McGregor Undergraduate Research Program
In 1998, Calvin University received a grant from the Detroit-based McGregor Fund to establish a program of student fellowships for summer research with faculty in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The resulting McGregor Fellowship program has funded collaborative student-faculty research since 1999. Although the original McGregor investment has been exhausted, the program operates with the generous support of private donors and continues to attract Calvin's "best and brightest" students and faculty to collaborative research projects.
Forms
Faculty are instructed to fill out a proposal application in Workday by typing "create request" in the Workday search bar and find the "McGregor Faculty Program Proposal" option in the drop down menu.
- McGregor Program Process
- Program Director Responsibilities
- 2025 McGregor Mentor Expectations and Responsibilities
- Past McGregor Fellows and Faculty
2024 McGregor Summer Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
| Student | Faculty Mentor | Project Title |
| Gabriel Dirksen and Phoebe Hoag | Kevin den Dulk, Politics and Economics, and Jason VanHorn, GEO | Restorative Justice for Returning Citizens: A Mapping Project |
| Meg Pheifer | Kristin Du Mez | Live Laugh Love: A Cultural History of White Christian Womanhood |
| Kate Wilmot | Kristine Johnson, English | The Writing Practices of Third Culture Kids |
| Chantale Van Tassel | Tracy Kuperus, Politics and Economics | Kenya, Religion, and Democracy: Religion as a Pathway to Peace? |
| Aaron Toth | Sung Soo Lim, Politics and Economics | The Effects of Economic Growth on Subjective Wellbeing of the Poor |
| Elisabeth Stevens and Kate Witvliet | Craig Mattson, Communication, and Abbie Lipsker, Global Campus | Place-Based Higher Education Strategies and the Challenge of Non-English Undergraduate Adult Education |
| Daniel Urban | David Urban, English | John Milton and C. S. Lewis: Influence and Bibliography |
| Joseph De Vries | Julie Yonker, Psychology, Public Health | Support for the Informal Caregiver: The Role of Faith Communities |