McNair Summer Institute

2022 McNair Summer Institute (MSI)

When:

  • June 1 – July 22, 2022, T W TH F 10 am-12 pm.
  • Mondays are dedicated as ‘research days’ for Scholars to work primarily on their McNair Research Projects.
  • The full schedule will be available on OneDrive February 1. For reference, here is last year’s schedule.

Where:

  • Zoom – a link will be emailed to MSI participants before June 1.

What:

  • Training areas at the MSI build upon those of INTERDIS 490: McNair Preparation for Graduate School.  These include:
    • The craft of research
    • Applications to graduate programs and funding
    • The culture of graduate school
    • Wellness
  • McNair Scholars are awarded ~$6000 for a research stipend and a room and board allowance. Please see the research stipend information to the right.
  • Scholars are expected to participate synchronously in the MSI. Scholars participating in other SROPs or REUs will participate asynchronously. If Scholars are required to take a course over the summer, they must speak with the program director, Dr. Herrera, to discuss their summer goals and schedule.

Who:

Office hours by appointment: 

Raymond Herrera, PhD Susan Williams, M.A. Candace Chappelle, M.S.
raymond@wsu.edu

Monday-Friday, Use Outlook Scheduler for available times

 susan.williams@wsu.edu

Tuesday afternoons 3 pm-5 pm

 candace.chappelle@wsu.edu

Tuesday afternoons 3 pm-5 pm

 

Recordings

We will attempt to post the recordings by the end of each day.

Homework:

The assignments below are due by 10 am on the first day of class. If you need a refresher, please review the INTERDIS 490 class recording from 4/28/2021.

  • Golden Circle worksheet
  • McNair Scholar and Faculty Mentor Worksheet Summer 2021
  • List of 8-12 graduate programs in your grad tracker
  • Hours Template – MSI 2021
  • CV timeline worked backward

Research Log

These are due by 5 pm on Fridays.  Write a reflection that addresses the following:

  1. What progress did you make towards your top goal for this week?
  2. What is an accomplishment you’ve made this week towards your research project?
  3. Is there anything you feel stuck on with the project?
  4. What article(s) did you read this week? Include:
    1. A reference citation of the article(s)
    2. Why you chose this article(s) to read
    3. What you can use this article(s) for
    4. A question you still have that this article(s) didn’t answer, or a question you now have after reading this article(s)
  5. Did you communicate with your mentor this week? Summarize the communication.
  6. What is your top goal for the project next week?
  7. Anything else you want us to know about?

Example Research Log:

  1. Yes, I didn’t complete the goal entirely, but I made progress towards it. Turned out there were more steps than I thought; it might take another week to finish, but I’m not stuck.
  2. I figured out the outline for study 2 in the proposal and feel accomplished about that. I also reached back out to another grad candidate in my field to catch up, and they wrote right back to me, and they want to chat about our research!
  3. Not stuck, but I feel a little overwhelmed by the amount of work I now have to fill out the outline for study 2. I’m trying not to let it get to me or procrastinate. I’m going to try to do one header at a time, as Anne suggested.
  4. This week I read
    1.  Piran, N. (2016). Embodied possibilities and disruptions: The emergence of the experience of embodiment construct from qualitative studies with girls and women. Body Image, 18, 43-60.
    2. I chose this article because it’s the groundwork research that went into another article that’s the main go-to reference in my project. I thought that I should know more about what went into it to get a better understanding since I need to have a deep understanding of the topic.
    3. I’m actually going to use the article as a reference on qualitative methods since that’s what they did. They have an excellent explanation of their methods, and it’s something I can use as a template when I start working on that part myself.
    4. A question I have after reading this article is that they originally brought in life-course theory while they were developing their theory of embodiment, but it isn’t there in their more recent work. So, did they drop it or just haven’t gotten back around to it in their publications? I was starting to think life-course theory was important, but maybe not? I’ll keep it in mind while I read more.
  5. Not meeting this week. I emailed her my questions about the scope of the literature section, and we discussed this over email. We will meet in two weeks, but I will continue to email her my questions until then. Spent around 1 hour compiling my questions and emailing.
  6. My main goal for next week is to start writing on the first heading in the literature review. I already have some writing on each header, but they’re old and need work. So I’m going to open up the old version and start rewriting, starting with the first header. If I can finish even one heading next week, I’ll be happy.
  7. Nothing comes to mind. I might ask the group if anyone has any tips on rewriting since that’s what I’m working on.

 

Miscellaneous

Kelly McNair Scholar power-posing in summer backdrop

Research Stipend Information:

Students and Scholars- You will not be paid until the requested information and form are submitted to Amanda Senter, Fiscal Specialist for the Graduate School amanda.senter@wsu.edu It is imperative to get the information and form ASAP. If you miss June, you will not be paid until July, minus $2000.00. As of today, the payment schedule is set up as follows:

  • Payment 1: $2000.00  early June
  • Payment 2: $2000.00  July 1
  • Payment 3: $2000.00  August 1
  • TOTAL: $6000.00

Also, your payments for July and August are contingent upon completing all MSI work and requirements.

If you have questions, please set up an appointment with Dr. H via Outlook to discuss them.