UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1194

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Billy "Holden" Allen
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): ba24j@fsu.edu
Position Title: Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name: Carla Wood
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email: Carla.Wood@cci.fsu.edu
FSU College (if applicable): Communication and Information
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: A Different Side: Awareness and Perceptions of CSD Students on Counseling and Supranormative Disability Topics
Project Keywords: Student; Disability; Perceptions; Counseling; Mixed-Methods
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Open to all majors. The graduate research mentor has a physical disability/uses a manual wheelchair. Consequently, individuals with disability backgrounds both invisible and visible are also very much welcome.

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?: 10
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 field of speech-language pathology (speech therapy) and other medically oriented professions have historically adopted a repetitive approach to service delivery involving identification of disability characteristics and the treatment of explicit disability attributes. This dual design however has provided less attention on addressing more advanced and multifaceted disability topics such as reactions to disabilities, compensating with a disability, navigating social dynamics involving a disability, etc. While the field has implemented counseling initiatives, counseling in speech-language pathology receives scant attention, is not formally discussed until the master's degree level, and is not entirely comprehensive in providing frameworks for aiding professionals in addressing the diverse needs of disabled clients.

As a result, this project aims to administer a survey to undergraduate seniors and first-year master's degree students in Communication Sciences and Disorders programs to ascertain their awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of counseling and supranormative disability topics (topics not covered by our field's counseling frameworks). This work will also acquire a subset of students to conduct qualitative interviews to acquire a more in-depth understanding on current student perceptions and program dynamics.

Research Tasks:
Tasks will be guided and supported by the research mentor. Possible exposure opportunities depending on rate of progress involve the following:
Assist with IRB proposal drafting/review
Assist with development of research products/instruments i.e. surveys/interviews, for the research project
Assist with Administration/Distribution of Survey/Interview
Assist with R Coding/Statistical Analysis of data
Assist with quantitative data analysis
Assist with qualitative data analysis
Assist with writing research article manuscript (e.g. intro, literature review, results, discussion, conclusion, references)




Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
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Prior exposure to research methodology courses.

Required: A positive and open approach to working in a collaborative team/research project that prioritizes strong communication and places the betterment of those we serve/research as the primary directive. 

Mentoring Philosophy:
Holden Allen's mentoring philosophy is one that prioritizes open and direct communication. Due to the limitations of time in research and educational settings, Holden welcomes students who are willing to openly express their views and thoughts without concern for how they may be viewed. Holden's aim is to create environments where students can begin to develop their professional backgrounds, practice engage in scholastic discourse/arguments, and engage in independent, critical thinking. Students under this philosophy will be encouraged to develop their own responses and proposals for how to address and overcome challenges while being willing to accept success and failures. Students are also perceived as investigator equals who, while having the prestige and honor of being viewed as a fellow professional, must also work to maintain their standing through their actions, conduct, and work. Given Holden's personal experience as being a prior therapy client, students will be encouraged to adopt a view of reverence and upmost dedication to the populations they serve/research. Students will recognize and adopt the view that their research project's primary directive is not being a means to an end for advancing their career/resume development but as a means for enacting positive societal change and increasing the representation as well as lived experiences of the populations they research.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: Prior work: https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.FPLP.30032025.Disabled-clinician.56/full/ 
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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: No
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UROP Program Elements
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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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