“Justice for 29 Connecticut Janitors: The Workers’ Stories” for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 531 by Anna Hackett, Krista Hanson, Nomi Maeyama, Benjamin Paradise A group of four Wesleyan students, as consultants to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 531, researched the situation of subcontracted janitors employed by Initial Cleaning Services at … Read more
“Recycling in Single-Family Housing Units in Middletown, Connecticut” for Middletown Department for Public Works by Amy Brezin, Liz Donnelly, Josh Lerner, and Aditi Mehta The Wesleyan Research Group conducted a three-week study of recycling setout rates for single family units in Middletown, CT. This project was performed for the Middletown Department of Public Works … Read more
“North End Action: A Community Speaks” for North End Action Team by Elizabeth Collins, Emily Hawkins, Eric Hoover, and JoAnn Kamuf The student researchers were enlisted by the North End Action Team, a community organization, to collect data, including the demographics of the specified North End neighborhood, and an evaluation of community needs. This … Read more
“Investigating Afterschool Patterns, Youth Wants and Needs, and Attendance at the Middletown Youth Center” for Middletown Youth Center by Eliza Botsford, Caleb Englander, Hilary Mitchell, and Marcel Paret In a joint project involving Wesleyan University and the Middletown Youth Center (MYC), four Wesleyan students set out to study attendance at the Middletown Youth Center. … Read more
“Vitalizing Longevity: Baby Boomers Redefining and Envisioning the Future” for Middletown Senior Center by Varuna Anand, Amanda Chiu, Peter Rosenblatt, Wichuda Wichaidit This study was conducted by a group of four Wesleyan students as part of the Community Research Seminar, in collaboration with the Middletown Senior Center and the City of Middletown, to study … Read more
“Creating Recreational Space in the North End: A Survey of Residents’ Visions and Concerns” for North End Action Team by Jen Barkan, Ann Chen, Alissa Kronovet, and Erin Larkin This study was conducted by a team of student researchers at Wesleyan University on behalf of the North End Action Team (NEAT), a grassroots community … Read more
“Middlesex Community Access Program” for Middlesex Community Access Program by Joanne Alcantara, Lauren Briskin, Sarah Norr, and Martha Paz The purpose of this study is to explore the qualitative difference that the Middlesex Community Access Program (M-CAP) has made in the lives of its target population, namely the uninsured and underinsured people of Middlesex … Read more
“A Report for the Eddy Shelter” for The Eddy Shelter by Amy Cirincone, Ruth Corley, Wesley Look, and Mia Unger We studied how the Eddy Shelter, a thirty-day and thirty-bed emergency shelter serving single adults in Middlesex County, can improve its services to help guests transition out of the Shelter and into more stable … Read more
“Assessment of the Youth and Family Services of Haddam Killingworth Summer Program for Teens” for Youth and Family Services of Haddam-Killingworth by Liana Heitin, Cheryl Lim, Emily Polak, and Jimmy Purvis The Youth and Family Services Summer Program for Teens is a six week program that runs Monday to Friday in which middle school … Read more
“After Riverview: A Survey of the Accessibility and Quality of Aftercare Services, and an Assessment of Former Patients’ Current Functioning” for Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth by Doron Taussig, Ryan Ungaro, Andrea Wozny, and Perri Yaniv This study aims to provide information about the current conditions of adolescents who have been discharged from … Read more
