ED024
Efforts to improve and support REU Internship Programs
Session ID#: 82812
Session Description:
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs funded by NSF provide internship opportunities that are valued by employers and graduate schools, and help entrain students into STEM education and career pathways. Running an REU is a tremendous amount of work, and having access to shared materials, advice, and tools can be helpful in providing an effective, safe, supportive experience for students. Presenters are encouraged to collaborate with other REU site managers in presenting effective curricula, strategies, or mechanisms that could be useful to the REU community. Examples might include cultural sensitivity training, anti-harassment training, supporting diverse participants, cross-REU studies of application or evaluation data, community-building tools amongst REUs, or creative practices for teaching science communication, leadership skills, technical skills, or raising career awareness. Collaborative presentations that focus on methods of improving REU programs or supporting the REU community will take priority over detailed descriptions of a single REU program.
Index Terms:
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
Primary Convener: Valerie Sloan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners: Gabriela Noriega, Southern California Earthquake Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Diane Y Kim, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Kenneth Voglesonger, Northeastern Illinois University, Earth Science and Environmental Science Program, Chicago, IL, United States
Primary Liaison: Valerie Sloan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, CO, United States
Using Student Affairs Best Practices to Support STEM Interns (499374)
AJ Lauer, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Michael S. Williams, University of Missouri Columbia, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Columbia, United States, Blake J Lewis, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, United States and Amanda M. Carr, University of Missouri, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Columbia, MO, United States
Hot off the Press: Preview of a Handbook on Running Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in the Geosciences (500151)
Valerie Sloan1, Barbara Cabezal Bruno2, Diana M Dalbotten3 and Rebecca Haacker1, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States
COMPARING REU STUDENT VS ADVISOR RATINGS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE INDICATES LOW STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY (508561)
Barbara Cabezal Bruno, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI, United States, Cherryle Heu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HIGP/SOEST, Honolulu, HI, United States and Grady Weyenberg, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Natural Sciences Division, Hilo, HI, United States
Lessons Learned Over Two Program Cycles of the REU Site in Physics at Howard University (519565)
Prabhakar Misra1, Silvina Gatica1, Quinton Williams1, Thomas Searles1, Samaresh Guchhait2 and Pratibha Dev1, (1)Howard University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Howard University, Physics & Astronomy, Washington, DC, United States
Talking is Hard: Building Communication between Mentors and Students (546399)
Willow Mae Reed, Montana State University, Physics, Bozeman, MT, United States, Martin A Snow, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Claire L Raftery, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Removing geographic barriers in research experiences for undergraduate (REU) programs: a remote participation model with minority serving institutions (562521)
Antoinette Abeyta, University of New Mexico - Gallup, Math Physical and Natural Sciences Divison, Gallup, NM, United States, Anjali M Fernandes, Denison University, Geosciences, Granville, CT, United States, Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba, Montclair State University, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair, NJ, United States and Arvind Singh, Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Orlando, FL, United States
Advancing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Representation Within REU Programs: Kuikahi (collaboration), Ka Hana Hou (innovation), and Holomua (progress) (573364)
Bridget R Smith-Konter, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Earth Sciences, Honolulu, HI, United States, Paul Wessel, Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States and Shawn Kanaiaupuni, Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, United States
“Thinking Like a Cohort”: Managing an REU for Interdisciplinarity, Inclusion, and Inauguration of Young Scholars’ Communities (590931)
James K Brumbelow, Texas A&M University College Station, Civil Engineering, College Station, TX, United States and Georgianne W Moore, Texas A&M University, Ecosystem Science and Management, College Station, TX, United States
The benefits of team-building and student empowerment for diverse REU cohorts (614003)
Katerina Dontsova, University of Arizona, Environmental Science Department, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, Kevin E Bonine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Katherine Morgan, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
Beyond the research experience: Implementing career development initiatives in an REU (616158)
Jerlyn L Swiatlowski1, Gabriela Noriega2 and Mark L Benthien2, (1)University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, (2)Southern California Earthquake Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
