Symposium - Ford Scholars Program

Ford Scholars Symposium

September 14, 2020 at 5:00pm on Zoom

Since 1988, Vassar’s Ford Scholars Program has fostered faculty-student collaborations on research projects in the humanities and social sciences. In the summer of 2020, 21 students conducted research with faculty members on a range of exciting projects that they will discuss at this symposium. Keynote address:

2020 Ford Scholars Symposium Program (PDF)

2020 Ford Scholars Symposium Project Booklet (PDF)

Projects

Economics

Behavioral Economics - Online Experiments

Mihajlo Ivanovic ’22 and Benjamin Ho (Economics)
Project Abstract and Video

Evaluating Mechanisms of Long Run Differences Across American Indian Reservations

Ryan Duchemin ’21 and Dustin Frye (Economics)
Project Abstract and Video

Redistribution or Illusion? – A Closer Look at Ecuador’s Economic Policies During Correa’s Citizen Revolution

Yixiao (Carl) Cao ’22 and Esteban Argudo (Economics)
Project Abstract and Video

Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh

Adam Abadi ’22 and Gisella A. Kagy (Economics)
Project Abstract

Vertical Integration and Competitive Balance in Professional Sports: Evidence from Minor League Baseball

Alex Eisert ’22 and Qi Ge (Economics)
Project Abstract and Video

Women and Coding: Economic and Pop-Culture Context Impacts

Ha Bui ’22 and Sarah Pearlman (Economics)
Project Abstract and Video

Education

Multiliteracy Development through Youth Education Programs in New York City

Yvonne Hunter ’21 and Ah-Young Song (Education)
Project Abstract and Video

Displacement, Ethnography, and Educaiton in Malaysia

Ilia Mahns ’23, Huda Rahman ‘23 and Christopher Bjork (Education) and Maria Höhn (History)
Project Abstract and Video

Environmental Studies

Climate Crisis: How to Reach Out to the Community?

Robin Bleicher ’23, and Martin Burstein ’23, and Pinar Batur (Environmental Studies)
Project Abstract and Video

Greek and Roman Studies

Supplementary Materials on Roman Slavery for Latin Textbooks

Tao Beloney ‘23 and Curtis Dozier (Greek and Roman Studies)
Project Abstract and Video

Hispanic Studies

Written Selfies: Self-fashioning and Representation by Hispanic Writers

Laila Barcenas Meade ’22 and Augusto Hacthoun (Hispanic Studies)
Project Abstract and Video

The Oviedo Project at Vassar College

Kendal Simmons ’23 and Lizabeth Paravisini (Hispanic Studies)
Project Abstract and Video

History

Ethnography of Displacement in Malaysia

Ilia Mahns ’23, Huda Rahman ‘23 and Christopher Bjork (Education) and Maria Höhn (History)
Project Abstract and Video

International Studies

“Even This One Has a Role in Deciding the Outcome”: Reimagining Children’s Agency and Human Rights in Armed Conflict

Jonan Kiang ’21, Sofia Rao ’22 (Holland Research Assist.) and Tracey Holland (International Studies)
Project Abstract and Video

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Medieval Science and Technology: Research and Pedagogy

John Mahoney ’22 and Nancy Bisaha (Medieval & Renaissance Studies) & Christopher Smart (Chemistry)
Project Abstract and Video

Political Science

State, Society, and Individual in China’s Coronavirus Pandemic

Kaiqing Su ’21, Yinguang Zhao ’23 and Fubing Su (Political Science)
Project Abstract and Video

Psychological Science

Media Psychology Textbook Research

Daria Lochoshvili ’22 and Dara N. Greenwood (Psychological Science)
Project Abstract and Video

The Psychologist’s Toolkit for Success and Wellbeing in College

Yiqing (Alice) Fan ’22 and Debra M. Zeifman (Psychological Science)
Project Abstract and Video