Brown University - Office of International Programs

The Global Independent Study Initiative

The Office of International Programs is pleased to recognize the following Brown undergraduate students who will be carrying out Global Independent Study Projects while studying abroad during the fall term, 2009. Brown encourages all prospective study abroad participants to consider the value of conducting a Global Independent Study Project. For more information on this exciting new initiative, click here.

Fall 2009 Participants

Sarah AbarbanelRace, Art and Politics: Representing the Human in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Study Abroad Program:CIEE: Cape Town, South Africa
Concentration:Visual Arts
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Barrymore Bogues
Eleanor ChuteHIV/AIDS and Ethnic Identity in Yunnan, China
Study Abroad Program:SIT Kunming, China
Concentration:Human Biology
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Patricia Symonds
Julian GaertnerEmerging Global Security Regimes in the Financial Sector
Study Abroad Program:Brown-in-France: Sciences Po
Concentration:International Relations & Economics
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Philippe Bonditti
Marina IrgonThe Effects of the Current Global Economic Crisis on the Czech Republic: An Interdisciplinary Study
Study Abroad Program:Brown-in-The Czech Republic
Concentration:Slavic Studies
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Alexander Levitsky
Charles KelshChallenges to the Modern Swedish Welfare State
Study Abroad Program:Brown-in-Sweden
Concentration:Public Policy & Sociology
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Marilyn Rueschemeyer
Michelle LevinsonA Study of the Cuban Agenda for a Changing Relationship with the U.S.
Study Abroad Program:Brown-in-Cuba
Concentration:International Relations & Political Economy
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Julio Ortega
Megan LinA Contemporary Analysis of Monetary Economic Policy in the United Kingdom
Study Abroad Program:London School of Economics
Concentration:Applied Math and Economics
Faculty Advisor:Prof. George Borts
Ambika NateshTradition, Islam and Gender in Jordan
Study Abroad Program:CIEE: Amman, Jordan
Concentration:International Relations
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Lina Fruzzetti
Andrew NewtonThe Study of Modern Italian Humor and Its Cultural and Literary Roots
Study Abroad Program:Brown-in-Italy
Concentration:Italian & History
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Cristina Abbona-Sneider
Celina PedrosaBrazilian Exiles in Paris During the Military Dictatorship: Discovering Identity and Culture in the Brazilian-French Relationship
Study Abroad Program:Brown–in-France: The Sorbonne
Concentration:
Faculty Advisor:Prof. James Green
Lucy SedgwickThe Culture of Organic Farming: A Comparison Between the United States and Italy
Study Abroad Program:Brown-in-Italy
Concentration:Environmental Studies & English
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Kathryn De Master
Akinyi ShapiroIntersection of Adolescent Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS in Salvador, Brazil
Study Abroad Program:SIT: Brazil
Concentration:Community Health
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Patricia Sobral
Zak StoneHearing the Voices of Havana’s Urban Agriculturists: An Ethnographic Investigation and Practicum
Study Abroad Program:Brown-in-Cuba
Concentration:Anthropology
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Matthew Gutmann
Christopher WichmannPost Soviet Ukrainian-Russian Relations
Study Abroad Program:Middlebury College in Moscow
Concentration:International Relations & Economics
Faculty Advisor:Prof. Sergei Khrushchev
Updated: February 13, 2009