CRB and RA UGA Opportunities Two Research Projects on American Religion Position 1: Digitizing the Census of Religious Bodies Undergraduate research assistants are needed to digitize four historical volumes of the Census of Religious Bodies. More than a century ago, the US government expended significant resources documenting the financial, material, and human resources of all of the religious organizations in the country—over 200 denominations, and 220,000 congregations. This project aims to make these incredible data accessible to us for analysis by digitizing the volumes. Undergraduate research assistants will enter the data into an electronic database, clean the data, and possibly help with analysis. This is excellent research experience for students looking to understand how databases are created, organized, maintained and analyzed quantitatively. Position 2: Creating an Archive of American Religious Periodicals Undergraduate research assistants are needed to transcribe articles from historical denominational periodicals from more than 30 of America’s most prominent religious groups. The articles cover a vast array of the issues facing American religious groups between 1918-65, including: segregation, World War II, the cold war, civil rights, feminism, the Vietnam War, global missions, race, eugenics and the population explosion. The work will include transcribing articles from denominational periodicals which have already been gathered. The most advanced assistants will have the opportunity to assist with coding, and possibly analysis and writing. The work can be done remotely. Assistants will learn a great deal about the research process, including how one codes, analyzes and writes-up qualitative sociological findings. For both positions, opportunities to complete advanced tasks and participate in analysis will be offered as appropriate. Those interested may also be invited to collaborate with the PI and graduate research assistants in the writing process, with the possibility of co-authorship. All work can be done remotely. Work study and independent study positions will be filled first. Limited non-work study positions are available.
If interested please send a cover letter and resume to Professor Melissa Wilde at: [email protected].
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