Notable Projects
Recently, I interned as a researcher for the libertarian think tank Cato Institute. Over four years in Grinnell College, I worked on several projects. However, I have chosen those projects that highlight my strengths. Most of these projects were a culmination of five months of research, data cleaning, and statistical analysis. To view any of these projects, please reach out on palwrita@gmail.com or through text on (+1)641-781-1104. By scrolling to the end of the page, you will find summary documents in correspondence to the topics included in Global politics, Economics, and Phenomena based categories.
Global Politics
- Analyzing the relationship among India, Sri Lanka, and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
- Understanding China's Debt-Trap Diplomacy with emphasis on the Belt and Road Initiative
- Interpreting the Implications of an U.S. Space Force on foreign policy
- Evolution of U.S. Foreign Policy over time
Economics
- Solving excessive logging of trees in the Northern Himalayas;
- Predictors of Healthcare Expenditures per Capita at the State-Level in the United States;
- Analyzing the impact of Pakistan's Honor Killing Amendment Act of 2017 on the frequency of honor killings in Punjab, Pakistan
- A game theoretic analysis to reveal racial bias among police officers in the NYPD Stop and Frisk
Phenomena Based
- Revealing dimensions of U.S. Cultural Imperialism in Latin America