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Spring 2025

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Pesticides and Public Understanding of Science

Elena Conis - Professor, Journalism

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

Seeking a research assistant for a professor writing a book on the use of pesticides in the U.S. and the public's understanding of scientific risks and communication in modern U.S. history...

 Social Sciences

Vaccination, Media, and Politics in Context

Elena Conis - Professor, Journalism

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Vaccines, vaccination, and vaccination policy have become controversial and politicized topics in the U.S. Narratives that explain the origins of this controversy typically emphasize the actions and impact of a few key individuals, certain studies, and specific socio-cultural trends at the turn of the century. This project collects and...

 Social Sciences

Measles: A Global History

Elena Conis - Professor, Journalism

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Students engaged in this project will help conduct research for a forthcoming book on the history of measles. The vaccine-preventable disease is rare in the US, though it has caused several noteworthy outbreaks in recent years and much larger outbreaks abroad. It has also, more recently, become an important...

 Social Sciences

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