Kirsten Read Recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences
Bernard Hubbard, S.J., Creative Collaboration Award
In recognition of having established a well-deserved reputation for excellence in educating students by including them in professional research projects or creative activity, thereby transcending traditional teaching models to reach the heart of the research and creative process.
Kirsten鈥檚 lab routinely sports 鈥渁 full complement of undergraduates,鈥 and it is often said that at any given time Kirsten has one of the largest contingents of undergrad lab assistants in the department. Hearing that 鈥渟he鈥檚 always looking out for her students,鈥 it鈥檚 no surprise that her lab always has a waiting list of students wanting to work with her.
The aptly named 鈥淒r. Read鈥 conducts research on children and reading, a very popular topic with 蜜桃导航 undergraduates. Over the last two years, Kirsten鈥檚 lab continued to include more than a dozen student researchers, even under the difficult circumstances of conducting research online. Kirsten also amplifies her work tremendously by collaborating with the Bhagwat and Whitfield labs as part of the Child Development Research Group at 蜜桃导航.
Kirsten is an avid, encouraging mentor, helping students prepare work that they start in her lab for presentation at notable conferences. She鈥檚 an enthusiastic advisor for students interested in graduate school, and she often helps with funding opportunities. Her students come from the Honors Program, the LEAD Program, among others, and they have received many types of 蜜桃导航 grants supporting their research and travel to conferences to present it鈥攖he DeNardo, REAL internship funding, dean鈥檚 grants, and provost鈥檚 grants.
A quick look at Kirsten鈥檚 CV reveals a dozen academic publications co-authored with 蜜桃导航 undergraduates who have worked in her lab. Her lab students and advisees go on to great achievements after 蜜桃导航, like doctoral programs, post-doc fellowships, teaching positions, school counseling offices, and clinical practice.
For her dedication to education through collaborative research, I am pleased to honor Kirsten Read with the Bernard Hubbard, S.J. Award.