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Humanities Faculty
Professor Jean Howard
Department of
English and Comparative Literature
Shakespeare and
Drama
- Early
modern London - the city's representation on the
London stage in
the early modern period.
- Research
on more contemporary productions of Shakespeare by groups such as
Joseph Papp's public theater.
Issues in the Humanitites
Research on issues
of gender, sexuality, and the intersection of either with race.
Professor Quandra Prettyman
Barnard College, Department of English
Various Topics
Social Sciences Faculty
Professor Pablo Piccato
Department of History
Crime and Punishment in Mexico
- An analysis
of historical series of crime rates for the twentieth century in Mexico, and
- A qualitative study of criminal practices and social responses in Mexico City
during the same period, based on press and other available sources.
Politics and the
Public Sphere in Modern Mexico
Historical research
on political culture, organizations, public opinion, the press and civil
society in Mexico
since the late nineteenth century to the present.
Professor Robert Shapiro
Department of Political Science
Change and Stability in Public Opinion
Ongoing project tracks public opinion, through opinion survey
data, on a wide
range of domestic and foreign policy issues over time.The summer project would focus on one policy
issue area to be worked out by the student and me.We would consider in general terms the causes
and consequences of opinion trends such as new media reporting and government
policy making in the United
States.
Professor Dorian Warren
Department of Political Science
Diversity and American Labor Unions
This project examines the ways in which labor unions in the
U.S. address issues of diversity in
their organizations, political activities, and in the workplace.
Race, Wal-Mart and Urban Politics
This project examines
debates and conflicts around Wal-Mart economic development projects in L.A., Chicago and New York, especially as
these debates are taking place within communities of color.
Professor Gil Eyal
Department of Sociology
The Causes and Dynamics of the Recent Rise in Autism
Diagnoses
The proposed project will seek to develop and validate an
alternative approach to the study of autism, by treating it as a bio-social
phenomenon. The main argument is that the causes for the recent exponential rise
in autism spectrum diagnoses should be sought neither in purely biological
factors, nor in purely social factors, but in a complex process of "looping"
between the two. The project is multi-sited and multi-method. Researchers will
conduct participant observations and interviews, engage in web-based study of
associations and advocacy groups, and analyze quantitative data of large scale
samples of autistic patients.
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