2017 Arts and Sciences Summer Scholars
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Jennifer Illuzzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
“Standing on the side of the oppressed? A history of the church and Italian Romani communities”
Jonathan Richardson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
“Identifying regional corridors of wildlife movement using genetic tools.”
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Thomas Strasser, Ph.D.
Professor of Art History
“The Damnoni Cave excavation and the Asphendou Cave petroglyphs”
Victoria Templer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
“Sociality as a protective mechanism to cognitive decline due to aging”
F. Gizem Zencirci, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
“Legitimizing development: Shifting notions of welfare policy in Turkey”