UROP Project
Examining effects of a self-monitoring intervention on the on-task behavior of students with ADHD
self-monitoring of attention, on-task behavior,
Research Mentor: Dr. John Romig,
Department, College, Affiliation: School of Teacher Education , Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Contact Email: jr25bi@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor): Ms. Trisha Phillip
Research Assistant Supervisor Email: tbp25a@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: School of Teacher Education , Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Contact Email: jr25bi@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor): Ms. Trisha Phillip
Research Assistant Supervisor Email: tbp25a@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: open to all majors
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: open to all majors
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Tuesday, September 1
Start Time: 12:00
End Time: 1:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/3535533617
Project Description
The ultimate goal of this project is to teach elementary students with ADHD the skills and strategies they need to remain engaged in classroom instruction. Students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related disabilities can struggle to remain on-task during academic instruction and activities. When students have low levels of on-task behavior they often struggle to retain academic knowledge and skills. This project will examine an intervention (self-monitoring of attention) aimed at increasing students’ on-task behavior. Many interventions designed at improving students’ behavior rely on the teacher implementing certain strategies. When the teacher or strategies change, the student’s behavior can revert to pre-intervention levels. In contrast, self-monitoring of attention teaches students the skills they need to be successfully engaged in instruction without a specific teacher or teaching strategy present. When successfully using self-monitoring of attention, students can generalize improved behavior to a wide-range of contexts and settings. UROP students will explore past research published on this intervention and participate in original research with elementary students in the Tallahassee area to determine whether the intervention was effective at increasing these students’ on-task behavior.Research Tasks: 1. Read articles on self-monitoring of attention and extract specific information (e.g., grade level of participants, dependent measures, research design)
2. Observe video recordings of participating elementary aged students and collect data about their on-task behavior
3. Create graphs visualizing students' on-task behavior
4. Interview classroom teachers and participating students about effectiveness of self-monitoring intervention
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required:
1. Attention to detail - able to use coding manuals and follow definitions and instructions.
2. Fluency with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., OneDrive, Word, Excel)
3. Ability to work collaboratively with professors and graduate research assistants
Mentoring Philosophy
Entering college, I wanted to coach high school soccer. So, like all coaches I knew, I majored in social studies education. In my first semester, I read about students with invisible disabilities. I had never heard of this concept before, but it referred to things like ADHD, dyslexia, and other disabilities that are not visibly apparent when looking at someone. The article described how these students often fall through the cracks of identification processes in schools and remain unidentified without receiving the services they need to be successful. This article really resonated with me and, to make a long story short, I eventually changed my major to special education.In this process, I began to meet with the head of the special education program at my university. He quickly became a mentor to me for the rest of my career, which shapes my mentoring philosophy. He explained special education to me and emphasized the importance of evidence-based practices – the idea that we had to be able to prove if classroom strategies were working or not. I loved this concept and quickly decided I wanted to be involved in developing evidence-based practices.
This experience shaped how I mentor students now. When participating in a research experience, I want the experience to be aligned to the students’ interests and goals. I want open communication where students can ask questions and explore their fields of interest. I want to guide students on their academic journey with specific feedback.
Additional Information
Link to Publications
https://fsu.zoom.us/rec/share/npZsasFDLgHgzKevh74g6pYWwXdCj9a6qi0jpbT5hAXSOvcdYBdNtcdM0pRXuagb.B15KECZGy05O0bauThe Gendered Frontier: Analyses of Eco-Feminist and Queer Alaskana Music
Popular Music, American History, Eco-Feminism, Queer Studies, Indigenous Studies
Research Mentor: yy21a@fsu.edu Yui Tim Timothy Yu,
Department, College, Affiliation: Florida State University, Music
Contact Email: yy21a@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: Florida State University, Music
Contact Email: yy21a@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Looking for research assistants/undergraduate students with majors in the humanities, including but not limited to: Music, English, Anthropology, Media and Communications, History, Philosophy, Cultural Geography etc.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
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Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Looking for research assistants/undergraduate students with majors in the humanities, including but not limited to: Music, English, Anthropology, Media and Communications, History, Philosophy, Cultural Geography etc.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Tuesday, September 1
Start Time: 5:00
End Time: 6:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/9905635889?omn=92202868142 - Day: Wednesday, September 2
Start Time: 5:00
End Time: 6:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/9905635889?omn=92202868142 - Day: Thursday, September 3
Start Time: 5:00
End Time: 6:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/9905635889?omn=92202868142
Project Description
The UROP project is part of my ongoing dissertation research in ethnomusicology, through which I examine a contemporary indie/pop music genre in Alaska called "Alaskana" - a regional variation of the broader musical category "Americana." Broadly, I am interested in how music evokes and produces a sense of place, and how constructions of place as an idea can coexist, contradict, and overlap with one another. Alaska has long been mythologized as a place of hypermasculinity since the Klondike Gold Rush, serving as a "final frontier" for the American nation's expansionism in the American West. This project seeks to explore the works of Alaskana by contemporary Alaskan women and queer musicians, namely Marian Call, Annie Bartholomew, Robin Hopper, and Quinn Christopherson. By analyzing lyrics, music videos, performance videos, and interview transcripts from my preliminary fieldwork, I explore how understand how feminism, Indigeneity, and queer ecologies intersect and evoke alternative iterations of "Alaskanness."Research Tasks: Students who partake in this UROP project will learn essential skills to work as a graduate student in the humanities, including:
1) Digital ethnography (study of communities and cultures through observing interactions in digital spaces)
2) Reading scholarship pertaining to critical theory, eco-feminism, feminism, queerness, philosophies of space and place, history of Indigenous Nations in Alaska, Alaskan/American history.
