HomeBlogUndergraduate Research Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Global Contextsby Jessie L. MooreSeptember 21, 2023 Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionPodcasts – Home 60-Second SoTL Limed: Teaching with a Twist Making College “Worth It” Special Series First-Year Seminars Land Acknowledgement 60-Second SoTL – Episode 45 This week’s episode shares an open-access article from New Directions in Teaching and Learning and examines how U.S.-based colleges and universities support mentoring of undergraduate research in global contexts: Cruz, Laura, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Eric E. Hall, Amy L. Allocco, Kate Patch, Jennifer Hamel, and Jacqueline McLaughlin. 2023. “Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Global Contexts (MUR-CG): An Integrated Model.” New Directions for Teaching and Learning 2023: 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20556 View a transcript of this episode. This episode was hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University. Learn More about the Salient Practices of Undergraduate Research Mentors Salient Practices Following an extensive review of the literature on mentoring undergraduate research, ten salient practices emerged which support effective mentoring of undergraduate researchers. These practices can be used to develop a mentoring pedagogy of high quality. Learn More about Mentoring Genealogical Legacies: Comparing Academic and Family Influences Recently, I (Sabrina) attended a workshop hosted by our Undergraduate Research Program (URP) on “equity-centered mentoring in undergraduate research.” The workshop was led by Associate Director CJ Fleming and other URP leaders, and focused on applying the “JEDI-B” framework to… Returning to a Constellation Model: Mentor, Mentoring, and The Odyssey As we have articulated, one of the challenges of the traditional mentoring model resides in the being-all-things to another set of assumptions built into it. The traditional mentor is understood as a single person who will be there without fail… Collaboration in Creation: A Guide for Preparing and Presenting Research Posters – Part 2, For Mentors In our previous post, we, the members of the Infant Development Lab, shared advice for students on how to prepare to present research posters. In Part 2 of this series, we will now share several ways faculty mentors can support… Strategies and Resources for Mentees Developing Mentoring Constellations Given that mentoring relationships are learner-centered, mentees should have significant agency in developing their mentoring constellations. In this section, we explore strategies and resources mentees can use to identify and develop meaningful and mentoring relationships. Mentoring relationships “promote academic, social,… Collaboration in Creation: A Guide for Preparing and Presenting Research Posters – Part 1, For Students “No idea is fully formed until it can be communicated.” The Boyer Commission 1998 As we near the end of the academic year, many undergraduate research students and their mentors are planning to present research posters showcasing their accomplishments. In… “I can find my North Star”: Understanding Mentoring Constellations in Practice In Mentoring Matters, we introduce a definition of mentoring relationships and explore the mentoring constellation model in higher education. Here we consider the important question, how do mentoring constellations operate in practice? From our comprehensive analyses of multiple data sources,… 1 2 … 9 10 >
