Summer 2010 Project Descriptions
Please email your application, along with an unofficial copy of your most recent transcript, to cajarvis@vassar.edu by Wednesday, February 15, 2010.
(Carol Jarvis, Box 18, 437-7319)
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Anthropology
Archaeological Investigations of the Shawangunk Ridge
Lucy Johnson (Anthropology)
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Anthropology and Asian Studies
“Why is it called the Jade Parlor?” Questions for an early history of transnational Asian America and Vassar
Martha Kaplan (Anthropology and Asian Studies)
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College Historian
History of Vassar College, 1975-present
Elizabeth Daniels and Colton Johnson (College Historian)
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Earth Science and Environmental Studies
Bringing the Journals of John Burroughs to the Web
Jeff Walker (Earth Science and Environmental Studies)
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Earth Science and Geography
Environmental Heritage and Sense of Place in Rio de Janeiro
Brian J. Godfrey (Earth Science and Geography)
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Economics
The Impact of Globalization on Wage Inequality
Shirley Johnson-Lans and Patricia (Tracy) Jones (Economics)
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Education
Engaging “Media That Matters” Beyond the Screening: Developing Curricula and Discussion Guides for Educators, Critical Media Makers, and Activists
Maria Hantzopoulos (Education)
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Urban Community Gardening: A Collaboration in Praxis
Colette Cann (Education)
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English
An Interactive, Online Archive of Early Middle English: The Case of Laud 108
Dorothy Kim (English)
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Long Division/Post-Brown, A Mississippi Mix-Tape
Kiese Laymon (English)
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The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson
Robert DeMaria (English)
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Film
“Maestro” (Dramatic Film Short)
Kathleen Man (Film)
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Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation
Mary-Kay Lombino, Curator (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center)
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German Studies, Sociology/Urban Studies, and Academic Computing Services
Community Facts
Jeffrey Schneider, Leonard Nevarez, and Baynard Bailey (German Studies, Sociology/Urban Studies, and Academic Computing Services)
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Hispanic Studies, Media Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies
Race, Technology and the Media in the Iberian Transatlantic
Eva Woods Peiró (Hispanic Studies, Media Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies)
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Hispanic Studies/Environmental Studies
Oral History of the Casperkill Watershed
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Hispanic Studies/Environmental Studies)
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History
African American GIs, the Civil Rights Struggle and Germany
Maria Höhn (History)
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America in Iraq, 1990-present
Robert K. Brigham (History)
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Media Studies and Computer Science
Shadowhood: An Educational Role-Playing Game for Youth at Risk
Tom Ellman (Media Studies and Computer Science)
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Political Science
Accessibility and Civic Engagement
Sarita McCoy Gregory (Political Science)
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Sociology
Masculinities: Global Perspectives
Seungsook Moon (Sociology)
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