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The Undergraduate Research & Creative Scholarship Program promotes, supports, and celebrates 海角社区 faculty and student engagement in undergraduate research activities.聽We help connect students with research and creative scholarship opportunities, support them through programming and grants, and showcase their accomplishments at the annual Undergraduate Research Conference. We offer programming to support faculty mentors and help connect them to resources to sustain their research / creative works with undergraduate students.
Faculty Director of Undergraduate Research
Kristy聽L. Duran,聽PhD
Kristy L. Duran grew up in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. She earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of New Mexico, M.S. in Neurobiology from Colorado State University, and Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. As an undergraduate student, she was fortunate to become involved in a variety of different research programs. She credits her undergraduate research experiences for starting her on her career path. Since then, she has been passionate about introducing undergraduate students to research, involving them in her research on the ecology of dwarf mistletoe, and encouraging them to develop their unique research ideas. She collaborated with undergraduate students on her research projects as faculty member at Colorado Mesa University and then at Adams State University. She is excited to join the 海角社区 team as the new Faculty Director of Undergraduate Research.
Faculty Associate for Undergraduate Research
Mandi A. Schaeffer Fry, PhD
聽is an associate professor of mathematics at 海角社区. Her research is in the field of representation theory of finite groups, an area of theoretical mathematics.聽She is passionate about undergraduate research 鈥� she loves to introduce students to her area (and to mathematical research) through independent studies and undergraduate research projects. In her time at 海角社区, she has mentored numerous students on independent studies and research projects, many resulting in presentations and/or publications. Dr. Mandi grew up in Peoria, AZ and聽earned her B.S. and Ph.D in Mathematics from聽the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. She spent a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Michigan State University before finding her home at 海角社区 in 2014. She loves the students, faculty, and environment at 海角社区, and counts herself extremely lucky to have found such a great place to share her enthusiasm for math and research! In her free time, Dr. Mandi is a competitive weightlifter and dabbles on the flying trapeze!
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Undergraduate Research & Creative Scholarship Program
Location: Jordan Student Success Building Rm 330J
Campus Hours: MWF 9:00-11:30am
Virtual Hours: TR 1:00-2:00pm