Research at Bryn Athyn

Bryn Athyn College offers a number of research opportunities for faculty and students. One of our most prestigious research projects is our ongoing Deer Study, which works to track white-tailed deer fitted with high tech GPS/GSM radio collars in the suburban oasis of the Pennypack Watershed.

Each summer, faculty members are eligible for research grants from the institution, and many faculty members apply for outside research grants as well.

Recent Faculty Research Projects
Ed Gyllenhaal	The Origin and Development of Three-Dimensional Nativity Scenes
Martha Gyllenhaal	Rembrandt’s Secret Use of Statues and Casts: New Insights into His Studio Practices and Working Methods
Sean Lawing	Christianity and Infant Abandonment in Old Norse-Icelandic Culture
Neil Simonetti	Dynamic Programming Algorithms for Multi-Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows
Eugene Potapov	Steller’s Sea Eagle monitoring in the Russian Far East
Jane Williams-Hogan	Swedenborg the Philosopher—Reason and Faith, Faith and Reason—A Human Project
Ray Silverman	A Seamless Garment: A Study of the Four Gospels as a Divinely Arranged Narrative

Research & Our Majors

All of our majors are supported by research opportunities. As a biology major, you might join the Deer Study and track the movement patterns of white-tailed deer. As a history major, you might delve into the Archives and explore the cultural impact of the Bryn Athyn Historic District. As a psychology major, you work under a clinical psychologist, examining traits of autism.

Explore our majors