{"602946":{"#nid":"602946","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Texas A\u0026M Summer REU Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETexas A\u0026amp;M Summer REU Program\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Texas A\u0026amp;M Sociology department invites students to apply to the Summer 2018 \u0026ldquo;Research Institute in Sociology and Social Inequality\u0026rdquo; REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis 8-week summer program is an exciting opportunity for up to 10 undergraduates to gain invaluable research experience with close guidance from a faculty mentor. Texas A\u0026amp;M faculty will provide world-class opportunities to engage in research on the causes and consequences of social inequality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents will gain hands-on training in a range of research methods, including interviewing, experiments, and survey analysis. In addition, Texas A\u0026amp;M Sociology boasts four research centers that will support the students\u0026rsquo; work: the Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center; the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute; the Stuart J. Hysom Social Psychology Laboratory; and the Howard B. Kaplan Laboratory for Social Science Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExamples of research projects and details about the program can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sociology.tamu.edu\/reu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sociology.tamu.edu\/reu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents will complete a research project and present their work at an academic conference the following semester. The program covers travel costs for the summer, room and board, GRE preparation, travel costs for the academic conference in the following semester, and a stipend.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents can access the application and more information at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sociology.tamu.edu\/reu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sociology.tamu.edu\/reu\/\u003C\/a\u003E. Applications, accompanied by a recommendation letter from a faculty member willing to be the student\u0026rsquo;s home campus mentor, are due March 12th, 2018. The program is best suited for students who are currently in their third year of college, although we will consider students at other stages. We especially encourage applications from first-generation students or students from underrepresented groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe ask faculty to please email letters of recommendation to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:reusociologytamu@gmail.com\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ereusociologytamu@gmail.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Texas A\u0026M Sociology department invites students to apply to the Summer 2018 \u201cResearch Institute in Sociology and Social Inequality\u201d REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2018-02-27 14:46:40","changed_gmt":"2018-02-27 14:46:40","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602945":{"id":"602945","type":"image","title":"Texas AM Sociology Program","body":null,"created":"1519742781","gmt_created":"2018-02-27 14:46:21","changed":"1519742781","gmt_changed":"2018-02-27 14:46:21","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229807","name":"Screen Shot 2018-02-27 at 9.44.42 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-02-27%20at%209.44.42%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-02-27%20at%209.44.42%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":633777,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-02-27%20at%209.44.42%20AM.png?itok=XP4lg_qu"}}},"media_ids":["602945"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"177230","name":"summer opportunities"},{"id":"167053","name":"sociology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}