UW Worldwide Research Proposal Seminar Resources

GEN ST 391N

PREPARING FOR LIFE AND RESEARCH AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN SICHUAN

Spring Quarter 2016
Fridays, 2:30-3:50
MGH 085

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April 8: Introductions
April 15: Sichuan History and Culture
April 22: Previous Student Projects
April 29: Present Your Ideas
May 6: Professional Proposals
May 13: Life in Chengdu
May 20: Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 27: Chinese Education
June 10: Proposal Presentations
Here we will post the resources that will help you work out your own proposals. These include

Group project descriptions. These are ongoing group projects in cooperation with SU faculty that you are invited to be a part of, including

Earthquake Recovery in the Min Valley

Village Reconstruction on the Chengdu Plain

Education in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Proposals from previous students, to give you and idea of how they wrote theirs. These include my comments, just so you will know what kinds of things to expect from me in terms of feedback.

The original 2002 proposal for ecology in Yangjuan

Laura Stahl's proposal for studying Nuosu girlhood

Danny Stemp's proposal on internet and college exams

Sarah Widder's proposal on air quality

Abstracts of proposals from all this year's students

Some finished projects to inspire you:

Joanne Ho's prize-winning JSIS honors thesis on apples

Kayanna Warren's prize-winning JSIS honors thesis on corn

Christine Trac's reforestation work published in Journal of Mountain Science

Christina Chan's chapter on school consolidation

There may be more later. Keep checking back.

GEN ST 391N

PREPARING FOR LIFE AND RESEARCH AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN SICHUAN

Spring Quarter 2016 Fridays, 2:30-3:50 MGH 085

Spring Quarter 2016
Fridays, 2:30-3:50
MGH 085