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Undergraduate Humanities Forum

Penn undergraduate students have the opportunity to participate in the Penn Humanities Forum through the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Research Fellowship program and occasional partnerships with other Penn programs, such as the Weigle Information Commons Mashup Multimedia Contest in 2009.

Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Research Fellowships
As the Forum's main undergraduate initiative, these research fellowships cultivate the importance of humanistic thought across all disciplines. The competition is open to any full-time student enrolled in any Penn undergraduate school who is interested in conducting research on some aspect of the Forum's annual theme. (See sidebar for listings of fellows and their annual topic projects.)

Calls for Applications open each fall term and close on March 1st. Awards are available in the following categories:

• Research Fellow and Undergraduate Chair, Penn Humanities Forum; One $2000 Award: In this leadership role, one fellow is chosen to chair the Undergraduate Humanities Forum, in addition to carrying out a research project.
• Research Fellow and Member, UHF Steering Committee; Two $1750 Awards: Two students, also chosen for their leadership abilities, work closely with the Chair to plan and execute the group's activities, in addition to conducting their own research.
• Research Fellow; Nine $1500 Awards: These awards offer undergraduates the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research in the humanities. At required regular meetings during the year, fellows discuss their projects, meet with invited speakers, attend cultural events of interest, and help organize the UHF spring research conference at which they present the results of their research.


Undergraduate Humanities Forum Chairs
bullet 2013-14: Olivia Rutigliano, '14, English, Cinema Studies
bullet 2012-13: Amalya Lehmann, '13, Music
bullet 2011-12: Emily Kern, '12, History
bullet 2010-11: Kaneesha Parsard, '11, English, Africana Studies
bullet 2009-10: Daniel A. Fein, '10, Evolutionary Psychology
bullet 2008-09: Daniel Ross '09, History
bullet 2007·08: Melissa Teixiera '08, History
bullet 2006·07l: Ellen Mossman '07, History
bullet 2005·06: Ruth McAdams '06, English
bullet 2004·05: Tiffany Behringer '05, Anthropology
bullet 2003·04: Lynn Huang '04, English
bullet 2002·03: Ariel Ben Amos '04, Urban Studies
bullet 2001·02: J. Alexandra Pruner '02, Women's Studies
bullet 2000·01: Matthew J. Keesan '03, English