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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.

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