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Infusing Undergraduate Research into Historically Black Colleges and Universities Curricula

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Publication date: 31 October 2015

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(2015), "Index", Infusing Undergraduate Research into Historically Black Colleges and Universities Curricula (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 275-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-364420150000017018

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INDEX

AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
, 89

Academic Performance
, 35, 36, 43, 158, 225, 246

Academic project
, 222

Accessibility of Data
, 230

Active inquiry of scientific research
, 117

Activity-based Planning
, 232, 233

African-American STEM BS graduates
, 119

African-American STEM PhD recipients
, 119

African-American undergraduate students
, 119

Allied Geophysical Laboratory (AGL)
, 20

Alumni Voices
, 170–171

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
, 122

American Chemical Society (ACS)
, 55, 59, 107, 271

ACS Annual Conferences
, 122

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), conferences
, 155

Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
, 107, 122, 157

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), conferences
, 74, 107, 157

Annual Graduate Careers Workshop
, 156

Annual School of Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering (SSME) Research Day
, 188

Applied mathematics research projects
, 64

Applied seismology
, 22, 23

Barriers to mentoring
, 247

Benefits to the mentee
, 246–247

Bennett College
, 64–85, 198, 199, 200–215

Best practices
, 51, 89, 108–112, 145

Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society Conference
, 151

Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE)
, 132

Biomedical research
, 50, 55, 74, 89, 107, 148, 151, 157

Biopharmaceutical
, 132, 139, 140

Biotechnology
, 55, 56, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140

Black
, 13, 37, 43, 66, 119, 145, 242, 243

See also Minority students

Bland’s 15 characteristics of institutions with high faculty research productivity
, 52

Blueprint for research project performativity
, 220, 221, 223, 225, 239

BMC Plant Biology
, 123

The BRITE Program Model for Student Success
, 134

Brown University
, 59

Building a reputation in the research community
, 57–59

Building research infrastructure
, 55–56

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
, 65, 77

Campus wide Interdisciplinary Research Day
, 210, 211

Capacity Building grant
, 21

Capstone Courses
, 184–194

Capstone
, 54, 60, 179–195, 221, 222

See also Academic project

Caucasians
, 242

Challenges
, 6

Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium (NASA CIBAC)
, 149

Choose a research project based on accessibility and availability
, 229–231

Christopher Columbus Complex
, 228–229

Chronicle of Higher Education ranking
, 48

Claflin University
, 47–61

Claflin University Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship
, 50, 60

Claflin’s SNSM research plan
, 52

Collaborations
, 55, 57–59, 82, 83, 97, 101

Communities of Practice (CoP)
, 156–157, 168, 172

Comparison of Physical Modeling to Numerical Modeling of Seismic Data
, 29–32

See also Student research training projects

Computational Neuroscience (CNS) Annual Meeting
, 122

Computational
, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 43, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 82, 91, 122, 145

Cooperative Centers Program to Increase Diversity in Reproductive Research (NIH CPDR)
, 148

Cooperative learning
, 166, 172

Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA)
, 59

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
, 50, 51, 60, 182

David Baccarini
, 225

Delaware State University (DSU)
, 118, 119, 123

Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)
, 21

Department of Mathematics
, 22, 89, 181, 193

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design
, 21, 24

Department of Psychology
, 213

Dickinson, Dr. James
, 222

Dyadic structure of mentoring experiences
, 248, 249

Eastern College Science Conference
, 151

Educational and Science Forum
, 122

Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference
, 107, 120

Emerging Researchers National Conference in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
, 122

Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM
, 107, 120, 122

Enhancing Resilience
, 144, 157–159

Environmental science
, 5, 13, 14, 28, 145

Extensive Laboratory Research
, 132, 134, 137–138

Faculty Development Programs
, 115–126

Faculty mentoring and advising
, 134, 138, 195

See also Mentoring

Faculty mentors
, 13, 14, 107, 118, 122, 123, 124, 155, 171, 222, 252, 253

Faculty research productivity
, 51, 52, 53

Faculty team(s)
, 24

Federal research funding in science and engineering at Morgan State University
, 152

