UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1171 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1171

Submission ID: 20451

Submission UUID: e0005e1c-9661-4774-80fc-93401ff6129b

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

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Created: Fri, 08/15/2025 - 11:37 AM

Completed: Fri, 08/15/2025 - 03:47 PM

Changed: Thu, 09/04/2025 - 09:59 AM

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Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Jordan Dozier

Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns he/him/his

When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific? Mr.

Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) jdd22@fsu.edu

Position Title Graduate Student

Faculty Advisor Name Dr. Matthew Cooper Borkenhagen

Faculty Advisor's FSU Email mcb@fcrr.org

FSU College (if applicable) Education, Health, and Human Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation School of Teacher Education, Florida Center for Reading Research

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Additional Research Mentor(s)

Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above) NA

Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns NA

Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific? NA

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Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific? NA

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Bound for Reading

Project Keywords reading development, schools, learning disabilities, words

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: In addition to on campus work: middle schools in Jefferson County and Gadsden County . Work will also take place on FSU campus. Spring semester is anticipated to be less heavy or have not data collection.

If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? Yes

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? 6

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? During business hours

Overall Research Project Description Project Bound for Reading wants to know more about adolescent readers and the types of words they are expected to read. Students differ in skills related to oral language, word reading, and comprehension. All of these are components that can impact reading success or lack thereof. Words differ in features like length, how likely they are to appear in a given text, and how closely the word follows spelling conventions. The types of words that are of interest to this study are longer, more complex words that are found in the subject areas like science and social studies. The study will use an advanced statistical model (though no stats knowledge is necessary to be a part of this), to examine the relationship between adolescent readers and these types of words.

Research Tasks Administering assessments to middle school students
Data cleaning
Data entry

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Willingness to work with children (required)
Access to transportation (required)

Mentoring Philosophy I believe that good science involves collaboration. I also believe in supporting other scholars to build their skills. Both beliefs influence how I mentor. I want to develop a relationship based on mutual respect and support a mentee as they gain new knowledge and experience. My advisors have been incredibly supportive and explicitly hold training future scientists in high regard. They have provided a great example of mentorship for me which I hope to continue. I hope to provide a meaningful experience that gives my mentee knowledge and skills they can bring with them to the future whether they or not they plan to go into scientific research.

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

Roundtable times and Zoom links 9/2 12-12:30 https://zoom.com/my/jordandozier
9/4 1-1:30 https://zoom.com/my/jordandozier

Roundtable Info

Day: Tuesday, September 2
Start Time: 12:00
End Time: 12:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/jordandozier
Day: Wednesday, September 3
Start Time: 12:30
End Time: 1:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/jordandozier
Day: Thursday, September 4
Start Time: 1:00
End Time: 1:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/jordandozier

UROP Program Elements

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? No

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Year 2025

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