| Politics, Policy and Drugs in the African
American Community |
| Project Description: Three interrelated research projects are being
conducted: 1) the history and politics of drugs in Black America 2) an expanded
model of the problem of maternal substance abuse, and 3) the effects of
social policy on grandparents raising their cocaine-exposed grandchildren. |
| Student Roles/Responsibilities: Students will be expected to develop
a working knowledge of the incidence and prevalence of addiction, the effects
of abuse, and U.S. drug policy as it relates to Black America. Students
are expected to participate in general research tasks including data collection
and theory development, and will be responsible for developing and conducting
a related culminating project. |
| Minimum Qualifications: Students must have an interest in the general
topic as well as good library research and computer skills. Students must
have completed AAS 112 and at least one advanced course in the Social Sciences
track of African American Studies. |
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Sponsor: Professor Rae Banks, 201 Sims Hall; x4302; e-mail: rabanks
@syr.edu
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| African American Literature Before the Civil
War |
| Project Description: Many African Americans produced
poetry, stories, novels, drama, and autobiographies before the Civil War.
Emphasis will be placed on slave narratives as well as the works of writers
such as W.W. Brown, Frank Webb, Frances Harper, Martin Delaney, Harriet Wilson,
and David Walker. |
| Student Roles/Responsibilities: The students will select
either a certain literary genre or a specific author or time period. The
students will research the topic of their choice, discuss their findings
with me, and write papers on their findings. |
| Minimum Qualifications: Students must have taken AAS
231 and passed with a "B" or better. |
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Sponsor: Professor Rennie Simson, 200 Sims Hall; x4302
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