*2018 Janet Box-Steffensmeier and John A. Garcia Awards*

The Janet Box-Steffensmeier and John A. Garcia Awards are designed to
encourage women and underrepresented graduate students in political science
to enhance their methodological skills by attending the ICPSR Summer
Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. Award winners are
selected based upon their academic records, research agendas, professional
goals, and methodological interests. Scholarship recipients of the
Box-Steffensmeier/Garcia scholarships receive a tuition waiver to attend
the four-week sessions of the ICPSR Summer Program. In addition, they are
given the opportunity to present their research at the poster session
during the Summer Meetings of the Society of Political Methodology.

The 2018 Selection Committee for the Box-Steffensmeier/Garcia Awards --
Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University (Chair), Adrienne Hosek,
University of California-Davis, Lee Walker, University of North Texas -- is
pleased to announce this year’s scholarship recipients:

John A. Garcia Scholarship Recipients

*Stephen Omar El-Khatib* is a doctoral student researcher at the University
of California, Riverside, studying political science. Stephane’s research
primarily focuses on the politics of race, immigration, and ethnicity
through the lenses of behavioral and comparative politics. More
specifically, his work utilizes mixed methods research techniques to
evaluate discrimination and public policy. Stephen’s research is primarily
inspired and driven by his experiences as a bi-racial, first-generation
Arab-American Muslim.

*Andres Sandoval* is a PhD Student in Political Science at Tulane
University. He specializes in Comparative Politics and Quantitative
Methods. Andres’ research agenda focuses on the effects of Conditional Cash
Transfers programs (CCTs) on electoral behavior with a regional focus on
Latin American countries. He is also interested in spatial econometrics
applications to understand the policy adoption process.

*Marco Alcocer* is a PhD student in the political science department at the
University of California, San Diego. His research interests revolve around
understanding how criminal groups affect political institutions in Latin
America. Specifically, Marco’s research explores how criminal organizations
undermine democracy and how institutional, political, and social dynamics
shape politicians’ incentives to fight against or collude with organized
crime. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, Marco was a research
assistant at the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Executive
Office of the President, where he worked on international drug policy. He
earned an MA in international security from George Mason University and a
BA in political science and Spanish from Southwestern University.

Janet Box-Steffensmeier Scholarship Recipients

*Bianca DiGiovanni *is a first year Political Science PhD student at the
University of Chicago. She studies American Politics with a focus on topics
of incarceration. She anticipates her second subfield being either
quantitative methods or formal theory.  Bianca is interested in looking at
how exogenous shocks in the plea bargaining system can affect rates of
incarceration.  Her undergraduate degree is in Civil and Environmental
Engineering with a Certificate in African American Studies from Princeton
University.

*Kathryn Overton* is a doctoral candidate at the University of New Mexico
in Internal Relations and Comparative Politics. Her research interests
specifically focus on public policy and political economy of developing
nations. Prior to enrolling in her graduate program, Kathryn spent several
years volunteering in rural, northern New Mexico and abroad. These
experiences shaped her interests in poverty and development. Kathryn holds
a second bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of New Mexico
as well as two masters’ degrees in Sociology and Economics.


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