Approaches To Seeking Out Undergrad Research Opportunities in the Humanities?

[Anonymous]

In addition to emailing professors. This is at a small LAC.

[Anonymous]

Take a research-oriented class. Do a research project for it and actually submit it as a poster for a conference or turn it into a bigger project.

[Anonymous]

It is easy at elite privates just ask professor after you have looked up what research they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take a research-oriented class. Do a research project for it and actually submit it as a poster for a conference or turn it into a bigger project.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

1. Take a class in desired area of research
2. Excel in said class
3. Ask professor of this class to take you on as a research assistant.

If the supply of research assistants is high-professors obviously professor known students to ones who write them out of the blue with no references.

[Anonymous]

What's there to research in the humanities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's there to research in the humanities.

Here are some examples
https://www.city-journal.org/article/mellon-foundation-higher-education-funding-scholar-activist-pipeline

[Anonymous]

start one of these

https://www.citizenscience.gov

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's there to research in the humanities?

History, for example, depends on research for its foundation, particularly through the sub-area of historiography.

[Anonymous]

If you state the humanity field of interest, further suggestions might be enhanced.

[Anonymous]

^ humanities field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's there to research in the humanities.

Wow you are not too intouch with academia it seems. Every professor does research. They have phDs that required research and they continue to do it as professors, if they want to be associate or fully tenured! History professors research history. Sociology professors research societies and the human condition, current or past. Psychology profs research behavior. Some professors write textbooks from their research and let undergrads help edit. There are so many ways to get involved with research in the humanities as an undergraduate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's there to research in the humanities.

Wow you are not too intouch with academia it seems. Every professor does research. They have phDs that required research and they continue to do it as professors, if they want to be associate or fully tenured! History professors research history. Sociology professors research societies and the human condition, current or past. Psychology profs research behavior. Some professors write textbooks from their research and let undergrads help edit. There are so many ways to get involved with research in the humanities as an undergraduate.

However, these represent social science fields.

[Anonymous]

Classics major at a LAC did research on ancient greek society. Professors in humanities all have research and sometimes take undergrads on summer digs to Europe. England has an ancient site that a different professor researches

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's there to research in the humanities.

Wow you are not too intouch with academia it seems. Every professor does research. They have phDs that required research and they continue to do it as professors, if they want to be associate or fully tenured! History professors research history. Sociology professors research societies and the human condition, current or past. Psychology profs research behavior. Some professors write textbooks from their research and let undergrads help edit. There are so many ways to get involved with research in the humanities as an undergraduate.

However, these represent social science fields.

The inability of people to distinguish between social sciences and humanities on DCUM is a nice reminder that most things here are 30+ years out of date.