Undergraduate research at Lewis & Clark College, part 3: Summer Program in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Nine faculty-student teams in the arts, humanities and social sciences were supported with internal research grants during the summer of 2009. The teams and their project titles are:

J.M. Fritzman, associate professor of philosophy, and student Kristin Thornburg ’11 – “Interpretive Problems Regarding Two Transitions in Hegel’s Philosophy.”

Daena Goldsmith, professor of communication, and student Greg Miller ’10 – “Couple Communication and Coping With Cancer.”

Oren Kosansky, assistant professor of anthropology, and student Kelly Aldinger ’10 – “Moroccan Jews in the French Colonial Archives.”

Robert Mandel, professor of international affairs, and student Sarah Patterson ’12 – “Dark Logic: Transnational Criminal Tactics and Global Security.”

Joel Martinez, assistant professor of philosophy, and student Hannah Tierney ’10 – “Understanding Moral Judgment: Does Empirical Psychology Reveal the Limits of Moral Philosophy?”

Arthur O’Sullivan, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin. Jr. Professor of Economics, and students James Elwell ’10 and Shelley Zhao ’10 – “Using Agent-Based Models to Replicate the Intra-Urban Distribution of Employment.”

G. Mitchell Reyes, assistant professor of communication, and student Mariana Aroxa ’10 – “The Obama Effect: Race and Representation in ‘A More Perfect Union’.”

Heather Smith, assistant professor of international affairs, and student Andrew Foote ’10 – “Evaluating Empirical Trends in Ratification of Human Rights Treaties.”

Cara Tomlinson, assistant professor of art, and student Nick Makanna ’10 – “Painting at the End of the World: Investigation of the Interactions Between Post-Apocalyptic B-Movies and French Historical Painting.”