Class of 2023
Maxwell Blum, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks: A Simulation Experiment
Advisor: Peter DeWan
Maxwell Blum '23 grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated as the Salutatorian and the Captain of the Men's Varsity Tennis team at Faith Lutheran High School. At Dartmouth, he is pursuing a double major in Quantitative Social Science and Music with a concentration in music production. On campus, he works as a Tour Guide Trainer for the Dartmouth Office of Admission, a contributing columnist for The Dartmouth, a mental health ambassador for the Dartmouth Mental Health Union, and is a member of the Dartmouth Finance Society. In his free time, Max enjoys playing the keys with his on-campus band and cross-country skiing. Building off his internship experiences at the investment offices at Dartmouth College and Children's Health in Dallas, Texas, after graduation, Max intends to pursue a career in sustainable asset allocation for endowments and foundations.
Joshua Freitag, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: What Makes an Impartial Jury?: Perceptions of Jury Impartiality and Court Legitimacy
Advisor: Elsa Voytas
Josh Freitag is a '23 from Vancouver, Washington. He is majoring in Quantitative Social Sciences with minors in Hispanic Studies and Public Policy. On campus, Josh is Business Manager for The Dartmouth Sings A Cappella group, a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, plays club soccer, is a SIBS mentor, a student assistant for the Rockefeller Center, and a first-year Undergraduate Advisor. Josh plans to attend law school next year and hopes to pursue a career in public interest law.
Eric Hryniewicz, Geography
Thesis: The Flow of Power: Adressing Asymmetric Flood Risk in the Upper Valley
Advisor: Michael Cox and Christopher Sneddon
Eric Hryniewicz is a '23 studying Geography and Environmental Studies. Eric became interested in land use and water management after two deadly floods swept through his hometown destroying part of Ellicott City, Maryland which has rapidly developed with insufficient planning for water management. Eric is fascinated by collective action problems, development, and conservation and hopes that through research we can make better decisions that protect natural resources and uphold justice for the vulnerable.
Herny Jin, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: Examining How Unauthorized Asylum Seekers and Legal Immigrants Shape Canadian Welfare and Immigration Attitudes
Advisor: Jeremy Ferwerda
Henry Jin is a Dartmouth student majoring in Quantitative Social Science and minoring in Global Health. Henry's academic interests include immigration, redistributive, and public health policies. Henry hails from his hometown in Vancouver, Canada and is a part of the Dartmouth College Marching Band.
Abigail Johnson, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: The Elements of Access: Designing Equitable Public Transit to National Forests
Advisor: David Lutz
Abigail Johnson is from Andover, Massachusetts and studies Quantitative Social Science and Human-Centered Design at Dartmouth. She most enjoys combining her love of human geography and design to make outdoor spaces more equitable and accessible for all people. Her thesis focuses on how public transit can be better designed to open up access to large parks such as national forests. In her research, she is examining whether the installation of new public transit systems in Sedona, Arizona has increased park access, and if so, whether that increased access varies by race or socioeconomic status. Abigail loves to get outside through hiking and paddling with the Dartmouth Outing Club and riding with the Cycling Team, and she is a TA for ENGS12: Design Thinking.
May Oo Khine, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: Studying Changes in COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes by Race Across Major Socio-Political Events
Advisor: Soroush Vosoughi
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Eric Lee, History
Thesis: The Prosecution and Persecution of the Hudson Valley Loyalists
Advisor: Paul Musselwhite
Eric Lee is a member of the Dartmouth class of 2023 majoring in history and earth science. Eric is from Stormville, New York, and his history thesis focuses on the Revolutionary War-era experiences of residents of his hometown and the surrounding areas—especially those prosecuted for Loyalism. Eric has been interested in early American history since he was in elementary school and discovered his interest in geology in college. In Eric's spare time, he enjoys reading, hiking, and riding his bicycle. Eric has three sisters and two cats. Next year, Eric hopes to participate in resource exploration out west, while continuing to study history independently.
You-Chi Liu, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: Examining Disparities in Care Utilization for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Patients: An Analysis of Patient and Physician Network Characteristics
Advisor: Erika L. Moen
You-Chi Liu is from Taiwan and currently is finishing up her degree in Quantitative Social Science and Computer Science. You-Chi has always had an interest in equity and healthcare. Her passion in those two topics has inspired her to participate extensively in undergraduate research related to advocating and promoting equity. She worked with Professor Rebecca Johnson to investigate using use local outreach to improve equity in federal oversight in H-2A Visa Program and co-authored the policy recommendation report sent to the Department of Labor. Moreover, she has been in Professor Erika Moen's lab since sophomore year, examining the role of telehealth in improving access in cancer care, specifically in rural settings. Her work with Professor Moen has inspired her to write a thesis on the underlying disparities in access to multi-disciplinary consultations prior to initiating cancer treatment. After graduation, she hopes to attend graduate school in Computer Science related field.
