Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Tyler McCreary
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: he/his
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): tmccreary@fsu.edu
Position Title: Faculty
FSU College (if applicable): Social Sciences and Public Policy
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Geography
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: The Historical Experience of Indigenous Patients in Canadian Assylums 
Project Keywords: history, history of medicine, history of psychiatry, colonialism, racism, discrimination, Indigenous peoples, Canada, mental illness, assylums
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 4
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
History, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Criminology, Environment and Society

Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: No, the project is remote
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?: 5-10
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 research project examines the historical experiences of Indigenous patients in the Canadian mental health system from the early twentieth century until the mid-twentieth century (1900-1944). The project particularly explores how Canadian mental health institutions ordered the conduct of care for Indigenous people, and compares it to Indigenous practices of traditional psychological and spiritual care. We examine how settler authorities sought to control care for Indigenous life, presenting Indigenous peoples as broken and lacking the capacity to heal themselves. The objective of this research is threefold. We seek to examine how settler institutions: a) normalized their psychiatric and medical authority to save Indigenous people; b) erased the coexistence of Indigenous healing practices, and c) consistently neglected consideration of the broader the violence of colonialism as a source of Indigenous psychological and spiritual harm. 

Research Tasks:
students will engage in: identifying Indigenous patient records; collecting reports on conditions in the provincial hospitals and photographic material on mental health hospitals; preliminary document analysis; review of the relevant academic literature

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
archival research, historical document analysis, critical reading skills

Mentoring Philosophy:
I view student mentoring as a central component of my work as a faculty member. I have a collaborative approach to supervision, working directly with students to help them develop their ideas and engage their insights in the research. I also support students to develop themselves as scholars, building communication and presentation skills, and building their research profile for future success. I encourage students to participate in the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference and provide detailed feedback on their posters. 

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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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