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Embarking on Summer Research, St. John’s Students Begin Path to Graduate Studies
June 17, 2008
While most students break from classes and school work during
the summer, 12 St. John’s University students will be using the
free time to gain a competitive edge on their graduate school
applications. These extraordinary juniors and seniors will be
conducting research in the field of their choice through St. John’s
Graduate Admission Assistance Program’s (GAAP) 2008 Summer Research
Program. GAAP, founded in 2004, has awarded these exceptional
students with funding to conduct their own academic research
projects in order to enhance their undergraduate resumes.
GAAP
is a University program that helps students with the entire
graduate school admission process, from Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
preparation to getting the best financial aid package from a
graduate school. Another benefit of using GAAP’s services is that
any St. John’s student who is interested in conducting serious
research and meets the academic requirements can have their work
sponsored by the University through GAAP’s summer program. “Most of
our GAAP graduates go on to Ph.D. programs at some of the most
reputable graduate schools in the country,” said Konrad T.
Tuchscherer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at St. John’s;
Director of the Africana Studies Program at St. John’s; and GAAP
Program Director.
Students selected for the program have each been given a stipend
of $2,800 to finance their research projects, with topics ranging
from: differences in male and female athletes’ expressions of anger
to the psychological impact of detention centers on African
detainees. “This program not only gives me the chance to focus on a
subject that I am very interested in, but it also gives me the
opportunity to have my work published, which will be a huge boost
to my resume” said Rene Christian, a senior computer science major
who will be working on his project entitled, “Virtualization: The
Innovation Behind the Information Technology Revolution.”
“In past summers, recipients have gone on to grad schools such
as, New York University, University of Maryland and Cambridge
University. And I know that the research they did was very
instrumental in getting them there,” said Tuchscherer. For these 12
upperclassmen, the summer is a perfect time to expand knowledge in
a particular area of interest and make an impact on their academic
careers with scholarly research.
For more information about the St. John’s GAAP program, please
contact:
GAAP
St. John Hall, Rm B3A
718-990 6165
gaap@stjohns.edu