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