On Wednesday, March 11, students majoring and minoring in Quantitative Social Science presented their one-quarter culminating projects at a poster session in Kemeny Hall. The poster session was the final requirement for QSS 82, taught this winter term by Assistant Professor Keng-Chi Chang.
Students demonstrated their ability to apply quantitative skills to a social science issue of their own choosing. Projects completed this term spanned a wide range of titles from "Rent Burdens and Fertility" to "Sports Analytics in Sumo Wrestling."
Aarav Malhotra - Do NBA Fans Reward Action?
Aulanni Kidd - Birth Spacing, Child Stunting and Household Wealth in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Chaehyun Lee - State-Level Disability Policy Robustness and Chronic Health Outcomes: A 2024 Cross-Sectional Analysis
David Adkins - Who Gets News Where? Demographic Stratification of U.S. News Pathways (2016–2024)
Eliot Aiman - Rent Burdens and Fertility: Evidence from U.S. Counties
Jordan Healy - What Drives Winning: How Draw Controls and Goalie Performance Influence Game Outcomes in NCAA Division I Lacrosse
Kevin Caballero - Hispanic Health Insurance Disparities in High-Coverage States: A PUMA-Level Comparison of Massachusetts and Connecticut
Levon Sarian - Winning in 3-on-3 Overtime: Shot Rate, First-Shot Initiative, and Team Success
Matthew Catrambone - Identifying Rurality Metrics That Best Predict Healthcare Outcomes in Vermont
Patrick Campbell - Mayoral Partisanship and its Effect on Housing Cost
Rohan Kommuri - Does Cold Weather Improve NFL Running Back Efficiency?
Trixie Joy Adlaon - DiD it Cap? Analyzing Virginia's Participation in a Regional Cap and Trade Program
Tyler Goldstein - Sports Analytics in Sumo Wrestling
Ari Nathanson - Rent Stabilization in Practice: Landlord Investment Responses in New York City
Catherine Seok - Universal Free Lunch and Student Achievement: Evidence from New York City
Daniel Zhou - Changes in School Belonging and Alcohol Use in Adolescents
Eric Sankey - Market Volatility as a Prior Belief: How Entry Conditions Shape Persistence in Trading
Farah Daredia - Moral Framing of Civilian Violence by LLMs Across Racialized and Geopolitical Conflicts
Fintan Letzelter - Alcohol as a Mediator? Domestic Violence Trends Following Recreational Marijuana Legalization
Harrison Dahl - Show Me the Money: Name, Image, and Likeness and Talent Sorting in College Football
Hayley Sciubba - Small-School Athletes and Career Outperformance in the NFL and NBA
Janani Srinivasa - From Global Elites to Court Filings: How Epstein Headlines Flip the Switch on Commentator's Toxicity
Jaya Sharma - Visualizing Bias in Institutional Valuation: Depiction of People of Color in the Harvard Art Museums Collection
Precious Esielem - The National "Financial Shield" and its Geographic Limits: Evidence of Rural Friction in Medicaid Expansion
Shawn Yoon - The Mobility Divide: How Public Transit Reliability Shapes Employment Outcomes in Neighborhoods of New York City
Sreeya Pittala - When Tragedy Meets Partisanship: Ideological Divergence in Media Coverage Following Mass Shootings
