Analyzing Aeroflot’s Response to Global Flight Sanctions in the Wake of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Faculty Sponsors: Maryam Gooyabadi, Peter Rutland Elliot Miller Elliot Miller is a rising senior (25′) at Wesleyan University, majoring in economics with a minor in data analysis and history. Born in Paris, France, he grew up primarily in Boston, Massachusetts. Elliot has a strong passion for geopolitics, history, and economics, while enjoying using data as … Read more

Multimodal Political Ad Tone Detection using Audio and Text

Faculty Sponsors: Meiqing Zhang, Furkan Cakmak, Erika Franklin Fowler Iris Chen Iris is a rising junior (26′) from Shenzhen, China, double majoring in Psychology and Computer Science, and is also pursuing an Applied Data Science Certificate. She is passionate about applying interdisciplinary knowledge to explore and solve complex problems, blending insights from psychology with data … Read more

Breaking Bad: The Association between Republicans Voting to Impeach Donald Trump and Approval Rating

Faculty Sponsor: Logan Dancey Justin Weinstein Justin is a rising senior from Hoboken, New Jersey studying Government and Data Analysis. His interests include political polarization, state-level elections, and congressional policy making. At Wesleyan, he has worked as a research assistant for the Government department and had his findings acknowledged in a forthcoming academic book. He … Read more

War Narrative and Public Opinion

Faculty Sponsor: Kolby Hanson Angelina Kunitskaia Angelina is a rising sophomore from Russia. She is a prospective Government and Economics double major. She is interested in political research, specifically the intersection of media and politics. In the future, Angelina would like to conduct quantitative geopolitical research and make political knowledge available to the public. In … Read more