Introduction

  • This election is for Council on Undergraduate Research College of Education and Social Work Department Representative(s). The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the Council on Undergraduate Research College of Education and Social Work Department Representative(s) election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
  • This list in not official until nominations have been closed and the list of nominees has been reviewed and verified by the APSCUF Nominations and Elections Committee.
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The nominees for Council on Undergraduate Research College of Education and Social Work Department Representative(s) are:

David L. Bolton
Jade Burris

Nominations close Apr 17, 2019.
Regular Faculty in the College of Education and Social Work may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Each college can have at most two representatives on the Council on Undergraduate Research.
    • The election is decided by a plurality of those casting votes unless the number of candidates does not exceed the number of positions to fill. In the later case, each candidate will be voted on by an approve/disapprove ballot.
    • Vacant seats will be filled one at a time with the current vacant seat filled by the candidate with the highest vote count.
    • Each candidate selected counts as a cast vote.
    • Seats with longer terms will be filled first. In the case of an approve/disapprove ballot, candidates will be ranked according to number of approve votes.

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David L. Bolton


Department: Educational Foundations and Policy Studi

For the last five years, I've been an active member of the Council for Undergraduate Research. During that time, I've been its chair as well as its co-chair, which is my current position, helping to guide the work of the Council. As a member of the Council, I've helped organize and carry out the Summer Undergraduate Research Institute. Last year, Dr. Megan Corbin, the current chair, and I founded Ramifications, the new undergraduate research journal, which is currently preparing to publish its first issue. I have a passion for undergraduate research and want to continue this work and expand opportunities and support for undergraduate research at WCU.


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Jade Burris


Department: Early and Middle Grades Education

I would be honored to serve on the WCU-CUR with colleagues to continue this important work that benefits so many students and faculty on campus. During my four years at WCU, I have been a member of the Developing Research Agendas through Mentoring (DREAM) program to strengthen my own research and a member of the Research and Creative Activities Advisory Board (RCAAB) to support faculty research on campus. I was recently awarded a Provost Research Grant (PRG) where I will partner with pre-service teachers to conduct research in the classroom related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) pedagogy and would greatly enjoy the opportunity to be involved in promoting more partnerships with undergraduate students in research across campus.


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