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
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 (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)
Introductory Track: Ethnographic Techniques I (Howe)
Introductory Track: Agent-Based Modeling (Roberto)
Professionalization Track: The Science and Art of Academic Writing (Gershon)
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)
Intermediate Track: fMRI Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience (Denny)
Intermediate Track: Conducting Meta-Analysis (Oswald)
Intermediate Track: Coding and Memoing in Qualitative Analysis (Rhodes)
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)
Intermediate Track: Introduction to Python (Gong)
Intermediate Track: Intermediate R (Bertolusso)
Intermediate Track: Multilevel Modeling (Li)
Professionalization Track: Success in Grad School and Beyond--What Does This Mean and Tips for Achieving It (Leeds)
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)
Intermediate Track: Mixed Methods for Diversity Health Research (Garcini)
Advanced Track: Data Cleaning and Wrangling in R Using tidyverse (Robinson)
Advanced Track: Bayesian Thinking and Analysis (Vannucci)
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)
Intermediate Track: Machine Learning (Gauna)
Advanced Track: Approaches to Recovering Missing Data (Tyler)
Advanced Track: Computational Economics (Coleman)
Professionalization Track: Effective Research Presentations (Bae)
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)
Intermediate Track: Archival Methods for Health Research in the Social Sciences (Waggoner)
Advanced Track: Lasso and Ridge Regression in R (Powers)
Advanced Track: Analyzing and Visualizing Census Data with R (Smith)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Light bites with STaRT@Rice faculty and participants | 130 Kraft Hall
Closing Remarks