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This list is the complete list of Sites for Summer 2004.

APPLICATIONS: Students must contact the individual sites for application information and materials. NSF does not have application materials and does not select student participants.

ELIGIBILITY: Individual sites may have specific eligibility requirements (e.g., number of undergraduate years completed) for applicants in addition to those described here. Undergraduate student participants supported with NSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. High school graduates who have not yet enrolled and students who have already received their bachelor's degrees generally are not eligible.

Click on the name of the Site in the "Site Information" column to go to the homepage (if available) for that Site.

Sites are ordered alphabetically by host institution's state.


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University of Arizona
Archaeology and Heritage Preservation Site with the White Mountain Apache Tribe
Department of Anthropology
Tucson, AZ 85721-0030

Primary: Barbara Mills
520-621-9671
bmills@u.arizona.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology, fieldwork, excavation, GPS, ethics component
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Ethics and Values Studies

Northern Arizona Univ
Research Internships in the Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Flagstaff, AZ 86011

Primary: Stephen Shuster
928-523-9302
stephen.shuster@nau.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: biology, neuroscience
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Arkansas State University
REU Site: R.I.S.E. - Research Internships in Science of theEnvironment at Arkansas State University
Chemistry
State University, AR 72467

Primary: Robyn Hannigan
870-972-3086
hannigan@astate.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: biology, environmental science
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Chemistry, Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, Education and Human Resources

University of California, Los Angeles
REU Site: Summer Program in Ethnographic Research on LA at Play
Department of Sociology
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551

Primary: Robert M. Emerson
310-825-4115
remerson@soc.ucla.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: sociology, ethnography
Abstract of Award

University of Colorado, Denver
American Economic Association Summer Training Program
Department of Economics
Denver, CO 80217

Primary: Charles Becker
919-660-1885
cbecker@econ.duke.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: economics, policy, statistics, econometrics
Abstract of Award

Smithsonian Institution
National Musuem of Natural History Research Training Program
Research and Collections
Washington, DC 20560

Primary: Mary Sangrey
202-786-2603
sangrey.mary@nmnh.si.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: biology, ecology, environmental, conservation, systematics
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Earth Sciences, Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Florida State University
REU Site: Koros Regional Archaeological Project in Hungary
Department of Anthropology
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4531

Primary: William Parkinson
850-644-7021
wparkins@mailer.fsu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology
Comments: This site will NOT take place in the Summer of 2004 but should resume in Summer 2005.
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: International Science and Engineering

Georgia State University
Undergraduate Research Experiences in Economics
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Atlanta, GA 30303

Primary: James Alm
404-651-0420
jalm@gsu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: economics, policy
Abstract of Award

University of Illinois - Chicago
Undergraduate Research in Brain, Sensory Systems and Behavior
Biological Sciences
IL 60607-7060

Primary: Dr. Aixa Alfonso
312-355-0318
aalfonso@uic.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Biological Sciences; Brain, Sensory Systems and Behavior
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Northwestern University
REU Site in Culture, Language, and Cognition
Department of Psychology
Evanston, IL 60208-2710

Primary: Wendi Gardner
847-491-4972
wgardner@northwestern.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: psychology
Comments: This Site is funded by the Department of Defense.
Abstract of Award

University of Notre Dame
Research on Riots, Protest, and Activism
Department of Sociology
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Primary: Daniel Myers
219-631-3839
Myers.33@nd.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: sociology, race relations, civil rights, collective violence
Comments: Academic year site
Abstract of Award

Indiana University
REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior
Department of Biology
Bloomington, IN 47405

Primary: William Rowland
812-855-3470
rowland@indiana.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: biology, neuroscience, animal
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Research in Biocultural Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Primary: Robert Haak
309-794-7345
Haak.3@nd.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: anthropology, archaeology
Abstract of Award

Indiana State University
REU Site: Democracy and World Politics Summer Research Program
Department of Political Science
Terre Haute, IN 47809

Primary: James Scott
812-237-2518
psscott@isugw.indstate.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: political science
Comments: This Site will NOT take place in Summer 2004 but will begin in Summer 2005.
Abstract of Award

Western Kentucky University
Summer Research Program in Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Department of Psychology
Bowling Green, KY 42101

Primary: Sharon Mutter
270-745-4389
sharon.mutter@wku.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: neuroscience, perception, attention, memory, judgement, cognition
Abstract of Award

