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POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Fourteen students enrolled in the Quantitative Analysis Center's summer
Apprentice Program held a poster session July 31 in the Public Affairs
Center. The second-annual event allowed the student researchers to talk about their
ongoing summer research. The poster pictured above features Kin Yan
Chew's study titled "The Value of a Contract: Chinese Provincial
Variation In Utilized vs. Contracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Flows." Pictured in center, Chew '09, who worked with faculty sponsor
Abigail Hornstein, assistant professor of economics, is discussing his
work with Michael Lovell, professor economics, emeritus, and Yun Liu,
coordinator of the Scientific Computing and Informatics Center. |
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Aneliya Valkova '09, talks to
Steve Bischof, systems/discovery librarian and QAC senior consultant,
about her
project titled "The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Changing Face of
Welfare Provision." Valkova's faculty sponsor was Wendy Rayack,
associate professor of economics. Students attended daily classes,
workshops and conducted their own research through the apprenticeship
program. Students were funded by QAC or faculty grants. |
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Jimmy Ong, Jr. '09 explains his research
titled "How Efficient is Your Bank? A Stochastic Frontier Approach."
Ong's sponsor was Manolis Kaparakis, director of the centers for
advanced computing in the Quantitative Analysis Center.
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Lauren Feld '11 worked with Anna Shusterman,
assistant professor of psychology, on a psychology-based project titled
"Emotional Control and Trichotillomania: Subtypes and Phenomenology." |
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At left, QAC student Kara Hayward '10 speaks to
Manolis Kaparakis about her project "The Shift to the Left in Latin
American Politics." Hayward worked with faculty sponsor Francisco
Rodriguez, assistant professor of economics, Latin American Studies. All
student apprentices were financially supported, either by a QAC stipend,
a faculty member’s grant, or university scholarships. Some of the
students will continue similar research next year.
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Madeline Weiss ’09 explains her sociology-based project "What Influences
the 'Private School Effect?'" Weiss's faculty sponsor was Daniel Long,
assistant professor of sociology.
Other QAC students and their projects are: “Eye Movements and Decision
Making Behavior in Indecisive Individuals” by Joanna Dicke ’10 with
Barbara Juhasz and Andrea Patalano, (psychology); "Trends in the
Working Poor" by Colin Hill ’10 with Wendy Rayack (economics); "Learning
the Meanings of Large Number Words" by Kyle MacDonald ’10 with Hilary
Barth (psychology); "Production of the Word 'Two' in 18-39 Month Olds"
by Dominic Gibson ’10 with Anna Shusterman (psychology); "Regulation or
Repression? Economic Effects of the 2000 Tokyo bank Tax" by Peter Hull
’10 with Masami Imai (economics); "Uncalled Liability and Risk in
British Equities, 1870-1914" by James Pesuit ’10 with Richard Grossman
(economics); and "The International Effects of School Resources on Eight
Grader Academic Achievement" by Jeremy Berkowitz ’10 with Daniel Long
(sociology). (Photos by David Pesci) |
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