Graduate Research Assistants Program
The purpose of the GRA design team is to provide oversight of all GRAs in the college, including building capacity among them and supporting faculty who are awarded a GRA. This design team partnered with faculty and various centers, including the University Writing Center and University Library, to lead workshops focused on University Library instruction; Writing, Requesting, and Integrating feedback; American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition; How to Write a Lot; and How to Write a Strong Institutional Review Board Proposal. A total of 72 CEP or UTRGV students attended a Fall 2021 or Spring 2022 workshop. Additionally, this design team created a Blackboard Organization course with videos and resources available for GRAs and their faculty mentors, and they revised and sent out the call for 2022-2023 GRAs. They also revised and implemented fall and spring semester evaluations for both GRAs and faculty mentors. In Fall 2022, they will finalize the Blackboard organization for GRAs, design Fall 2022 professional development for GRAs and mentors; and design an orientation for new and returning GRAs.
Design Team Members
- Dr. Fred Guerra (Lead)
- Dr. Michelle Abrego
- Ms. Germaine Tondji
- Dr. Laura Jewett
- Dr. Javier Cavazos