University of Louisville
REU Site - Metropolitan Reform: From Government to Governance
Department of Sociology
Louisville, KY 40292

Primary: Wayne Usui
502-852-8026
wayne.usui@louisville.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: sociology, political science, urban, government
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Ethics and Values Studies

University of Maryland
REU Site: Interdisciplinary Investigations at New Philadelphia
Department of Anthropology
College Park, MD 20742

Primary: Paul Shackel
301-405-1422
pshackel@anth.umd.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology
Abstract of Award

University of Massachusetts - Boston
REU Site: Archaeobiology at Sylvester Manor
Department of Anthropology
Boston, MA 02125

Primary: David Landon
617-287-6835
david.landon@umb.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology
Abstract of Award

Wellesley College
REU Site: Exploring the Social Roles of Women
Department of Economics
Wellesley, MA 02481

Primary: Joseph Joyce
781-283-2160
jjoyce@wellesley.edu
Secondary: Pat Bois
781-283-2150

Research Topics/Keywords: economics, psychology, anthropology, political science, sociology
Abstract of Award

Hampshire College
REU Site -- Feeding the Family in Troubled Times: A Biocultural Study of Patterns of Work, Consumption, and Nutrition at the Household Level in Three Communities in Central Mexico
School of Natural Science
Amherst, MA 01002

Primary: Debra Martin
413-559-5576
dmartin@hampshire.edu
Secondary: Margaret Cerullo
413-559-5514
mcerullo@hampshire.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: anthropology, sociology, biology
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Biological Sciences, International Science and Engineering

Western Michigan University
REU Site: Globalization and Sustainable Development in Latin America
Geography
Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Primary: James Biles
269-387-3407
jbiles@wmich.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: geography, globalization, economics, development, environoment
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: International Science and Engineering

Michigan State University
REU Site: Preparing Resource and Environmental Managers with International Understandings and Merits, or PREMIUM
Department of Forestry
East Lansing, MI 48824

Primary: Runsheng Yin
517-432-3352
yinr@msu.edu
Secondary: Jiaguo Qi
517-353-9736
qi@msu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: climate change, biodiversity, resource management, economics, environment, geography
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: International Science and Engineering

University of Minnesota
REU Site in the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Institute for Child Development
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Primary: Herb Pick
612-624-2062
herbpick@umn.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: psychology, ethics component
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Ethics and Values Studies

Duke University
REU Site in Political Science - Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
Department of Political Science
Durham, NC 27708-0204

Primary: Paula McClain
919-660-4303
pmcclain@duke.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Political Science, ethics component
Abstract of Award

Duke University
Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Tropical Biology
Organization for Tropical Studies
Durham, NC 27708

Primary: Donald E. Stone
919-684-3030
nao@acpub.duke.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: biology, ecology, environmental, conservation, tropical
Comments: Inquires should be directeed to Rodney Vargas at 919-684-3925; vargas@duke.edu.
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, International Science and Engineering

Davidson College
REU Site: The Athienou Archaeological Project, Cyprus
Classical Studies Department
Davidson, NC 28035

Primary: Michael Toumazou
704-894-2281
mitoumazou@davidson.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology, Cyprus, international
Abstract of Award

Kent State University
Research Experiences in Psychology
Department of Psychology
Kent, OH 44242

Primary: Stephen Fountain
330-672-3826
sfountai@kent.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: cognitive, health, psychobiology, social psychology
Comments: This site will NOT take place in the Summer of 2003 but should resume in Summer 2004.
Abstract of Award

University of Toledo
REU Site: An Integrated Assessment of Physical, Ecological, and Socio-economic Aspects of a Watershed System
Department of Geography and Planning
Toledo, OH 43606-3328

Primary: Kevin Czajkowski
419-530-4274
kczajko@pop3.utoledo.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: environment, geography, biology, watershed
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Biological Sciences

Kenyon College
REU Site: The Lower Cacaulapa Valley Project, NW Honduras: A Program for Undergraduate Research in Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Gambier, OH 43022

Primary: Patricia Urban
urban@kenyon.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology
Comments: This is a winter semester (2004) program.
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: International Science and Engineering

Oklahoma State University
REU Site for GIS and Soil/Water Research
Department of Geography
Stillwater, OK 74078

