dean's scholar program - College of Liberal Arts - Purdue University
dean's scholar program - College of Liberal Arts - Purdue University
dean's scholar program - College of Liberal Arts - Purdue University
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emily<br />
F i n c h<br />
Indianapolis, Indiana<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor James McCann<br />
Ms. Finch is researching the way Democrats and Republicans<br />
reach out to the Spanish-speaking Latino community during the<br />
2008 campaigns. She is reviewing political communication that<br />
comes through e-mail newsgroups, Web sites, and other kinds <strong>of</strong><br />
correspondence with an eye on investigating how the major par-<br />
ties are attempting to mobilize Latinos.<br />
KelSey<br />
l i n d a u e r<br />
Evansville, Indiana<br />
Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Rosalee Clawson<br />
Ms. Lindauer is working on a project with Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Clawson to<br />
examine the portrayal <strong>of</strong> popular social welfare <strong>program</strong>s in news<br />
magazines. Specifically, she is analyzing the race <strong>of</strong> people pic-<br />
tured in news articles about Social Security and Medicare. She is<br />
testing the hypothesis that Caucasian citizens are overwhelmingly<br />
used to illustrate these popular <strong>program</strong>s. This research is im-<br />
portant because it demonstrates that well-liked welfare <strong>program</strong>s<br />
are associated with white people, whereas unpopular welfare<br />
<strong>program</strong>s geared toward the poor are disproportionately linked<br />
with black people.