UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #621 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 621

Submission ID: 9381

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Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Sat, 08/26/2023 - 03:50 PM

Completed: Sat, 08/26/2023 - 04:11 PM

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Annika A. Culver

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When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? Professor

Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) aculver@fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Florida State University (FSU)

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Postwar Japan: Oliver L. Austin Photographic Collection

Project Keywords US-Japan relations, postwar Tokyo, American expats, Japanese

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) History Majors, Japanese language majors, Art History, political science, international relations, writing/English majors, digital art

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 hours depending on the task

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 *Assisting the professor on the production of an edited volume of photographic images.
*Working on a digital archive of photographs from postwar Japan during the US Occupation (1946-1950).
*Adding/updating captions for locations, dates, names of people and festivals in the archive.
*Assisting with the visit of a Japanese researcher working on a photography book using the images of the collection.
*Possible scanning of slides from the original collection in Special Collections

Research Tasks *Adding/updating captions for locations, dates, names of people and festivals in the archive.
*Assisting with the visit of a Japanese researcher working on a photography book using the images of the collection.
*Possible scanning of slides from the original collection in Special Collections

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: * Interest in Japan (required)
* some knowledge of reading or speaking Japanese (recommended).
* some knowledge of working with websites or digital archives (recommended)

Mentoring Philosophy I enjoy working with students on projects where there is an interactive component to learning. Students get to work directly on a project where they will receive credit for their work, either on a digital archive or a book project. Thus, they learn to take ownership and pride in their work when they see that it can be featured and put on their resumes. Students also receive training with Special Collections and digital archivists. My philosophy is to show students how historians can also engage in public outreach through their work, whether on a digital archive, working with other scholars from Japan, or engaging with a project that will later be published. This provides them a glimpse into the "world" of historians, and "doing" history.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://history.fsu.edu/person/annika-culver and https://austin.as.fsu.edu/ See also:

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UROP Program Elements

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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