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DUOS - Graduate Mentors

DUOS Program Overview
The DUOS program aims to heighten the synergy between graduate and undergraduate research at Miami University. The graduate and undergraduate students will work together on a research project under the supervision of a faculty member in a Ph.D. granting department. Either graduates or undergraduates may initiate the application, but the undergraduate student is to have primary authorship of the project. Any Miami undergraduate student and any post-master’s doctoral student in good standing who agree to abide by program requirements are eligible to apply. View DUOS program guidelines on the web, get a printed copy from the OARS office in 102 Roudebush Hall.

Becoming a DUOS mentor?
The program is open to all Miami full-time post-masters’ doctoral students from one of Miami's doctoral departments: Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Microbiology, English (Rhetoric and Composition for Literature), Political Science, Social Gerontology, Psychology, Zoology, Educational Leadership.

If the graduate student’s program does not offer a master’s, students must be in at least their second year of graduate study. Preference will be given to graduate students who can document prior research collaboration with a faculty member. Each graduate/ undergraduate pair should make application as described in the program guidelines. A single graduate student can be listed as a prospective mentor on up to two applications only.

To participate,
• a graduate student must be willing and able to provide appropriate supervision and mentorship of the undergraduate with whom she or he has elected to be paired.
• the graduate student’s faculty advisor must be willing to oversee the project as described in the guidelines.

Graduate Student Mentors - Becoming an Effective Mentor
How to Mentor Undergraduate Researchers by Carolyn Ash Merkel California Institute of Technology and Shenda M. Baker, Harvey Mudd College, Council on Undergraduate Research
Mentor Expectations and Student Responsibilities in Undergraduate Research by Aaron Monte Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin - La Crosse