Political Science & Legal Studies Spring Student Research Conference 2022!
Thursday, April 7th from 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
2022 Conference Program
8:00 AM Panel: Tracking Democratic Erosion
ROOM LOCATION: Sargent Hall, Room 285 | VIA ZOOM: https://suffolk.zoom.us/j/96141101696
Haley Donovan | Junior |Government
Extreme Democratic Backsliding in Honduras
Nina Lamarre | Senior |International Relations
From Mobilization to Misdirection: An Analysis of Pablo
Iglesias’ Leadership of Podemos
Nicholas Cook | Senior |Government
Autocratic Consolidation in Belarus and its Malcontents
Kyle Burzycki | Senior |International Relations
All Eyes on Erdoğan: Turkey’s Democratic Stumble
Savanjna Nolau | Senior |Political Science
Breaking Down a Newly Formed Democracy: South
Africa
8 AM Panel: Assessing the American Legal System and Its Limits
ROOM LOCATION: Sargent Hall, Room 275 | VIA ZOOM: https://suffolk.zoom.us/j/99608463852
Sydney Carter | Senior |Law
The Feasibility of Restorative Justice as an Alternative in
Public Schools
Madelynn Kolifrath | Senior |Law
Why Do Women Stay in Domestic Abuse Relationships?
Vivian Tran | Senior |Law
Why Are German Contracts Better
Julia Soares | Senior |Law
Employment At Will in the United States **Winner of the Lynne Dahlborg Award for Best Law Paper**
9:30 AM Panel: Social Movements and Migrations: Impediments
to the Human Condition
ROOM LOCATION: Sargent Hall, Room 275 | VIA ZOOM: https://suffolk.zoom.us/j/94147740329
Emily Rosalbo | Junior |Political Science
Migration & its impact on Sex Trafficking among Women and Girls in the Middle East
Madison McAloon | Senior |International Relations
Finding the Motives: A Proactive Immigration Policy Recommendation for the Biden Administration **Winner of the Judy Holloman Award for Best International Relations Paper**
Esmeralda Callejas | Senior |International Relations
The Impact of Social Media Platforms on the Development of Social Movements **Winner of the Agnes Bain Award for Best Political Science Paper**
Matthew Kutrolli | Senior |Government
How Communist Insurgency Groups Overthrow an Opposing Regime
11:00 AM Panel: Global Economic Challenges
ROOM LOCATION: Sargent Hall, Room 345 | VIA ZOOM: https://suffolk.zoom.us/j/9423810838
Marley Belanger | Senior |International Relations
Biden’s Options: Policy Recommendations on the US/China Trade War **Winner of the Judy Holloman Award for Best International Relations Paper**
Anna Jacques-Haeberle | Senior |International Relations
Nutrition Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nicholas Nunez | Graduate Student |Political Science
The Role of Microfinance Institutions in the Alleviation of Global Poverty and the Expansion of Economic Opportunity
11:00 AM Panel: Rights in the United States
ROOM LOCATION: Sargent Hall, Room 355 | VIA ZOOM: https://suffolk.zoom.us/j/91245995701
Jeffrey Yung | Senior |Political Science
Mental Health in Massachusetts Prisons
Isabel Baynum | Senior |Political Science
Analysis on Constitutional Protections and Terrorism as related to Miranda Rights **Winner of the Judith R. Dushku Discovery Award for Best Overall Paper**
Steven Murnane | Junior |Political Science
Analysis of the 1965 Voting Rights Act from Emancipation to Today
Mathias Martinez | Senior |Political Science
The Modern Case for Supreme Court Reform