Student-Faculty Research: Annual Retrospective

This year, the Communication Department at Hope College celebrates three student-faculty research projects that took shape as students sought communication research experiences through independent studies with Hope’s Communication faculty. Below, students reflect on their communication research projects and mentoring with Hope’s Comm faculty. Interviews are lightly edited for flow. Ms. Hannah Pearce “During my independent …

Independent Study & Comm Research

By Joanna Thornburg This semester I had the opportunity to complete an independent study in Communication with Dr. Sarah Kornfield. Over the course of 16 weeks I accomplished several things and learned a lot.  For starters, I conducted research and wrote entries on “Punk Feminism and the Riot Grrrls,” the “Guerilla Girls” and their activism, …