Past Summer Research Projects

Featured in the Winter 2014 edition of the 51С»Æ³µ Magazine is an article detailing the experiences of Olivia Vanni '13, Mario Leiva' 14, Helen Tucceri '15 and Prof. Sarah Stanbury as they researched the Presepi - Italy's ancient Nativity art form. :

Past Projects include:

  • A team of Classics students who translated and digitized ancient commentary on Homer’s Iliad

  • A Psychology major who examined the intersection of religious experience and grief in the elderly

  • A History student who compiled oral histories on a Lakota reservation in South Dakota

  • A team of Political Science and History students who examined state ratifying convention records from 1787

  • An English student who wrote a series of short stories about discarded lives and relationships

  • A team of Theater majors who wrote and performed a play about online bullying

  • A Sociology major who examined the effects of widowhood on health issues among the elderly

  • An English student who tracked down 19th century medical reports that influenced portrayals of mental health in 19th-century literature

  • A team of students who composed an online Spanish-language video glossary of film techniques

  • A team of Modern Language  majors who translated the works of a major Italian feminist thinker

  • A Political Science student who researched the Catholic position on evolving norms regarding guerilla conflict