Professor Levin (Economics, UConn) is seeking to recruit undergraduate research assistants in the fall 2024 semester for the Historic Risk Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative between the UConn department of Economics and the University of Wisconsin department of History. RAs in the lab this semester will be working on transcribing Civil War insurance policies from the New England whaling industry. Successful RAs will receive 3 credits in Econ 3495, and/or be monetarily compensated through federal work-study, if eligible. For full details and to sign up, please fill out the form at the following link: https://forms.gle/vUmWRcNj9RvFL5PC7. The first lab meeting is on Wednesday, 8/28.
For more information, contact: Remy Levin at remy.levin@uconn.edu