2022-2023 Streicker Scholars and Projects
Josh Aiken (& Ezra Ritchin) - Morocco
Josh and Ezra traveled to Morocco to examine how lawyers and unionists interrogate social inequality in wake of the country’s abolition of racial slavery.
Nada Al-Jassar – Nee Zealand
Nada investigated New Zealand’s no-fault accident injury compensation torts system, the Accident Compensation Corporation, to understand its potential applicability in the U.S.
Matei Alexianu – Chile
Matei conducted a study of Chile’s recent experience with investor-state arbitration and the status of reform of ISDS in Chile to learn how to make investment arbitration more equitable.
Ryanne Bamieh – Comorian Island
Ryanne traveled to the Comorian Island of Nzduani to learn about the restorative justice practices of the Ongoni community and methods of responding to crime without a carceral system.
Nick Barile (& Andrew Smith) – Australia and New Zealand
Nick and Andrew investigated weapons platforms and facilities deployed by the Pentagon throughout by the US-Australian-New Zealand (ANZUS) holdings to consider their legal implications in international law.
Arshan Barzani – Georgia
Arshan explored how Georgia’s foreign policy shifted to a pro-Russian orientation and what the country’s internal discord means for their upcoming parliamentary elections.
Nketiah Berko - Ecuador
Nketiah journeyed to Ecuador to investigate the effects of the nation’s 2009 public debt audit on everyday Ecuadorians and understand the salience of sovereign debt and debt justice.
John Bowers (& Rekha Kennedy & Shunhe Wang) - Japan
John, Rekha, and Shunhe traveled to Japan to research Japanese startup culture and the Japanese startup regulatory landscape, particularly related to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s New Capitalism plan.
Psalm Brown – South Africa
Psalm studied education and racial reckoning in post-Apartheid South Africa.
Alyssa Chan – South India
Alyssa conducted a comparative study of local criminal court proceedings driving pretrial detention in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Goa in South India.
Sophina Clark – France & England
Sophina researched France and England’s conception of labor unions as a model of sectoral bargaining and workplace-based model respectively.
Ram Dolom - Philippines
Ram traveled to the Philippines to analyze the criminalization of humanitarian activity through penal statutes governing terrorism.
Raymond Fang – South Korea
Raymond researched housing politics amidst affordable housing shortages in Seoul, South Korea.
Kailyn Gaines (& Aaron Bryce Lee & Juan Fernando Luna) - Morocco
Kailyn, Juan Fernando, and Aaron Bryce investigated how Morocco’s immigration system treats asylum seekers and processes their claims to imagine alternatives to current U.S. asylum law.
Adam Gerard (& Kyle Ranieri) - Singapore
Adam and Kyle journeyed throughout Singapore and Indonesia to explore how the hospitality industry operates and interacts with local governments in countries where “vices” such as alcohol and gambling are illegal.
Brent Godfrey – South Africa
Brent studied how some South African schools implement pedagogical approaches aimed at social healing and repair to explore how one could design a learning space in law schools that form community-rooted, socially conscious leaders.
Sumona Gupta – United Kingdom
Sumona traveled to the U.K. to conduct a comparative study of rail industries’ issues regarding workplace regulation in the U.S. and the U.K.
David Herman (& Thomas Ritz) - Japan
David and Thomas explored the cultural practices, institutions, and physical sites which animate Japan’s law and religion jurisprudence.
Gabrielle Jackson – Singapore and Philippines
Gabrielle investigated the difference in conceptions of reproductive rights and justice and its impact on gender equality in Singapore and the Philippines.
Liz Jacob - Morocco
Liz explored how environmental justice advocates and Indigenous communities in Morocco have resisted environmental injustice.
Rekha Kennedy (& John Bowers & Shunhe Wang) - Japan
John, Rekha, and Shunhe traveled to Japan to research Japanese startup culture and the Japanese startup regulatory landscape, particularly related to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s New Capitalism plan.
Will Krueger - United Kingdom
Will journeyed to the U.K to study the original and developing meaning of due process rights in the Magna Carta and other early legal documents foundational to the Anglo-American tradition.
Aaron Bryce Lee (& Kaitlyn Gaines & Juan Fernando Luna) - Morocco
Aaron Bryce, Juan Fernando, and Kailyn investigated how Morocco’s immigration system treats asylum seekers and processes their claims to imagine alternatives to current U.S. asylum law.
Rosalyn Leban
Rosalyn explored the present and potential legal evolution of LGBTQ+ rights in Taiwan and its opposition.
Lauren Lin – Taiwan
Lauren analyzed various social movements and their legacies in Taiwan and South Korea that occurred after Japanese occupation to understand better each country’s distinct journey toward democracy.
Elsa Lora - Mexico
Elsa utilized the Archivo General de la Nación (National Archive) in Mexico to study the history of the Tres Marias Penal Colony and research prisons that allow incarcerated people to live with their families.
