Environmental Policy Initiative

Past PhD Summer Quarter Grant Recipients

The EPI has instituted a research grant program for graduate students preparing doctoral dissertation proposals. A summer stipend of $1400/per month for three months (July, August, and September) is currently awarded to assist in the development of dissertation research on environmental policy at The Ohio State University. Application information

The 2008 Summer Quarter Grant recipients are:

Abiye Alamina (Public Policy and Management)

Advisor: Andrew Keeler

Topic: A Comparative Political Economy Evaluation of Environmental Policy

Kornelia Dabrowska (Environmental Science)

Advisor: Fred Hitzhusen

Topic: Hedonic Modeling of Anaerobic Digestion in the United States

Kevin Grove (Geography)

Advisor: Mathew Coleman

Topic: The Effects of Catastrophe Insurance Programs in Jamaica

The 2007 Summer Quarter Grant recipients are:

Hyowan Ban (Geography)

Advisor: Ola Ahlqvist

Topic: Interactive Visualization of Uncertainty in Geographic Terminology

Jack Schieffer (AED Economics)

Advisor: Steven Wu

Topic: Compensation for Regulatory Takings

Atalan Helicke (Geography)

Advisor: Becky Mansfield

Topic: European Union Accession and Conservation of Wheat Diversity in Neoliberal Turkey

The 2006 Summer Quarter Grant recipient is:

Theresa Soo Mun Wong (Geography)

Advisors: Kendra McSweeney & Joel Wainwright

Topic: Watersheds, Institutions and River-as-Resource: The Mekong Basin as Object of Development

The 2005 Summer Quarter Grant recipients are:

Bibhakar Shakya (AEDE)

Advisor: Fred Hitzhusen

Topic: Biomass Resources for Energy in Ohio: The OH-MARKAL Modeling Framework

Robyn S. Wilson (Natural Resources)

Advisor: Joe Arvai

Topic: Revisiting Prospect Theory under Attribution

Myungje Woo (City and Regional Planning)

Advisor: Jean-Michel Guldmann

Topic: Impacts of Urban Growth Boundaries on Local Economic and Urban Spatial Structure

The 2004 Summer Quarter Grant recipients are:

In-Young Yeo (City and Regional Planning)

Advisors: Steven Gordon & Jean Michel Guildmann

Topic: Modeling optimal land-use patterns and critical buffer land locations for reducing nonpoint source pollution

Louie Rivers III (Natural Resources)

Advisor: Dr. Joseph L. Arvai

Topic: Investigating intra-racial differences in African-American risk perception and perception formation relative to the White Male Effect

The 2003 Summer Quarter Grant recipients are:

Johanna Haas (Geography)

Advisor: Becky Mansfield

Topic: Reclaiming the Mountains: Large-scale Surface Mine Reclamation and Economic Development in the Southern Appalachian Coalfields

Alicia Weaver (Sociology)

Advisor: Kazimierz M. Slomczynski

Topic: Investigating the Link Between Environmental Values and Behavior

Xiaolan Wu (Geography)

Advisor: Alan Murray

Topic: Quantifying Spatial Properties of Landscape in Habitat Design

The 2001 Summer Quarter Grant recipients are:

William Anderson (Political Science)
Advisor: Janet M. Box-Steffenmeiser

Philip Hisnay (Geography)
Advisor: Paul Robbins

Tae-Kyung Kim (City and Regional Planning)
Advisor: Jean Michel Guildmann