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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORSShaon AhsanShaon Ahsan graduated from Northwestern University in 2011,with honors in Political Science. Dr. Wendy Pearlman’s MiddleEast Politics course in winter 2010 sparked her interest in postcolonialpolitical development. She later worked on her paperfrom March 2010-May 2011 under Dr. Pearlman. She also receivedsupport from Dr. Jeffrey Winters, the 2010-2011 directorof the departmental honors program, and the WeinbergCollege of Arts & Sciences which funded her research in summer 2010. Shaon is thankful toeveryone who assisted her with her work. In the future, she hopes to practice corporate lawfor an international firm in Asia.Suzanne ChangSuzanne graduated from Northwestern University in 2011 withHonors in Economics and a Certificate in Financial Economicsfrom Kellogg. The growing trend of airlines charging feesfor checked baggage over the past several years sparked herinterest in the nature of competition among airlines, a topicshe explored in her senior thesis under the advisement of Dr.Robert Gordon and Dr. Steffen Habermalz. She currently worksat the Federal Reserve Board as a research assistant and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Financeor Economics.Britt BanaszynskiBritt Banaszynski will graduate from Northwestern Universitywith Honors with a B.A. in Dance with extensive coursework inPsychology and Music Theatre. Advised by Professors in Dance,Theatre, and Art History, Britt’s research harnesses memoryas myth in the creation and production of body-based, multidisciplinarytheatre. His undergraduate research culminatesin ROOTS of EARTH, a genre-defining story performedin dance, music, comedy and drama. Britt’s extensive choreographic and directorial work atNorthwestern has won him a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant, the Barbara E. GreenwoodScholarship and the Sandra Singer Scholarship. Britt was named a School of Communication“Senior to Watch.”Blake EricksonBlake Erickson is a senior majoring in anthropology and minoringin Spanish. Whenever he has a break from academics, heenjoys running, exploring Chicago, collecting vinyl records,reading medical anthropology books, and following Northwesternsports (Go ‘Cats!). He also enjoys volunteering atMather Pavilion in Evanston and at the Hope Alive after schoolprogram for elementary school students in the Cabrini-Greenneighborhood of Chicago.Luke FidlerLuke Fidler’s research examines the intersection of death,commemoration, and artistic practice. He has published andpresented papers on late-Soviet film, Canadian survey photography,Andy Warhol’s polaroids, and phrenology. After earninga degree in Art History, he plans to continue his studies at thegraduate level.Omar JamilOmar Jamil is a Senior Biological Anthropology major advisedby Dr. Thomas McDade. Alongside his thesis work on leptin,he is helping to develop a heavy metal assay from dried bloodspot cards in the Laboratory of Human Biology Research. Oncampus he has been heavily involved in the Muslim-culturalStudents Association, Special Olympics and is also a die-hard‘Cats fan. Next year he will be teaching AP Biology and Chemistryat Golder College Prep. In the future he wants to attend medical school, conduct researchon adolescent obesity and work with Muslim youth.Pavan KrishnamurthyPavan Krishnamurthy was born in South Dakota, but raised inDallas, Texas. He will complete his Bachelors of Arts in PoliticalScience, Legal Studies, Business Institutions, and Asian AmericanStudies this June. His time at Northwestern was divided betweenenvironmental volunteering, the Northwestern DebateSociety, community organizing, and research. He has spentmuch time organizing Asian American as well as environmentalcivic engagement. This fall he will start as an associate at ISNetworld, a contract risk managementfirm, back in Dallas.James LeeJames is a junior in WCAS, majoring in anthropology and minoringin global health studies. In addition to his interest inbiological anthropology and human population biology, Jameshas been interested in molecular biology research as well, especiallyin cancer biology and immunology. James is originallyfrom Seoul, Korea but grew up in Connecticut before comingto Northwestern.Alcina LidderAlcina Lidder is a senior Psychology and Global Health Studiesstudent in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.She began her honors thesis project in September under theguidance of Dr. Richard Zinbarg. In March, she presentedher research at the Chicago Area Undergraduate ResearchSymposium. Alcina is especially interested in her work onthe relationship between spoken self-statements, emotion,and behavior due to its significance to clinical interventions with psychotherapy patients aswell as its relevance to the general public. She will graduate in June and intends to apply tomedical school this upcoming year.Anna MartinAnna Martin graduated in 2011 