Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship Projects

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

Eligibility

The Humanities Fellowship program is for undergraduate students in humanities or social science 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.

Full List of Requirements (PDF)

Process

The application deadline is for 2018-2019 has passed. The application for 2019-2020 will be available in early 2019.

2018-2019 Projects

Project	Faculty Name	Department	Project Title
01	Phillip Ayoub, PhD	Politics	LGBT Politics and Resistance in Global Comparison
02	Meghan Butryn, PhD	Psychology	Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment
03	Naomi Goldstein, PhD	Psychology	Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline
04	Asta Zelenkauskaite, PhD	Communication	The Use of Trolling via Breitbart News Portal
05	Wes Shumar, PhD	Anthropology	EnCoMPASS: Emerging Communities for Mathematical Practices and Assessment
06	Ashley Dickinson, PhD	Criminology and Justice Studies	Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity Project
07	Christian Hunold, PhD	Politics	Urban Greening: Implications for Human-Wildlife Relations in Philadelphia
08	Jason Orne, PhD	Sociology	LGBTQ Commercial and Nightlife Spaces in Philadelphia: Mapping and Analyzing the 1995 to Present
09	Amelia Hoover Green, PhD	Politics	Armed Group Institutions in Africa, 1992-Present
10	Amelia Hoover Green, PhD	Politics	Critical Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
11	Peter Amato, PhD	Philosophy	Development of a Philosophy and Political Economy Course
12	Karen Nulton, PhD	English and Philosophy	Learning from Co-op Writing and the Veterans' History Project
13	Erin Graham, PhD	Politics	The Decline of Multilateralism in the United Nations
14	Emmanuel F Koku, PhD	Sociology	Social Networks and HIV Testing Among African Immigrants
15	Adrienne Juarascio, PhD	Psychology	Addressing Weight History to Improve Behavioral Treatments for Bulimia Nervosa (The INSPIRE Project)
16	Chloe Silverman, PhD	Politics	Ethical Autism Research Cultures and Community Engagement
17	Robert D'Ovidio, PhD	Criminology and Justice Studies	Understanding End-user Decision Making for Securing Online Accounts
18	Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhD	Psychology	Exploring the Neural Bases of Cognitive Flexibility Through Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
19	Kevin M. Moseby, PhD	Sociology	The Racialization of HIV/AIDS in U.S. News Media Coverage, 1981-2015