Margaret Ellen Newell, Distinguished Professor of History, talks with host David Staley about her directorship at the History Praxis Lab, a collaborative research initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation. The Praxis Lab engages undergraduates in research focused on citizenship, civic engagement, and the movements of Native Americans and African Americans in the Midwest. She also explores Native American history, particularly their complex journey towards and status following the 1924 citizenship law. Prof. Newell also describes the benefits of collaborative historical research, an unusual mode of scholarship in the mostly individual field.