SHARE Summer 2021: Research Opportunity with Dr. Fiona Vernal

Project Mentor

Dr. Fiona Vernal
Department: History and Africana Studies

Research Project Overview:

Documenting African American Community Formation and Community Succession in Hartford is a data visualization project that charts the internal movement of African Americans in Harford from the downtown area to the North end and then Bloomfield and Windsor. This project complements an ongoing digital humanities project the explores how housing access and discrimination shaped where people could live in the city.

Perspectives of Home: Stories of Post War Manchester explores the shifting demography of a former mill town in the Greater Hartford region through a partnership with a local gallery in Manchester. This project extends the analysis of urbanization in Hartford to its immediate suburbs.

Role of a SHARE Summer Apprentice:

Student apprentice will learn how to blend geographical and historical research to support the production of original maps and visualizations of the relationship between race and urbanization.

Faculty and student apprentice will work collaboratively and synchronously on building and analyzing datasets and on developing data stories from oral histories, GIS, and historical research.

Student apprentice will attend training session with GIS consultant.

Summer Schedule/Time Commitment:

I will work around the apprentice’s schedule but also prefer the schedule of 9 hours per week. I would like to be finished by August 15. I am willing to frontload the work in batches of 20 hours for the first two weeks.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Curiosity, discipline, commitment
  • Willing to use G-Suite and excel

To Apply:

CLOSED – Click here to submit an online application for this research apprenticeship through the Quest Portal. The application deadline is Friday, March 26, 2021 at 11:59pm.

Click here to view an outline of the application questions. In addition to the question on the outline, applicants for this position will be asked the following question:

  • Are you willing to meet via Zoom or other web based platforms? (500 words maximum)