Summer Opportunity for 1st Gen/Underrepresented Minority Anthropology Students

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<p>Beverly Davenport, an old high school friend of mine (and, yes, we really are old now :frowning: ) is an anthropology professor at the University of North Texas. She recently told me about a summer program at UNT for undergrad anthropology students from first-generation or URM backgrounds, and it sounds like a great opportunity for those who qualify. Instead of costing a bundle to enroll, participants are actually paid ($4200) and receive free housing on the UNT campus.</p>

<p>Here are some of the other details:</p>

<p>**The UNT Summer Research Program is a national site for one of the National Science Foundation’s “Research Experience for Undergraduate” (REU) programs. It’s a 10 week long opportunity where undergraduates work in close collaboration with faculty mentors and staff to both learn and apply social science research methods, particularly those from a scientifically anthropological point of view.</p>

<p>The program starts out with five weeks of intensive instruction in theory, methodology, data collection and interpretation, research skills, critical thinking, and writing. The instruction will be in the form of interactive lectures, discussions, assignments, and readings.</p>

<p>Following that is five weeks of focused individual research. Participants will prepare a literature review, design research with the help of a faculty mentor, and prepare a proposal to submit to an Institutional Review Board (IRB). After conducting research, students will produce a research report and make a professional poster presentation. Past participants have had the opportunity to publish in an acclaimed online undergraduate research journal, The Eagle Feather.</p>

<p>The UNT REU program is for college students who are between their sophomore and senior years and who are members of groups traditionally under-represented in colleges and universities, including minority students and first-generation college students.**</p>

<p>For more information, go to [NSF</a> Program - UNT Anthropology](<a href=“http://anthropology.unt.edu/anthatunt-summernsfprogram.php]NSF”>http://anthropology.unt.edu/anthatunt-summernsfprogram.php)</p>

<p>And if you have questions that the Web site doesn’t answer, post them here on this thread. Bev is a CC member and may see them and reply.</p>