Making the Transition to Graduate School. Becoming a Researcher: ... Verde with J. David Taylor (Stony Brook University). He serves as co-editor of the Journal ...
Educational Contributions in Ethnobiology is a peer-reviewed monograph series dedicated to original book-length publications in ethnobiology and related social and natural sciences. The volumes, rather than present research, present methods, theory, and pedagogy that advances ethnobiological research. The Society of Ethnobiology is a professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide, including past and present relationships between peoples and the environment.
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Educational Contributions in Ethnobiology
Steve Wolverton is Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of North Texas, specializing in archaeology, historical ecology, and environmental geography. He developed this book out of his Research Design and Geographic Applications course in the Master’s in Geography program, which received the 2017 Award for Master’s Program Excellence from the American Association of Geographers. Steve is co-author of Applied Zooarchaeology: Five Case Studies with Lisa Nagaoka (University of North Texas) and Torben Rick (Smithsonian Institution), and he is co-editor of Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology with R. Lee Lyman (University of Missouri) and Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde with J. David Taylor (Stony Brook University). He serves as co-editor of the Journal of Ethnobiology and was a founding editor of Ethnobiology Letters. In 2016, Steve received the Society of Ethnobiology’s Mentor Award.
Becoming a Researcher: Making the Transition to Graduate School
Entering a graduate program in the sciences or social sciences requires a transition from structured undergraduate learning using prompts for reading, writing, and exam-taking to an unstructured environment of knowing a field of study, identifying research problems, and answering questions to fill a gap in knowledge that is reported in a thesis or dissertation. Faculty members and students often assume that gifted undergraduates will “figure it out when they enter graduate school,” but students do not have independent research skills at the beginning of graduate programs. Becoming a Researcher focuses on the transition from structured learning to independent research with exercises on routine setting, time management, peer review, and essay writing to focus on research topics. Exercises concern adopting new habits and mindsets that are essential for success in graduate school. Lessons from the exercises help students design a research proposal. At the end of the first year of graduate school, students should be well on their way to becoming a researcher.
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Becoming a Researcher: Making the Transition to Graduate School
Educational Contributions in Ethnobiology
Becoming a Researcher: Making the Transition to Graduate School
