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Campus Community Relations over time
Date
January 2021
Role
My first official research position was with this project under the guidance of my advisor, Dr. Sarah Lashley. This experience provided an ideal introduction to research, as I began by examining the current land footprint of the college while also learning about its expansion history and its relationship with the city of Rock Island. As a local, I gained a deeper understanding of the college's influence on the city. My next task involved documenting faculty and staff addresses over time to analyze how faculty migration patterns have shifted away from living in Rock Island. Additionally, I conducted interviews with individuals across campus, exploring relationships related to industry, economy, violence, and social differences, all tied to the college's history and expansion, including the transient community that developed within a mile radius of the campus.
Skills
- Research Skills: Conducting thorough investigations into the college's land footprint and history.
- Data Documentation Skills: Recording and analyzing faculty and staff addresses over time.
- Analytical Skills: Understanding migration patterns and their implications on community dynamics.
- Interviewing Skills: Conducting interviews to gather qualitative data on relationships related to the college.
- Critical Thinking Skills: Analyzing the college's influence on local industry, economy, and social issues.
- Community Engagement Skills: Gaining insights into the college's relationship with the city of Rock Island.
- Historical Research Skills: Examining the college's expansion and its impact on the surrounding community.
The project, Campus Community Relations over time, involved serving as a Research Assistant under Dr. Sarah Lashley at Augustana College from January 2022 to May 2022. The project focused on the implications of campus expansion for Rock Island and involved attending weekly meetings to receive research topics for a chapter on the land's perception over history for a book being written by various professors.
