Mentoring

•  Science in Solution (pdf) - a great, short piece outlining how undergraduate research impacts student learning (courtesy of Dave Bauer). 
• Compilation of Advice from 2015 Viterbo Summer Research Faculty Mentors
• Compilation of Advice from pre-2015 Viterbo Summer Research Faculty Mentors
• Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers: Where to Begin?
• CRA-W's excellent collection of mentoring resources and "how-to" guides

Resources from Viterbo University Faculty-Student Research Teams

• Summer Research Log Sheet 

Ethical Research Practice

• Viterbo's Institutional Review Board Website (Note: If your research involves working with human subject in any way, you must submit a research proposal and have it approved BEFORE you and your student(s) start work.)

• Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

• University of Minnesota Research Ethics for Sociology, History, and Philosophy of Science

• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Ethics Codes
  – Social and Human Sciences
  – Culture

Faculty Benefits of Student-Faculty Undergraduate Research

• Invigorates intellect and increases enthusiasm.
• Enhances teaching effectiveness and job satisfaction.
• Promotes advancements in research program (research shows that students are able to make meaningful/productive contributions to assigned research projects)
• Increases access to grant funding.
• Enhances faculty members' ability to remain current in their field/discipline.
• Promotes greater engagement with students, colleagues, and the community.
• Provides faculty with a platform to motivate, inspire, and contribute to the educational experiences and professional development of future researchers. Faculty often derive personal satisfaction from "watching" students' professional growth.
• Allows mentorship of enthusiastic, highly-motivated students.
• Produces recognition by one's internal and external peers.
• Improves teaching techniques, such as in investigative laboratories.
• Augments results transfer from one's scholarship into the classroom.
• Promotes the concept of lifelong learning for students.

Institutional Benefits of Student-Faculty Undergraduate Research

• Enhances intellectual vitality and reputation of the institution.
• Attracts talented faculty and builds research programs.
• Attracts engaged students and community interest.
• Produces external funding and recognition; brings new equipment and facilities. 
• Encourages innovative and collaborative curricula.
• Promotes engagement with national trends in higher education and new research directions.
• Breaks down barriers between students and faculty as well as teaching and research by integrating all into the teacher-scholar concept.

Information Assembled by Other Institutions

• UNC-Chapel Hill Office for Undergraduate Research
• University of Buffalo Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Costs and Benefits of Faculty-Student Collaborative Undergraduate Research

• Undergraduate Research Assistantship: A Comparison of Benefits and Costs from Faculty and Students' Perspectives
• Exploring Faculty Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Questions?

Contact Charlie Lawrence at rclawrence@viterbo.edu or 608-796-3461.