{"id":1889,"date":"2024-03-22T23:51:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T23:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:02:25","slug":"gpi-cis-spring-research-mentorship-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/2024\/03\/22\/gpi-cis-spring-research-mentorship-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"GPI-CIS Spring Research &#038; Mentorship Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            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Presentations and discussion will highlight both research and the mentorship and support that helped to facilitate the progress of the students&#8217; projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-intro \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-intro\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Join us in celebrating research and mentorship!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 12, 2024 | 10 am-1:30 pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Social Sciences Building (SOS) B40<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Event Program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 am\u201311:30 am |\u00a0<\/strong>Undergraduate Panel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thomas Martynowicz: <\/strong>&#8220;Indigenous Language Management: An Analysis of the New Era of Language Rights in Latin America&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Layla MoheyEldin: <\/strong>&#8220;From Oil Fields to Skyscrapers: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ambitions for Regional Hegemony Through Financial Statecraft&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aya Obeid: <\/strong>&#8220;Improving Indigenous Wellbeing in Settler Colonial States: A Quantitative Study of Four National Policies\u2019 Effects on Indigenous Outcomes&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mia Prange: <\/strong>&#8220;Nayib Bukele &amp; The Rise of Populism in El Salvador: Inevitable or Avoidable?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11:30 am\u201312:00 pm<\/strong>\u00a0| Lunch Served<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 pm\u20131:30 pm<\/strong>\u00a0| Graduate Student Panel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sinan Kircova: <\/strong>&#8220;Variations in Online Self-Censorhip: The Analysis of the Turkish Case&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saran Uthayakumar: <\/strong>&#8220;How Does the Diaspora Dream? Interrelating Cambodian American and Eelam Tamil Diasporas\u2019 Healing&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2154\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/03\/GPI-CIS-Spring-Research-Mentorship-Showcase-3-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/03\/GPI-CIS-Spring-Research-Mentorship-Showcase-3-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/03\/GPI-CIS-Spring-Research-Mentorship-Showcase-3-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/03\/GPI-CIS-Spring-Research-Mentorship-Showcase-3-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/03\/GPI-CIS-Spring-Research-Mentorship-Showcase-3-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/03\/GPI-CIS-Spring-Research-Mentorship-Showcase-3-1-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/03\/GPI-CIS-Spring-Research-Mentorship-Showcase-3-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-highlights \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-highlights\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Meet the panelists!\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <ul>\n              <li><p><b>Thomas Martynowicz <\/b>(he\/him)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas (TJ) Martynowicz is a fourth-year student concurrently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Master of Studies in Law. His research interests lie at the intersection of global affairs, language rights, and environmental justice, with his findings having been presented at academic conferences around the globe, including in Rome, California, and Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n              <li><p><b>Layla MoheyEldin\u00a0<\/b>(she\/her)<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Layla MoheyEldin is a senior double majoring in International Relations and Middle East Studies. Having grown up in Saudi Arabia, her areas of interest include neocolonialism and security studies as they relate to the Middle East, specifically the Gulf region. In addition, she is particularly interested in the way Western intervention has shaped the domestic politics and international interactions of various nations in the region, and how this dynamic has contributed to conflicts and power struggles\u2014largely economic and financial\u2014between competing rising powers in the Gulf. Layla is an associate editor and senior correspondent with USC Glimpse from the Globe, was a research assistant with USC Near Crisis Project Africa, and has also interned for WeVote, Humanitarian Aid International, and California State Assemblyman Josh Hoover.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n              <li><p><b>Aya Obeid\u00a0<\/b>(she\/her)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aya Obeid is a senior majoring in International Relations. She is passionate about migration and indigenous peoples rights and its intersections with climate protection and decolonization. She has previously worked as a translator and case manager at a refugee center in Vilnius, Lithuania, as well as in outdoor accessibility, education, and leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n              <li><p><b>Mia Prange\u00a0<\/b>(she\/her)<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mia Prange is a senior from Orange County, California, double-majoring in International Relations and Art History. Her studies are focused on Latin America, specifically regarding human rights and democratic development &amp; backsliding. She currently works as a Research Assistant for Dr. Pamela Starr and has previously interned at the U.S. Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n              <li><p><b>Sinan Kircova\u00a0<\/b>(he\/him)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sinan Kircova is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Political Science and International Relations specializing in comparative politics and methodology. His ongoing projects center around authoritarian regimes and the confluence of religion and politics. His regional focus is the Middle East, with special emphasis on the politics of Turkey and Israel. Before starting his PhD, he earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Sociology from Bogazici University and his master\u2019s degree in International Relations from the University of Glasgow in Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n              <li><p><b>Saran Uthayakumar\u00a0<\/b>(they\/them)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saran Uthayakumar is a second-year PhD student in the Political Science and International Relations department. Their main area of interest in political science is post-conflict reconciliation among diasporas, and they study the Cambodian and Sri Lankan Tamil (Eelam) diasporas specifically. 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