NACADA Research Symposium
Atlantic City, New Jersey
April 13-14, 2010
Join us for 24 hours of Research and stay for the
2010 Region 2 Conference!
- The Purpose of the Symposium is to build a community of scholars. It is open to all NACADA members
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The Event will take place prior to selected Regional Conferences.
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The Program is designed for researchers at all levels who are ready to transform their ideas into scholarly works
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The Agenda will include: large group discussions, small group interactions, independent work, and one-on-one time with research mentors
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The Participants will receive a binder with pertinent articles related to research in advising, among other useful tools and materials
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The Cost is $75, which includes Research Symposium resources, time with NACADA consultant, breakfast, and refreshments
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Come with Research Ideas — Leave with an Action Plan! |
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This Event will begin at 1 p.m. on April 13, 2010 at the Carnegie Library Center in Atlantic City. It will end by noon on April 14, 2010. (See complete schedule below.)
Attendees may make hotel reservations at the Tropicana Hotel and Resort. Click here!
Register for the symposium at: Click here!
Conveners
Janet K. Schulenberg, Pennsylvania State University
Julie A. Traxler, Rutgers University
Peter L. Hagen, Richard Stockton College
Objectives:
- Participants will be expected to have an idea for a research project in mind prior to the symposium and will further refine their research question during the symposium
- Participants will be exposed to multiple methodologies and will refine the design of their research projects
- Participants will identify a community of scholars: leads for where/who to go to for more information, expertise
- Conveners will discuss IRB and funding issues
- Conveners will discuss the ethics of research in academic advising with specific reference to participants’ projects
- Participants will develop a timeline and an action plan for their research project
Symposium Agenda:
Tuesday, April 13th At the Carnegie Library Center in Atlantic City.
| Noon-1:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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| 1:00-1:10 p.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
Overview of symposium objectives and activities |
| 1:10-1:30 p.m. |
Conveying the rationale for research in academic advising |
- Role of research in academic advising
- Summarize research topics from pre-attendance survey, brief group discussion
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| 1:30-2:00 p.m. |
Introduction to Inquiry Methods |
- Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed, Critical Inquiry
- Connection between methods and research questions
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| 2:00-2:45 p.m. |
Breakout sessions |
- Refining a research question and linking to a methodology
- Explore methods in more depth
- Design
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| 2:45-3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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| 3:00-4:00 p.m. |
Components of Methodology, outline methods |
- Participants
- Procedures
- Measures
- Data Analysis
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| 4:00-4:45 p.m. |
Exploring your method in higher education literature
Writing time (draft question and outline of methodology)
Individual consultation time |
- Identify articles from studies that have used your method
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| 4:45-5:00 p.m. |
Discussion of practitioner research- biases, self-reflection
Sign up for 1:1 consultation |
- Assignment: consider own biases, how this affects research, ideas for mitigating
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Dinner on your own |
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| 7:00-9:00 p.m. (At the Tropicana) |
Consultation opportunities/ Independent research time |
- End of day one- First draft of research question and methodology outline, awareness of biases
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Wednesday, April 14th
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast & Consultation opportunities |
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| 8:00-9:00 a.m. |
How can you increase the validity of your research? |
- How do your biases, assumptions affect your research?
- What can you do to acknowledge them/mitigate them?
- Who can you draw on to help you?
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9:00-10:00 a.m. |
Data collection and analysis approach |
- Identifying support resources and tools
- Develop action plan and timeline
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| 10:00-10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:15-11:45 a.m. |
Small group share back of research plan |
- Report basic outline of research action plan and timeline
- Receive critical feedback and recommendations
- Identify peer partner
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| 11:45-noon |
Symposium closing/Evaluation
Lunch |
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Meet Our Faculty:
Dr. Janet Schulenberg is a Senior Undergraduate Studies Adviser and Coordinator of Programming for the First-Year Testing, Consulting, and Advising Program at the Division of Undergraduate Studies, Penn State.
Janet earned her B.S. in Biology and Anthropology from SUNY Geneseo, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Penn State. She was Assistant Professor of Anthropology and coordinator of Archaeological Studies at SUNY Potsdam before returning to Penn State as a professional academic adviser in 2005. She is a member of the NACADA Research Committee, the Infusing Research Throughout NACADA Taskforce, and the NACADA Theory and Philosophy of Advising Commission.
Dr. Peter L. Hagen serves as Director of the Center for Academic Advising at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He was the founding Chair of the NACADA Theory and Philosophy of Academic Advising Commission, served as Guest Editor of the NACADA Journal for its Fall 2005 issue on the theory and philosophy of academic advising, and was a member of the task force that wrote “The Concept of Academic Advising.” For NACADA he currently serves as Chair of the Research Committee and as a member of the Journal’s Editorial Board and the Publications Review Board. He won the 2007 Virginia Gordon Award for Service to the Field of Advising. His Ph.D. is in the field of Speech Communication from The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Julie Traxler is an Assistant Dean and Director of First-Year Advising at the School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University. She has worked in advising since 1993. She completed her Doctorate in Education in May 2009 at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education in the Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education program. Her dissertation, entitled “Major Choosing among South Asian American Women: Toward a New Theory of Advising,” was awarded the 2009 NACADA Student Research award (Doctoral level) and was supported by a NACADA Research Grant.
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