STaRT@Rice

STaRT@Rice is an innovative program that will provide a panoramic view of the research process and offer professionalization opportunities. It will increase expertise via exposure in applied workshops. Participants will learn how to ask better questions about the research process and develop important professional skills. Workshops will cover a broad range of content, moving from introductory to intermediate to advanced. Thus, participants can choose workshops matching their skill sets and background. For example, a sixth year graduate student analyzing their dissertation data can attend workshops covering in-depth interviewing and automated text analysis, while interacting with others on campus (including Rice University faculty) with expertise using those methods. As another example, a senior undergraduate planning to attend graduate school or a first year graduate student might select workshops including only introductory methodological content such as linear models and professionalization topics including effective research presentations.

This year's STaRT@Rice will take place on October 11-14, 2024

 

 

2023 STaRT@Rice Schedule

 

Friday, October 6

Welcome Reception | 130 Kraft Hall
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Research Relays
Light Bites

Saturday, October 7

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Introductory Track: Introduction to Linear Models (Diaz), 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Introduction to Python (Gong), 105 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Bayesian Thinking and Analysis (Vannucci), 120 Kraft Hall
Health Track: Empowered Illness Narratives, Rewriting Health Inequalities (Massie), 125 Kraft Hall

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Introductory Track: Introduction to R (Barber), 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Machine Learning (Gauna), 125 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Designing and Deploying a Data Visualization App (Mulligan), 120 Kraft Hall
Health Track: Archival Methods for Health Research in the Social Sciences (Waggoner), 105 Kraft Hall

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dinner with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

Sunday, October 8

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Introductory Track: Survey Design and Implementation via Qualtrics (Thompson), 110 Kraft Hall
Introductory Track: Ethnographic Techniques I (Howe), 125 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Intermediate R (Bertolusso), 105 Kraft Hall
Health Track: fMRI Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience (Denny), 120 Kraft Hall

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Introductory Track: Introduction to ArcGIS Pro and GIS Data Management (Gumel), 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Multilevel Modeling (Li), 105 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Sample Selectivity and Estimation of Counterfactual Distributions (Cunha), 120 Kraft Hall

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dinner with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

Monday, October 9

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Introductory Track: Data Collection via In-Depth Interviewing (Evans), 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Conducting Meta-Analysis (Oswald), 120 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Approaches to Recovering Missing Data (Tyler), 125 Kraft Hall
Health Track: Mixed Methods for Diversity Health Research (Garcini), 105 Kraft Hall

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Introductory Track: Effective Research Presentations (Bae), 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Coding and Memoing in Qualitative Analysis (Rhodes), 125 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Synthetic Control Group Designs Using Stata (Fiel), 120 Kraft Hall
Health Track: Using Electronic Medical Records in Public Health Research (Nguyen), 105 Kraft Hall

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dinner with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall
Closing Remarks

Note: Four different tracks of workshops are offered: Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced, and Health. These are suggestions to help participants determine which workshops to take, based on their experience, skillset, and interests. However, participants may sign up for workshops that are all within different tracks.

STaRT@Rice 2023 Pricing:

  Students Academics Professionals
Non-Refundable Registration Fee (opens on 7/31) $25 $25 $25
Early Bird Full Access Registration (ends 8/31) $125* $225 $325
Regular Full Access Registration (ends 9/22) $250 $350 $450
Á La Carte Per Workshop Fee (ends 9/22) $150 $150 $150
On-Site Full Access Registration (10/6 -10/9) $550 $550 $550

*Scholarship eligible (undergraduate and non-medical graduate level students). Must submit a scholarship application in addition to registration.

Students = Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students and medical students

Academics = Rice and Houston-area alums, postdocs, faculty members, lecturers, university staff members, etc.

Professionals = Physicians, business owners and employees, industry workers, etc.

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