Global Research Projects, Internships, and Conferences

Research by Year

Adam Levy (left) and Michael Eddy (right) in Prizren, Kosovo during an IGL-EPIIC sponsored research trip in January 2007. Adam and Michael, both Tufts 2008 magna cum laude graduates and EPIIC alumni were studying the impact of the United Nations on Kosovo

Celebrating 25 years of global research

1986 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

Compilation of Research and Internships over the years (this represents primarily on site research and internship projects, along with several of the more unusual projects done throughout the years -- it does not include standard research papers)

1985-1986

  • Don Jennings '86, research on the hunger strikers in the Maze prison for Padraig O'Malley's book Biting at the Graves, researched in Northern Ireland

1989-1990

  • Jeremy Harrington '91, "Counterinsurgency in the Philippines," researched in the Philippines
  • Jeremy Harrington '91, "Sam Cummings and the Small Arms Industry", researched in Monaco

1990-1991

  • Ramin Arani '92 and Jeremy Bohrer '93, "National Security Measures in the Israeli Occupied Territories: Systemic Human Rights Violations and Security Concerns", researched in Israel and the West Bank
  • Mark Carrie '92, "Haiti Since Duvalier: The Impact of Duvalierism on the Pursuit of Democratic Rule", researched in Haiti
  • Mark Carrie '92, researcher on law and civil society for the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, researched in Argentina
  • Rob Daniels '91, "Contending with Past Human Right Violations and Ethnic Schisms: Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia", researched in Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia
  • Rob Daniels '91 and Raluca Oncioiu F'92, internship at Freedom House in New York City, researching the annual freedom report
  • Keith Fitzgerald '91 and Brian O'Rourke '92, "Counterterrorism, Civil Liberties, and the Use of Lethal Force in Northern Ireland", researched in Northern Ireland

1991-1992

  • Jaya Baloo '95, "Population Growth and the Environment in India", researched in India
  • Christy Barnes '92, Brian Kaplan '92, Ben Macklowe '92, Ann Riley '92, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (The Rio Earth Summit), in Brazil
  • John Horowitz '92 and Lauren Lovelace '92, "Economic Growth vs. Environmental Security: The Future of Russia", researched in Russia
  • Brian Kaplan '92, "People and the Planet" project, research for two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe photojournalist Stan Grossfeld, in US
  • Mouna Khabbaz '92, "Water Scarcity, Population Growth, and the Nile River", researched in Egypt
  • Samia Kirmani '92 and Lara Staub '93, "Challenging 'Conservation by Self-Determination': The Miskito Indians of Nicaragua", researched in Nicaragua
  • Katherine Langley '92 and Ann Riley '92, "The Colorado River Basin: Water Scarcity and Water Security", researched in Colorado, US
  • Kevin McCauley '92, "Spirits of Violence: An Experimental Perspective on the Militarization of Zimbabwean Identity and the Reconstruction of Memory in Southern Africa", researched in Zimbabwe
  • Sol Nasisi '92, "Water in the Middle East: Technological and Economic Alternatives", researched in Jordan and Israel

1992-1993 >>top

  • John Mark Crowley '93, "Preparing for 1997: Democratic and Economic Reforms in Hong Kong", researched in Hong Kong
  • Sonja Lichtenstein '93, "Privatization in the New Czech Republic", researched in The Czech Republic

1993-1994 >>top

  • Karen Ahlborn '94 and Kate Konschnik '94, United Nations World Summit for Social Development, the only two undergraduates to present their research at the conference; their topics were "Nationalism and Separatism in Northeast India" and "Exploring the Links between Human, Environmental, and Political Security: A Case Study of the Tuareg in Mali", respectively, presented in Stockholm
  • Gregory Karpinski '95, "The Rise of Fundamentalism and the Prospects for Civil Society", researched in Kuwait, Egypt, and Israel and the West Bank
  • Marc Kasanin '94, project on the virtual reconstruction of the Sarajevo Library, working with Andras Reidlmayer, Curator, Fogg Museum, Harvard
  • Maura Lynch F'95, "The Reunification of Families in Eastern Europe after Civil Strife", researched in Georgia

1994-1995 >>top

  • Jennifer Ahlfeldt '95, "In Light of Our Reflection", an interactive, gallery juried exhibition of 40+ artists at the Tufts University Art Gallery
  • Maja Denic-Munk '95, "Marginalized Peoples in the Former Yugoslavia Conflict: A Photographic Essay", researched in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Sean Love '95, "Volatile Stability: Democratic Elections in Kyrgyzstan" (film documentary), researched and filmed in Kyrgyzstan

1995-1996 >>top

  • Meghan Armistead '96 and Maria Kamin '97, "Liberation Theology and The Chiapas Conflict", researched in Mexico
  • Matt Cammack '96 "Reconstructing the Historical Record", researched in Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Krista Desgranges '97, Micah Meisel '98, Kavita Pillay '97, "Possibilities for Reconciliation: The Fate of Jerusalem", 1996, researched in Israel and the West Bank
  • Omer Hiziroglu '98, "Reconstructing Beirut: How the Past Influences the Future", researched in Beirut
  • Lucas Kello '99, "Political Disputes, Ethnicity, and Post-war Reconstruction", researched in Bosnia Herzegovina
  • David McNally '97, "After the 'Troubles': Restoring Civil Society in Northern ireland", researched in Northern Ireland
  • Delegation of six EPIIC students, 1996, United Nations Human Settlements Conference, presentation of their original research and CD-Rom on "Beyond Intolerance: Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Beirut, Belfast, Jerusalem, and Sarajevo", in Istanbul, Turkey

