Swathi Malepati (Spanish) Research project studying the effects of the growing global division of productive labor from the perspective of migrant workers in Mexico.
Margaret Sclafani (Anthropology) Project concentrating on the European experience in Africa from a film perspective and those involved with film and the theatrical arts in Kenya.
Student summer research projects funded in 2006
Aneesah Akbar-Uqdah (Anthropology) Presentation of group research paper Drinking Water in Egypt: The Effects of Water on Egyptians' Health at the 2006 Undergraduate Research Conference at the American University of Cairo (AUC).
Jennifer Officewala (Anthropology and Biology) Summer Research Project in Kenya, investigating the way pharmacies are organized and operated, with a focus on the significant ethnic community of Indian chemists.
Nina Roach (East Asian Studies) Summer Research Project consisting of the Hinterland and Heartland Faculty-Student Academic Tour funded by the Haverford Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, in which Chinese cities are compared with respect to varying modernities, foreign influences, and histories.
Student summer research projects funded in 2005
Anna M. Berg (Anthropology and Philosophy) Summer Research Project focusing on marginality and poverty, with special consideration of health care
systems, in Chetumal, Mexico. Access to social services, such as health
care, and how differing definitions of the "neighborhood" affected this
access were major components in the research.
Laura Grannis (Anthropology) Summer Research Project conducting ethnographic research on gender liminality in the Marquesas islands in French Polynesia.
Andiah Kisia (Political Science) Summer Research Project consisting of Oral History Project on the formation of the Historical Narrative of Kenya.
Daniela Martinez (Political Science) Summer Research Project conducting field research related to the Guatemalan civil conflict, and studying the various levels of social, economic, and political distress plaguing the people of Guatemala.
Raphael Monty (Political Science) Summer Research Project studying the politics of indentity in Cape Town, South Africa, in order to determine whether race relations have improved in the country.
Student summer research projects funded in 2004
Nupur Chaudhury (Growth and Structure of Cities) Summer Research Project in India focusing on the colonial importance and current post-colonial decline of the city of Kolkata.
Briana Feston (Classical & Near Eastern Archaeology and French) Summer Research Project on Cypriot history involving the Atheniou Archaeological Project on Cyprus.
Misa Fujimara-Fanselow (Growth and Structure of Cities) Summer Research Project studying homelessness in Tokyo and the effect that homeless people have on Japanese culture and people's values.
La Toiya La Vita (Political Science) Summer Research Project: International Human Rights Exchange in South Africa.
Eileen Marceau (Growth and Structure of Cities) Summer Research Project working with Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) to determine the current status of private and public solid waste management.
Elaine Massung (Classical & Near Eastern Archaeology) Summer Research Project on the use of multimedia displays in Orkney, Scotland, to promote the cultural heritage of the Orcadians.
Courtney Moore (Philosophy) Summer/fall Research Project examining Maori philosophy in New Zealand as it relates to or contrasts with traditional American culture.
Ashwini Sebastian (Economics) Summer Research Project studying two identical assets in Sri Lanka and the US, to enable a comparative study between assets in a developing country and a developed country.
Student summer research projects funded in 2003
Thuy Thu Le Summer Research Project in Vietnam: "Hunger Elimination & Poverty Reduction in Vietnam: Socialism and Beyond".
Prerna Srivastava Summer Program in India focusing on the perception of sex workers.
Erin La Farge Summer Research Project Durban, South Africa, focusing on human rights.
Jessica Hayes-Conroy Summer Research Project: Researching Traditional Agriculture in Tepotzlan, Mexico.
Danielle Kurin Summer Research Project: The Use of Ancient Indigenous Iconography in Bolivian Contemporary Culture.
Sujatha Sebastian Summer Research Project: The Ethnic Conflict in Guatemala.
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