Authors: Ria Lowenschuss (‘27), Samara Mellis (‘27), and Justin Armstrong (Writing/Anthropology) Justin Over the course of two weeks in May 2025, the three of us foraged for endemic sounds in and around Reykjavik with the goal of gathering material for a series of audio ethnographies reflecting the importance of sound as a text that presents […]
Category: Research Fellowships
Reflection: Complex Problems, Complex Solutions Research Fellowship (Spring 2025)
Author: Mary Kate McGowan In the spring of 2025, I started working on a project with Yixi Gao ’28 and Lenox Balzebre ’28; it’s called “Complex Problems, Complex Solutions.” Yixi and Lenox worked on a preproduction plan for the first episode of a multi-media online magazine that aims to showcase the indispensability of having a […]
Reflection: Bad Bunny Syllabus Research Fellowship (Summer 2025)
Author: Petra Rivera-Rideau This summer I had the pleasure of working with Yahana Streeter (2028) as a Summer Research Fellow. Yahana worked on several different tasks related to the Bad Bunny Syllabus. Bad Bunny is a groundbreaking reggaetón and trap artist from Puerto Rico. He was the first Spanish-language artist to be nominated for Album […]
Reflection: Bernie For Burlington Research Fellowship (Summer 2025)
Author: Dan Chiasson It was a pleasure to work last summer with Cheynie Singleton ‘26 on the production phase of my book Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician. Cheynie read the entire book, 900 pages in manuscript, and gave me detailed feedback about its structure and composition. It was great to entrust […]
Spring 2025 Narrative Lab Research Prospectus: Coco Zhang
Note: in spring 2025 Narrative Lab student research fellows were asked to develop a research prospectus that describes a project that they might undertake, its rationale, scope, and methods. This example was written by Coco Zhang. Narrative is the lens through which I understand the world: collective memories behind public statues, ideological quarrels on social […]
New Fall 2025 Research Fellowships Added
TSSL Fall 2025 research fellowships are $15.25/hour, 5 hours a week. Apply to open positions by clicking on the linked title. Translation Research Fellow Priority Application Deadline: August 30 Faculty Leads: Sara Kippur (French, Francophone, and Italian Studies), Mingwei Song (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Literary Studies, and East Asian Studies), Rachid Aadnani (Middle Eastern […]
Reflection: Publishing Research Fellowship (Spring 2025)
Author: Josh Lambert With a grant from the TSSL project, in spring ’25, I hired a student, Melissa Rizzo ’28, to work on an exciting, unusual project in the field of publishing history. She worked alongside a second student, Sylvia Nica ’25 (who was paid through my personal research funds). The project began when I […]
Fall 2025 Research Fellowships
TSSL Fall 2025 research fellowships are $15.25/hour, 5 hours a week, from August 31-December 12, 2025. Apply to open positions by clicking on the linked title. Bad Bunny Syllabus/Latin Music Project Research Fellow Faculty Lead: Petra Rivera-Rideau (American Studies) Openings: 1 The Bad Bunny Syllabus is an online resource for educators and fans who would […]
“It’s Not Like a Traditional Lab”
Check out this article by Zoey Larson (’28) on the Narrative Lab!
Photos: Fall 2024 Research Fellows at the Ruhlman
Check out the photos from the Fall 2024 TSSL Research Fellows’ panel at the Ruhlman!