1996-1997 >>top

  • Aparna Basnyat '00 and Carolyn Hunt '00, "The Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women in the Brothels of India", researched in Nepal
  • Elizabeth Chen '99, "Popular Culture and Democratization in China", researched in China
  • Allison Cohen '98, "Organizational Profiles: Key Right-Wing Legal Institutions", a project for The Center for Democracy Studies, in US
  • Goh Chin Lian '00, "Rural Election in the People's Republic of China", researched in China
  • Alexandra Haddad '97, "Demilitarization and Women's Health Issues", researched in Costa Rica and Guatemala
  • Anthony Lin '99, "Two Engines of the Chinese Reform Machine: Special Economic Zones and Rural Enterprises", researched in China
  • Courtney Reed '97, "One Country, Two Systems or One Country, One System?", researched in Hong Kong
  • Samar Shaheryar '99, "War Crimes and Women's Issues: Rape and Dilemmas of the Witness Protection Program", researched at The Hague
  • Serge Todorovich '97, "Refugees and the Dilemmas of Reconciliation", researched in The Serb Republic

1997-1998 >>top

  • Claire Knight '98, "Le Pen and the Campaign against Immigrants in France, researched in France"
  • Jesse Lainer '99, "Labor Migration and Citizenship Laws in the UAE", researched in the United Arab Emirates

1998-1999 >>top

  • Abisoye Babajide '00, and Danielle Lightburn, BU'00, participated in a needs-assessment tour by KIND of NGO's that work with women and youth, researched in Nigeria
  • Sam Barzilay '00, Hyun Jung Choi '01, and Shorena Shaverdashvili '01, "Corporate Crime and Corruption: The Caspian and Beyond", researched in Azerbaijan
  • Ehren Brav '02, "The Media: Fanning the Flames of Ethnic Hatred", researched in Bosnia Herzegovina
  • Kristen Cibelli '99 and Tamy Guberek '02, "Justice Unknown, Justice Unsatisfied? Bosnia NGOs Speak about the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia" (they interviewed 54 NGOs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia about the ICTY and about the proposed truth and reconciliation commission and organized a conference at the University of Sarajevo on their findings; their report is currently being used as a foundation for outreach to the community in Sierra Leone as that country begins its truth and reconciliation process; http://www.epiic.com/class/justicereport.pdf), researched in Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Arum Han '01 and Keiko Nakano '01, "The Legacy of War Crimes and the Potential for Reconciliation", researched in Japan and South Korea
  • Julie Leimbach '00, "Truth and Reconciliation: The Witnesses in the Western Cape Truth and Reconciliation Amnesty Hearings", researched in South Africa
  • Harris Rashid '00 and Hyun Jung "Jo" Choi '01, "The Indonesian General Elections and Corruption", researched in Indonesia

1999-2000 >>top

  • Claudia Asch '01, 2000 Humanity in Action Fellow, researched in The Netherlands
  • Ariunna Batbold F'01, 2000, internship at The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, researching the regulatory foundation for internet securities trading in the US, in Hong Kong
  • Nicole Bores '02, internship with T.E.A.M. (The Exceptional Athlete Matters) USA, preparing updates and curricula for the Ride Across America
  • Ehren Brav '02, "The Media and Conflict in the Middle East", researched in Israel and the West Bank
  • Ehren Brav '02, Humanity in Action Fellow, researched in Denmark
  • Julie Leimbach '00, 2000 Leonard Silk-EPIIC Fellow, International Consortium for Investigative Journalists, Washington, DC
  • Lauren Pinkus '00, participated in the International Olympic Committee Conference on Women in Sport, documented proceedings and presented a summary during the conference, in Paris
  • Maria Speridakos '01, internship with Cable & Wireless HKT, researching the role of venture capital and incubation fund activities for China/Hong Kong high-tech business transformation, in Hong Kong

2000-2001 >>top

  • Aditi Banerjee'02, internships with the Human Rights Program at the Harvard Law School, researching minority rights and conflict resolution in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for the Bellagio Conference
  • David Chang '01, internship with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, researching banking distribution in Singapore, in Hong Kong
  • Michael Conte '02 and Peter Mayer '00, internships with NBC Sports at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, in Australia
  • Daniel Elman '01, internship at Internet PRO Limited, researching new venture opportunities of high business value in the Asia internet arena, performing feasibility studies and market analysis, in Hong Kong
  • Kenneth Fan '01, internship with the Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, on researching the new Cyberport and identifying which universities and research institutions Hong Kong's new Cyberport should target, in Hong Kong
  • Alison Fleisher '01, internship at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, researching and analyzing consumer behavior, motivation, and decision-making processes, in Hong Kong
  • Mark Goldberg '02, Humanity in Action Fellow, "Grassroots and Government Initiatives in the Community of Slotervaat/Overtoomse Veld", researched in The Netherlands
  • Tami Guberek '02, 2001 Leonard Silk-EPIIC Fellow, International Consortium for Investigative Journalists
  • Kelly Knee '01, internship with the Environment and Food Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, creating a pilot environment sustainability index, in Hong Kong
  • Amy Kumpel '01, internship at Johnson Electric, conducting a risk analysis of a newly formed joint venture using the software package "@RISK4.0", in Hong Kong
  • Lisa Lake '01, internship at Time Asia, Inc., researching marketing and new media, in Hong Kong
  • Sarah Leistikow '03, internship, Center for Law, Culture, and Difference at Northeastern University School of Law, researching racial profiling and creating a web site
  • Melisa Onel '02, "Voices of Change: Turkey and Civilian Participation in Change", an ethnographic study of ethnicity and self-determination, researched in Turkey
  • Christopher Panagos '01, internship at OOCL/Cargo System, researching and analyzing third party logistics, in Hong Kong
  • Sarada Peri '01, internship with the Hong Kong Housing Authority, researching space allocation standards for public rental housing in sustaining a healthy living in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong
  • Sam Schwartz '01, Aditi Banerjee '02, and Mimi Feldman '01, "Putting the Burundian Civil War in Context (1994-present): Supplement to Breaking the Codes ", working with Nieman Fellow and filmmaker Bryan Rich
  • Shorena Shaverdashvili '01, "The Condition of Chechen Refugees", researched in Georgia
  • Natica Smith '03, worked with Dr. Patrick Ball of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science on designing and cross-referencing databases to study death squads in Guatemala and El Salvador, in Washington, DC
  • Adrian Wilairat '01 Humanity in Action Fellow, "The Clash of Values", researched in Denmark

