Story+ (2020)

Story+ is a six-week summer research experience for undergraduate and graduate students interested in bringing academic research to life through dynamic storytelling. Undergraduates work in small teams with graduate student mentors, in a collaborative and creative research environment. Each project has a sponsor. Students learn to conduct qualitative, humanities-based research (e.g., archival research, narrative analysis, visual analysis, ethnography) and to communicate their research through effective storytelling techniques. Final projects may take the form of writing, websites, exhibits, short films or other genres, depending on the project’s goals.

2020 Projects

Body Work: Reanimating Policy Responses to Coal Mining Disasters

Caring for and with Patient Archives

Critical Decisions: Perceptions of AI in Healthcare Management

Digital Ethnography and Global (quarantined) DJs

Duke and Durham's Response to the 1918 Influenza and the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemics in Comparative Perspective

Experiential Archive

HBCU Counterstories: Going Public with the Experiences of Adult Students

Joining the Electric Circus: Rural Electrification and Gender in the Papers of Louisan Mamer

Manipulated Materials: Documentary Sculpture

Unearthing Root Causes of Migration through Our Stories

Team Leaders

  • T. Robert Fetter, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
  • Jonathon Free, Energy Initiative
  • Lawrence Greenblatt, School of Medicine: Family Medicine and Community Health
  • Ricardo Henao, Pratt School of Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Matthew Kenney, Arts & Sciences: Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
  • Tara Kinard, Duke Population Health Management Office
  • Aaron Kutnick, DocX Lab Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
  • Louise Meintjes, Arts & Sciences: Music
  • Andrew Olson, School of Medicine: Duke Clinical Research Institute
  • Victoria Plutshack, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
  • Ursula Rogers, Duke Forge
  • Shelley Rusincovitch, School of Medicine: Duke Forge
  • Whitney Welsh, Social Science Research Institute

Graduate Team Members

  • Anita Bateman, Art and Art History-PHD
  • Cade Bourne, Music-PHD
  • Mingyong Cheng, MFA/Experimental and Doc Arts
  • Brooks Frederickson, Music-PHD
  • Tayzhaun Glover, History-PHD
  • Sophia Goodfriend, Cultural Anthropology-PHD
  • Brittany Green, Music-PHD
  • Caoimhe Harlock, English-PHD
  • Juliet Irving, Master of Fine Arts - Dance
  • Quran Karriem, Cmp Media, Arts & Cultures-PhD
  • Ashton Merck, History-PHD
  • Hannah Smith, Water Resources Management-MEM
  • Dubie Toa-Kwapong, Cultural Anthropology-PHD
  • Chuyu Xiong, MFA/Experimental and Doc Arts

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Rebekah Alvarenga, Visual Arts (AB); Cultural Anthropology (AB2)
  • Nima Babajani-Feremi, GCT in Literature Program (AB); English (AB2)
  • Francisco Banda, Psychology (AB); Philosophy (AB2)
  • Emma Cairns
  • Surya Cannon, Art History (AB)
  • Alice Carroll, Environmental Sciences (BS)
  • Courtney Dantzler, Interdepartmental
  • Tessa Delgo, GCT in Literature Program (AB)
  • Sarah Derris, GCT in Literature Program (AB); Visual and Media Studies (AB2)
  • Maddie Fowler, Program II (BS)
  • Miranda Gershoni, GCT in Literature Program (AB)
  • Carmela Guaglianone, Int Comparative Studies (AB); Linguistics (AB2)
  • Savita Gupta, English (AB)
  • Jake Heller, Computer Science (BS)
  • Krystal Hu, Visual and Media Studies (AB)
  • Denna Huang, Psychology (BS)
  • Mina Jang, English (AB)
  • Sebin Jeon, Int Comparative Studies (AB)
  • Ayesham Khan, Interdepartmental
  • Shania Khoo, Program II (AB)
  • Megan Liu, Evolutionary Anthropology (BS)
  • Peter Liu, Chemistry (BS); Statistical Science (BS2)
  • Jolie Mason, Biomedical Engineering (BSE)
  • Emily Mawyer, Psychology (BS)
  • Rifah Nanjiba, Neuroscience (AB)
  • Brennen Neeley, English (AB); Philosophy (AB2)
  • Sana Pashankar, Computer Science (AB); Public Policy (AB2)
  • Abigail Phillips, Political Science (AB); Religion (AB2)
  • Ridge Ren, Economics (BS)
  • Grace Meade Sipp, Public Policy (AB)
  • Dennis Tang, Computer Science (BS)
  • Rezilience Williamson, Cultural Anthropology (AB)
  • Danah Younis, Public Policy (AB)

Community Team Members

  • Roxana Bendezú, Migrant Roots Media
  • Stefanie Frigo, North Carolina Central University - Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Collie Fulford, North Carolina Central University - Department of English
  • Caitlin Margaret Kelly, Power Plant Gallery
  • Adrienne Long, Undergraduate Student, NCCU
  • Tift Merritt, Hungry River Collective, Rosetta Circle
  • Charity Philips, Undergraduate Student, NCCU
  • Justin Tornow
  • Catherine Winfree, Undergraduate Student, NCCU

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