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Eligibility
Submission deadline
Past recipients
Department
of English
Department of
Languages & Literatures
Department
of Philosophy
Department
of Religious Studies
Film & Media Studies
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Three awards of $2000 each for independent student research
in the Humanities
Eligibility:
Any advanced ASU undergraduate with at least 60 hours completed
at
Arizona State University may apply for this independent research award.
Student must be in good academic standing, and majoring in a humanities
department or program.
Each
student receiving an award will enroll in a 499 course in the major
(eligible majors include English, Languages & Literatures,
History, Interdisciplinary
Humanities, Film & Media Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies) and work closely with
an advisor to produce a scholarly paper (or equivalent) in the
humanities.
NOTE: The 499 independent study course may not be concurrent with the
Honors thesis or with a pro-seminar, but it may be a springboard to
either one.
English Department Workshop:
Undergraduates planning to apply for a Sun Angel Research Grant through the English Department are advised to attend a preparatory workshop, which will assist them with finding faculty sponsors for their projects and with preparing their applications. If you have questions or need further information, please contact Professor Rosalynn Voaden Rosalynn.Voaden@asu.edu
Application:
The deadline for the Fall 2008 award is Friday, March 28, 2008.
Applications are available here (link to web). For more
information, please contact Michele Daley, Manager of Scholarship Administration. E-mail: Michele.Daley@asu.edu.
Application Information for Fall 2008:
This program provides opportunities for undergraduates at ASU who are
majoring in one of the Humanities to receive financial support for innovative,
independent research. The eligible Humanities Programs are: English,
Languages and Literatures, History, Film & Media Studies, Philosophy,
and Religious Studies.
Program Objectives:
- Enhancing the overall quality
of undergraduate education in the Humanities
- Preparing students for graduate
studies or research careers
- Attracting excellent students
to the Humanities.
Students' Responsibilities:
Students must be advanced ASU undergraduates (at least 60 hours completed
with l5 at ASU), majoring in a humanities department, and in good academic
standing. Each student will enroll in a 499 course in the major (not
honors thesis or other required courses, although the 499 may be a
springboard
to these courses) and will work closely with a faculty advisor on an
original project approved by the advisor. Students will produce a written paper or the equivalent, to be approved by
the advisor, and will be encouraged to present the research results
in a public forum. Each student is eligible
for no more than one award.
Faculty Advisors' Responsibilities:
As part of the student's application,
a faculty advisor will write a letter of support to the Award Selection
Committee about the project. In that letter, the faculty member discusses
the merit and importance of the proposed project and agrees to oversee
the project. The faculty member also agrees to certify at
midterm that satisfactory progress is being made.
During the project, the advisor agrees to meet regularly
with student, to help produce a work
plan and a timetable, and to provide guidance to the student throughout
the project.
Selection Criteria:
The quality of the proposal, its originality, and the
likelihood that the project can be completed in one semester will constitute
the primary basis for selection. Student is advised to select a
reasonable, well-defined project than to tackle the great riddles of
the universe. The Award Selection Committee encourages projects that
can be carried out in the context of a regularly scheduled class.
Awards will be announced by June 1, 2008.
Past Award Recipients:
| 2007-2008 |
Kendra Kennedy (History, Women & Gender Studies)
"Knights and Belles of the Meschianza: Exploring Gender in the American Revolution"
Advisor: Catherine Kaplan
Stefanie Anne Craig (English)
“Manga as Adolescent Literature: A Study of American Popular Culture”
Advisor: Alleen Nilsen
Ginger Hanson (English)
“Seeking Truth in Green Advertising: or, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love G.E.”
Advisor: Peter Goggin |
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| 2006-2007 |
Joseph Eschrich (Film and Media Studies)
"The Flesh Made Image: The Gendered Body of Christ in Film"
Advisor: Peter Lehman
Anne M. Glaros (Art History)
“Le Flambeau Vivant: The Role of the Female Muse in Nineteenth Century Art and Literature”
Advisor: Aleksandra Gruzinska
Elizabeth Thornton (Integrated Studies)
“Beyond the Mosaic and into the Mind: Cognitive Linguistics and the Translations of Horace’s Hyperbaton”
Advisor: Danko Sipka
Patricia Leppla (History)
“Elizabeth and Marriage with the Archduke”
Advisor: Retha Warnicke
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| 2005-2006 |
Melissa Kathryn Leary (English)
"Gendering Revenge"
Advisor: Ayanna Thompson
Martin Martos II (English / Religious Studies)
"Transgression and Relief: Alicia Suskin Ostriker's Poetry, Revision and the Hermeneutics of Metaphor."
Advisor: Cynthia Hogue
Danette Turner (History)
"The Rise and Decline of the Southwest's Mounted Police Movement: Race,
Violence, and Peace-keeping Along the United States-Mexican Frontier
Border, 1835-1935."
Advisor: Arturo Rosales |
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| 2004-2005 |
Megan Faragher (English)
"Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill and Eilean Ni Chuilleanain: Post-Feminist
Interpretations of Irish Revivalist Poetic Mythologies."
