Andrew Tutt
Transparency in Emerging Democracies - 2009-2010 Armenia
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Andrew Tutt of Davis, California, graduated in May 2009 with a triple major in Economics, Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics. He spent his fellowship in Yerevan, Armenia. As a Hart Fellow, he is worked at Transparency International-Armenia, a key consulting body that aims to promote good governance reforms in the region. Andrew assisted the NGO staff in preparing & distributing English-language materials and developing political monitoring initiatives.
Tutt has written theses in both Economics and Biomedical Engineering entitled, Optimal Sick Pay as an Adverse Selection Problem and Particle Tracking Methods for Estimation of Diffusion Coefficients in Non-Newtonian Gels. In 2008, Tutt was awarded the Davies Research Fellowship in Economics, the Sustainable Energy Fellowship through the Global Institute of Sustainability, and the Phillips Foundation's Ronald Regan College Leader Award. During the summer of 2008, Tutt worked with Engineers Without Borders and the Rural Agency for Sustainable Development in Nkokonjeru, Uganda to install local internet access points and to teach rainwater harvesting, sanitation, and sustainable agriculture techniques. While at Duke, Andrew founded Duke Conversations Society, founded and served as Editor-In-Chief of the Duke Journal of Public Affairs, and co-founded the Gothic Guardian, a monthly magazine that chronicles conservative student opinion at Duke. Tutt is also the founder and Director of Wired! 2 Achieve-a nonprofit organization that acquires and refurbishes computer equipment for local communities in need. From 2005-2009, Tutt was a mentor for the Techtronics Mentoring Program, where he taught local middle school students hands-on science and engineering lessons.
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Conventional full country name: Republic of Armenia
Local full country name: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
Area: 29,743 sq km
Population: 2,967,004
Capital City: Yerevan
People: 97.9% Armenian, 1.3% Yezidi (Kurd), 0.5% Russian, 0.3% other
Language: Armenian
Religion: 94.7% Armenian Apostolic, 4% other Christian, 1.3% Yezidi
Government: Republic
Chief of State: President Serzh Sargsian
Head of Government: Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian
GDP: US$12.07 billion
GDP per capita: US$6,400
Population below poverty line: 26.5%
Major Industries: pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
Life Expectancy: 72.68 years
HIV Prevalence: 0.1%
Undernourished People: 43%
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births): 20
Adult Literacy Rate: male: 99.7%, female: 99.2%
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On Getting Sick and Getting Better - September 2009
They should really make rules about vomiting. Rule number one, the vomiter is always right. If someone tells you ‘please let me go outside to throw up' you should, well I mean it seems pretty obvious, let the poor man out. Not my language teacher. Not Agourig Azatyan... Read More
A Day in Yerevan - November 2009
When the sun rises my apartment fills with a soft glowing light from the sheer wall of windows which face my bed. I roll over, slap down the alarm, and flip on the little heater beside me. The apartment is chilly. Eventually, I get up. I shower, shave, floss, brush my teeth and make some coffee. It's easy enough to do, I just run the water hot from the tap, for at its hottest it is practically boiling and steam rises from my cup in great swooping arcs in the early-morning chill... Read More
Part 1: On Food - January 2010
One might think that due to its enviable position at the junction of Western Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East, Armenia might be the consummate culinary mash-up-replete with simmering meat combinations, corpulent dollops of exotic spices and tangy adopted dishes from its southern and eastern neighbors. Yet, the surprising thing about Armenian food is how far it retreats from expectation. Armenian cuisine is remarkably regional, sharing a limited palate of flavors and dishes with its neighbors; Armenian fare possesses only one true masterpiece: barbeque. Yet, like Leonardo Da Vinci or that group that wrote "Who let the dogs out?!" if Armenia is to be known for only one great contribution to the world of human foodstuffs, it has achieved near perfection with this one creation... Read More
Part 2: On Language (Prologue) - January 2010
The fear that gripped me when I began learning Armenian was that it would be too difficult to learn casually-sadly, this is true. The terrible part is that I love talking about Armenian, but it is simply so difficult for me to memorize it. It's a fantastic language, blissfully un-evolved from its more-or-less ancient form, most likely due to the small number of speakers. Armenian is logical, and that in itself makes it worth learning... Read More
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