Foster youth are less prepared to enter adulthood as compared to their non-foster youth, and they lack the resources in order to succeed later on in life. For instance, 87.3% of the general population will complete high school by the age of 18, compared to only 64% of foster youth. Even more shockingly, only 2%… Read more »
Not only does public opinion data show that trust in government is declining, but rhetoric of stolen elections, the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol, and intense political polarization have characterized the contemporary American political scene as one of instability and dissatisfaction. Government trust is important to the functioning of democracy and my research… Read more »
In the field of alternative dispute resolution, much research has gone into how the procedural issues in a mediated settlement can affect its outcome. Procedural issues, meaning issues that arise in the process of settling the dispute, are important to understand as much of the benefit from participating in alternative dispute resolution comes from a… Read more »
Today, the United States’ electricity mix is primarily generated by climate-change causing, air-polluting fossil fuels. More than 60% of the nation’s total generation comes from natural gas, coal, and petroleum. Recent headlines have celebrated the fact that renewable energy generation–at 21.5%– finally surpassed coal (19.5%) for the first time in 2022. However, there is still… Read more »
The news is full these days with stories of increasing droughts and floods. These events, which will increase as climate change continues, have clear economic impacts. As an environmental scientist however, I am interested in how climate change may impact other natural systems. One such system is the nitrogen cycle, which describes the transfer of… Read more »
While studying abroad in Germany, I once asked a question of a German business founder and CEO speechless for a couple minutes, and the experience stuck in my mind to this day. The question I asked our class guest speaker was about his company’s engagement in external recruiting to hire workers for his manufacturing firm…. Read more »
The 2022 Annual Threat Assessment presented by the entirety of the intelligence community references domestic terrorism, homegrown terrorists, and extremism as larger threats to national security than any other form of terrorism. For the purpose of this study, terrorism is defined as, “the violent act of an individual group that aims to promote a political… Read more »
Each year, roughly 200,000 people in the United States fall victim to sex trafficking. This tragic statistic is actually known by experts to be a gross underestimate of how many individuals experience trafficking every year. Inaccurate data, combined with an overall lack of awareness about the issue as a whole create a daunting environment for… Read more »
As a student at Indiana University, I thought that my success as a student depended on hard work, hours spent studying, and my performance on exams. However, as the world progressed into the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic recession that followed, I saw students struggling all around me. From more students leaving the university to… Read more »
The role of democracy in promoting environmental performance is an important and enduring issue. Former U.S. President Al Gore declared, “I have come to believe that an essential prerequisite for saving the environment is the spread of democratic governments to more nations of the world.” Was President Gore correct? The results of this thesis support… Read more »