Michelle V. Porche Projects





  • Adolescent Mixed-Ancestry Identity: A Measurement Pilot

    2006 - 2009

    Racial/ethnic self-identification can vary over time and place, in other words, some adolescents of mixed ancestry report different single-race or mixed-race identifications at different times and in different situations.This report seeks to explore whether adolescents of mixed-ancestryhave particularstrengths or weaknesses compared within their single-race-reporting peers.



  • Collaborative Language and Literacy Instruction Project (CLLIP) Research and Evaluation-Year 4

    2007 - 2012

    The CLLIP Research and Evaluation Project is designed to assess the impact of a literacy intervention for low-income poor performing school districts in the state of Ohio.



  • Community Dialogue and Needs Assessment for Addressing Traumatic Stress among African Resettled Refugee Youth in New Hampshire

    2007 - 2011

    The project involves a needs assessment of child and adolescent refugee mental health services in New Hampshire and utilizes community dialogue strategies for integrating youth, family, provider, school and community knowledge and expertise towards addressing refugee mental health needs especially as it relates to trauma and in the context of resettlement.



  • Exploratory Study of Same-Sex Marriage

    Completed in 2005

    Researchers examined the ways in which same-sex couples in Massachusetts perceived marriage.



  • Success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (SISTEM)

    2006 - 2010

    While girls do well in science and math courses in middle school, they are less likely to enroll in higher-level STEM courses in high school, thus few will choose these subjects for a college major, and even fewer will complete such a major or go on to pursue a STEM career. The increased knowledge generated by this study will inform ways to increase the participation of girls and other under-represented groups (e.g., racial and ethnic minorities, low-income youth) in sustained STEM study and employment.



  • Television Consumption and Adolescent Sexual Activity

    2001 - 2004

    Conclusions from this five-year project focused on relationships between personal ethnic identification and television consumption, as well as levels of sexual content in varying shows.



  • Undergraduate Science Education Grant Evaluation

    Ongoing since 2012

    The Wellesley Centers for Women will develop appropriate assessments, collaborate with the Office for Institutional Research and team members to collect date, conduct data analyses, prepare reports, and provide feedback from the evaluation to Science Center and College representatives.

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