Take your academic career to the next level by participating in Summer Research Training!
Program Details:
The Summer Intensive Research Program (SIRP) is an experiential learning opportunity designed to provide students with an intensive introduction to social science research and stimulate their interest in participating in undergraduate research.
Students will work in a group of 2-3 participants led by a faculty mentor who will guide them through the process of designing a research proposal based on their individual or mutual interests. The program comprises a set of scaffolded exercises, that will culminate in a social science research proposal presentation.
The program will be delivered in a hybrid format, over a 3-week period and distributed over 6 – 4-hour sessions, on alternating days of the week. Faculty mentors and their student will determine a mutually convenient day, time and format for their virtual meetings, however, the 1st, 3rd and 6th sessions will be in-person, to facilitate specific demands of the program. Lunch and Metro cards to cover transportation will be provided for in-person days.
A Brightspace course site for the program will serve as a repository of supplementary materials for students to engage with throughout the program. The materials will include readings, YouTube videos, templates, outlines and tips that the faculty mentors will post in modules titled with their names.
Program Objectives:
At the program’s end students will have gained experience in writing and presenting a social science research proposal. They will be exposed to the process of selecting and narrowing a research topic, using annotated bibliographies to construct literature reviews, deciding on a method/approach for conducting research, and using the literature review and data to formulate preliminary conclusions and develop expectations.
Program Requirements
Students are required to attend all workshop sessions whether in-person or virtual, develop and present a research proposal and write a reflection on their experience in the program.
Program Period, Location, Days and Time
June 1st to June 18th 2026
M126, Medical Arts Building
Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu, 1pm-5pm
Last summer’s mentors and participants
The roster of faculty mentors will change periodically. Check with your Professor directly to see if they are participating in SIRP this summer.
Last year’s mentors
Prof. Adrian Bordoni
Prof. Deon Gibson
Prof. Jacqueline Mulone
Last year’s participants and projects
- Handel Antione. A Study of Population Growth and Housing Prices in New York City.(Mentor: Deon Gibson)
- Shanaiya Bailey. Work or Welfare? How Food Stamps Shape the Labor Force.(Mentor: Deon Gibson)
- Christopher Bolbasis. The Impact of the Global Recession 2007-2009 on Exchange Rates.(Mentor: Deon Gibson)
- Nicolas Correa. Self in Sync: Exploring the Psychological Pathways of Congruence, Clarity, and Self Realization.(Mentor: Jackie Mulone)
- Angelina Chen. Earnings and Education: A Comparison of the Post Graduation Earnings of Ivy League and CUNY Students.(Mentor: Deon Gibson)
- Jennifer Khellawan. Mental Health and Well-being of Law Enforcement Officers: Availability of Programs and Services to Decrease Incidents of Abuse and Power.(Mentor: Adrian Bordoni)
- Alana Malloy-Francis. Police-Community Relations: Improving Trust for Police in Minority Communities.(Mentor: Adrian Bordoni)
- Abraham Rodriguez. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and its Impact on Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. (Mentor: Jackie Mulone)
- Joseph Vega. The Cycle of Media Consumption and ADHD: Identifying the Relationship between Screen Use and ADHD Symptoms.(Mentor: Jackie Mulone)
