Pardee Center Announces 2024 Graduate Summer Fellows

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2024 Graduate Summer Fellows. These eight outstanding Boston University graduate students represent seven different academic departments.

Starting May 28, the Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks developing research papers while participating in programs designed to advance interdisciplinary research and learning.

The 2024 Graduate Summer Fellows are:

Tijana Cupic, GRS, PhD, Hispanic Language & Literatures Tijana will explore the potential of storytelling in shaping immigration policies related to Central American immigrants residing in the United States, providing policymakers with a unique understanding of their multifaceted reality.

Dongpeng Huang, COM, PhD, Emerging Media Studies Dongpeng will explore college students’ longitudinal trustworthiness of generative AI tools across different educational contexts.

Jonathan R. Martin, GRS, PhD, Political Science – Appleton Schneider Fellow* Jon will examine Indigenous peoples’ participation in the Arctic Council and the tension between Western and Indigenous worldviews.

Bright O. Olunusi, GRS, PhD, Earth & Environment Bright will explore human-bear interactions in Massachusetts, and the implications for conservation strategies.

Edima Ottoho, SPH, DrPH, Leadership, Management & Policy Edima will explore the underrepresentation of women in global health leadership, and analyze the barriers and strategies to address this across the levels of the socioecological model (SEM).

Pol Pardini Gispert, GRS, PhD, Philosophy Pol will explore how disinformation does not always consist of spreading false information, as is commonly assumed, but often aims to radicalize the narratives that minorities use to identify themselves.

Ana María Sanchez Lesmes, GRS, PhD, History of Art & Architecture Ana María will consider the case of the Museum of Memory of Colombia to explore the critical role of museums in fostering societal healing, symbolic reparations, and trust-building in post-conflict contexts.

Si Wu, GRS, PhD, Political Science Si will examine the challenges posed by the global decline in fertility rates by analyzing China’s one-child policy and Singapore’s population planning strategies.

More information about the Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program and previous Summer Fellows can be found here.

*Each year, a master’s or first-year PhD student is designated the Appleton Schneider Fellow in honor of BU Alumnus Appleton Schneider, who provided a bequest to the Pardee Center endowment to support the Graduate Summer Fellows program.