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Table of Contents

Introduction	Page	PDF
Book Cover
Foreword Stephen F. Davis	1
Introduction and a Brief History of Undergraduate Research in Psychology Richard L. Miller	3
Why Engage Undergraduates in Empirical Research: A Panel Discussion Jane S. Halonen, Charles L. Brewer, Paul A. Bell, & Richard L. Miller, with comments by Bernard C. Beins, William J. Wozniak, Marty Fallshore, Susan Becker, Robert Rycek, Bill Buskist, Wilbert J. McKeachie, Elizabeth Loftus, Robert Cialdini, Margaret Matlin, Richard Suinn, Robin Anderson, & Drew Appleby	17
Section 1. Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Roy Smith, Editor	29
Facing the Crisis in the Academy: Creating a Culture of Undergraduate Research in Contemporary Institutions of Higher Education Steve T. Barney	30
Lessons from the CUR Institutes on Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Mitchell R. Malachowski & Michael E. Nelson	38
Promoting Undergraduate Research: Institutional Support Mechanisms John Falconer	42
External Support for Undergraduate Research Vincent Prohaska	45
Research Ethics: Issues and Resources Richard L Miller	48
Section 2. Successful Models of Undergraduate Research Mark E. Ware, Editor	53
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: An Institutional Model for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Christopher T. Lind	54
Undergraduate Research at the University of Nebraska at Kearney: Building and Sustaining the Culture Kenya S. Taylor	59
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: A Model for Student Participation in a Competitive Grants Program at the University of San Diego Kenneth D. Keith, Lisa M. Baird & Michael Ichiyama	62
A Successful Model of Undergraduate Research: Utah State University Joyce Kinkead	65
Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research at Murray State University John Mateja	69
Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Undergraduate Research: Southern Utah University Psychology Department’s Report on Success Lynn H. White	72
Morningside College: A Successful Departmental Model of Undergraduate Research Susan R. Burns	75
Encouraging Undergraduate Research: Hanover College’s Psychology Major John H. Krantz, Stephen D. Young, T. William Altermatt, Ellen R. Altermatt & Michelle H. Mamberg	78
A Successful Departmental Model: Missouri Southern State University Christie Cathey & Gwendolyn Murdock	81
University of Mary Washington: A Successful Departmental Model Roy Smith	82
A Successful Departmental Model: Furman University Charles L. Brewer, Gilles O. Einstein & Beth A. Pontari	90
A Comprehensive Strategy to Promote Undergraduate Research in Psychology at the University of Central Arkansas William J. Lammers	93
Section 3. Conducting Undergraduate Research Susan R. Burns, Editor	97
Involving Freshmen in Undergraduate Research Emily Balcetis & Richard Miller	98
After Introductory Psychology: The Next Course Preparing Psychology Freshmen and Sophomores for Undergraduate Research Eric Amsel & Theresa Kay	104
Integrating Research Methods and Introductory Statistics Cathy A. Grover & Kenneth A. Weaver	108
Creating Research Groups in an Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum Bernard C. Beins	111
Advanced Laboratory Classes in Psychology William Wozniak	116
Increasing Undergraduate Research Participation: From Classrooms to Conferences Calvin P. Garbin & David J. Hansen	121
Mentoring Undergraduate Research in a Principles of Assessment Course Steve T. Barney	124
Conducting Undergraduate Research: Independent Study Susan R. Burns	128
Toward a Model for Undergraduate Research in Psychology at the Two-Year College Jennifer L. O’Loughlin-Brooks & Valerie T. Smith	132
Involving Students Research at a Commuter College Vincent Prohaska	136
Summer Research Programs Holly E. Tatum & Beth M. Schwartz	140
Managing Student Research Ideas with a WWW Database Edward P. Kardas	143
Senior Thesis/Capstone Approach Beth M. Schwartz & Holly E. Tatum	146
Section 4. Special Types of Research Opportunities Robert F. Rycek, Editor	150
Research at a Local Zoo Joanne D. Altman	151
Engaging Students in Community-Based Research Maya M. Khanna	156
Using Field Research Techniques to Enhance the Undergraduate Experience Joseph J. Benz	162
Conducting Research at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Campus Autism Program Kevin P. Klatt	165
Research in the Rat Lab: Some Thoughts on Undergraduates doing Behavioral Neuroscience Research Mark C. Zrull	168
Learning from Chimpanzees: Internships at the Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute Mary Lee Jensvold & Roger Fouts	172
Archival Research in Forensic Psychology Matthew T. Huss	177
Neuroscience Research Cynthia Gibson	180
Using the Web for Student Research John H. Krantz & T. William Altermatt	185
Environmental Psychological Research with Undergraduates in National Parks Britton L. Mace	189
Practical Advice for Doing Research with Preschoolers Ruth L. Ault	195
Teaching Qualitative Research to Undergraduate Students Jill R. Brown & Daniel J. Foy	199
Conducting Archival Research on the History of Psychology Lizette Royer	203
Section 5. Faculty and Student Roles Emily Balcetis, Editor	208
Bending Twigs: The Act of Mentoring Undergraduate Student Research Theresa A. Wadkins & Richard L. Miller	209
Collaboration: Faculty Perspective William Douglas Woody	215
Collaboration: Student Perspective Joe Hamm	220
Supervising Undergraduate Students in a Faculty Driven Research Program Krista D. Forrest, Bradley J. Stastny & Jennifer B. Bruns	224
Section 6. Sharing the Results of Research Steve T. Barney, Editor	230
Departmental Undergraduate Research Days Diane K. Martichuski	231
Celebrating Student Research: Campus-wide Student Research Events Roxanne L. Sullivan	234
Undergraduate Research Conferences Donna Stuber-McEwen & Kristina Thielen-Belveal	237
Posters on the Hill: A Unique Way to Present Undergraduate Research Isabelle D. Cherney	240
Undergraduate Research at Professional Psychology Conventions Robert F. Rycek	245
The Use of Locally Published Journals to Encourage Undergraduate Research Richard L. Froman	247
Undergraduate Student Research Journals: Opportunities for and Benefits from Publication Mark E. Ware & Susan R. Burns	253
Section 7. Assessment and Evaluation Bernard C. Beins, Editor	257
Science Undergraduates’ Perceptions of Learning from Undergraduate Research Experiences CarolAnne M. Kardash, Michael Wallace & Linda Blockus	258
Educational Goals Related to the Research Experience Bryan K. Saville & Tracy E. Zinn	264
Academic Outcomes Assessment in Undergraduate Education: Rationale & Process George J. Spilich	269
Tools for the Assessment of Undergraduate Research Outcomes Linda Rueckert	272
The Value from the Perspective of the Workplace/Community Christopher Koch	276
An Undergraduate’s Perspective on the Undergraduate Research Experience: From a Trained Monkey to a Scientist Jennifer Johnson	280
The Value from the Graduate School Perspective Christopher Koch	283
Our Contributors	305

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