UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #909

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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: 3-5
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
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  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: hm22o@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: '1'
  faculty_advisor_name: 'Andrew Ballard'
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ballardao@gmail.com
  fsu_college: 'Social Sciences and Public Policy'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Florida State University'
  headshot_optional_: '45361'
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  mentoring_philosophy: 'I like to involve trainees in the process of conducting quantitative academic research through interactive learning environment. My goal is to teach trainees about new methods that hopefully will help them in their own careers if they pursue graduate studies in any social science field. I make sure to explain what we are doing, why we are doing it, and how it is helpful. I want trainees to be engaged and interested in what we are doing.      '
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  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2'
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  overall_research_project_description: 'How has elite views toward Israel and Palestine changed over time and across states? The incidents of October 7 have had major ramifications on global views towards the most salient issue in the Middle East and North Africa. Variation in public and elite sentiment towards Israel and Palestine is not specific to the October 7 incidents but rather since the Belfour Declaration in 1917, which declared the establishment of “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. In this original dataset project, I aim to measure elite sentiments and policy positions toward Palestine and Israel using the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debate texts. The goal of this project is to collect new data necessary to test different hypotheses in future research. Using text analysis through supervised learning on UNGA speeches, I estimate (1) general sentiment towards Israel and Palestine on separate dimensions, and (2) policy positions on different resolutions related to the Palestinian Question. I tune a model with a hand-coded training data for each separate dimension to derive estimates at the speech-year level for each country. After I derive the estimates, I move to (1) test different hypotheses for predicting sentiment and policy positions towards Israel and Palestine. (2) Examine how much convergence/divergence between elite and public sentiment on Israel-Palestine. (3) Examine how much convergence/divergence between expressed positions in speeches and actual voting record in the UNGA on the Palestinian question.  '
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  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://cosspp.fsu.edu/polisci/grad-students/hashim-malallah/'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Fully Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: 'Graduate Student'
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Hashim Malallah'
  project_keywords: 'Text Analysis, MENA, Israel, Palestine, Middle East, conflict, peace '
  relevant_student_major_s_: |
    political science preferred but not required 
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  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |
    Data collection, data Analysis, hand coding, Literature review. 
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |-
    Required: attention to details. 
    Recommended: Interest in Middle Eastern Politics. 
    No special requirement for any programming or coding skills. 
  title_of_the_project: 'Elite Sentiment on Palestine and Israel'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
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  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: hm22o@fsu.edu
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'No'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: 'No'
  year: '2024'