Science Mentoring Workshop Intensive

Are you mentoring or planning to mentor an undergraduate in the laboratory or field? The Science Undergraduate Education Office offers a series of workshops for postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and other researchers who mentor or seek to mentor undergraduate researchers.

The first part of the workshop focuses on undergraduate fellowship applications (including summer programs) and writing recommendation letters. By participating in this workshop, you will learn which fellowships are available to Harvard undergraduates to support their undergraduate research. Through a discussion of case studies, you will examine the role of the mentor in the application process, and how to write descriptive and accurate letters of recommendation.

The second part of the mentoring workshop focuses on developing undergraduate research projects. Mentoring an undergraduate can be both rewarding and challenging. In this workshop, you will learn how to design undergraduate-friendly research projects, set appropriate expectations, and foster effective communication. We’ll discuss several cases studies to explore these topics in more detail.

Workshop Facilitators:

• Margaret Lynch, Ph.D., Associate Director of Science Education, Life Sciences undergraduate Education, FAS Division of Science, Harvard University

• Anna Babakhanyan, PhD, MBT, Undergraduate Science Research Advisor, FAS Division of Science, Harvard University

While we encourage you to attend all workshops in the series, you are welcome to attend individual workshops. If you attend all of the mentoring workshops, you will be recognized with a certificate of completion.

To register for the workshops, contact Anna Babakhanyan, ababakhanyan@fas.harvard.edu.