Conference schedule
Registration and coffee
9-10 a.m.
Evald Great Hall
Welcome and keynote address
"Undergraduate Research: Build It into the Curriculum and Make Yourself Distinctive"
Dr. Julio Rivera, provost, Carthage College; president-elect, Council on Undergraduate Research
10-10:50 a.m.
Evald 17-18
Concurrent sessions I
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
I-A: Building a Research Culture
Changing Institutional Culture from the Ground Up: Faculty and Students Promoting Research
Presenters: Laura Corey, Steven Gardner, Andrew Jones, Elizabeth Rellinger Zettler and Nancy Taylor Porter,
Illinois College
Pathways to Scholarship: Initiating Campus Culture Change
Presenter: Dennis Dew, Mount Mercy University
I-B: Funding and Fostering Undergraduate Research
How to Secure Grants for Undergraduate Research
Presenter: Steve Feller, Coe College
Forefront Research in Nuclear Physics by MoNA Collaboration
Presenter: Jerry Hinnefeld, Indiana University South Bend
I-C: Establishing Summer Research Programs
To Graduate School and Beyond: Building a Summer Fellowship Program
Presenter: Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque
Establishing and Growing a Small and Focused Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Presenters: Kathleen Trujillo and Jodi Prosise, St. Ambrose University
I-D: Embedding Research in the Curriculum
IRIS: Integrated Reflection and Inquiry in the Sciences
Presenters: Connie Ghinazzi and Rebecca Cook, Augustana College
Bringing Research into the Classroom: Learning from MADS Monsters
Presenter: Rasika Mudalige-Jayawickrama, University of Dubuque
I-E: Creative Solutions to the “There’s Not Enough Time” Problem
Intensive Research Class in January Term
Presenters: Kate Cooper and David Speckhard, Loras College
lobal Problem Solving: Using An Interdisciplinary Approach to Engage College Students
Presenter: Darren Stoub, Dordt College
I-E: Creative Solutions to the “There’s Not Enough Time” Problem
Intensive Research Class in January Term
Presenters: Kate Cooper and David Speckhard, Loras College
lobal Problem Solving: Using An Interdisciplinary Approach to Engage College Students
Presenter: Darren Stoub, Dordt College
Lunch and conversation
12:30-1:15 p.m.
Evald 17-18
Concurrent sessions II
1:30-2:15 p.m.
II-A: Research in the Humanities
Reading Victorian Novels
Presenters: Erin VanLaningham, Amanda McKenna, Robert Bauch, Michael Uhl and Hannah Swart, Loras College
II-B: Fostering Teacher Self-Study in the Elementary School
The Augustana/Longfellow Number Sense Project
Presenters: Randy Hengst and Mike Egan, Augustana College
II-C
Research in the Community
Presenter:Tammy Faux, Wartburg College
II-D
Developing Effective Student Faculty Collaborative Scholarship programs
Presenter: Darren Stoub, Dordt College
II-E
The Coe College Physics Undergraduate Research Program
Presenter: Mario Affatigato, Coe College
Concurrent sessions III
2:30-3:30 p.m.
III-A: Research Outside the Traditional Classroom
The Yellowstone Project: Promoting Undergraduate Research through Philosophical Fieldwork
Presenter: Thomas Thorp, Saint Xavier University
Thirty Years of Undergraduate Research in Antarctic Paleontology
Presenter: William R. Hammer, Augustana College
Engaging Students in Scientific Research
Presenter: Barbara Christie-Pope, Cornell College
III-B: Scaffolding Research to Build Effective Programs
The Legacy Model for Undergraduate Research: Passing the Conceptual Torch from Student to Student
Presenter: Gerald Zuercher, University of Dubuque
Epiphany in the Stacks: Library Research and the First-Year Experience
Presenters: Stefanie Bluemle, Sarah Horowitz and Margaret Rogal, Augustana College
III-C: Expanding the Circle
Women in Science
Presenter: Dale. H. Easley, University of Dubuque
Involving Students in Developmental Psychology Research
Presenter: Kristine Kovack-Lesh, Ripon College
III-D: Creating Partnerships
Creating Partnerships to Encourage and Support Student Research
Presenter: Ron Collins, Loras College
Technology, Creativity and Closing the Loop
Presenter: Christina McCurley, Clarke University
Mentoring Student Research Papers in a Human Resource Management Course
Presenter: Marge Karsten, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
III-E: Research from Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Size Shouldn’t Matter: Promoting Research at a Small College
Presenter: Suzanne Falck-Yi, Waldorf College
Turning Students into a T. crew: Interdisciplinary Approach to Studying Thiomicrospira crunogena
Presenters: Jackie Wittke-Thompson and Lisa Hedrick, University of St. Francis