2001-2002 >>top

  • Taliser Avery '02, internship with Russell Reynolds Associates, researching and coordinating the company's practice sectors, e.g. financial services, industrial, China, etc, in Hong Kong
  • Sam Abrams '05, Joseph Gulezian '05, and Pon Souvannesong '05, project with Builders for Peace, in Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Stephanie Albin '05, internship in the Emergency Room of Lenox Hospital in New York City, assisted with a Post-9/11 Trauma Study
  • Bernie Bazile '02, internship with the Education and Manpower Bureau   of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, conducting and education assessment, in Hong Kong
  • Nicole Bores '02, "Assessing the Impacts of Outsiders on Community Empowerment: Water Source Protection in Rural Uganda", researched in Uganda
  • Ehren Brav '02, internship with Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited, analyzing how all aspects of trade between Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, the Mainland and Taiwan can be put online, in Hong Kong
  • Alexander Busse '04 and Sean Young '04, "Housing and Sustainable Development in South Africa: An Examination of Informal Settlements in the Greater Johannesburg Area", researched in South Africa
  • Alex Busse '04, "Civil Society and the Peace Process: Sri Lanka Looks to the Future", researched in Sri Lanka
  • Meghan Carleton '02, internship at Education and Manpower Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, researching on how to promote the professionalism of teachers in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong
  • Jaime Carlson '02, "Migrating for Work: Globalization and Labor", researched in Thailand
  • Christina Chan '02, internships with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, researching how to exploit the TDC's portal's market share in China, in Hong Kong
  • Sarah Dalglish '05, internship at the National Security Archive, compiling a chronology of Caspian Sea energy issues as a foundation for the Archive to make FOIA requests, in Washington, DC
  • Jana Frey '02, "The Plight of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan", researched in Pakistan
  • Joan Hamory, 02, internship with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., researching new cash market investment products traded on major overseas stock exchanges, in Hong Kong
  • Grace Hollister '02 and Kelly Morrison '02, "Senegalese Women and Microcredit: The Search for a Suitable Solution", researched in Senegal
  • Yeechin Karen Huang '02, internship, Crown Worldwide Industries, conducting a global assessment of Crown's training practices and assisting in the creation of two on-line courses, in Hong Kong
  • Caroline Kelly '02, 2002 Humanity in Action Fellow, researched in Germany
  • Jared Levant '02, "Pharoah's Legacy: The Nature of Conflict in Modern Egypt", researched in Egypt
  • Anne O'Loughlin '02, "Occupational Hazard? The Life of the Migrant Worker in Taiwan", researched in Taiwan
  • Alexander Parachini '05, "Racism and the New Right in America", research directed by MacArthur Fellow Leonard Zeskind
  • Ingrid Rasmussen '03, "Turkish Immigrants and Citizenship in Italy and Germany: Religion and Education", research conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Antonio Amedus Institute for Democracy in Berlin, Germany
  • Tristan Reed '02, internship with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, conducting an evaluation of the health plan that the Hong Kong Jockey Club offers to its employees, in Hong Kong
  • Jacob Silberberg '02, internship at Grey Asia Advertising, researching the youth market in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong
  • Anoop Swaminath '02, internship with the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, on the feasibility of legal betting on soccer, in Hong Kong
  • David Tran '02, internships with ebiz incubation Co. Ltd., assessing the
  • deal flow management process, in Hong Kong
  • Anthony Wan '02, internships with OOCL, analyzing third party logistical operations for Cargo System, in Hong Kong
  • Sean Young '04, 2002 Leonard Silk-EPIIC Fellow, International Consortium for Investigative Journalists
  • Thomas Zanios '02, internship with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, researching delivery channels for financial services and their impact on bank strategies, in Hong Kong
  • EPIIC Class, 2002, prepared briefing papers on critical aspects of global inequities for the director of the Strategic Policy Unit for the Secretary-General of the United Nations

