Introduction to Graduate Research (Fall 2023)/Week2

Agenda

Part 1. Research puzzles

• Intro to the challenge.
• Discuss Abbott reading.
• Durkheim Suicide reading + exercise.
• Paired discussion of your work (pairs listed below).
  • Take a few minutes to read each other's submissions (the hard copies)
  • Some possible discussion prompts:
    • Talk about the feedback you each received.
    • Given the puzzles conversation today, what feedback/suggestions do you have for yourself? for your partner?
    • How can you sharpen the motivation for the research inquiry you have proposed in this assignment?
• Debrief from paired discussion

"Pairs":

• Sara Abdulla + Jesse Zier
• Ling Zhao + Haohan Shi
• Annie Chu + Molly de Blanc
• Sky E + Savanna Kerstiens
• Aidan Fitzsimmons + Matt Gaughan + Charlotte Li
• Lizzie Li + Redd Roseboro

Break!

Get up, move around. Work on this third floor FSB scavenger hunt:

• The ping pong table.
• The vending machine(s)
• The CSD copy room (it has a nice view)

Part 2. Guests

Duri Long and Jeremy Birnholtz

Reminders

• I should have mentioned this last week: I created all assignments and discussions in Canvas as "graded" because this makes it simpler for me to use Canvas to keep track of whether I'm missing assignments from anyone. In general, I "grade" these as complete/incomplete and emphasize substantive feedback more heavily than grades. If you have questions, please let me know.