UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1037

Submission information
Submission Number: 1037
Submission ID: 19781
Submission UUID: e59c67ac-b738-4e29-af7f-0084d3cc0a03

Created: Tue, 07/08/2025 - 01:52 PM
Completed: Tue, 07/08/2025 - 02:23 PM
Changed: Wed, 10/29/2025 - 03:30 PM

Remote IP address: 128.186.49.14
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No
Primary Research Mentor Name Mark Isaac
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns
When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? Prof.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) misaac@fsu.edu
Position Title Faculty
FSU College (if applicable) Social Sciences and Public Policy
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Economics
Headshot (optional) Mark-Isaac-2023-4x6-1-scaled.jpeg
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
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Title of the Project multiple
Project Keywords experimental economics, research including contests, public goods, land assembly
Are you currently looking for research assistants? No
Number of Research Assistants Needed 3
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Economics Majors or minors preferred
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): 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 I am a faculty member (actually, the senior scholar) in the experimental social sciences research cluster (XS/FS). In the coming year, I hope to be working on projects on land assembly, public goods provision, and market contests.
Research Tasks 1 ) Following the pandemic, we (our research cluster, XS/FS) have noticed that traditional e-mail solicitations are falling short in our goals of getting undergraduate students to sign up through our ORSEE subject recruitment system. We would like to expand our outreach to include things like tabling on Wednesday, posting (legally) flyers, putting out and removing sandwich boards, and so forth.
2 ) There is some possibility of doing "coding" --- not computer coding, but text coding --- of some experiments this term; we don't know how much of this will be able to be handled by AI.
3 ) Having someone to proofread papers and check references would be very helpful.
4 ) FSU IT has been talking for years about abandoning the "myweb" hosting system. If they do, I will need a great deal of help in transitioning to a new system. I need a GoogleSites page in principle, but in practice GoogleSites may not be ideal for transitioning the links and info on my site.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: REQUIRED: Because our research is controlled by the FSU Human Subjects Committee, we have very strict parameters about interacting with potential subjects. A UROP student would need to understand this and have excellent judgment, integrity, and character reflecting the international principles of human subjects protection. In fact, one of my first requirements would be that the students go through student CITI training for human subjects protection.
RECOMMENDED: Being tech savvy as in a typical "stem"-oriented undergrad.
Mentoring Philosophy The experimental social sciences laboratory is one of the most successful interdisciplinary clusters on campus, yet few majors or minors in economics or political science know about it. Graduating from FSU with a mentorship in XS/FS would be quite an external signal of intellectual curiosity. While most of my work is with Ph.D. students, I have had undergraduate students in my experimental economics class go on to graduate work including co-authoring with me (see Dr. Phil Solimine, an FSU undergraduate and graduate student as an example). Most economics major probably don't even realize that economics can be an experimental science, and I would like to change that. Even when I teach the topic in my undergraduate course on experimental economics, I teach it in an experience-based format. If you would like to consider an analogy that I like best, read up on the story of Prof. Richard Feynman and the bowling ball.
Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): myweb.fsu.edu/misaac
Please add any additional information here (if applicable): My picture on my website is out of date. Ohh to think that I looked so young.
Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links Tuesday, September 2nd at 3:00 p.m. 30 minutes.
Mark Isaac is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96680681355

Meeting ID: 966 8068 1355
Roundtable Info
Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation Yes
Materials Grant Yes
UROP Poster Presentation Yes
Year 2025
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