Research and Active Learning

Student research

Environmental pollution and academic performance

Research team, above. Clockwise from upper left—Anuli Iloabachie, Alex Harris, Jennifer Hanlon, Jennifer Griffith, Courtney Seidler, Kristen Domurad, Kaoru Kawashima

For their capstone project, students in Professor London's course, Sociology 276: Environment and Inequality, examined the relationship between student academic performance and the distance of Worcester schools from polluting industries. Project Description | Map | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Spreadsheet

Read about some of the other undergraduates who have engaged in research and internships:

• Adrien Uretsky and Orthodox Judaism



• Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland and corporate ownership



• Emily Stein, Sally Stark-Dreifus, and Anna Lawless (below) and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
  
  

Faculty research

Read about the research of some of our faculty:

• Parminder Bhachu and cultural identity in a global society



• Shelly Tenenbaum and Jewish self-help societies



• Patricia Ewick and the relationship between law and science



• Robert Ross and sweatshops