UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1129

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  roundtable_info: {  }
  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: rduarte@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: 'Fine Arts'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: Art
  headshot_optional_: '62321'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: "My main interest in mentoring student researchers is to provide them with opportunities to do important, real-world, hands-on work on a project that they are excited about. I am an artist who is interested contributing to the research that incorporates universal design / design for all. As such, I am excited about research in which I work directly with subject matter experts. This often puts me and the students that I mentor in the position of sharing the experience of learning in real-time and finding the places where we can become important contributors using our own developing skills and experiences. These goals mirror the kinds of unique, meaningful learning opportunities that I was afforded in my time as a student and my goal is to create those same types of opportunities for students that I work with. Finally, it is very important to me that students are recognized and credited for their work, so they can use the research they've done to help propel them forward to even bigger and more meaningful work in future."
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '1'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: 'Toys for Animals is a long-running project of Handshouse Studio in Norwell, Massachusetts. I am a long-time collaborator with this organization that focuses on hands-on experiential research and learning. In the Fall of 2025, I am beginning a collaboration with the Jacksonville Zoo to develop animal enrichment objects to contribute to research being conducted at the zoo. A Fall course in the Department of Art will have students from a variety of majors work to conduct research, develop ideas for enrichment objects, present those ideas to the zoo, and construct the finished products. While part of the course will involve documenting and assessing the success of the enrichment objects, this part of the process is one that will require continued work beyond the Fall semester. The UROP student researcher assigned to this project will be able to contribute to the collaborative project in the Fall and continue to document and assess its success, in coordination with researchers at the zoo, in the Spring semester.'
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: 'Students are encouraged, but not required, to attend some of the meetings of the ART3920C Interspecies Sculpture Studio: Toys for Animals course this Fall. They are also welcome to join our trip to the Zoo near the end of the Fall semester.'
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://www.handshouse.org/work#/toys-for-animals/'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Rob Duarte'
  project_keywords: 'animals,enrichment,welfare,toys,jacksonville,zoo'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Open to all majors.'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: he/him
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: "Collaborate with student researchers on the development/construction of enrichment objects and document the design process; Remotely observe animals' usage of the enrichment objects; Communicate with zoo researchers to collect data; Organize and store data for future research; Visiting the zoo to observe animals or communicate in-person with researchers may be possible."
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: 'Interest in the welfare of animals under human care (required); Ability to communicate with subject matter experts in email and in-person (required); Organizational, note-taking, and basic computer skills (required); Interest in participating in the hands-on, collaborative work of designing and constructing the animal enrichment objects (recommended)'
  title_of_the_project: 'Toys for Animals: Documenting and Assessing Animal Enrichment in Coordination with Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: ''
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: Prof.
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'No'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2025'