2002-2003 >>top

  • Rana Abdul-Aziz '03, internship with Crown Worldwide Industries, preparing an online course for Motorola, in Hong Kong
  • Lana Asfour '03, internship with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd., reviewing China's securities market and preparing a CD-Rom guide, in Hong Kong
  • Robina Bhasin '03 and Vicky Hartanto '03, "U.S.-Mexico Border: Identity, Immigration, and Human Right", on the U.S.-Mexico border from Texas to California
  • Rachel Brandenburg '05, "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Resolution", in Israel
  • Kate Burns '05, "Corsican Identity: Claims for Sovereignty", in Corsica
  • Alexander Busse '04, internship with the Club of Madrid, in Spain
  • Nicholas Chaset '05,"East Timor: Nation-building and the Repatriation of Refugees", in East Timor
  • Veronica Chouinard '03 and Valerie Rock '03, internships with Leadership 21--Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, designing a youth leadership training program and researching youth unemployment in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong
  • Andrew Coombs '03, internship with OOCL, researching e-application to human resources, in Hong Kong
  • Frances Dixon '06 and Jeremy Sueker '06, "Famine as a Political Tool", in Zimbabwe
  • Elizabeth Ehrlich '03, internship with OOCL, researching value creation through efficient supply chain management, in Hong Kong
  • Elana Eisen-Markowitz '06, Jenna Sirkin '04, and Sonia Weiss-Pick '06, "Sovereignty and Free Choice: A Study of the Relationship between Internal and External Governmental and Non Governmental Organizations and Reproductive Health Policy in Mexico", in Mexico
  • Carolyn Florey '03, internship with the Tourism Commission of the Government of Hong Kong SAR,   monitoring the training/human resource needs and product marketing in Hong Kong and in the region for Hong Kong Disneyland, in Hong Kong
  • Shai Gruber '06, "The Future of Jerusalem", in Israel
  • Alia Hamid '04, "Statelessness and Sovereignty: The Status of Palestinians in Lebanon", in Lebanon
  • Ben Harburg '06, internship with Elkarri, the Basque Region
  • Ben Harburg '06, internship with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, in The Hague
  • Elliot Hirshon '05 and Kari McIntyre '06, "The Australian Project: Understanding the Complexities Surrounding Asylum Policies and National Security", in Australia
  • Joe Jaffe '05 and Leah Rogers '05, "Trafficking of Women and Girls in Thailand: Would the Intervention of International Authorities and Morality Violate Thai Sovereignty?", in Thailand
  • John Rogers Maxwell '03, "The Process of Government Decentralization and its Impact on the Culture, the Economy, and the People of Peru", in Peru
  • Sara Mohammadi '03, internship with Pacific Century CyberWorks, researching the telecom industry in Asia, in Hong Kong
  • Craig Perkins '03, internship with Tradelink Electronic Commerce, Ltd., conducting research on Commercial Certification Authorities (CA) and related operations worldwide, in Hong Kong
  • Sarah Sandison '02, internship with the Education and Manpower Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, formulating performance indicators for measuring quality of teaching and student outcome of the higher education sector in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong
  • Lindsay Spiegelberg '03, internship with Grey Worldwide, researching the credit card market and identifying meaningful opportunities for Dao Hang Bank, one of the top credit card houses in Hong Kong
  • Uyen Tang '03, internship with the Tourism Commission of the Government of Hong Kong SAR, researching how Hong Kong might use the internet to promote inbound and outbound tourism with reference to local and overseas experiences and the related internet initiatives in place launched by the government and related organizations, in Hong Kong
  • Elaine Wang '03, internship with Tradelink Electronic Commerce, Ltd., designing and developing an online training package for the online domain name disputes service, in Hong Kong
  • Delegation of 22 students, 2002, United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, South Africa

2003-2004 >>top

  • Sarah Arkin '06, Tiffany Chen '06, and Ana Martinez '05, "U.S. Aid and International Policies on Refugees and IDPs in Uganda", in Uganda
  • Laura Arriaza '06, "Transitional Justice in Guatemala and the Role of the U.S.", in Guatemala
  • Vera Belitsky '07 and Sarah Newton '07, "U.S. Aid and Public Health in Russia", in Russia
  • Lisa BonoCorredor '04 and Erica Levine '04, "USAID and Women's Policies", in Morocco
  • Rachel Brandenburg '05 and Adrienne van Nieuwenhuizen '07, International Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution Conference on the Middle East, in Cyprus
  • Justin Carlson '06 and Laura Reed '06, "Government Policies and the Development of the Biotechnology Industry", in Malaysia and Singapore
  • Boryana Damyanova '06 and Thomas Singer '06, "The Cultural Impact of American Multinational Corporations", in the United Arab Emirates
  • EarthTrain, three undergraduates, public service and research on sustainable development, in Panama
  • Matthew Edmundson '05, "The Immigration of the Somali Bantus from the Kauma Refugee Camp to the U.S.", in Kenya
  • John Francis '04, Tsega Menelik '05, and Ajaita Shah '06, "The Impact of the EU Rapid Reaction Force", in Belgium and France
  • Joanna Friedman '04, Negar Razavi '06, and Esra Yalcinalp '04, public service with Builders for Peace in Bosnia, in Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Ben Harburg '06, internship with the Conference on the Future of Kosovo, in Austria
  • Claudine Iliev '06, William Lange '06, and Guergana Petkova '06, "Bulgaria's Accession to NATO", in Bulgaria
  • Iran Dialogue Initiative, five undergraduate and five graduate students, cultural trip, in Iran
  • Jonathan Lautze F'05, "Water Scarcity and Access", in Israel and the West Bank
  • New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP), 11 undergraduates, fact-finding trip to Israel and the West Bank
  • Ajaita Shah '06, International Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution Conference, in The Hague
  • Aliyah Shahid '06, "U.S.-South Korea Security Relations", in South Korea
  • Jeremy Sueker '06, "AIDS Policies and NGO's in South Africa, in South Africa
  • Thirteen TILIP students at various internships in Hong Kong
  • Tufts International and Intercultural Learning through Experience and Service (TIILES), 12 undergraduates, public service initiative on sustainable development, in Nicaragua

