Project Snapshot
Minority Access to Research Careers, Undergraduate Science Training and Research (MARC-U*STAR) Research Group
Principal Investigator(s)/Project Directors: Dr. Reba Page
Project Description: The research project will describe and analyze federally-funded programs in undergraduate science that are designed to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities who go on to graduate school and careers in research in the biomedical sciences. The project takes as its specific case MARC-U*STAR (Minority Access to Research Careers, Undergraduate Science Training and Research). It uses a multi-method, multidisciplinary research design focused on relationships among five domains: (1) the undergraduate science curriculum; (2) the structure and culture of science at research and comprehensive universities; (3) the acquisition and use of social capital in undergraduate science; (4) processes of identity formation among students and faculty; and (5) the recent history of the federal role in undergraduate science.
MARC-U*STAR Research Group members:
Natalie Becker, Assistant Professor, UC Riverside
Begoña Echeverria, Assistant Professor, UC Riverside
James Lewis, Consultant, CSU Los Angeles
Holly Menzies, Assistant Professor and Consultant, CSU Los Angeles
Edgar I. Nájera, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside
Marie-France Orillion, Administrative Specialist, UC Riverside
Reba N. Page, PI, Professor, UC Riverside
Virginia Panish, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside
Robert K. Ream, Assistant Professor, UC Riverside
Eva Ritter, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside
Sarah Ryan, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside
Past members include:
Kathleen Adams, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside
Jan Osborne, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside
Maritza Rodriguez, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside
About the Project
Contact Information
Reba N. Page
Principal Investigator
Professor
UC Riverside
(951) 827-5238
Period
8/1/2004-7/31/2008