Gould Center Humanities Labs
LOOKING FOR A CHANCE TO PURSUE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES IN A COLLABORATIVE SETTING?
The Gould Center’s Humanities Labs offer students a funded opportunity for hands-on experience in humanities research in a team-based format and in close mentorship with a faculty member. These year-long labs engage students in creative, project-based problem solving related to some of the most central humanistic issues facing us today on both a personal and global scale. Research findings will be presented in both traditional and creative formats, from academic papers to op/eds, short stories, films, websites, and podcasts. Open to CMC students of all class years, with preference given to humanities majors or prospective humanities majors. Students selected for the program will receive a $2000 fellowship award. Workload per week will vary, but is expected to average six hours per week.
American Philosophical Association and Philosophy Documentation Center 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs
““The Humanities Lab takes a ground-breaking approach to philosophical scholarship and pedagogy by building on the team-based model familiar from scientific research. With great success, faculty mentors have used this model to create collaborative environments in which students are encouraged to explore their ideas through project-based problem-solving and to express them in formats that go beyond traditional academic genres. The program’s commitment to developing a novel way to create, teach, and disseminate philosophy—a way that can be reproduced in other departments—exemplifies the values of the APA/PDC Prize.””