Please share with undergraduate students! Applications are due next Friday.
NSF-REU program "Mapping Freedom"
Dates: June 5 - July 28, 2023
Applications Due: January 27, 2023
The research and education in this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at The University of Southern Mississippi will focus on the use of mapping technology, including geographic information systems,
to understand better the transformation of society during periods of historical change.
About Mapping Freedom
Student researchers will work with faculty mentors in computer science and digital humanities to map the granular process of emancipation in Mississippi during the Civil War and through the period of Reconstruction
to visualize freed-people's paths to citizenship.
This project was inspired by three factors:
Read more about the opportunity at
https://www.usm.edu/digital-humanities/nsf-reu-program.php and apply at
https://www.usmcdh.org/mapping-freedom-application
Many thanks,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth La Beaud
Head of Library Technology,
The University of Southern Mississippi
Director,
Mississippi Digital Library