Open AccessPositioning Humanity before Progress: Students’ and Mentors’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Impact on Undergraduate Research
Author(s) -
Miloš Savić,
Naga Rama Kothapalli,
Hayley C. Lanier,
Erin K. Freeman,
Lisa Ratliff,
Emma Hillermann,
Courtney Martin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scholarship and practice of undergraduate research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2476-101X
DOI - 10.18833/spur/5/1/10
Subject(s) - humanity , covid-19 , scope (computer science) , perception , psychology , undergraduate research , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , political science , computer science , disease , pathology , virology , neuroscience , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , programming language
Through interviews with 28 students and 17 mentors from a campus-wide undergraduate research program, common themes in the responses to COVID-19-related impacts were found. Students had to adjust to the type or scope of their research obligations while handling academic responsibilities, and mentors explicitly considered students’ well-being above expectations related to research.