The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded stipends to 88 undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. Four of those are WGS students:
- Ian McGovern, major in classics & religious studies and minor in women's & gender studies, for "Landscape and Environmental Impact and Influence on Classical Cultures from Antiquity and the Degrading Effects on the Archeological Record Due to Excavating Processes During a Field Survey"
- Madison Morrissette, double major in political science and communication studies with minors in women's & gender studies, global studies, economics, human rights & humanitarian affairs, history, psychology, and LGBTQ/Sexuality studies, for "Evaluating Parent Perception of Fairness in the Douglas County FIRST Court"
- Lori Nevole, double major in English and women's & gender studies with minors in digital humanities and film, for "Willa Cather Archive"
- Cassy Ross, double major in global studies and political science with minors in women's & gender studies, Arabic, human rights & humanitarian affairs, national security studies, religious studies, and global leadership, for "Refugee Resettlement and Entrepreneurship"
Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Undergraduate students receive stipends of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. The students' projects span across academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.
The students also will have opportunities to participate in mentoring workshops and activities with undergraduates from other institutions who are participating in Nebraska's Summer Research Program. In August, both groups of students will present posters on their research and creative activities at a campus research symposium. For more about undergraduate research at Nebraska, click here.
