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2021 Symposium

Student Research Highlights from the March 5, 2021 Symposium

Session 1.1 COVID-19

Jadon Ohnemus
The determination of various health care systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adam Koch
Want to Save Lives? You Need the Right Style: Political Leader Style and its impact on COVID-19 response.

 

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Session 1.2 Espectros estatales, societarios e individuales de justicia racial en América Latina (en español)

DaShaun Payne
Una relación construida por conexiones inesperadas.

Brittany Freeman
El silencio de una sociedad: los peligros del estigma en reconocer el trauma de las personas.

Declan Merbeth
El lado oscuro de cuentos para niños.

Avery Van Den Berg
Las diferencias en fecundidad entre mujeres indígenas en México.

Elizabeth James
¡Berta vive!

Maddie Topliff
La violencia contra las activistas medioambientales indígenas de América Latina.

Holly Santman
El medio ambiente y la fuerza de leyendas.

 

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Session 2.1 Global Health & COVID-19

Katie Lajoie
Covid-19 and Specific Vulnerabilities of Indigenous Populations

Nadia R. Treichel
The Right to Health: Inequality within Global Healthcare Systems.

 

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Session 2.2 International Human & Civil Rights

Madeleine Leigh
"A vicious cycle of violence and discrimination”: how rioting can be a valid form of political protest against systemic violence.

Avery Grace VanDenBerg
Human Rights vs. Civil Rights: International Perspectives on Racial Justice in the U.S.

Anna Richardson
Racial Justice and Human Rights.

 

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Session 3.1 World Politics & COVID-19

Lauren Low
US Presence in Israel and Palestine.

Jazmine Guzman
The United Nations Climate Change Initiative and Race Vulnerability.

Emma Torry
Effectiveness of Coronavirus Disease 19 Lockdowns: A Cross-Regional Comparison.

 

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Session 3.2 International Human & Civil Rights

Sharon Mamuya
Forced Migration

Beatrice I. Kearns
Forced Sterlization and International Human Rights.

Elijah Rockhold
Contesting the state through the spatial components of protests: A comparative analysis.

 

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Poster Session

Ella K. Field
Comparing urban planning around stream ecosystems ​across diverse communities: lessons from Des Moines and Jakarta.

Meredith S. Miklos
Measuring Accessibility of Central Iowa Trial Near Fourmile Creek Community Center