2004-2005 >>top

  • Sam Abrams '05, internship at SUNDAY Telecommunications, conducting research for an analysis of market acceptance of 3G services and applications, in Hong Kong Adina Allen '05, "Engaging with the Emotional Component of Intellectual Work" in United States
  • Mauricio Artinano '06,"The Abolition of the Military in Panama" in Panama
  • Rachel Brandenburg '05, "No Longer Newly-Weds: The Evolution of a Decade of Turkish Foreign Policy toward Israel" (senior honors thesis in international relations) in Turkey
  • Casey Beck '07, "The Role of Mapendo International in Helping Refugees in Kenya" in Kenya
  • Daniel Becker '08, "Ethanol Production in Brazil" in Brazil
  • Jake Berliner '07, Alexandra Wright '08, Nick Chaset '05, "Developing the Solar Economy: Political, Financial, and Infrastructure Framework Creation for Renewable Energy Systems in California, Germany, and Eastern Europe" (groundwork for the creation of the Tufts Energy Security Initiative)
  • Tanya Beja '05, internship at Russell Reynolds Associates Inc., identifing credit card industry trends, historical forecast, credit loss, andthe major players involved in the credit card industry in Asia, in Hong Kong
  • Kathryn Brooks '05, "Hydropolitics of the Egyptian Nile and its Effect of Relations Between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia" in Egypt
  • Catherine Caicedo '05, internship at HKSAR Education and Manpower Bureau, designing the structure for the Qualification Register, in Hong Kong
  • Nicolas Chaset '05, "The Future of Venezuelan Oil" in Venezuela
  • Matan Chorev '06, F'07, "Examining Egypt's Foreign Policy Ambitions vis à vis the Gaza Strip Post-Disengagement" in Egypt
  • Matan Chorev '06, F'08, research associate with the International Peace Operations Association in Washington, DC
  • Katherine Conway '07, "Water Sanitation in Honduras and Nicaragua" in Honduras and Nicaragua
  • Katherine Conway '07, "Groundwork for the Futures TIILES/Bridges to Nicaragua Internship Project" in Nicaragua
  • EXPOSURE students attended the VII Photography Workshop led by John Stanmeyer and Gary Knight in Bali
  • EXPOSURE students attended the VII Photo Workshop "Rebuild: Kosovo Six Years Later" in Kosovo
  • Lucia DiPoi '05, "Los Piqueteros: The Unionization of Argentina's Unemployed" in Argentina
  • Matthew Edmundson '05, "Somaliland: The Political Economy of Secession without Recognition" (senior honors thesis in economics) in Somaliland
  • Katharine Ferguson '05, "Bridging the Urban Rural Divide: Discussion of Irrigation Methods and Farmer's Choices on the North Eastern Nebraska Plains " in the United States
  • Engineers without Borders (EWB), "Efforts to Promote Sustainable Practices in Developing Communities" in Tibet
  • Farzana Hoque '05, internship at the Hong Kong Productivity Council, forming strategic alliances with East European countries in the automobile industry to enable Hong Kong and China to further technology transfer, in Hong Kong
  • Nida Ghouse '05, "Women, Violence, and Ethnic Conflict in Gujarat, India" in India
  • Nicolas Gortzounian '08, "Venezuela's Outlook on its Relations with the United States" in Venezuela
  • Benjamin Harburg '06, student fellow with Humanity in Action, research on terrorism and immigration policy in Germany
  • Rachel Hereford '05, "Oil and Populism in the Chavez Administration" in Venezuela
  • Kristian Horvei '05, Leonard Silk Fellowship, Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC
  • Student Delegation to the International Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution Conference on Africa in South Africa
  • Unaza Khan '07, "A Sustainable Cairo" in Egypt
  • Gabriel Koehler-Derrick '05, curriculum internship with Soliya, a NIMEP project
  • Julia Lang '05, internship at Crown Worldwide, constructing a standardized model for gauging customer service satisfaction and business development, in Hong Kong
  • Rachel Leven '07, "The Effects of the Exporting Waste Management to International Firms and its Effect on Egypt's Zabaleen Community" in Egypt
  • Dora Levinson '07, "AIDS in Tanzania" in Tanzania
  • Phil Martin '06, Leonard Silk Fellowship, Center for Public Integrity; including research on the creation of Discourse, a new Tufts University publication with the IGL
  • Elexia McGovern '05, "Water Scarcity, Population, and Industrialization in El Paso, TX and Cuidad Juarez" in the United States and Mexico
  • Christopher Quirk '05, "Water for All? How the AIDS Epidemic Affects Water Access in South Africa" in South Africa
  • Shiho Okino '05, internship at the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups: Leadership 21, designing courses for Hong Kong's student leaders including a cultural diversity awareness and exchange day-camp, in Hong Kong
  • Hayk Piloyan '05, internship at SUNDAY Telecommunications, conducting an analysis of the changing consumer behavior of prepaid cell phone customers, in Hong Kong
  • Sajid Pothiawala '06, "Impending Scarcity Conditions: The Need for Water Resource Management Reform in Egypt" in Egypt
  • Negar Razavi '06, "The Impact of the West on Women's Movements in Egypt" in Egypt
  • Christy Ren '05, internship at Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd, identifying cities in China that have business opportunities for Standard Chartered, in Hong Kong
  • Diane Rish '05, "The Lack of Water and Waste-water Infrastructure in the Colonias of the US-Mexico Border: Causes, Consequences, Challenges and Responses" in the United States
  • Genna Sankin '05, Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Fellowship, Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC
  • Kathrine Schmidt '05, "The Religious Right and American Energy Policy" in the United States
  • Student Delegation, 9 students, to the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA) at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
  • Sinan Seyhun '07, "The Role of Solar Energy in the Implementation of the Kyoto Treaty: The Case of the UK," and an internship with Energy 21 (via Peter Droege and David Wortmann) in the United Kingdom
  • Shanti Sattler '07, "The Hope of Perpetrators: A Review of Remorse and Forgiveness in Post-Apartheid South Africa" in South Africa
  • Anne Siarnacki '06, internship at the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council, conducting interviews and writing articles for TDC's intranet, in Hong Kong
  • Carol Strulovic '05, internship at the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Co. Ltd., researching local and global competitors' online practices as well as general strategies for e-commerce, in Hong Kong
  • Carol Strulovic '05, "Venezuela: A Crude Situation" in Venezuela
  • J. Jeremy Sueker '06, internship with the HIV and AIDS Programme at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa
  • Jessica Sutton '05, internship at the Hong Kong Tourism Commission, creating a publicity plan for the opening of Hong Kong's Wetland Park, in Hong Kong
  • Oleg Svet '08, "The Role of Water in Israel's Domestic and Foreign Policies" in Israel
  • Tufts International and Intercultural Learning through Experience and Service Program (TIILES), a delegation composed of 12 students, traveled to the community of Sinua to help build a community school and work on water sanitation projects in Nicaragua
  • Six students as part of the Tufts Uganda Internship Program conducted a community assessment of economic, social and environmental needs of Jinja Province with respect to refugee and internally-displaced peoples communities in Uganda
  • Student Delegation, 8 students, to the Women as Global Leaders: Educating the Next Generation Conference at Zayyed University in the United Arab Emirates
  • Valerie Wood '05, "Nile and Disease: Water Bourne Illness in Modern Egypt" in Egypt
  • Alexandra Wright '08, "The Piro River Watershed" in Costa Rica

