2020-2021 CRASSH Research Scholars

2020-2021 CRASSH Research Scholars

Academic Year 2020-2021

Autumn 2020

  • Emeline Boehringer, Art History, 2021
    • Project Title: YOU BE MY ALLY
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Christine Mehring, Art History
  • 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 Anthropology (The Field Museum)
  • Stephanie Reitzig,
    • Project Title:
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Dr. Lia Markey, Newberry Library
  • Austin Christhilf, Political Science and Economics, 2021
    • Project Title: A View from the Oval Office: Insights from the Presidential Daily Brief, 1961-1977
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Austin Carson, Political Science
  • Andrew (Drew) Hallowell, Political Science, Statistics, 2022
    • Project Title: Using Police Calls for Service Data to Analyze Police-Citizen Interactions by Incident Type, Race, and Geography
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor John Brehm, Political Science
  • Jeanette (Jenna) Wong, Philosophy, 2023
    • Project Title: American Mass Incarceration in Comparative and Historical Perspective
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor John Clegg, History

Winter 2021

  • Meera Santhanam, Political Science, Chemistry, 2021
    • Project Title: Understanding the Racialized Origins of Mass Incarceration in the U.S. 
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor John Clegg, History
  • Zahra Nasser,
    • Project Title:
    • Faculty Research Mentor: Professor Christine Mehring, Art History