UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #867

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Submission Number: 867
Submission ID: 14961
Submission UUID: ee30c38b-7919-4dbd-a14e-2e85916a865e

Created: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 11:38 AM
Completed: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 11:53 AM
Changed: Wed, 11/06/2024 - 09:50 AM

Remote IP address: 173.173.110.131
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No
Primary Research Mentor Name Paul Anthony
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) panthony2@fsu.edu
Position Title Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name Mike McVicar
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email mmcvicar@fsu.edu
FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Religion
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Title of the Project Federal Investigation of Polygamous Mormons under the White Slavery Act
Project Keywords religion, FBI, records, polygamy, fundamentalism
Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors
Project Location: Remote
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? No, the project is remote
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Fully Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 6
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description Researchers would be responsible for reviewing, cataloguing, and flagging particularly relevant or interesting FBI records pertaining to a federal investigation of polygamists under the federal White Slavery Act from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Research Tasks Document review, data entry, data analysis, document summary, document organizing
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required: Comfort with basic use of Excel, Dropbox, and Google Drive, ability to accurately summarize and distill information from primary source material, strong organizational skills, and self-motivated.
Mentoring Philosophy This project is part of my dissertation into the relationship between the state and polygamous Mormons and ex-Mormons in Utah, Arizona, and Texas. My philosophy is that research is a collaborative effort. Mentors and researchers work together, sharing what they learn with each other because that's how knowledge should work. Any successful academic project requires cooperation, transparency, and mutual respect. my hope is that researchers helping with this project will join me in learning about how to use federal law enforcement records to tell a story about marginalized religious practices in the United States, as well as how to organize and distill decades-old information to make telling that story easier.
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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? No
Roundtable times and Zoom links
Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation Yes
Materials Grant Yes
UROP Poster Presentation Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation Yes
Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? No
Year 2024
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