UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #858
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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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Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
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Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal
| Primary Research Mentor Name | Laura Biagi |
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| Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns | she/her/hers |
| When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? | |
| 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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| Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above) | |
| Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns | |
| Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific? | |
| Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) | |
| Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable) | |
| Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Pronouns | |
| Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific? | |
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| 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 |
| If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? | |
| 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) |
| Roundtable Info | |
| Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication | Yes |
| UROP Performance Evaluation | Yes |
| Materials Grant | Yes |
| UROP Poster Presentation | Yes |
| Faculty Advisor Confirmation | Yes |
| Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? | |
| Year | 2024 |