A new paradigm for mentored undergraduate research in molecular microbiology.

Integration of a Community-Based WWW Filter as a Capstone Research Experience for Undergraduate Computer Science Students

The College’s of New Jersey’s Computer Science department offers capstone mentored research courses to qualifying juniors and seniors. Students can typically enroll in up to two such courses, offering the opportunity to work in small groups or a one-on-one basis with a full-time faculty member, typically through the incorporation a faculty member’s research interest area or an ongoing project. ...

Increasing Research Productivity in Undergraduate Research Experiences: Exploring Predictors of Collaborative Faculty–Student Publications

Little attention has been paid to understanding faculty-student productivity via undergraduate research from the faculty member's perspective. This study examines predictors of faculty-student publications resulting from mentored undergraduate research, including measures of faculty-student collaboration, faculty commitment to undergraduate students, and faculty characteristics. Generalized est...

PILOTing Undergraduate Students to Hands-On Teaching and Research Skills†

Undergraduate research can make a positive impact on science education. Unfortunately, the one student-one mentor paradigm of undergraduate research generates a wide range of variability in the student's experience and further limits its availability to a select few students. In contrast, a single faculty member can offer multiple undergraduate teaching positions that provide a consistent exper...

Introducing New Laboratory-Developed Molecular Methods in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratories

Interactive Methods for Teaching Action Potentials, an Example of Teaching Innovation from Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellows in the Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) Program

Acquiring a faculty position in academia is extremely competitive and now typically requires more than just solid research skills and knowledge of one's field. Recruiting institutions currently desire new faculty that can teach effectively, but few postdoctoral positions provide any training in teaching methods. Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) is a successful postdoctoral t...