Advisor: Gregory Castle
Douglas J. Spencer (German)
"A Transdisciplinary Analysis of Language Reform in Germany Spanning the 17th-20th Centuries."
Advisor: John Alexander |
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| 2003-2004 |
Elizabeth Moreau (English)
"New Words in the Works of Ursula K. Le Guin."
Advisor: Alleen Nilsen
Christina K. Smith (English)
"Memoirs of Robert Lindneux"
Advisor: Beth Luey
Michael B. Crites (French / Computer Information Systems)
"The Global Economy of the 16th Century and Its Influence on the Works of Montaigne."
Advisor: Deborah Losse
Nick Johnston (History)
"The Church's Rejection of Peter Waldo."
Advisor: Rachel Koopmans |
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| 2002-2003 |
Lynn Bolander (BIS: History/Women's Studies)
"Food for Thought: A Study of American Cookbooks, 1790-1885"
Advisor: Susan Gray
Vince Gonzalez (Religious Studies)
"The Seal of Sainthood: Sufi Doctrinal Debates over Ibn al-'Arabi"
Advisor: David Damrel
Nathan Hofer (Religious Studies)
"Crossing Boundaries: Hekhalot and Modern Jewish Spirituality."
Advisor: Joel Gereboff
Joshua Mix (History)
"The Impact of the Emperor Hadrian on Roman Art and Architecture."
Advisor: Kevin Carroll
Brittany Shumate (History)
"Backlash: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Conservative Reaction of the Eighties"
Advisor: Kyle Longley
Erin Torkelson (English)
Advisor: Gregory Castle |
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| 2001-2002 |
Susan Alexander (Philosophy)
"Confucian and Christian Cosmologies: Ricci's Interpretations of Tian and Heaven."
Advisor: Hoyt Tillman
Sandra Bensley (History / Political Science)
"Tucson's Mission Manor Neighborhood: A Study of Social Mobility and Immigration Trends."
Advisor: F. Arturo Rosales
Tina Consentino (Russian)
"The Politics of Language Policies in Latvia, Macedonia, Tatarstan, and Arizona"
Advisor: Stephen K. Batalden
Lucía González (Spanish)
"Mother Tongue, Modern Tongue: A Sociolinguistic Study of the Role of
Women in the Conservation of Spanish in the Phoenix Area"
Advisor: Holly R. Cashman |
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| 2000-2001 |
Beverly G. Ceballos (History / Spanish)
"In Defense of Revolution: Case Studies of Four Feminist Women in Mexico."
Advisor: K. Lynn Stoner
Heidi Ernst (Philosophy / Psychology)
"Being & Unconsciousness: An Existential Critique of Classic & Modern Psychoanalysis."
Advisor: J. Kent Wright
Jamison Gray (German)
"The Brothers Grimm in Translation: A Comparative Analysis of The Juniper Tree."
Advisor: John Alexander
Jessica Jordan (Japanese / Religious Studies)
"Japanese Memory of World War II"
Advisor:
James Foard
Heather Lundine (Humanities)
"Memetic Theory and Late 20th Century American Popular Religion."
Advisor: John M. Lynch
Brandon R. Stout (English)
"Felix Culpa: Variations on the 'Fortunate Fall' in Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
Advisor: Gregory Castle |
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| 1999-2000 |
Mitchell Gutman (English)
"A Look at Classical Rome Through Modern Eyes."
Advisor: Diane A. Facinelli
Michael Paul Kniffen (Humanities)
"Shakespeare in Question: Stoppard's Dialectical Engagement of Literary Figures."
Advisor: Gregory Castle
Myron A. Mykyta (English / Religious Studies)
"A Giardian Analysis of Chaucer's Knight's Tale."
Advisor: Rosalynn Voaden
Michael Pfister (English)
"Let the Words Swing: Jazz in African American Children's Literature"
Advisor: Neal A. Lester
Mary Esther Ruiz (History / Anthropology)
"Michican Men Diamonds in the Rough: A History of the Seventh Michigan Calvary Company D."
Advisor: Brooks Simpson
Jennifer Santos (English)
"Carlyle and Complexity: Order and Chaos in Sartor Resartus."
Advisor: Mark Lussier |
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| 1998-1999 |
Monica Marie Gonzalez (English)
"The 1848/1898 Transhistoric Origins of Chicana Feminist Literature."
Advisor: Cordelia Candelaria
Michael C. Mayer (Humanities)
"Religious Orthodoxy and the Mechanics of Sainthood in The Book of Margery Kempe."
Advisor: Anita Obermeier |
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| 1997-1998 |
Douglas Topper (English)
"Analysis of Rhetorical Devices in Shakespeare's Histories."
Advisor: Jean R. Brink
Chris Pexa (Religious Studies / Anthropology)
"Lakota Religious Ethnography: Discerning Its Interpretive Strategies."
Advisor: Kenneth M. Morrison |
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