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Community Studies Student-Faculty Research

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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.


2020

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Sarah Joy HouseCollaboration to Counter Fresh Water Scarcity and Promote Human Security. Michael Fratantuono, Sarah House and Sam Weisman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93693
Michael Fratantuono
Samuel Albert WeismanCollaboration to Counter Fresh Water Scarcity and Promote Human Security. Michael Fratantuono, Sarah House and Sam Weisman DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93693
Michael Fratantuono

2018

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Julia BrayCarlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
Supported by: R&D Dana Research Assistant
Number of Weeks: 8
Susan Rose
McKinley KnoopRegional Exceptionalism and Identity Formation in Northern Morocco
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant, Durden International Initiative Grant
Number of Weeks: 3
Shalom Staub,David Commins
McKinley KnoopAmazigh Jewry within Morocco: Language and Culture, Power and Resistance
Conference: Spring 2018 International Research Symposium
Supported by: Community Studies Center
Shalom Staub,David Commins
Sarah Isabela SloanRegional Exceptionalism and Identity Formation in Northern Morocco
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant, Durden International Initiative Grant
Number of Weeks: 3
Shalom Staub,David Commins
Sarah Isabela SloanAmazigh Jewry within Morocco: Language and Culture, Power and Resistance
Conference: Spring 2018 International Research Symposium
Supported by: Community Studies Center
Shalom Staub,David Commins
Michelle ZhangSri Aurobindo Society and Collaborative Enterprise
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant
Number of Weeks: 1
Michael Fratantuono

2017

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
George Harlon Fitzpatrick GilbertCarlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant
Number of Weeks: 8
Susan Rose,James Gerencser
Jessica A LizardoNo Longer Silenced: Anti-Haitianism in the Dominican Republic's Educational System and Second Generation Haitian Children
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant
Number of Weeks: 4
Amy Steinbugler

2016

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Virginia KopackiPassing Muster: Negotiating the Racialized and Gendered "Mythology" of Reenactment
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant
Kjell Enge
Nalani Noel SaitoWhole of Happa: An Intergenerational Study of Japanese Hawaiians
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant
Number of Weeks: 8
Ann Hill

2015

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Mariel Carmen FernandezLa Calle Habla: Exploring Street Art in Lima, Peru
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant, Student International Research Fund (SIRF)
Number of Weeks: 3
Marcelo Borges
Wendy Lorena GomezEveryday Energy Justice in Bangladesh
Supported by: Community Studies Center, Community Studies Center, R&D SFR
Number of Weeks: 8
Heather Bedi
Wendy Lorena GomezEveryday Energy Justice in Bangladesh
Supported by: Community Studies Center, Community Studies Center, R&D SFR
Number of Weeks: 8
Heather Bedi
Jiyeong ParkFamily Planning and Contraception Among the Cameroonian Women in Polygamous Households in M'muock Leteh, Cameroon
Supported by: Community Studies Center (CSC) Grant, Student International Research Fund (SIRF)
Number of Weeks: 2
Susan Rose

2003

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Rosemary McGunnigle-GonzalesEngaging Students in the Field: Community Studies and Ethnographic Research
Conference: Eastern Sociology Meetings
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Susan Rose
Aja OwensEngaging Students in the Field: Community Studies and Ethnographic Researc
Conference: Eastern Sociology Meetings
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Susan Rose
Marie Aurelie PecoraroEngaging Students in the Field: Community Studies and Ethnographic Researc
Conference: Eastern Sociology Meetings
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Susan Rose
Jasmin Sanchez-LopezEngaging Students in the Field: Community Studies and Ethnographic Research
Conference: Eastern Sociology Meetings
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Susan Rose
David Tyler SteinEngaging Students in the Field: Community Studies and Ethnographic Research
Conference: Eastern Sociology Meetings
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Susan Rose

2002

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Lidya ArayaCrossing Borders: Innovative Programs in Intercultural Education at Home and Abroad. Changing Students in a Changing World: Culturally Diverse, Economically Divided, Globally Interdependent
Conference: AAC&U Meeting
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Joyce Bylander,Susan Rose,Emerita Lonna Malmsheimer
Colleen Elizabeth Heller-SteinCommunity Studies: Class, Race, and Qualitative Research
Conference: Southern Sociology Meeting
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Brenda Bretz,Sharon O'Brien,Susan Rose
Colleen Elizabeth Heller-SteinCrossing Borders: Innovative Programs in Intercultural Education at Home and Abroad. Changing Students in a Changing World: Culturally Diverse, Economically Divided, Globally Interdependent
Conference: AAC&U Meeting
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Joyce Bylander,Susan Rose,Emerita Lonna Malmsheimer
James Robert MoserCommunity Studies: Class, Race, and Qualitative Research
Conference: Southern Sociology Meeting
Supported by: Mellon "Crossing Borders" grant
Brenda Bretz,Sharon O'Brien,Susan Rose

2001

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Kirsten KorellGerman Women in Comodoro Rivadavia
Conference: CPC Women's Studies Conference, Session on Bodies, Boundaries & Narratives
Supported by: Central Pennsylvania Consortium
Susan Rose,Marcelo Borges

1998

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Hilary Brooke ErnsbergerThe American Mosaic, A College-Community Collaboration: Ethnography, Oral History and Memoir
Conference: Oral History Association
Supported by: American Studies Department, Sociology Department
Sharon O'Brien,Susan Rose,Charles Barone
April ForgengThe American Mosaic, A College-Community Collaboration: Ethnography, Oral History and Memoir
Conference: Oral History Association
Supported by: American Studiesy Department, Sociology Department
Sharon O'Brien,Susan Rose,Charles Barone
Jamie Metzinger ShoverThe American Mosaic, A College-Community Collaboration: Ethnography, Oral History and Memoir
Conference: Oral History Association
Supported by: American Studies Department, Sociology Department
Sharon O'Brien,Susan Rose,Charles Barone

1997

Student NameProjectFaculty/Mentor
Jamie Metzinger ShoverThe American Mosaic: Steelton, PA
Conference: University of Pennsylvania Ethnography in Education Forum
Supported by: American Studies Department, Sociology Department
Sharon O'Brien,Susan Rose,Charles Barone