Aiming for Yale or Oxford?
How Humanities Research Can Help You Stand Out
4th November · 8 PM ET · Zoom
Join Dr. Tammy I., Yale-trained historian and tenured professor at the College of Charleston, for a practical look at how high school students can approach humanities research and develop it into a project that shows real intellectual curiosity. Dr. Ingram will explain what meaningful humanities research involves, how a narrow question becomes an original argument, and how students can build the skills to weigh evidence and contribute to scholarly conversations.
If you're considering history, politics, law, humanities; and aiming for universities such as Yale or Oxford, this session will help clarify where to start and how to develop your interests further.
If you're considering history, politics, law, humanities; and aiming for universities such as Yale or Oxford, this session will help clarify where to start and how to develop your interests further.
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Take your interest in history, law, and policy further and build toward a standout college application.
Hear from a Yale-trained historian on building rigorous humanities research and developing it into a project that shows real intellectual curiosity.
You will learn:
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Why research in the humanities makes an application feel real
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How to find a topic that's narrow, original, and yours
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The most common mistakes first-time humanities researchers make, and how to avoid them
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Where to start if you've never done research before
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About Elizabeth
Dr. Tammy Ingram is a historian of modern American politics, economics, and social and cultural history, with a focus on U.S. foreign policy. She earned her PhD and an MA from Yale University, an MA from the University of Georgia, and a BA from Georgia with top honors. She is a tenured professor of History at the College of Charleston, with affiliations in Urban Studies; Women's & Gender Studies; and Crime, Law, & Society. She is the author of Dixie Highway: Road Building and the Making of the Modern South, 1900-1930 (UNC Press, 2014), an award-winning study of the nation's first interstate highway network. She has held fellowships at Yale and UNC-Chapel Hill.
About Alex
Alex graduated from the University of Toronto in Canada with a bachelor's degree in Statistics and Mathematics, and later received a master's degree in Project Management from Northeastern University in the United States. He has mentored numerous students on interdisciplinary research projects, helping them successfully apply to top universities in the US and the UK.
How Indigo Research works
Indigo Research mentors high school students to produce exceptional, publishable research. With a curriculum designed by Harvard and Oxford graduates, students work with top university faculty or PhD fellows, building intellectual depth and boosting their academic profile.
Our students achieve real outcomes – journal publications, competition wins, and admissions to the world’s leading universities. Indigo students have a 33% Ivy League acceptance rate – over three times the global average – and a 22% acceptance rate to Oxford and Cambridge.
