UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #520
Submission information
Submission Number: 520
Submission ID: 8871
Submission UUID: 96ecc9ec-9102-44b4-be8d-6f5c502f231b
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
Submission Update: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=IdUcEwt9f6w6nbA-SYDlOk3Ua9I2V8R9gDEipwQALLA
Created: Mon, 08/21/2023 - 07:42 AM
Completed: Mon, 08/21/2023 - 09:59 AM
Changed: Thu, 08/31/2023 - 04:37 PM
Remote IP address: 217.180.196.114
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
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Research Mentor Information --------------------------- Primary Research Mentor Name: G. Kurt Piehler Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: Professor When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?: Professor Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): kpiehler@fsu.edu Position Title: Faculty FSU College (if applicable): Arts and Sciences FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: History Headshot (optional): {Empty} Additional Research Mentor(s) ----------------------------- Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above): {Empty} Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns: {Empty} Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific?: {Empty} Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): {Empty} Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable): {Empty} Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Pronouns: {Empty} Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific?: {Empty} Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): {Empty} Overall Project Details ----------------------- Title of the Project: The Thomasville Project Project Keywords: History, Grant Writing Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Yes Number of Research Assistants Needed : 3 Relevant Research Assistant Major(s): Open to all majors Project Location:: Thomasville, Georgia 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 project will develop a comprehensive annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources related to the history of Thomasville, Georgia. This bibliography will be eventually digitized and become a permanent reference source for scholars, students, museum professionals, journalists, and the general public. The project also will work with the Thomasville History Center to prepare a draft of a NEH and/or NHPRC grant to fund the creation of archival finding aids. As part of the project, at least one primary source reader that will be created for a planned teacher's workshop in Spring 2024. Research Tasks: Literature review and data analysis, conducting archival research. Read and transcribe documents. Skills that research assistant(s) may need:: Writing (Required) Mentoring Philosophy: Over the course of my career I have supervised over 100 internships that have allowed students to engage in research projects of lasting significance beginning with the Rutgers Oral History Archives. A good intern will be able to take broad direction and work independently. Over the course of an internship, I work with a student to plan the next steps of their career whether it is another internship, graduate school, or the first job after graduation. Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: thomasvilleneh.org Please add any additional information here (if applicable):: In the summer of 2023, Professor Piehler served as co-director of the Quest for Freedom NEH teacher's workshop focusing on the local civil rights movement in Thomasville, Georgia. Roundtable times and Zoom links: Wednesday September 6, 3:00-4:00 https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93852732471?pwd=V2crOEl3dy9jME1PVmFlUWFpam1TZz09 Meeting ID: 938 5273 2471 Passcode: Thomas Friday, September 8, 4:00-5:00 Join Zoom Meeting https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96358716276?pwd=OGNwY2hsenNFRVdhcmduVmgzVXFWQT09 Meeting ID: 963 5871 6276 Passcode: Flipper UROP Program Elements --------------------- Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes Materials Grant: Yes UROP Poster Presentation: Yes {Empty} Year: 2023 update url: https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=IdUcEwt9f6w6nbA-SYDlOk3Ua9I2V8R9gDEipwQALLA