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Getting students engaged in research is one of the ways we can make their learning experiences more tangible and more profound. In today's episode, Dr. Bethany Usher joins us to talk about what happens when we turn students into scholars.

Podcast notes
Guest: Dr. Bethany M. Usher
Challenges of getting student research to work
- Recognizing that research can happen in any discipline
- Getting faculty to recognize that students can make a contribution
- Helping students see that research is something they can do
- Setting expectations for students
Examples of this kind of research
Rebecca Nelson (now a grad student at University of Connecticut) textile exhibit; band of knitted heads
- Discovered a new knotting technique and how the piece had been repaired along the way
- Currently living in Guatemala, studying textile production
- Rebecca's blog
Student did research on a skeleton population and was the winner of the student researcher award at Mason
Authentic research
When the faculty member and the student don't know the answer when they begin
Other guidance
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