2005-2006 >>top

  • Jessica Anderson '08, "The Ghanaian Domestic Violence Bill: Empowering Women and Reducing the Spread of HIV/AIDS"
  • Manka Angwafo '07, Jessie Berlin '08, Nicky Gortzounian '08, Trevanna Grenfell '06 and Nicki Sobecki '08, "The Amahoro Project: Obstacles and Advances in Rwandan Reconstruction"
  • Sarah Arkin '06, "Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda" in Uganda
  • Laura Arriaza '05, Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Fellowship, Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC
  • Mauricio Artinano '06, Sebastian Chaskel '07, Pedro Echavarria '09, Cynthia Medina '07, Andrea Petersen '06, and Molly Runyon F'06, "Lessons Learned from Regional Peace-Building: The Experience of the Central American Peace Process"
  • Meena Bhasin '06 and Barbara Magid '06, "The Ban on the Headscarf: The Turkish Controversy" in Turkey
  • Julia Clark '06, Arlyn Escalante '06, and Daphne LaBua '06,"Contemporary Issues of Immigration in Spain"
  • Student Delegation to the "The Fear of the Other in the Arab-Israeli Conflict" Conference in London
  • Elana Eisen-Markowitz '06, "Making Space for Redefinition: Sites of Public Memory during Self-Conscious Periods of Social and Political Transition in the United States and South Africa"
  • Nora Elmarzouky '06, "Beyond the Media Lense: Discourse on the Egyptian Street" in Egypt
  • EXPOSURE students "Thirty Years after The Dirty War" in Argentina
  • EXPOSURE students "Gun Violence Workshop" in Philadelphia
  • Rachel Greenspan '08, "Post-Dictatorship Education and Historical Memory" in Argentina
  • Lauren Kari '08, "Counterterrorism and the US - Philippine Relationship" in the Philippines
  • Jason Lau '07, internship with HKSAR Tourism Commission working to determine the proper reuse of overseas heritage buildings and the promotion of cultural heritage on Lantau Island in Hong Kong
  • Peter Maher '07 and Jaclyn Silbermann '08, "The Palestinian Condition: Governance and Power"
  • Sonia Mak '06, internship with Crown Worldwide, designing a survey to determine the rewards and retirement plans for the APAC Management Services Group offices in Hong Kong
  • Emily Mangone '06, "The Social Impact of the 1992-1995 War on Bosnian University Students" in Bosnia
  • Trevor Martin '08, Julian Roberts '08, and Justin St. Cyr '07, "Silencing Justice" in Colombia
  • Amara Nickerson '06, "Guatemalan Model Villages: "Military Humanism" and the Destruction of Social Fabric" in Guatemala
  • New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP) students, "Fact-Finding Mission: Turkey" in Turkey
  • Yuichiro Okutsu '07, internship with CSL, Create a Simple Life, analyzing potential 3G customers within the One2Free customer base in Hong Kong
  • Odmaa Otgonbileg '06, internship with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange analyzing GEM companies and Chinese mainland companies in Hong Kong
  • Andrew Savini '07, internship with Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company, creating calling scripts for telemarketers and making presentations between departments to facilitate understanding on a new product launch in Hong Kong
  • Ajaita Shah '06,"Energy Security in South Asia: Complex Interdependence of Natural Resources - India and Pakistan's Shift to Compromise"
  • Gouchlien Taing '06, internship with HKSAR Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, analyzing traffic patterns in Hong Kong
  • WU Xiaozheng '10, internship with Morgan Stanley, exploring currently untapped investment opportunities in Hong Kong
  • Elizabeth Yates '08, "The Practice of Trokosi in Ghana: Addressing the System of Ritualized Slavery in the Context of a Developing Nation's Internal Struggle between the Forces of Modernization and Traditionalist Culture"

