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Submissions from 2017
The Impact of Program Structure on Language Acquisition and Intercultural Competence: A Comparative Study of Study Abroad Programs in Kunming, China, Samantha Bergman, Smith College
A Review of 57 Zone: A social media network for TB consultation and communication in Kunming, China, India Medaris, Macalester College
Gender Socialization in Chinese Schools: Teachers, Children and Gender Roles, Connor Swan, Williams College
Impacts of Migration on Mosuo Cultural Identity: A case study of the Mosuo People in Lijiang, Isabel Ullmann, University of California, Berkeley
Submissions from 2016
Flip Cup: Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption in Modern China, Helen Lamm, Wofford College
Suzhi at the Margins: Minority Politics and Identity Among the Mosuo, Graham Link, Yale-NUS College
The Feminization of HIV/AIDS in Yunnan, China, Leah Pinckney, Gettysburg College
Sex and Sexual Education in China: Traditional Values and Social Implications, Isabella Steinhauer, University of Colorado Boulder
Actually, Let’s Not Talk About Sex: The Value-Laden Sex Education Received by China’s Young Women, Allyson Tsu, Barnard College
The Autonomy of Chinese Migrants Despite Structural and Social Determinants, Helen Yu, Duke University
Submissions from 2015
Tipping Point: A Study of Tourism and Development in Cizhong, Collin Bradley, University of Minnesota
Treatment Accessibility for Co-Infected IDUs in China: A Likelihood for HIV, an Improbability for Hepatitis C, Jessica Collins, University of Washington
Working With Locals to Restore Biodiversity to a Rubber Dominated Landscape, Francis Commercon, Colorado State University
Theravada Buddhism and Dai Identity in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, James Granderson, Gettysburg College
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sustainable Food Sourcing: Dayutang Village, Hani Rice Terraces, Nina Whittaker, Kenyon College
Changes in Luoshui: How the Outside World Affects Luoshui Village and the Mosuo Culture, Lucy Woychuk-Mlinac, Macalester College
Submissions from 2014
Women's Health and Abortion Culture in China: Policy, Perception and Practice , Naomi Bouchard, Johns Hopkins University
Imagined Communities: Changing Markets and the Implications for 21st Century Mali China Migration, Mamasa Camara, Spelman College
The Post-Industrial and the Urban Village: A Study of Land and Space in Beijing’s Caochangdi Art District, Ke Li, Columbia University
Singing With A Sanxian: A Study of The Principal Instrument in Bai Musical Tradition , Christian Stanbrook, Lewis and Clark College
The Power of China: An Analysis of China’s Energy Sources and the Case for Clean Energy, Lauren Vunderink, Connecticut College
Submissions from 2013
The Impact of the Chinese Rural Healthcare System on Infectious Disease: A Study of the History And Reform of Chinese Healthcare, And the Global Implications of Infectious Disease Control in China, John Barbadoro, Bates College
The Modern Status and Future of Dongba Religion, Chris DeLacy, University of Oregon
Tibetan Women Tailors: Sewing a Community of Tibetan Women Tailors, Charlotte Fleming, Williams College
Through Women’s Eyes The Development of Lijiang and Nakhi Cultural Change, Wyatt Gordon, Skidmore College
HIV/AIDS in Yunnan Province: A Study of Stigma and Support, Sofia Haile, Macalester College
Nurturing the Whole Body: The Benefits of Supplementing Tuberculosis Chemotherapy with Traditional Chinese Medical Practices, Rachel Levine, Bates College
Language Shift and Development: A Case Study of Zhongdian Southern Khams Language Vitality, Simon Peters, Portland State University
Submissions from 2012
Education Structures for Ecotourism: A Case Study on Shangri-La, Ruth Donaghey, Providence College
Tibetan Guozhuang in Diqing Autonomous Prefecture: A Comparative Musical Analysis, Christina du Breuil, Northwestern University
