Undergraduate Dahl Scholars

Ellie Burke (she/her) is a senior history major in Silliman College from Kansas City, Missouri. Her research interests include studying the role of art and culture in social movements. Her thesis explored the impacts of the South African musical Sarafina! on anti-apartheid protest in the United States with advisor Professor Daniel Magaziner. As a Dahl Scholar, Ellie examined American foreign policy toward the South African apartheid regime from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.

As a Dahl scholar, Sarah works with Professor Xi Chen at the Yale School of Public Health to study the impacts of place of birth on long-term health outcomes. As a Tobin and Herb Scarf scholar, she has collaborated on other projects with Professor Chen that looked at the effects of Covid-19 on cognitive impairment. Previously, she has conducted research with the Yale Economic Growth Center on the effects of Covid-19 in developing countries and with a Washington D.C.-based think tank on U.S. maritime and agriculture policies. Sarah is passionate about reforming the U.S.

Caleb Lee is a junior majoring in Ethics, Politics, and Economics with a certificate in Data Science. As a Dahl Scholar, under the advisory of Professor Alan Gerber, he is researching the status quo of literacy instruction programming for incarcerated individuals with the aim of providing direction for future improvement. This project involves close collaboration with nonprofits and correctional facilities and utilizes data analysis and a thorough literature review in order to produce a pioneering report that both researchers and policymakers can use to improve education in prison.

Isabel Prioleau is a junior in Davenport College pursuing a Political Science major and a certificate in French. Her research focuses on comparative European politics, and especially on understanding how contemporary threats to democracy shape and are shaped by dynamics of party competition, welfare state development, and European integration. As a Dahl Scholar, Isabel is working under the guidance of Professor Isabela Mares to situate democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland within the context of social policy reform and nonprogrammatic electoral competition.