SIS Summer Abroad Student Research Symposium

November 14-18, 2011, International Education Week

The School of International Service (SIS) is pleased to present the School’s annual student research symposium held during International Education Week, in recognition of the original research engaged in by students in the 2011 SIS Summer Abroad Programs in Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brussels, and Israel. The symposium provides alumni of these programs with the opportunity to share their research in an academic forum, and provides their American University colleagues with the opportunity to learn from their work and experiences abroad. Each evening during the week of November 14 – 18 will feature research presentations by Program alumni, followed by faculty-moderated discussion. Regional cuisine will be served at each event.

SIS Summer Abroad 2012 program information will be released, for the first time, at each event by region.

International Education Week (IEW) is an annual initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education to promote international understanding and encourage the development of programs that prepare Americans to live and work in a global environment. The academic and experiential summer programs developed by SIS offer students ample opportunity to interact with local and regional leaders, conduct field research, and engage in challenging internship positions.

Featured Research

Watch the presentations

• Barriers to Academic Success for Urban and Township South African Learners, Chanon Bell, School of Public Affairs
  
• The Politics of Low-Income Housing Provision in South Africa,
  Maximilian Weihe, School of International Service
  
• Social Welfare in South Africa: Curing or Causing Poverty?, Rebecca Potts, School of Public Affairs
  
• Finding a Place for the Afro-Ecuadorian in a Millennial Ecuador, Christina Phillips, School of International Service
  
• Climate Change and the Future of Food Security and Development in Ecuador, Victoria Fulton, School of International Service
  
• Faces of Migration: A Video Documentary Project in Oaxaca, Mexico, Katherine Fenner, School of Communication
  

• Israel-Hamas Relations and Prospects for Peace, Kaitlin McDonald, School of International Service

• Palestinian Youngsters and the Arab-Israeli Crisis: An Investigation of the Relationship between Palestinian Society, Youth, and Children, Nicholas Acosta, School of International Service

• UNRWA: Does It Provide Help or Harm?, Lauren Marx, School of International Service

• The Brussels Experience: Living and Working in the Heart of the EU
  With research on:
  Smart Grid Development in the EU: A Multi-Level Governance Perspective; and
  NATO's Evolution and the Curse of Collective Action
  Dylan Amerine and Gregory Wells, School of International Service

• Is Vietnam a Neo-Developmental State?, Robert Lincoln Hines, School of International Service

• The Malaysian Opposition Party: A Risky Necessity, Sarah Weilant, School of Public Affairs

• Ethnicity and Politics in Malaysia and the Evolving Role of the Malaysian Chinese Association, Adam Roenfeldt, School of International Service

• Malaysia's Regional Security Cooperation, Jeremy Dastrup, School of International Service