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Adventures in Research: From Chi-Square to Innovation with Dr. Shari Salzhauer Berkowitz, PhD

Join Dr. Shari Salzhauer Berkowitz on her journey through research, teaching, and academia, from mastering Chi-square analysis to innovative speech perception studies. Discover the evolution of research tools and the enduring principles that guide advancements in various fields. Learn how adjunct faculty play a vital role at Mercy College, offering valuable insights and contributing to interdisciplinary research projects. Explore funding opportunities and the exciting prospects for undergraduate and graduate student research assistants. Uncover the thrill of uncovering new data sets and the endless possibilities that research presents. Follow the trail of Dr. Berkowitz's work post-1984 and the unsung heroes who contribute to research efforts.

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Adventures in Research: From Chi-Square to Innovation with Dr. Shari Salzhauer Berkowitz, PhD

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  1. Adventures in Research…or How I Went from Chi Squareto Here Shari Salzhauer Berkowitz, PhD Mercy College Adjunct Dinner April 22, 2014

  2. Now… • Full-time faculty member • Communication Disorders • School of Health and Natural Sciences • Teaching • Clinic • Research…with masters, undergrads • Salon • Service • PhD 2010, speech perception – AE on Mandarin

  3. Then…1980 thru 1984 • SUNY Binghamton, NY • Math • Linguistics • Robert K. Herbert • Collected compliment responses • Male/female compliment recipients • Different response patterns • Performed Chi square analysis

  4. State of the Art 1983

  5. Still the Same Tools change, principles remain: • Add to knowledge base • Create new connections • Contribute to your field • Arts • Education • Sciences • Social sciences

  6. Mercy offers adjunct faculty… • SPSS statistical package • Redcap survey software • Librarians – by school, tech, research • Research Salon for advice and help • Monthly meetings • Adjuncts welcome • IRB info • Design • Stats

  7. Mercy POV • Adjunct faculty members as valuable players • Buddy with full-time faculty member(s) • Bring the outside world to campus • Many funders looking for • Translational • Theory to practice • Interdisciplinary • Adjuncts can be the real world piece that make a larger grant work

  8. Funding Highlights (Nuts & Bolts) • You will get paid on a grant as a consultant • Major federal funding sources: • National Endowment for the Humanities • National Endowment for the Arts • Department of Education • Hispanic-Serving Institution • National Science Foundation • National Institutes of Health • Private foundations • Your community of scholars • Faculty Development Grants…stay tuned…

  9. Undergraduate Research Assistants After taking NIH training if human subjects… • Literature Reviews • Run subjects in experiments • Test equipment • Collect pilot data • Make phone calls to find participants • Write IRB documents with a model • Honors students

  10. Why bother? • Thrill of a fresh data set/ evidence/ sources • Turning a student on to that addiction • Collaborative relationship • Creating something new • Piece of art • Evidence • New connections between ideas • It could lead…anywhere… • Unexpected benefits…unlikely paths

  11. My current work, Student-driven Undergrads: • Eye tracker • Caffeine use and the voice • Peruvian parents’ beliefs about cleft lip and palate Graduate students: • Tongue strength in children • GREs as a predictor of success in SLP programs • Late learners of English SLP skills for clinic

  12. So what happened after 1984? • Robert K. Herbert (1990). Sex-based differences in compliment behavior. Language in Society, 19, pp 201-224. • Cited by 263 in total • 6 of which are in 2014 • No mention of me! • How many unsung research assistants? • Corpus of over 1000 Binghamton compliments and almost 500 South African compliments

  13. Thanks! • Bob Herbert • Winifred Strange • Lab mates • Students • Funders (past and future!) including FDG • Greet Van Belle, Kim Rapoza, Monique Caubere • You for coming Onwards…

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