CUR 2010 National Conference - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AS TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE: Developing Leaders and Solutions for a Better Society

http://www.cur.org/conferences/weber/cur10natconf.asp

 Weber State University, Ogden, Utah / June 19-22, 2010 /Early Registration Deadline is April 15th!

• Bringing undergraduate research together with other high-impact, engaged-learning practices
• Examining the policy and practice implications of our research
• Making research experiences a universal practice for undergraduate students
• Using undergraduate research to help students engage with the world
• Drawing underrepresented students into our fields

Plenary Speakers
Robert J. Full, Chancellor’s Professor
Director Poly-PEDAL Laboratory & Director of the Bio-AAPE Center
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California at Berkeley
“The Value of Interdisciplinary Research-based Instruction”

Mary Alice Morgan, Andrew Silver & Hannah Vann

S.T.O.P. (Sex Trafficking Opposition Project)
Mercer University
“Research as Activism: The University and Anti-Trafficking Community Movement-Building”

P. Gabrielle Foreman, Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies
Occidental College
“Activating the Archive: Transformative Practices and Community Partnerships”

Workshops / Poster Sessions / Interactive Sessions

To register and for additional information, please visit: http://www.cur.org/conferences/weber/cur10natconf.asp

CUR 2010 National Conference - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AS TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE: Developing Leaders and Solutions for a Better Society