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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.
Kristina spent the last year in Valencia, Spain, teaching English in a local elementary school. Here she talks about what it is like to live and work abroad.
Discover what it is like to be part of a UROP project! Garrett worked under the supervision of Emily Lu, Ph.D. candidate in History, on an Undergraduate Research Program project exploring military music during World War II.
In his current position, Elias Larralde works with materials that were born digital. In this interview, he explains why he wanted to be an archivist and what he did to become one.
History major Vinnie Whibbs turned his passion for surfing into his senior seminar topic. His research focuses on the connection between surf tourism and coastal development in El Salvador from 1992 to the present.