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Uganda, her honors thesis work explored the predicament and significance of youth affected by the conflict and youth
perceptions on the mechanisms that have been put in place to promote reconciliation and bring an end to the conflict. The
research found that while youth have been profoundly affected by the conflict, they are well informed about what is going
on to bring about its end and are deeply interested and invested in their futures, the future of the region, and finding a
lasting peace.
Nina Scheinman ‘08
Sierra Leonean Women: A Post Conflict Needs Assessment
This research project aimed to look at the gender-specific needs facing women in post-conflict Sierra Leone. The needs and
challenges faced by women are unique in many ways compared to those faced by men. Accurately identifying these needs
and challenges is an important step in designing comprehensive and effective service programs. Interviews with women,
government officials and NGO employees were used to determine what were the most dire and pressing issues that had
not yet been addressed or were not being addressed effectively. These interviews were also used to evaluate the existing
services and determine what was working and what was not working within existing programs. The research resulted in a
list of recommendations to be used in the planning and implementation of a women’s center.
Nathan Stopper ‘07
The Indian Paradigm of Foreign Policy
Nathan traveled to India this winter with the IGL’s TILIP program to research the realities
of a “morally superior” Indian foreign policy. His pre-departure research had focused on
the perception that India had been able to operate outside the standard paradigms for
conducting foreign policy and was a benevolent actor in the international system. He
concluded that this was largely untrue, and that despite statements to the contrary, India
pursued its interests just as any other state does. While in India, Nathan found that many
Indians believed their country continued to operate outside of the norms of traditional
realist expectations. During his first meeting in the country, Minister of Youth Affairs
Mani Shankar Aiyar told him, “India is a different kind of nation with a different kind of foreign policy.”
Funding for student research has been generously provided by the Office of the Provost, IGL Executive Advisory Board
Member Javier Macaya, IGL Executive Advisory Board Chair Robert Bendetson, the Office of the Dean of the Colleges, the
Kraft Endowment, and alumni and their parents.
Internships
Over the years, the Institute has established annual, funded internships for students with the Center for Public Integrity in
Washington, D.C. This year the IGL continued the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Fellowship.
The Center for Public Integrity, founded in 1989, is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization. It is the Center’s
mission to provide the American people with the findings of its investigations and analyses of public service, government
accountability, and ethics-related issues. Launched in 1997, ICIJ is a project of The Center for Public Integrity. ICIJ extends
globally the Center’s style of enterprise journalism in the public interest by marshaling the talents of the world’s leading
investigative reporters to focus on issues that do not stop at the water’s edge. (http://www.publicintegrity.org)
The Institute’s Neuffer Fellowship provides funding for an intern to working on substantive CPI projects that traditionally
culminate in publication credits. The time in D.C. also includes an extensive orientation to the Capitol’s institutions.
Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Fellowship
In 2004, the Institute established the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Fellowship in collaboration with the Center for Public
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