2019-2020 CRASSH Research Scholars

Academic Year 2019-2020

Autumn 2019

  • Nicholas Aoki, Linguistics, 2021
    • Project Title: Behavorial and Neurophysiological Investigations of Individual Variation in Cue Weighting Stragies
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Alan C.L. Yu, Linguistics
  • Anshika Bajpai, Mathematics, 2021
    • Project Title: Shedding Light on Physical Geometry
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Thomas Pashby, Philosophy
  • Sam Clark, Environmental and Urban Studies; joint-degree MA in International Relations, 2021
    • Project Title: The Resilience Project
    • Faculty Research Mentors: Professor Howard Nusbaum, Psychology; Professor Cagney, Psychology
  • Eugene Han, Environmental and Urban Studies, 2021
    • Project Title: Improving Safety in Offshore Activities Post-Deepwater Horizon Using a Multi-Pronged Approach
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Mark Templeton, Law School
  • Sophia Kierstead, Political Science, 2020
    • Project Title: A View from the Oval Office: Insights from thePresidential Daily Brief, 1961-1977 
    • Faculty Mentor: Austin Carson, Political Science
  • Jonathan Kim, Classics, 2021
    • Project Title: Growth and Rebirth: The Evolution and Fusion of Traditional Greek Deities in Multicultural Hellenistic and Roman Societies
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor David Martinez, Classics, the Divinity School
  • Yena Kim, Psychology, 2021
    • Project Title: Wise Reasoning Project with the Center for Practical Wisdom
    • Faculty Research Mentors: Professor Howard Nusbaum, Psychology; Professor Boaz Keysar, Psychology; and Dr. Tamera Schneider, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research (CUNY)
  • Deblina Mukherjee, Sociology, 2021
    • Project Title: Genesweep: An Illustration of Bayesian Priors
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor James Evans, Sociology
  • Stephanie Reitzig, History, 2022
    • Project Title: Renaissance Invention
    • Faculty Research Mentors: Professor Niall Atkinson, Art History and Dr. Lia Markey, Newberry Library 
  • Emily Salamanca, Political Science and Romance Languages and Literature, 2020
    • Project Title: Research and Development: Democracy in the Age of Plutocracy and Pluralism
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor John McCormick, Political Science
  • Neeraj Sharma, Economics and Political Science, 2022
    • Project Title: Mapping the New Politics of the Global South
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Mark Bradley, History

Winter 2020

  • Katherine Beavis, Art History, Classical Studies, 2021
    • Project Title: Advancing the collections of the Joel Snyder Materials Collection in the Visual Resources Center (VRC)
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Christine Mehring and Professor Maria Kokkori, Art History
  • Miles Burton, Anthroplogy, 2021
    • Project Title: Building the New Native North American Hall 
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Alaka Wali, Lecturer (UChicago) and Curator of North American Anthroplogy (Field Museum)
  • Adriana Gonzales, Anthropology and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies, 2021
    • Project Title: Roadblocks and Policing: The Zimbabwean Citizen and the Postcolonial Nation-State
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Kathryn Takabvirwa, Anthropology
  • Renee Wherle, Creative Writing, English, 2020
    • Project Title: Reading the Enveloping Facts: Flowing Outside of the Feminine
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Maud Ellman, English
  • Chin Ying Wu, Art History, 2021
    • Project Title: Building the New Native North American Hall 
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Alaka Wali, Lecturer (UChicago) and Curator of North American Anthroplogy (Field Museum)
  • Ming Xu, Art History, 2021
    • Project Title: Representations of climate change in 20th and 21st century literature and art
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Benjamin Morgan, English