Rebecca Thou
Concentration & Secondary: History & Literature and French, Jewish Studies
Thesis Title: 'French' Theory? The Intellectual Reverberations of Hélène Cixous' Juiféminité
Countries traveled for research: France
Thesis Advisors: Françoise Lionnet, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures & Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence, Harvard University
Kathryn L. Brackney, Lecturer in History & Literature, Harvard University
Awards: Edward Chandler Cumming Prize - awarded for the thesis of highest distinction in History & Literature
Harry and Cecile Starr Prize - awarded for the best thesis in Jewish Studies
Selena Zhao
Concentration & Secondary: Government, Integrative Biology
Thesis Title: 'Understanding the Elite-Mass Divergence in Sectarianism: A Case Study of Northern Ireland
Countries traveled for research: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Awards: Philo Sherman Bennett Prize – awarded by the Department of Government for the best essay discussing the principles of free government
Thesis Advisors: Melani Cammett, Acting Director (2019-2020), Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University; Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Previous CES grant: Internship at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (2018)
Matthew Keating
Concentration: Government
Thesis Title: From Lesvos to Leipzig: Comparative Legal Frameworks and Obstacles for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers in the European Union
Countries traveled for research:
Awards: Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize 2019-2020 – awarded for excellent undergraduate work.
Thesis Advisors: Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB Director of Research, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; CES Local Affiliate.
Previous CES grant: United States Embassy in France – Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant Recipient
