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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Jennifer Keup, the Director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition where she provides leadership for all operational, strategic, and scholarly activities of the Center in pursuit of its mission "to support and advance efforts to improve student learning and transitions into and through higher education." Jennifer also serves as an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests focus on two complementary areas of scholarship: 1) the first-year experience and students in transition and 2) high-impact practices and institutional interventions. Under the umbrella of this agenda, she has engaged in scholarly work, teaching, and service on many topics such as college student characteristics; the impact of college on students; student access, development, learning, and success; curriculum and student services; peer leadership; community college and transfer issues; student performance, adjustment, and attainment; peer leadership; and institutional effectiveness and assessment. Her professional experience has yielded several conference presentations, keynote addresses, scholarly publications, terms on numerous journal editorial boards, and leadership and service positions for national and international higher education organizations. Jennifer is a proud graduate of UCLA where she earned her B.A. in Psychology and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change.

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Segment 1: Directing a Resource Center [00:00-16:50]

In this first segment, Jennifer shares about her experiences directed a national resource center.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
  • Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience
  • National Conference on Students in Transition

Segment 2: Research on First-year Seminars Online [16:51-34:20]

In segment two, Jennifer shares about the current research on online first-year seminars and experiences.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) High-Impact Practices

Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-03:56]: Research Outputs from Jennifer's Resource Center

In this bonus clip, the following resources are mentioned:

• Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
• Find more resources on the National Resource Center of First-Year Experience and Students in Transition website

Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-03:17]: When Your Personal and Professional Interests Collide

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Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-05:41]: Extractive vs. Relational Research

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Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:38]: Learning Multiple Languages

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On this episode, Kaite is joined by Dr. Reem Hajjar, an Assistant Professor of Integrated Human and Ecological Systems in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist, and studies the relationship between forests and livelihoods, and how various governance mechanisms and institutions (policies, norms, and markets) shape that relationship. Most of her work to-date has taken place in tropical and sub-tropical forests, with a recent extension into the Pacific Northwest of North America. Most recently, she's been working on projects related to community-based forest management in Mexico, global reviews on community forestry and small-scale forest enterprises, gendered impacts of land grabs in Ethiopia, impacts of forest policy changes in Ghana, and cattle sector certification in Brazil.

Segment 1: Forestry Research [00:00-17:03]

In this first segment, Reem describes the discipline of forestry.

Segment 2: Researching Internationally [17:04-34:51]

In segment two, Reem shares about her international research and when she decides to expand to a new research site.

Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:38]: Learning Multiple Languages

Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-05:41]: Extractive vs. Relational Research

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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Tim McKay, the Arthur Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, & Education at the University of Michigan. He was trained as a particle physicist, and has been teaching large physics courses and doing research in cosmology, astrophysics, and education at Michigan for 25 years. All of his work involves drawing inference from large, complex data sets. In recent years, he has helped launch a campus-wide Foundational Course Initiative. This project promotes and supports collaborative design, development, and delivery of large residential courses, with a strong emphasis on examining evidence and personalizing the student experience.

Segment 1: Astrophysics Research [00:00-11:42]

In this first segment, Tim describes his research in astrophysics.

Segment 2: Building Research Tools [11:43-22:09]

In segment two, Tim shares about some of the tools he has built to collect data for his research.

Segment 3: Learning Analytics Research [22:10-37:09]

In segment three, Tim discusses what led him to research learning analytics.

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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Sarah Rose Cavanagh, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of the D'Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College and author of The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion.

Transcript (.docx)

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Segment 1: Emotions and Teaching [00:00-12:53]

In this first segment, Sarah discusses her research on emotions and teaching.

Segment 2: Signing with a Literary Agent [12:54-23:52]

In segment two, Sarah shares the process of signing with a literary agent.

Segment 3: Helping Students Manage Negative Emotion States [23:53-35:22]

In segment three, Sarah discusses her most recent research project.

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On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Jessie L. Moore, director of the Center for Engaged Learning and professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric at Elon University. She previously coordinated Elon's first-year writing and professional writing & rhetoric programs. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in English Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University. Jessie leads planning, implementation, and assessment of the Center's research seminars, which support multi-institutional inquiry on high-impact pedagogies and other focused engaged learning topics. Her recent research examines transfer of writing knowledge and practices, multi-institutional research and collaborative inquiry, writing residencies for faculty writers, the writing lives of university students, and high-impact pedagogies. She is the co-editor of Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (with Chris Anson, The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado, 2016) and Understanding Writing Transfer: Implications for Transformative Student Learning in Higher Education (with Randy Bass, Stylus, 2017). Jessie currently serves as the elected Secretary of the Conference on College Composition and Communication and as U.S. Regional Vice President of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Segment 1: Researching Writing Transfer [00:00-12:13]

In this first segment, Jessie shares about her research on writing transfer.

Segment 2: Multi-institutional Research [12:14-23:56]

In segment two, Jessie discusses what she has learned from multi-institutional research projects.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

Segment 3: Organizing Research Seminars [23:57-35:16]

In segment three, Jessie shares about a research seminars program that draws scholars from all over the world.

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On this episode, Katie is Joined by Dr. Rebekah Willson, a Lecturer in Information Science in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Originally from Canada, she obtained her PhD from Charles Sturt University in Australia in 2016. Her dissertation focused on the experience of individuals transitioning from doctoral student to early career academic. Her main area of research is in information behavior including what information individuals need and how they find, share, and use that information -- particularly in the workplace. Her latest research examines the precarity in modern universities and the influence that has on the information behaviour of academics on short-term contracts. For more information and her CV, please go to rebekahwillson.com

Segment 1: Information Behavior Research [00:00-12:25]

In this first segment, Rebekah describes her research in information behavior.

Segment 2: Grounded Theory [12:26-24:27]

In segment two, Rebekah shares some of her experiences using grounded theory as a methodology.

Segment 3: Researching Academics in Transition [24:28-36:57]

In segment three, Rebekah shares about her most recent research on academics on short-term contracts.

To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the "Research in Action" podcast:

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The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Oregon State University Ecampus or Oregon State University.