honors experiences

UHP Discover

My first honors experience was participating in the honors college's UHP Discover program, which consisted of doing undergraduate research under a mentor. The program lasted the entire summer, so the number of hours caused it to count for two expereiences. I aided in research regarding British imperialism and the usage of immigration in the 1880s, with a specific focus on Australia, which is shown in the picture provided. The first two months I annotated dozens of physical documents, and flagged topics important to the overall project. The last month I worked on finding online documents. Over the course of the summer, I kept a spreadsheet documenting each material, both online and printed, and kept up to date what each consisted of that was important. Participating in this project helped me research into the modern implications of racism and slavery/indentured servitude, as well as analyze patterns of whiteness and who applied compared to today. Building on that, I can especially appreciate the varied layers of how the idea of race has evolved I also gained greater archival skills and networking. In the future, my mentor and I plan on hopefully participating in a conference either domestic or abroad. The skills I gained also can possibly be utilized for a master’s thesis, if I decide to go down that route.