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Submissions from 2019
Living with Bees: A Look into The Relationships Between People and Native Bees in Western Nepal, Alexandra Cobb, Middlebury College
The Guthi System of Nepal, Tucker Scott, Vanderbilt University
Local Democracy and Education Policy in Newly Federal Nepal, Jack Shangraw, William & Mary
Submissions from 2018
The War Against Sex Trafficking: Who Is Fighting?, Elizabeth Dicus, Wake Forest University
“So What Are You?:” Nepali Third Gender Women’s Identities and Experiences Through the Lens of Human Rights Development Discourse, Amit Gerstein, George Washington University
From Lahure Legacies to Moving Peoples: A Study of Opportunity and Mobility in the Annapurna Hills, Peter Jacobson, Bowdoin College
LGBTI+ Language and Understandings in Nepal: Creating Spaces and Forging Identities, Patrick Sonnenberg, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Submissions from 2017
From Kipat to Kathmandu: A Failed Integration of Limbu People into the Nepali State in Biblate, Ilam, Andrew Blunt, Bowdoin College
Developed Toast, Modern Laundry: Nepali Household Appliance Discourses, Maureen McCord, Wellesley College
Power to the Period: The Role of Menstruation in Nepal’s Formal Workplace, Johannah Mitchell, Cornell University
The Business of Brandy: The Changing Roles of Women in Apple Brandy Production in Lower Mustang, Nepal, Madeline Sachs, Yale University
After the Flood: Fish Farming and Climate Change Adaptation in Chitwan, Nepal, Signe Stroming, Georgetown University
Kali Gandaki: The Road from Lower Mustang to a Global Food Market, Austin Van Wart, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Shaped by Changing Space: Exploring Gender and the Discourse of Empowerment in Sikles, Nepal, Rachel Yanover, Wesleyan University
Submissions from 2016
Relocation, Resistance and Resilience: Squatter Community Responses to Government Intervention for Urban Development in Kathmandu, Reilly Brooks, Rice University
Annapurna’s Porters: Labor Conditions and the Factors that Shape Them, Ari Grant-Sasson, Middlebury College
Street Art in Kathmandu as a Tool for Activism and Social Change, Madison Minchin, University of Redlands
Demise From Within: Factionalism in Maoist Parliamentary Politics in Nepal, Jehdeiah Mixon, Colgate University
Dropping In: The emergence of skateboard culture in urban Nepal, Olivia Pincince, Brown University
Submissions from 2015
An Expanding Financial Sector: Continuity and Change Among Dhikur Groups in Lower Mustang, Anna Misenti, Occidental College
Nutrition and Education in an Urbanizing Nation, Molly Pritz, Bates College
Eating Out in Kathmandu: Restaurant Business and Nepal’s Urban Middle Class, Jessica Reid, Saint Michael’s College
Western Farmers’ Markets in Kathmandu: Vendor Perspectives, Caroline Saunders, Vanderbilt University
The Challenge of Representing Community: Designing Content in Radio Sagarmatha and Community Radio Madanpokhara, Wesley Wright, Hope College
Submissions from 2014
Queering Health Education: Health Education Initiatives within Sexual and Gender Minority Communities in the Kathmandu Valley, Zoe Huston, Colgate University
Nepali Corporate Culture of Giving: Investigating Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility, Taylor Knoop, College of Wooster
Not Just A Formality: How Inefficient Bureaucracy and Government Distrust Fuel Nepal’s Informal Economy, Anders Karl Lindgren, Amherst College
Resisting For the River: Local Struggle Against the Proposed Saptakoshi River Dam, Janika Oza, Wesleyan College
From Holy to Holistic: Working Towards Integrated Management of the Bagmati River Corridor, Lauren Platman, Whitman College
Economic equity in the Annapurna Conservation Area: Effects of government and community-based organizations, Hanna Seltz, Bard College
Let’s Talk About Sex, and What Happens When We Don’t: How Limited Sex Education in Nepal’s Government Schools Affects Women in Arranged Marriages, Isabelle Stillman, Middlebury College
Submissions from 2013
