Sarah K. Brown ’12
Major: Biology
Most common women’s reproductive health problems in the gynecology ward of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Banjul, The Gambia
Bethany M. Townsend ’12
Major:Biology
The causes and clinical treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia: a study at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital
Kay A. Zagrodny ’12
Major: Anthropology
Microfinance and morals:the interplay of the moral economy and capitalist interests through business in The Gambia
Daniel Borstein used his time in The Gambia to explore the subject of rice farming. His article “The Social Realities of Technology Transfer: Smallholder farmers’ encounter with a new rice variety” was then published in the African Geographical Review
Mark Jaskolski ’12 an alum of The Gambia project presented his research “The PEACE Program in The Gambia: An Evaluation of Institutionalization, Sustainability, and Effects on SMCM Student Participants” after the trip.
Research Goals:
- Evaluate the PEACE Program’s progress towards institutionalization and sustainability as it moves into the future
- Evaluate the effects of the PEACE Program on individual participants from SMCM. Particular emphasis on students’ life-aspirations and a change in attitudes and perspectives on their place in the world, as well as how their own worldview has be shaped by this experience.