Mary Dickerson plays the interviewee in a practice interview.
Floyd Co. Oral History Project
This semester eight Sociology majors are teaching and mentoring students at Floyd County High School in the Place-Based Education Oral History Project. They are taking SOCY 493 Practicum in Sociology, which counts for their internship/experience major requirement. The Sociology majors teach workshops in qualitative research methods and mentor the high school students who do oral history interviews with Floyd County elders. And make movies!
Current majors participating include Mary Dickerson, Amy DuPont, Shylah Jones, Joshua Judd, Stephen Lesiv, Claire Paulette, Matt Propst, and Josh Shultz.
See a summary of the project here:
www.radford.edu/content/dam/colleges/chbs/sociology/FloydProjectSummary.doc
Floyd County Place-based Education Oral History Project's video on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hvQGrGMO1k
See local newspaper article with photographs about the project:
The Floyd Press, Mar. 29, 2012
See the Project's blog here:
www.floydstorycenter.blogspot.com/
For more information:
www.radford.edu/~mwagner/FloydCountyHighSchoolPlace-BasedEducationOralHistoryProject.htm
Claire Paulette (left) and Shylah Jones (right) role play with Dr. Melinda Wagner in the role of interviewee.
Josh Shultz leading a workshop on interview audio/video recording.
Left to right: Josh Shultz leads a lecture with assistance from Matt Propst and Claire Paulette, who refers to the Project Manual. The Project Manual (100+ pages) is a comprehensive guidebook on everything from research methods to equipment and was created by past mentors, including Ashley Herwald, Jeffrey Wood, Adam Richardson, Katie Boyd, Clarissa Clarke, and Anthony Molignoni.
Claire Paulette (left) and Shylah Jones (center) observe and critique the Floyd County High School interview team.
Matt Propst and Mary Dickerson (left, rear) offer advice to the audiographer, videographer, and director.
