Wonder what your brain’s doing when you play video games, read novels or comics, watch TV or films?
Can reading novels change the way you feel?
How is TV processed by your brain?
The Humanities and Cognitive Sciences Summer Institute for High School Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors is where you’ll learn more about how new research into the brain can help us understand how we create and consume culture such as film, comic books, TV, poetry, and video games, and about how new research in the humanities can help us better understand thought, feeling, and action in our scientific world.
Join us for this week-long summer program, August 11- 15, 2014 on The Ohio State University campus. For one week, students will spend every day from 9 am to 3 pm on the Ohio State campus in Columbus.
The daily schedule includes:
Two 45-minute lectures in the morning
Lunch break and activities such as campus, lab, and library tours
Discussion with team leaders in the afternoon
Application Process
All applicants must complete an online application by March 1, 2014.
A complete application consists of:
A personal statement: What you might bring to the Summer Institute and what you might hope to learn from the Summer Institute.
A copy of your school transcript. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
Teacher Recommendation. This can be mailed, faxed, or e-mailed by your teacher—a teacher who is qualified to comment on your performance and ability in courses that best reflect your readiness to engage in the Summer Institute content. You may submit more than one recommendation letter.
Tuition
Tuition is $500 and includes instruction, course materials, and supervised campus activities. There is limited financial aid available in the form of partial and full scholarships. Aid is granted based upon need, as well as other factors including merit. Members of traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
Faculty
Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama, co-director. PhD from Stanford
Dr. Zhong-Lin Lu, co-director PhD from New York University,
Dr. Pamela Decker, PhD from The Ohio State University
Dr. Micha Eisner, PhD from Brown University
Dr. Angus Fletcher. PhD from Yale
Dr. Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach. PhD from UCLA
Dr. James Phelan. PhD from University of Chicago
Dr. Richard Samuels. PhD from Rutgers
Dr. Joseph Steinmetz. PhD from Ohio University
Dr. Laura Wagner. PhD from University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Zheng (Joyce) Wang. PhD from Indiana University, Bloomington
Contact:
Stephanie Fowler
614 292-467
Fowler.40@osu.edu
Elena Costello
614 688-2056
Costello.45@osu.edu
Co-sponsored by Ohio State's Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences; Office of Diversity and Inclusion; and the University Libraries