Lilly, Jaylen, and Gavin discuss their Undergraduate Research Opportunity experiences working with the Rosenstrasse Civil Courage Foundation.
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Liam researched and wrote his Honors thesis on welfare and policing in New York City from the 1960s to the early 1990s. In this article, he describes how he worked with his mentor and committee to stay on top of his project and produce a history of New York City in the late 20th century.
In May 2024, Chelsi Arellano was offered an assistant professor position at Broward College, Florida. In this article she reflects on her time in the graduate program and starting a new position.
Find out what it is like to spend your days on a hillside in Tuscany digging up Etruscan, Roman or medieval Italian remains.
If you want to find out more about Tallahassee history, consider interning at Mission San Luis! Read more about Lucy's experience.
Dr. Ben Dodds, associate professor of History, mentored Dara and Marcel in an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program project on the history of Spain told through the lives of bandits. The project uses the stories about real and imagined bandits from the Roman period until the present to explain the history of Spain.
Grace Martin decided to do her HITM project on Abigail Adams, the first historical person that made her fall in love with history. She knew that Adams' correspondence was available digitally and would be an excellent source for her project.
Hear from FSU History graduate Kieran Stenson about researching Florida history for his senior seminar. The class introduced him to the field of historic preservation; it opened up a new area of history for Kieran and new career opportunities.
Sarah Dinkins graduated with a B.A. in History before going to law school. Looking back on her time in undergrad, Sarah felt that History was the best degree to prepare her for law school. "A large part of law school is doing research and writing. Having been a History major prepared me for that."
For Daela Webster, the history of textiles has been a long-held passion. She pursued it in her Honors in the Major project which investigated how women in North America used clothing to convey messages about their politics and their social standing during the revolutionary period.