Roscoe Martin Fund for Dissertation and Thesis Research

The Roscoe Martin Fund honors the memory of Roscoe C. Martin, Professor of Political Science and founding scholar of the Public Administration discipline. A professor at Syracuse University from 1949 until he died in 1972, Martin served as the eighth president of the American Society for Public Administration from 1949 to 1950. His many popular publications included New Horizons in Public Administration (1945), the first book published by the University of Alabama Press.

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Rachel Ameen, Geography and the Environment

Forever Wild: A Cultural History of Animals in the Adirondacks

Christopher Arnold, History

To Think as a Dangerous Romantic: Romantic Sources of Critical and Intellectual Critique in Twentieth Century America.

Lauren Ashby, Sociology

Race, School Choice, and Student Experiences in a County-Wide STEAM School

Jack Baldwin, Public Administration and International Affairs

Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Administrative Burden and Increase Participation in Social Welfare Programs

Nitya Chagti, History

Padua and the Politics of History: Tyranny, Empire, and Neoclassicism, ca. 1270-1318

Tianyu Cheng, History

The Gambler’s Code: Gambling, Law and Violence in Eighteenth-Century China

Richard Courtney, Sociology

Welded Together: Union Conflict and Political-Economic Horizons

Aysenur Deger, Political Science

Grievances under Populism in Power: Experimental Evidence on Cronyism and Supporter Discontent in Turkey

Anna Delapaz, Sociology

Anna Delapaz Dissertation Research

Neiva Fortes, Economics

Sibling Spillover of Chronic Illness: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

Caleb Fouts, History

Everyday Life in Venezia Giulia under Fascism: Resistance, Assimilation, and Adaptation

Iwona Franczak, Sociology

School Choice within the Borders: Educational Equity and Open Enrollment in an Urban Low-Income School District

Tori-Ann Haywood, Sociology

There should not be one person in America hungry: An Ethnographic Study of Two Food Pantries in a University Town

Jessica Hogbin, History

Innumerable Melancholies: Medicine, Mental Health, and Human Nature in Renaissance Italy, 1450-1650

Allen Huang, Geography and the Environment

Gambling Lives: Young Migrant Aspirations, Transient Spaces, and the Hidden Lives of Online Gambling Work

Sadam Hussain, Anthropology

In the Wake of Silence: Sound, Ethics, and Everyday Politics in Kashmir

Joanne Kim, Public Administration and International Affairs

Examining Collaborative Economic Development: How Collaborative Processes Translate into Results

Sara Kuepper, Economics

Does AI Screening Affect Firms’ Hiring Behavior? Evidence from Job Vacancy Postings

Elan Kyser, Public Administration and International Affairs

Experiential learning at the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change's COP 30

Dong Hoon Lee, Public Administration and International Affairs

English Learner Reclassification Timing and Student Achievement: Evidence from ACCESS Proficiency Standards Change across Two States

Truong Vinh Tran Luu, Economics

Transshipment and Its Impact on Third Countries: Evidence from Vietnam

Kaythari Maw, Economics

The Educational Experiences and Influences of Burmese Refugee Students

Ruslan Menoyakov, Social Science

Political Leadership and Agricultural Policy Reform A Comparative Study of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Samuel Merrill, History

Anti-abortion Violence and Extremist Networks in Modern North American History

Chelsea Ren Morton, Social Science

The structural violence of welfare reform in the twenty-first century

Melodi Var Ongel, Political Science

Threads of Peace: Unravelling Coordination Among Peacebuilders in Frozen Conflicts The Puzzle of Peacebuilding Coordination: Insights from Cyprus, Bosnia and Northern Ireland

Hannah Radner, Political Science

Regionalism, Cross-Pressures, and Political Parties’ Strategic Flexibility in Multi-level Systems

Vatya Raina, Anthropology

Remapping Home: Kashmiri Pandits and the Politics of Displacement in Srinagar

Peter Roy, History

Polar Exploration without the Explorers, Working Title for Peter Roy's Dissertation

