Undergraduate Research
Middlebury offers students opportunities for research and creative works across disciplines.
Depending on the field, research may take place in a lab, in a studio, in an archive or out in the field. It may lead to a publication, a film, a performance, an innovative technique, or a new understanding.
Middlebury students collaborate on research with peers and faculty, both at Middlebury and other universities or research institutions. They also have the opportunity to pursue independent projects with a faculty advisor. Researchers share their work at the Spring Student Symposium, professional conferences, and as co-authored, published findings in undergraduate research and professional journals.
Undergraduate Research in the CTLR support includes advising, information about opportunities, and funding for senior work, academic conference participation, and summer research with Middlebury faculty.
What Middlebury Students Have to Say
“During my time doing field research, I gained invaluable experience in both academic research and archival research methods. In addition to gaining these skills, I also discovered a love of medieval studies and manuscript studies, which I am seriously considering pursuing in some form as post-graduate plans. In terms of my academic experience at Middlebury, being afforded this opportunity has allowed me to delve into nuanced and complex academic topics that I would never have been able to experience without doing this field research.” —Jess Garner ‘19.5
“My research was an excellent capstone to my academic experience at Middlebury, and it also inspired me to pursue art history in a professional context. This experience also opened my eyes to the importance of architecture in the way in which it both shapes and is shaped by a city’s culture, and now this is something I am considering pursuing in graduate school.” —Elaine Velie ‘20
“From start to finish, the research I have conducted on Bi Gan has truly felt like the culmination of all my film studies courses. Every class and every single paper I have written in the film department, particularly those in Professor Keathley and Professor Grindon’s courses, have all built upon one another and given me the critical skills I’ve needed to carry out such thorough and in-depth research.” —Shams Mohajerani ’20
Contact
Undergraduate Research is located in 225 Davis Family Library, in the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research (CTLR). Email uro@middlebury.edu.
Research Projects at Midd
For 2021, ECON thesis topics included discrimination against Asians during COVID-19, effects of mask wearing, gender discrimination in the tech sector, Black Lives Matter and data privacy. See a collection of ECON thesis papers and watch the presentations (Midd community) from Professor Abel’s thesis course. See more research projects below.
Deadlines
See Undergraduate Research Deadlines CalendarEvents
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NIDA Summer Research Internship in Addiction Science; Deadline 2/11/22
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The deadline to apply for the NIDA Summer Research Internship Program is less than two weeks away! Apply to the NIDA Summer Research Internship Program! Calling all undergraduates interested in participating in an addiction science summer internship! The NIDA Summer Research Internship Program supports all students with a focus on increasing underrepresented populations in substance use and addiction research. […]
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Paid Summer Research Opportunities in STEM at the University of Missouri! Deadlines 2/11-3/1/22.
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The University of Missouri has more than 60 slots in our AWESOME summer program for visiting students! In addition to providing a full time research experience and end-of-the-summer poster session, we organize evening seminars, specialty small group seminars, and orientation and social activities designed to create a supportive peer community. Many of our seminars focus on professional […]
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Applications open for PIKSI–Logic 2022
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Call for applications Undergraduates from underrepresented groups are invited to study Logic — five topics over five days, with ten top international instructors — at Northeastern University (in person) for one week in the summer of 2022. (Dates: July 25-29) There is a competitive application process for this Summer Program, and we will accept 10 […]
Updates
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Librarians as a Teaching Resource for Undergraduate Research in the Classroom
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Director of Research and Instruction Carrie Macfarlane interviews Michelle McCauley, Professor of Psychology, about collaborating with a librarian to teach a research methods class. Read more.
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The School of Bossa Nova
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The Middlebury Campus recently featured professor Mario Higa’s course “The School of Bossa Nova.” Students spent the semester studying Brazilian music through movies, reading, lectures and discussion, which culminated in a live performance. The course was supported by Pedagogy Enrichment Funding through the CTLR. Read the full article.
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Labs Energizing the Humanities and Attracting Grant Support
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A November Newsroom article highlights the Axinn Center Public Humanities Labs Initiative and the push to incorporate more humanities skills and research options through a lab setting. Professors Febe Armanios and Marion Wells have received a three-year grant from the Davis Educational Foundation to support the project. Read the full article.
Faculty Resources
Research Information for faculty, including how to hire research assistants during the academic year and summer, can be found in the CTLR’s faculty resources.
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research
Davis Family Library, Suite 225
Middlebury, VT
05753