INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH

Dakota Baker
Class: 2019
Major(s): Economics

• Analyzing Chicago crime and policing data
• Reviewing the history and efficacy of street outreach work in Chicago

Alexander Carther
Class: 2019
Major(s): Economics

• How the effectiveness of professional development programs in early education centers differs baed on in- and out-of-school contexts

Hollyn Cetrone
Class: 2019
Major(s): Neuroscience

• Effects of participatory, agroecological peer farmer education interventions on food security and depression in Singida, Tanzania

Anisa Codamon
Class: 2020
Major(s): Anthropology

• Collecting and coding data to improve mental health services for the Latinx community in Chicago

Adam Davies
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy and Gender and Sexual Studies

• Examining the policies and informal procedures of Illinois school districts in accommodating the needs of gender-expansive students

Dylan Doppelt
Class: 2019
Major(s): Political Science and International Studies

•  The effectiveness of Congress members blaming others for legislative inaction
• The effects of paid family leave laws on birth rates and other family dynamics in the U.S.

Nathaniel Downes
Class: 2019
Major(s): Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics

• Researching utilization effects under different plans and under different methods of plan assignment for individuals on Medicaid in South Carolina

Asia Ellis
Class: 2019
Major(s): Psychology

• The relationship between socioeconomic status and academic motivation

Andres Fonseca
Class: 2019
Major(s): Political Science and International Studies

Kenneth Fu
Class: 2020
Major(s): Economics and Mathematics

• The perils of pay-for-performance 

Hector Gomez
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy

• Examining the policies and informal procedures of Illinois school districts in accommodating the needs of gender-expansive students

Eliza Gonring
Class: 2021
Major(s): Social Policy and African American Studies

• Black Girl Magic
• iLit

Gerta Guitart
Class: 2019
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Caroline Kelmis
Class: 2018
Major(s): Biological Sciences and Psychology

Dr. Greg Miller

• How different stressors, especially socioeconomic status, affect the psychological and physical health of mothers during pregnancy as well as pregnancy outcomes

Jason Levin
Class: 2020
Major(s): Neuroscience

• Emotion in Couples study

Kenneth Lim
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy and Global Health Studies

• The effect of racial and academic identity interventions on biological stress levels in adolescents

Suz-In Lim
Class: 2020
Major(s): 

Yushi Liu
Class: 2020
Major(s): Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics

• Reward systems and possible gaming strategies in the public sector

Chrismann Low
Class: 2021
Major(s): Neuroscience

• Machine learning models of segregation in real time

Tianyu Luo
Class: 20
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Angelica Moody
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy

• Examining leadership in teens

Brittany Owens
Class: 2019
Major(s): Political Science and Sociology

• Public attitudes toward immigration restriction

Sky Patterson
Class: 2019
Major(s): 

Thalia Perez
Class: 2021
Major(s): Biological Sciences

• Mentoring Health Study: aims to determine the effect of mentoring on the health of both mentors and mentees 

• On the Rise Study: focuses on health inequalities among youth, particularly exploring the health effects of being a high-achieving student while facing hardship due to race and/or class

Megan Pisarczyk
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy and Legal Studies

• "After the JD" study, combining longitudinal survey data with interview data on the structure and statistics of the American legal profession

Anand Raman
Class: 2020
Major(s): Statistics

• Analyzing data related to the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
• Performing exploratory analysis on data collected from a geosocial networking app

Megan Reckmeyer
Class: 2019
Major(s): 

Amira Richards
Class: 2020
Major(s): Neuroscience

• Investigating and analyzing the correlations between stress, health, environment, and socioeconomic status

Jesi Rojo
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy

• Studying the effectiveness of math instruction in young students by looking at the coherence of instruction and policy from preschool to second grade
• Focusing on social networks within school districts to better understand who makes decisions, how they are made, and their ultimate effects on students

Natalie Sands
Class: 2020
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Elisabeth Severini
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy and Political Science

• Intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior in children with previously incarcerated parents
• Effects of cash transfers/income supplements for low-income families on long-term health and educational attainment

Hye Yoon Shin
Class: 2019
Major(s): Economics, Mathematics, Statistics

• Studying the effect of gender diversity on firm performance

Hadi Shiraz
Class: 2021
Major(s): 

Thomas Simon
Class: 2021
Major(s): Biomedical Engineering

• Usage of biomarkers in conjunction with daily journals, surveys, and cognitive batteries to record stressful stimuli and prepare interventions for high school students

Zachary Stark
Class: 2019
Major(s): History

• Historical analyses of social conditions of late 19th-century urban areas in the Midwestern U.S.

Jonathan Sun
Class: 2021
Major(s): Social Policy

• The Spencer Systems Project, a comparative study of school systems and how actors in each achieve organizational change

Tiara Swartz
Class: 2020
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Jose Trejos
Class: 2019
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Haley West
Class: 2019
Major(s): Neuroscience and Computer Science

• Discover patterns of language use and social skills among persons with autism and their relatives

Abigail Williams
Class: 2021
Major(s): Classics and International Studies

• Researching the intersection between sports and politics on college campuses
• Examining how political affiliation and race affect what information colleges provide to potential students

Ericka Woods
Class: 2020
Major(s): Social Policy

• Parent-Child Interaction Study: How parents and their children interact with each other about groups of people who are different from them, in terms of race, weight, religion, and other factors

Elise Wu
Class: 2019
Major(s): Legal Studies and Global Health Studies

• Native American inequality