Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Rachel Fendler
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: she/her
When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?: Dr.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): rfendler@fsu.edu
Position Title: Faculty
FSU College (if applicable): Fine Arts
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Art Education
Headshot (optional): https://cre.fsu.edu/system/files/webform/urop_project_proposal_portal/7876/headshot-fendler-web2.jpg

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): rfendler@fsu.edu
Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable): Dr. Sara Scott Shields, Dr. John Myers
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Teaching Tallahassee: An Interdisciplinary Civics and Art Curriculum Project
Project Keywords: art education, curriculum development, place-based education, qualitative research, teacher interviews
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 3
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Art Education, Social Studies Education, Education - general, History

Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: Yes
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Partially Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 7 hours
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:
This UROP research position will contribute to the grant-funded project: Teaching Tallahassee, which kicks off in July 2023. In this project, the research team will work with 12 art, history, and civics teachers from across Leon County, to research and explore the rich history of the area. During the project, the research team will work with the teachers on designing and drafting individual curriculum projects that use the history of Tallahassee to encourage K-12 students to think and make about their community history. This project draws on place-based education and positions learning inside of local communities, cultures, experiences, and people. This model uses local places as a point of entry for students to learn about a range of subjects, for this project we posit that civic education happens through history, civics, and art. A main objective of this project is to: Foster the collaborations of art, history, and civics educators and faculty, to develop an effective and evidence-based curriculum focused on civic engagement and participation in Leon County K-12 school students. Research findings from previous studies (Shields et al., 2020; Fendler et al., 2020; Fendler & Shields, 2018) have been used to inform this action research project. This project is focused on collaborating with K-12 teachers to develop new, interdisciplinary curriculum, in order to provide practical, user-friendly, and up to date resources for K-12 art and civics teachers to teach towards civic engagement and participation.

Research Tasks:
UROP research assistants will: attend project meetings with the research team; assist with data collection (observing our curriculum development workshop with teachers, taking field notes, assisting with transcriptions); assist with conducting interviews with teachers; develop curriculum resources by investigating historic and contemporary people/places/events relevant to Tallahassee; develop artist resources by investigating contemporary artists whose projects are related to the curriculum projects teachers are developing. Other tasks may emerge.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
Required: 
- Interest in the field of education
- Background knowledge in EITHER art making, art history, OR history
- Ability to meet 4 hours per week in person in the William Johnson Building
Recommended:
- Working toward the BA/MS degree in Art Education or Social Studies Education
- Interest in curriculum development
- Interest in action civics, civic engagement, or community organizing

Mentoring Philosophy:
I am interested in working with emerging scholars who are motivated to learn more about how education, and in particular art education, can intentionally support young people's civic engagement or, in other words, their ability to change the world. Participation in this project, which is grant-funded and has a team of three faculty and two doctoral research assistants, will allow mentees to become familiar with the structure and processes of a qualitative research project. In joining the research team, mentees will have the opportunity to work with local teachers and observe the curriculum development process. In parallel, they will be invited to contribute reflections, emerging analyses, and suggestions with fellow research team members. My mentoring philosophy is invitational in nature: I am happy to facilitate a mentee's observation and administrative assistance within our project, but need feedback and engagement from the mentee to assist you turning your participation into a research project. As individual interests emerge though participation, I enjoy working with mentees on the best ways to tailor their work for the benefit of the project and their own goals as emerging scholars. 

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: www.civicarted.org
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Published articles on this topic can be found here:
https://fsu-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_FSU/1pc67ru/cdi_eric_primary_EJ1264494
https://fsu-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_FSU/1pc67ru/cdi_informaworld_taylorfrancis_310_1080_00393541_2020_1740146


Roundtable times and Zoom links:
Thursday, Sept 7, 12pm-12:30pm, 12:30pm-1pm.  https://fsu.zoom.us/my/rachelfendler
Friday, Sept 8, 2-2:30pm, 2:30pm-3pm. https://fsu.zoom.us/my/rachelfendler
SHORT VIDEO PRESENTATION (meeting recording): https://fsu.zoom.us/rec/share/EEN6i1Ag9TDqeQZnmBsUG6rokRkshV7reUJxK87i4HajKnH0Y66Wu_lhd7z2B5D4.-G1Ep4qw3MAcUovW?startTime=1694103052000 

UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes

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Year: 2023
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