The Kirkland Project seeks to build community by raising questions that emerge at the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality. The Kirkland Research Associates Program is designed to support students who wish to make the connections between their own disciplinary or interdisciplinary work and the mission of the Kirkland Project. Students working in each division (arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences) and from the interdisciplinary programs are welcome to apply. The work undertaken for an associateship may not be identical with a senior project, though it may be related to it.
An associateship lasts for one semester, and carries a modest stipend ($500). Associates work closely on a project with an individual faculty mentor of their choosing; all Associates and mentors meet regularly for a colloquium, to share and discuss their work. Students present their work to the community in a public presentation and submit the project to the Kirkland Project Director. If the project itself cannot be handed in, then the mentor and student agree on what the written product shall be. An associateship does not carry additional academic credit.
This year's research associates, their project titles, and their mentors are: Jessica Ambrose '02: Personal Explorations through Journal Writing with Middle School Girls, with mentor Susan Mason, Director of the Teacher Education Program and Director of the Program in Public Discourse; Redell Armstrong '02: "Possession of Body, Possession of Culture" Female Genital Mutilation, with mentor Joseph Mwantuali, Assistant Professor of French and affiliated with the Program in Africana Studies; Jamie Crowley '01: Unique Realities: The Experiences of MARGINALIZED Women at Hamilton, with mentor Margo Okazawa-Rey, Jane Watson Irwin Visiting Professor of Women's Studies; Mimi Pearle '02: Nazi Policy: The Treatment and Experience of Homosexuals in Fascist Germany, with mentor Esther Kanipe, Marjorie and Robert W. Ewen Professor of History; Ayanna Scoon '03: Interracial Dating at Hamilton College, with mentor Catherine Gunther Kodat, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies; Keithley Woolward '01: Identity and Experience: Re-reading Samuel Delany, with mentor Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Kirkland Project.
For more information, contact Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz at ext. 4149.
Students in photo, from left, Keithley Woolward, Ayanna Scoon, Mimi Pearle, Jessica Ambrose, Jamie Crowley, Redell Armstrong
