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Chapter 1: Finding the Tools to Become a Scholar

Bain, K. (2012). What the best college students do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Narrative form, lots of interviews of experiences of students and earlier book about college faculty

Lindsey, P. (2012) Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. New York: Harper.

Wisker,G. (2009). The Undergraduate Research Handbook. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Has a how-to focus—explaining different methodological approaches to research with a primary focus on the social sciences.

An Economic Argument for College:

The cost of college rose from an average of $4,600 per year in the 1970s to nearly $15,000 per year in 2013. In the period between 1970 and 2013 as a whole, those with a bachelor’s degree earned about $64,500 per year and those with an associate’s degree earned about $50,000 per year, while those with a high school diploma earned only $41,000 per year.

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci20-3.html

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci20-3.pdf

A Social Argument for College :

Among survey respondents who graduated from a four-year college, 74% say their college education was very useful in helping them grow intellectually; 69% say it was very useful in helping them grow and mature as a person; and 55% say it was very useful in helping them prepare for a job or career.

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/05/15/is-college-worth-it/

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/02/11/the-rising-cost-of-not-going-to-college/

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/11/6-key-findings-about-going-to-college/

Good links to information about why if you’re African-American and/or Latinx, it’s particularly important to go to college!

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/revisiting-the-value-of-elite-colleges/

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/27/business/economic-scene-children-smart-enough-get-into-elite-schools-may-not-need-bother.html

http://www.jbhe.com/2012/06/a-college-education-provides-major-economic-benefits-for-blacks-in-california/

http://collegecampaign.org/portfolio/may-2015-the-state-of-higher-education-in-california-black-report/

http://collegecampaign.org/research-alert-2015-latino-report/

Chapter 2: Get Started with Undergraduate Research:
What, Why, and How:

More about Meta learning and research:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_learning

https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf

https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/metacognition/

UNC Office for Undergraduate Research: http://our.unc.edu/

CUR student events: http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/student_events/

Underrepresented researchers in some areas have their own societies. For example, some Black academic and professional organizations start with “National” because American indicated the primarily White organization:

National Association of Black Educators

National Association of Black Engineers

Association of Black Psychologists

Black Doctoral Network, Inc.

Association of Black Sociologists

Association of Black Anthropologists

National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies

Society of Black Archaeologists

Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists

National Latina/o Psychological Association

Individual colleges and universities have data about the gender and racial backgrounds of students and researchers by major and discipline:

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/race.cfm and: http://www.dmi.illinois.edu/stuenr/

http://nces.ed.gov/das/epubs/2005171/executive4.asp

Information about how tenure and how research is changing: http://harvardmagazine.com/2002/03/faculty-diversity.html

http://umbfacultydevelopment.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/Scholarship+in+Public+Report.pdf

https://ccrec.ucsc.edu/scholarship-public-knowledge-creation-and-tenure-policy-engaged university

Summer research programs and internships:

http://murap.unc.edu/

https://www.aamc.org/members/great/61052/great_summerlinks.html

http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/programs.aspx?descriptorhub=SummerResearch_Summer%20Research%20Opportunity

http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp

http://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/research-opps.aspx

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/ug/intern.html

https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/main/index.cfm?solarAction=view&subAction=content&contentCode=HOME_PAGE_INTERNSHIPS

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/college/experienceopp.html

http://www.ams.org/programs/students/emp-internships

http://ccv.med.harvard.edu/diversity_summer_internships.htm

https://www.training.nih.gov/summer_programs_outside_the_nih

https://www.training.nih.gov/other_summer_programs_at_the_nih

https://cbse.soe.ucsc.edu/diversity/intern

http://www.swarthmore.edu/health-sciences-office/summer-opportunities

https://www.csusm.edu/otres/researchprograms.html

Resources to find funding for undergraduate research:

http://www.webguru.neu.edu/undergraduate-research/research-funding/possible-funding-sources

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~ugar/undergrad/other_external.html

http://www.wm.edu/as/charlescenter/scholars/wmsure/scholars/funding_opportunities/index.php

http://www.undergraduateresearch.osu.edu/participate/funding/externalfunding.html

http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/external-research-funding/

Initiatives to include underrepresented scholars in all forms of research:

Ford Foundation

http://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/mission

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

http://www.mmuf.org/

National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov/od/broadeningparticipation/bp.jsp

McNair Scholars Program

http://mcnairscholars.com/

Articles on the benefits of undergraduate research:

Bauer, K. W., & Bennett, J. S. (2003). Alumni perception used to assess undergraduate

research experience. Journal Of Higher Education, 74(2), 210-230.

Brakke, D. F., Crowe, M. L., & Karukstis, K. (2009). Perspective: Reasons deans and provosts (and presidents) should value, support, and encourage undergraduate research. CUR Quarterly, 30(1), 10-15.