A Shift in the Sector: International and National Volunteer Development Strategies in Modern Nepal, Megan Barrie, University of Colorado At Boulder
Food from Foreigners: Examining Expatriate Entrepreneurship in the Food Sector of Nepal, Melanie R. Couchman, Kenyon College
“hariyo ban Nepalko dhan” (“Nepal’s Wealth is the Green Forest”): The People’s Participation in Structuring Sustainable Development through Community Forestry, Natasha Eulberg, Gettysburg College
Old and Alone: Analyzing the Developed and Inherent Social Avenues for Elderly in a Modernizing Society, Haley Sanner, Davidson College
Himalayan Heritage: Local Organization and the Role of Tradition in the Community Development of the Thakali People, Erik Svedberg, George Washington University
Submissions from 2012
Fund My Trip: Is Outmigration Changing the Functioning of Microfinance in Rural Areas?, Vadim A. Berg, George Washington University
The Costs of Class: Private Schooling, Parental Choice, and Class Aspirations among Kathmandu’s Working Poor, Andrew Chen, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Too Much Weed: Invasive Species in Chitwan National Park, Laura Nelson, University of Minnesota
Seeds of Change The Development of Apple Farming in Mustang A Documentary Film, Gretchen Powers, University of Vermont
Person, Place, and Pronoun: an Examination of the Idiosyncratic Pronoun use and Language Ideologies in Dabhung Thanti, Nepal, Martha Schwarz, Brandeis University
Do No Harm: Perceptions of Short-term Health Camps in Nepal, Dena Seabrook, University of Washington
Himalayan Metal of Death: Heavy Metal and Middle Class Social Identity in Kathmandu, Kyle Smucker, The College of Wooster
Submissions from 2011
A Geologic Guide to the Gokyo Ri Trek: Its Hazards, Nepal’s Hindrances, Allison Bolger
Cost of the Connoisseur’s Cup: Power Dynamics in a Tea Factory’s Conversion to Organic Production, Karen Gardner, Bard College
The Hands Behind the Handicraft: How “Fair” is Fair Trade?, Carly Hubbard, Point Loma Nazarene University
Sherpa Inc. The Cultural Commoditization of the Sherpa Identity, Melissa Mittelman, Middlebury College
Let's Talk About It: Political Relationships in Nepal, Benjamin Wolf Lehr Mueser, Goucher College
Pulling the Cash From Cashmere: Reviving Nepal's Pashmina, Corinne Prevot, Middlebury College
Submissions from 2010
DEVELOPING THE SACRED: Local & Global Bikas in the Nepali Bhotkhola, Clayton Andrew Roger Hawkins Lewis, New York University
Sticks and Stones: The Strategic Use of Development by the Maoists in the Mobilization of Nepal‘s Rural Population, Iyla Shornstein, Binghamton University
Cosmopolitan Romance in Nepal: An Investigation of Young Newari Women’s Emerging Views of Marriage and Dating, Rachel Williams, Whitman College
Submissions from 2009
Tradition in Transition: Tharu Traditional Governing System in Post-Conflict Nepal, Briana Bellamy, Bryn Mawr College
A New Kind of Middle Man: Looking at Fair Trade in Nepal, Julia Wilber, Hamilton College
Submissions from 2008
The Exchange at Halesi: A Sacred Place and a Societal Context, Ethan Gohen, Brandeis University
The Moving Landscape: Perspectives on Place, Emily Goughary, Hamilton College
Present-Tense Tradition: The Conflict Over Commodification in Sauraha, Nepal, William Litton, Brown University
A History in Limbo: A Human Rights Perspective on Conflict-Ridden Nepal, Claire Mueller, Tufts University
Submissions from 2007
Leprosy: A Study of Identity Through a “Marginalized” Population, Aarti Bhatt, Marquette University
Gaaro: Nepali Women Tell Their Stories, Sarah Cramer, Harvard University
People Moving Matters: Theorizing Tourism and Migration on the Nepali ‘Periphery’, Adam Linnard, Dalhousie University
Submissions from 2006
War Over Water: Water, Poverty, and Conflict, Tyker McMahon, Colorado College
‘Like a Parrot Screaming in Its Cage’ Activism and Empowerment in Nepal’s Bhutanese Refugee Community, Elena Phoutrides, Boston College
Development, Civil Society and the Conflict in Nepal, Shan Rehman, Hampshire College
Submissions from 2004
Just Behind the Mountain: Refugee Children Imagine Tibet, Emma Tobin, Hampshire College