Manifestations of Tibetan Buddhism in Pudacuo National Park and its Effectiveness as an Environmental Education Tool, Ellen Martin, College of William and Mary
Dao De Qin: A Case Study of the Guqin, Dashiell H. Nathanson, University of Colorado at Boulder
The Expansion of Early Buddhism in Yunnan: The Grottoes of Shibaoshan, Audrey Pazmino, University of Colorado At Boulder
Submissions from 2011
The Influence of Family Structure on Women’s Role in Agriculture in Two Distinct Societies of Southwest China, Audrey Boochever, Cornell University
Yongzhi Village: An Example for Sustainable Tourism and Development in Deqin County, Kiersten Brown, University of Colorado At Boulder
尼西黑陶: A Study of Tibetan Black Pottery, Catherine Elliott, Bates College
Bai and Bilingual: Improving Academic Achievement Through Bilingual and Multicultural Education, Priscilla Hsu, Claremont McKenna College
Rise of the Veil: Islamic Modernity and the Hui Woman, Zainab Khalid, Mount Holyoke College
The Hui Migrant Laborers’ Urban Experience and Implications for the Development of Civil Society in China, Billy Yates, University of Texas at Austin
Submissions from 2010
Mental Models of the Nature of Language in Kunming, China, Ellie Ash, Stanford University
Tibetan Tantric Buddhism: Envisioning Death, Kathryn Coster, Trinity University
Caterpillar Fungus of the Tibetan Plateau, Lucas Crouch, University of Colorado At Boulder
Utopian Marketization and the Historical Fate of Rural Society: Sideng Village, Shaxi Township, Ilona Nanay, New York University
Living in Pain, Throwing Out Agony: A Health Study of the Rural Residents of Three Hani Zu Ethnic Minority Villages in Hong He Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Haley Newman, Tufts University
Banking for the Rich: A Case Study, Cindy Shuck, Georgetown University
Submissions from 2009
An Oriental Christ: A Perfect Condition After the State Was God, Thomas Nathaniel Eaves, Guilford College
National Parks in China: A New Model for Nature Conservation, Katherine Fritz, New York University
Weaving and Scheming: Adventures on Planet Mosuo, Melissa Judson, University of California: Los Angeles
“There are Beasts!” The Relationship Between Humans and Elephants in Xishuangbanna, Hannah Larson, Bowdoin College
Chinese Painting: Philosophy, Theory, and the Pursuit of Cultivation Through the Dao, Elizabeth Reynolds, Barnard College
Submissions from 2006
Dai Medicine: Preservation of and Changes in Ancient Healing Practices, Geoffroy Fauchet
Chinese Landscape Painting, Maria Gambarov, Williams College
Nixi: A Case Study of the Influences of China’s Economic Development on the Fringe of Tibet, Zachary Johnson, Plymouth State College
Climbing the Limitless Mountain: Daoism and the Internal Martial Arts, Sophie Kerman, Carleton College
Home on the Range: Case Study of Kham Nomadic Peoples and the Litang Region, Katelyn Ransom, Ithaca College
Submissions from 2005
“To Be a Doctor” The Hopes and Aspirations of the Children Attending Namu Elementary School, and the Obstacles That Block Their Paths to Obtaining Them., Lauren Burke, Connecticut College
Microcredit in the Rural Areas of Northwest Yunnan Province, China: Investigating the Operation of, Results of, and Obstacles to Microfinancial Institutions, Evan Hofmockel, University of Colorado at Boulder
The Role of Tibetan Buddhism and Culture in Sustainable Development (A Case Study of Yubeng Village), Frazer Lanier, Lewis and Clark College
Drowning Shangrila: Balancing Environmental Protection With Development in China, Tessa A. Vennell, Brandeis University
The Political Economy of Giving: Legitimacy, Welfare, and the Influence of Foreign NGOs in China, Nathan Wallace, Drake University
Submissions from 2004
Village Elections: Emergence of a Democratic Political Culture or Reinforcement of a Repressive Regime?, Laura Conniff, Columbia University
In Search of the Truth: Modern Church-State Relations in Yunnan Province, Kathryn Rosenbaum, Agnes Scott College
Environmental Sustainability and the Traditional Tibetan Home, Katherine Shrader, College of William and Mary