UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #625 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 625

Submission ID: 9401

Submission UUID: 1a4f54c1-8bd5-4e01-bca6-a3a15672d2eb

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

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Created: Mon, 08/28/2023 - 12:07 AM

Completed: Mon, 08/28/2023 - 12:07 AM

Changed: Sat, 10/14/2023 - 11:14 AM

Remote IP address: 35.147.76.5

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal

Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Paul Anthony

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) panthony2@fsu.edu

Position Title Graduate Student

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FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Federal Investigation of Polygamous Mormons Under the White Slavery Act

Project Keywords religion, polygamy, mormonism, fbi, records

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Any majors welcome, slight preference for History or Religion majors

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Fully Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5

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 Researchers would be responsible for reviewing, cataloguing, and flagging particularly relevant or interesting FBI records pertaining to a federal investigation of polygamists under the federal White Slavery Act from the 1930s through the 1970s.

Research Tasks document review, data entry, data analysis, document summary, document organizing

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required: Comfort with basic use of Excel and Google Drive, ability to accurately summarize and distill information from primary source material, strong organizational skills

Mentoring Philosophy This project is part of my dissertation into the relationship between the state and polygamous Mormons and ex-Mormons in Utah, Arizona, and Texas. My philosophy is that research is a collaborative effort. Mentors and researchers work together, sharing what they learn with each other because that's how knowledge should work. Any successful academic project requires cooperation, transparency, and mutual respect. my hope is that researchers helping with this project will join me in learning about how to use federal law enforcement records to tell a story about marginalized religious practices in the United States, as well as how to organize and distill decades-old information to make telling that story easier.

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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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Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? No

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Year 2023

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