Taylor (Bambas) Rosecrans and Dr. Christopher Karpowitz, Department of Political Science The purpose of my study is to find a link between government welfare programs and the political participation of recipients. This kind of study is called a policy feedback analysis. It examines a public policy to see what effect it had on human behavior. […]
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All Donors Great and Small: Putting the 2008 Surge in Individual Political Contributions in Perspective
Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Department of Political Science Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Using funding from the Mentoring Environment Grant, we produced a full book manuscript that is currently under review at different university presses (“Message, Messenger, and Medium: Understanding the 2008 Presidential Donor Surge”). The book consists of […]
The Sophie Mentored Research Project: Red Vienna Sourcebook and The Critically Annotated Collected Works of Elisa von der Recke
Rob McFarland and Michelle S. James Acknowledgements: Without funding there would be no Sophie project, which is why the first item in this report on the Sophie activities during 2017 must be an expression of our gratitude to both the ORCA office and to the College of Humanities, on behalf of the faculty members involved, […]
Pathways to success: Refugee families define successful resettlement outcomes
Stacey Shaw, Social Work Successful refugee adaptation to life in the United States (U.S.) has traditionally been measured in terms of economic self-sufficiency and English language acquisition. While these indicators may relate to independence and acculturation, major questions remain about how refugees fare in the U.S. Recent programmatic efforts incorporate attention to integration, wellbeing, empowerment, […]
Funding American Democracy
Michael Barber Academic Objectives The academic objectives of the project were largely met. Students participated in a number of research projects from beginning to end. Two students were included as coauthors on papers that were eventually published in academic journals. Other students participated throughout the process as research assistants. They collected data from archival sources, […]
Analyzing a Corpus of President Trump’s Public Statements to Reveal Possible Media Bias
Kevin Zalewski, William Eggington Introduction In recent years, America has become extremely politically divided. As political polarization has increased, so has distrust of the media, especially during President Trump’s current term of office. The Media Insights Project reports that “just 17 percent of Americans give the news media high marks for being ‘very accurate.’” In […]
How to Get the Attention of Government Officials: A Test of the Effectiveness of Social Proof Treatments
Aubriana Wolferts, Darren Hawkins, Political Science Social proof treatments—informing people about the behavior of their peers—have generally been shown effective in influencing subjects to engage in behavior due to a psychological desire to conform.1 Social proofs are more effective when they describe what peers typically do rather than what peers generally approve of, and when the […]
A Blueprint for Change: How Punk Music in Belfast Affects Activism Today
Hannah Williams and Jacob Hickman, Anthropology Though art can be found in all walks of life, it lends itself particularly well to the expression of political frustration. During the deeply rooted religious conflict between Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland, commonly referred to as the Troubles, many artists and musicians used their creativity to […]
A Regional Party in Yorkshire?: The Proof is in the Pudding
Elizabeth Whatcott and Dr. Joel Selway, Political Science Within the United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have all gained regional assemblies which manage local affairs including health care, economic growth, education, and other services. However, the Parliament in Westminster has devolved few responsibilities to local authorities in England. Under the Blair premiership, the government […]
Post-Genocide Rwanda Peacebuilding Efforts: The Perspective of the People
Amerins Tolman and Ben Cook, Law School Introduction: In 2015, there were forty active conflicts worldwide, with approximately 167,000 fatalities. These statistics are representative for the past decade. Many fatalities are associated with the inability to create lasting peace in the developing world, due to a lack of peace-building techniques, assistance from the transnational justice […]
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