The Arts Internship Office is pleased to announce the launch of the Arts Undergraduate Research Internship Awards (ARIA) for Summer 2013. Established by Dean Christopher P. Manfredi in 2010, the purpose of the Arts Undergraduate Research Internship Award (ARIA) is to support undergraduate students who undertake research during the summer under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Students contribute to the professor’s research agenda while gaining useful academic research skills.
For Summer 2013, the Faculty of Arts will provide undergraduate Research Internship Awards, each with a value $2000. These awards are matched by individual faculty members or their departments to provide a total award of $4000 to the student.
In the first three years of the program, a total of 100 awards were disbursed to students in nearly every department and program in the Faculty. The students engaged in a high level of scholarship, enhancing their research skills and knowledge of their fields, and received mentorship from their supervising professors. Professors gained research support from some of the Faculty’s brightest students.
For Program information see: Information for Students | Information for Professors
We Thank Our Donors
The ARIA Program is supported by the generous contributions from McGill alumni, the Dean of Arts and the Arts Undergraduate Internship Fund (AUIF).
Joanne Kesten and James Weinberg
- The Joanne Kesten and James Weinberg Arts Undergraduate Research Award
Mr. Charles Kime
Ms. E. Alexandra Dosman
Mr. Harry Samuel
Dr. Holly Korda
Dr. Joan Eakin and Christopher Hoffman
- The Eakin & Hoffmann Arts Research Internship Award
Established in 2012, by Dr. Joan Eakin, BA'70, MA'73, PhD'80, and her husband, Christopher Hoffmann, BSc'69, BCL'74, LLB'79, to support one or more undergraduate students participating in internships conducted through the Arts Undergraduate Research Internship Award Program. Preference will be given to students pursuing sociological research that uses qualitative methodology. In the case of no eligible candidates, preference will be given to students pursuing social science and health research upon the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
McGill Arts Undergraduate Internship Fund
ARIA Summer 2012 Projects
In 2012, 30 students from 17 departments and programs have received awards to work under the supervision of faculty members. The students are engaging in a high level of scholarship, enhancing their research skills and receiving mentorship from their supervising professors. Professors are gaining research assistance from some of the Faculty’s strongest and most enthusiastic students.
Information about the 2012 Arts Research Internship Awards (ARIA) recipients are listed below (by department), including the research topic, the ARIA recipient, and the supervising professor.
Art History and Communication Studies
Phantom Witness: The 1964 Genovese Murder and Its Cultural Legacy
Patrick DeDauw, English
Prof. Carrie Rentschler, Art History and Communication Studies
Thinking the Temporally Evolving Chemical Object in Enlightenment Britain
Flora Dunster, Art History
Prof. Matthew Hunter, Art History and Communication Studies
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC)
McGill University as Media Hub
Danyse Golick, English
Prof. Will Straw, Art History and Communication Studies
Economics
Changes in the Progressivity of the US Income Tax System
Saad Qazi, Economics and Mathematics
Prof. Markus Poschke, Economics
Long-Term Care: Macroeconomic Implications and Policy
Sam Gyetvay, Economics and Mathematics
Prof. Daniel Barczyk, Economics
Tail Thickness Measures in High Frequency Return Data
Gavril Petrov, Economics and Mathematics
Prof. John Galbraith, Economics
Variability Canadian GDP Forecasting
Matthew Meland, Economics
Prof. John Galbraith, Economics
English
Elizabeth Bowen: Architecture and Reviews
The Irish Way of Dying: Ulysses and Funeral Processions
Kevin Droz, English
Prof. Allan Hepburn, English
Thomas Ogle and the Photographic Illustration of Romantic Writing
Emily Halpert-Cole, English
Prof. Tom Mole, English
History
Public Opinion and Andrew Jackson’s Invasion of Florida
Jonathon Booth, History and Economics
Prof. Jason Opal, History
Tracing Montreal's Migrants to Santos, Brazil in 1896: Towards a Database Construction and Interpretation
Benjamin Gordon, History
Prof. John Zucchi, History
Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies (IGSF)
Framing Citizenship: Minority Women and the Regulation of Identity
Amar Nijhawan, Political Science and International Development Studies
Prof. Vrinda Narain, Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
Institute of Islamic Studies
Scientific Traditions in Islamic Societies
Wendy Belisle, Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology
Prof. F. Jamil Ragep, Institute for Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
The Bio-Critical Introduction to Rachel Korn
Elay Kornecki, English
Prof. Esther Frank, Jewish Studies
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The Werther Effect: Topologies of Eighteenth-Century German Literature
Carol Fraser, German Studies and East Asian Studies
Prof. Andrew Piper, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Langue et littérature françaises
Médias 19: pratiques et poétiques journalistiques au 19e siècle
Félix-Antoine Marcoux, Langue et littérature françaises
Prof. Pascal Brissette, Langue et littérature françaises
Suzanne de Nervèze, libelliste sous Mazarin
Elizabeth Plante, Langue et littérature françaises
Prof. Diane Desrosiers, Langue et littérature françaises
Linguistics
The Acquisition of Spanish Plural by Native Speakers of English: Extending the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis
Madeleine Revill, Linguistics
Prof. Heather Goad, Linguistics
Investigation of Negation and Quantifiers in Korean
Erica Jiye Yoon, Cognitive Science
Prof. Junko Shimoyama, Linguistics
Acquisition and Processing of Degree Quantifiers in English
Kalyna Franko, Linguistics and Psychology
Prof. Yosef Grodzinsky, Linguistics
Philosophy
The Cognitive Science of Geometry
Rachael Berta, Cognitive Science
Prof. Dirk Schlimm, Philosophy
Cognitive Modeling of Arithmetic with Different Numeral Systems
Samuel Stathakos, Cognitive Science
Prof. Dirk Schlimm, Philosophy
Political Science
Aboriginal Politics and the Charlottetown Accord: Diversity and Consensus
Remy Ventura, Political Science
Prof. Christa Scholtz, Political Science
Civic Engagement, Participation and Social Capital in Comparative Perspective
Michael Robichaud, History and Political Science
Prof. Dietlind Stolle, Political Science
Marx's Transformation of Socialist Principles
Jake Z. Bleiberg, Political Science
Prof. William Clare Roberts, Political Science
Oxford History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought
Elisa Muyl, Political Science and International Development
Prof. Jacob T. Levy, Political Science
Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID)
Toward New Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development in Resource Extraction Industries
Emma Feldman, History
Prof. Philip Oxhorn, Political Science and the Institute for the Study of International Development
Social Work
Disclosure Processes of Childhood Sexual Abuse Experiences among Adult Survivors
Andrea Palmer, Social Work
Prof. Delphine Collin-Vézina, Social Work
Sociology
Interpersonal Relations and Group Cohesion in the Military
Radu Andrei Parvulescu, Sociology
Prof. Eran Shor, Sociology
Police Killings in Canada, 1990-2010
Anne-Sophie Ponsot, Sociology
Prof. Jason Carmichael, Sociology