UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #333
Submission information
Submission Number: 333
Submission ID: 7911
Submission UUID: def10d52-e110-449e-889e-a1de50840821
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
Submission Update: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=nzeq1NeND40ysbjjoNulnaeW_HEsmZ4rHgGHzY_AG8s
Created: Tue, 06/20/2023 - 01:49 PM
Completed: Tue, 06/20/2023 - 02:05 PM
Changed: Thu, 10/05/2023 - 09:58 AM
Remote IP address: 98.230.48.104
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal
Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal
Research Mentor Information
Andrew Frank
He/Him/His
Dr.
Faculty
Arts and Sciences
History Department and Native American and Indigenous Studies Center
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Additional Research Mentor(s)
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Overall Project Details
FSU and the History of Miss Seminole Tribe
Seminole, FSU, Homecoming, History, Tallahassee
No
3
Open to all majors
On FSU Main Campus
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Fully Remote
5-10
Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
This project seeks to tell the origins and history of Florida State University and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. For several decades, In particular, it seeks to explore how the winner of the Miss Florida Seminole Pageant came to become a part of the FSU homecoming pageant. The pageant is an annual competition among the Seminole Tribe of Florida to choose a spokeswoman for their culture and community. The tradition of participation with FSU's homecoming is several decades old and appears to have been initiated by the Seminole Tribe rather than FSU students or administrators. This project will look the importance of the pageant in Seminole history, its connection to FSU, and the role of the holders of the Miss Florida Seminole title in the history of the Tribe and its ongoing relationship with FSU. To the best of our knowledge the participation of Miss Florida Seminole (and her family) in homecoming is the longest lasting formal tie between the Tribe and the University. Yet, the role of the Seminole women and their families who participation is largely untold.
Students will conduct data collection and analysis on the topic. They will be reading through tribal newspapers (The Seminole Tribune), online newspaper databases, the FSU Flambeau, FSU yearbooks, and otherwise searching the FSU archives for images, correspondence, and other documents related to this event.
Recommended:
competency with databases
competency with databases
When mentoring students, my philosophy is to give them enough guidance to minimize the risks that they may face in the research process and to give them enough encouragement to make educated guesses and learn from and not get frustrated by the dead-ends that they will inevitably encounter. In the end, students will learn what it means to do historical research and should feel like they are full partners in the larger project.
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https://fsu.zoom.us/j/2029728060
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/2029728060
UROP Program Elements
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2023
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