GLOBAL CITIES STUDENT RESEARCH SUMMIT

On February 25th, 2022, the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative will host its Fourth Annual Student Research Summit where students from across University come together to present their urban and place-based research. GGCI Research Summit provide a venue for undergraduate and graduate students from all schools to present their research on urban topics, receive feedback from outside experts, and build a peer network of support.

 

Following opening remarks from Professor Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director of the GGCI, students will offer brief presentations on their work pertaining to cities divided in three panels: Community Health & Equity, Culture & Community, and Global Urbanization. Responses and comments will be offered by Georgetown faculty members and researchers. The Summit will take place in-person, with the option of joining virtually. The event will be followed by an optional reception to celebrate the work of the students. 

 

Agenda: 

 

 

1:00pm — Welcome and Introductions

Prof. Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director GGCI

 

1:05pm — Panel 1: Community Health & Equity

 

Presentations

Understanding Contributing Factors of Health Disparities in Wards 7 And 8 in the District of Columbia

Nikita Schroll-McLaughlin (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, GH ‘21) 

 

Safety in Numbers: Examining the Effects of Automobile Occupancy on Urban Traffic Fatalities

Joshua Rosen (McCourt School of Public Policy, MS-DSPP ‘23) 

 

Respondents 

Evan Barba, Communication, Culture & Technology Program

Meryl Chertoff, State and Local Government Policy and Law Initiative, Georgetown Law Center

Robin King, School of Foreign Service

Bernard Liese, Global Health Program

 

Presentations

ABCs of CBAs: Community Benefits Agreements in DC

Rolland Giberson, Linn Groft, David Leeds (Georgetown Law, JD ‘22) 

 

The Effects of Bureaucratic Organization and Race on State and Local Policymaking: Source-of-Income Anti-Discrimination Laws 1971-2021

Henry Watson (Georgetown College, PhD Government ‘24) 

 

Respondents (same as above)

2:00pm — Panel 2: Culture & Community

 

Presentations 

Balancing Conservation of Cultural Heritage with Rapid Urban Development in Beijing, China

Bayley Wivell (McDonough School of Business, Marketing & GBF ‘22) 

 

Digitized Religious Communities of Urban Migrants: Establishment and Mobilization of Online Conservative Evangelical Networks in Seoul

Sooin Jessica Choi (School of Foreign Service-Qatar, School of Continuing Studies, MURP ‘23) 

 

Respondents

Meryl Chertoff, State and Local Government Policy and Law Initiative, Georgetown Law Center

Robin King, School of Foreign Service

Jordan Sand, History and Asian Studies Program

Katie Wells, Postdoctoral Fritz Fellow

 

Presentations

Periphery Theater: Carnival Spectacle, Resistance, and Social Transformation

Maggie Dunlap (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, PhD, Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies)

 

Clarifying the “Ability to Complete”: An Overlooked Protection for Historic Properties in Washington, D.C.

Linn Groft (Georgetown Law, JD ‘22) 

 

Respondents (same as above)

 

2:55pm — Panel 3: Global Urbanization

 

Presentations 

Poster Children, Postal Cities?  A Comparative Evaluation of Urban Regeneration as a Development Strategy in Latin America: The Cases of Guayaquil, Ecuador and Medellín, Colombia

Maria de Lourdes Despradel Aquino, Bryan Ricciardi (School of Foreign Service, MALAS ‘22) 

 

Affordable Housing Policies and Informal Settlement Management in Montevideo: How Can the Departmento Adapt to the Challenges of the 21st Century? 

Alexander Cywes (School of Foreign Service, CULP ‘23) 

 

Respondents 

Andrew Trueblood, Urban & Regional Planning Program

Sheila Foster, The Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy; Professor of

Public Policy, Georgetown Law Center and McCourt School of Public Policy

Robin King, School of Foreign Service

Jordan Sand, History and Asian Studies Program

 

Presentations

Battery Park City: Politics, Interests, and Urban Ideals in the Development of a Landmark Project

Eduardo Plasencia (School of Continuing Studies, MURP ‘23)

 

China’s National, Provincial, and Municipal Policies that Fostered the “Miracle Growth” of Shenzhen

Molly Zhou (School of Foreign Service, IPEC ‘23) 

 

A New Murmansk Initiative: Arctic Development in the Age of Climate Change 

Michelle Hanssen (School of Foreign Service, MAERES ‘23) 

 

Respondents (same as above) 

 

3:55pm — Concluding Remarks

Prof. Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director GGCI

 

4:00pm —Adjourn to Reception

 

To know more about the previous Student Research Summits, visit here. 

 

In-person attendance to the Summit is limited to members of the Georgetown community, while all are welcome to join virtually.