Sergio Saravia, Sociology

Union-led Workers’ Political Education and Labor Movement Revitalization in the US

Jeannette Shawki, History

Strasbourgeois Executioner Clans, 1500 - 1800

Shaneya Simmelkjaer, Sociology

Reentry as a Site of Socio-Political Transformation

Simran Sumbre, Geography and the Environment

An anticaste articulation of water distress in Beed, Maharashtra, India

Ruoyang Wang, Anthropology

The Making of Chinese Immigrant Subjects through Chinese Medicine

Erni Whitaker, Anthropology

Rupture and Reconstruction: Earthquakes, Migration, and Border-Making in South-Central Italy

Chongmin Yang, Sociology

The naming practice of Chinese international students in the US

Tianqi Zhou, Sociology

Dyadic Trajectories of Intergenerational Support and Relationship Quality in Rural China: A 25-Year Longitudinal Study of Parent–Adult Child Exchanges

Rachel Ameen, Geography and the Environment Erika Arias, Political Science Nola Aycock, History Almila Basak, Political Science Madison Burhenn, Anthropology Sueun Chae, History Nitya Chagti, History Nicholas D'Amico, Political Science Joshua Grove, Sociology Abdela Hilo, Public Administration and International Affairs Brianna Hinkley, Anthropology Michael Kelly, Geography and the Environment Bramsh Khan, Social Science Kaia Kirk, Political Science Gunyeop Lee, Political Science Melissa Lopoo, Social Science Brooklyn Montgomery, Geography and the Environment Katherine Mott, Sociology Avia Nahreen, Geography & the Environment Mehdi Nejatbakhsh, Sociology David Okanlawon, Anthropology Matthew O'Leary, Anthropology Sobia Paracha, Political Science Jenny Paszik, History Hector Sanchez, History

Alexander Anothony, Anthropology Siaw Appiah-Adu, Anthropology Saidakbar Askarov, Social Science Bruce Baigrie, Geography and the Environment Nitya Chagti, History Avital Datskovsky, Anthropology Ayse Durakoglu, Anthropology Caleb Fouts, History Falak Hadi, Political Science Jessica Hogbin, History Hakki Ozan Karayigit, Geography and the Environment Kaia Kirk, Political Science Brooklyn Montgomery, Geography and the Environment Avia Nahreen, Geography and the Environment David Okanlawon, Anthropology Ilayda Ece Ova, Public Administration and International Affairs Sobia Paracha, Political Science Jihyuk Park, Geography and the Environment Dustin Satterfield, Sociology Kazi Farzana Shoily, History Sarah Stegeman, History Jun Zhang, Social Science

Bruce Baigrie, Geography and the Environment Caroline Barraco, History Roseanna Benser, Sociology Brittany Jewell Bohlinger, Geography and the Environment Julissa Collazo Lopez, Anthropology Hannah Connolly, Social Science Weston Fenner IV, Sociology Caleb Fouts, History Xiaohan Gang, Sociology Ian Glazman-Schillinger, History Xiwei Guo, Geography and the Environment Odlanyer Hernandez De Lara, Anthropology Jessica Hogbin, History Xiaoxia Huang, Political Science Hakki Ozan Karayigit, Geography and the Environment Shanel Khaliq, Sociology Gunyeop Lee, Political Science Ainhoa Mingolarra Garaizar, Geography and the Environment Katherine Mott, Sociology David Okanlawon, Anthropology Matthew O'Leary, Anthropology Dustin Satterfield, Sociology Kazi Farzana Shoily, History Zulfiya Torebekova, Social Science Alexandria Vazquez, History

Catherine Annis, Public Administration Siaw Appiah-Adu, Anthropology Poonam Argade, Social Science Brittany Jewell Bohlinger, Geography Baurzhan Bokayev, Social Science Collin Chambers, Geography Melissa Darroch, Anthropology Aysenur Deger, Political Science Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography Mohammad E Athar, History Natalie Gallagher, Social Science Mary Helander, Social Science Akemi Inamoto, Geography Hakki Ozan Karayigit, Geography Shanel Khaliq, Sociology Jiho Kim, Public Administration Huseyin Zeyd Koytak, Sociology Athena Last, Sociology Seunghui Lee, Social Science Sujung Lee, Sociology Nicole Yeannine Moller Gonzalez, Geography Amber Morris, Political Science Brian Ohl, Public Administration Matthew O'Leary, Anthropology Jihyuk Park, Geography Gabriel Roth, History Mahder Serekberhan, Political Science Zulfiya Torebekova, Social Science

