Watson student awards, grants and prizes

Center for Middle East Studies Graduate Research Travel Award

• Adel Ben Bella, Modern Culture and Media
• Arif Erbil, History
• Hosna Salari Sardari, History of Art and Architecture
• Amelle Zeroug, History
• Gabriel Zuckerberg, Music

Center for Middle East Studies Undergraduate Research Travel Award

• Aboud H. Ashhab ’25, International and Public Affairs and History
  Conscription in Syria during the Egyptian Occupation from 1831-1841

Jack Ringer Summer in Southeast Asia Fellowship

• Angela Wei ’24.5, International and Public Affairs
  Cambodia 

John P Birkelund Fund For Diplomacy

• Rachel Blumenstein ’24, History
  Immersive German Language Study: Independent project

• Margaret Nesi ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Climate Change conference in Dubai 

KoChon Fund

• Seoeun Choi ’24, History
  In the Margins of History: Uncovering Queer Stories in Korean History 

Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC)

• Georgia Harrington ’24, International and Public Affairs

• Michael Ochoa ’25, International and Public Affairs

• Elliot Trendell ’24, International and Public Affairs

Richard C. Barker Award

• Ashkay Ameseur ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Dose for Development: The Role of Political Economy and Academic Infrastructure in Pharmaceutical Innovation

• Michael Ochoa ’25, International and Public Affairs
  Fall Intern: Human Resources and Talent Development

• Emma Stroupe ’25, International and Public Affairs
  Fall Intern for CARE in the Office of the President

Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA)

• Theodore Horowitz ’24, International and Public Affairs

• Theo Illarionov ’27, International and Public Affairs

Watson Institute Language Study Grant

• Isabella Collins ’26, International and Public Affairs
  Princeton in Beijing

• Luis Gomez ’24, International and Public Affairs
  German Language Study in Berlin, Germany 

• Alex Ivanchev ’25, International and Public Affairs
  Tulane's Summer in Brazil - Portuguese 

• Priyanka Mahat ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Language Study in Granada Spain 

• Nathanael Perez ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Chinese language study program in Taiwan City

• Henry Robbins ’26, International and Public Affairs and History
  FLAD in Lisbon - Portuguese

• Gidget Rosen ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Language Study in Berlin, Germany

• Nicholas Sanzi ’24.5, International and Public Affairs
  Middlebury - intensive Arabic Summer program

• Elliot Smith ’26, International and Public Affairs
  Harvard in Taipei - Chinese

• Hiram Valladares Castro-Lopez ’26, International and Public Affairs
  CET SA program - Chinese

Watson Internship and Research Grant

• Charlie Adams ’24, International and Public Affairs and Environmental Sciences and Studies
  Ghosts in the (Green) Machine: Policy Feedback and 21st Century Coalitions for Green Industrial Policy in the US

• Aleye Alemayehu Yeabfikir ’24, International and Public Affairs and Economics
  Invisible Extractive Institutions: How the CFA franc Dominates Monetary Policies in Niger and the Republic of Congo

• Michela Alioto-Pier ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Women, Life, Freedom and the Decline of Iran’s Theocracy

• Elisabeth Bernold ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Women on the Hill: A Gender-Impact Analysis of Congressional Staffing 

• Sophia Block ’24, International and Public Affairs and Sociology
  2024 American Educational Research Association Conference, Research Paper Title: 'The First-generation Experiences of LatinX College Students with one College-educated Parent."

• Sofia Boroquez ’24, International and Public Affairs and Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  Miami-Dade County Public Schools: A Unique Case of Choice, Race, and Class

• Emory Brinson ’24, International and Public Affairs
  State takeovers and their spillover effect on state Pre-K

• Olivia Hanley ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Black Women Activists within the United States’s Civil Rights Movement and in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Movement

• Selia Jindal ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Threat to Human Security: Vulnerabilities in Space-Based Infrastructure Critical to Natural Disaster Response research in collaboration with UNOOSA (the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs)

• Alexander Lee ’25, International and Public Affairs and Engineering
  Boston USAG ofc

• Serena Levin ’24, International and Public Affairs and Education Studies
  2024 American Educational Research Association Conference, Research Paper Title: “Strategic Niceness:” A Study of Middle-Class Latinx Parents' School Involvement in San Antonio, Texas

• Isabella Mandell ’24, International and Public Affairs and Environmental Sciences and Studies
  The Effects of Gentrification on School Segregation: An Analysis of Denver Public Schools

• Bianca Rosen ’24, International and Public Affairs and Middle East Studies
  The Impact of Tribal Ties on Morocco’s Political Stability

• Daniel Salaru ’24, International and Public Affairs and Economics
  Return to Beligerence: Russia's Escalating Pursuit of Regional Hegemony Through Frozen Conflicts in Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine

• Isabelle Sharon ’24, International and Public Affairs
  AI Governance Global Conference in Boston 

• Spencer Sheppe ’24, International and Public Affairs
  Language policy, national identity, and unity a multi-level analysis 

• Anushka Srivastava ’24, International and Public Affairs
  EAG X Latin America 2024 Conference 

• Ayca Ulgen ’24, International and Public Affairs
  EAG X Latin America 2024 Conference 
  How, if at all, does the technology through which governments disseminate online propaganda and their ability to hide/expose the source of the propaganda content affect the governemnts' ability to influence public opinion?

