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| Abstract Title: | Personas of undergraduate researchers |
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| Abstract: | Engaging in undergraduate research supports students' professional development in physics. However, many departments struggle with how to pitch research projects to increasingly diverse student populations. In our research, we develop personas from interviews with undergraduate physics students to help departments design appealing, fruitful undergraduate research programs. Creating personas is a common user-centered design technique where a rich set of qualitative data is synthesized into person-like archetypes. Personas represent the key characteristics and motivations of the students and feel like real people yet protect students' identity better than pseudonyms and anonymized case studies. In this poster, we present the four undergraduate researcher personas: Louis, who wants to get competent and prepared for grad school; Maria, who would like to try research experience; Ashley, who likes to work with her favorite people; and Brian, who wants to get paid and get better future jobs. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session III |
| Poster Number: | C15 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Tra Huynh Kansas State University, Physics Department 116 Cardwell Hall, 1228 N. 17th St. Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 9713309614 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Eleanor C. Sayre Kansas State University, Physics Department |
Contributed Poster | |
| Contributed Poster: | Download the Contributed Poster |
