2008 SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM IN

SOCIAL SCIENCES

AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Open only to Wellesley College Students

Wellesley College will offer a social sciences summer research program in the summer of 2008.

PROGRAM FEATURES:

• Student research supervised by Wellesley College faculty members

• Weekly seminars for participants to present their work

• Workshops on use of technology, data resources, public speaking

• Poster presentation at end of program

PROGRAM DATES: June 2 through August 8, 2008

STIPEND: $3300 plus a $1300 allotment for housing. Housing will be available on

Wellesley College Campus. Arrangements can be made by contacting the Housing

Office (phone: 781-283-2809.)

ELIGIBILITY: Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors (Classes of 2009, 2010 and 2011.) Preference may be given to rising juniors and seniors.

Students participating in the summer research program may not concurrently elect courses in any summer school.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 22, 2008

NOTIFICATION DATE: March 14, 2008

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Completed application form, resume, personal statement, and Wellesley grade report.

For application click here

CONTACT INFORMATION: Contact Ms. Pat Bois, c/o Office of Dean of College, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA 02481-8203 (e-mail: pbois@wellesley.edu; phone: 781-283-3510) for more information. Additional questions regarding the program should be directed to Professor Lee Cuba, Department of Sociology (lcuba@wellesley.edu, 781-283-3565) or Professor Andrea Levitt, Department of French (alevitt@wellesley.edu, 781-283-2140).

For information on faculty research, click here.

For abstracts of last year's student projects, 2007, click here.

Pat Bois pbois@wellesley.edu

Office of the Dean of the College

Created: February 16, 1999

Last Modified: February 1, 2008