History 383 - Seminar: Research in United States Women’s History: Researching People of Color at Smith College

This is an advanced research seminar in which students work closely with archival materials from the Sophia Smith Collection and other archives: The history of students of color at Smith College. Draws from readings about African American, Latinx, Asian American, Indigenous, international and other students of color in higher education. Explores the Smith College archives for documents, ephemera and oral histories. Students also familiarize themselves with archival materials compiled by student activists and scour The Sophian (Smith’s weekly newspaper) to uncover the histories of racial policy, racism, community-building, social justice and activism at Smith College. Students work to produce one original academic project such as a podcast, a digital timeline, another digital humanities project or a traditional research paper.

Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores