Provost Lecture Series: A look at undergraduate student research
Dr. Rebecca Jones, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and associate professor of chemistry, will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series at 3 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. Photo provided.During the 2010-11 academic year at Austin Peay State University, a survey was conducted among faculty members regarding their perspective and participation in research with undergraduate students.
The results of this Institutional Review Board-approved survey suggest that while many faculty are interested in working with undergraduates, time and financial need are challenges that must be overcome.
A detailed analysis of the survey results will be the next session of the Provost Lecture Series at APSU. Dr. Rebecca Jones, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and associate professor of chemistry, will present “Undergraduate Research at APSU: Perspectives and Opportunities” from 3-4:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All presentations in the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public.
In addition to the survey results, Jones will describe the initiatives of the Office of Undergraduate Research, designed to facilitate and support undergraduate research faculty mentors at APSU.
Other sessions in the Provost Lecture Series also are planned for the academic year. All sessions are from 3-4:30 p.m. in the MUC, Room 303 (unless noted otherwise) and include the following:
Oct. 6: Dr. Dwayne Estes, associate professor of biology
Oct. 13: Dr. Korre Foster, assistant professor of music
Oct. 20: Susan Bryant, professor of art
Oct. 27: Angelina Fowler, Center of Excellence for Field Biology
Nov. 3: Dr. Dan Frederick, professor of geology and geography
Nov. 10: Dr. Kathrine Flower, assistant professor of sociology
Nov. 17: Darren Michael, associate professor of theater and dance
Dec. 1: Dr. Tim Leszczak, assistant professor of health and human performance
Jan. 12: Dr. Ellen Smyth, instructor of mathematics
Jan. 19: Dr. Ann Silverberg, professor of music
Jan. 26: Dr. Marsha Lyle-Gonga, assistant professor of political science
Feb. 2: Dr. Rebecca Johansen, assistant professor of biology
Feb. 9: Dr. Sergei Markov, associate professor of biology
Feb. 16: Cynthia Marsh, professor of art
Feb. 23: Dr. Christine Mathenge, associate professor of geology
March 1: Dr. Robert Shelton, associate professor of chemistry
March 15, MUC 307: Dr. Allyn Smith, associate professor of physics
March 22: Dr. Sharon Mabry, professor of music
March 29: Dr. Cameron Sutt, assistant professor of history
April 5: Mark DeYoung, assistant professor of art
April 12: Dr. Tim Winters, professor of English
April 19, MUC 103: Dr. Jeffrey Wood, professor of music
The Provost Lecture Series seeks to foster a spirit of intellectual and scholarly inquiry among faculty, staff and students. The program will be used as a platform for APSU faculty members who are recent recipients of provost summer grants, who have been awarded faculty development leaves and who have engaged in recent scholarly inquiry during sabbatical leaves.
APSU faculty members with recent research of acclaim also will be given a platform within this series. In addition, other faculty members of local or widespread renown will be invited to lecture within this series.
For more information about the Provost Lecture Series, call Dr. Brian Johnson, assistant vice president of academic affairs at APSU, at (931) 221-7992 or email him at johnsonb@apsu.edu. -- Melony Shemberger