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Summer of Research: <\/a><\/strong>Our latest Newscenter series showcases a cross-section of summer research conducted by undergraduates at Rochester and beyond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Growing up as a young black man in the Bronx, Winston Scott \u201919 says he didn\u2019t think a lot about racism. But there was one instance he recalls that mystified him at the time it occurred and stayed with him long after.<\/p>\n

He was riding on a bus when a woman boarded, approached the empty seat next to him, hesitated, and chose another seat.<\/p>\n

Scott didn’t realize the potential significance of that encounter until he\u00a0came to the University of Rochester. A class in African-American studies opened his eyes to the\u00a0various dimensions of racism in this country\u2014dimensions that have famously played out on buses, as well as other public spaces.<\/p>\n

Now the anthropology and African and African-American studies double major wants to take a closer look at what happens when African-American children start to perceive racism directed toward them. How do the children react? And more specifically, why does racism play a part in motivating some students to go on to college, while it seems to deter others?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be an interesting study,\u201d says Doug Guiffrida, the Warner School of Education professor mentoring Scott this summer as part of the McNair Scholars program<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While many scholars have explored the relationship between racial identities and education outcomes, Scott is contributing his own qualitative research to the overall body of work. \u201cIt will include the students\u2019 perspectives,\u201d Guiffrida says, \u201cnot just from a survey, but from interviews with college freshmen and sophomores about their experiences when they first realized there was racism directed at them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott\u2019s research is not part of an ongoing faculty project. Rather, Guiffrida says he\u2019s helping the research newcomer \u201cdevelop his project from the ground up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guiffrida started by teaching Scott to review the existing literature in the field to identify how his study can make a fresh contribution. He also arranged for Scott to work with PhD student Serina Tetenov on transcribing and coding an interview she conducted for her dissertation on nonverbal communication in clinical observation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was rough in the beginning to take an hour-long recording and actually type everything verbatim,\u201d Scott says. But the most illuminating part of the exercise, he adds, was going back over the transcript and coding the parts that \u201cbasically correlate to what you are looking for, figuring out what does or does not make sense for the study.\u201d<\/p>\n

The final step this summer is to prepare a formal proposal for his project.<\/p>\n

Scott, who is eyeing an academic career in African American studies, says he\u2019ll be able to apply what he\u2019s learned this summer in his anthropology classes as well. \u201cI feel like this will be very beneficial to my academic career.\u201d<\/p>\n

And his readings in the literature on this topic have helped him put his own journey in perspective: \u201cAs an African-American student, I can progress and go even further in higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why does racism play a part in motivating some students to go on to college, while it seems to deter others? 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