Social Ecology Research Experience for Undergraduates

该奖项为加州大学尔湾分校社会生态学系提供资金，用于在社会生态学科中建立本科生研究经验网站。本专业本科生将由一名社会生态学专业教师指导，并参与一项重大研究项目。每个学生参与者都将在定期的招待会和研讨会上了解其他学生和教师的研究方法。学生还将参加有关GRE，研究生院申请的研讨会，并将根据他们的个人需求提供辅导和学术咨询。在冬季学期开始时，每位参与的教师将与小组会面，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的载体与学生建立个人指导关系。该小组的研究活动将集中于与社会中的犯罪和司法有关的反复出现的社会和环境问题，在整个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。研究技术的目的是通过集中研究自然环境中发生的事件来揭示人类的适应性。在春季学期结束时，所有学生将向小组展示他们的成果。最后，学生将被正式或非正式地鼓励继续研究活动和师徒关系，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.