Jack Maling, History
Thesis:Common Wealth to Commonwealth: The Muscovy Company's Influence on Joint-Stock Corporate Structure
Advisor: Stephan Link
Jack Maling is from Chicago, IL. He is pursuing a major in history and a minor in computer science. His thesis, The Muscovy Company and Its Role in Establishing Early-Modern Democratic Principles, focuses on conversations about democracy in the early-modern period. This work builds on research Jack completed as part of the history foreign study program in 2021. Outside of class, Jack is a member of SIBS, the DALI Lab, and the Dartmouth club soccer team. He enjoys swimming in the Connecticut and skiing around the Northeast. Next year, Jack plans to move to New York City, where he'll join Accenture's Applied Intelligence division.
Natasha Raman, History
Thesis: A Faith, A Power: The Influence of Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles on China's Approach to Financial and Currency Reform From 1928-1949
Advisor: Stephan Link
Natasha Raman '23 is from Plano, Texas. She is a senior at Dartmouth College, majoring in history with a minor in Chinese. On campus, Natasha is involved with the Political Economy Project, the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact, and Sigma Delta Sorority. In her free time, Natasha enjoys reading, watching foreign films, and exploring the Upper Valley.
Mitchell Ransden, Government
Thesis: Mudslinging at the Margins: The Conditionality of Negative Campaigning Under Ranked-Choice Voting in the United States
Advisor: Jennifer Jerit
Originally from Fairfield, Connecticut, Mitchell Ransden spent his time at Dartmouth studying political psychology, rhetoric and policy messaging, and social psychology. In addition to coursework in those areas, Mitchell has worked as a research assistant for Professor Brendan Nyhan and as a Research Fellow for the Democratic Erosion Consortium, an inter-university collaboration working to catalogue instances of authoritarian overreach around the world. Outside of the classroom, Mitchell has served as the president of Amarna Undergraduate Society, the Production Manager of the Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals, the College's oldest student-run theater group, and has hosted multiple radio programs on webDCR.
Irina Sandoval, Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies
Thesis: Por eso estamos como estamos: Latinx Foodscapes, Culinary Subjectivity, and Fatness in
Huntington Park
Advisor: Matthew Garcia
Irina Sandoval is a senior from Huntington Park, CA majoring Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies. Her research interests include Latinx migrant urbanisms, critical food studies, health and body image, gender and sexuality studies, and environmental histories. As an undergraduate student, Irina has worked for the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, the First-Generation Office, the History department, and Novack Cafe. She is also a Neukom Research Scholar, a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar, and a Mississippi Freedom Fellow.
Ryan Schwartz, Government
Thesis: From Wall Street to Main Street: How Equity Ownership and Retail Investor Engagement Shape
Policy Preferences
Advisor: Jason Barabas
Ryan Schwartz was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Ryan is a '23 studying Government and Economics with an interest in how the financial services sector can ameliorate pressing issues ranging from economics, public policy, and political economy. On campus, Ryan is a participant in the Dartmouth Economics Research Scholars program, Pine Real Estate Partners, and is an outfielder for the varsity baseball team. Upon graduation, Ryan will join J.P. Morgan as an investment banking analyst.
Ryan (Ashby) Shores
Thesis: "The third great scourge of the world": Recreational and Medical Drug Use in Britain, 1918-1926
Advisor: Udi Greenberg
Ashby Shores is a '23 from Arlington, Virginia. He is a history major, and most of his studies have focused on Interwar Britain. He participated on the History Foreign Study Program, where he wrote a paper on nightclub policing in 1920s London, which led him to his current research topic of drug regulation. Outside of school, Ashby is the Vice President of the Dartmouth chapter of Save the Kids Action Network and a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Philip Surendran, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: Quantifying Implicit Bias in Judicial Opinions: A Natural Language Processing Approach
Advisor: Julie Kalish
Philip Surendran is a rising senior from Colombo, Sri Lanka and studies Quantitative Social Science and Computer Science at Dartmouth. His academic interests focus the implementation of machine learning and other statistical tools to explore questions of social interest and public policy. After graduating, Philip plans to pursue a PhD in Machine Learning/AI and continue in academia.
Sathya Thenappan, Quantitative Social Science
Thesis: Effects of Daylight on College Students' Physical and Mental Well-Being
Advisor: Charles Crabtree
Sathya Thenappan, is a '23 at Dartmouth College majoring in Quantitative Social Science and Computer Science and minoring in theatre. Sathya is always looking for ways to draw meaningful connections between his varied fields of study at Dartmouth and to use his technical skills in software engineering and data analysis to address or investigate issues in which he has a keen interest. In particular, Sathya's newfound interest in lighting design through his theatre minor has led to his latest research in investigating the association between the exposure to daylight in college housing and its impact on the physical and mental well-being of college students. Sathya hopes to extend his research in the future to investigate the varied social effects of lighting design in urban cities.