Research and Internships
Ask Us About These Current Juniata Internship Opportunities
- BCA
Derry, N. Ireland for volunteer and service learning opportunities.
- Center for Victims of Violence and Crime (Pittsburgh, PA) for mediation and intake training.
- Conflict Resolution Center (Roanoke, VA) for mediation training.
- EPA London/Edinburgh/Brussels for opportunities in human rights, politics and peacework EPA London, EPA Edinburgh, EPA Brussels
- Rajagiri College of Social Work (Kerala, India). Scroll down to the Community Reach Outs for a wide variety of internship opportunities here.
- Internship in Quetzaltenango (Shela) - Teaching or administrative support in fundraising at the Miguel Angel Asturias Academy. Open to science, social science or English language teachers at the elementary or secondary level. Intermediate proficiency in Spanish required. For more information, www.asturiasacademy.org
- Human Rights First offers internships in Human Rights and Security and Refugee Rights in both Washington, DC and New York City.
Senior Theses completed in 2008-2009
Supervised by Richard D. Mahoney
- Sebastian T. Brown '09, "Blaming the Poor: American Social Welfare Policy since the New Deal"
- Lauren E. Olsen '09, "Understanding the Roles of Leadership, Media and Social Identity in War and Conflict"
- Ariel A. Otruba '09, "Constructing Terror", presented at 23rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 2009
- Erin M. Smith '09, "Torture: Does it Work?", presented at 23rd NCUR.
- Sara Beth Stoltzfus '09, "Microfinance and the Empowerment of Women"
- Kathleen A. Tavenner '09, "Facebook's 'Face': Presenting and Performing Identity Online", a two part thesis in PACS and Communications, presented at 23rd NCUR.
Senior Theses completed in 2005-2006
Supervised by Andy Murray
- Shannon Callahan '06, "Images of Death and Perspectives Towards Outgroups," (Also supervised by Mark McKellop, assistant professor of psychology).
- Emily Eller '06, "Effects of Study Abroad on Attitudes Favoring Peace Culture"
- Ellie Pfeuffer '06, "The Potential Benefits of Applied Drama and Theatre for Survivors of Violent Conflict"
Senior Theses completed in 2004-2005
Supervised by David Drews
- John Terrizzi Jr. '05, "Predicting Attitudes Toward the Iraqi Conflict: A Path Analysis"
Senior Theses completed in 2003-2004
Supervised by Andy Murray
- Keveney Stroup '04, "Powered Control - An Examination of National Positions on the Death Penalty in Relation to Military Expenditures"
- Cindy Megill '04, "The Efficacy of Violence: Are we Teaching our Children to Accept it?"
- Mattew Holtry '04, "The Digital Age and the Nation-State"
- Alexis Donkin '04, "Everything Included, Assembly Required: The Progressive Church and the American Socio-economic Gap"
Internships 2008-2009
- Kelsey Gvozdich interned for the Baker Mediation Center.
Faculty Research and Professional Development 2008-2009
- Celia Cook-Huffman has "Gender and Conflict." an entry in International Encyclopedia of Peace, ed. Nigel Young. Oxford University Press. (forthcoming)
- Celia Cook-Huffman has "The Role of Identity in Conflict", a chapter in Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (release date Jan 1, 2009)
- Dave Drews is a reviewer for Sage Publications and the journal Psychological Reports.
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