Faculty Reports and Testimonials

"The summer began as if I were teaching a class with one student, but by the end it was as if I were supervising an undergraduate honors thesis. She has graduated to being a fellow researched, and not just a passive recipient of information or an assistant in tedious tasks."

"Perhaps the most fun was having my student read my manuscripts critically - a valuable lesson for both of us."

"I am quite certain that each UTRA experience is unique, taking its particular form from the combination of student, professor, and project involved. To me, this is an example of exactly the kind of valuable interaction Brown offers both to our faculty's teaching and the students' learning, making the entire process richer and more individualized."

"...J demonstrated remarkable resourcefulness. She posed questions that challenged my thinking. We disagreed at times, and she helped me to take a closer look at more than one case. In that way, J operated almost as a peer. I respect her arguments and found it extremely valuable to have her challenge my thinking."

"I was particularly impressed with my UTRA's willingness to take intellectual risks and to challenge traditional approaches to educational research. She is a fine scholar and I look forward to continuing our intellectual relationship."

"In sum, my own research and teaching have benefited considerably from J's work this summer. Some of his insights will, as I hope when we agreed to work with one another, find their way into my courses."

"The relationship between R and myself evolved over the course of the summer from a more specifically professor-student relationship at the beginning to something much closer to 'colleagues' by the end, two people who were both interested and well informed in the subject area and able to discuss different ways it might be approached. We look forward to teaching the course together in the spring, and I feel confident that I'll have one of the most informed, as well as enthusiastic, assistants I have worked with in my career thus far."

"We work well together and with a genuine pleasure on both our parts. I will miss him very much when we complete out UTRA teaching fellowship at the end of this semester. He has enabled me to do much more ambitious things with this course than I would ever have attempted without him."