Amanda Grolig '19 was selected as the first recipient of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Publicly Engaged Scholar Award for her project and presentation, “Restorative Justice Education and Masculine Flexibility.” The award includes a $250 prize.

The CPGC Publicly Engaged Scholar Award recognizes knowledge production and dissemination that advances peace, social justice, and global citizenship. Preference is given to seniors who have demonstrated capacity to communicate concisely about their research to diverse audiences. Special consideration is given to research questions that emerge through relationships with organizations and networks advancing justice.

A faculty and staff committee reviewed all presentations shared at the CPGC's April 25th event, Applied, Community-Engaged Research for Peace & Global Citizenship. Among the  presentations, Amanda's stood out for several reasons, including her careful attention to form, audience, and content.

The committee was additionally impressed by Amanda's methodical and conscientious collaboration with Let’s Circle Up. Let's Circle Up is a restorative justice program based in the State Correctional Institution-Phoenix. Reviewers were impressed by the way in which Amanda's research adds to a long-standing partnership between the CPGC and LCU. Following Commencement, Amanda will be continuing in the CPGC community as a Haverford House Fellow at Philadelphia Legal Assistance.

Congratulations to Amanda, and to all of the students who received research funding this year! CPGC-funded research projects during academic year 18-19 include:

Ariel Censor '20 - "Researching for Action: Assessing Federally Funded After-school Programs"

Isaac Kahan '19 - "The Herd or the Shepherd? Understanding and Comparing the Effects of Exposure to Norms and Leader Positions on the Political Attitudes of Social Group Members"

Han Mahle '19 - "Investigating the Impact of Medical Tourism Growth on Access to Healthcare and Healthcare Cost in Bangalore, India"

ShuMin He '19 - "Historical Memory of Chinese Railroad Workers in America"

Vanessa Morales '19 - "Chismoses a Través de las Fronteras: Exploring Chisme as a Tool Of Intimacy, Community-building, and Survival"

Bradford Morbeck '19 - "‘That’s why I always come back here:’ Cosmopolitanism, belonging and touristic spaces in post-apartheid Windhoek"

Paloma Paez-Coombe '19 - "Interracial Intimacy and Race-making in post-World War II Los Angeles"

Liana Shallenberg '19 - "Do You Believe You Can Change Your Prejudice?"

Talia Scott '19 - "The Emergence of a Prosecutorial Reform Movement"

Sophia Silver '19 - "Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, and the Female Spaces of the English Protestant Reformation"

Rachel Silverman '19 - "Imagining a Pluralistic Judaism: A Study of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah"

Elom Tettey-Tamaklo '19 - "Exploring Citizen Rebellion in Post-Colonial Nigeria; The Case of Fela Kuti"

Michael Weber '19 - "Desire and Reconciliation at an LGBTQIA Church in an Individualized Religious Landscape"