Undergraduate Research
Website: nau.edu/ugr
Email: ug-research@nau.edu
What is Undergraduate Research?
• Process of scholarly inquiry or creative
activity
• In collaboration with faculty
• Examine, create, share knowledge or
products
• Consistent with best practices in area of
study
Who does undergraduate research?
Students who...
Major in any
discipline
 Are curious, selfmotivated, and
enthusiastic
Enjoys solving
problems
Want to get handson experience
Are just like YOU!
NAU colleges involved in undergraduate research
•
College of Arts and Letters
•
College of Education
•
College of Engineering, Forestry, and
Natural Sciences
•
College of Health and Human Services
•
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
•
The W. A. Franke College of Business
•
University College
Why should you get involved?
Professional
Advantages
Academic
Advantages
Discipline
Training
Faculty
Mentor
Relationship
Professional Advantages
• Résumé/ curriculum vitae building
experience
• Development of leadership and organization
skills
• Increased competitiveness in the job market
• Establish a network with professionals in
your discipline
Academic Advantages
• Development of “hands-on” learning style
• In-depth understanding of class topics
• Improvement in presentation and
dissemination abilities
• Increased competitiveness in postbaccalaureate program admission
Discipline Training
• Extracurricular
pursuit that applies
field-specific
knowledge
• Acquire technique
repertoire for future
occupation
• Gain knowledge
beyond the scope of
coursework
Faculty Mentor Relationship
• Receive guidance as a researcher
from established experts in your field
• Opportunity to demonstrate abilities to
NAU faculty
Investing in undergraduate research
• Potential for authorship on journal
publication
• Enhance exhibition portfolio
• Presentation opportunities
• NAU Undergraduate Symposium
• National Conference on Undergraduate
Research (NCUR)
• Discipline specific conferences
Investing in undergraduate research
• Research accolades/awards/funding
• 485 undergraduate research course for
credit in department
• Hooper Undergraduate Research Award
(HURA) – NAU grant program
• Interns to Scholars (I2S) – NAU
internship program
• NAU/NASA Space Grant – not just for
astronomy majors!
• Global Research & Internship Program
(GRIP)
• NAU Student Travel Awards – to present
at conferences
Examples of funded HURA projects
Applying Christopher Alexander’s Design Patterns to
Existing Environments: A Study of the NAU Student
Union
Mikayla Cutlip
Nose Bleed: A Feature Film
Jeremy Scott
Population Estimation of Big Brown Bats in
Flagstaff: Implications for Disease Transmission
Camille Platts
Brain Correlates of Emotional Storytelling and
Empathic Accuracy
Brett Velez
Stand Structure and Composition in Treatment Areas
following the 2012 Grand Fire
Gregory Black
Examples of Interns to Scholars (I2S) projects
Long –term Fire History in the Southwest
Shawnee Smith (mentor Carol Chambers)
Student Disposition toward Youngspeak in
Study Abroad
Emily Fowler (mentor Julieta Fernandez)
The Tale the River Told: The Murder of Chloe
Gordon (book manuscript development)
Rich Barkemeyer (mentor Neil Websdale)
Business Ethics Case Studies
Taylor Snell (mentor Eric Yordy)
Assessing the Efficacy of Various Types of
Sport Tape to Enhance Balance & Minimize
Injury
Elizabeth Stapleton (mentor Scot Raab)
Contact
MaryLynn Quartaroli,
EdD
ug-research@nau.edu
Room 321, Bury Hall
(Bldg 8)
(928) 523-1026
http://nau.edu/ugr