By the end of the program, students are expected to complete a research paper that reflects the work they have done that summer. Along the way, students develop and cultivate research and writing skills that they can employ in their courses at St. Olaf or in future graduate school endeavors.
Previous Weber Scholars have published their summer research in undergraduate student research journals, presented their work at academic conferences, and have used their Weber Scholar research as their writing sample for graduate school applications. Below are previous Weber Scholars who had their research published.
Benjamin Borchard, “The moral costs of markets: Testing the deterioration hypothesis” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 204, 2022.
Weber Scholar: Benjamin Borchard
Weber Scholar Year: 2021
Finn B. Johnson, “280 Characters of Unfreedom: A Tocquevillian Examination of the Power & Danger of Social Media,” Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Vol. XXII, No. 1, Spring 2022
Weber Scholar: Finn B. Johnson
Weber Scholar Year: 2021
Alyssa Medin, “Migrant Disintegration in Globalized Cities: Applying Intersectional Dual-City Theory in Oslo, Norway,” Undergraduate Journal of Humanistic Studies, Volume 13, Winter 2023
Weber Scholar: Aylssa Medin
Weber Scholar Year: 2021
Sofia Antonella Chamorro Pilacuan, “Populists for and Against Technocracy: A Comparative Study of Rafael Correa and Donald Trump,” Gettysburg Social Sciences Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2024
Weber Scholar: Sofía Chamorro Pilacuán
Weber Scholar Year: 2022
Julia C. Newman, “What is the Value of Value Neutrality? Exploring the Tension Between Objective Scholarship and Activist Scholarship,” Gettysburg Social Sciences Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2024
Weber Scholar: Julia Newman
Weber Scholar Year: 2022