Community-based research centers on a collaboration between the student, faculty, and community members in order to address a community need. The community partner plays an integral role in defining the issue and guiding the direction of the investigative research.
We have selected 7 CBR Fellows for summer 2010 who have proposed very interesting and important community-based research projects. A brief description of each is given below.
- Mallory Nickel: Designing Spaces, Visiting Places: Resources for Place-based Middle Grades Earth Science Education. Faculty Mentor: Kevin Stewart
- Lily Smith: The Changing Face of Property Ownership: Understanding the
Complexities of Gentrification in the Northside Community of Chapel Hill. Faculty Mentor: Della Pollock
- Ben Rardin: Applicability of Microfinance and Business Training Within the Latino Community. Faculty Mentor: Darcy Lear
- Kimmie Garner: A La Frontera: Accessing Midwives at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Faculty Mentor: Karen Booth
- Anthony Peele: Can Export Commodities Lead to Sustainable Development in East Africa? Faculty Mentor:
- Clay Vickers: “Agua para Vida”. Faculty Mentor: Irving Hoffman
- Laurence Deschamps-Laporte: Family Planning in Senegal and Mali: Muslim Women's Decision-Making Process. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Omid Safi
