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Undergraduate Research Forum

Recipe for Success: Basic Ingredients for Undergraduate Research

Thursday, November 20, 2008
3:30 p.m.
130 Page Hall
1810 College Ave., Columbus, OH 43201

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Please join a panel of Mershon Center affiliated faculty for an interdisciplinary discussion on the basic ingredients of a good undergraduate research project.

Panel members will cite examples of good undergraduate research projects and address such questions as:
• How do you develop good research questions?
• What types of methodologies should you use in your research?
• What foundation do you need to have before undertaking a research project? What theories and facts do you need to know? What classes do you need to take?
• How can undergraduates work with the Institutional Review Board?
• How can undergraduates make connections with faculty members?

Panelists include:
Edward Crenshaw, Associate Professor of Sociology
Randy Schewller, Professor of Political Science
Barbara Hanawalt, King George III Professor of British History

This was one of the most successful undergraduate events sponsored by the Mershon Center last year, with more than 69 percent of respondents rating it as extremely valuable.

Ed Crenshaw
Edward Crenshaw
Associate Professor
of Sociology

Randy Schweller
Randy Schweller
Professor of Political Science

Barbara Hanawalt
Barbara Hanawalt
King George III Professor of British History


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