Giving toG.R.O.U.P. Research Team
Research Teams are collaborative projects that provide undergraduates with the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research with more experienced researchers. Research Teams consist of two faculty members from different departments, at least eight undergraduates, and two graduate students. Undergraduates receive course credit for their work as they gain valuable research skills, build relationships as team members, and develop an appreciation for the insights that an interdisciplinary approach can bring to a single subject. Graduate students participating in the Team will reap the same benefits as well as gain experience as mentors to the undergraduate students.
Download the 2012-13 G.R.O.U.P. Research Team guidelines and application:
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For questions about the program, please contact The Townsend Center Fellowships Administrator at townsend_fellowships@berkeley.edu or 510-643-8082.
2011-2012 Team: The Allied Arts G.R.O.U.P. Research Team
Led by Shannon Jackson (Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies and the Arts Research Center), four Allied Arts GROUP research teams will provide unique opportunities for undergraduates during the 2011-2012 academic year to develop skills as art researchers, writers, interviewers, documentarians, and archivists.
The Art +TIME Research Team will convene a series of working groups and public programs exploring the blurred boundary between visual and performance art. A second research project, the Art + NEIGHBORHOOD Research Team, will convene a series of working groups and public programs to explore alternatives to the gentrification discourse that currently dominates arguments for the role of the arts in neighborhood vitalization. The Art + UNIVERSITY Research Team will develop plans to organize teaching and research activities around a newly-commissioned opera based on the novel Death With Interruptions by Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago. The fourth research project, the Art + STEM Research Team, will conduct research on the intersection of art, science, and technology, forming a “Berkeley perspective” on the emerging discussion of “STEM to STEAM.”