Tyler Jiang Wins University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

Tyler Jiang, a senior International Studies and History major, recently won the 2018 Rowan University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. This award recognizes research achievement by undergraduates based on the originality, impact, and quality of their research as well as the student’s skills in planning, conducting, and disseminating research. Tyler was nominated by several faculty from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for his research on China's foreign and domestic policy, including co-written articles published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute as well as the Huffington Post, an article in Majalla, and numerous editorials in the undergraduate online Journal of International Relations published by Sigma Iota Rho, the Honor Society for International Studies. The awards committee consisted of Dr. Bonnie Angelone (Director of the Faculty Center), Dr. Harry Mazurek (Associate Dean for Research, CMSRU) and Dr. Carl Hock (Associate Dean for Research, RowanSOM).