UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1177
Submission information
Submission Number: 1177
Submission ID: 20481
Submission UUID: 30175511-92a1-4b8f-b88f-19eba5cce058
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
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Created: Fri, 08/15/2025 - 04:09 PM
Completed: Fri, 08/15/2025 - 04:14 PM
Changed: Wed, 08/27/2025 - 03:24 PM
Remote IP address: 98.51.213.215
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
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serial: '1177' sid: '20481' uuid: 30175511-92a1-4b8f-b88f-19eba5cce058 uri: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal created: '1755288588' completed: '1755288898' changed: '1756322680' in_draft: '0' current_page: '' remote_addr: 98.51.213.215 uid: '0' langcode: en webform_id: urop_project_proposal_portal entity_type: node entity_id: '1116' locked: '0' sticky: '0' notes: '' metatag: meta data: roundtable_info: - day: 'Wednesday, September 3' endingtime: '2:30' starttime: '2:00' zoomlink: 'https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95285988500' approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5' are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes' confirmation_1: '1' contact_email_fsu_email: '' contact_email_fsu_email2: '' contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: yc24m@fsu.edu faculty_advisor_confirmation: '1' faculty_advisor_name: 'Beth M. Phillips' faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: bmphillips@fsu.edu fsu_college: 'Education, Health, and Human Sciences' fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Educational Psychology and Learning Systems' headshot_optional_: '' if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: 'No' mentoring_philosophy: |- Every mentee is different. Grounded in educational psychology, my philosophy centers on motivation–action pairing: I begin by understanding each mentee’s needs, motivations, and context, then we co-design roles and milestones. I move mentees from scaffolded practice to independent stewardship by calibrating support and challenge so they can work at the edge of their competence as it grows. I practice culturally responsive, inclusive mentoring, recognizing how background, identity, and lived experience shape aspirations and needs. As an international scholar studying children’s language development, I attend closely to linguistic, cultural, and institutional contexts. Using a flexible, customized approach, I adapt strategies to honor and leverage this diversity, ensuring each mentee feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. Moreover, I view mentorship as a reciprocal learning dialogue. I share my own reasoning and experiences openly and invite critique to model curiosity and reflective practices. Through open communication and constructive feedback, I aim to create a safe and respectful space where challenges are shared, ideas are refined, and growth is continuous. Feedback is not one-directional but a collaborative process that supports critical thinking, reflection, and professional identity development. My ultimate goal as a mentor is to empower mentees to build their own research pathway that aligns with their interests, strengthen their critical-thinking skills, and to assist mentees to develop into confident, ethical and independent scholars or educators prepared for careers in education or related fields. mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1' name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: '' number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2' other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: '' overall_research_project_description: 'Early childhood narrative skills have been widely studied and predict later literacy skills and academic achievement. Despite this, few studies have traced the narrative competence trajectories at preschool age over time. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the development of preschool children’s narrative competences, both macrostructure and microstructure skills, in children with and without language delay. The study specifically explores developmental trajectories and groups different in narrative skills over time.' please_add_any_additional_information_here: '' please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: '' please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote' please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus' position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours' position_title: 'Graduate Student' primary_research_mentor_name: 'Yarui Chen' project_keywords: 'early childhood, narrative development, longitudinal study' relevant_student_major_s_: 'Open to all majors' research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: '' research_mentor_pronouns: '' research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: '' research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'data coding, data management' roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: 'Wednesday, September 3, 2:00-2:30 pm, https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95285988500' skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |- Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality work Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment title_of_the_project: 'Tracking Preschool Narrative Development' update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?ajax_form=1&_wrapper_format=drupal_ajax&token=1X8OIbtHPFwUIsCmxiyptCQt6T9gDFkZUVIExk_yNAs' 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: '' would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'Yes' would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: 'Yes' year: '2025'