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Professionalization

Research is a central component of most courses in REALC, and is a major focus of our faculty.
Find out about what we do, and how you can join us in making and documenting new discoveries about the world. 
Your interest in Chinese gaming, Korean popular music, Japanese anime, or Russian jokes could lead to a fascinating, life-changing research project!

Undergraduate

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Our courses invite students to learn about and join scholarly conversations about the topics we explore. 
REALC can help you can acquire research skills and develop your professionalism:
  • take our courses with Continuing Writing (CW), Intercultural Communication (IC),or  Race and Ethnicity (ETHN) tags
  • attend our guest lectures to find out about the newest approaches and findings
  • write an Honors thesis 
  • present a paper at our annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
  • do research in your new language as part of Education Abroad
  • partner with a faculty member as part of the SIRE program or ForagerOne
  • get funding for international research with the Halle/FCHI grant
  • Connect with us via the Pathways Center
REALC faculty have published work in a broad array of disciplines. Please see individual faculty pages for more details, but here is a brief list of areas addressed in our recent publications:
 
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Foodways
Linguistics
Anthropology
Aesthetics
History 
Animal Studies
Visual Culture
Diaspora Studies
Language Pedagogy
Reproductive Health
Film and Media Studies
Literary History
Death and Aging
Theater Studies
Second Language Acquisition
Musicololgy