Resources

Student Resources

Resources for 2019 Mellon SURFs

• Conducting Research
  • "Five Essential Skills for Every Undergraduate Researcher" by Adirenne Showman, Linh Anh Cat, Jacquelyn Cook, Natalie Holloway and Tyler Wittman
• Presenting Research
  • Tips for Presenting Research (Oral and Poster Presentation Advice) by Dr. Rubén Dupertuis
  • Making an Exciting Poster in the Arts and Humanities
  • How to create a better research poster in less time (including templates) (video)
  • 10 Academic Conference Presentation Tips 
  • How to Write an Abstract
  • Five Steps to a Brilliant Abstract
• Conference Opportunities for Undergraduates
  • National Conference on Undergraduate Research (proposal deadline in December)
  • ​Posters on the Hill (proposal deadline in December)
  • National Undergraduate Literature Conference (proposal deadline in January)
  • Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium (proposal deadline January)
  • A list of regional and national conferences where you can present your work
• Publishing Opportunities for Undergraduates
  • The Expositor (Trinity University)​​
  • High Noon (Trinity University)
  • History Matters (Appalachian State University)
  • Honors Review (Augsburg College)
  • Discussions (Case Western University)
  • Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Excelence (Colorado State University)
  • Reinvention (Monash University and the University of Warwick)
  • International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (Pacific University and Central Washington University)
  • Pursuit (University of Tennessee)
  • Texas Undergraduate Research Journal (University of Texas)
  • Young Scholars in Writing (Montana State University)
• Travel Awards 
  • Arts and Humanities Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CURAH)

Faculty Resources 

Resources for 2019 Mellon SURF Faculty Mentors

• General
  • Council on Undergraduate Research Faculty Resources
  • Scholarship on Undergraduate Research Mentoring (Elon University) 
  • Undergraduate Research in English Studies edited by Laurie Grobman and Joyce Kinkead
• Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
  • "Ways to Integrate Original Scholarship in Both Upper and Lower Division Classes" by Ian F. Macinnins
  • "Adding Research to a Course" by Cottrell Scholars
  • CureNet hosted by Carleton College
  • "Inquiry and Discovery-basd Projects within Introductory Courses" by Monica Bruckner
  • "Expanding the CURE Model: Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience" published by Research Corporation for Science
  • "Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences: Current Knowledge and Future Directions" by Erin Dolan
• Humanities and Arts Labs
  • "Designing a Lab in the Humanities" by Fritz Breithaupt
  • "Labs are for the Humanities, Too" by Maxine Joselow
  • Humanities labs at Colby College
• Humanities at Trinity
  • Archive of Humanities Events at Trinity
• Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Award 
  • Arts and Humanities Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CURAH)
• Print Resources
  • Books available in the Mellon Office