First Annual Baker Scholars Research Presentation
Tuesday, March 27, 4-6 pm, Toyota Auditorium
This presentation is part of EURēCA, UTK’s Undergraduate Research Week.
Our Baker Scholars will display and discuss their research projects and other
initiatives, mentored by UT faculty and staff. After a brief welcome and
remarks by the scholars, you will be able to view the projects and discuss them
with our scholars at your leisure. Everyone is welcome - feel free to drop by
any time between 4 and 6 pm to peruse the projects.
A sampling of scholars and their projects include:
Leah Oldham - The Role of Nonprofit Micro Finance Institutions in Alleviating
Poverty: From Theory to Practice
Advisor: Dr. Bill Park
Hadil Senno - US Foreign Public Policy: Learning from Former Senator Howard
Baker Jr.'s Example during the Panama Canal Treaties Ratification
Advisor: Carl Pierce, JD
Diego B. del-Castillo-Negrete - An Analysis of the Lead-lag Relationship
between Sovereign Credit Default Swaps and Currency Markets
Advisor: Dr. Larry Fauver
Spenser Powell - Equality of Participation: A Rawlsian Critique of United States
Federal Campaign Finance
Advisor: Dr. John Scheb
Elizabeth Williams – Education Policy in South Africa Before and After Apartheid
Advisor: Dr. Bob Kronick
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