Story+ is a six-week summer research experience for undergraduate and graduate students interested in bringing academic research to life through dynamic storytelling. Undergraduates work in small teams with graduate student mentors, in a collaborative and creative research environment. Each project has a sponsor. Students learn to conduct qualitative, humanities-based research (e.g., archival research, narrative analysis, visual analysis, ethnography) and to communicate their research through effective storytelling techniques. Final projects may take the form of writing, websites, exhibits, short films or other genres, depending on the project’s goals.

Story+ 2023 Projects

• 50 Days of Kindness: Sharing Wisdom Learned During Incarceration
• American Predatory Lending Podcasts
• Category Is…Hoopskirt Extravaganza: Femme Drag, Ballrooms, and Southern Belle Realness
• Commemorating Duke: 100 Years
• Duke Campus Farm: Growing Histories
• El Centro Hispano: 30 Years of Presence in North Carolina
• Healthy Women Post-Roe v. Wade