Beth Sundstrom (pictured), communication
The WHRT allows students to participate in research on health issues that affect women and girls. The team partners with local professionals and community-based health care initiatives.
The award recognizes an outstanding mentor of undergraduate research in the social sciences for their role in supporting, encouraging, promoting a positive and inclusive scholarly and teaching environment for undergraduate students, and contributing to their students’ professional and personal development inside and outside of the classroom.
Successful candidates for this award demonstrate excellence in research guidance (as witnessed by student single-authored or co-authored conference papers and publications, interdisciplinary group projects, honors thesis supervision, etc.), in presentation mentoring (as witnessed by a successful track record of students presenting their work at university-level research forums through state/regional/national and international conferences), in career guidance and preparation (as witnessed in a successful track record of students entering the workforce and/or succeeding in graduate/law school) and in mentoring underrepresented groups/nontraditional students (as witnessed by unique teaching models and/or course structure/activities meant to incorporate a wider group of students into the research process).
The awardee receives $200 and a plaque, and is featured in the Council on Undergraduate Research Social Sciences Division’s newsletter.
With a mission of supporting and promoting high quality mentored undergraduate research, scholarship and creative inquiry, the Council on Undergraduate Research provides support and professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, administrators and students.
