Dr. Eric LeMay, Assistant Professor of English, is seeking an undergraduate research apprentice for an electronic literature project investigating the culture of war on “Ground Zeros”—the times after World War II and 9/11.
College of Arts & Sciences freshmen, sophomores and juniors are eligible for the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Pilot Program 2015-16. The program hires students to work on faculty members’ research projects.
Dr. Eric LeMay
LeMay’s apprenticeship is for 10 hours a week for the 30 weeks of the 2015-16 academic year.
The Honors Tutorial College, in partnership with the Vernon R. and Marion Alden Library Endowment, the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Health Sciences and Professions, the Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education, the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, the Scripps College of Communication, University College, and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, invites all interested Athens freshmen, sophomores, and juniors to apply for the 2015-16 research apprenticeships.
How to Apply
The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on March 13. To apply for this internship, you must email Dr. Eric LeMay at lemaye@ohio.edu. The email should briefly explain your qualifications and interest in the project (no more than three paragraphs) and have an attached resume. It is strongly recommended that you meet with an adviser in the Career and Leadership Development Center in Baker Center 533 to help you compose your letter and resume before applying for a position.
Ground Zeros
Brief Description of Project: This project is a multimedia artwork, primarily about World War II, but also into the wars resulting from the terrorist attacks on the United States on 9/11. During the initial months after the attacks, both the media and the government made sustained comparisons between the 9/11 attacks and the attacks on Pearl Harbor, as well as a parallel for the potential for post-war reconstruction in 1945 Japan and Iraq before the U.S. invasion. This project takes those comparisons as a starting point for an investigation into the culture of war and, in particular, the possibilities of warfare resulting from aerial technology. Although this project is in its beginning stages, the final form of the project will be a multi-platform work of electronic literature.
Student’s Role in Project and Benefit to Student: The student’s role in the project will be the finding and selection of multimedia “assets”—images, audio recordings, historical footage—that might be used in the project. The student will gain experience working in digital archives, handling and selecting materials from different media, as well as encountering a rich body of material associated with WW II and America’s most recent wars.
Desired Qualifications for Apprentice (e.g. course background, skills, computer expertise, interest, etc.): The student should be comfortable working in a digital environment and should have some sense of how to search digital libraries and other like sites. The student should also have a good sense of organization and, ideally, an interest in multimedia art.
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