Annual Tobias Center Research Symposium
Friday, December 5, 2025
GISB 1060
9:30am - 5pm
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9:30am-9:45am: Opening Remarks
9:45am-10:45am, Panel 1: Global Development, Health, Education and Policy Challenges
Luis Fernando Chaves and Ella Bui: Housing Quality and Dengue Transmission in Costa Rica
Patricia Kubow: Arab Youth Barometer: Ascertaining the Citizenship Attitudes and Social Ontologies of Schoolchildren in Jordan
David Rutkowski: Measuring Global Learning: A Case Study of SDG 4.1.1 Implementation in a Sub-Saharan African Country
11:00 am- 12:00pm Panel 2: Historical and Political Dimensions of Development
Uzoamaka Nwachukwu : Shaping Perspectives: A Historical Analysis of Newspaper Reports on Mining Activities in Eastern Nigeria
George Obinna Ike: Decolonization Reimagined: A Discursive Reassessment of Neocolonialism in Nigeria's Political System."
Hayden Kolowrat: Development through Military Service and the Colonial Origins of US Military Advising Missions
12:15 –1:15 Lunch and Internship Roundtable
Jayvee Del Rosario (SPEA), Fiona Gochtovtt-Stine (HLS), Esther Kataate(School of Education)
1:30 pm-2:10pm, Panel 3: Environment, Water and Development
Yogesh Upadhyay: The Politics of Waters: Infrastructure, Development, and Resistance in Uttarakhand India
Drew Capone and Allison Holder: Methods Development for Water Quality Testing
2:25pm-3:25pm, Panel 4: International Economics, Politics and Development
Guilherme Paiva Pinto: Disrupted Development
Mostafa Beshkar and Junho Kim: Reciprocity in Trade Agreements
Enakshi Bera: Barriers Within Borders: How Trade Costs and Subsidies Shape Fertilizer Adoption in India?
3:30pm – 5pm, Global Consultants Showcase and Closing Reception
Data Analysis: Women and Youth Empowerment in Morocco in partnership with the High Atlas Foundation
Building Futures: Raising Awareness of Escalera’s Impact in Mexico in partnership with Escalera Foundation
Voice of the Land: Sharing Indigenous Perspectives Across Platforms and Continentsin partnership with Land is Life
Messaging Campaign on How Engagement with ASEAN Makes the United States Safer, Stronger, and More Prosperous in partnership with US Mission to ASEAN
Advancing Grassroots GBV Prevention and Accountability in Kenya in partnership with the Hijabi Mentorship Project