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The deadline to submit Research Assistant opportunities for sophomores and juniors for the 2008-2009 academic year has passed . If you would like to notify us of a research opportunity for an upper-division student, please contact us. We hope you will consider becoming a mentor for the 2009-2010 academic year!
*NEW* Click here to learn about the Aresty RA Program from a faculty mentor's perspective.
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Student Responsibilities
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Faculty Mentor Responsibilities |
| - Signed contract by Sept. group meeting |
- Review Applications |
- Research on average 5 hours/week
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- Interview Applicants (April 23-27, 2007) |
- Attendance at relevant ARC workshops |
- Attendance at Faculty Orientation (late August) |
- Twice monthly meetings with ARC staff |
- Attendance at September 14 meeting |
- Research journals |
- Signed contract by Sept. group meeting |
- End of term project |
- Monthly reports to the ARC |
- Fall: Research abstract
- Spring: Presentation at ARC Symposium
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- Ongoing supervision (weekly meetings) |
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Developing a good project
We expect students to assist you with an ongoing or new project that is part of your research, not a student directed/initiated project. We have no expectation that students will be doing “original research of their own design” as an Aresty RA. A good project:
- Has a definable "question."
- Provides the student with a good introduction to the purpose of the project, including background literature to read, an orientation to the project, an introduction to the research team (if appropriate), and an understanding of how the student’s work fits into the larger project.
- Enables students to be engaged over time in a variety of tasks with growing responsibility and difficulty as they develop skills and knowledge. Examples might include: evaluating textbooks, doing archival research and
transcriptions, performing literature searches and writing summaries, contacting subjects, administering interviews, coding data, running experiments, analyzing data using computer software, implementing computer software, and using and creating online archives and resources.
- Facilitates opportunities for the student to meet with the entire research group or other team members to learn about the broader scope and goals of the project (if such a group exists).
- Includes regularly scheduled times to meet with you or another supervisor to discuss progress, tasks, next steps, etc. and receive feedback (minimally once a week, at a time to be determined mutually at the beginning of each term).
We look forward to introducing you to some of Rutgers' brightest undergraduates!
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