LTC Lunch: Student Research Assistants: Why, Where, When and How (Apr. 5)

A common conversation among faculty at selective SLAC institutions like Carleton is how to forward a research agenda without the help of graduate students. One solution is to include undergraduates into the process. This model is already in place in the sciences and among certain social sciences, however in the humanities and arts it is less clear how to achieve this goals. This panel aims to share some practical insights on how this process may look like by discussing various successful experiences of close faulty-student collaborations that took place over the summer. We hope to help other with ideas on how to identify students, how to manage learning curves, expectations, and other related questions.  Panelists will briefly present their experiences along with "tips" and then open up the panel for a Q&A session that will include the participation of students that worked with us.  Presenters: Jessica Keating, Assistant Professor of Art History; Alex Knodell, Assistant Professor of Classics; Constanza Ocampo-Raeder, Assistant Professor of Anthropology