2009 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 2009.

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 8 through August 14, 2009

STIPEND: $3200 plus a $1400 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 2010, 2011 and 2012.) 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 25, 2009

NOTIFICATION DATE: March 20, 2009

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Completed application form, resume, personal statement, and Wellesley College transcript..

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, 2008, click here.

Pat Bois pbois@wellesley.edu

Office of the Dean of the College

Created: February 16, 1999

Last Modified: February 9, 2009