2013 sri scholars
Mariah Prensa
Elena Ramirez
Ms. Prensa will be mentored by Dr. Virginia Haufler, an associate professor and director of graduate placement with the Department of Government & Politics and the director of UMD’s Global Communities LivingLearning Community.
Ms. Ramirez will be mentored by Dr. Jessica Goldberg, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics. Elena Ramirez is from the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and is a senior at Salisbury University on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. She is majoring in economics with minors in mathematics and business administration. Elena’s research interests are in the field of international economics. Specifically, she is interested in economic development in developing regions, foreign investments and their effects on host nations, and multinational trade agreements. She also is interested in international issues such as poverty and the effects different international economic policies have on those who are impoverished. Elena has presented at the Salisbury University Student Research Conference and is a Franklin P. Perdue School of Business Scholar. She also is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies, and of the Delta Gamma Fraternity. Elena intends to pursue a doctoral degree in economics and she aspires to work with international economic policies in the future.
Mariah Prensa is a New Yorker and a senior at the College at Buffalo, State University of New York. She credits her analytical, philosophical and critical thinking skills to her studies in political science. Mariah’s research interests include civic engagement, political competence of young Americans, globalization, U.S. foreign policy and the politics of developing countries. She has participated in service-learning by serving as a tutor in the EOP academic center for excellence, the public relations chair of the Pan-African Student Organization, and a member of the NAACP at Buffalo State College. Mariah plans to pursue a Ph.D. in political science in order to reach her full academic potential. Her ultimate goals are to become a diplomat, philanthropist and educator.
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