As undergraduate students at Radford University in Virginia, Jenny Davis and James Chouinard found themselves doing community-based research at the Women’s Resource Center. They were excited and enthusiastic about the research and in doing so learned the research process.

Today Drs. Davis and Chouinard are with the School of Sociology at ANU and nurturing Faculty Mentors.

Drs. Davis & Chouinard join us on our podcast to talk about their UG Research at Radford University, Impact of UG Research, Pursuit of Graduate work, Experiences as Faculty Mentors, and finally the Advice for high schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with them:

• Dr. Jenny Davis & James Chouinard’s Background
• UG Research Radford University
• Impact of UG Research
• Being Faculty Mentors
• Skills for tomorrow’s Researchers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Drs. Jenny Davis & James Chouinard, ANU [0:42]
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:18]
• Professional Backgrounds [5:13]
• Getting into UG Research [7:56]
• Initial Research Topics [11:21]
• The Research Experience [13:24]
• Other Research Topics [16:00]
• UG Research Takeaways [18:33]
• Student Participation [22:18]
• Why Sociology? [23:41]
• Impact of UG Research [28:17]
• Being a Faculty Mentor [32:57]
• UG Research in US vs Australia [38:12]
• Skills Developed with Research [41:44]
• Dealing with Wrong Hypothesis [48:37]
• Advice for High Schoolers [52:37]
• Memories [55:19]

Our Guests: Dr. Jenny Davis is a Sociologist and Sr. Lecturer in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University in Canberra Australia. Dr. Davis received her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Radford University in Virginia and PhD from Texas A&M University.

Dr. James Chouinard is a Lecturer in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University in Canberra Australia. Dr. Chouinard received his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Radford University in Virginia and PhD from Texas A&M University.

Memorable Quote: “ The research process is so messy, and it's really hard. And you have to sort of trust in yourself that you can do hard things, you have to trust in your faculty mentors, that they'll guide you through those, those hard things. ” Dr. Jenny Davis.

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