Social Studies Senior Colloquium

Date: 

Monday, May 2, 2016, 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Center for European Studies, Lower Level Conference Room

Panel 1, Moderated by Nicole Newendorp
3:00-3:30

Neil Alacha, Rhetoric or Right? The Reality of Response to Humanitarian Crises: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Jordan during 2014-2015

Jenny Choi, Die If We Scatter: Finding a Place for First Generation Korean Americans

Panel 2, Moderated by Anya Bassett
3:30-4:00

Nick Phillips, Rational Faith: A Study of the Effective Altruism Movement

Jesse Shulman, Wealth and Influence: How Personal Characteristics Predict Political and Charitable Contributions of U.S. Billionaires

Panel 3, Moderated by James Kloppenberg
4:00-4:30

Vivek Banerjee, Revolution Without Rebellion: The Purpose of the Convention

Joy Wang, Making the Citizen: Liberalism and Administration in the Thought of John Stuart Mill

Panel 4, Moderated by Bonnie Talbert
4:30-5:00

Aaron Mukerjee, Arsenal of Democracy? How Structural Disadvantage Shapes Social Capital and Civic Life in Detroit

Gillian Slee, Broken Justice: A Study of Public Defenders and Their Clients in New York City's Criminal Courts