{"id":656,"date":"2011-12-22T14:22:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T14:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vandfam.net\/dev\/wordpressmu\/college\/?p=656"},"modified":"2011-12-22T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T14:22:43","slug":"a-new-associate-director-for-undergraduate-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"A new associate director for undergraduate research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-657\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/12\/14image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-657\" title=\"14image\" src=\"https:\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/12\/14image5-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donna Bickford (photo by Dan Sears)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Donna Bickford will be the new associate director of the Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR) in the College of Arts and Sciences, effective Jan. 1, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Bickford has directed the Carolina Women\u2019s Center since June 2006. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island. Her research and teaching have explored the issue of human trafficking and the linkages between literature and social change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonna\u2019s knowledge and experience will be especially helpful as we continue to build a vibrant intellectual community that engages faculty and students through research,\u201d said OUR director Patricia Pukkila.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Undergraduate Research was established in 1999 to expand opportunities for Carolina undergraduates to engage in research and mentored scholarship.\u00a0 Through many OUR initiatives, undergraduates now enjoy a wide range of possibilities to conduct research with faculty and graduate mentors in classes, laboratories and field work on campus and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Bickford replaces Martha Arnold who retired from OUR in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donna Bickford will be the new associate director of the Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR) in the College of 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