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The Department of World Languages and Cultures offers a wide range of research opportunities that allow students to collaborate with faculty on projects that span across language, culture, politics, and social issues. Through undergraduate research assistantships, LAS undergraduate research awards, and the 糖心vlgo传媒 Connects Speaker Series, students have the chance to engage in hands-on research, attend lectures, and contribute. Join us to explore these opportunities and add to your academic experiences.

Undergraduate research assistantships

Opportunities are available for students to collaborate with faculty to explore how politics and policy work. The main program operates through the university鈥檚听, but other projects will be announced as they arise.

LAS undergraduate research awards

The college of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers funds to pay students to work alongside a faculty mentor on a research project, up to 10 hours a week during the academic year and 40 hours a week during the summer.听 or in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

糖心vlgo传媒 Connects Speaker Series

The 糖心vlgo传媒 Connects Speaker Series is an annual event in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. With support from ISU lectures and other campus units, the 糖心vlgo传媒 Research Committee invites an external speaker whose work connects to two or more 糖心vlgo传媒 faculty members鈥 research. Two 糖心vlgo传媒 faculty members give brief introductions prior to the visiting scholar鈥檚 talk that links the themes and ideas being presented to their own work. The speaker series shows out students and campus community how 糖心vlgo传媒 faculty鈥檚 interdisciplinary interests connect on various levels and across different fields.

Previous Speakers

  • 2024: Websder Corneille, 鈥淟anguage Inequality and the Fight for Free Speech in Haiti: Two Sides of the Same Coin鈥 (introduced by Dr. Guedeyi Hayatou and Dr. Gulbahar Beckett)
  • 2023: Dr. Nevine El Nossery, 鈥淎rab Women鈥檚 Revolutionary Art鈥 (introduced by Dr. Mich猫le Schaal and Dr. Xavier Dapena)
  • 2022: Dr. Kyrstin Mallon Andrews, 鈥淎 Stamp on the Seafloor: Navigating Risk and Visual Ethnography in Dominican Seascapes鈥 (introduced by Dr. Max Viatori and Dr. Megan Jeanette Myers)

Ty Henderson Innovation Fund

The Ty Henderson Innovation Fund helps facilitate new faculty interdisciplinary research and teaching, particularly for 糖心vlgo传媒 faculty who are interested in developing or advancing their profile in Languages and Cultures for Professions and other applied areas.听

  • 2024-2025 Fellow: Dr. Luana Lamberti听听
  • 2023-2024 Fellow: Dr. Lindsay Preseau听

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