UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1064

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  roundtable_info:
    - day: 'Wednesday, September 3'
      endingtime: '1:30'
      starttime: '1:00'
      zoomlink: 'https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94201163568'
    - day: 'Friday, September 5'
      endingtime: '1:30'
      starttime: '1:00'
      zoomlink: 'https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99476906529'
  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: 6-8
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: ij24@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: '1'
  faculty_advisor_name: 'Ravi Howard'
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ryhoward@fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'Arts and Sciences'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: English
  headshot_optional_: '62056'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: 'city bus'
  mentoring_philosophy: |-
    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.
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: '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.'
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: 'Hours spent watching media included in mentoring hours'
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: ''
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: 'Graduate Student'
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Jade Jemison'
  project_keywords: 'Black Feminist Thought, Ethnography, Qualitative Research, Subjectivity in Research, Memory, Literature'
  relevant_student_major_s_: |-
    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)
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: She/Her
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |-
    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.
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: |-
    September 3rd, at 1-130pm 
    https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94201163568
    and 
    September 5, at 1-130pm
    https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99476906529
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |-
    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
  title_of_the_project: 'Media, Mothers, Memory-Making'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: ''
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: ''
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'Yes'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: 'No'
  year: '2025'