Juan Fernando Luna (& Aaron Bryce Lee & Kailyn Gaines) - Mexico
Juan Fernando, Kailyn, and Aaron Bryce investigated how Morocco’s immigration system treats asylum seekers and processes their claims to imagine alternatives to current U.S. asylum law.
Sage Mason – Portugal, Germany, France
Sage studied how the U.S. could evolve politically and respond to the inherent shortcomings of the democratic process through comparisons to Portugal, Germany, and France.
Joel Michaels - Japan
Joel conducted interviews in Tokyo at the Japanese industrial policy ministry to learn how Japanese policymakers evaluate the labor market consequences of industrial policy decision-making and the efficacy of trade unions on policymaking.
Ian Miller – India
Ian interviewed bureaucrats in Kolkata and New Delhi, India to research aspects of India’s federal system that lead to uncooperative federalism.
Kaleb Mount – South Africa
Kaleb examined the design and effects of tourism taxes, the value added tax, and other public finance policy tools in South Africa.
Gilbert Orbea - Cuba
Gilbert researched local government in Cuba, focusing on participation to elucidate comparisons to local government in the U.S.
Varshini Parthasarathy (& Chelsea Thomeer) – Italy and France
Varshini and Chelsea traveled to Italy and France to study public actions and advocacy organized by youth climate activists in the European Union and the countries’ responses.
Daphne Peng – South Africa
Daphne explored the current animal conservation direction in South Africa to understand how economic concerns can be used to enhance animal welfare.
Maria Perales Sanchez – Mexico
Maria analyzed the justification for federal legal borders and immigration law in the U.S. Constitution and Mexico’s Constitution and how this basis manifests in legal rights or nonrights for immigrants.
Kyle Ranieri (& Adam Gerard) - Singapore
Adam and Kyle journeyed throughout Singapore and Indonesia to explore how the hospitality industry operates and interacts with local governments in countries where “vices” such as alcohol and gambling are illegal.
Ezra Ritchin (& Josh Aiken) - Morocco
Josh and Ezra traveled to Morocco to examine how lawyers and unionists interrogate social inequality in wake of the country’s abolition of racial slavery.
Thomas Ritz (& David Herman) – Japan
Thomas and David researched religious sites in Japan subject to political and legal contestation to understand how Japanese law makes sense of everyday Shinto religious practices.
Jed Rothstein – South Africa
Jed analyzed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on the tourist sector of South Africa’s rich national park and safari apparatus.
Ann Sarnak - Colombia
Ann studied the extent to which the historically segregated cities Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia have used public land and space to promote equity and inclusion within their borders.
Alicia Schliefman – Singapore
Alicia explored the legal treatment of Chinese cultural artifacts and efforts to repatriate them in Singapore.
Steffen Seitz - Norway
Steffen conducted a comparative study of the Norwegian and U.S. prison systems and the prison abolition movements in both countries.
Areeb Siddiqui (& Saif Zihiri) - Hungary, Croatia, and Bosnia
Areeb and Saif traveled to Hungary, Croatia, and Bosnia to investigate how Islamophobia manifests through legislation and the effect such policies have on religious minorities in Eastern Europe.
Malina Simard-Halm - Ecuador
Malina journeyed to Ecuador to research the Special Law proclamation of the Galapagos and the unique rights regime that this proclamation engenders.
Andrew Smith (& Nick Barile) – Australia and New Zealand
Nick and Andrew investigated weapons platforms and facilities deployed by the Pentagon throughout by the US-Australian-New Zealand (ANZUS) holdings to consider their legal implications in international law.
Eric Stephen – Amsterdam
Eric studied in Amsterdam to understand the influence of theology and religious practices on aspects of Western legal systems.
Karen Sung – Portugal
Karen analyzed foreign direct investment laws in Portugal, mapped the country’s growing anti-China sentiment, and placed them in context with the country’s historical relationship with Macau and China.
Molly Teague – Singapore
Molly explored abortion access and economic participation in Singapore and the Philippines.
Chelsea Thomeer (& Varshini Parthasarathy) – Italy and France
Varshini and Chelsea traveled to Italy and France to study public actions and advocacy organized by youth climate activists in the European Union and the countries’ responses to understand how differing freedom of expression laws in the EU affect organizing rights and strategies.
Shunhe Wang (& John Bowers & Rekha Kennedy) – Japan
John, Rekha, and Shunhe traveled to Japan to research Japanese startup culture and the Japanese startup regulatory landscape, particularly related to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s New Capitalism plan.
Alisa White – New Zealand
Alisa journeyed to Aotearoa, New Zealand to examine private law tools and collaboration between non-profit land conservation organizations and Māori communities to support Māori land conservation and stewardship.
Allen Xu – France
Allen investigated compliance defense for corporate criminal defendants in France along with recent corporate liability reforms.
Lulu Zhang - Spain
Lulu researched the implementation, effectiveness, and challenges of the General Data Protection Regulation in Spain.
Kevin Zhang – Chile
Kevin studied Chile’s Constitution re-writing process in Santiago.