Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers

Mentoring guidelines from a variety of sources including the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will be presented and discussed in this workshop. In addition, faculty panelists will describe experiences they have had mentoring undergraduates and answer questions from participants.

Counts towards:

• (S) Striving for Excellence
• (A) Advanced Teaching Scholar

At the completion of this workshop participants will:

• be able to describe basic mentoring strategies
• consider how these strategies might enhance their mentoring
• explore ideas to involve undergraduates in research in their disciplines

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How to Mentor Undergraduate Researchers. Merkel, Carolyn A. & Baker, Shenda M.

Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering. National Academy Press

How to Develop and Administer Institutional Undergraduate Research Programs. Hakin, Toufic M.

Developing & Sustaining a Research-Supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Practices. Karukstis, Kerry K. & Elgren, Timothy E., Eds.

Reinvigorating the Undergraduate Experience: Successful Models Supported by NSF's AIRE/RAIRE Program. Kauffman, Linda & Stocks, Janet

Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers: Where to Begin? (U of Washington)

Best Practices in Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers (Stanford)