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VOLUME II, ISSUE I
Winter 2022
Foreword by Dr. Brian Edwards
Dean, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
19 A Different Kind of Welcome Back: How and Why Schools
Reopened During Covid
By Evan Bennett | Tulane University
44 Devolution and Inevitability of Judicial Review in Scotland
By Lauren Emmerich | Washington University in Saint Louis
60 The Belt and Road Initiative: A Response to Capitalist Crisis
By Tony Bodulovic | Columbia University
71 Political Polarization and Democratic Erosion: Israel
By Yael Pasumansky | Tulane University
93 Predictive Priors: Investigating Prior Points and their Use
as Code in North Carolina
By Lucas Cain | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
112 The History, Significance, and Constitutional Dilemmas
of Faith-Based Organizations
By Hannah Kunzman | Stanford University
Volume 2, Issue 1 - the Journal's second publication - maintains both the editorial rigor and mission of the first edition. Seeking to publish articles that highlight the diverse perspectives of undergraduate students across the country, the Journal received submissions from universities across the world. The articles contained within this edition exhibit the extraordinarily high quality of undergraduate research, as demonstrated through a three-step peer-, faculty-, and executive-review process.
CONTENTS
VOLUME I, ISSUE I
Winter 2021
19 The Impact of Public Funding Restrictions on Essential Family Planning Services & Fetal Health Outcomes: A Review of Texas, Missouri, and Iowa
By Claire Wynne | Tulane University
44 The ACA’s Dependent Coverage Mandate: An Investigation of its Effects on Mortality with Regard to Race
By Jack Derwin | Oberlin College
69 Online Imperialism: Sovereignty, Telecommunication Vulnerabilities, and Cyber Warfare in Eastern Europe
By Roman Shemakov | Swarthmore College
82 Cyclical Poverty & The Legacy of Trauma: Nuances of Intergenerational Persistence
By Cobie-Ray Johnson | Barnard College
100 The Impact of Education as a Mitigating Factor to Import Shocks
By Jesse LaBelle | Southern Methodist University
124 Beyond Damages: Explaining variation in states’ FDI loss from adverse ISDS rulings
By Connor M. Brennan | Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
143 Peacebuilding and Economic Development: Evidence From East Jerusalem
By Batu El | Tulane University
157 Bond Portfolio Allocation and “Reaching for Yield” in the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
By Mina Atanasova | Yale University
174 Excluding Exclusionary Discipline: How did Limiting Suspensions and Expulsions Affect Minority Student Achievement in DC Public Schools?
By Merrell Guzman | Stanford University
For its inaugural edition, the Journal received 82 submissions from universities across four continents. The nine articles contained within these pages underwent a rigorous multi-step peer- and faculty-review process and were selected for both their exceptional quality and their perceived potential to contribute to greater academic conversations.