Professional Development & Workshops

QCC students and faculty who are involved in a research project on campus are required to (1) complete the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) CITI online training and (2) participate in an in-person RCR workshop within six weeks of starting the project. ALL students, faculty and staff involved in a research project are required to complete the RCR workshop.

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Fall 2024 RCR Workshops 

Monday, September 23, 2024:  1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024: 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 12, 2024: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m

Spring 2024 RCR Workshops Held

Friday, February 23, 2024: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.  

Wednesday, March 6, 2024: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday, November 14, 2022, 12 – 1 pm, Zoom 

Faculty implementing Undergraduate Research as a High Impact Practice will share their projects completed in resent semesters. 

 Presenters: Jonathan Kilom (Technical Theatre) & Alison Mello (Biology)  

 Hosted by UR-HIP Faculty Co-Coordinators Heather Huggins and Urszula Golebiewska 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87823543597?pwd=UWFjNkhEZU5uVTNFOS9ZNUJ5dGVtdz09 

Meeting ID: 878 2354 3597 

Jonathan Kilom, BFA  

Adjunct Lecturer/College Laboratory Technician  

Department of Communication, Theatre, & Media Production (CTMP) 

 UR Project Title: Technical Theatre as Research 

Professor Kilom will present about student-led research projects in technical theatre which prepare students for employment in the industry. He will describe his research in the classroom approach to an introductory course in Stagecraft. He will also share how UR-HIP offers opportunities for one-to-one mentorship in advanced technical theatre, including design & construction and stage management. 

Alison Mello, PhD (Biology) 

Lecturer, Biological Sciences & Geology (QCC) 
 

UR Project Title: Developing Methods for Field Microscopy and Analysis Using Portable Microscopes 

Remote learning necessitated the implementation of research projects and hands-on activities that could be performed by students off-campus or in the field without face-to-face supervision. In this project, students in General Biology II courses developed peer-facing protocols to use portable, low-cost microscopes to locate, investigate, and classify biological specimens in their communities. 

• Wednesday, March 9th: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Zoom: Assoc. Professor Aviva Geismar, MFA (Dept. of Health, Physical Education & Dance) and  Asst. Professor Sarbani Ghoshal, MPH, PhD (Dept. of Biological Sciences & Geology will present.
• Wednesday, April 13th: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Zoom : Asst. Professor Bianca Sosnovski, MPhil, PhD (Dept. of Mathematics &Computer Science)  and  Asst. Professor Jodi Van Der Horn-Gibson, PhD (Dept. of Communication, Theatre, & Media Production ) will present.

Tea & QCC IRB
Drop by to chat about CUNY’s new IRB management system – IRB manager

Presented by: QCC’s HRPP Coordinator, Dr. Anissa Moody 

• Friday November 19, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday December 2, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Wednesday December 8, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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This Workshop is for Faculty and Staff

Contact Name: Anissa Moody

Contact Phone: 718-631-6296

Contact Email: [email protected]

Basic CUNY Ideate Training

Friday, May 7, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM on Zoom

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 This Workshop is for Faculty and Staff

Contact Name: Anissa Moody

Contact Phone: 718-631-6296

Contact Email: [email protected]

Past Event: IRB Faculty Workshop - Informed Consent

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM on Zoom

This Conference and/or Workshop is for Faculty and Staff

Contact Name: Anissa Moody

Contact Phone: 718-631-6296

Contact Email: [email protected]

Past Events: Spring 2020 Brown-bag Discussion

This semester the Undergraduate Research team is beginning a series of informal, brown-bag style lunchtime discussions. These discussions will bring faculty from various disciplines together to talk about their UR experiences, share ideas and form collaborations. We are planning to have 3 presenters at each session. Each presentation will be 15 minutes with a 5-minute question and answer period. There will be time at the end for open discussion.

Light refreshments will be served. The dates for the Spring 2020 semester are as follows:

• Wednesday, February 19 at 12:10 PM in Oakland Dining Room
• Wednesday, April 29 at 12:10 PM in M142

Past Event: Spring 2020 Brown-bag Discussion

2/19/2020

Dr. Tirandai Hemraj-Benny, Chemistry Department, presented “Undergraduate Research in the Nanoscience Field.”

Dr. Roumen Vragov, Business Department, presented “Combining creativity and undergraduate research in the Information Technology Management technology class.”

Dr. Joan Petersen presented the Pedagogical workshop she recently attended: “Co-creating the Future Through Socially-Directed Science and Technology”​​

Past Event: Fall 2019 Brown-bag Discussion

11/13/2019

The HIP Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Dr. Joan Petersen (Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Geology), hosted the second UR Brown-Bag Lunch discussions. Three professors presented their UR practices in the classroom. Dr. Marie Chantale Damas, Assistant Professor of Physics, presented "engaging Community College Students to in Space Weather Research and Education." Professor Heather Huggins, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, presented "Practice-Based Research Community" with her students. Dr. Scott Litroff, presented his ideas to conduct classroom-based undergraduate research in the music discipline.

