UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1010 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1010

Submission ID: 19641

Submission UUID: 70179789-ad33-4af3-8628-6481ad9d1487

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

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Created: Tue, 05/20/2025 - 08:52 PM

Completed: Tue, 05/20/2025 - 08:52 PM

Changed: Thu, 09/25/2025 - 04:45 PM

Remote IP address: 71.229.11.63

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal

Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Patrick Merle

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When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? pmerle@fsu.edu

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

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) Communication and Information

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation School of Communication

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Additional Research Mentor(s)

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project ***Sports performance and transparency

Project Keywords Sports, Transparency, Social media

Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors

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): In-person

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5

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 The idea is to examine how the best professional cyclist communicate about their training through a platform called Strava. A content analysis would allow us to understand if they publicly share their data for more transparency and greater trust.

Research Tasks literature review, data collection.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: detail-oriented, meticulous, attentive, prompt (all required).

Mentoring Philosophy I try to empower students with sufficient knowledge so they can gain confidence and ultimately find their ways through the projects. I strive to create an environment that can motivate the mentee through safe and open discussions

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? No

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2025

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