June 30, 2020Democratizing Undergraduate Research Mentoringby Eric E. HallThe last few months have been incredibly trying as we try to navigate life with COVID-19 and more recently the resurgence of #BlackLivesMatter and advocating for antiracism after a series of senseless attacks and loss of lives for many Black…
September 10, 2019Developing Attitudes and Habits of Mind for Mentorshipby Eric Hall, Sophia Abbot, and Hannah BellwoarIn fall 2010, Caroline Ketcham and I (Eric Hall) entered into a co-mentoring relationship with an undergraduate research student who was interested in hippotherapy (horse therapy) and the potential impacts that these programs could have on motor/postural changes as well…
May 14, 2019Salient Practices of Mentoring Undergraduate Research [in Writing]by Eric Hall, Hannah Bellwoar, and Sophia AbbotBased on an extensive review of literature on Undergraduate Research mentoring, Jenny Olin Shanahan, Elizabeth Ackley-Holbrook, Eric Hall, Kearsley Stewart, and Helen Walkington (2015) identified ten salient practices of mentoring that offer undergraduate researchers intellectual, personal/emotional, and professional socialization support….
April 24, 2019Improving Quality of Scholarship through Effective MentorshipBy Eric Hall Early one morning a few weeks ago, I was perusing LinkedIn because I was having trouble falling back to sleep after one of my children woke up early and needed consoling. While I was scrolling through my…
January 24, 2019More Bang for the Buck: Concurrently Engaging Students in Multiple High Impact Practicesby Eric Hall This past fall I had the opportunity to attend and present with multiple colleagues at The Forum on Education Abroad European Conference and the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference about undergraduate…
November 1, 2018Practices for High Quality Undergraduate Research Mentoringby Eric HallUndergraduate research (UR) has been called a high impact practice because of its importance in student engagement and success (Kuh, 2008). To achieve these benefits, high quality mentoring is necessary, however little research has investigated this UR mentoring. In an…