Siaw Appiah-Adu, Anthropology Melissa Darroch, Anthropology Rachel Brea Deal, Anthropology Matthew Greer, Anthropology Steven Harris, Anthropology Dana Olesch, Anthropology Maria Smith, Anthropology Jewell Bohlinger, Geography Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography Jamie Fico, Geography Ainhoa Mingolarra Garaizar, Geography Madeleine Hamlin, Geography Mirella Pretell Gomero, Geography Jared Whear, Geography Dominic Wilkins, Geography Morgan Kolakowski, History Farrah Brown, Political Science Nathan Carrington, Political Science Emma Dreher, Political Science Sefa Secen, Political Science Kari Waters, Political Science Baurzhan Bokayev, Social Science Mariah Brennan Nanni, Social Science Samanta Lee, Social Science Melissa Lopoo, Social Science Krushna Ranaware, Social Science Zulfiya Torebekova, Social Science Michael Branch, Sociology Weston (Trent) Fenner, Sociology Athena Last, Sociology Jinpu Wang, Sociology

Tony Chamoun, Anthropology Melissa Darroch, Anthropology Matthew Greer, Anthropology Ajaya Mali, Anthropology Maria Smith, Anthropology Jewell Bohlinger, Geography Tina Catania, Geography Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography Xiwei Guo, Geography Madeleine Hamlin, Geography Akemi Inamoto, Geography Katie MacDonald, Geography Ainhoa Mingolarra Garaizar, Geography Mirella Pretell, Geography Thomas Bouril, History Emily Hunter, History Elizabeth (Bess) Davis, Political Science Nathan Carrington, Political Science Tae Hyun Lim, Political Science Dongshu Liu, Political Science Aykut Ozturk, Political Science Kyungwon Suh, Political Science Maria Laura Veramendi Garcia, Political Science Kari Waters, Political Science David Schwegman, Public Administration and International Affairs Hannah Patnaik, Public Administration and International Affairs Saied Toossi, Public Administration and International Affairs Nicholas Croce, Social Science Natalie Gallagher, Social Science Fitore Hyseni, Social Science Darzhan Kazbekova, Social Science Melissa Lopoo, Social Science Jaisang Sun, Social Science Joonsik Yoon, Social Science Michael Branch, Sociology Athena Last, Sociology Claire Pendergrast, Sociology Dalton Stevens, Sociology Ning Zhan, Sociology Selene Cammer-Bechtold, Sociology Sujung Crystal Lee, Sociology Weston (Trent) Fenner, Sociology Jinpu Wang, Sociology

Jewell Bohlinger, Geography Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography Jamie Gagliano, Geography Justin Hartnett, Geography Brian Hennigan, Geography Akemi Inamoto, Geography James Lindberg, Geography Katherine MacDonald, Geography Ainhoa Mingolarra Garazier, Geography Jared Whear, Geography Kelsey Young, Geography Thomas Bouril, History Michael Britton, History Phillip R. Davis, History Emily Hunter, History Morgan Kolakowski, History Kishauna Soljour, History Jason Blessing, Political Science Tae Hyun-Lim, Political Science Dongshu Liu, Political Science Angely Martinez, Political Science Aykut Ozturk, Political Science Beatriz Rey, Political Science Elise Roberts, Political Science Katharine Russell, Political Science Maria Veramendi, Political Science Saied Toossi, Public Administration Nara Yoon, Public Administration David Schwegman, Public Administration and International Affairs Krushna Rawaware, Social Science Samanta Lee Seunghui, Social Science Taveeshi Singh, Social Science Athena Last, Sociology