Search DU CTLAT Blog

Friday, February 10, 2012

Dillard University Student Research Skills Development Workshops



These workshops provide opportunity for students to learn, ask open-ended questions on relevant research issues, and to meet with other faculty members and students. As always, faculty are encouraged to bring their students, and staff are welcome. Seating is limited.

1. Human Inquiry and Science: An Introduction
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Dent 171, 11:00 a.m.-12 Noon

This workshop is designed to socialize students to professional educational and to academic and professional standards of research. Topics covered are intended for students in all majors who are interested in undertaking research that inform the design of more robust scholarly or applied research in the future.
· Theory and Research
· The Logic of Sampling
· Research Designs
· Levels of Measurement
· Data Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative

Facilitators: Winona Somervill, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology / Lynn Strong, MPA, CIM, Director Undergraduate Research & Human Subjects Research



2. Use of Human Subjects in Research
Thursday, February 16, 2012
PSB 131, 11:-00 a.m. to Noon

This workshop covers the historical events, ethical principles, and guidelines that led to legislation designed to: ensure the safety, welfare, and privacy of human volunteers in research; establishes the role of the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs); and defines the responsibilities of student researchers in the protection of human subjects in research. Included will be a discussion on the Dillard IRB process.


The workshop is open to Dillard students interested in understanding the ethics and practice of involving human subjects in research activities. The information should be of special interest to students currently engaged in or about to begin research.

Facilitators: Yolanda Powell-Young, Ph.D., Nursing, & Chair, Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Lynn Strong, MPA, CIM, Director Undergraduate Research & Human Subjects Research

For more information, contact:
Lynn Y.R. Strong, MPA, CIM
Director, Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Enrichment Programs
Administrator, IRB/Manager, HSR
Dillard University
Professional Schools Bldg., Rm. 250
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70122
Tel: 504-816-4446
Fax: 504-816-4313
lstrong@dillard.edu








Share/Bookmark

No comments:

Post a Comment