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
Online registration for the 2024 STaRT@Rice is now closed. To be added to the on-site registration waitlist please contact start@rice.edu.
STaRT@Rice 2024 Pricing:
| Students | Academics | Professionals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Refundable Registration Fee (opens on 8/5) | $25 | $25 | $25 |
| Early Bird Full Access Registration (ends 9/2) | $150* | $250 | $350 |
| Regular Full Access Registration (ends 9/23) | $275 | $375 | $475 |
| Á La Carte Per Workshop Fee (ends 9/23) | $175 | $175 | $175 |
| On-Site Full Access Registration (10/11-10/14) | $575 | $575 | $575 |
*Scholarship eligible (full-time undergraduate and non-medical graduate level students). Must submit a scholarship application in addition to registration and must attend six workshops.
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.
2024 STaRT@Rice Schedule
Friday, October 11
Welcome Reception | 130 Kraft Hall
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Research Relays
Light Bites
Saturday, October 12
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
Introductory Track: Ethnographic Techniques I (Howe) | 125 Kraft Hall
Introductory Track: Agent-Based Modeling (Roberto) | 120 Kraft Hall
Professionalization Track: The Science and Art of Academic Writing (Gershon) | 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: Introduction to R (Ferguson) | 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: fMRI Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience (Denny) | 120 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Conducting Meta-Analysis (Oswald) | 105 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Coding and Memoing in Qualitative Analysis (Rhodes) | 125 Kraft Hall
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Light bites with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall
Sunday, October 13
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Introductory Track: Sociolinguistics and Language Discrimination (Niedzielski & McCleary) | 125 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Introduction to Python (Gong) | 102 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Intermediate R (Bertolusso) | 105 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Multilevel Modeling (Li) | 120 Kraft Hall
Professionalization Track: Success in Grad School and Beyond--What Does This Mean and Tips for Achieving It (Leeds) | 110 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: Survey Design and Implementation via Qualtrics (Thompson) | 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Mixed Methods for Diversity Health Research (Garcini) | 125 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Data Cleaning and Wrangling in R Using tidyverse (Robinson) | 105 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Bayesian Thinking and Analysis (Vannucci) | 120 Kraft Hall
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Light bites with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall
Monday, October 14
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Introductory Track: Experiments in the Social Sciences (Marschall & Wager) | 110 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Machine Learning (Gauna) | 125 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Approaches to Recovering Missing Data (Tyler) | 120 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Computational Economics (Coleman) | 102 Kraft Hall
Professionalization Track: Effective Research Presentations (Bae) | 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
Intermediate Track: Web-Scraping with R (Pugh) | 105 Kraft Hall
Intermediate Track: Archival Methods for Health Research in the Social Sciences (Waggoner) | 110 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Lasso and Ridge Regression in R (Powers) | 120 Kraft Hall
Advanced Track: Analyzing and Visualizing Census Data with R (Smith) | 125 Kraft Hall
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Light bites with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall
Closing Remarks