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Humanities Fellowship Projects

This page provides information on the Humanities Fellowship projects currently available. The page is typically updated by mid-February of the current academic year.


Eligibility

The Humanities Fellowship Program is for undergraduate students in humanities and social sciences programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Fellowship is designed to encourage research in these areas and to offer paid opportunities, which are often unavailable in the humanities. Applicants must be in their sophomore year or later.

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Process

Please click on the project title for an extensive description of each project. Be sure to read the full project descriptions carefully. Your application will be judged by how well you understand the project and how well you demonstrate your suitability.

Eligible students may apply for up to three of the projects. However, if applying for multiple projects, please rank them in order of preference.

The application deadline is February 18, 2013. Finalists will be interviewed by the faculty member sponsoring the project. Winners will be announced March 12, 2013. For conditions of application, and terms of the fellowship, see the application form.

If you have any questions, please contact the program director, Dr. Eva Thury, at: thury@drexel.edu.

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2012-2013 Projects


Project First Name Last Name Department Academic Area Project Title
11 Kathryn Steen History and Politics History Mapping the History of Mantua and Powelton Village
13 Marshall Warfield English and Philosophy Communication/English/History & Political Science/Philosophy/Science, Technology, and Society/Sociology/Information Systems/Science Private Writing: Privacy as theme, privacy as process
21 Mimi Sheller Center for Mobilities Research and Policy Environmental Policy/International Area Studies/Mobilities Research/Science, Technology, and Society/Sociology Understanding how Communities Respond to Sudden Hydro-Climatic Changes: Exploring Sustainable Solutions in the Cross-border Enriquillo Lake region of the Dominican Republic and Lake Saumatre region of Haiti
25 Simone Schlichting-Artur Culture and Communication Modern Languages E-learning technology in a Modern Language classroom environment
35 Andrew Smith English and Philosphy Philosophy The Philosophy of Daniel Quinn
36 Scott Warnock English and Philosophy English/Computers and Writing Rethinking and redesigning a Web resource for online writing teachers
37 Ron Bishop Culture and Communication Communication Open for Business: How Community Newspapers Covered the Construction of the Japanese-American Internment Camps
43 Scott Knowles History and Politics History/Science, Technology, and Society/Urban Environmental Studies Supertall: Skyscraper Dreams in the Global City
53 Naomi Goldstein Psychology Psychology What Do Suspects Understand about their Rights during Police Interrogations? Comparing Juvenile and Adult Offenders' Comprehension of the Rights to Silence and Legal Counsel
54 Valerie Booth English and Philosphy English Alifa Rifaat: Bibliographic and Materials Research of an Egyptian Author
72 Kathleen Volk Miller English and Philosphy English History of Painted Bride Quarterly as Illustrative of the Role of the Literary Magazine in American Culture, PART TWO
75 Lawrence Souder Culture and Communication Anthropology/Communication/English/Philosophy/Science, Technology, and Society/Sociology Ironic Science: The Search for Spoof
79 Lloyd Ackert History and Politics History/Science, Technology, and Society Metaphor and Science: The 'Cycle of Life' in History of Ecology, 18th-20th Century
83 Barbara
Reese
Hoekje
Heitner
Culture and Communication Communication/ESL/Linguistics Academic language proficiency: Test scores and communicative purposes (a validation project)
89 Amelia H. Green History and Politics History & Political Science/International Area Studies/Political Science/Psychology/Sociology Armed Group Institutions Database
91 Ernest A. Hakanen Culture and Communication Communication Get to Know Your Local Occupiers: A Framing Analysis of the Online Coverage of the Occupy Movement