An experiential learning class teaching anthropological field methods at The University of Akron focused on factors surrounding low retention rates for African-American students. The process involving surveys and interviews uncovered a high rate of food insecurity on the main campus. Administration encouraged further study to determine the rate and characteristics of the problem. The class team conducted a pilot study using a truncated version of the USDA survey module. The research process expanded the range of data sources to include passive social media. The process also developed the student researchers into allies of the food insecure population. The student's learning experience was expanded beyond methodology into relationship building. The unique qualities of the food environment on a college campus provided impetus for further research and directed one student to determine her career focus.
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December 01 2018
Questions Of Consequence: How Class Work Became Research And Research Became a Calling
Practicing Anthropology (2018) 40 (1): 33–36.
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Tannya Forcone, Jeffery H. Cohen; Questions Of Consequence: How Class Work Became Research And Research Became a Calling. Practicing Anthropology 1 January 2018; 40 (1): 33–36. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552.40.1.33
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