First-generation college attendees
, 130

See also First-generation college students

First-generation college students
, 183, 254

First-year psychology majors
, 197

Five W’s and H in Assessing a Research Project
, 235

Forbes magazine ranking
, 48

Formal mentored research experience
, 244

Formal mentoring programs
, 53, 244, 249

Formal mentors
, 244

See also Mentors

Format of an UGR Program
, 77–78

Funding for UGR
, 68–69

Furman University
, 58

Game Theory and Applications
, 65, 69

General education curriculum (GEC)
, 137

Generating Research Projects
, 70–73

GeoEd
, 14

Geophysical Characterization of the North State Goldmine
, 26–28

See also Undergraduate research training

Geophysical Characterization of the North State Goldmine
, 26–29

Geospatial
, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 23, 43

Goal(s) of undergraduate research
, 3, 51, 67, 68, 69, 84

Graduate School Matriculation Success
, 193–194

Graduation Rates
, 13, 35–39, 55, 119, 194, 203

Grant applications
, 118

GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) testing
, 116

Group Learning Community
, 166–167

Hands on experience(s)
, 15, 18, 117

High quality undergraduate research programs
, 118

High-Performance Computing (HPC)
, 20, 22

High-quality research programs
, 116

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
, 13

See also NSF HBCU-UP TALENT-21

Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs)
, 118

History of Undergraduate Research in the Natural Sciences
, 151–154

See also Morgan State University (MSU)

Holistic approach to research
, 221

IDeA (Institutional Development Award)
, 50

Impact of Interdisciplinary STEM Undergraduate Research
, 11–43

Impact of UGR
, 143–143

Improving the efficacy of student performance
, 190

INBRE (Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence)
, 50, 58

Informal/natural mentors
, 244

See also Mentoring

Information science
, 13, 15, 18

Infrastructure Enhancement
, 91, 97, 193

Infusing undergraduate research into HBCU curricula

Institutional support
, 51–54

Integration of Research and Undergraduate Education
, 14, 17–20

Interdisciplinary faculty research mentor team
, 25

Interdisciplinary STEM undergraduate programs
, 13

International Journal of Applied Science and Technology
, 65, 77

Internships/Career Counseling
, 138–141

Inter-oppositional Advisory Committee
, 237

Intrinsically interdisciplinary
, 16

Involve
, 65

IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards)
, 58

Iris Recognition Optimized for Information Assurance
, 32–33

See also Student research training projects

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
, 58

Journal of Applied Poultry Research
, 123

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ranking
, 48

Journal of Computational Physics Brain and Behavior
, 123

Journal of Natural Sciences
, 65, 77

Journal of Shellfish Research
, 123

K-12 outreach program
, 134, 168

KISS (Keep it Simple Students) motto
, 225–226, 231

Knowledge Integration Management Center of Excellence (NASA KIMCOE)
, 149

Leadership Alliance
, 59

Lessons learned
, 125

Lois Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science Engineering and Mathematics (NSF LSAMP)
, 149

MARC-U*STAR (Maximizing access to research careers undergraduate student training in academic research)
, 148, 152, 157, 159, 161, 171, 192, 263, 267

Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
, 65, 76

Measurable Course Outcomes
, 188–190

Mentor/mentee relationship
, 150

Mentor’s commitment to mentees
, 248

Mentoring
, 4, 6, 52, 53, 56, 64, 88, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 116, 120, 131, 132, 134, 137, 138, 144, 154, 157, 158, 161, 165, 168, 171, 172, 192, 243, 244–254

Mentors
, 4, 5, 13, 14, 16, 20, 70, 81, 84, 85, 97, 104, 107, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 125, 149, 154, 155, 157, 170, 171, 222, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254

Mentorship
, 118, 120, 149, 151, 161, 190, 243, 246, 248, 249, 250, 252

See also Faculty mentors

Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences Annual Career Fair and Training Conference (MANRRS Conferences)
, 122

Minority Biomedical Research Support (NIH MBRS RISE)
, 148, 151

Minority Biomedical Research Support Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (NIH MBRS RISE)
, 148

Minority students
, 13, 69, 74, 116, 144, 159, 166, 199, 242

See also Black students

Modeling
, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 43, 64, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 78, 204, 245, 250

Modeling of the Asian Carp Invasion of the Upper Mississippi River
, 64, 70

Molecular Science Research Center (MSRC)
, 49, 60

Morgan State University (MSU)
, 143–173

MSEIP (Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program)
, 21

MSU History of Undergraduate Research in the School of Engineering
, 165–171

See also Morgan State University (MSU)

NASA Earth Education Program
, 14

NASA Earth Science Education programs’
, 21

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
, 104, 149

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
, 145

National Differential Global Position System Tower Facility
, 15

See also Collaborations; NIH

National Institutes of Health–Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student (NIH MARCUR)
, 148