Primary: Thomas Wikle
405-744-9173
geogtaw@okstate.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: geography, GPS, GIS, urban development
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Earth Sciences

University of Oklahoma
REU on Human Technology Interaction
Department of Industrial Engineering
Norman, OK 73019

Primary: Randa Shehab
405-325-2307
rlshehab@ou.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: social psychology, cognitive psychology, library and information sciences, history of science, information systems, ethics component
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Oklahoma State University
REU Site: Increasing Science Education through the Study of Scientific Psychology
Department of Psychology
Stillwater, OK 74078

Primary: Melanie Page
405-744-7334
melanis@okstate.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: psychology, experimental, cognition, behavior, ethics component
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Ethics and Values Studies

Northeastern State University
REU Site - Experimental Investigations Into the Science of Behavior: Human, Animal, and Human-Animal Interaction
Department of Psychology
Tahlequah, OK 74464

Primary: Sherril Stone
918-456-5511, ext. 3123
stonesm@nsuok.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: psychology, behavior
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Ethics and Values Studies

Pennsylvania State University
Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) REU Site
Department of Geography
University Park, PA 16802-1503

Primary: Brent Yarnal
814-863-4894
alibar@essc.psu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: environment, geography, global change
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Earth Sciences

Gettysburg College
REU Site: Land conservancy and resource management at naturepreserves in the Mid-Atlantic states
Biology
Gettysburg, PA 17325

Primary: Veronique Delesalle
717-337-6153
delesall@gettysburg.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: biology, conservation, field, ecology
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Pennsylvania State University
REU Site: The North Orkney, Scotland, Population History Project
Department of Anthropology
University Park, PA 16802

Primary: Patricia Johnson
814-865-3129
plj2@psu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: anthropology
Abstract of Award

University of Pennsylvania
REU: Native Voices, Past and Present. Studies of Native American Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Primary: Jeremy Sabloff
215-898-4050
jsabloff@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Secondary: Janet Monge
215-898-4503
jmonge@sas.upenn.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology
Comments: This Site is a combination academic year/summer program.
Abstract of Award

University of South Carolina
Summer Research Institute in Experimental Pscyhology
Department of Psychology
Columbia, SC 29208

Primary: Jay Coleman
803-777-7152
colemanj@sc.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: psychology, experimental
Abstract of Award

Clemson University
REU Site: Summer Program for Research in Applied Psychology
Department of Psychology
Clemson, SC 29634

Primary: Benjamin Stephens
864-656-4982
bstephe@mail.clemson.edu
Secondary: Jan Murdoch
864-656-2424
janw@clemson.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: psychology, behavior, organizational psychology, industrial psychology
Comments: This Site is funded by the Department of Defense.
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD)

University of South Dakota
Excavation and Reconstruction of a Northern Plains Bison Kill Site
Department of Anthropology
Vermillion, SD 57069

Primary: Lawrence Bradley
605-677-5401
lbradley@usd.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: archaeology, anthropology
Abstract of Award

Texas A&M; University
Research Experiences in Sociological Studies of Social Stratification and Racial and Ethnic Relations
Department of Sociology
College Station, TX 77843

Primary: Carol Albrecht
979-862-4689
carolja@tamu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: sociology, race, ethnicity, stratification
Comments: This Site is limited to Texas residents only. It is a summer program with an academic year component.
Abstract of Award

University of North Texas
REU Site in Cultural Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Denton, TX 76203-6826

Primary: Tyson Gibbs
940-565-2290
Tgibbs@scs.cmm.unt.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: anthropology, ethics component
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Ethics and Values Studies

University of Texas
REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Minority Group Demography
Department of Sociology
Austin, TX 78712

Primary: Omer Galle
512-471-5514
org@prc.utexas.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: sociology, population, ethics component
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Ethics and Values Studies

Brigham Young University
REU Site on Culture Change and Continuity in Guatemala
Department of Anthropology
Provo, UT 84602

Primary: John Hawkins
801-378-6836
jph2@email.byu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: anthropology, archaeology, ethics component
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: International Science and Engineering, Ethics and Values Studies

University of Wisconsin
Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP)
Department of Psychology
Madison, WI 53706-1490

Primary: Arlene Davenport
608-262-2077
ardavenp@facstaff.wisc.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: psychology
Abstract of Award


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