The USSRF provides an experiential learning opportunity for continuing undergraduate students enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program at Queen’s to participate in social sciences, humanities and/or creative arts research under the supervision of a Queen’s faculty member. Over the course of the summer, students will develop a research project in social sciences, humanities, or creative arts. Students may consider projects in disciplines outside of their own field of study or outside of their focus study areas, as well as those directly connected to their prime area of study.
The program is intended to provide students with meaningful opportunities to engage in discovery-based learning and to develop research and presentation skills. A minimum of twenty-one fellowships, dependent on funding, will be available.
Please note: Due to current pandemic related restrictions, the 2022 USSRF program may be conducted remotely.
Application Resources:
- 2022 Guidelines
- 2022 Application - Student Portion (Fillable PDF PDF 334 KB)
- 2022 Application - Supervisor Portion (Fillable PDF 290 KB)
- USSRF FAQs
- BISC projects are proposed by the supervisor and students choose between the following two projects:
- Project 1 - Reproductive isolation and evolution of the gamete recognition proteins bindin and speract in sympatric species of Echinothrix from the Indo-Pacific (WORD 4MB)
Supervisor: Dr. Simon Coppard, Lecturer in Biology & Science Coordinator - Project 2 - Labs Beyond the Sciences (WORD 46 KB)
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Huzar, Lecturer in Philosophy
- Project 1 - Reproductive isolation and evolution of the gamete recognition proteins bindin and speract in sympatric species of Echinothrix from the Indo-Pacific (WORD 4MB)
Project Resources:
Queen’s University Library can help support you in your research, including helping to publish your poster, presentation, publication or data.
- Research Data Management
- Scholar’s Portal Dataverse: USSRF Data Collection
- Research Data Management Guide
- Dataverse Deposit Guidelines
- Open Access Publishing
- QSpace: USSRF Collection
For library support contact open.scholarship.services@queensu.ca
2021 Presentations
David Niddam-Dent, “The Best VR in the Whole Flaming Navy”: Lt. Cdr. Clifton R. 'Tony' Coughlin, RCNVR”
Supervisor: Dr. Allan English
Samuel Russell, “Ashley Filion, “Validation of Image Stimuli: Understanding Attitudes toward Life 2 (VISUAL2)”
Supervisor: Dr. Jeremy Stewart
Sam Russell, “The Art of Life: The Russian Renaissance, 1890-1917”
Supervisor: Dr. Ana Siljak
Caitlyn Jenkins, “Understanding Cryptocurrency in Transnational Money Laundering”
Supervisor: Dr. Christian Leuprecht
Niki Boytchuk-Hale, “Artistic Recombination for Pedagogical Purposes”
Supervisor: Christian Muise
Joseph Cantarutti, “Connecting Unspoken Elements Through the use of Leitmotif in "Undertale"
Supervisor: Stephanie Lind
Julia Cressman, “Mechanisms Underlying Interpersonal Relationship Impairments in Depression”
Supervisor: Kate Harkness
Hamish Hutchison-Poyntz, “Emergence in Participatory Theatre”
Supervisor: Jenn Stephenson
Caroline Instrum, “Full Circle Queen's Indigenous Wellness Study”
Supervisor: Amrita Roy
Andie Winsor, “Expressions of Queerness in Global Dance Styles: Alternative Material for the Music History Curriculum”
Supervisor: Margaret Walker
Anna Douglas, “Technology and Biology: Revealing Invisible Biases Through Art”
Supervisor: Jen Kennedy
Cameron Jedemann, “A Reflection On How a Non-Indigenous Ally Researcher Engages Authentically with Indigenous Communities”
Supervisor: Lucie Levesque
Zoe Mack, "An Unintelligible and Unprovable Nature": Lesbianism in 20th Century English Criminal Law
Supervisors: Ishita Pande & Rebecca Manley
Lisa Sanchez, “The Right to Remain of Single Room Occupancy Dwellers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside”
Supervisor: Jeff Masuda
Michaelah Wales, “Realness in Virtual Reality Theatre”
Supervisor: Kelsey Jacobson
Jennifer Yang, “Making Sense of Experiential Learning: Understanding Student Self-Awareness with regards to VELO”
Supervisor: Ruth Ceredeca (BISC)
Aidan Gurung, “How Money Moves: Remittances in Nepal through the lens of Social Reproduction”
Supervisor: Beverly Mullings
Omar Baboolal, “On punitive common sense, social debt, and meaningful social change”
Supervisor: Lisa Guenther
Ariel Burgess, “The Learning Theory Project”
Supervisor: Anna Taylor (BISC)
Jade Courchesne, “Human like You: A Portfolio Examining the Hybrid Identities of Diasporic East Asians in North America”
Supervisors: Keren Zaiontz & Emily Pelstring
Rachel Himmel, “Coding Affectionate Behaviours”
Supervisor: Mark Sabbagh
Please direct enquiries to:
Traci Allen
Research Program Coordinator
Research Services
Email: allent@queensu.ca