Teaching and Learning Center

Research Projects

2007 Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities

alone, together
project mentor:
Kari Lerum, PhD
Research by this team focused on school-aged children and addressed bullying and other acts of violence against sexual minorities and resulted in a powerful film accompanied by both a viewing guide and comprehensive curriculum.

Won't you be my neighbor?
project mentor:
Ron Krabill, PhD

This group of UW undergraduates asked: "What is the best way to create an authentic body of knowledge relevant to community, home, and what it means to be a good neighbor in relation to Tent City 4?"

2007 Undergraduate Research Projects

Garbage Art: Scratching the Scores
project directors:
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, PhD & Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, PhD
Research culminated in a paper presented at the May, 2007 Events Structure Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark examining the art of garbage via the actions of "scratch" and "score."

Launching a Student Working Group by Studying Shell Repair
project director:
Becca Price, PhD
Research group studied how Nucella lamellosa repairs shell damage in order to furthur our understanding of evolutionary solutions to conflicting selective pressures.

Puzzling Out the Humanities
project director:
Linda Watts, PhD
Research focused around landmark legal cases—termed "Cases of Conscience" by the research team—in which matters of principle were at stake.