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FASS Undergraduate Summer Research 2020 Interns Selected!

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The FASS Undergraduate Summer Research Internship program invited students to submit a research project that they will work on during the summer of 2020 in collaboration with a faculty member in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Candidates will receive a stipend of $7500 over the course of the summer. The research project undertaken will constitute a full-time occupation during the summer term.

2020 Summer Interns

StudentProject TitleDepartmentSupervisor
Manahil Bandukwala(Be)longing in the Digital Age: Diaspora Poetry and the Imaginary HomelandEnglishDr. Mayurika Chakravorty
Alexandra (Jupiter) BavingtonHow Can the Success Rates of Passive Ecological Restoration/Revegetation be Enhanced?Geography and Environmental StudiesDr. David Hugill
Isabella BossomThe Potential Negative Impact of Nostalgic Reverie for Relapses in Eating Disorder Psychology and BehavioursPsychologyDr. Michael Wohl
Emma BornheimerNetspeak, Autism, and the Internet: Contextual Analysis of NetspeakSchool of Linguistics and Language StudiesDr. Tamara Sorenson Duncan
Kate HiggisonClinging to the Past: Gender Inequality and Collective NostalgiaPsychologyDr. Michael Wohl
Marta KolbuszewskaMaintaining a Flourishing Relationship: The Role of Motivation in Shaping Data QualityPsychologyDr. Cheryl Harasymchuk
Rebecca KornDiana Markosian’s Photographic Series 1915: Pushing Beyond the Limits of Euro-Centric Art History, Time and SpaceArt HistoryDr. Birgit Hopfener
Hikmet MawiNarrating Identity in Canada: Exploring the Experiences of First Generation Black Youth in OttawaInterdisciplinary StudiesDr. Alexandra Arraiz Matute
Tobin NgFiguring Out Who We Are: Identity Construction of Chinese Canadian Youth in Richmond, BCSociology and JournalismDr. Xiaobei Chen
Sarah SzumlanskiAbleism And Medical Error: The Experience Of Young Women With Invisible Rare Diseases In CanadaSchool of Linguistics and Language StudiesDr. Kelly Fritsch