This program was formerly titled "Mongolia: Geopolitics and the Environment"
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Submissions from 2022
Changes in Identity: How Mongolian Musicians and Performers have Responded to Geopolitical Transition, Heather Cook, Macalester College
Tsaachin Reindeer Herders: Perceptions vs Reality, Sharla Dart, Cornell University
Submissions from 2019
Islands in a Sea of Aaruul: Globalization and Mongolian Cheesemakers, Pearse Anderson, Oberlin College
Spun Truths: Outcomes of Mongolia’s Cashmere Program in Domestic Processing Facilities and Supply Chain, Daniel Strodel, Bowdoin College
Submissions from 2018
Coming in Hot: Motor Vehicles, Capitalism, and Modernization in Mongolia, Thea Bergen, University of Oregon
Understanding the Mongolian Tourism Supply Chain: Advantages, Challenges and Improvements, Thomas D’Anieri, Claremont McKenna College
Nature and Nomads: Service Approach to Mongolia Tours, Jesse E. Shircliff, Gettysburg College
Spirituality and Conservation in Tujiin Nars, Lisa Torstenson, Carleton College
Submissions from 2017
Barriers to the Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technology in Mongolia Lee, Madeline Academic Director: Sanjaasuren, Ulziijargal Claremont McKenna College International Relations Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan, Salkhit, Hatgal Nomadism, Geopolitics, and the Environment SIT Study Abroad Spring, Madeline Lee, Claremont McKenna College
Here There Be Herders: Comparative Archaeological Survey of Bronze Age Monumental Landscapes, Charles Ronkos, Rice University
Remembering Negdels: Nostalgia, Memory & Soviet-Era Herding Collectives, Maya Sutton-Smith, Connecticut College
Submissions from 2016
Making it work: Supporting contemporary artists in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Michael Curran, Macalester College
When The Hunt Is Over: Culture and Conservation in Kazakh Eagle Falconry, Nolan R. Ebner, Macalester College
Water Resource Change and Management: Implications of Climate Change and Water Resource Management for Pastoral Herders in Bayan Ulgii, Rachel Ryan, University of Denver
Submissions from 2015
Ulaanbaatar’s Ger District Issues: Changes and Attitudes, David Engel, Gettysburg College
Placeness: Mongolia A Call for the Creation of a Human Impact Assessment, C. Winston Kies, Middlebury College
Killing to Save: Trophy Hunting and Conservation in Mongolia, Lucy Page, Williams College
The Price on Our Practices: Motivation and Cultural Commodification in the Mongolian Tourism Industry, Joseph Recupero, Gettysburg College
B-Boy and Buuz: A Study of Mongolian Hip-Hop Culture, Quinn Graham Wallace, Mount Holyoke College
The Restoration Process: Lessons from a Community-Based Conservation Initiative in Tunkhel, Mongolia, John Wendt, Colorado State University
Submissions from 2014
Exploring the Preservation of Pastoralism and the Natural World in Western Mongolia , Josephine Brownell, Colorado College
Index-based Insurance and Risk Management Among Nomadic Mongolian Herders , Kelsey Larson, Yale University
Submissions from 2013
Water Access and Security for Mongolian Peri-Urban Communities in the Face of Climate Change and Development, Heather Cook, University of Denver
Going Green and Staying Sustainable: Community Based Tree-Planting Projects in Mongolia, Rachel Klassen, Humboldt State University
Dharma and the Free Market: Reconciling Buddhist Compassion with a Market Economy in Post-socialist Mongolia, Yazmeen Mendez Nuñez, University of Richmond
Think Like a Mongolian: Cultivating Community Based Pasture Management, Karen Elizabeth Yoshida Weldon, Macalester College
Mongolian National Parks: Competing Interests and Institutional Viability in a Still Emerging Protected Areas System, Kieryn Wurts, University of Denver
Submissions from 2012
Tujiin Nars: A Story of the Forest, Julia Bowman, University of Denver
The Attitudes and Perceptions of the Local People Towards the Durgun Hydropower Plant, Francis H. Clougherty, Sonoma State University
The Effect of Climate Change on Mongolian Herding Communities: Investigating the Current Prevalence of Ecomigration and Community Perceptions of and Responses to Migration in the Countryside, Rachael Diniega, University of Virginia
The Long and Winding Road: An Experiential Study of Mongolian Transit, Tommy Holmberg, Bates College
Mongolian Women's Voices: A Case Study on Maternal Healthcare, Pregnancy, and Birth in Ulaanbaatar's Public Hospitals, Amelia Olmsted, George Washington University
Submissions from 2011
New Representations of the “Golden Lineage”: The Mongolian Folk Rock of Altan Urag, Jonathan Heins, University of Pittsburgh
Portraits of the Land: Environmentalism and Contemporary Art in Mongolia, Sarah Morgan
Pragmatism and Inescapable Truth: Young Mongolians’ Perceptions of Chinese, Caroline Olsen, Colorado College
Submissions from 2009
Green Dharma: Clearing the Pollution of Our Minds to Save the Environment, Richard Dale Jenkinson IV, Middlebury College
Grey to Green: The Wolf as Culture and Profit in Mongolia and the Importance of Its Survival, Samuel LeGrys, Goucher College
India’s Role in Mongolia’s Third Neighbor Policy, Brandon Joseph Miliate, University of Southern California
Guardians of the Grassland: A Qualitative Assessment of the Success of Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe, Alexandra Sprague, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
The Legend of the Almas: A Comparative and Critical Analysis, Nathan Wenzel, George Washington University
The Ties That Bind: Urban Migration, Family Networks, and Cultural Change in Modern Mongolia, Christopher R. Williams, Indiana University
Submissions from 2008
The Path of the Arrow: The Evolution of Mongolian National Archery, Eric X. Brownstein, Wheaton College - Norton
The Stallion's Mane: The Next Generation of Horses in Mongolia, Amanda Hund, Carleton College
Art, Ritual, and Representation: An Exploration of the Roles of Tsam Dance in Contemporary Mongolian Culture, Mikaela Mroczynski, Smith College
Summary and Analysis: Mental Health Infrastructure in Ulaanbaatar, Mini Saraswati, Wellesley College
Faith and Freedom: A Profile of the Religious Environment in Mongolia’s Emerging Democracy, Jeffrey Sinick, Grinnell College
Submissions from 2007
The Price of Gold: The Environmental Impacts of Toxic Chemicals in Gold Mining, Adam Goetz, Carleton College
The Story of Eej Khad: Mother Spirit of the Earth and Her Children, Ethan Gohen, Brandeis University
Democracy on the Steppe: A Search for Active Local Citizenship in Rural Mongolia, Matthew D. Simonson, Williams College
Submissions from 2004
Finding The Door in the Mirage: The Politics of Cultural Change in Mongolia, Evan Buxbaum, Swarthmore College
Fences in Mongolia: A Study of Land Reform, Nicholas A. Kroshus, Gustavus Adolphus College
Spirituality in Limbo: An Observation and Analysis of Mongolia’s Modern Religious Climate, Dustin Saldarriaga, Harvard University