National Institutes of Health
, 17, 50, 89, 117, 147, 148, 149, 244

National Math + Science Initiative
, 131

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Educational Partnership Program Sixth Educational and Science Forum
, 122

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
, 15, 122

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program
, 122

See also National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Remote Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences Sensing Laboratory
, 22

National Remote Sensing Laboratory and National Differential Global Position System Tower Facility in Greensboro
, 15

National Research Experience for Undergraduates (NREUP)
, 65

National Science Foundation (NSF)
, 4, 13, 17, 42, 49, 57, 64, 117, 146, 148, 243, 244

National Science Foundation Career Award (NSF Career Award)
, 49

National Security Agency (NSA)
, 15

NCCGIA (North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis)
, 24

NIH (National Institutes of Health) Protecting Human Research Participants certification (PHRPC)
, 204

NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity Initiative (BUILD)
, 148

NIH funded INBRE
, 58

North Carolina A&T (NCA&T) State University
, 11–43, 191, 194

North Carolina Alliances for Graduate Education Program
, 58

North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (NCCGIA)
, 24

North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
, 13, 130, 133, 141, 193, 194

Northeast Naturalist
, 123

Northeast Scientific Training (NEST) conference
, 159

NSA BAA
, 18

NSF Geosciences Education Program
, 22

NSF HBCU-UP TALENT-21
, 15, 20

NSF MRI
, 16, 22

NSF’s Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM)
, 66, 82

NSF’s Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences (PIC Math)
, 66, 83

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
, 58

OEDG
, 14

NSF Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences
, 18

One-on-one mentoring
, 116

See also Faculty mentors

Opportunity for Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences Program
, 22–23

Orangeburg Department of Public Safety
, 49

Outcomes of the program for faculty
, 123–125

Over-Defensive and Apologetic of Research
, 238

PACE (Pre-freshmen Accelerated Curriculum in Engineering)
, 166, 167, 169, 172

Peer Mentoring Experience Program
, 192

Peer mentoring
, 165, 168, 171, 192, 245, 252, 253

Peer mentoring
, 171, 245, 252–253

Performance based assessment
, 222

Performativity
, 221, 222–239

Pharmaceutical Sciences Degree Program
, 132

PI (Principal Investigator)
, 124, 137, 148

Plan for research infrastructure
, 55–56

PLoS One
, 65, 77, 123

Practical Project Performance Tips
, 225–238

Primarily White Colleges and Universities (PWCUs)
, 119

Project task performance
, 223, 225

Protégé’s
, 245, 248

See also Mentors

Publications
, 50, 52, 59, 65, 74, 97, 118, 123, 124, 155, 247

Pyrethrum Industry
, 58

Quantitative Skills for Psychology Majors
, 199–215

Race/Ethnicity of participants in undergraduate research program
, 121

Rationale for initiating curriculum changes
, 201–206

Recruit students for UGR
, 68–69

Recruiting and Outreach
, 134–136

Redesign of Capstone Courses
, 185–188

Represented racial minorities
, 131

Research and mentoring
, 154–155, 165–166

See also Mentoring

Research Goals
, 51, 53–54, 187

Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI)
, 151

Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
, 117, 148, 157, 158, 164, 171

Research Methods
, 71, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215, 232

Research Project Cost
, 232

Research Project Performativity Blueprint
, 223, 224, 225

Research Proposal Paper
, 186–188

Research Strategies
, 53–54, 187

Research Training Infrastructure Development
, 14, 20–26

Research Triangle Park
, 136, 139, 140, 191

REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates)
, 4, 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 32, 34–43

Saint Augustine’s University
, 179–195

Savannah River Site
, 58

SC BRIN (South Carolina Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network)
, 50

SC EPSCoR (Experimental Program of South Carolina and Clemson University)
, 50

Scheduling of Tasks
, 234

School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Claflin’s SNSM)
, 50

The School of Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering recently held its Twelfth Annual Undergraduate Research Day
, 191

Science careers
, 116, 156

Science Seminar Series
, 191, 192, 194

Scientists
, 4, 77, 111, 116, 117, 131, 135, 138, 149, 154, 155, 156, 157, 188, 242

SCMNS Research Training Programs
, 163

Self-concept
, 246, 247

Self-efficacy
, 154, 155, 158, 162, 164, 172, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248

