Current NYU Shanghai Global Research Initiatives Fellows

Ravi Shroff
Associate Professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Email:
rs4606@nyu.edu

Synopsis of Research in Shanghai (February 3 - May 2):

Professor Ravi Shroff is mainly planning to work on the first draft of a planned textbook related to their research expertise, which concerns the statistical foundations of measuring discrimination and unfairness in human and algorithmic decision making.

Carlos Yebra Lopez
PhD Candidate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, GSAS
Email:
cyl503@nyu.edu

Synopsis of Research in Shanghai (September 7 - December 4)：

Lopez’s research project, provisionally entitled "Metaphors We Kill By: A Critical Metaphor Analysis of (Counter) Jihadist Propaganda in Contemporary Spain (2004-2017)", aims at exposing the propagandistic nature of the current cultural and political uses of the notion of jihad in Contemporary Spain. In the grand scheme of things, however, the significance of his project is much larger: it is about raising awareness on the dangers of State-sponsored ideological manipulation and building peace and understanding at a global scale through the advancement of knowledge. China plays a key role in this in that its recent emergence as a global security actor does affect core European interests, particularly in the field counter-terrorist cooperation in the Middle East and South Asia.

Jingyuan Mo
PhD Candidate, Department of Finance, Stern
Email:
jm3499@nyu.edu

Synopsis of Research in Shanghai (February 24 - May 22)：

As Mo’s research areas focus on the Chinese economy, he was able to benefit a lot from the NYU Shanghai campus, due to its geographic location and proximity to large industry firms in the CBD areas, from where he can receive immediate help on his research on the Chinese financial markets. The NYU Shanghai campus is also very close to (within walking distance) the Great Wisdom, a major data vendor in China, and the China Foreign Exchange Trade System, with whom his adviser and him have been working with over the past three years on obtaining some unique data products on the Chinese bond markets.

Danielle Lessowitz
Master of Fine Arts Candidate, Department of Film, Tisch
Email:
dl1474@nyu.edu

Synopsis of Research in Shanghai (February 16 - March 27)：

Lessowitz will be researching first person accounts of the Great Chinese Famine which occurred in the Chinese provinces from 1959 - 1953. Over 40 million Chinese Farmers died of starvation and during this time, China was exporting much of its grain, and there was no food shortage. Lessowitz hopes to assemble hundreds of audio and visual stories from survivors to create a data base of testimony. She will use this testimony to give voice to those who suffered, and bring light to this under documented genocide. In addition to the video records, Lessowitz hopes to use this research to inform a narrative feature script she has already written and would like to revise for historical and cultural accuracy. Lessowitz believes in the importance of exploring this historical event and discovering it fully before all of its witnesses are no more.

Eric McEver
Master of Fine Arts Candidate, Department of Film, Tisch
Email:
eam593@nyu.edu

Synopsis of Research in Shanghai (February 1 - April 22)：

McEver will continue his work on his thesis film, Fossil. He intends to edit the film using the post-production facilities at NYU Shanghai and will utilize his international NYU Tisch network to work with post-production staff in Shanghai, and use the resources of NYU’s campus to conduct research and planning for a feature film based upon Fossil. McEver’s thesis advisor, Associate Dean Michael Burke, will provide guidance remotely from the primary campus in New York.