Cosgrove, T. J. (1986). The effects of participation in a mentoring-transcript program on freshmen. Journal of College Student Personnel. 27, 199-124.

Finley, A., & McNair, T. (2013). Assessing high-impact learning for underserved students.

Goodwin, T., Holmes, B., & Hoagland, K. E. (1999). How to get started in

research. Washington, DC: Council on Undergraduate Research.

Hakim, S., Ryan, D. J., & Stull, J. C. (2000). Restructuring education: Innovations and evaluations of alternative systems. Greenwood Publishing Group.

Jones, M. T., Barlow, A. E. L., Villarejo, M. (2010). Importance of undergraduate research for minority persistence and achievement in biology. Journal of Higher Education, 81(1), 82-115.

Kardash, C.M. (2000). Evaluation of an undergraduate research experience: Perceptions of undergraduate interns and their faculty mentors. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(1), 191-201.

Kinzie, J., Gonyea, R., Shoup, R., & Kuh, G. D. (2008). Promoting persistence and success of underrepresented students: Lessons for teaching and learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008(115), 21-38.

Kuh, G. D. (2003). What we’re learning about student engagement from NSSE: Benchmarks for effective educational practices. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 35(2), 24-32.

Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J. H., Whitt, E. J., & Associates. (2010). Student success in college: Creating conditions that matter (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Lopatto, D. (2003). The essential features of undergraduate research. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 24(139-142).

Lopatto, D. (2006). Undergraduate research as a catalyst for liberal learning. Peer Review, 8(1), 22-25.

Lopatto, D. (2007). Undergraduate research experiences support science career decisions and active learning. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 6(4), 297-306.

Lopatto, D. (2010). Undergraduate research as a high-impact student experience. Peer Review, 12(2), 27.

Mabrouk, P. A., & Peters, K. (2000). Student perspectives on undergraduate research (UR) experiences in chemistry and biology. CUR Quarterly, 21(1), 25-33.

Merkel, C. A., & Baker, S. M. (2002). How to mentor undergraduate researchers. Washington, DC: Council on Undergraduate Research.K. Petrella and A. P. Jung, Undergraduate research: importance, benefitsand challenges, vol. 1, 2008.

Russell, S. H., Hancock, M. P., & McCullough, J. (2007, April 27). Benefits of undergraduate research experiences. Science, 316(5824), 548–549.

Seymour, E., Hunter, A., Laursen, S. L., & Deantoni, T. (2004). Establishing the benefitsof research experiences for undergraduates in the sciences: First findings from a three year study. Science Education, 88(4), 493-534.

Stocks, J., Ramey, J., & Lazarus, B. (2004). Involving faculty at research institutions inundergraduate research. In L. Kauffman & J. Stocks Reinvigorating the undergraduate experience: Successful models supported by NSF’s AIRE/RAIRE program, pp. 7-8. Washington, DC: Council on Undergraduate Research.

Chapter 3: How to Fit Research In with Everything Else:
Time and Energy Management

Researchers are always assessing their time and energy management skills—they have to because they’re always working on something different! If you’ve read Chapter 3 of Highest Honors, you’re already working on your time and energy management. Here are some resources that you can use as you’re scheduling to fit research in with everything else:

Task lists:

Calendars:

Time/energy management tips for scholars:

Adjusting to college time and energy:

Top 10 Misconceptions about College

5 Apps that Can Help Students Manage College Life

Time Management Worksheets (from Oregon State)

Time Management Presentation from the Student Success Conference (U Mass Amherst)

Career and Time Management Strategies for Clinical and Health Services Researchers

For researchers:

Time Management Tips for Authors and Scholars

Challenges to time/energy management:

Procrastination

http://counselingcenter.illinois.edu/brochures/overcoming-procrastination

Perfectionism

Dealing with Distractions:

Getting More Done in Less Time

Tackling Productivity Challenges

Determine your optimal time of day by using this quiz developed by biologists: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/are-you-morning-or-evening-person

Time/energy management books for scholars:

The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure, Rockquemore & Laszloffy

How to Write a Lot, Silvia

Writing your Journal Article in 12 Weeks, Belcher

Chapter 4: Research with Professors and Mentors

US News and World Report Rankings with types of colleges explained:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges

What different kinds of professors earn:

http://chronicle.com/article/What-Professors-Off-the-Tenure/235873?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=de15bc0a8edc4b52939181d760316440&elq=82b5b9f197c04be6896485a1d09da1f8&elqaid=8434&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2773#assistant

http://data.chronicle.com/

Mentorship researchers:

https://www.naspa.org/constituent-groups/posts/interview-with-social-class-scholar-dr-buffy-smith

https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/clt/About/Pages/Gina-Wisker.aspx

