Winter 2020/Last Edition
Dr. Brandy Wiegers
There are notes about:
- JMM 2020 Events
- Resource Announcement: A Mathematician's Practical Guide to Mentoring Undergraduate Research
- Other updates about the SIGMAA-UR
- SIGMAA-UR Officers
JMM 2020 Events
Wednesday January 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. DCC Room 601 SIGMAA UR Panel: Students' Perspectives on Undergraduate Research Experiences |
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Moderator: Maria Mercedes Franco, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Panelists: * Amelia Cantwell, University of Montana * Vinny Jodoin, University of Tennessee * Natasha Crepeau, Harvey Mudd * Harold Jimenez Polo, University of Florida * Mr. Esteban Escobar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Organizers: * Allison Henrich, Seattle University * Laramie Paxton, Marian University–Wisconsin * Maria Mercedes Franco Queensborough Community College, CUNY |
Abstract: If you're a faculty member with an interest in pursuing research with undergraduates, you may have a number of questions on your mind. For instance, what do students gain by doing an undergraduate research experience? What are some challenges they might encounter when doing research with a faculty member and, perhaps, a group of their peers? What are particular issues you should be aware of that students from underrepresented minority groups face? How might you, as a research mentor, make the experience a positive one for your students?
On the other hand, if you're a student considering doing research in mathematics, you might wonder what doing research for the first time is like. How can you prepare yourself for the experience? What tools might you use to overcome hurdles you encounter along the research path? How might doing research help you achieve your personal goals?
One of the best ways to learn the answers to these questions is by talking to people who have actually had research experiences as students. In this panel, current and former undergraduate researchers will reflect on their experiences, discuss what worked well, what didn't, and how research experiences could be improved. |
Thursday January 16, 2020, 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. DCC Room 507 SIGMAA on Undergraduate Research (SIGMAA UR) Business Meeting and Reception Colorado Chile Bar (vegan & vegetarian options) provided. |
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Thursday January 16, 2020, 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. DCC Room 507 SIGMAA UR Guest Speaker: Dr. Maria Mercedes Franco |
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Speaker: Maria Mercedes Franco, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Title: Reflections on Diversity and Undergraduate Research |
Abstract: The speaker will share insights gained from a wide range of experiences mentoring undergraduate research students. These experiences include roles as GRA, faculty mentor, and program director; working with students from 2- and 4-year colleges/universities; and facilitating or personally engaging them in summer, course-based or academic year research. What these experiences have in common is also what attracted the speaker to them: they all address issues of underrepresentation in the mathematical sciences or, more broadly, in STEM. |
Other JMM 2020 Events of interest to UR-SIGMAA
Wednesday January 15
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2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. DCC Room 702 |
The Dolciani Award Lectures: Joseph Gallian "The Current State of Undergraduate Research in Mathematics in the U.S." |
5:00 pm. DCC Room 601 |
REU Director's Meeting – open to all past, current, and future REU Directors. |
Thursday January 16
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9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. DCC Room 605 |
MAA Workshop: Generating Ideas of Undergraduate Research Projects |
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. DCC Hall D |
MAA Poster Session: Projects Supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education |
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2:00 p.m. DCC Room 206 |
Using group-like interactions to motivate undergraduate research projects. Meghan M. De Witt*, St. Thomas Aquinas College (1154-20-1876) |
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2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m. DCC Room 601 |
MAA Panel: Strengthening Undergraduate Research Through Community Building |
Friday January 17
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8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. DCC Room 112 |
AMS-MAA Special Session on Getting Started in Undergraduate Research: Topics, Tools and Open Problems, I |
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. DCC Room 112 |
AMS-MAA Special Session on Getting Started in Undergraduate Research: Topics, Tools and Open Problems, II |
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1:15 p.m.- 1:25 p.m. DCC Room 602 |
Successful and sustainable undergraduate research in statistics through vertical integration of experience and horizontal integration of disciplines. Audrey E Hendricks*, University of Colorado Denver (1154-97-102) |
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2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. DCC Room 602 |
Impacts of a cross-institutional undergraduate research experience workshop on student understanding of and self-efficacy for research. Megan Olivia Powell*, University of North Carolina Asheville. Angela Antonou, University of St. Francis. Sara Liesman, Illinois State University. (1154-97-1356) |
| 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. DCC Hall D | MAA Student Poster Session |
Other updates about the SIGMAA-UR
Check out A Mathematician's Practical Guide to Mentoring Undergraduate Research Authors: Michael Dorff: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Allison Henrich: Seattle University, Seattle, WA, Lara Pudwell: Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN A complete how-to manual on starting an undergraduate research program. Readers will find advice on setting appropriate problems, directing student progress, managing group dynamics, obtaining external funding, publishing student results, and a myriad of other relevant issues. The authors have decades of experience and have accumulated knowledge that other mathematicians will find extremely useful. Purchase the book today! |
MathFest 2020 Planning. Philadelphia, PA | July 29 - August 1, 2020. https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest
- SIGMAA-UR will run an Invited Paper Session on open and accessible problems for undergraduate research. Abstracts for professional presentations are due April 30th.
- If you are running a summer REU this can be a great place for students to present. Abstracts for students are due June 8th.
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has more UR resources: http://www.mathcscur.org/index.php/aboutmathcscur/ur-sigmaa/
- CUR Biennial Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | June 27-30, 2020. Every other year CUR hosts a conference for administrators, UR program directors, and college faculty to share research and strategies for promoting and conducting UR. For more detail, see https://www.cur.org/what/events/conferences/curconf/2020/. Conference registration fees include most meals.
- 2020 math workshop, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | June 27, 2020. TitledLearning from Data: Image Classification Experiments in Undergraduate Research, this workshop for mathematicians and those interested in collaborating with mathematicians will be facilitated by Anthony Kapolka and Sofya Chepushtanova from Wilkes University. The workshop immediately precedes the CUR Biennial Conference and can be attended without paying the full conference registration fee.
Conference Opportunities:
- Data Science Conference at Washington State University. 2/29 and 3/1.Datascienceandimageanalysis.com.
Funding Opportunities:
- If you have ideas for an Undergraduate Research workshop or session, particularly at your local MAA section meeting, please contact the SIGMAA leadership. We have funds to support select local initiatives.
