{"id":116696,"date":"2023-08-29T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=116696"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:30:12","slug":"university-launches-summer-research-program-on-politics-of-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/university-launches-summer-research-program-on-politics-of-place\/","title":{"rendered":"University Launches Summer Research Program on Politics of Place"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UM faculty members developing the ‘Interdisciplinary Study of the Politics of Place’ include (from left) Simone Delerme, McMullan associate professor of Southern studies and anthropology; Amy McDowell, associate professor of sociology; Catarina Passidomo, Southern Foodways Alliance associate professor of Southern studies and associate professor of anthropology; and James Thomas, associate professor of sociology.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The intersection of race and politics is the focus of a new summer research program coming soon to the University of Mississippi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The “Interdisciplinary Study of the Politics of Place” is an undergraduate research experience funded with a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation<\/a>. The research experience will offer a unique focus on the relationship between race, power and place in the U.S. South, making it the only program of its kind in the country.<\/p>\n

Beginning in May 2024, undergraduate students from other colleges and universities will come to campus for 10 weeks to learn and put into practice basic principles of social scientific research design and methodology.<\/p>\n

“This REU program immerses students in a 10-week summer research experience focused on the relationships between race, power and the politics of place in the American South,” said Simone Delerme, McMullan associate professor of Southern studies<\/a> and anthropology. “Students will have the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary, social scientific research with University of Mississippi faculty.”<\/p>\n

Delerme and James M. Thomas, associate professor of sociology<\/a>, are co-directors of the undergraduate research experience.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2021, several Ole Miss faculty members conducted a pilot research program on “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Race, Power and Placemaking,” with support from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following the success of that program, they applied for and were awarded the grant through the NSF’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in 2022. Students will assist on a number of research projects centered in the U.S. South. Examples of those research projects include:<\/p>\n