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CPC Interns


Academic Year 2009-10

Kate Dickson
Email: kate.s.dickson@gmail.com
Class of 2011, Geography, UNC-CH
Phone:(919) 843-6144
101A CPC South
Kate Dickson
Internship research focus:
Population and environment interactions in Bangladesh
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Doctoral studies in Public Health

Taylor Hargrove
Email: thargrov@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Psychology, UNC-CH
Phone: (919) 966-8797
101K CPC South
Taylor Hargrove
Internship research focus:
The influence of spatial proximity to non-family organizations and childhood on household fissure
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Chelsea Merritt
Email: clmerrit@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC-CH
Phone: (919) 966-8797
101I CPC South
Chelsea Merritt
Internship research focus:
A comparative study of the effects of socioeconomic status on nutrition: the cases of China and the United States
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Amanda Thompson, Anthropology
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Bianka Reese
Email: bmreese@email.unc.edu
Class of 2012, Health Policy and Management, UNC-CH
Phone: (919) 966-8797
101B CPC South
Bianka Reese
Internship research focus:
The association between child maltreatment and adolescent parenthood
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs. Carolyn Halpern and Jon Hussey, Maternal and Child Health
Future plans:
  • Doctoral studies in Public Health

Cameron Taylor
Email: taylorca@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Geography, UNC-CH
Phone:(919) 843-6144
101A CPC South
Cameron Taylor
Internship research focus:
Spatial analysis of bacterial and viral pathogens in groundwater in Bangladesh.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Doctoral studies in Public Health

Summer 2009

Tiffany Battle
Email: bwtiffan@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Sociology, UNC-CH

Tiffany Battle
Internship research focus:
Global population aging
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Peter Uhlenberg, Sociology
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Ann Marie Bartholomew
Email: abart@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Political Science and Spanish, UNC-CH

Ann Marie Bartholomew
Internship research focus:
Policy and environmental impacts of the New Special Law in the Galapagos Islands
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Stephen Walsh, Geography
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Taylor Hargrove
Email: thargrov@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Psychology, UNC-CH
Taylor Hargrove
Internship research focus:
The influence of spatial proximity to non-family organizations and childhood on household fissure
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Chelsea Merritt
Email: clmerrit@email.unc.edu
Class of 2011, Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC-CH
Chelsea Merritt
Internship research focus:
A comparative study of the effects of socioeconomic status on nutrition: the cases of China and the United States
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Amanda Thompson, Anthropology
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Rachel Quinto
Email: qrachel@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Sociology, UNC-CH
Rachel Quinto
Internship research focus:
Marriage formation, economics, and health: a comparative study of selected OECD countries
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Claudia Geist
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Bianka Reese
Email: bmreese@email.unc.edu
Class of 2012, Health Policy and Management, UNC-CH
Bianka Reese
Internship research focus:
The association between child maltreatment and adolescent parenthood
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Drs. Carolyn Halpern and Jon Hussey, Maternal and Child Health
Future plans:
  • Doctoral studies in Public Health

Myra Villalobos
Email: mvillalo@unm.edu
Class of 2010, Biological Anthropology, Spanish, and Economics,
University of New Mexico
Myra Villalobos
Internship research focus:
Livelihood transitions, changing family structures, and consequences of the environment
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Academic Year 2008-09

Kathleen Casanova
Email: kcasa@email.unc.edu
Class of 2009, Public Policy, UNC-CH

Kathleen Casanova
Internship research focus:
Obesity and the built environment
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, Nutrition
Post-internship activities:

Shamia Faison
Email: shamia@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Psychology, UNC-CH

Shamia Faison
Internship research focus:
National Children's Study
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
Future plans:
  • Doctoral studies

Jonathan Jackson
Email: jonathanjackson2004@yahoo.com
Class of 2009, Geography and Earth Sciences, North Carolina Central University

Jon Jackson
Internship research focus:
Cholera seasonality around the world
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies in geography and sustainable city planning

Christian Quingla
Email: qchristi@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Sociology, UNC-CH

Christian Quingla
Internship research focus:
Immigrant incorporation and social mobility
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jacqueline Hagan, Sociology
Future plans:
  • Doctoral studies

Cameron Taylor
Email: taylorca@email.unc.edu
Class of 2010, Geography, UNC-CH
Cameron Taylor
Internship research focus:
Spatial analysis of bacterial and viral pathogens in groundwater in Bangladesh.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Doctoral studies in Public Health

Summer 2008

Jillian Casey (through July 2008)
Email: jscasey@email.unc.edu
Class of 2009, Sociology, UNC-CH
Jillian Casey
Internship research focus:
Preventive care and economic disparities among urban slum populations in Bangladesh.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. John Akin, Economics
Post-internship activities:
  • 2009-10: Graduate student, Health Behavior Health Eduction, UNC-CH

Clarissa Sellers
Email: clarissa.sellers@gmail.com
Class of 2008, Statistics, North Carolina State University
Clarissa Sellers
Internship research focus:
Mathematical modeling of social and sexual networks using concurrency, sexually transmitted infections, and other demographic data to model the spread of HIV infection, and deterministic, stochastic, and event driven modeling to show significant factors that explain the spread of HIV. CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Audrey Pettifor, Epidemiology
Post-internship activities:
  • Graduate studies in Public Health

Academic Year 2007-08

Agustin Abdallah (through April 2008)
Email: aabdalla@email.unc.edu
Class of 2007, Geography, UNC-CH

