Apply by May 10th, 2024
Email a cover letter describing why you think you'd be a good fit for the position to Dr. Szymanski at
szymanski@alfred.edu.
Direct questions to
Dr. Szymanski as well.
Description of the project:
Part biography, part policy review, this book project traces the lives of four Black women shot by Rochester Police Department since 1975, and the community and policy responses that result. Through archival and oral history research, co-authors Ted Forsyth and Mallory Szymanski tell the stories of the lives of Denise Hawkins (shot and killed in 1975), Alecia McCuller (shot and killed 1983), -Lashedica Mason (13 yr old, shot and nearly killed in 2005), and Patricia Thompson (shot and killed 2006). This project aims to draw a thread across nearly 50 years of police violence in Rochester and to understand how gender, race, and class contribute to Black women's experiences. In step with #sayhername efforts to lift Black women's names in the Movement for Black Lives to ensure they are counted, remembered, and honored, this book also aims to inform policymakers, activists and organizers, and impacted populations about patterns that affect Black women differently than Black men.
Description of the Oral History Assistant Researcher Position:
Assistant Researcher will:
Listen to oral history interviews with politicians, family members, activists, and other stakeholders. Transcribe oral history interviews Identify patterns, connections, and key ideas/themes Make recommendations about ways the interviews can serve the mission of the project.
Assistant Research may have the opportunity to:
Sit in on an oral history interview Conduct archival research using digital archives.
Researchers may either:
- Apply for APEX funding and proceed as a paid position ($1000 for the semester); no credit. Must be a junior or senior to be eligible. Note: APEX funding is decided by an external body, not the principle investigators of the research project (Forsyth and Szymanski) and is not guaranteed.
- Earn 2 internship credits in history during spring semester 2024 (open to all levels)
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