Adelaide Rosene (she/her/hers) is a history major concentrating in law, economics and human rights and is minoring in English. Her main research interests are in 20th century American history, but her current research position involves 16th century naturalists and early understandings of natural philosophy and history.
She first explored historical research her sophomore year through a History Department class with Dr. Judith Miller called Music and Politics. This class helped her develop practical research skills that she applied in her internship as a Manuscript Archives Intern at the Atlanta History Center. At the AHC she had the opportunity to participate in the John Burrison Folklore Project, and write metadata content for the History Center's databases. “I became involved in my current research by developing a relationship with my professors in their religion course Nature, Sacred, and I encourage students to remember there is no one right way to explore research opportunities.”
Currently Adelaide is beginning a research project through the Emory Honors Department on Sundown Towns and Racial Exclusion in the Midwest inspired by what she learned in her American history courses at Emory. She chose to pursue further research with Professor Carrion and Professor Ruiz Espigares to develop her skills researching historical events. Adelaide will apply to graduate school to continue studying history and feels prepared by al the research she has done during her undergraduate studies at Emory.
“One benefit of research at Emory is you as a student have much more control over what you learn and study to a higher detail. While my courses give me a taste of many topics of interest, my experiences so far have opened new doors for applying concepts to archival work.” She hopes in the future to not only pursue academic research as part of her full-time career, but to teach what she is learning to others and encourage students to partake in similar research endeavors.
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