August 11, 2005
Clark University Student from Keokuk uses Anton Fellowship to study in Uruguay
 WORCESTER, Mass. - Larissa C. Price of Keokuk, Iowa, is one of ten Clark University undergraduates who will pursue independent scholarly and creative activities this summer and during the upcoming academic year with support from the Anton Fellowship Program.
Price researched the history of the livestock industry in Uruguay and the effects of policy changes, both in the world economy and in Uruguay after World War I. She conducted research in the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales at the Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo. She also traveled to Fray Bentos, home of the Museo de Revolución Industrial and La Paz, the estancia (farm) that introduced barbed wire fencing (a revolutionary invention for cattle grazing) to Uruguayan farming in the 1800s.
Price hopes her research into the government influence on the Uruguayan meat sector will help to understand the effects of trade protectionism on Latin American economies during this period, namely, the restrictions implemented by Latin American countries and the barriers put in place in Europe and the United States.
“I hope my research will provide insight for the impact of comparable policies in developing countries in the present day,” she said.
John Brown, associate professor of economics, believes Larissa “has an impressive understanding of the economics and politics of the era that is the focus of her study.”
He believes her research in Uruguay “will give her a unique experience; seeing a country and experiencing it (and its people) as a researcher with an interest in its past and its development.”
Price studied economic history at the London School of Economics this year. An economics major and member of Clark's Class of 2006, Price is active with the Economics Society and the Debate Society and has been named to Clark’s Dean's List.
Price is the daughter of Michael Price and Christina Rose, both of Keokuk, Iowa. She is a 2002 graduate of Keokuk High School.
This is the fifth year of the Anton Fellowship Program, which was created by a gift from Barbara ’56 and Thomas ’56 Anton to give undergraduates more opportunities to explore their intellectual interests. The fellowships range from $500 to $2,500. Recipients also become members of the Society of Anton Fellows, which meets with faculty mentors at special gatherings throughout the year to share their research experiences. The Anton Fellowship Program is directed by Professor Sharon Krefetz.
Krefetz said this year's fellows were “a terrific group of students.”
“They’re pursuing a wide range of topics for their projects and are traveling all over the world--from Africa to South America and Worcester to San Francisco--to do them,” she said. Krefetz said all of the students “have a genuine passion for their projects and a keen desire to share what they learn with each other and with the Clark community.”
Clark University is a private, co-educational liberal-arts research university with 2,000 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. Since its founding in 1887 as the first all-graduate school in the United States, Clark has challenged convention with innovative programs such as the International Studies Stream, the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the accelerated BA/MA programs with the fifth year tuition-free for eligible students.
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