UCA student wins SURF grant

Sydney Yeager of Smackover, a senior at ÍøÆØÃÅ, has been awarded a Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. The grant is $2,650, and ÍøÆØÃÅ will add matching funds in the amount of $1,250.

Yeager’s in-depth research project, “Which Doctor is the Witch Doctor?”, is a comparative ethnomedical analysis of Western scientific medicine and traditional Ozark healing practices. Brian Campbell of the ÍøÆØÃÅ Sociology Department will serve as faculty mentor for the research.

Yeager is pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees in Sociology and History along with a double minor in Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the ÍøÆØÃÅ Honors College. She is the daughter of Jim and Crystal Yeager of Smackover.