Research Spotlight
Borghesani Memorial Prize Recipients (2023)
Saffiyah Coker (International Relations): In Absence of Governmental Support, How do Kayayei in Madina Market, Accra, Ghana Support Each Other Economically and Socially
Julie Francois (SMFA BFA): Haiti’s History Through Art and the Diaspora
Annie Li (Biology, Community Health, Studio Art): Pilot Testing Health Passport: a Longitudinal Health Education Strategy to Improve Oral Hygiene and other Health Conditions in Rural and Hard-to-reach Communities in Rwanda
Rebecca Moriarty (Biology, Studio Art): Six Weeks Studying in Talloires: A Collection of Video Shorts Exploring French Culture & Community
Dan Nguyen (Biology, Community Health, Internatioanl Relations): Addressing Neglected Tropical Diseases, Malnutrition, and Health Promoting Schools in Rural Rwanda
Senior Honors Thesis (2023)
The Senior Honors Thesis enables students to pursue independent research in a specific subject area supervised by an IR Core Faculty thesis advisor. Completion of the year-long project fulfills the IR major capstone requirement.
2022-2023 IR Senior Honors Thesis Writers:
Emma Christman
Owen Cougar Hansen
Lauren Soherr
Tommy Sullivan
John S. Gibson Award (2023)
The John S. Gibson Award is named after the founding director of the International
Relations Program at Tufts University. It is given annually to International Relations
majors who have produced particularly noteworthy examples of academic scholarship.
The award is given in two categories: Outstanding Seminar Paper and Outstanding
Senior Honors Thesis.
The 2023 John S. Gibson Award Recipients:
Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis:
Emma Christman (TC4): "The Divided Kingdom: Analyzing Brexit's Impacts on the
Scottish Independence Movement"
Connor Giersch (TC4): "The Mid-Qing Underworld and Rebel Connections, A Social
Geography"
Outstanding Seminar Paper:
Sofia Leyva-Castro (TC5): "Challenging the Myth of U.S. Control: A Historical
Analysis of Operation Contor," written for Professor Kelly M. Greenhill's course,
"Better Than the Truth: Extra-factual Information in International Politics"
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Amanda Borquaye, International Relations
"The Façade of the Fence: A Crisis of Organized Crime and Human Rights Violations at the Border of Spain and Morocco"Ben Corey, International Relations
"Chile's Education System: Crafting Policy for the Modern Era"Kathryn Gibson, International Relations
"Empowerment Through Microfinance: Fact or Fiction? An Analysis of Microfinance in Ecuador"Ari Gizzi, International Relations
"Further South than the South: Race and Citizenship in Italy"Lily Hartzell, International Relations
"China's Environmental Diplomacy in Copenhagen and Paris: Examining the Reasons for a Shift in Policy"Faryal Jafri, International Relations
"Faithless Justice: Understanding the Justice System's Role in Facilitating Abuse of the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan"Natasha Khwaja, International Relations
"Computing the Conversation: Understanding the Role of Language and Narrative in Influencing Policy Outcomes to Industrial Accidents in Bangladesh's Ready Made Garment Industry"Jack Ronan, International Relations
"They're Coming for Our Lives and Our Values: Le Pen, Trump, and the Convergence of Islamophobic Discourse in French and American Politics"Emma Steiner, International Relations
"What Has Changed with Regard to Labor Rights Under Chile's Restored Democracy and What Has Continued Unchanged From Pinochet's Dictatorship"Kenneth Weitzman, International Relations
"Exploring the Relationship between How Companies Treat their Domestic Workforce and the Treatment of their Supplier Factory Workers" -
Black Students in China-Identity, Environment and Institutions in the Individual's Perception of Racial Encounters
by Nia Hamilton
Director: Elizabeth Remick, Readers: Erin Seaton, Xueping ZhongAll The Single Ladies: Gender and Suzhi Discourse in the Construction of Chinese 'Leftover Women'
by Sarah Lubiner
Director: Sarah Pinto, Reader: Elizabeth RemickMass Atrocities and the Strategic Logic of Non-State Actors
by Jameson M. Moore
Director: Kelly M. Greenhill, Readers: Jeffrey Taliaferro, Bridget ConleyThe Long War: Explaining the 2003 Invasion of Iraq through Historical Narrative and Cycles of Belligerence
by Kathleen C. Schmidt
Director: Hugh Roberts, Reader: Malik MuftiThe Strongman Speaks: Pattern of Rhetoric in the Kremlin and the State-Owned Media in Regards to the War in Ukraine
by Caitlin E. Thompson
Director: Oxana Shevel, Reader: Greg Carleton -
Swinging Pendulum of History: Politics, Pedagogy and Unconsolidated Memory
by Rebecca Cooley
Director: Peter Winn | Reader: Consuelo CruzQuitting Violent Extremism: Motivations for Disengagement
by Roland Gillah
Director: Hugh Roberts | Reader: Kelly GreenhillVladimir Putin's Manufacture of Civil Society: Between Hegemony and Domination
by Khakimov Grigory
Director: Oxana Shevel | Reader: David Art & Consuelo CruzDynamic Consociationalism: Integrative Lessons for a Unified Israel-Palestine
by Joseph Leone
Director: Malik Mufti | Reader: Consuelo CruzThe Rana Plaza Tragedy: A game changer, or business as usual for Bangladesh? An analysis of manufacturer perception of labor regulations
by Samira Manzur
Director: Drusilla Brown | Reader: Elizabeth J. RemickHeirs to a Broken Kingdom: Should Afghanistan Attempt Social Reconstruction through Transitional Justice?
by Abuzar Royesh
Director: Kelly Greenhill | Reader: Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch