CRC IS Coordinators: Sierra Clark '17, Nicole Martinez '18 (spring '17), Morgan Patrick '16.5 (fall '16), who held information sessions, met students for appointments, served on the selection committee, and built community amongst current (G)ISPers.
Independent Studies sub-committee of the College Curriculum Council (CCC): Dean Besenia Rodriguez '00 (CCC), Luke Camery '17 (CCC), Elizabeth Koplas '17 (CCC), Roee Gutman (CCC, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics), Sierra Clark '17, Morgan Patrick '16.5, Nicole Martinez '18
Independent Studies (Group Independent Study Projects, Independent Study Projects, Academic Internships + Global Independent Study Projects):
Fall 2016:
11 proposals submitted
10 approved; 9 in session (8 GISPs, 1 ISP)
Spring 2017:
20 proposals submitted
14 approved (10 GISPs, 3 ISPs, 1 AI)
Global Independent Studies (GLISPs): GLISP Coordinator Camille Garnsey '17 staffed at the CRC and Office of International Programs.
Fall 2016:
12 proposals
10 approved; 9 took place
Examples: Recording Scotland through Painting, Advisor: Leigh Tarantino, VISA; Environmentalism in Hong Kong, Advisor: Timmons Roberts, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Spring 2017:
9 proposed
8 approved, 7 took place
Examples: Russian Orthodoxy as a Political, Social and Cultural Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, Advisor: Fabrizio Fenghi, Slavic Studies; and Maghreb to Metropole: A History of North Africans in Twentieth Century France, Advisor: Kelly Colvin, History
GISPs become courses (link to Brown Daily Herald articles):
Independent Studies sub-committee of the College Curriculum Council (CCC): Dean Besenia Rodriguez '00 (CCC), Luke Camery '17 (CCC), Elizabeth Koplas '17 (CCC), Roee Gutman (CCC, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics), Sierra Clark '17, Morgan Patrick '16.5, Nicole Martinez '18
Independent Studies (Group Independent Study Projects, Independent Study Projects, Academic Internships + Global Independent Study Projects):
Fall 2016:
11 proposals submitted
10 approved; 9 in session (8 GISPs, 1 ISP)
- Earth Science Education in American High Schools, Jan Tullis, faculty sponsor
- Feminismus in Deutschland, Thomas Kniesche
- Generative Yucatecan Syntax Project, Philip Hofmeister
- Musical Aggression and Transgression: The Development of Metal and Metal Subculture, Joshua Tucker
- Optimization of the Grow-Out and Harvesting Processes of the Black Soldier Fly, Dawn King
- Principles of Forensic Psychology, Brian Hayden
- Who Tells Your Story: Revision, Disidentification, and Glorification in Hamilton, Elmo Terry-Morgan
- Pedagogy Against the Patriarchy, Gail Cohee
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Sleep Chronobiology (ISP), Elena Festa
Spring 2017:
20 proposals submitted
14 approved (10 GISPs, 3 ISPs, 1 AI)
- Title IX and Campus Safety in the US (AI), Susan Moffitt
- Transilluminator Design: From Problem to Patent, Celinda Kofron
- Follow for Follow: Society and Social Media in the Digital Age, Brian Hayden
- The Politics of Thinking: Hannah Arendt and the Romantics (ISP), William Keach
- Interrogating Lovecraftian Influences in Modern Media, Dorin Smith
- Superheroes: East Meets West, Andrew, Colarusso
- Yorùbá Religion and African Freedom Struggles, Andrew Colarusso
- Indigenous Womxn's Politics and Existence, Adrienne Keene
- Virtual Reality For Education, Ugur Cetintemel
- Los Angeles in Focus, Stephano Bloch
- Indo-European Philology (ISP), Joseph Pucci
- Sounds of Mexico: El Mariachi (ISP), Joshua Tucker
- Ladies First: Writing the Female-Led TV Sitcom, Chika Unigwe
- Narratives of Homelessness and Movement Formation, Erik Ehn & Alan Flam
Global Independent Studies (GLISPs): GLISP Coordinator Camille Garnsey '17 staffed at the CRC and Office of International Programs.
Fall 2016:
12 proposals
10 approved; 9 took place
Examples: Recording Scotland through Painting, Advisor: Leigh Tarantino, VISA; Environmentalism in Hong Kong, Advisor: Timmons Roberts, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Spring 2017:
9 proposed
8 approved, 7 took place
Examples: Russian Orthodoxy as a Political, Social and Cultural Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, Advisor: Fabrizio Fenghi, Slavic Studies; and Maghreb to Metropole: A History of North Africans in Twentieth Century France, Advisor: Kelly Colvin, History
GISPs become courses (link to Brown Daily Herald articles):