Our research lab publishes dozens of papers every year to promote projects in our field of research. Among these papers are systematic reviews of relevant literature, which analyze the progression of research within our field.

We would like to collaborate with students to support our literature review process by categorizing papers and summarizing important findings. This allows us to extract and process data more easily.

This will involve several different steps for the students, including:

• Familiarizing themselves with our research and the types of academic papers that we are interested in.
• Reading studies relevant to our area of research.
• Applying the categorization scheme to classify relevant studies.
• Summarizing important results from relevant studies.

Bonus steps in the process would also include:

• Working with researchers to draft a publication based on the results.

By the end of the project, students should demonstrate:

• Understanding of our area of research and the purpose of our project
• Understanding and categorization of relevant studies
• Summarization of important information

Bonus steps would include:

• Assisting in the writing of a publication

Final deliverables should include

• A final report.

Students will connect directly with us for mentorship throughout the project. We will be able to provide answers to questions such as:

• Our research projects
• Current understanding of our field of research
• Input on choices, problems or anything else the students might encounter.

We can provide students with:

• A list of studies relevant to our research and what to look for while reading
• A walkthrough / tutorial of the purpose of our research and the research question we would like to investigate