ian Lustick, Political Science

Stephen Childs, History, StephenCChilds@yahoo.com
“Averting Crisis: The Washington Peace Conference of 1861 – Its Failure, and the Quandary of the Border-States”

Project Adviser: Prof. Stephanie McCurry, History

Rose Espinola, Latin American Studies, respi@sas.upenn.edu
“A Neo-Movimiento?: Youth-farmworker solidarity among Latino activists”

Project Adviser: Prof. Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, History

Clare Foran, History, foran@sas.upenn.edu
"The Construction of Memory in Postwar France: An Analysis of Antigone by Jean Anouilh
and Les Mouches by Jean Paul Sartre"

Project Adviser: Prof. Warren Breckman, History

Mary Ann (Molly) Mitchell, MahMitchell@gmailcom
“Nigerian Videofilm as a Means for Democratic Interventions”

Project Adviser: Prof. John Jackson, Anthropology

Sasha Riser-Kositsky, Political Science, sashar@sas.upenn.edu
“Are Smaller States 'Better' States? Development and Governance in Jharkhand and Uttarkhand”

Project Adviser: Prof. Devesh Kapur, Political Science

W. Collin Schenk, Health and Society, wschenk@sas.upenn.edu
“Voices from Kolkata: The Politics of Health in the Slums”

Project Adviser: Prof. David Barnes, Health and Society

Vikram Vish, Wharton, vvish@wharton.upenn.edu
“The Impact of Universities in Strengthening Citizenship and Democratic Competencies Among Undergraduate Students”

Project Adviser: Prof. Henry Teune, Political Science

Alec Webley, Political Science, awebley@sas.upenn.edu
“The More Things Get Edited, The More They Stay the Same: Wikipedia and the Limits of Deliberative Democracy”

Project Adviser: Prof. Jeffrey Green, Political Science

Past 2009-2010 Penn DCC Undergraduate Grant Recipients and their research projects:

Eric Augenbraun, History, "Tuskegee in Philadelphia: The Ideological and Institutional Foundations of Leon Sullivan's Opportunities Industrialization Centers."

Project Adviser: Professor Thomas Sugrue (History)

Adrienne Benson, Political Science, "Deliberative Theory and Democratic Reality: What the 2008 Presidential Nominating Caucuses Mean for Deliberative Democracy."

Project Adviser: Professor Jeffrey Green (Political Science)

Boyan Gerasimov, International Relations, "Why Do Bulgarians and Romanians Trust the European Commission More than Their Own National Governments?"

Project Adviser: Professor Mark Pollack (Liberal Arts, Temple University)

George Karandinos, Health and Societies, "The Impact and Reproduction of Violence in North Philadelphia."

Project Adviser: Professor Philippe Bourgois (Anthropology)

Andrew Kincaid, History & Hispanic Studies, "Atlantic Piracy and the Rise of the Modern Age."

Project Adviser: Professor Ronald Granieri (History)

Elise Miller, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, "Resilience in Rwanda: Exploring Post-Traumatic Well-being and its Implications for Democratic Development."

Project Advisers: Eranda Jayawickremeand Professor Martin Seligman (Psychology)

Mario Peia, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and Psychology, "Businesses as Citizens: A Framework for Rights and Responsibilities in a Global Marketplace."

Project Adviser: Professor Tara J. Radin (Wharton)

Aro Velmet, History, "Remembering the Lost Decades: Identity Creation in Baltic Museums of Occupation."

Project Adviser: Richard Leventhal (Anthropology)

Athanasia Vgontzas, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, "Health Inequalities among Rural and Urban Roman In Greece."

Project Adviser: Professor Adriana Petryna (Anthropology)

Chloe Wayne, Finance and Africana Studies, " The Politics of Standard Deviation: Assembling Race, Ownership, and Citizenship from the Ruins of Property Crises."

Project Adviser: Professor Andrew Lamas (Urban Studies)

Former DCC Undergraduate Grant Recipients:

The 2008-2009 DCC Undergraduate Grant Recipients and their projects:

Adam Bartolanzo, Political Science, "Faith-Based Initiatives in Philadelphia"

Barbara Coons, History and Biology, "The Potential for Violence in 1990s Eastern Europe:

                                                        Why Did Translyvania Simmer While Kosovo Boiled?"

Ani Gevorkian, International Relations, "Failures of Democratization in Armenia"

Neel Lalchandani, Political Science, "Afro-Centric Curricula and Citizenship in Philadelphia Schools"

Carlos Martinez-Ruiz, Cultural Anthropology, "The Welfare State in Crisis: Citizenship and National Political

                                                                    Identity in the Mortgage Foreclosure Debacle"

Rahul Reddy, Political Science and Economics, "India's 'Sons of the Soil' Movements and Intra-State Borders"

David Reinecke and Philip Rocco, Science, Technology and Society and Political Science,

                                                       "Re-envisioning the Pan-European Polity: The Eurovision Song

                                                       Contest and Techniques of Representation"

Priya Shankar, Political Science and South Asian Studies, "Assuring Citizens Their Right to Food in India"

Sandra Zhao, History, "Modes of Empowerment: Literacy and Democracy in India"