Senior seminar research
, 219–239

Shaping Engineering Identity
, 165–169

Significance of the project performance
, 222–238

Sloan Physics Scholarship Program
, 14

Social Cognitive Career Theory
, 246

Social Learning Theory
, 245

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
, 122

Society of Neuroscience
, 155

Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
, 65, 77

Stanford University
, 59

Statistics
, 81, 145, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215

STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)
, 4, 49, 64, 119, 122, 145, 242

STEM alumni
, 188

STEM careers
, 12, 104, 106, 182, 195, 243, 250, 254

STEM majors
, 12, 13, 36, 37, 39, 40, 64, 67, 68, 84, 102, 122, 130, 132, 183, 184, 243, 250, 251, 254

STEM Major Summer Internship
, 191

STEM scientists
, 242

Student Development Programs
, 149–150

Student engagement
, 51, 53, 130

Student outcomes of the research program
, 120–123

Student Research Activity Outcomes
, 190–191

Student research training projects
, 26

See also Comparison of Physical Modeling to Numerical Modeling of Seismic Data; Geophysical Characterization of the North State Goldmine; Iris Recognition Optimized for Information Assurance

Student Work Experience Program (SWEP)
, 166

Student’s training
, 117

Student-faculty selections
, 186

Successful Mentoring Model for Increasing URMs in STEM
, 250–254

Summer internship programs
, 118

Summer Research Opportunity Programs (SROPs)
, 40

Summer Research/Academic Enrichment Internships
, 192

Surviving and succeeding in senior seminar
, 221

Sustainability Activities
, 192–193

Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP)
, 29

Tackling the White Whale of a Research Project
, 228

Ten substantive tips
, 221

Theories of Mentoring
, 248–250

Tips to Surviving Senior Seminar
, 226

Topical seminars
, 15, 19, 20

Topical workshops
, 15, 19, 20

Traditional undergraduate research programs
, 117, 118

Training in Academic Research (NIH MARC U*STAR)
, 148

Transformative experiences
, 51

Trends in US doctoral degrees granted from
, 2003–2012, 146

UGR Students’ Reflections
, 78–82

UNCF/Mellon Fellowship
, 49

Undergraduate Research in Engineering–Process and Outcomes
, 169–170

Undergraduate Research in the Natural Sciences–Process & Outcomes
, 159–164

Undergraduate Research Internship Development Activities
, 191–192

Undergraduate Research Mini-grants
, 66, 82, 270

Undergraduate research programs
, 11–43, 115–125, 166, 199

Undergraduate research training
, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 151, 154, 155, 159, 162

Underrepresented groups
, 13, 65, 116, 247, 250, 253

See Underrepresented minority (URM)

Underrepresented minority (URM)
, 13, 35, 65, 147, 157, 199, 243

United States Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)
, 59

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
, 58

United States Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)
, 21

University of Cincinnati
, 58

University of Florida National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
, 58

University of South Carolina
, 50, 58

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
, 15

U.S. Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)
, 21

U.S. News and World Report ranking
, 48

USDA CSREES (USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service)
, 21

Using Linear Programming to Model Recycling in Greensboro
, 64, 70

Virology
, 123, 136, 137, 193

Weakness of UGR programs
, 118

What is undergraduate research?
, 3–7

Williams College
, 58

Yale University
, 59

Infusing Undergraduate Research into Historically Black Colleges and Universities Curricula
Diversity in Higher Education
Infusing Undergraduate Research into Historically Black Colleges and Universities Curricula
Copyright Page
List of Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
What is Undergraduate Research?
Part I: Undergraduate Research Program Models
Evolution and Impact of Interdisciplinary STEM Undergraduate Research Programs at North Carolina A&T State University
Paradigm Shift: Infusing Research into Teaching and Learning at Claflin University
Six Years of Undergraduate Research Experiences at Bennett College
Undergraduate Research at the Timbuktu Academy and LS-LAMP at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR)
Undergraduate Research Programs Can Also Be Faculty Development Programs
Undergraduate Research for Students Majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences Leads to Student Success
The Impact of Undergraduate Research in STEM at Morgan State University on the Production of Doctoral Degrees in Engineering and the Sciences
Part II: Curriculum Impact
Impact of STEM Capstone Undergraduate Research Courses at Saint Augustine’s University
Building a Cohesive Curriculum to Promote Psychology Majors’ Success in Research Methods and Statistics Courses
Part III: Undergraduate Mentors/Mentees
Surviving Senior Seminar Research: Helpful Strategies for Improving Overall Project Performance
Developing STEM Scholars with Vision: Psychology Plants Seeds of Excellence
About the Editors
About the Authors
Index