Dr. Cailín Murray
<b>Department: </b>Anthropology<br><b>Research Area: </b>Cultural Anthropology and Ethnohistory, Native American and Settler ethnohistory, environmental ethnohistory, Food ethnohistory
Department: Anthropology
Research Focus: Cultural Anthropology Ethnohistory, Native American and Settler ethnohistory, environmental ethnohistory, Food ethnohistory
Potential Student Project(s):
I am seeking a student to assist with my research project on indigenous and settler colonial food practices, 19th century, Delaware County, Muncie, IN.
Attributes/skills/background sought in undergraduate:
Comfortable with library and archival research (in BL and online); Interest in 19th and early 20th century Midwestern/US cultural and environmental ethnohistory; would like to learn and apply ethnohistorical research methods.
Mentoring Plan:
The student scholar will work 5 hours per week and this includes meeting with me for one hour per week about the project or working with me in Archives and Special Collections, BL for 1 hour per week. The student will be conducting primary and secondary research pertaining to indigenous and settler colonial food histories in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. I will be training them in ethnohistorical research methods and analysis. I will also mentor them through the process of developing their own project based on my data to create an academic poster entry for the Student Conference.
Contact: 7652853568, BB 317