RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY FOR ONLINE FHD AND SOC MAJORS AND MINORS 

SOC 399 #88136-Session A and SOC 499 #88137-Session B

This course is an advanced research methods practicum that teaches students how to conduct interviews and Photovoice, a research method that uses participant-taken photographs and narratives to explore social issues, through hands-on experience. Students will strengthen their qualitative research skills while participating in the collection and preliminary analysis of data as part of the  Arizona Youth Identity Project (AZYIP).

The Arizona Youth Identity Project uses mixed qualitative methods to examine how rapidly changing economic, demographic, social, and political dynamics shape young adults’ political identities, attitudes, and behaviors. More specifically, AZYIP examines how young adults grapple with “hot-button” issues such as election denialism, Supreme Court rulings banning college race-based admissions and student debt forgiveness programs and allowing abortion bans and bans on gender-affirming care, and increasingly restrictive state laws targeting abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights, “wokeness,” voting rights, gun control, and climate change.

This course will be ideal for students who are considering graduate school and/or interested in developing research skills that are highly-transferable and valuable in a wide range of careers.