This year’s research teams
Solar Power in Rural Communities
Led by Senior Fellow Sahith Mocharla
Supported by Research Fellows Ananya Chiluka, Dawson Yao, and Sarah Lee
VAT and Equity in Informal Economies
Led by Senior Fellow: Mark Humphreys
Supported by Research Fellows: Anish Ravindran, Elyse Neves, and Gaurav Verghese
Drivers of Columbian Coca Farming
Led by Senior Fellow: Alex Corley
Supported by Research Fellows: Anisha Bhattaru, Juan Sarmiento, Mina Bilal, and Shivani Purohit
Defense Technology and Emerging Markets
Led by Senior Fellow: Keshav Krishna
Supported by Research Fellows: Carter Goetz, Charles VanHorn, and Kailani Yano-Pennings
Check out our work below!
Latin America's Long Summer Break
Education has always been a way out of poverty. However, the pandemic has completely interrupted education, creating challenges for low-income students. Is there anything governments can do?
Biden’s Promising Policy towards Latin America
If Biden were to be elected president, he is faced with the insurmountable task of restructuring the United States’ current relationship with the Latin America region.
Double the peso, double the trouble
Cuba's anomalous dual-currency system represents the radical fervor to fight for Communism.
Using Machines to Complement Humans
How can two seemingly opposites, humans and machines, work together to improve our healthcare?
Of Man Or Machine? Why Not Both?
A.I can help us prevent disease and live overall better lives. How?
Past Research Teams
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Politics of Genocide
Adarsh Javvaji, Tisha Chaudhuri, Emma Costa, Shivani Purohit, Amina Syed
Crisis in Affordable Housing
Sernry Tu, Aditya Dronamraju, Sarah Lee, Sebastián Leal, Henry Stocker
Healthcare
Vedanth Ramabhadran, Aayan Khasgiwala, Anish Ravindran, Anisha Bhattaru
US-China Relations
Melanie Hsieh, Keshav Krishna, Arnav Myana, Zarik Tao
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Latin America’s Emerging Economies
Evan Bimaputra, Paul Choi, Grainne O’Casey,
Nikhil Guddati, Chloe Jin
The Global Rise
of China
Mauricio Aguilar, Sahana Rao, Sam Mills,
Jenna Chen, Morgan Myhill, Porter Slack
Artificial Intelligence and Automation
Sanchith Shanmuga, Brian Lee, Nehaarika Shridhar,
Juan Esparza, Faizan Firdaus
Spring 2020
US–China Relations
Evan Bimaputra, Justin Tran, Kaitlyn Marcatante, Mauricio Aguilar, Cameron Waltz
Climate Change
Paul Choi, Sanchith Shanmuga, Seann DSouza, Brian Lee