from Northwestern Universitywith Honors in Religious Studies and with a second major inBiological Sciences. She found her thesis research particularlyappealing because it was an opportunity to apply her undergraduatestudy in religion to a bioethical question, uniting herseemingly different majors. She will be attending the Universityof Texas Medical School at Houston starting in August 2012. Thepast year she has spent time traveling in South America and South East Asia.76 NORTHWESTERN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORSBrandon NgBrandon W. Ng graduated Phi Beta Kappa from NorthwesternUniversity in 2011, majoring in English Literature and Psychologywith a Minor in Economics. He is currently a PhD candidatein psychology at the University of Virginia, where he is studyingsocial and cultural neuroscience. While at Northwestern,Brandon completed honors theses in two departments. Hispsychology honors thesis focused on the effects of primingcultural values on memory, and his English honors thesis was an in-depth analysis of DylanThomas’s poetry. When he completes his PhD, Brandon hopes to pursue a career in academia,combining his love of teaching and research.Katherine NorthcottKatherine Northcott graduated from Northwestern University in2011 with a B.A. in Economics, African Studies and French. Afterher research experience in Senegal, her interest in global developmentand passion for women’s rights encouraged her to applyto the Peace Corps. She has recently been nominated to an HIV/AIDS education program in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a projecteddeparture date in September. She plans to continue working inthe field of global women’s empowerment.Patricia RadkowskiPatricia Radkowski wrote her Legal Studies thesis as a junior,a shortened version of which is featured here. She presentedit at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in Spring 2011.Patricia is currently finishing her Political Science and SlavicStudies theses. Her Political Science thesis was funded by theUndergraduate Research Grant and the Ginsberg Grant in PoliticalScience, and she hopes to present it at the UndergraduateResearch and Arts Exposition in Spring 2012. She will be taking the Fulbright to Poland thisupcoming year to begin a new project that involves all three of her fields of study.Kendra SirakKendra is a 2011 graduate of the Weinberg College of Arts andSciences, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with a major in both anthropologyand psychology. Her senior honors thesis project involvedexploring the influence of external environmental factorson bilateral asymmetry in a Native North American population.She will continue her study of anthropology in the Ph.D. programat Emory University and is currently interested in examining theevolution of hominid morphology and how it is impacted by changing environmental conditions.Despite moving to Braves territory, she intends to remain an avid Phillies fan.Emma SolankiEmma Solanki was born in Portland, Oregon and came to theMidwest for the first time when starting Northwestern. Shewill complete her undergraduate degree this spring in EnvironmentalSciences. While at Northwestern she enjoyed localprairie restoration, going to concerts in Chicago, spending timeon Lake Michigan and leading the largest environmental studentorganization, Students for Ecological and EnvironmentalDevelopment (SEED). This fall she will be starting her Masters in Sustainable Development atthe University of St. Andrews in Scotland.Emily WrightEmily Wright graduated from Northwestern University in fall2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a minor inEnvironmental Policy and Culture. She is now working for theCoos Watershed Association in Oregon as an AmeriCorps VISTAmember. At CoosWA, Emily is developing environmental educationprograms for high school students and internships for communitycollege students. She is also expanding the organization’sresource development activities. In the community, Emily participates in the Ford InstituteLeadership Program. After she completes her position this August, Emily hopes to continueworking in the natural resources, community planning, and regional development sectors.Brandon ZaharoffBrandon M. Zaharoff, born in New York City, majored in MathematicalMethods in the Social Sciences and in Economics with aminor in Political Science and certificate in Financial Economicsfrom the Kellogg School of Management. His research builds onhis background in MMSS, especially Game Theory and StatisticalAnalysis, as well as studies abroad in Beijing and Paris whichdeveloped his broad understanding of the world’s three largesteconomies and informed his thesis research. He is lovingly supported by his family includinghis two parents and two younger siblings who reside in Weston, Connecticut.VOLUME 7, 2011-2012NORTHWESTERN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL77
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