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Undergraduate Research in the Community

Undergraduate Research in the Community. Samantha L. Wilson Coordinator of Undergraduate Research in the Community Office of the Vice Provost, Undergraduate Academic Programs University of California, Riverside 321G Surge 951-827-7739 Office Phone samantha.wilson@ucr.edu.

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Undergraduate Research in the Community

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  1. Undergraduate Research in the Community Samantha L. Wilson Coordinator of Undergraduate Research in the Community Office of the Vice Provost, Undergraduate Academic Programs University of California, Riverside 321G Surge 951-827-7739 Office Phone samantha.wilson@ucr.edu

  2. What is “research in the community”? Research in the community is challenging and responsible academic action that creates new knowledge by engaging with the community and cultivating one’s own sense of critical consciousness.

  3. Research in the Community IS… • Faculty-mentored • Collaborative • Reflective/dialogical (Group meetings) • Hands-on (Off-campus) • Upper division and credit-bearing (190 Series Units) • Academically challenging, personally meaningful • Independent or group/team work • Research in the Community is NOT… • Community service, volunteer work or an internship • Easy academic credit

  4. Sample proposals and initiatives currently available… • Nonprofit grant writing, fundraising and marketing • Development of local peace-keeping teams • Assessment and engaging of issues around homelessness, foreclosures, food shelter usage in Riverside due to economic downturn • Website development • Translation and bilingual curriculum development • Community organizing and campaigns • Women’s organizing and networking on-campus to off-campus • Retention, success, and recruitment of first generation students in local high schools to college and university • Roles in leadership and planning on regional nonprofit boards

  5. instruction.ucr.edu Project Funding

  6. Interested? Samantha L. Wilson Coordinator of Undergraduate Research in the Community Office of the Vice Provost, Undergraduate Academic Programs University of California, Riverside 321G Surge (Third floor, across from UNLH same building as Learning Center) Office Hours: Tues and Wed, 3-5PM 951-827-7739 Office Phone samantha.wilson@ucr.edu

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