3) Analysis of music videos and popular music lyrics from literary, musicological, and historical/cultural perspectives
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required:
- Social media accounts (Facebook and Instagram) for digital ethnography
Mentoring Philosophy
Having taught a variety of undergraduate classes for the past three years and mentored students at both UROP and the Undergraduate Music Research Symposium at the College of Music, I have had a lot of experience working with undergraduate students (both music and non-music majors) at FSU. My philosophy as an educator and mentor in UROP is to help you utilize research and writing skills in the humanities and apply them to their personal interests, scholarly endeavours, and potential graduate school work in the future.While my topic is on Alaska and concerns music, you do not need to have prior knowledge about the themes I listed above in the description; rather, I encourage you to join because you are interested and curious about knowing more! While I will be guiding you through this process of research, I see you as a fellow researcher along WITH me, not for me. Looking forward to your great ideas!
Additional Information
This project is ideal for students who enjoy thinking critically and broadly about place, identity-formation, and discourses on nationalism and regionalism. This is ultimately a qualitative project, which means that we might end up with more questions at the end - but that's why it's fun!Naturally, you'll already be a great fit if you enjoy listening to popular music and watching music videos (or simply, a good understanding of popular culture in the United States). No prior musical experience necessary!
Link to Publications
Measuring Changes in Glomerular Volume Due to Diet Induced Obesity
Imaging, neuroscience, Obesity, Neurodegeneration, Data analysis, Data science, programming, MATLAB
Research Mentor: dstorace@gmail.com Douglas Storace,
Department, College, Affiliation: Biological Science, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: dstorace@gmail.com
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor): Julia Won
Research Assistant Supervisor Email: Julia.won@bio.fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: Biological Science, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: dstorace@gmail.com
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor): Julia Won
Research Assistant Supervisor Email: Julia.won@bio.fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Maybe one more
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering (Open to Similar Majors)
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Yes Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 hours per week, During business hours
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering (Open to Similar Majors)
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Yes Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 hours per week, During business hours
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Project Description
The research project aims to look at how diet induced obesity shifts the anatomical and functional activity of specific cell structures in the olfactory bulb, called glomeruli in mice. These structures are the main unit for olfactory processing, and we aim to investigate how these cells shift in their activity and the known degeneration that occur with prolonged exposure to poor diets.Research Tasks: Research assistants will be expected to work on a laptop or lab computer to analyze structural morphology of glomeruli (cell structures) using downloadable imaging software. Assistants will also be expected to learn simple commands in MATLAB to support their analysis. Students (if interested) may also participate in the development of code to support the analysis that will be completed.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Soft skills that will be necessary for this work include attention to detail, patience, critical thinking, logical reasoning and communication.
Assistants may already have and will develop image processing knowledge, basic programming skills, and an understanding of the biological context of their images
Mentoring Philosophy
My goal is to support you to become a confident, capable and independent researcher. My mentoring approach is a three-step process designed to help you master new tasks and concepts:Watch and Learn: First, I'll demonstrate a task from start to finish, explaining each step so you can see how it's done.
Practice with Guidance: Next, you'll complete the task while I'm present. I'll provide real-time guidance and feedback as you take the lead.
Independent Practice: Finally, you'll complete the task on your own. I'll be in the room as a resource, but the work will be entirely yours. I’ll review it at the end with you to ensure successful completion.
As you build competence, I'll step back, giving you more autonomy. You'll take ownership of your work, though I'll always be here to support you. I'll expect weekly updates and will review all your work to ensure we stay on track.
Additional Information
Link to Publications
Modeling Human Motor Learning Trends in Computer Games (QWOP)
learning, data, psychology,
Research Mentor: Dr. Brady DeCouto,
Department, College, Affiliation: Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Contact Email: bsd24b@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Contact Email: bsd24b@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Psychology, Computer Science, Statistics/Data Science, Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience, Mathematics
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 hours, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Psychology, Computer Science, Statistics/Data Science, Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience, Mathematics
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 hours, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Wednesday, September 2
Start Time: 3:00
End Time: 4:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/bradydecouto - Day: Thursday, September 3
Start Time: 3:00
End Time: 4:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/bradydecouto
Project Description
This project uses QWOP, a computer browser-based game requiring players to control a runner's legs via four independent computer keys, to study how people learn complex, unfamiliar motor coordination. Our lab's custom version automatically logs behavioral and performance data on every attempt. This project is part of an active research line. Findings will also lay groundwork for future studies, potentially pairing this paradigm with EEG to study the neural basis of motor learning in different conditions (e.g., anxiety) or according to individual differences (e.g., computer experience, personality).Research Tasks: The research tasks will first entail getting this study approved through the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and collecting data on individuals playing QWOP. The majority of time will be spent exploring the data, including learning trajectories and the timing of emerging motor coordination patterns (i.e., identifying in the data when people "figure it out").
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Recommended: Microsoft Excel, Coding Experience (e.g., R, Python), Prompt Engineering with AI
Mentoring Philosophy
As an educator, I invest deeply in developing scientific literacy and critical thinking in students, as they may hold my position in the future. I treat mentorship as a duty deserving full attention, since my interactions shape how students perceive collaboration and academia long after they leave my supervision. Three tenets guide my approach:Intellectual Independence: Inspired by the Socratic method, I believe learning is self-discovery requiring effort from the learner. Even in motor learning research, less explicit instruction often produces better long-term learning by fostering autonomy. In meetings, rather than leading with my own theoretical opinions, I often open the floor for students to contribute first, integrating my input afterward. This trains them to communicate ideas confidently among peers and faculty.
Individualization: Mentorship allows more tailored approaches than classroom teaching. I begin by treating students as collaborators, giving them space to speak so I can understand their thinking, goals, and skill gaps. For example, if a student possesses strong technical skills but their writing needs development, I might assign iterative writing revisions while ensuring the core ideas remain his, offering feedback through questions rather than answers.
Collaborative Tone: I maintain mutual respect, recognizing students often fear being "wrong" in front of faculty. When a student raises a view I disagree with, I first strengthen their position before offering a counterpoint, keeping feedback collaborative rather than corrective.
Ultimately, I aim to meet students where they are, and hope my genuine enjoyment of mentorship shows in how I guide them.
Additional Information
I am the Principal Investigator of the Brain, Learning, Attention, and Performance (BLAP) lab in FSU's Sport Psychology program. Students who join this UROP project will be integrated into the lab, gaining exposure to other research through lab meetings, presentations, and events. There may be opportunities to be involved with other research through this experience.Link to Publications
https://blaplab.github.io/A Rapid, High-throughput ATR-FTIR Screening of Skeletal Remains for Species Identification
FTIR spectroscopy, forensic science, species discrimination, chemometrics
Research Mentor: Dr Sayali Sangamnerkar, She/her
Department, College, Affiliation: Anthropology, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: ss25d@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: Anthropology, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: ss25d@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Chemistry, Anthropology, forensic science and/or anyone with interest in analytical techniques
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Chemistry, Anthropology, forensic science and/or anyone with interest in analytical techniques
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Project Description
The recovery and identification of fragmented skeletal remains from forensic, archaeological, disaster, and military MIA contexts often require extensive laboratory analyses to determine species origin and assess the potential for successful DNA recovery. Existing approaches rely heavily on morphological assessment and destructive molecular testing, which can be time-consuming, resource-intensive, and inconclusive when remains are highly fragmented or degraded. Published studies have demonstrated the potential of vibrational spectroscopy combined with machine learning methods for skeletal tissue characterization, suggesting an opportunity to develop rapid, non-destructive screening tools that can support forensic and recovery workflows. This project will develop and validate a non-destructive spectroscopic screening framework using ATR-FTIR and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy integrated with machine learning. Spectral data, combined with preprocessing and feature extraction, will support modeling (PCA, PLS-DA, Random Forest) to discriminate human vs. non-human boneResearch Tasks: Literature review, preparation of skeletal samples, data collection using FTIR spectrometer, and data analysis
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Following skills required or willingness to learn:
Basic lab safety and following protocols
Sample handling, labelling, and record keeping
Experience with scientific instrumentation
data entry, quality control procedures
Microsoft office (word, excel, powerpoint)
Basic statistical analysis
Scientific research skills
Attention to detail and being able to work independently with guidance
Time management, problem-solving and critical thinking
Mentoring Philosophy
My mentoring philosophy is centered around fostering collaboration, growth, confidence and independence through useful research experience. Through this mentoring, I will provide, guidance, support and any opportunities while encouraging my mentees to take increasing ownership of the project, their learning, and critical thinking throughout the project and continue professional development. I think learning is most effective when it is active and hands-on, rather than simply focusing on completing tasks. I want to help students understand broader research questions and significance of their contribution, encourage independent and critical thinking while providing guidance appropriate to their level of experience. A key aspect of my mentoring approach is creating a culture of open communication, mutual respect, safe working environment and cultivate scientific rigor and ethical best practice. I encourage my students to learn from their mistakes, research setbacks and challenges and take initiative to be curious, learn and grow which ultimately will allow them to be better professional, researchers and scientists.Additional Information
Link to Publications
Political Violence in the German Lands after Napoleon
Germany, Diplomacy, Terrorism, Security, Political Violence
Research Mentor: Dr. or Prof. George Williamson, He him. his
Department, College, Affiliation: History, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: gwilliamson@fsu.edu
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Research Assistant Supervisor Email: gwilliamson@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: History, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: gwilliamson@fsu.edu
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Research Assistant Supervisor Email: gwilliamson@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 3
Relevant Majors: Criminology, History, International Relations, German Studies, British Studies, Terrorism
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 depending on where we are in the semester, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
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Number of Research Assistants: 3
Relevant Majors: Criminology, History, International Relations, German Studies, British Studies, Terrorism
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 depending on where we are in the semester, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Wednesday, September 2
Start Time: 2:00
End Time: 2:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/8576263967 - Day: Friday, September 4
Start Time: 12:30
End Time: 1:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/8576263967
Project Description
This project contributes to a broader research project on the assassination of the German playwright August von Kotzebue (1761-1819) by the university student Carl Sand (1795-1820) and its effects on German cultural and political life. Sand's act of political violence had widerangingramifications not just in Germany but throughout Europe. Some of those ramifications included a crackdown on political dissent, heightened censorship of the press, closer policing of universities, and a turn toward monarchical or authoritarian forms of government under the belief that such governments were less likely to be overthrown by conspiracies or out and out revolution. In this project, students will read reports written between 1815 and around 1822 by British envoys stationed in various German capitals (Berlin, Vienna, Stuttgart, Dresden, Munich, etc.) These envoys reported on the political mood in these cities/regions, conveying this information (along with their own viewpoints) to the British Foreign Secretary Viscount Castlereagh. By analyzing these reports, it is possible to gain a sense not only of what was going on in Germany in these years, but also what leading officials in the German states thought about the political situation, as well as what the envoys thought of the German situation at this moment.
Research Tasks: I will need two or three individuals to go through the British Foreign Office reports. In the summer of 2024, I visited the National Archives in London and copied hundreds of these files. They are handwritten in fairly legible English and should not be difficult to decipher. I will provide researchers with a list of names and keywords to look out for when working through these documents. If time allows, I will also begin teaching students how to use Transcribus, an AI-powered transcription tool, whose purpose is to speed the process of transcribing letters from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries (most of which were written in so-called Chancellorship Handwriting) into readable typewritten script.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Recommended: Knowledge of the German or French languages, even if quite rudimentary, is always helpful but by no means required, as most of the texts we will be working on are in English.
Required: the patience to decode the handwriting of the British envoys, whose texts we will be reading.
Required: sufficient curiosity about this particular moment in German and European history to spend hours working through primary and secondary sources on this topic.
Mentoring Philosophy
I look at UROP as an opportunity for students to become familiar with and, eventually, partners in the research process as it is carried out by historians engaged in original archival research. This involves bringing students up to speed regarding the key questions underlying a research project, the sources that will be used to answer those questions, and a sense of just what is at stake in the project as a whole. Last spring, my UROP researchers were listed as co-authors for a paper I gave at the biannual Positioning Theory Conference, which was held at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland.Additional Information
For those who are interested, background on the Kotzebue assassination and its impact can be found in these articles. I have a handout available that background information for the first article. If you'd like a copy of the handout (or of the articles) you can contact me directlyat gwilliamson@fsu.edu
* George Williamson. "What Killed August von Kotzebue? The Temptations of Virtue and the Political Theology of German Nationalism, 1789-1819." Journal of Modern History 72:4 (2000), 890-943.
* George Williamson. "'Thought in it iself is a dangerous operation'": The Campaign against 'revolutionary machinations' in Germany, 1819-1827." German Studies Revew 38:2 (2015), 285-306.
* Beatrice de Graaf. Fighting Terror after Napoleon. How Europe Became Secure after 1815. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Link to Publications
***How do AI and Non-AI labels influence factual beliefs?
AI, news media, social media, misinformation, Bayesian learning
Research Mentor: Marli Dunietz,
Department, College, Affiliation: Political Science, Social Sciences and Public Policy
Contact Email: mdunietz@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: Political Science, Social Sciences and Public Policy
Contact Email: mdunietz@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Political science, economics, information science, communication, journalism
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 6, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
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Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Political science, economics, information science, communication, journalism
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 6, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Friday, September 4
Start Time: 4:00
End Time: 4:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/92880880680
Project Description
Online audiences increasingly face uncertainty about whether images are authentic or AI-modified. Provenance transparency policies proposed or passed in e.g., the EU, South Korea, India, and California assume that transparency (informing people about AI / Non-AI use) will improve judgments, like a digital nutrition label. However, this informs users only about what tools are used, not whether the substantive content is true. We want to know, how does technology that informs people about AI or non-AI provenance influence their beliefs in true and false content?Research Tasks: - Collect real and fabricated news stories, social media posts, and headlines across major platforms (X, TruthSocial, TikTok, Meta) and reputable journalistic outlets.
- Find original authentic images and verify photo credits.
- Prepare survey stimuli.
- Analyze pre-test data
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: - Organization: maintain a structured spreadsheet documenting source URLs, verification notes, and categorization tags.
- Strong internet research and fact-checking skills (such as experience with reverse-image search tools)
- High attention to detail, media literacy, and familiarity with current social media trends and AI-generated media.
- Proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel and basic image cropping/editing tools.
Mentoring Philosophy
My mentoring philosophy is based on structured apprenticeship. Mentees will follow the process of an in-progress research project and gain hands-on experience with how research is carried out. In the process, I:1. Work with mentees to identify their talents and their research and professional interests, and work toward developing technical and analytical skills that are valuable for those objectives.
2. Encourage learning through inquiry: I prompting mentees to ask critical questions about research design, and theoretical assumptions.
3. Create a collaborative environment in which mentees are invited to stress-test our assumptions and propose alternative approaches to make the overall results stronger, or pursue their own related research ideas using the data.
4. Give constructive, iterative feedback: I maintain regular, low-stakes check-ins to troubleshoot challenges early, normalize iteration as a core part of the scientific process, and foster open communication without fear of making mistakes.
Additional Information
Link to Publications
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yzdhs3jr84poe64gx8ujz/Dunietz_NotAI_Slides_MPSA.pdf?rlkey=fwkd8fmjrrj2zlcj86jx2997a&dl=0Aging-dependent regulation of taste preference and feeding
Behavior, Aging, Taste, Sensory, Drosophila
Research Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Brown, She/Her
Department, College, Affiliation: Biological Sciences, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: EBBrown@bio.fsu.edu
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Faculty Collaborators: Ms Zohre Panahidizjikan She/her
Faculty Collaborators Email: zp23@bio.fsu.edu
Department, College, Affiliation: Biological Sciences, Arts and Sciences
Contact Email: EBBrown@bio.fsu.edu
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Faculty Collaborators: Ms Zohre Panahidizjikan She/her
Faculty Collaborators Email: zp23@bio.fsu.edu
Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, related STEM fields
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 8-10, During business hours
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Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, related STEM fields
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 8-10, During business hours
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Thursday, September 3
Start Time: 2:30
End Time: 3:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/7864093691
Project Description
Deficits in smell and taste are associated with healthy aging, as well as several neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). However, how these changes occur, particularly with respect to taste, remains largely unexplored. We use the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system to addreass this gap. We previously found that aging impairs taste response to sugars, but not fatty acids, revealing modality-specific deficits in taste. This decline in sugar taste response is associated with changes in gene expression and within the neurons that are activated by sugars. Students joining this project will contribute to this line of research using behavioral approaches, with the ultimate goal of characterizing novel candidate gene(s) that function in these sensory neurons during aging.Research Tasks: Students will begin by learning care and maintenance of fly lines, executing behavioral experiments, and running statistical analysis. Advanced techniques include performing dissections, immunohistochemistry, and quantification of gene expression.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: A broad understanding of the fundamental concepts in genetics and neuroscience is recommended. Students must be reliable and be detail-oriented. Training in Drosophila husbandry and techniques will be provided.