Bonderman Travel Fellowship

Jennifer Howk

Political Science with Departmental Honors

Undergraduate

2005 Fellows

Travel Locations: China, Vietnam, India, Nepal, Uzbekestan, Ukraine, Belarus, Baltics, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela

Howk is traveling in regions of the world that are all experiencing the processes of “democratization” very differently – Eastern Europe, Russia, China, Southeast Asia, and South America – to explore how local, community-based youth organizations are working to overcome the problems of alienation and identity gaps of the new globalization.