Hodson Collaborative Research Program

The Hodson Collaborative Research Program funds research (and sometimes creative work) in the humanities and social sciences conducted by students and faculty working together. Faculty apply for funding with research proposals identifying students who will effectively contribute to the work and grow as researchers through the process. For funded projects, the students are paid as research assistants, with most or all of the work occurring over the summer. 

Hodson Collaborative Research Program
Aaron Lampman Headshot

Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

Aaron Lampman

Dean of Student Achievement and Success; Professor, Anthropology & International Studies

Arresting Views

Stevie Lyles '26 and music professor Ken Schweitzer recording

Music and Images Inspired by Astronomy

With Hodson support, Stevie Lyles ’26 collaborated with music professor Ken Schweitzer on an electronic music performance inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope. 

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Funded Projects    

Department of Anthropology  

Title: Quantitative Analysis of Climate Perception Interview Data
Faculty: Aaron Lampman
Student: Macallen (Mac) Sansbury

Title: MuSE Community Museum Exhibit:  Cultural Heritage of the Eastern Shore
Faculty: Julie Markin
Students: Hailey Bavis, NY Coles-Calloway, Amy Cannon

Title: Archaeological Excavation of Test Pits in Cerro Sulcha, Peru
Faculty: Patrick Mullins
Student: Derek Sarier 

Departments of Art & Art History and Communication and Media Studies

Title: Marketing, Outreach, & Education of Public Sculpture Art in Chestertown
Faculty: Ben Tilghman and Meghan Grosse
Student: Morgan Link

Department of Economics

Title: Central Bank independence after the COVID pandemic
Faculty: Rocío Suárez
Student: Thomas Lundy

Department of Music  

Title: Open Studio Music Recording and Public Engagement 
Faculty: Ken Schweitzer
Students: Stevie Lyles, Euro Najera, Mariana Kilmon

Department of Political Science  

Title: Researching Gender & Conflict for a textbook
Faculty: Carrie Reiling
Student: Nora Beebe, and one TBD

Department of World Languages and Cultures  

Title: Expanding the Digital Mapping of Korean-Argentine Identity
through Archival Research
Faculty: Martin Ponti
Student: Ana Arguello

Title: Archival Research in Paris and Geneva focused on the intellectual works of Germaine de Staël
Faculty: Karen Manna
Students: Carine Smith, Sarah Martin

 

 

Department of Anthropology  
Title: Archaeological Excavations at Cerro Sulcha, Peru 
Students: Harrison Fear and Amy Cannon   
Professor: Patrick Mullins   
  
Title: Washington College Archaeology Lab   
Professor: Julie Markin   
 
Title: Environmental Justice and Incarceration 
Professor: Emily Steinmetz 
 

Department of Communication and Media Studies and Department of Education  
Title: "How do Washington College students understand and experience civic engagement in our community?" 
Professors: Meghan Grosse and Sara Clarke-De Reza 
 

Department of Music  
Title: Steel Drum Composition 
Student: Jack Riveros   
Professor: John Leupold   
 
Title: Immersive Sound Installation 
Student: Stevie Lyles 
Professor: Ken Schweitzer 
 

Department of Political Science  
Title: Immigration Policy and Politics 
Student: Emily Iampieri   
Professor: Flavio Hickel 
 

Department of World Languages and Cultures  
Title: Impact of Urban Spaces on Korean-Argentine Identity 
Student: Lessy Umanzor   
Professor: Martin Ponti   

 

Department of Anthropology  
Title: Archaeological investigation of the Middle Choptank River 

Students: Harrison Fear and Amy Cannon   

Professor: Julie Markin   
  
Department of Communication and Media Studies and Department of Education  
Title: “How do Washington College students understand and experience civic engagement in our community?” 

Students: Molly Andrews, Avery Castellani, Alexis Tackney 

Professors: Meghan Grosse and Sara Clarke-De Reza 
 
Department of Environmental Science 
Title: Knowing and Naming the River and Field Campus 

Student: Autumn Scully

Professor: Valerie Imbruce 
 
 Department of Music  
Title: Arresting Views 
Student: Stevie Lyles 
Professor: Ken Schweitzer 
 
Title: Re-imagine MUS 204: Western Music: Classical to Romantic 

Student: Kaitlyn McCaffery 
Professor: Jon McCollum 
 
Department of Political Science  
Title: Feminist Political Ecology and Peace in West Africa

Student: Ella Yeigh

Professor: Carrie Reiling 
 
Department of World Languages and Cultures  
Title: Research at the Vatican Archives  
Student:  
Professor: Elena Deanda-Camacho

 

 

Aaron Lampman Headshot

Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

Aaron Lampman

Dean of Student Achievement and Success; Professor, Anthropology & International Studies