Senior Thesis, Kent State University (2008)
As part of my membership in Kent State University's Honors College, I finished a senior thesis in the Fall semester of 2007 before my student teaching period the following semester. My research was interested in how religious ideas shaped political motivations and actions. My subjects were anti-slavery activists near Oberlin and Wellington, Ohio, two small towns in northeast Ohio located in an important hotbed of Underground Railroad activity due partly to the existence of Oberlin.
In addition to providing me with important research skills and opportunities, I was able to present this project at regional and national conferences in Cleveland, Ohio and Denver, Colorado. I also earned a special note of "distinction" upon my graduation from the honors program and received the Hy Kritzer Memorial Thesis Fellowship due to my work.
M.Ed. Capstone Project, Sam Houston State University (2022)
In my final research course at Sam Houston State Unviersity, I was tasked with carrying out a project of original research which incorporated qualitative data collection and analysis. I used and became familiar with the popular survey program, Qualtrics XM to develop a survey based on best-practices which would be sent to high school history teachers. About twenty high school teachers responded in the end, and my data showed that there may be a lack of "classroom-ready" materials for use by teachers of world history and other non-western history courses.
I should note that my questionnaire and data are available at the end of the paper and demonstrate my research and data collection skills.