Twenty-two students have been awarded 2011 Emerson Summer Research grants. The students receive a stipend and spend the summer working collaboratively with a Hamilton faculty member, researching an area of interest. The Emerson recipients and their projects will be featured in stories on the Hamilton website in the coming weeks. This year's recipients and their projects are:
Kadahj Bennett '12 and Professor Mark Cryer
Reflections in the Dark: An Exploration of the Male Black Identity
Catherine Boyd '12 and Professor Naomi Guttman
More Than Paper Pushing: The Handmade Book in the Information Age
Martin Cain '13 and Professor Jane Springer
Stan Brakhage: Poetic Cinema
Catherine Crone '13 and Professor Lydia Hamessley
A Study of Banjo Instruction Manuals from the Nineteenth Century
Mao Ding '14 and Professor Erol Balkan
An Examination of China's Real Estate Market after Global Financial Crisis
Woodger Faugas '12 and Professor Nigel Westmaas
The Concept of 'Development' and Its Use in Colonial Discourses: A Cross-Cultural Study of British and French Colonies in Africa
Denise Ghartey '12 and Professor Todd Franklin
Black Youth and the Perils of Stereotype Threat: A Critical Analysis of Experiences of and Responses to Low Academic Self-Esteem Among Black Youth
Joe Harmon '12 and Professor Scott MacDonald
Filmic Interpretations of Boxing
Alex Host '13 and Professor Martin Shuster
Salomon Maimon, Kant's Revolution in Philosophy, and the Possibility of Knowledge
Stephanie Hudon '13 and Professor Richard Werner
Philosophical Underpinnings of David Foster Wallace's Writing
Anne Hudson '12 and Professor Peggy Piesche
German Counter Cultures and Identities: Islam and Post-Feminism
Ryan Karerat '12 and Professor Alan Cafruny
Reacting to a Revolution: Tunisia, Egypt, and the New Middle East
Daniel Knishkowy '13 and Professor Katheryn Doran
World Hunger: The Debate about Causes and the Scope of Our Ethical Responsibilities
Mariela Meza '13 and Professor Erich Fox Tree
Using Art to Regain Rights for the Silent Indigenous
Caroline Morgan '13 and Professor John McEnroe
Excavating Minoan Crete: Uncovering Gournia's Architectural Past
Danielle Mortorano '12 and Professor Stephenson Humphries-Brooks
The Female Sex Object: The Relationship between Voyeurism and Male Dominance in Mainstream Films
Rebecca Ross '14 and Professor Erich Fox Tree
Documenting the Denial of Linguistic and Human Rights in Guatemala
Marcus Sesin '13 and Professor George Hobor
The Effect of Tenure on Classroom Instruction
Meghan Woolley '13 and Professor Katherine Terrell
Creating Camelot: Royal Appropriations of the Arthurian Myth in Medieval England
Maximilien Yelbi '12 and Professors Doran Larson and Mark Cryer
Writing a Feature Film Screenplay Based on a True Story
Linda Yu '12 and Professor Hong Gang Jin
Attention to What? An Investigation on the Linkage Between Attention and Input
Claire Zurlo '14 and Professor Timothy Elgren
BPA Analysis in Beer
