Faculty Mentor of the Month

Mentors make a difference.

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) officially launched the Research Faculty Mentor of the Month recognition program in August 2017 and have since recognized 82 faculty mentors.

Each month the OUR office will highlight one of UK's outstanding and very much appreciated research faculty mentors who offer leadership and support to undergraduate student researchers.

Jake Higgins

Week 3 Sep 14, 2020

Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 3 --- Dr. Jacob Higgins is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and a Nurse Scientist in UK HealthCare. Thank you Dr. Higgins for your unwavering support of undergraduate research at the University of Kentucky. We are pleased to recognize your dedication this week as our Research Faculty Mentor of the Week.

Sihui (Echo) Ke

Week 2 Sep 7, 2020

Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 2 --- Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke is an Assistant Professor of Second Language Acquisition in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Bilingual and Biliteracy Research Lab. Thank you Dr. Ke for your unwavering support of undergraduate research at the University of Kentucky. We are pleased to recognize your dedication this week as our Research Faculty Mentor of the Week.

Brent Harrison

Week 1 Aug 31, 2020

Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 1 --- Dr. Brent Harrison is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Director of the CORGI (Computational Research in Games and Intelligence) Lab. Thank you Dr. Harrison for your unwavering support of undergraduate research at the University of Kentucky. We are pleased to recognize your dedication this week as our Research Faculty Mentor of the Week.

2020 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Winners Announced

By Ryan Girves Jul 27, 2020

Four university faculty members received the University of Kentucky 2020 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award during the 14th annual Virtual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars.

Rachel Farr

Week 14 Apr 13, 2020

Dr. Rachel Farr is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Farr's research interests include child development, family functioning, LGBTQ+ parent families, adoption and birth family experiences, mixed methods, and intersectionality of identities.

Dhananjay Ravat

Week 13 Mar 22, 2020

Dr. Dhananjay Ravat is a Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Ravat's research interests include geophysics and planetary sciences. He has conducted research on topics pertaining to exploration of the earth and planets with gravity and magnetic fields, solid-earth geophysics, tectonics, and environmental geophysics. Dr. Ravat has also participated in the development of World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Maps and the standards for the North American Gravity anomaly database.

Matthew Springer

Week 12 Mar 16, 2020

Dr. Matthew Springer is an Assistant Extension Professor of Wildlife Management in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Dr. Springer's research interests include wildlife damage management, human wildlife interactions, wildlife ecology, habitat use and management, and conservation biology.

Robyn Brown

Week 11 Nov 11, 2019

Dr. Robyn Brown is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Health, Society, and Populations (HSP) Program. Dr. Brown's research interests lie primarily within the social determinants of health and connect in significant ways with the fields of social psychology, disability studies and psychiatric epidemiology.

Ann Kingsolver

Week 10 Nov 4, 2019

Dr. Ann Kingsolver is a Professor of Anthropology in the UK College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Kingsolver's research interests include globalization and how people talk about it shaping their work and identities. Dr.

Dr. Clare Rittschof

Week 9 Oct 28, 2019

Dr. Clare Rittschof is an Associate Professor of Entomology in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Dr. Rittschof's research interests include the evolutionary consequences and mechanistic underpinnings of behavioral plasticity, particularly in the context of social interactions. Her lab's website states, "Current research projects are primarily focused on honey bee behavior and health, but past projects have utilized a number of different arthropod species, and the lab thrives on a broadly comparative scientific framework."

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