Research & Graduate Studies is funding five faculty members to serve as Faculty in Residence in 2023. RGS Faculty in Residence (FIR) positions are paid leadership roles for faculty interested in developing and exercising organizational leadership to advance key program areas for research across campus. Working closely with RGS and tapping into faculty wisdom and leadership, FIR recipients will explore ways to strengthen research and/or graduate studies at PSU. The five FIR project leaders will collaborate with RGS staff and the broader campus community, starting January 2023 and completing their projects by December 31, 2023.
Here are this year's RGS Faculty in Residence recipients and a brief description of their FIR projects:
- Carolyn Quam, Associate Professor in The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, will focus on making scientific research more accessible to first-generational college students and those from historically underrepresented and underserved communities.
- Shelby Anderson, Associate Professor in Anthropology, will promote curriculum for faculty and scholars engaged in inter- and multi-disciplinary collaborative research while creating a best practices handbook designed specifically for PSU researchers.
- Christof Teuscher, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, endeavors to design and run an alternative undergraduate research experience that is different by design: a program that appeals non-traditional students interested in designing, programing, and using computers to benefit society. Students will have more flexibility for when and where to work, define their own projects, learn by doing, and will need to bring a friend (or two) who also meet the application criteria.
- Gina Greco, Professor in the Department of World Languages and Literature, seeks to engage, mentor and assist mid-career PSU faculty members, focusing her project on equitable outcomes for women and minority faculty members who also juggle additional external obligations centering around family care needs.
- Nicholas Anthony Smith, Assistant Professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, whose project theme is "Historically Excluded Researchers: Creating Sustainable Systems of Support," will lay the groundwork for a mentorship program at PSU serving diverse, historically minoritized researchers, with a focus on diversity, equity. support, community, and inclusion.
These RGS FIR participants will work alongside RGS administrators and staff as they deepen their knowledge of how current systems support research and graduate studies at PSU. They will collaborate with campus constituents to share insights and develop new or modified systems to better support research at PSU.
The FIR program gives participants a practical introduction to research administration while positively impacting the PSU research community, including graduate students. RGS provides $10,000 in compensation for each FIR participant to devote five hours per week for two academic terms toward their projects.
Questions about the FIR program may be directed to research@pdx.edu.