Independent Research, UTA positions & Research Assistantships

Below is a list of recent student research projects, including independent student research and group-directed research.

CURRENT & PAST INDEPENDENT STUDENT RESEARCH
Research trip to China
Summer 2005 and 2006
Academic program: Sociology/Anthropology
Academic advisor: Mark Dailey
Student researchers: 14 student participants
In May 2005, 14 student traveled with Professor Mark Dailey to eastern China's Jiangsu Province for a three-week course called "Culture Change in Contemporary China." The group conducted hands-on anthropological field research methods to learn about shifting practices and values in China today. Topics included increasing class inequality, gender roles, informal vs. formal economies, and ideologies relating to modernization and the environment. The class was hosted by Yancheng Teachers' College, where Dailey taught and lived with his family for a year in 2000.

Lady Burlingame Independent Study
Spring 2004
Academic program: History
Faculty advisor: Matthew Osborn
Student researcher: Laura Bowden
The Private life of Lady Burlingame, wife of First U.S. Ambassador to China