Descriptive database for Research on Collegiate Recovery Programs

collegiate recovery programs, literature review, college student health

Research Mentor: Dr. Chelsea Shore, PhD, she/her/hers
Department, College, Affiliation: Association of Recovery in Higher Education and the Collegiate Recovery Research Lab, N/A
Contact Email: chelsea.shore06@gmail.com
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
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Faculty Collaborators:
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 6
Relevant Majors: All majors welcome to apply with interest in recovery populations, especially Higher Ed, Med students, Sociology, Interdisiplinary studies, Social Work, Public Health, and Psychology
Project Location: Remote
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote
Remote or In-person: Fully Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Tuesday 9/5 at 12p-1p ET on Zoom: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/98397758682
Wednesday 9/6 at 2p-3p ET on Zoom: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/98397758682
Thursday 9/7 at 630p-730p ET on Zoom: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/98397758682
Friday 9/8 at 12p-1p ET on Zoom: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/98397758682

Project Description

This project is supporting the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) and the Collegiate Recovery Program Research Lab (CRP-RL) hosted by Dr. Noel Vest. Student research assistants will contribute to the development of an online descriptive database for research on CRPs. CRPs are university sponsored programs that supports students in recovery from substance misuse or other addictions; they are still in their infancy as a field of study resulting in dispersed peer reviewed research articles. ARHE is the professional organization who supports the faculty/staff overseeing these programs. The CRP Research Lab is a group of emerging and early career scholars who are shaping the research agenda of CRPs, students who use them, and college student recovery. Work for this project contributes to establishing the research database monitored by a national organization, that is utilized by scholars for large grantmaking efforts including the NIH and SAMHSA.

Research Tasks: There are several projects within the CRP Research Lab which the mentee can choose to focus their attention once joining the team. Generally, mentees will become experts in the literature by:

1. Annotating previously collected articles and inputting their information in the database system, AirTable;
2. Participate in bi-weekly research lab meetings to review on-going research agendas;
3. Conduct literature reviews for new articles to be added to the database;
4. Serve as reviewers or editors on emerging manuscripts;
5. Contribute new ideas to the research agenda based on their review of the literature.

Additional projects include drafting early manuscripts from the longitudinal dataset by VCU, cleaning data for an NIH funded project involving internet scraping, program evaluation and accreditation review for ARHE, or other projects as imagined by the mentees and supported by a member of CRP Research Lab.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need:
-Access to internet and zoom (required)
-All research levels and skills are welcome