Student Projects

Student Projects

The Hart Leadership Program has a long history of exemplary student work, and we are proud to showcase here a selection of student research projects, internships, and honors theses dating back to 2011. Below, you can explore nearly 400 student projects, filtering by project type, Hart program affiliated with the project, thematic topics, project locations, and project years. The database does not provide the full text of students' projects, but it does provide abstracts of student work wherever available, as well as more information including students' class year and, when applicable, the name of the community partner organization a student worked with to conduct their internship or research. We will continue to expand the database as our students continue conducting phenomenal projects. In the meantime, use the search function below to explore our incredible students' work, and get inspired!

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Project Location: Northern Europe

Engaging High School History Students with Primary Source Material from the British National Archives: How Did the Victorians View Compulsory Vaccination?

Anne Crabill, Community-Based Research Project | 2019

focused on: Health, Wellbeing, & Care Work / Systems of Knowledge & Belief: Education, Media, Religion, & Discourse

Smallpox was a common killer in nineteenth century Britain. It spread rapidly and killed around 30% of those who contracted it and left many survivors blinded or scarred. In 1850s, the government passed a series of laws that made vaccination against smallpox compulsory. Some people and healthcare professionals supported vaccination …

Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge in the Arctic Council

Michaela Stith, Community-Based Research Project | 2018 - 2019

focused on: Borders, Boundaries, Barriers, & Belonging / Climate, Conservation, & the Natural Environment / Government, Politics, Democracy, & Engagement / Race & Ethnicity / Systems of Knowledge & Belief: Education, Media, Religion, & Discourse / The Built Environment, Housing, & Land Use

The Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat (IPS) supports the work of six international Indigenous organizations with Permanent Participant status in the Arctic Council — the world’s leading intergovernmental forum for international cooperation on Arctic issues. The Permanent Participant category was established in the Arctic Council’s founding document to provide for …

Bridging the Gap in Perception of Core Challenges Faced by Different Communities (Members of the Refugee Population and the Swedish Residents) in the Wake of the Migrant “Crisis” in Stockholm, and Placing Them in Conversation with Each Other in Real Time Through a Working Human Library

Rinzin Dorjee, Community-Based Research Project | 2016

focused on: Borders, Boundaries, Barriers, & Belonging / Race & Ethnicity / Systems of Knowledge & Belief: Education, Media, Religion, & Discourse

*In 2016, the SOL program pivoted for the year to focus on political engagement in what was then called the “Political Engagement Pilot Project,” or PEPP. This was an alternative version of SOL that laid the groundwork for the development of the PEP program as it currently exists. [Abstract not …