2006-2007 >>top

  • Raoul Alwani '10, "Hindu Sindhis & Global Governance" in India
  • Sade Champbell '07, Anamaria Vizcaino '07, "Violence & Instability: Las Maras" in Guatemala
  • Christine Ash, M.S. Environmental Engineering '09, "Feasibility of Building Raised Flood-Proof Platforms to Protect and to Improve the Quality of Life of Rural Villagers in Assam, India During Seasonal Flooding of the Brahmaputra River" in India
  • Matan Chorev Fletcher '07, Tufts '05, "Iraqi Kurdistan: Internal Dynamics and Statecraft of a Semistate" in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Monica Clavijo '07, "US Colombia Relations at a Crossroads: the Free Trade Agreement" in Colombia
  • Katherine Conway-Gaffney '07, Perceptions of the Ugandan Peace Process by Adults Currently Living in IDP Camps" in Uganda
  • Meghan Fenzel '07, "The Grass is Never Greener in the Banlieues: Marginalization and its Repercussions for Muslim Immigrants" in France
  • Hirut Fassil '07, "The Influence of Haitian Immigrants on the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in the Dominican Republic"
  • Shoshana Grossman-Crist '07, "Changing Migration Trends and a Changing Community: Herradura, Costa Rica"
  • Glen Gullickson '07, Martin Kielmanowicz '07, Peter Olivier '07, "Class Polarization and the Future of Venezuelan Democracy" in Venezuela
  • Elizabeth Hammond '07, "The Long-term Psychological Effects of Trauma and the Recovering Mental Health System of Bosnia-Herzegovina"
  • Samuel James '09, "Lagos, Nigeria: The Megacity Crisis" in Nigeria
  • Maya Karwande '09, "Domestic War Crime Prosecutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Perceptions of Justice and International Involvement" in Bosnia and Herzegovina Zach Landau '07, "U.S. - India Nuclear Agreement: Proliferation or Partnership?" in India
  • Aliza Lailari '09, "Construction of Identity in the Megacity: Lagos, Nigeria"
  • Adam Levy '08 "Kosovo: The Lasting Legacy of the International Community" in Kosovo
  • Matthew Malinowski '07, "NGOs and Grassroots Governance in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas" in Brazil
  • Anaheta Metghalchi '07, "Indian Energy Security: The Future of International Gas Pipelines" in India
  • David Mou '10, "Asia's Elephant. India's Economic Development: Peace, Poverty, and its Failures" in India
  • Philip Moss '07, "Flight From Kosovo: Refugees, IDP's and the UNHCR's response in the Former Yugoslavia" in Serbia, Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia
  • Padden Murphy '09, "Slaying the Dragon in Africa: An Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy Interests in Nigeria Vis-à-vis China" in
  • Nigeria New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP) delegation "Fact Finding Mission: Lebanon"
  • Ronak Parikh '07, "An Evaluation of the Detrimental Effects of Isolation and Seasonal Flooding of the Brahmaputra River on the Health of Rural Migrant Bihari Communities Living on River Islands in the Northeastern Indian State of Assam and the Subsequent Response of the Public and Private Sector in Alleviating Those Effects" in India
  • MacKenzie Rawcliffe '07, "Edge of Definition: Kenya, the Maasai, the UN and the Land Rights Debate" in Kenya
  • Shanti Sattler '07, "Hoping for a Better Tomorrow: The Story of War-Affected Youth in Northern Uganda" in Uganda
  • Nina Scheinman '08, "Sierra Leonean Women: A Post Conflict Needs Assessment" in Sierra Leone
  • Nathan Stopper '07, "The Indian Paradigm of Foreign Policy" in India

2007-2008 >>top

  • The Impact of Western-Driven Aid | Courtney Morrissey | Bolivia
  • The 2008 Beijing Olympics: The Impact on the City, Transportation and the Poor | Adam White | China
  • Oligarchies and Poverty in Guatemala | Hannah Flamm, Rachel Brown, Julia Silberman, Kelsi Stine | Guatemala
  • Haiti Assessment | Sabina Carlson, Helaina Stein, Valerie Schenkman | Haiti
  • How are the economic opportunities provided by microfinance institutions improving clients’/families’ health statuses in Calcutta’s slums, if at all? | Piyali Kundu | India
  • The Role of NGOs in Primary and Secondary Education in India | Hena Kapadia | India
  • The Impact of Microfinance on Health Care in Calcutta | Aly Pittman | India
  • The Economic Disparities between Israeli and Arab Communities within Israel | Hana Agha | Israel
  • Inequality in Israel | Jessica Herrmann, Laura Kaplan | Israel
  • Movement Restrictions and Settlement Expansion in the West Bank: A Case for Structural Violence? | JJ Emru | Israel/West Bank
  • Challenges of Long-Distance Humanitarian Coordination for Operations in Iraq | Monica Camacho | Jordan
  • BUILD Nicaragua Diego Villalobos et al Nicaragua
  • Area Boys: Poverty, Corruption and Gang Culture in Lagos, Nigeria | Sam James | Nigeria
  • Water Access and Its Impact in Lima, Peru | Danny Negless | Peru
  • The Impact of cultural practices and local governance structure on the implementation and maintainance of sustainable water projects in rural Peru | Jessica Bidgood | Peru
  • Syria Fact-Fining Trip: NIMEP | Jacki Silberman, Monica Camacho, Elien Becque, Ethan Corbin, Ben Filippo, David Mou, Vicky Gilbert, James Kennedy, Mohammed al-Ghanim, Khaled al-Sharikh | Syria
  • ESI Trip: Renewable Energy in the United Arab Emirates | Alex Wright, Jesse Gossett, Daniel Enking, Renee Birenbaum, David Mou, Jake Mandel, Jared Rodriguez, Jayson Uppal | winter UAE
  • Transitional Justice and Economic Development: A Case Study of Uganda | Rachel Bergenfield, Natalie Parke and Jessica Anderson | Uganda (Gulu Town)
  • Culture of Poverty in the US | Erin Baldassari | USA
  • Poverty and Education in the US: Is there a Role for Private Schools? | Rachel Wenger |USA
  • Rural Inequality in the United States | Sam duPont and Adam Levy | USA