Research on Ratemyprofessors.com

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9531137&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0047404514000736

http://benschmidt.org/profGender

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/how-reviews-on-rate-my-professors-describe-men-and-women-differently/93687

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/upshot/is-the-professor-bossy-or-brilliant-much-depends-on-gender.html

Mentoring map: https://www.dropbox.com/s/phzz4iktxrq7pi7/Mentoring%20Map.pdf?dl=0

Office hours:

https://chee.osu.edu/what-we-do/resources/navigating-office-hours.pdf

Authorship Guidelines:

If you don’t see your area listed here, especially if you are working in a humanities discipline, it may be because the discipline has not recommended specific authorship guidelines. In that case, definitely make sure you ask your mentor or adviser for their particular guidelines.

Accountability in Research, Vol. 15, No. 2, Feb 2008: pp. 0–0 Accountability in Research ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP WITH THE USE OF SHARED DATA: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08989620801946925

American Mathematical Society (AMS):

Guidelines: http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/policy-statements/sec-ethics

Authorship statement: http://www.ams.org/profession/leaders/culture/CultureStatement04.pdf

American Psychological Association (APA):

General guidelines: http://www.apa.org/research/responsible/publication/

Tips for students: http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/students/authorship-paper.aspx

Authorship determination scorecard: http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/students/authorship-determination-scorecard.pdf

Authorship agreement: http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/students/authorship-agreement.pdf

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

Recommendations: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html

National Institute of Health Guidelines: (p. 10) https://oir.nih.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/sourcebook/documents/ethical_conduct/guidelines-conduct_research-6_11_07.pdf

Ghost and guest authorship:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/08/24/research-reveals-significant-share-scholarly-papers-have-guest-or-ghost-authors?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=f4bcb53ad1-DNU20150824&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-f4bcb53ad1-198466569

Views on credit for student research work:

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/jun/05/my-professor-demand-to-be-listed-author-on-research-paper?CMP=share_btn_tw

http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/231391/

Chapter 5: Writing and Presenting Research

Chapter 5

Genres of research writing:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/658/

Style guides:

How styles are different: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20110928111055_949.pdf

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/

http://subjectguides.library.american.edu/citation

http://pitt.libguides.com/citationhelp

http://owl.excelsior.edu/posts/view/67

http://valenciacollege.edu/library/mla-apa-chicago-guides/

Editing your work:

Paramedic method: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/721/1/

Self-editing guidelines:

http://www.unh.edu/writing/

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/printouts/Editing%20Checklist.pdf

Academic and professional organizations:

Association for Psychological Science

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Preparing successful literature reviews:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/1/

http://www.duluth.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/researching/litreview.html

http://library.bcu.ac.uk/learner/writingguides/1.04.htm

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/

http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html

http://guides.library.vcu.edu/lit-review

http://web.pdx.edu/~dbls/HowtoWriteLiteratureReview.htm

Grey literature:

http://www.greynet.org/

Undergraduate research conferences:

Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference

National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference

Research abstracts:

http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/presentations_abstracts_examples.html

Giving research talks:

http://www.virginia.edu/cue/presentationtips.html

http://www.ugresearch.umd.edu/current-writeresearchpaper.html

http://gradschool.unc.edu/academics/resources/postertips.html

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2010/11/03/angelini

http://www.cgu.edu/pages/861.asp

Creating research posters:

https://www.utexas.edu/ugs/our/poster/samples

http://www.ugresearch.umd.edu/current-createresearchposter.html

http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/ptn/2012/11/research-posters.aspx

http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html

http://nau.edu/Undergraduate-Research/Poster-Presentation-Tips/

http://gradschool.unc.edu/academics/resources/postertips.html

http://www.waspacegrant.org/for_students/student_internships/wsgc_internships/posterdesign.html

Journal article writing:

http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTWgeneral.html

http://www.ease.org.uk/publications/ease-toolkit-authors/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19674676

Undergraduate journals:

American Journal of Undergraduate Research: http://www.ajuronline.org/

ANTHROJOURNAL: The Collegiate Journal of Anthropology: http://anthrojournal.com/

Berkeley Scientific Journal: http://bsj.berkeley.edu/?page_id=546

Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal: http://curj.caltech.edu/

Catalyst: Rice Undergraduate Science & Engineering Review: http://catalyst.rice.edu/

Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History: http://cujh.columbia.edu/

Critical Theory and Social Justice Journal of Undergraduate Research: http://scholar.oxy.edu/ctsj/

Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications: http://www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/communications/research/

First_Gen Voices: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/fgv/

Harvard Political Review: http://hpronline.org/

International Journal of Exercise Science: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijes/

