In 2011, 37 students from 17 departments and programs received awards to work under the supervision of faculty members.
Anthropology
"The Kasenda Project"
Anabel Cossette Civitella, International Development Studies
Prof. Colin Chapman, Anthropology
"The Kasenda Project"
Hope Bigda-Peyton, International Development Studies
Prof. Colin Chapman, Anthropology
"Anthropology Beyond the Human"
Sheehan Moore, Anthropology
Prof. Eduardo Kohn, Anthropology
Art History and Communication Studies
"The Ends of Empire: Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in An Age of Decline"
Jackson Davidow, Art History
Prof. Cecily Hilsdale, Art History and Communication Studies
"Photographic Studios as Points of Cultural Intersection"
Joseph Henry, Art History and German Studies
Prof. Will Straw, Art History and Communication Studies
"Grain Elevators and the Politics of Technology in Rural Canada"
John Watson, English
Prof. Darin Barney, Art History and Communication Studies
Economics
"Canada's Looming Demographic Fiscal Squeeze"
David Meredith, Economics
Prof. Chris Ragan, Economics
"Cancer Screening Guideline Compliancy by Insurance Status in the US"
Jean-Philippe Garant, Economics
Prof. Erin Strumpf, Economics
"Do Fast Track Courts Temper Judicial Delay in India?"
Siddharth Mishra, Economics
Prof. Matthieu Chemin, Economics
"Principles TestBank and The Market for Real-Return Bonds"
Hannah Herman, Economics
Prof. Chris Ragan, Economics
"An Experimental Study of the Evolution of Institutions"
Samiha Chowdhory, Economics
Prof. Jim Engle-Warnick, Economics
English
"Representations of Romantic Writers in Nineteenth-Century British Newspapers and Periodicals"
Olivia Ferguson, English
Prof. Tom Mole, English
"The Automatic in Theatrical Performance"
Sinead Petrasek, Art History
Prof. Erin Hurley, English
"Research on Frances Burney's Additional Journals and Letters, 1791-1840"
Stefanie Cardarelli, English
Prof. Peter Sabor, English
"An Experimental Night: Multimedia Dance, Performance, and Audio-Visual Impulsivity in the Works of Marie Chouinard, Thierry de Mey"
Stefanie Miller, English
Prof. Alanna Thain, English
German Studies
"Writing Life: The History of Autobiography in German"
Emilio Comay del Junco, German Studies and Philosophy
Prof. Andrew Piper, German Studies
History
"Following Neo-Tropical Landscape Cultures Over the Longue Duree: The Cocle River Watershed (Panama), 11 000 BP to the Present"
Laurianne St-Onge, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Prof. Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert, History
"Imperial Families: Transnational Networks and Indigenous Rights"
Renee Saucier, History
Prof. Elizabeth Elbourne, History
"Early Modern Census-Making: Political Administration in France's Atlantic Empire"
Matthew Dowling, History and Canadian Studies
Prof. Catherine Desbarats, History
"Revisiting the Single Tax in Western Canada"
Matthew Vasilev, History
Prof. Elsbeth Heaman, History
International Development Studies
"Research to Practice: Translating University Research into Evidence Based Policy"
Justin Miletti, Political Science
Prof. Philip Oxhorn, Political Science, Institute for the Study of International Development
Islamic Studies
"Transmission, Translation and Transformation in Medieval Cultures"
Amy Monroe, Middle East Studies
Prof. F. Jamil Ragep, Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
"History of Jewish Interpretation of the Bible"
Elena Dugan, Religious Studies
Prof. Barry Levy, Jewish Studies
Linguistics
"Allophonic Variation and Speech Segmentation"
Erin Olson, Linguistics
Prof. Michael Wagner, Linguistics
Middle East Studies
"Aesthetics and Politics in Contemporary Iran"
Jenna Horner, Middle East Studies, Art History
Prof. Setrag Manoukian, Islamic Studies, Anthropology, Middle East Studies
Philosophy
"Theoretical Research on the Relationship Between Trust and Self-Esteem"
Elizabeth Scott, Psychology
Prof. Ian Gold, Philosophy
"The Works of Moritz Pasch"
Tyler Call, Philosophy
Prof. Dirk Schlimm, Philosophy
"The Hard Problem of Consciousness"
Lyndon Entwistle, Philosophy
Prof. Storrs McCall, Philosophy
"Neurophilosophy of Trust"
William Hamilton, Cognitive Science
Prof. Ian Gold, Philosophy
"Jealousy, Belief-Salience and the Development of Delusion"
Elisabeth Gill, Philosophy and English
Prof. Ian Gold, Philosophy
Political Science
"Big City Values: The Normative Autonomy of Cities"
Haley Wasserman, Political Science
Prof. Victor Muniz-Fratielli, Political Science
"Dangerous Diasporas"
Majd Al-Khaldi, Economics and Political Science
Prof. Stephen Saideman, Political Science
"Political Participation"
Maria Surilas, Political Science
Prof. Dietlind Stolle, Political Science
"Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom"
Zoe Miller-Vedam, Political Science
Prof. Jacob T. Levy, Political Science
Social Work
"Temporary Foreign Workers: The Pull of Canadian Labour and Immigration Practices & the Push of Placement Agencies in the Philippines"
Tanya Bindra, International Development Studies and Women’s Studies
Prof. Jill Hanley, School of Social Work
Sociology
"World of States"
Andreea Mogosanu, Sociology
Prof. John A. Hall, Sociology
"A Sociological Analysis of the Use of Deadly Force From 1977-2010"
Amber Gross, Philosophy and History
Prof. Jason Carmichael, Sociology