10/23/2019

The HIP Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Dr. Joan Petersen (Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Geology), host the first UR Brown-Bag Lunch discussions. Three professors presented their UR practices in the classroom. Dr. Patrick Byers, Assistant Professor of Psychology, presented “Possibilities for UR with qualitative research in psychology.” Dr. Anuradha Srivastava, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Geology, presented “Undergraduate Research Experience in A Biology Classroom: A Course Embedded Collaborative Active Learning Approach.” Dr. Kimberly Riegel, Assistant professor of Physics, presented “Introduction to Research Course: Challenges and Successes.”

• Dr. Patrick Byers, Assistant Professor of Psychology, presented “Possibilities for UR with qualitative research in psychology.”
• Dr. Kimberly Riegel, Assistant professor of Physics, presented “Introduction to Research Course: Challenges and Successes.”
• Dr. Anuradha Srivastava, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Geology, presented “Undergraduate Research Experience in A Biology Classroom: A Course Embedded Collaborative Active Learning Approach.”
  

Wednesday, May 1^st 2019

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Oakland Dining Room

Facilitated by Christine Spicknell

The Human Research protection and Introduction to the IDEATE system workshop covers a range of topics related to the IRB review process, human subjects research, the policies and CUNY/federal regulations that guide QCC human subjects research projects, and how to use the IDEATE system to submit the IRB application. We invite all QCC researchers, faculty, and students involved with or considering conducting human subjects research to attend the workshop. 

4/29/19 (Monday): 3:00 pm to 4;30 pm, L313

5/1/19 (Monday): 10:00 am to 11:30 am, L313

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Thursday, May 8^th 2019

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Library Building – Room L-311

Facilitated by Christine (Mi-Seon) Kim

Friday, April 5, 2019

Choose either the morning or afternoon session: 9:30am to 12:30pm OR 1:30pm to 4:30pm)

Location: Oakland Dining Room

This workshop, hosted by Professor Emeritus Thomas C. Reeves, The University of Georgia, touches on the question “Why is evaluation so important?” Higher education faculty across all disciplines are under pressure to seek funding for the development of teaching and learning innovations that will improve the learning of their students. Funding sources demand a robust evaluation plan to be part of any proposal, and if an instructional innovation proposal is funded, they expect the outcomes of the project to be rigorously evaluated. This workshop is specifically designed to establish evaluation as a key strategy throughout the design, development, and implementation of educational innovations in higher education.

To RSVP, please send an email to [email protected].

2019 Grant Boot Camp

The QCC Office of Grants/Sponsored Programs is pleased to offer a second mini Grant Development and Compliance Boot Camp in January 2019. Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the first boot camp we are offering it a second time. The 2019 Grant Development and Compliance Boot Camp is sponsored by the CUNY Office of Research.

January 22, 2019 – Dr. Marjorie Piechowski, Emerita Director of Research Support, University of Wisconsin

Grant Development ● Why Write Grants? ● What projects can grants support? ● Grant writing vs. academic writing ● Importance of literature review ● Ideal timeline ● Steps in proposal development ● How Proposal Components Work Together for a Complete Proposal ● Abstract ● Problem Statement ● Goals, Aims, Objectives ● Research Methodology/Plan ● Evaluation ● Dissemination ● Budget development ● Facilities and resources ● Bio-sketches and project personnel ● Overview of the grant review process

January 23, 2019 – Dr. Miguel Roig, Professor, Psychology, St. John’s University

Research Integrity ● Predatory publishing and content ● Hijacked journals ● Research misconduct ● Research integrity guidance ● Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism ● Common misdemeanors in science ● Authorship issues ● Research ethics ● Incidence of research misconduct ● Incidence of plagiarism ● Paraphrasing ● Self-plagiarism ● Image data integrity ● Post publication peer review ● Core values of research integrity

Please RSVP to Corisse Vialva at [email protected]

Date: Friday March 1^st 2019

Time: 10am – 2pm Please be on time.

Location: L311

Thinking about undertaking a research project but not sure where/how to start? Then join us for this workshop.  We will provide an overview of the research design process from start to finish, and offer feedback for your own research ideas.

We will discuss:

• Formulating a (good) research question
• Popular research designs
• Data collection methods
• Statistical Analysis in SPSS
  • Descriptive (mean, mode , median) 
  • Inferential (Anova, T-test, Chi-Square and Regression)

You will have the opportunity to work on your own research idea at each step of the session. Please walk with a research question to the workshop.

Register Here: https://qcc.libcal.com/

Presenters: Dr. Ian Beckford, Director of Policy Analysis, QCC

                        Professor Neera Mohess, Kurt R. Schmeller Library, QCC

                      Dr. Venessa Singhroy, Mathematics & Computer Science Department, QCC

Co-sponsored by the Kurt R. Schmeller Library and QCC’s Office of Research

Certificates will be presented at the end of this workshop.

The 2019 CUNY Community College Faculty Development Workshop will be held at John Jay College on Thursday, January 10, 2019.

The annual faculty development workshop will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Thomas Brock, Director of the Community College Research Center.  There will be breakout sessions on the scholarship of teaching and learning, growth mindset in STEM and integrating research into the curriculum across disciplines. There will also be a discussion of open education resources at CUNY.

The workshop will also feature a poster session and you are welcome to present your work. Let us know when you register for the event.

Please register for the workshop here: http://bit.ly/2DRd7PE

Download a flyer for the event here: http://bit.ly/2DTdOrT

Questions: contact [email protected]