Katie Hill has been selected as the recipient of the George S. Blair Award for State and Local Government for her aptitude for, and her written thesis on, state and local government. This award is noted in the Commencement Program. She earned this award for her major contributions in many Rose Institute projects including the… Continue Reading
Katherine R. Hill ’18 New Hire Projects Manager 2017-2018 Government honors/Economics | Redmond, Washington At the Rose, Katie worked on the County Election Questionnaire, Southern California Almanac, Kosmont, and Three Strikes Projects. Outside of the Rose, she played for the CMS lacrosse team and volunteered at local schools through the Center for Civic Engagement. Katie… Continue Reading
The Rose Institute is proud to announce that former Student Manager Melissa Muller ’18 has been named the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Grant to Germany for 2018-2019. She will be moving to Heidelberg, Germany to research constitutional patriotism in German political rhetoric from reunification to today. Melissa graduated Phi Beta Kappa with… Continue Reading
In this chapter of Federalism, Ellen Lempres ’18 explores how Trump’s presidency and other leadership changes since the 2016 election have affected issues of marijuana, the Clean Power Plan, Common Core, the Affordable Care Act, and immigration. Click here to read the publication. Continue Reading
In a revealing new report, Rose research assistants Kathryn Ridenour ’18 and Nick Fedorochko ’19 investigate campaign spending behaviors in California’s 2014 elections. Among the findings, Ridenour and Fedorochko discovered that over $132 million was spent on the 2014 races, and the candidate with the highest spending won their race 87% of the time. Fedorochko… Continue Reading
Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey Kosmont Companies, a well-known Los Angeles business and real estate advisory group, published the first edition of the Cost of Doing Business Survey in 1995. The publication contained a vast amount of data about fees, taxes, costs, and incentives that influence the cost of doing business in major… Continue Reading
On Saturday, November 18, several Rose Institute students presented their research projects at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR) held at Cal Poly Pomona. Kathryn Ridenour’18 presented her research with Nick Federochko’19 on Competitive Districts; Sophia Helland’20 on the topic of Tribal Courts; Joe Noss on the subject of Criminal Justice, which he has… Continue Reading
Crashing the party: Advocacy coalitions and the nonpartisan primary Dr. J. Andrew Sinclair and Ian O’Grady first began researching the California’s nonpartisan “top-two” primary system in the fall semester of 2013. Sinclair, a visiting professor at CMC, wrote his dissertation on the topic at Cal Tech, and partnered with the Rose Institute to continue working on… Continue Reading
WELCOME THE NEW HIRES FOR 2017 This year eight freshmen and one sophomore were hired as the newest class of Rose Institute research assistants. New Hire Project Manager Katie Hill’18 has scheduled a series of training aimed to develop their research skills. The staff and other students at the Rose Institute welcome them! Elena Castellanos’21… Continue Reading
Congratulations to CMC Class of 2017. The Rose Institute is proud to have been a part of the learning experience of these individuals during their time at CMC: Timothy C. Plummer – Student Manager 2016-2017 Tim Plummer graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Tim is from Upland, CA. At the Rose,… Continue Reading
