SURF Mentoring

Potential projects/topics: I would like to create a website and/or podcast that offers undergraduates anthropological insights into the kinds of jobs that they might want. Many academic researchers have studied jobs like forensic pathologists or professional organizers, but don't write about these professions in an accessible enough way. I would like a student who can interview these researchers about the professions that they study and present these interviews in a way that will appeal to Rice undergraduates (and ideally undergraduates everywhere) who are trying to figure out what they want to do. This involves preparing for an interview through research, conducting the interview and then preparing the interview for the public.

Potential skills gained: This is an ideal project for anyone who wants to be a journalist or do qualitative research - you will learn how to do background research for an interview, learn how to interview and then format the interview for public consumption.

Required qualifications: None

Direct mentor: Faculty/P.I.