Rachel Owens

Rachel Owens

Rachel Owens

  • Research Assistant, Fisher Family Summer Fellows Program, Summer 2024
  • CDDRL Undergraduate Communications Assistant, 2023-24

Biography

Rachel Owens is currently majoring in Data Science and Social Systems, with a focus on Democracy and Governance. She is interested in how we as people choose to set up our societies and governance systems, and how — for the social problems that inevitably arise — the utilization of an interdisciplinary approach can more effectively solve these issues. Outside of academics, rock climbing, mountaineering, and photographic endeavors consume much of her time. 

In The News

Bruce Cain presented his research during a CDDRL seminar on May 30, 2024.
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The Challenge of Climate Change in the American West

Bruce Cain argues that the federalist nature of the U.S., along with regional history and idiosyncratic human behavior, have made resolving collective action problems uniquely difficult.
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Salma Mousa shares her research findings evaluating the effectiveness of a waste sorting intervention in Lebanon.
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Civic Behaviors and Recycling in Lebanon

Salma Mousa shares her research findings evaluating the effectiveness of a waste sorting intervention in Lebanon.
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Tomila Lankina presented her research in a CDDRL seminar on May 9, 2024.
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The Surprising Persistence of Pre-Communist Social Structures in Russia

Tomila Lankina’s award-winning book, “The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle Class” (Cambridge University Press, 2022), challenges the assumption that the 1917 revolution succeeded in leveling old estate hierarchies, arguing that these social structures persist today.
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