Plenary Panel- Access for All: Pipelining Students into Undergraduate Research

This panel consists of faculty and staff who have successfully created programs to help students from under-represented backgrounds access undergraduate research opportunities. They will discuss how they acheived this while looking to a future where undergraduate research opportunities are accessible to all students. Moderator: Dr. Ruth Palmer Past President, Council on Undergraduate Research Professor Emeritus (School of Education, The College of New Jersey) Panellists: •Dr. Michael Mallott (Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Writing and Research and Professor, Daytona State College) •Dr. Kimberley Schneider (Assistant Vice Provost, Career Planning and Academic Engagement, UCF) •Dr. Melonie Sexton (Undergraduate Research Coordinator and Professor, Valencia College) •Dr. Latika Young (Director, Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement, Florida State University)