Southern Miss Gulf Scholars Program
Projects & Research
GSP Emphases
Livable Coasts: how might we create and sustain livable communities and environments on coasts in the midst of climate change?
Equity: through an exploration of coastal communities and maritime economies long histories of supporting and promoting inequity (slave trade, child labor, extractive economies, income inequality), what policy initiatives, educational, infrastructure, science, cultural and/or economic initiatives might promote more equitable and just lives and communities (and/or communities?)?
Risk, Disaster, and Security: how might coastal communities and maritime enterprises better manage risk, mitigate disaster, and enhance security?
Defining the Good Life: how we define the good life influences how we treat others, the vocations we pursue, the policies and politicians we support. How might a good life relate to place? How might we form and support more expansive definitions of the good life that lead to sustainable and equitable societies?
2025 Gulf Scholars Program Annual Conference
The annual Gulf Scholars Conference brings together GSP students, faculty/staff, and community partners to facilitate connections across the GSP network, sharing ideas, learning, and building the Gulf Scholars community. The conference includes presentations, discussions, and activities to engage participants in a range of topics such as: student poster presentations, community partner perspectives, career development, the future of the Gulf region, Gulf-related classes and curriculum, and more.
Two Southern Miss Gulf Scholars, Isabel Duplantis and Shauntelle Duncan, presented their Gulf Impact Projects at the 2025 conference.
Isabel was mentored by Dr. Maria Wallace of 欧博娱乐城, and her Gulf Impact Project was titled Microplastics in the Gulf. Isabel worked to bring an awareness to the Hattiesburg community about the dangers of microplastics on marine ecosystems, to convey a sense of duty to reduce plastic waste streams, and to foster an understanding of how all living organisms are interconnected.
Shauntelle鈥檚 project was titled Microbial Analysis of Rainwater Samples from Coastal Mississippi, and she was mentored by Dr. Steven Hallam of Southern Miss. The experiment analyzed and identified the foreign microbes present in rainwater collected before, during, and after storms for potentially harmful microbes to inform local communities about health risks and to improve water quality management practices.
Isabel Duplantis
Shauntelle Duncan
Microplastics in the Gulf
Microbial Analysis of Rainwater Samples from Coastal Mississippi
Gulf Launch Networking Event
The Gulf Scholars Program's second annual Gulf Launch networking event was held on October 18, 2024, and featured community partners and faculty mentors connecting with 欧博娱乐城 students in an effort to help students find their next research project, passion, and/or internship.
Every fall semester, the GSP will host a Gulf Launch event.
