CUR Social Sciences Division Selects Grinnell Professor as First Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences Awardee

The Social Sciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research has selected Sarah J. Purcell (L.F. Parker Professor of History and History Department chair, Grinnell College) as the inaugural recipient of its Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences Award. Purcell's research interests include the early national, antebellum, and Civil War periods; popular culture and political culture; gender history; and military history. The award honors outstanding mentors of undergraduate research in the social sciences for their role in supporting, encouraging, and promoting a positive and inclusive scholarly and teaching environment, and for contributions to professional and personal development of undergraduates within or outside their research or degree programs. Awardees receive a $100 stipend.