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Research Symposium

As the culmination of the Undergraduate Fellows Program, students present their work at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium held every spring. Click the titles below to view a presentation poster

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See the Fellows in action! Check out these pictures from the 2006 Undergraduate Research Symposium.

2007-2008 Presentations

• Kayla Baker
  Agenda Setting on the Supreme Court


• Jayme Ballard
  Congressional Attention to the Education of Underpriveleged Children


• Steve Baxter
  Implied Thermodynamics and Mechanical Physics in Public Policy Systems


• Andrew Bouta
  Committee Power, Turf Wars, and Budgetary Change


• Matt Gilchrist
  Evangelical Christians in the Media: The Evolution of an Interest Group


• Jami Larson
  Information Processing and Agenda Setting in the Creation of Homeland Security


• Sophia Le
  Presidential Discourse and Political Symbols in Addressing Domestic Terror


• Michelle Whyman
  Disproportionate Attention: The Role of Certiorari Denied on the Supreme Court’s Agenda

2006-2007 Presentations

• Richard J. Anderson
  Legislating from the Bench: Judicial Ideology and Supreme Court Agenda Setting
  


• Jami Larson
  An Ideological Twist: Conservatism and Accountability in Federal Education Policy

2005-2006 Presentations

• Paul Bryce Counts Jr.
  Studying Supreme Court Agenda Setting Through Legal Reasoning



• Lianna Hall and Anthony Ching
  The Unseen Agenda: The Supreme Court and Cert Denied Cases



• Brandon Hawkins and Adam Thorne
  Dynamics of Defense: Public, Power, and Politics of Defense Spending

2004-2005 Presentations

• David Baker
  Representation and Agenda Setting: Congressional Attention to Economic Issues
  


• Heather Chase
  Changes in the Clean Air Act: Environmental Policy Implications



• Mara Patashnik
  2004-2005 Mary Gates Scholar
  The Changing Nature of the Healthcare Agenda: A Case Study of Children's Healthcare in Congress



• Michelle Huynh and Kyle Somner
  2004-2005 Mary Gates Scholar
  The Evolution of the Judicial Process: United States Supreme Court Agenda Setting in the Wake of a Changing Public Sentitment



• Ashley Watson
  2004-2005 Mary Gates Scholar
  The Policy Consequences of Increasing Income Inequality: Social Welfare in the Post-War Period

2003-2004 Presentations

• Rachel Bender
  2003-2004 Mary Gates Scholar
  Assessing Interest Group Influence on Congressional Decision Making: A Case Study of AIPAC
  
  
• Evan Morrisey
  Special Interest Politics: Boeing's Congressional Success

2002-2003 Presentations

• Erin Gulik and Madeline Kimble
  Is the goal of foreign aid to promote the U.S. security agenda?
  
  
• Bryan Rogowski
  A New Approach to Analyzing Committee Influence Within Congress
  
  
• Nigel Stark
  Reconsidering Legislative Effectiveness
  
  
• Richard Weinmeyer, 2002-2003 Mary Gates Scholar
  Queer and Here: Gay Political Representation in the U.S.
  

2000-2001 Presentations

• Michael McGrath
  Public Opinion and Congressional Responsiveness