Rachel Funk

Rachel Funk is a senior at Utah State University. She holds double majors in statistics and international relations and minors in mathematics and anticipatory intelligence. Her current research deals with the fake news phenomenon and its consequences for democracy. She is also interested in the MENA region, grassroots political movements, US national security policy, and quantitative research methods. Rachel plans to pursue a PhD in political science after graduation.

Essays

Abusing Referenda to Consolidate and Extend Power: The Cases of Rwanda and Burundi

Rachel Funk | September 10, 2019

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Rachel Funk

Abusing Referenda to Consolidate and Extend Power: The Cases of Rwanda and Burundi

Mobilizing social science for the public good.

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