2008-2009 >>top

  • Danish Smart Grid Policy | Josh Friedmann | Copenhagen
  • Power Crisis in South Africa | Max Leiserson and Neha Agrawal | South Africa
  • Uzuri Landscape Project | Mae-ling Lokko | Ghana
  • Biodiversity in Shanghai | Yun Luo | China
  • Eco-city: initial integration of agriculture and future prospect | Yun Luo | China
  • Ghana Gold Study Tour | Sophia Michelen | Ghana
  • Comparative Slavery: Spanish Colonial Rule in Peru and the Dominican Republic in the 16th and 17th Centuries | Duncan Pickard | Peru
  • Public Reaction to Terrorism and Global Cities | Radhika Saraf | India
  • The Urban Transformation of Bogota, Colombia's Transportation System | Kara Takasaki and Tomas Valdes | Colombia
  • Embracing Sustainable Development in Denmark: An Anthropological Study | Elyse Tyson | Denmark
  • The Grand Housing Project | Adriene Frieden | Ethiopia
  • Urban Expansion in Addis Ababa: Effects on Urban Agriculture and its Social Implications | Mara Gittleman | Ethiopia
  • The Global Food Crisis and the Urban Poor | Eileen Guo | Ethiopia
  • Peer-education HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs Targeted at In-School Youth of Addis Ababa | Michelle Liu | Ethiopia
  • An analysis of poverty reduction methods for coffee farmers in Ethiopia’s Sidama region | Gillian Javetsky | Ethiopia
  • Design of Rural Wind Turbines Using Local Materials | Brittany Wright | Ethiopia
  • Internship with Peace Keeping and Stability Operations Institute, U.S. Army | Jesse Sloman | USA
  • Internship with Physicians for Human Rights | Nathaniel Teichman | USA

2009-2010 >>top

  • Rural Health in Northeast India | Alon Slutsky | India
  • Counter-Lasso Policy: Iran, Bolivia and the US | Molly Dow, Mike Niconchuk | Bolivia
  • Transitional Justice and the Potential for Reconciliation in Sri Lanka | Leslie Ogden, Alon SLutsky, Lauren Visek | Sri Lanka
  • Water Resources in Rural China | Daniel Enking | China
  • Equipping the National Police in Afghanistan | Pashtoon Atif | Afghanistan
  • Youth Political Participation in India | Tomo Takaki | India
  • Maternal Health and Poverty in Delhi | Meg Kearns, Madeline Taskier | India
  • Energy Resources for the Agohoza Shalom Youth Village | Michael Sidebottom, Cody Valdes | Rwanda
  • Violence and Poverty in Brazil | Jim Shyne | Brazil
  • Maternal Health in Balan, Haiti | Ashley Allison, Sabina Carlson, Lauren Klinker, Helaina Stein | Haiti
  • Agency in the Development Process | Anna Gilmer, Mark Rafferty | Bangladesh
  • The Effectiveness of NGO Schools in Dhaka | Jennifer Dann-Fenwick, Anika Huq | Bangladesh
  • Local Police Reforms and Democracy in Brazil | Alison Coffey | Brazil
  • Exposure Photojournalism Workshop | 7 students | Vietnam
  • Exposure/Aftermath Photojournalism Workshop | 9 students | USA (Houston)
  • Participation and Leadership Among Urban Internally Displaced Women | Alice Taylor | Colombia
  • The State of Social Reform in the UAE and Kuwait | Stephanos Karavas | UAE and Kuwait
  • Economic Diversification in the Gulf | Spencer Russ | UAE and Kuwait
  • The Future of Energy in Kuwait and the UAE | Seth Rau | UAE and Kuwait
  • Security Strategies and Defense Capabilities of the Gulf States | Patricia Letayf | UAE and Kuwait
  • Legitimacy at Home, Legitimacy Abroad: The Creation of Kuwait | Khaled Al_Sharikh | UAE and Kuwait
  • Gulf Relations: Kuwait and the UAE | Jonathan Gale | UAE and Kuwait
  • Through the Desert: The Arabs, Americans, and the Iranian Bomb | Chas Morrison | UAE and Kuwait
  • Civil-Military Relations in Chile | ALLIES | Chile
  • A Study on Ethnic Tensions in Malaysia between the Malays, Malaysian Indians and Malaysian Chinese: A Look at the Causes of Tensions and Potential Ways Forward | Ashish Malhotra | Malaysia