Summer 2012 Undergraduate Research Assistants


Student Faculty Sponsor Project
Aden

Madeline Aden
Class: 2013
Major(s): Social Policy

Dr. Jonathan Guryan
  • Fair-lending policy
  • Residential racial and income segregation, and effects on business location
Ahearn

Caitlin Ahearn
Class: 2013
Major(s): Social Policy

Dr. David Figlio
  • Intergenerational transmission of human capital: Linking 2 million birth records to school records
Balitaan

Diana Balitaan
Class: 2014
Major(s): Social Policy

Dr. Kirabo Jackson
  • Single-sex schooling in Trinidad and Tobago
  • The importance of high school teachers
Black

Sydney Black
Class: 2014
Major(s): Psychology

Dr. Emma Adam
  • Associations between stressors, physical and mental health, and academic achievement for a diverse cohort
    of Chicago Public School students
Cassara

Katherine Cassara
Class: 2013
Major(s): Psychology

Dr. Alice Eagly
  • Ford Center for Global Citizenship
Chanzit

Ben Chanzit
Class: 2014
Major(s): Engineering

Dr. Daniel Diermeier
  • Ford Center for Global Citizenship
Flanagan

Katie Flanagan
Class: 2013
Major(s): English

Dr. Henry Binford
  • History of African American families and communities in Cincinnati and Chicago and their likelihood to be small
    business owners
 
Fredendall

Alexandria Fredendall
Class: 2015
Major(s): Political Science and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences

Dr. James Druckman
  • Political campaigns on the Internet

Lauren Izaak

Lauren Izaak
Class: 2014
Major(s): Political Science and History

Dr. James Druckman
  • Political campaigns on the Internet
Jiang

Chentian Jiang
Class: 2014
Major(s): Economics

Dr. Monica Prasad
  • Cross-national study of the relationship between progressive taxation and the welfare state
Johnson

Grant Johnson
Class: 2013
Major(s): Economics

Dr. Burton Weisbrod
  • Effects of rewarding "good performance" for hospitals, nursing homes, museums, and police
Jones

Sasha Jones
Class: 2013
Major(s): Anthropology

Dr. Emma Adam
  • Associations between stressors, physical and mental health, and academic achievement for a diverse cohort of Chicago Public School students
Keller

Kaitlin Keller
Class: 2013
Major(s): Communication Sciences and Disorders, Cognitive Science, Legal Studies

Dr. James Spillane
  • Principal, Policy, and Practice (P3) Study, which studies new principals in Chicago Public Schools

Lauren De Paula
Class: 2014
Major(s):

Dr. Shari Seidman Diamond
  • Theoretical and policy questions related to jury deliberations
Lehman

Elisabeth Lehman
Class: 2013
Major(s): WCAS

Dr. Bernard Black
  • Impact of state laws on hospital reporting of infection rates
Leider

Barrett Leider
Class: 2014
Major(s): Political Science and Sociology

Dr. Jeremy Freese
  • Data set methodology and gene-environment studies for comparative evaluation
Maschke

Ariel Maschke
Class: 2013
Major(s): Communication Studies and International Studies

Dr. Ellen Wartella
  • Child development, media, and policy
Meyer

Thomas Meyer
Class: 2014
Major(s): Journalism and Political Science

Dr. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
  • Survey to assess how a dual-generation intervention influences parents and their children's development
Mulhern

Christine Mulhern
Class: 2013
Major(s): Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics

Dr. David Figlio
  • Intergenerational transmission of human capital: Linking 2 million birth records to school records
Naccache

Michael Naccache 
Class: 2014
Major(s): Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, Economics, and Mathematics

Dr. James Rosenbaum
  • Trends related to degree goals in post-secondary education
  • Early nonpecuniary job characteristics and middle-age outcomes in the NLSY79 longitudinal data set
Nakonechny

Svyat Nakonechny
Class: 2014
Major(s): Sociology and International Studies

Dr. Jeremy Freese
Peters

Patrick Peters
Class: 2013
Major(s): Economics

Dr. Kirabo Jackson
  • Single-sex schooling in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Effects of tracking age on test scores internationally
Purrier

Morgan Purrier
Class: 2013
Major(s): Social Policy and Linguistics

Dr. Jonathan Guryan
  • Fair-lending policy
  • Residential racial and income segregation, and effects on business location

Catherine Rolfe
Class: 2014
Major(s): Sociology

Dr. Christine Percheski

Dr. Quincy Thomas Stewart
  • With Dr. Percheski: Longitudinal study of how individuals' family characteristics relate to income and economic well being
  • With Dr. Stewart: Mentorship/feedback network among sociologists

Rosenberg

Danielle Rosenberg
Class: 2015
Major(s): Psychology

Dr. Emma Adam
  • Associations between stressors, physical and mental health, and academic achievement for a diverse cohort of Chicago Public School students
Smith

Vernon Smith
Class: 2014
Major(s): Sociology

Dr. Joan Chiao
  • Study of how race affects pain perception, experience, and regulation in students and clinicians
Vercauteren

Karly Vercauteren
Class: 2013
Major(s): Mathematical Methods
in the Social Sciences, Economics, and Mathematics

Dr. Monica Prasad
  • Cross-national study of the relationship between progressive taxation and the welfare state
Wu

Tiffany Wu
Class: 2015
Major(s): WCAS

Dr. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
  • Survey to assess how a dual-generation intervention influences parents and their children's development
Zhan

Dennis Zhan
Class: 2013
Major(s): Economics and Mathematics

Dr. Daniel Diermeier
  • Survey of collective action theories and models, with an emphasis on riots
  • Survey of formal models of parliamentary legislative decision-making
  • Survey of the political economy of mass media