UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1064
Submission information
Submission Number: 1064
Submission ID: 19916
Submission UUID: 4c81b416-11e7-4d2f-97fd-f9635be06d7b
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
Submission Update: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=P5twvaVtx3mRZos46BSqdHXyCA8GyUJ7y0-MO04MpAo
Created: Mon, 07/28/2025 - 01:22 PM
Completed: Mon, 07/28/2025 - 01:40 PM
Changed: Fri, 09/26/2025 - 04:16 PM
Remote IP address: 144.174.212.96
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal
Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal
Research Mentor Information
Jade Jemison
She/Her
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Graduate Student
Ravi Howard
Arts and Sciences
English
Additional Research Mentor(s)
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Overall Project Details
Media, Mothers, Memory-Making
Black Feminist Thought, Ethnography, Qualitative Research, Subjectivity in Research, Memory, Literature
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Open to all majors: Some examples that will be most useful.
Literature, Media, and Culture (LMC)
Creative Writing
Sociology
Anthropology
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
African American Studies
Psychology (especially students interested in identity, memory, or trauma)
Media/Film Studies
Digital Humanities
Data Science (especially those interested in thematic tagging, metadata, and archiving)
Education (those focused on youth, family, or cultural pedagogy)
Literature, Media, and Culture (LMC)
Creative Writing
Sociology
Anthropology
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
African American Studies
Psychology (especially students interested in identity, memory, or trauma)
Media/Film Studies
Digital Humanities
Data Science (especially those interested in thematic tagging, metadata, and archiving)
Education (those focused on youth, family, or cultural pedagogy)
On FSU Main Campus
city bus
Partially Remote
6-8
Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
This UROP project is part of a larger dissertation exploring Black motherhood, identity, and cultural representation through creative nonfiction and media critique. Mentees will assist in analyzing film, television, and digital content that centers mother-daughter relationships and Black maternal themes across time. Through guided reflection, media analysis, and archival organization, students will learn to interrogate the cultural narratives that shape our understanding of motherhood, with a particular focus on Black maternal figures. This research emphasizes subjectivity, reflexivity, and the political stakes of interpretation, inviting students to both observe and situate themselves within the research.
Keep track of time via workspace (Time Squared or Google Docs)
Analyze selected films, television shows, and media texts for maternal themes and patterns.
Engage in biweekly reflexivity journaling and ethnographic note-taking.
Identify and tag recurring themes or tropes related to motherhood and daughterhood.
Organize findings in a shared digital workspace (e.g., Notion or Google Drive).
Participate in informal discussions about identity, subjectivity, and representation.
Contribute to a final presentation for the UROP Spring Symposium.
Analyze selected films, television shows, and media texts for maternal themes and patterns.
Engage in biweekly reflexivity journaling and ethnographic note-taking.
Identify and tag recurring themes or tropes related to motherhood and daughterhood.
Organize findings in a shared digital workspace (e.g., Notion or Google Drive).
Participate in informal discussions about identity, subjectivity, and representation.
Contribute to a final presentation for the UROP Spring Symposium.
Due to the thematic focus for my project, mentees should have personal experience navigating a mother-daughter or maternal relationship — whether through lived experience, caregiving roles, or as someone shaped by maternal figures. This may include complex, estranged, or non-traditional dynamics.
Critical media literacy and cultural analysis
Reflexive writing and self-assessment
Qualitative data organization and tagging
Archival thinking and thematic categorization
Awareness of subjectivity and researcher positionality
Collaborative research and communication
Critical media literacy and cultural analysis
Reflexive writing and self-assessment
Qualitative data organization and tagging
Archival thinking and thematic categorization
Awareness of subjectivity and researcher positionality
Collaborative research and communication
My mentoring style is grounded in care, connection, and critical reflection (on both sides). I aim to foster a safe, open, and supportive environment where students feel seen, respected, and encouraged to explore both their intellectual and personal growth.
My approach is collaborative and student-centered. I meet mentees where they are, tailoring my involvement to their individual needs — whether that means hands-on support, structured guidance, or room for autonomy. In addition to our research expectations, our time together will include regular check-ins, conversations about future goals, and shared strategies for navigating difficult topics or relationships, especially those that intersect with our research themes.
I also believe that mentorship should be reciprocal and humanizing. I bring in my own lived experience and vulnerabilities where relevant, not to center myself, but to model growth, accountability, and the courage to ask hard questions. We will work together not only on skill-building and research development, but on how to build networks, receive feedback, manage emotional labor, and sustain curiosity in the face of challenges.
Ultimately, I want students to leave our work together with more confidence in their voice, a deeper understanding of their positionality, and tools they can carry into both academic and personal pursuits.
My approach is collaborative and student-centered. I meet mentees where they are, tailoring my involvement to their individual needs — whether that means hands-on support, structured guidance, or room for autonomy. In addition to our research expectations, our time together will include regular check-ins, conversations about future goals, and shared strategies for navigating difficult topics or relationships, especially those that intersect with our research themes.
I also believe that mentorship should be reciprocal and humanizing. I bring in my own lived experience and vulnerabilities where relevant, not to center myself, but to model growth, accountability, and the courage to ask hard questions. We will work together not only on skill-building and research development, but on how to build networks, receive feedback, manage emotional labor, and sustain curiosity in the face of challenges.
Ultimately, I want students to leave our work together with more confidence in their voice, a deeper understanding of their positionality, and tools they can carry into both academic and personal pursuits.
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Hours spent watching media included in mentoring hours
Yes
September 3rd, at 1-130pm
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94201163568
and
September 5, at 1-130pm
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99476906529
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94201163568
and
September 5, at 1-130pm
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99476906529
- Day: Wednesday, September 3
Start Time: 1:00
End Time: 1:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94201163568 - Day: Friday, September 5
Start Time: 1:00
End Time: 1:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99476906529
UROP Program Elements
Yes
Yes
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2025
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