Journal of Undergraduate Ethnic Minority Psychology: http://www.juempsychology.com/

Journal of Undergraduate Research: http://sa.rochester.edu/jur/index.html

Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences: http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/ltss/index.php?pg=home

Southern California International Review: http://scir.org/

UC Berkeley Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal: https://ucbcluj.org/

Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies: http://nmc.utoronto.ca/undergraduate-journal-of-middle-east-studies/

http://www.jiriri.ca/en/

http://www.cur.org/resources/students/undergraduate_journals/

From Dissertation to Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo16835829.html

Social media and academic writing:

http://theconversation.com/status-anxiety-should-academics-be-using-social-media-25142

Book reviews:

http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/home

Creating a high-quality resume:

http://career.uga.edu/resumes/resume_guidelines/

http://careerservices.princeton.edu/undergraduate-students/resumes-letters-online-profiles/resumes

http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/resumes.php

http://www.emerson.edu/student-life/careers-internships/resources/resume-writing-undergraduate-students

Writing a quality CV as well as examples of CVs:

http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/online-tools-resources/career-center-skills-guides/curriculum-vitae

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/members/apssc/undergraduate_update/undergraduate-update-summer-2013/how-to-write-a-strong-cv

http://www.utsa.edu/careercenter/students/graduate_students/curriculum_vitae.html

http://www3.ul.ie/careers/careers/applications/cv.shtml

Writing for a nonacademic audience:

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/escaping-ivory-tower

Chapter 6: Underrepresented Scholars in the Academy: Making a Way

The full text of WEB DuBois’s essay “The Talented Tenth”

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/the-talented-tenth/

AACU’s focus on diversity in research:

https://www.aacu.org/programs-partnerships/making-excellence-inclusive

NSF sponsored HBCU UP to support research scholars at HBCUs: http://www.hbcu-up.org/

Other great funding sources for underrepresented scholars:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/broadeningparticipation/bp.jsp

http://www.neh.gov/news/impact-reports

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm

http://mcnairscholars.com/about/

http://www.mmuf.org/.

https://mellon.org/programs/diversity/

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/pga_047958

https://www.possefoundation.org/

Research on why diversity is good for research:

http://www.cur.org/publications/publication_listings/broadening_participation_in_undergraduate_research/

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2012/may-june-12/diversity-makes-better-science.html

Challenging racism in research:

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/thicker-than-blood

The website gives overview of and resources for reducing stereotype threat in classrooms: http://reducingstereotypethreat.org

This website provides more than 2,000 links to prejudice-related resources, including databases with prejudice researchers and social justice organizations and interactive exercises on prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination: http://www.understandingprejudice.org/

Underrepresented scholars and trust:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/08/thin-ice-stereotype-threat-and-black-college-students/304663/

Resources for addressing discrimination, stereotype threat, imposter syndrome, and solo status:

Presumed Incompetent: http://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/2338-presumed-incompetent

How to file a discrimination complaint and what your rights are when you do so:

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintprocess.html

Restorative Justice:

http://www.iirp.edu/pdf/Defining-Restorative.pdf

Overview of and resources for reducing stereotype threat in education:

http://reducingstereotypethreat.org

Reducing stereotype threat: a review of social-psychological intervention studies on improving the achievement of Black students:

http://msan.wceruw.org

Resources on Race Related Stress:

http://counselingcenter.illinois.edu/brochures/coping-race-related-stress

Black Lives Matter movement: http://blacklivesmatter.com/about/

It Gets Better campaign: http://www.itgetsbetter.org/

Examples of deficit and other unethical approaches to research:

Tuskegee Timeline: http://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm

Critiques of Hart and Risley (1995):

http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/med/langpoor.pdf

Bibliography:

Hilliard, Asa – The Intellectual Strengths of Black Children and Adolescents: A

Ted Wachtel, Defining Restorative, International Institute for Restorative Practices (2013).

Chapter 7: In Conclusion: Research in Action

John F. Kennedy, “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.”

http://www.payitforwardfoundation.org/

Transformative and social action approaches to learning:

http://www.thedemands.org/ and http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/here-are-the-demands-from-students-protesting-racism-at-51-colleges/

Resources for service learning: Campus Compact:

http://compact.org/initiatives/service-learning/

https://books.google.com/books?id=keFaAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=learning+through+serving&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQnuDVl_7NAhVDQiYKHav9BtoQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=learning%20through%20serving&f=false

Public Scholars:

http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/public-scholar-program

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/01/13/how-communicate-research-results-beyond-academe-essay?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=04bb443969-DNU20160113&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-04bb443969-198617677

Public intellectuals:

http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/papers/lightman.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/what-it-means-to-be-a-public-intellectual/282907/