UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #858 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 858

Submission ID: 14916

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Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 01:37 AM

Completed: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 01:57 AM

Changed: Wed, 09/25/2024 - 02:47 AM

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Laura Biagi

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) LBiagi@fsu.edu

Position Title Graduate Student

Faculty Advisor Name Elizabeth Stuckey-French

Faculty Advisor's FSU Email estuckeyfrench@fsu.edu

FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation English Department

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Researching for Creative Writing/the Contemporary Novel

Project Keywords creative writing, fiction, novel, medieval literature, literature, English, ecocriticism, nature

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Creative Writing
Literature Media & Culture
Editing Writing & Media
Literature
English
Humanities

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 10

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)

Overall Research Project Description Are you curious how a creative writer/novelist creates and researches their work? In this project, you’ll work closely with me to flesh out the research mind of one of my novel’s main characters, Gwen, and key research information of hers that the novel’s plot hinges upon. Gwen is a medieval literature PhD student interested in notions of love, romance, lust, and sexuality in the medieval era, plus how these may or may not intertwine with nature and ecocriticism. You will be a library database sleuth, identifying potentially intriguing articles that apply to Gwen’s research interests, then summarizing those articles and discussing with me how they might fit into the novel. In addition to getting to see the behind-the-scenes process of how a novel is researched, we’ll talk about the process of novel-creating in general and the publishing process based on my past experience as a literary agent.

Research Tasks Identifying article candidates
Summarizing articles/creating annotated bibliographies
Writing literature reviews or a running analysis of common themes and ideas
Discussing articles with me

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Ability to summarize articles (required)
Ability to analyze articles and themes (required)
Strong communication (required)
Library database familiarity (recommended)

Mentoring Philosophy I believe in giving back to my mentees as much as they give to me. I want to know your own aspirational goals for FSU and after and how I can help you achieve those. This will be one of our first topics of discussion, and I’ll tailor how I talk about this project based on helping you build relevant skills. I believe in touching base regularly in weekly meetings (usually in person) to guide you in the project and allow us a chance to discuss your questions and novel-writing in general, while also giving you flexibility with a primarily remote work schedule. It’s important to me to allow you to follow what excites you as you conduct this research, too; we will work together to be collaboratively creative. The project is scaffolded with building blocks that make it easy to begin finding articles then move into summarizing and analyzing them. My goal is to be organized, clear, and communicative so you have no trouble delving into your work and so we build a strong, mutually productive mentor-mentee relationship.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://www.triquarterly.org/issue-163/a-train-to-catch

Please add any additional information here (if applicable): Information about another published work of mine can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Fair-Day-Laura-Biagi/dp/1941617719/

Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

Roundtable times and Zoom links Tuesday, 9/3, from 12:30-1 (https://fsu.zoom.us/j/9377824317)
Thursday, 9/5, from 5:30-6 (https://fsu.zoom.us/j/9377824317)

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

Faculty Advisor Confirmation Yes

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Year 2024

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