The Lab

The Media Portrayals of Minorities Project lab was launched at Middlebury College in 2012. It has directly involved undergraduate students in research by training them in lab techniques. Lab members develop projects, are co-presenters of research at academic conferences, and are co-authors on published scholarship. Students are also encouraged to write senior theses using lab procedures.

Middlebury College students have undertaken a number of senior theses based on their participation in the lab. These include:

Emily Stabler (2019), “In the Wake of Tragedy” - Investigating Claims of Racial and Religious Prejudice in Media Coverage of Mass Shooters

Razan Jabari (2018), Media Coverage of Palestinians and Israelis in the United States & the United Kingdom, 1996-2016

James Callison (2018), Pushed to The Margins: How the News Media in the United States and United Kingdom Discuss Immigration

Hasher Nisar (2017), Media, Geography, & Status Hierarchies - Muslims and Jews: Evidence from The New York Times and The Guardian, 1985-2014

Former student members of the lab include:

Eli Richardson, 2024
Noah Rizika, 2024
Nicolas Pantelick, 2024
Nikki Sadat, 2023.5
Husam AlZubaidy, 2023
Abigail Chang, 2023
Eliza King Freedman, 2023
Abigail Tinsley, 2023
Isabel Chandler, 2022
Emma Brown, 2021
Lukas Kauth, 2021
Kai Milici, 2021
Emily Wander, 2021
Amelia Pollard, 2020.5
Mira Chugh, 2020
Adrienne Goldstein, 2020
Rand Jibril, 2020
Varsha Vijayakumar, 2020
Will DiGravio, 2019
Mia Fichman, 2019
Erin Hoynes, 2019
Yiyi Jin, 2019
Julien Souffrant, 2019
Emily Stabler, 2019
David Valentin, 2019
Razan Jabari, 2018
Georgia Grace Edwards, 2018
James Callison, 2017.5
Hasher Nisar, 2016.5
Cara Vazquez, 2016.5
Rana Abdelhamid, 2015
Hannah Stonebraker, 2013