Undergraduate Research

Scholar Activism and the Classroom

Tonight I watched the recording for the October 21, 2020 SABER Diversity and Inclusion series. Dr. Terrell Morton from the University of Missouri gave a talk entitled “But is it really “just” science? Engaging critical race theory to unpack racial oppression with implications for Black student science engagement. ” and describes himself as a male, black […]
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Inspiring Transfer Students with Responsive Pedagogical Approaches

Dr. Stephanie Foote from the Gardner Institute presented a recorded session at the 2020 Lilly Conference online entitled: “Teaching for Inspiration: Approaches to Engaging Transfer Students in Gateway Course” based on an upcoming book. Foote was a transfer student and shared their experiences and national data. Transfer students are diverse: there are numerous reasons to […]
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POP!

John Gordon, Associate Director, DELTA at NC State talked to me last summer about starting a podcast on podcasting. The Podcast On Podcasting (POP) is a project that focuses on the use of podcasting in unique ways. The series has three episodes: faculty podcasts, student-produced podcasts, and a weekly career development podcast by Marcy Bullock’s […]
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Keeping Track of References and Synthesizing Notes with Software

Jimmy Fleming from PowerNotes presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference about the use of this software for writing support. I had not heard about PowerNotes before, and use Hypothes.is in several courses for article annotation. PowerNotes is different: users can highlight text, tag/classify it, and summarize it in a PowerNotes project. It also records references […]
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Motivated Student Groups Unite!

The STEM Journal Club had an event this evening, and I had the opportunity to participate. Once again, I watched in awe how students came together to create professional development opportunities and share knowledge. I spoke about my career trajectory and tried to emphasize the energy and motivation that come from student-driven projects! The STEM […]
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Text Sets for Courses… and Graduate Projects?

Drs. Greta Freeman and Brooke Hardin from USC Upstate presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference on Text Sets. Freeman and Hardin are both faculty in the School of Education with extensive experience as teachers and in literacy. I didn’t know about text sets, and as the name suggests, these are collections of texts on a […]
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Place-based Learning and Course-based Research Experiences

Episode 342 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast with fantastic host Bonni Stachowiak featured Amy Sprowles and Matt Johnson from Humboldt State University. They discussed their journey creating learning communities with cohorts of first-year students learning about the issues and history of the Klamath river area (see Klamath Connection Program website). They described the […]
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Undergraduate Research and Teaching Opportunities

For several years now since the spring of 2018, undergraduate researchers and students in several courses have surveyed the campus to learn where Delftia acidovorans is found. Students in Dr. Zakiya Leggett’s ES 100 course at NCSU and Dr. Porche’ Spence’s course at NC Central University learn about Delftia acidovorans and it’s ability to precipitate […]
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