This project is support through a grant from the UMass Office of Faculty Development for 2024-2025 "A Bottom-Up Network for Developing Transparent Policies and Mechanisms for Equitable Access to STEM Undergraduate Research Experiences" to bring together faculty from departments in the Colleges of Natural Sciences and Engineering to learn faculty experiences and traditions in different disciplines and from scholars nationwide. We will use these practices in our roles as mentors, teachers and more broadly in our communities to effectively mentor diverse undergraduate researchers.
Our Discussion luncheon meetings are 12:00 - 1:00pm in ISB I45.
- Sept 12 (Thu) - Icebreakers, discuss specific departmental perspectives and mutual mentoring goals
- Sept 26 (Thu) - Dr. Nilanjana (Buju) Dasgupta, Provost Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Oct 18 (Fri) - Dr. Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Mary E. Woolley Professor of Psychology and Education, Mount Holyoke College
- Nov 1 (Fri) - Sheila Patek, Hehmeyer Professor of Biology and Director of the Matching Undergraduate Students to Science and Engineering Research (MUSER) program, Duke University
- Nov 22 (Fri) - Dr. Jessica Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University
- Dec 5 (Thu) - Dr. Sophie Pierszalowski, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, University of Washington