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Students lead a project of their own design under the instructor’s close mentorship and supervision. Students may build on an existing project or develop a new project. Students consider and evaluate concepts and methods of publicly engaged research and their applicability to their own projects. Students debate the ethics of varied methods by reading and analyzing case studies. Students reflect on the ethical stakes of their own topic, process, and desired outcomes. Students discuss and train in strategies of research communication and their ethics by engaging with professionals such as museum interpreters, podcasters, exhibit designers, documentary filmmakers, and magazine editors. Students share works in progress at a salon style gathering midway through the semester and present their concluding findings at a public celebration at the end of the semester.