• Anik Willig ’24, International and Public Affairs and English
  The Right to the City: Focus on Indonesia

Honors in International and Public Affairs

• Akshay Amesur ’24
• Eva Azazoglu ’24
• Lizzy Bernold ’24
• Emory Brinson ’24
• Logan Danker ’24
• William Forys ’24
• Alice Jo ’24
• Alexandra Lehman ’24
• Ethan Minkoff ’24
• Siri Pierce ’24
• Annie Schwerdtfeger ’24
• Gabrielle Shammash ’24
• Spencer Sheppe ’24
• Salonee Singh ’24
• Isa Stronski ’24
• Elliott Trendell ’24
• Ayca Ulgen ’24
• Sofia Yee-Wadsworth ’24

Community Service Award

• Jessica Saez Gomez ’24 MPA

Leadership Award

• Gulsima Young ’24 MPA
• Lizbeth Lucero ’24 MPA

Policy in Action Project Award

• Siddi Chittaraa team: Allison Clark ’24 MPA, Spencer Budden ’24 MPA, Allie Hansen’24 MPA, and Fatima Rezaie ’24 MPA

Academic Excellence Award

• William Bannister ’24 MPA
• Alison Clark ’24 MPA
• Kyler Groner ’24 MPA
• Maxwell Macort ’24 MPA
• Hannah Reale ’24 MPA
• Jessica Saenz Gomez ’24 MPA
• Gulsima Young ’24 MPA

Academic Excellence in International and Public Affairs

• Noah Ball-Burack ’24
• Sophia Block ’24
• Emory Brinson ’24
• Sophie Butcher ’24
• Logan Danker ’24
• Luca Duclos-Orsello ’24
• Max Goldstein ’24
• Catherine Kawaja ’24
• Ekaterina Komarova ’24
• Mary Lau ’24
• Alexandra Lehman ’24
• Ethan Minkoff ’24
• Margaret Nesi ’24
• Ben Piekarz ’24
• Daniel Poloner ’24
• Maame Quakyi ’24
• Elliott Trendell ’24
• Jane Vaillant ’24
• Keanna Vaitohi ’24
• Xucong Zhu ’24

International and Public Affairs Engaged Scholarship Prize

• Elisabeth Bernold ’24, International and Public Affairs
• Will Forys ’24, International and Public Affairs

International and Public Affairs Independent Research Prize

• Margaret Nesi ’24, International and Public Affairs

International and Public Affairs Undergrad Leadership Prize

• Daniel Poloner ’24, International and Public Affairs

Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Thesis Prize for Academic Excellence

• Ethan Minkoff ’24, International and Public Affairs
• Siri Pierce ’24, International and Public Affairs

Riccio Prize

• Marcie Madoff ’24, International and Public Affairs

South Asian Studies Undergraduate Paper Prize

• Anisa Sondhi & Kieran Malik
  “Deviant: The Role of Women’s Sexuality in Notions of Colonial Indian Society”

• Deven Kamlani
  “Thinking with Sindh: Beyond Borders and Between Memories”

• Aparajitha Anantharaman
  “Legal Archives of the Colonial Home: Inscribing and Describing the ‘Traditional’ Woman in Nineteenth-Century India”

• Kaiya Pandit & Shaurya Singh
  “The Great Bengal Famine: An Analysis of Economic Causes"

Thesis Prize in South Asian Studies

• Phoebe Dragseth ’24, South Asian Studies
  Social Science: “Weaving Histories: Unraveling the Diverging Textile Political Economies of India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam through Colonization and Globalization”
   
• Grace Xiao
  Arts: "(Dis)location, Diaspora, and the Camera Image: Zarina Bhimji in the 1980s”
   
• Hamsa Shanmugam
  Humanities: “Thēvāram: A Musicological Analysis of Tamil Saiva Devotional Music from a Karnātak Perspective”

Watson Institute Outstanding Thesis Prize

• Annie Schwerdtfeger ’24, International and Public Affairs
• Sofia Yee-Wadsworth ’24, International and Public Affairs