6 Global Studies Majors Among 2020/21 Undergraduate Awardees

Undergraduate Research Awards for 2020-2021 have been awarded to 95 students from disciplines and departments across campus. This year six Global Studies Majors were URA recipients!  Mark your calendars to attend Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 to support your fellow majors as they present their research findings.
URA’s provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work.

Lois A. Akomeah
“Political Corruption and Poverty in Ghana”
Global Studies
Christopher Brown

Violeta Brito (Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Research Awardee)
“A Culturally-Sensitive College Readiness Mentorship Program for Latino American Youth in Baltimore”
Global Studies
Felipe Filomeno

Katherine Poteet
“Building a Nation: How National Service Requirements Affect Patriotic Sentiment”
Political Science
Carolyn Forestiere

Patrick Reid
“How did Media Coverage Impact the Black Lives Matter Movement?”
Political Science
Fernando Tormos-Aponte

Cira Roxana Tapia
“Latino Students Enrolled at Howard Community College with very Low Participation in the Success Programs Offered by the College”
Global Studies
Christopher Brown

Kateryna Yakusheva 
(Center for Social Science Scholarship Undergraduate Research Awardee) 
What type of government is the most efficient at dealing with pandemics?”
Global Studies
Brigid Starkey