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 |