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Classical Studies Student-Faculty Research

Faculty member and student.

The following list includes current and historic, individual student research projects, public presentations from conferences, symposia and exhibitions*, and peer-reviewed publications. For abstracts on each project see Students as Scholars.

Students can get a list of their projects by going to CLIQ in the Gateway.  Under the CLIQ menu, go to Profiles and then My ePortfolio.    If you are an alum and would like a copy of your projects, please submit a research project request form.

*“Supported by:” on Student Conference Presentation records indicates the entity or funding mechanism that supported the student’s participation in the conference, i.e. travel expenses, poster costs, etc.  For on-campus conferences, the supporting entity is usually the academic department sponsoring the event.

**“Supported by:” on Student Research Project records indicates the entity or funding mechanism that supported the student’s research costs, i.e. supplies, materials, equipment, stipends, local or international research travel, etc.


2018

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Hugh DownsCritical Edition of Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI (1588)
Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Seth Andrew LevinCritical Edition of Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI (1588)
Supported by: Roberts Classical Studies Endowment
Number of Weeks: 8 weeks
Christopher Francese

2017

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Catalina Teodora IonescuThe Rise of the Roman Republic: A Gaming Simulation
Supported by: R&D Student Faculty Research Endowment Award
Number of Weeks: 8
Scott Farrington
Ian Richard WhiteThe Rise of the Roman Republic: A Gaming Simulation
Supported by: Mellon Digital Humanities Grant
Number of Weeks: 8
Scott Farrington

2016

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Connor Thomas Ford6,000 Lemmas
Conference: Dickinson Digital Humanities Workshop
Supported by: Mellon Digital Humanities Grant
Patrick Belk
Seth Andrew Levin6,000 Lemmas
Conference: Dickinson Digital Humanities Workshop
Supported by: Mellon Digital Humanities Grant
Patrick Belk
Seth Andrew LevinLatin-Chinese Dictionary Project
Supported by: Mellon DH
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Michael Joe-Sheng NiuLatin-Chinese Dictionary Project
Supported by: Roberts Fund
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Siyun YanLatin-Chinese Dictionary Project
Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese

2015

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Sai R S M GrandhiCreation of module in Drupal 8 that allows for the use of Annotator by Hypothesis.
Supported by: Mellon Digital Humanities Grant
Number of Weeks: 8
Todd Bryant
Lucy Anne McInerneyNational Identity and Ethnic Individuality in Virgil's Aeneid
Conference: The Undergraduate History Conference 2015
Supported by: R&D Kenderdine Travel Grant
Christopher Francese

2014

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Lars Patrick ArnesenDickinson College Commentaries: Development of database of grammatical structures in Caesar's Gallic War.
Supported by: Mellon Digital Humanities Grant
Number of Weeks: 13
Christopher Francese
Kaylin Marianne BednarzDickinson College Commentaries: Digitization of Allen & Greenough's Latin Grammar
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Edowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 13
Christopher Francese
Christina Marie ErricoDickinson College Commentaries: Digitization of Thomas Dwight Goodell's Greek Grammar for Schools
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Lara T FrymarkDickinson College Commentary: Digitization of Henry Frieze's Vergilian Dictionary
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Lucy Anne McInerneyThe Decline of the Golden Age in the Aeneid
Conference: The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) Southern Section conference
Supported by: Roberts Classical Studies Endowment
Christopher Francese
Lucy Anne McInerneyDickinson Commentaries: Editing of notes for Aeneid Book 1; uploading and annotating of Eimmart's illustrations for the Aeneid; creation of the bibliography of Aeneid editions.
Supported by: Mellon Digital Humanities Grant
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Katherine Ruth PuringtonDickinson College Commentaries: Adding of image content to Aeneid commentary.
Supported by: Mellon Digital Humanities Grant
Number of Weeks: 13
Christopher Francese
Nicholas Walter StenderDickinson College Commentaries: editing of vocabulary lists for Callimachus, Aetia and Lucian, True Histories.
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Qingyu WangDickinson College Commentaries: Pleiades/Pelagios/DCC integration, creation of databases for core vocabularies
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment
Number of Weeks: 13
Christopher Francese

2013

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Kaylin Marianne BednarzDickinson College Commentaries: Digitization of Allen & Greenough's Latin Grammar
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Edowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Joelle Taylor CicakDickinson Commentaries: 4 original illustrations for Nepos commentary.
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Rsearch Intern
Number of Weeks: 13
Christopher Francese
Lara T FrymarkAn index for "Ancient Rome: An Anthology of Sources" by Christopher Francese
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Edowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Daniel PlekhovDialect at Himera: An Evaluation of Material and Literary Evidence
Conference: Synoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium at the Center for Hellenic Studies
Supported by: R&D Kenderdine Travel Grant
Marc Mastrangelo
Daniel PlekhovDickinson College Commentaries: Pleiades/Pelagios/DCC integration, created Arc GIS maps for the Caesar commentary, created table of contents for the Callimachus, Aetia
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Qingyu WangDickinson College Commentaries: Mandarin Chinese translations for words in the Core Greek and Latin vocabularies.
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese

2012

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Alice Florence EttlingDickinson College Commentaries: Creation of initial drafts of the core Greek and Latin vocabulary lists, making of map animations for Caesar commentary, adding Allen & Greenough references to Ovid commentary
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Lara T FrymarkDickinson College Commentaries: editing of core vocabularies, running lists for Cicero Pro Caelio, uploading and formating of content for Ovid, Amores 1
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
James Michael MartinDickinson College Commentaries: Editing of core vocabularies, running lists for Caesar and Ovid commentaries
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Laura Chason TakakjyHumility, Humiliation, and Mock-epic: Horace 1.5 and Juvenal 1.4.
Conference: American Philological Association Meeting
Christopher Francese
Meredith Ashley WilsonDickinson College Commentaries: editing of core vocabularies, running lists for Ovid commentary, Google Earth maps for Ovid and Sulpicius Severus commentaries.
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese

2011

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Alice Florence EttlingDickinson Commentaries: Creation of Google Earth map animations to go with the Caesar Gallic War selections. Adding of links to Allen & Greenough's Latin grammar.
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese
Lara T FrymarkDickinson College Commentaries: creation of vocabulary lists for the Sulpicius Severus' Life of St. Martin; adding satellite map imagery.
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Endowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese

2010

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Brendan M BostonDickinson College Commentaries: Editing notes and commentary for Caesar, Selections from the Gallic War, multimedia edition.
Supported by: Classical Studies Roberts Edowment, Classics Summer Research Assistantship
Number of Weeks: 8
Christopher Francese

2009

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Kristin Elaine FanciullacciEmotional display in Roman elegy
Supported by: Roberts Endowment Fund
Number of Weeks: 8
Meghan Reedy
Elizabeth Marie ParkerPrudentius' Psychomachia
Supported by: Roberts Endowment Fund
Number of Weeks: 8
Marc Mastrangelo