CISLA Juniors: Class of 2027

Nilufar Abdiraimova

Major: Economics

CISLA Languages: French and Russian
SIP: Identity vs. Established Power: How Emerging Fashion Houses in France and Switzerland Navigate Luxury Culture
Country of Interest: Switzerland

Afaf Albur

Majors: Economics and International Relations

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: Historical comparative analysis between the first and second scrambles of Africa, with a focus on the economic and political aspects
Country of Interest: North African country such as Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, or Tunisia

 

Samuel Bailey

Majors: East Asian Studies and Government

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: Specific ways in which trickle down economics via big government legislation in the Taipei, affects less populated rural fishing communities along Taiwan's greater shoreline from both an environmental and public policy lens
Country of Interest: Taiwan

 

Millie Bouvin

Majors: Biological Sciences and German Studies

CISLA Language: German
SIP: How German views and ideals have played a role in conserving their forests, and specifically, how that has affected the German Green Belt
Country of Interest: Germany

 

 

Sylvia Brofka-Berends

Majors: French and International Relations

CISLA Language: French
SIP: The Exoticization of East Asian Women in Francophone Switzerland
Country of Interest: Switzerland

 

 

Katherine Connor

Majors: Architectural Studies and Environmental Studies

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Development patterns in Germany, particularly Berlin, both right before and then after the fall of the Berlin Wall, looking at the differences in development between the two sides of the city under the two different styles of development and governance
Country of Interest: Germany

Dulguun Damdinbayar

Majors: Architectural Studies and International Relations

CISLA Languages: Mongolian and Russian
SIP: The Impact of the Fall of the Soviet Union on Mongolian Architecture
Country of Interest: United States

 

 

 

Gracie Donabella-Pedlow

Majors: Dance and Psychology

CISLA Language: French
SIP: Psychology of ballet dancers in France and examining the ways that French methods of teaching ballet influence young minds
Country of Interest: France

 

Molly Donovan

Major: Psychology

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Understanding the effectiveness of Spain’s current framework for improving the population’s mental health
Country of Interest: Spain

 

 

Anika Ekra

Majors: Architectural Studies and Art

CISLA Language: Italian
SIP: Architecture, Identity, and Exclusion: Muslim Communities in Medieval and Modern Sicily
Country of Interest: Italy

 

Kristen Farhat

Majors: Economics and International Relations

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: Economic Solutions in Lebanon
Country of Interest: Lebanon or Jordan

 

Cathal Keating

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Worldwide Education and the Rise of Nationalism
Country of Interest: Spain

 

 

Evie Lockwood Mullaney

Majors: Government and Psychology

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Transitional Justice after the Francoist Dictatorship: A Legacy of Sexism and Civil Unrest
Country of Interest: Spain

 

Nutsa Mamulaishvili

Major: Biochemistry, Cellular Molecular Biology

CISLA Language: French
SIP: The Secret of Neverland: Seeking Connections Between Monacan Diet, Social Life and Longevity
Country of Interest: Monaco

 

Sean Melvin

Majors: Environmental Studies and Government

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Study of Argentine provincial-level environmental governance within the context of Argentina’s recent cuts to the size of its federal government
Country of Interest: Argentina

Edona Nezaj

Major: Biochemistry, Cellular Molecular Biology

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Difference between oncologists’ perspectives on cancer, their medical practices, and patient satisfaction between Spain and the United States
Country of Interest: Spain

 

Ekaterina Petrichenko

Majors: International Relations and Italian Studies

CISLA Language: Italian
SIP: The Absence of Transitional Justice in Italy Post 1945
Country of Interest: Italy

 

Angelina Pierro

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Evolution of Argentine Spanish with Syrian Refugee Influence
Country of Interest: Argentina

Daea Raidhi

Major: Economics

CISLA Language: French
SIP: The rise of far-right political parties in France and their potential impact on immigration and democracy
Country of Interest: France

Aurora Schifferli

Major: Psychology

CISLA Language: French
SIP: Analysis of the numerous factors shaping the quality of life in France and the United States of America
Country of Interest: France

 

Anthony Smith

Majors: Government and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Impact of recent developments on public opinion about democracy and their political parties, as well as trust in mass media institutions in Georgia
Country of Interest: Georgia

Erica Smith

Majors: Anthropology and Biological Sciences

CISLA Language: French
SIP: Cheese crisis in France: cultural impact that the loss of these cheeses would have on French + global consumers, and understand the differences of these cheeses and the importance of microdiversity
Country of Interest: France

Brennan Thomson

Major: Government

CISLA Language: Italian
SIP: Republicanism in Ancient Rome to Modern Democracy, Power, and Morality
Country of Interest: Italy

Lilla Kate Tucker

Major: Hispanic Studies

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: To What Extent do Media Representations and Public Opinion Reinforce Each Other in the Participation of Women in Sports in Spain?
Country of Interest: Spain

Daniel Wong

Major: Anthropology

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: Exploring the sentiment around the Tsou peoples’ multi-layered history and how it has been imbued in older generations, investigate the measures younger generations are taking to restore or preserve these fading parts of their culture and how can we contextualize these changes and the micro-migrations of Taiwanese Indigenous people alongside those of Indigenous populations in America and elsewhere?
Country of Interest: Taiwan