The new GW-Morehouse College East Asia Research Hub, designed in full collaboration with Morehouse faculty, will give Morehouse students opportunities to develop research skills and to deepen their understanding of Taiwan affairs within the context of East Asian studies.
In each fall semester of each project year, a Morehouse faculty advisor will recruit up to three Morehouse students for the program to undertake a year-long research project on a topic related to East Asia, with special consideration for projects related to Taiwan. During the fall semester, the faculty advisor will meet with participating students regularly on their respective research project topics. According to Morehouse faculty, recruiting up to three students per year for the program is a readily achievable goal.
The advisor and students will travel to DC for up to five days for site visits and meetings with Taiwan-related organizations. Site visits could include Twin Oaks, the TECRO office, or NGOs with a Taiwan focus. Students will be given time and assistance on their research projects by working with primary source documents available in both digital and print formats and other specialized resources at the Gelman Library, by conducting interviews with experts in DC, and other activities as appropriate.
For the duration of the spring semester, students will incorporate their field work and experiences gained in DC into their respective research projects.
The program will conclude with hybrid paper presentations by the students to Morehouse and GW faculty and students.
One Morehouse student will receive funding to publish their paper in an open-source journal or in a journal that allows open-access publication, especially student-ran journals such as but not limited to the GW Collegiate Journal of Chinese Affairs and the International Affairs Review, both student-focused academic journals based at the Elliott School of International Affairs. The funding could also be used to support a student to present their paper at academic conferences, such as the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) annual conference. The student will be chosen based on consultations between the Morehouse faculty advisor and NRC and TERP-affiliated faculty and staff. The program would welcome students to co-author their research papers with Morehouse and GW faculty whenever mutually feasible.
