[ESSP] FW: Undergraduate Reserach in China

[Vanessa Paulman]

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
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> NSF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES PROGRAM
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> Central Washington University, the National Science Foundation, and the
> Center for Northwest History and Socioeconomic Development of Shaanxi
> Normal University would like to announce the call for applications for
> the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program "Society
> and Environment in China" for summer 2005.  This unique program in
> social science research will be conducted in Ellensburg, WA, and
> Xi'an, China in the summer of 2005.  Fifteen highly-qualified
> undergraduates and a team of faculty mentors will undertake
> collaborative research on how economic development and societal change
> is impacting China's already precarious environmental position across
> the Yellow River loess plateau. The eight-week program will be
> conducted
> between June 14 and August 8, 2005.
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> The program's primary objective is to mentor students through the
> complete process of designing a research agenda and performing primary
> research in the social sciences at an international field site.  It
> includes a unique combination of close mentoring, student/faculty
> teamwork, multidisciplinary research, and international field
> experience.  Student participation will be encouraged from all fields
> of
> the social sciences including, sociology, anthropology, geography,
> environmental studies, economics, political science, Asia-Pacific
> studies, history, and land/resource management.  Juniors and
> non-graduating seniors are particularly encouraged to apply.  Graduate
> students are not eligible.  Applicants are limited to U.S. citizens and
> permanent residents.
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> Faculty mentors include Richard Mack (economics), Hong Xiao
> (sociology), Roberta Soltz (biology), James Cook (Asian Studies) of
> Central Washington University, and Joshua Goldstein (history), Franklin
> & Marshall College.
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> Costs of participation (travel, room, board), including the payment of
> a significant research stipend, will be paid by the program.  Student
> participants are only responsible for their travel to/from Central
> Washington University.
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> Deadline for applications is February 2, 2005. Additional information
> and application forms can be found at http://www.cwu.edu/~nsfreu.
> Central Washington University is an EEO/AA/Title IX Institution/TDD.
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> James A. Cook
> Department of History
> Central Washington University
> Ellensburg, WA  98926
> Phone: (509)963-1290
> Fax: (509)963-1654
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