Social Ecology Research Experience for Undergraduates

该奖项向加州大学欧文分校社会生态系提供资金，以建立一个社会生态学学科的本科生研究体验网站。该课程的本科生将由社会生态学课程的一名教员指导，并将参与一个主要的研究项目。每个学生参与者将在定期的招待会和研讨会上了解项目中其他学生和教职员工的研究方法。学生还将参加关于GRE的工作坊，申请研究生院，并将为他们提供量身定做的辅导和学术咨询。在冬季季度开始时，每个参与的教职员工将与小组会面，讨论他/她将指导的本科生的研究领域。在整个冬季和春季，教师将通过研究项目与他们的学生建立个人指导关系。该小组的研究活动将侧重于与社会犯罪和正义有关的反复出现的社会和环境问题，生命周期中对人类发展的社会影响，以及自然环境对健康和行为的影响。研究技术旨在通过集中研究自然环境中发生的事件来揭示人类的适应能力。接近春季季末时，所有学生将向小组展示他们的成绩。最后，将正式和非正式地鼓励学生继续研究活动和导师关系，并追求学术生涯。

This award provides funds to the Department of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine to establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates SITE in the discipline of social ecology. Undergraduates in this program will be mentored by a faculty member in the Program of Social Ecology and will participate in a major research project. Each student participant will learn about the research approaches of the other students and faculty in the program during periodic receptions and seminars. Students will also participate in workshops on the GRE, application to graduate school, and will be provided with tutoring and academic counseling tailored to their individual needs. At the beginning of winter quarter each involved faculty member will meet with the group to discuss the research area of the undergraduate whom he/she will mentor. Throughout winter and spring faculty will build a personal mentorship relationship with their student through the vehicle of the research project. The research activities of the group will focus on recurring social and environmental problems related to crime and justice in society, social influences on human development over the life cycle, and effects of the physical environment on health and behavior. Research techniques are designed to reveal human adaption by concentration on the study of events in the natural settings in which they occur. Near the end of spring quarter all students will present their results to the group. Finally, students will be formally and informally encouraged to continue research activities and the mentorship relationship and to pursue an academic career.