Summer Mellon Grant Research Presentations
Gettysburg College received a $50,000 New Presidents Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand research opportunities for students and faculty working collaboratively on projects during the summer.
Five student-faculty research projects were selected to kick off the program:
- Jeff Parkinson '07, majoring in history and minoring in German and secondary education, worked with history professor William Bowman to conduct research on international soccer as a global phenomenon from the late 19th century to the modern day.
- Nicole Puza '08, majoring in biology, conducted research on tropical marine snails with biology professors Istvan Urcuyo and Steven James, spending part of her time collecting specimens for her project in Nicaragua.
- Leanne Tyler '07, a double major in political science and economics, collaborated with political science professor Caroline Hartzell to explain why some states achieve peace following the end of an armed civil war while others do not. Tyler plans to extend her research and travel to El Salvador in the spring to interview factions involved in the country's 13-year civil war.
- Freya Gibbon '07, majoring in environmental studies with a minor in writing, worked with environmental studies professor Randall Wilson to establish an organic garden on the College's campus to produce food for the local food bank and campus dining services.
- Kristen Rhodes '07, majoring in philosophy and minoring in art history, explored juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system. Working closely with philosophy professor Lisa Portmess, she read widely in disciplines ranging from biology to history, visited juvenile courts in several states, and interviewed individuals working in the juvenile justice system in Adams County. She combined these lines of research to prepare a paper examining the practice of treating juvenile offenders as adult criminals.
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