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2013 Royce Fellows for Sport & Society
Katharine Grimes
’14 (women's track & field/cross
country)
"Social and Media Influences on Women's Participation in
Sports and Leadership in Brazil"
Katharine will research the relationship between the language used
to describe the Brazilian Women's National Soccer Team and the
language used to describe Brazil's female President, Dilma
Rousseff. In partnership with professors at Universidade Gama Filho
in Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estacio de Sa in Petropolis, and
the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Katharine will explore how
descriptive language effects women's participation in the sports
and politics.
Chelsea Hartigan ’14 (women's
track & field)
"Fighting for Peace: Using Sport as Intervention in a Brazilian
Favela"
Chelsea will investigate how community-based sports organizations
affect the pathway to crime for children within the Favela of Mare,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aron Lesser ’15 (men's ultimate
frisbee)
"A Non-Consumptive Guide to Sports and Society in Sao Paulo,
Brazil"
Using the lens of soccer and identity, Aron will write a
non-consumptive guide for travelers to Sao Paulo. Aron will
research everything from neighborhoods around the soccer stadium to
the cosmopolitan migration of soccer to the megalopolis, in order
to give travelers a new vision of this old city.
Olivia Santiago
’16 (women's water polo)
"Caribbean Swim for Life Initiative"
A high percentage of Caribbean children die each year from drowning. Olivia will work with lifesaving initiatives in Trinidad and Tobago to teach residents to swim and establish an accessible program for local children.
Jacqueline Schoninger
’14 (women's basketball)
"Bringing Adaptive Sports to College Campuses"
Jacqueline will study current collegiate adaptive sports programs
throughout the US. Using her research, Jacqueline hopes to start an
intramural wheelchair basketball league at Brown, made up of both
able-bodied students and students with disabilities.
Maggie Smith
’14 (women's basketball)
"An Analysis of Public Health Interventions Through Sport in
Nairobi, Kenya"
Maggie will work with Ungano-Tena, a community health organization
in Nairobi, Kenya. She will explore how Ungano-Tena uses dance and
acrobatics as a channel for the promotion of HIV education within
the large community. Maggie will work to bring development funding
and program development for sports to the forefront of the
long-term partnership between GlobeMed and Ungano-Tena.
