Opportunities & Processes

1. Each city cluster will offer a partial unit research opportunity to 20 students for a one-week, faculty-led travel seminar to the respective hub following the completion of the course. Faculty responsible for clustered course will include information about research and proposal processes in the syllabus. Proposals will be reviewed to select 4-5 students from each cluster course. Students will conduct research and the product will then be shared on the Digital Humanities site.
2. Summer research stipends for place-based research with a faculty member are also available to all students. Priority would be given students who participate in the cluster courses but all are welcome to apply. More information can be found at the Undergraduate Summer Research Support page.

Possible research topics – St. Louis:

• Police violence
• BLM first major protest
• Redlining policies
• Gentrification
• Impact of Plessy v. Ferguson
• Ongoing legacies of Missouri Compromise
• Great Migration & “gateway to the West”
• Manifest destiny & indigenous displacement
• Environmental sustainability
• “Confluence Corridor” – where Mississippi, Illinois, & Missouri Rivers meet

Eligible Cluster Courses

Winter 2024 Courses

• ANSO 320 St: Social Policy and Social Justice
  • Prerequisites: Must have taken an ANSO 200 level course.

Spring 2024 Courses

• CHIN 222 20th Century Urban China
  • Prerequisites: None
• ENGL 152 RTW: Genre
  • Prerequisites: None
• MUSC 165 Jazz Explorations
  • Prerequisites: None

Grant Funded Research

After the conclusion of the spring quarter, cluster faculty and selected students will extend the classroom to St. Louis for a partial-unit study away experience. During this travel seminar to St. Louis (June 10th – June 17th), students will undertake individual and collaborative research within and across the disciplinary knowledge acquired in their respective courses. The travel seminar will prioritize place-based learning, humanities-based inquiry, and social justice problem-solving via relevant site visits, partnerships with local community organizations, and student-led discussion and reflection. At the end of the travel seminar, students will publish their research on the Digital Humanities website.

NOTE: Enrollment in these courses does not guarantee selection for the travel seminar. Participants will be enrolled into a 0.5 unit partial unit IDSY course for Summer 2024.

Applications for the Spring 2024 eligible course are due Thursday of 3rd week in Spring Quarter.

Possible research topics – New Orleans:

• Climate change and impact on racialized communities
• Policing and incarceration
• Consequences of gentrification
• Deportation of Marcus Garvey
• Use of immigrant labor
• Environmental sustainability
• Impact of oil production on the environment
• Underground railroad
• Use of music as a form of support and information
• Movements designed to address state violence & the protection of communities

Eligible Cluster Courses

Spring 2024 Courses

• FREN 465 Francophone Indian Ocean Literature

Fall 2024 Courses

• TBA

Grant Funded Research

After the conclusion of the fall quarter, cluster faculty and selected students will extend the classroom to New Orleans for a partial-unit study away experience. During this travel seminar to New Orleans (December 3rd – December 9th), students will undertake individual and collaborative research within and across the disciplinary knowledge acquired in their respective courses. The travel seminar will prioritize place-based learning, humanities-based inquiry, and social justice problem-solving via relevant site visits, partnerships with local community organizations, and student-led discussion and reflection. At the end of the travel seminar, students will publish their research on the Digital Humanities website.

NOTE: Enrollment in these courses does not guarantee selection for the travel seminar. Participants will be enrolled into a 0.5 unit partial unit IDSY course for Winter 2024.

Applications open Tuesday of 6th week of Spring Quarter for the Spring 2024 eligible courses and are due Tuesday of 9th week.

Possible research topics – San Diego:

• Bordering logics defining Mexico & migrants as threats to the nation
• Detainment & separation of migrant families
• Maquiladoras
• Police departments as immigration enforcement
• Indigenous peoples working to assert sovereignty
• Cross-border activism
• Environmental sustainability
• Transnational ties between peoples divided by the border

Eligible Cluster Courses

Spring 2024 Courses

• ENGL 323 Chicana/o/x Literature
• ANSO 322 Prisoners & Detainees: Race, Citizenship, & Imprisonment

Fall 2024 Courses

• TBA

Grant Funded Research

After the conclusion of the fall quarter, cluster faculty and selected students will extend the classroom to San Diego for a partial-unit study away experience. During this travel seminar to San Diego (December 10th – December 16th), students will undertake individual and collaborative research within and across the disciplinary knowledge acquired in their respective courses. The travel seminar will prioritize place-based learning, humanities-based inquiry, and social justice problem-solving via relevant site visits, partnerships with local community organizations, and student-led discussion and reflection. At the end of the travel seminar, students will publish their research on the Digital Humanities website.

NOTE: Enrollment in these courses does not guarantee selection for the travel seminar. Participants will be enrolled into a 0.5 unit partial unit IDSY course for Winter 2024.

Applications open Tuesday of 6th week of Spring Quarter for the Spring 2024 eligible courses and are due Tuesday of 9th week.