Agustin Abdallah
Internship research focus:
Agustin's primary research interests focus on development in Latin America, Hispanic immigrants in North Carolina, and health disparities. His research practicum is currently focused on issues related to infectious diseases in Malawi and Bangladesh.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Medical School

Kathleen Casanova
Email: kcasa@email.unc.edu
Class of 2009, Public Policy, UNC-CH

Kathleen Casanova
Internship research focus:
Obesity and the built environment
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, Nutrition
Post-internship activities:

Jonathan Jackson
Email: jonathanjackson2004@yahoo.com
Class of 2008, Geography and Earth Sciences, North Carolina Central University
Jon Jackson
Internship research focus:
Jon is currently working on the creation of a library of digitized images including ponds, rivers, canals, and tree canopies in the Matlab region of Bangladesh for the Cholera Prediction Study.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Jillian Jefferson Harris
Email: JHJ1020@ecu.edu
Class of 2008, Sociology, UNC-CH
Jillian Jefferson
Internship research focus:
National Children's Study
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
Future plans:

Niobra Peterson
Email: nmpeters@email.unc.edu
Class of 2008, Sociology, UNC-CH


Niobra Peterson
Internship research focus:
Niobra is working with the National Children's Study faculty and project staff on issues focused on community influences on children's health.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barbara Entwisle, Sociology
Post-internship activities:
2009-10: Graduate student (second year), Sociology, UNC-CH

Tasia Smith
Email: tmsmith4@uncg.edu
Class of 2008, Psychology, UNC-CH

Tasia Smith
Internship research focus:
Mental health and academic adaptation processes for Latino immigrant populations in North Carolina.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Krista Perreira, Sociology
Post-internship activities:
2009-10: Graduate student, Human Development and Family Studies, UNC-Greensboro

Tamara Spivey (through May 2008)
Email: tamaraspivey@hotmail.com
Class of 2007, Geography and Earth Sciences,
North Carolina Central University

Tamara Spivey
Internship research focus:
GIS Applications
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Summer 2007

William Cole
Email: wacole@olemiss.edu
Class of 2009, Mathematics and Fine Arts, University of Mississippi
Will Cole
Internship research focus:
Racial disparities in birth weight and pre-term births in the State of North Carolina: 1996 - 2005.
CPC Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Amy Herring, Biostatistics and Dr. C. Suchindran
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Candice Gautier
Email: gautierc@ufl.edu
Class of 2008, Psychology, University of Florida
Candice Gautier
Internship research focus:
The impact of widowhood and/or divorce on mental health.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Glen Elder, Sociology
Post-internship activities:
  • 2008-09: Graduate student, Northwestern State University (LA)

Jordan Pedraza
Email: Jordan.Pedraza@pomona.edu
Class of 2009, Sociology, Pomona College
Jordan Pedraza
Internship research focus:
The relationship between perceived racial discrimination and educational adaptation and attainment for Latino/a 1st and 2nd generation adolescents in North Carolina.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Krista Perreira, Public Policy
Post-internship activities:
  • Public policy research, Mathematica Policy Research, Oakland, CA

Academic Year 2006-07

Jonathan Jackson
Email: jonathanjackson2004@yahoo.com
Class of 2008, Geography and Earth Sciences, North Carolina Central University
Jon Jackson
Internship research focus:
GIS applications.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Kwasi Perry
Email: kperry7@gmail.com
Class of 2007, Geography and Earth Sciences,
North Carolina Central University
Kwasi Perry
Internship research focus:
GIS applications.
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Emch, Geography
Post-internship activities:
  • 2008-09: Graduate student (second year), Business, North Carolina Central University

Summer 2006

David Parker
Class of 2008, Biology, Shaw University

David Parker
Internship research focus:
Issues of health disparities in the South for the period covering 1960-present
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jay Kaufman, Epidemiology
Future plans:
  • Graduate studies

Nicole Steward
Email: nsteward@childtrends.org
Class of 2007, Sociology, Kent State University

Nicole Steward
Internship research focus:
The relationship between religion and sexual behavior
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Lisa Pearce, Sociology
Post-internship activities:
  • Current position: Research Analyst, Child Trends
  • 2007-09: Graduate student, Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University (MA, 2009)

Academic Year 2004-2005

Christopher Hodges
Email: cmlhodges@yahoo.com
Class of 2005, Geography and Criminal Justice, North Carolina Central University

Chris Hodges
Internship research focus:
Population and pastoral change in rural Tanzania using spatial analysis methods
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
Post-internship activities:
  • Graduate studies in geography and the environment

Marcus Rountree
Email: marcus_rountree@hotmail.com
Class of 2006, Environmental Science with a concentration in Geography, North Carolina Central University

Internship research focus:
GIS and remote sensing activities in population studies
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Steve Walsh, Geography
Post-internship activities:
  • Sierra Student Coalition


2003-2004

Henry Ebron
Class of 2004, Geography and Psychology, North Carolina Central University

Henry Ebron
Internship research focus:
Population and pastoral change in rural Tanzania using spatial analysis methods
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Leslie, Anthropology
Post-internship activities:
  • 2007-08: Law student, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Crystal Hall Gibson
Class of 2004, Geography and Sociology, North Carolina Central University

Crystal Hall
Internship research focus:
Land use and land cover change in Nang Rong, Thailand
CPC Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Steve Walsh, Geography
Post-internship activities:
  • Current position: Town Clerk, Lantanta, Florida --- from the April-May 2009 Lantanagram
  • 2004-2006, Graduate studies in Public Policy, Ohio State University;
    MPA conferred on June 11, 2006.