The SHARE program supports undergraduate research projects in the social sciences, humanities, and arts. We are pleased to announce the 10 awardees for the Spring 2012 semester.
Project Title: Transcendentalism, Social Protest, and Economic Crisis: The Experience of the Panic of 1837 in Emerson’s Concord, 1837-1844
Student Apprentice: Elizabeth Kelly, American Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert A. Gross, Department of History
Project Title: I vs. Me: Pronoun Use in the Development of Theory of Mind in Autism
Student Apprentice: Allison Fitch, Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Inge-Marie Eigsti, Department of Psychology
Project Title: Governing Climate Change: Local Impacts on a Global Problem
Student Apprentice: Andy Bilich, Natural Resources and Resource Economics Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Boyer, Department of Political Science
Project Title: The “Right to Food Campaign” in India: Its Evolution and Impact on Party Politics
Student Apprentice: Hina Samnani, Finance Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shareen Hertel, Department of Political Science
Project Title: Imagining the Afterlife
Student Apprentice: Alexis Cordone, Religious Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Clare Costley King’oo, Department of English
Project Title: Creation of a Virtual Museum for the University of Connecticut Historical Clothing Collection
Student Apprentice: Angela Armijo, Costume Design Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Crow, Department of Dramatic Arts
Project Title: Prosocial Competencies, Racial/Ethnic Socialization, and School Adjustment among Caribbean and South/Central American Immigrant Children: A Preliminary Investigation
Student Apprentice: Gabrielle Phillips, Human Development and Family Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Annamaria Csizmadia, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Project Title: An Approach to Problems in Modern Auction Theory
Student Apprentice: Yuriy Loukachev, Economics Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mikhael Shor, Department of Economics
Project Title: Marau in Paris: Fashion, Gender, and Colonial Politics in the Late 19th Century
Student Apprentice: Isabelle Nat, Art History Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anne D’Alleva, Department of Art and Art History
Project Title: Music for the Rhymed Office of Saint Louis
Student Apprentice: Anastasia Pilato, Music History Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eric Rice, Department of Music