Alexa Sand is a Professor of Arts History and the Associate VP of Research at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Prof. Alexa Sand joins us on our podcast to talk about Undergraduate Research at Utah State, the role Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) plays, the services her group provides Students & Faculty, their successes, and finally the skills and characteristics needed to do research. In particular, we discuss the following with her: Prof. Alexa Sand’s Background Undergraduate Research at Utah State Student Successes in Research Skills for tomorrow’s Researchers Topics discussed in this episode: Introducing Prof. Alexa Sand, USU [0:54] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:16] Professional Background [4:21] Value of UG Research [6:35] Assoc. VP of UG Research at USU [10:22] CUR’s Role [11:45] Research Liaison for Students [14:19] Introducing UG Research at Freshman Orientation [19:19] Broad Participation [21:47] Student-Driven Projects [23:44] UG Research Opens Doors [27:11] What’s Ahead? [28:27] Skills High Schoolers Need to do Research [31:07] Our Guest: Alexa Sand is a Professor of Arts History and the Associate VP of Research at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Prof. Sand graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Anthropology from Williams College. She received her Master’s and PhD degrees in Art History from the University of California Berkeley. Memorable Quote: “ There's a Latin motto Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Which means, like the work takes a long time. Yes, it's long, and life is relatively short.” Prof. Alexa Sand about Undergraduate Research. Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. Follow us on Instagram. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email podcast@almamatters.io. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify.