Undergraduate Research

Our program offers a range of opportunities for undergraduate research.  Many MLL courses include significant research components; in addition. undergraduate students conduct independent research and collaborate with faculty on larger projects.

Your first introduction to an interesting research topic may be during a class assignment.  You can take that interest further through a faculty-mentored independent research project or one of our study-abroad research programs.  You may work on a research project over the course of a summer, a semester, or a whole year as part of a departmental Honors thesis.

Students also collaborate with faculty and other students on specific, on-going projects.  You might work on a joint research article, critical edition, or translation with a faculty member.  You could work with fellow students to subtitle an independent film, compile a briefing book for the National Archives, or present research findings at a professional conference.

To find projects like these, talk to your professors or academic advisor. and look at faculty research pages to see what individual professors have done. If someone is working on a project that interests you, or is related to an idea for a project you have, send them an email. Ask if they use undergraduate research assistants, or if they could meet with you to discuss your goals.

Many of our students go on to publish independently, win competitive scholarships, and teach at home and abroad. We are proud of MLL's vibrant intellectual atmosphere, which leads to new discoveries within our fields.

For more information on undergraduate research in each of MLL's eight programs, visit: