Transcript Promoting Undergraduate Research through International Partnership – Undergraduate Research Abroad Program at Bridgewater State University Jing Tan (Social work), PhD Teresa King (Psychology), PhD Benjamin Carson.

Promoting Undergraduate Research
through International Partnership
– Undergraduate Research Abroad Program at
Bridgewater State University
Jing Tan (Social work), PhD
Teresa King (Psychology), PhD
Benjamin Carson (English), PhD
The Undergraduate Research
Abroad Program at BSU
• A collaborative effort of BSU's Center for International
Engagement and the Office of Undergraduate Research.
• One faculty mentor collaborates with a small group of
three or four students on a focused research or creative
project, working together for three weeks at one of BSU's
partner institutions around the world.
• The grant covers airfare, university housing, and most
meals, plus stipends of $1,200 for each student and
$1,700 for the faculty member.
• Available for the winter intersession and summer.
Objectives
•
Provides a unique opportunity to promote an
intensive student learning experience through
international partnership.
•
Provides students and faculty great research
and travel experience.
•
Enhances the collegiality between BSU and its
international partner universities.
Examples
• In the summer of 2009, Dr. King led four psychology
students to Jordan to study body image in a Middle Eastern
culture.
• In the summer of 2011, Dr. Tan of Social Work traveled
with four students to China to research its aging population
and conduct needs assessments of elder care.
• In the winter of 2012, Dr. Carson of English took
four students to Cambodia to research Cambodian
literature.
• Dr. Tan will focus on proposal writing and student
mentoring for this type of research.
• Dr. King will discuss both the challenges and
opportunities that her team encountered conducting
psychological research in the Middle East.
• Dr. Carson will focus on the importance of Undergraduate
Research Abroad for humanities.