Below is an announcement regarding an opportunity for
undergraduates to earn credit during the second summer session while also being
part of a research team:
The 2015 Sociological Research Practicum (SRP) will explore
Americans’ views regarding the family and higher education. A team of students
trained by the Center for Survey Research conducted national phone
interviews. Among the topics to be covered in the interviews are: how
Americans define “family”; views regarding cohabitation and same-sex
relationships; views regarding children’s personality and traits’ views regarding
adoptive families, same-sex families, and interracial families; views on the
“appropriate” role of fathers and mothers; attitudes regarding the division of
labor in the home; relationships with grandparents and extended kin; views
regarding same-sex marriage; views regarding the benefits and challenges of
higher education, and views regarding the role that students, parents, and the
government should assume in funding a college education.
Now that the interview component of the SRP is coming to a
close, we are inviting students to earn college credit while being part of the
transcription team during the second summer session. Depending on the
number of credit hours they are earning, SRP team members should expect to
spend between 10 and 15 hours a week transcribing interviews. Interested
students also will have opportunities to analyze some of the collected data
(either in the summer or in the fall) and to present the results at a
conference.
Undergraduates can choose to register for Sociology S492 (Undergraduate
SRP), Sociology S494 (Internship), and Sociology S495 (Research and Readings in
Sociology) and can earn up to 6 credit hours (although most will choose to earn
3 credit hours). Students in the Hutton Honors College might be able to
received honors course credit for participation.
If interested in this possibility, contact Professor Brian
Powell at powell@indiana.edu
