RIT U-RISE Resources

RIT U-RISE Resources

Research Resources

Research Employment Information

https://www.rit.edu/ntid/nccc#about-nccc

NCCC assists deaf and hard-of-hearing students, graduating students and alumni with their job search and works with employers to facilitate hiring of highly qualified co-op students and graduates.

General Research Resources

  • use this website to search for future graduate school programs

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists

  • Google Scholar is a great way to do online research for scholarly articles and filter out unwanted non-scholarly information
  • set your library preferences in Google Scholar, click on Libraries in the left hand column and check off RIT or type in RIT so you can access our database articles when using Google Scholar

  • use this website to find names of journals in your field

  • use this website to search for future research mentors
  • see who has grants and money in your field of interest!!

NTID-supported students and faculty doing faculty-guided research can have their research posters printed (at no charge) for presentations at professional and academic conferences.

To help with cost, print time, and staffing logistics, please adhere to the following print policies:

  • The poster content must be related to NTID-supported student/faculty research.
  • Faculty advisors of student researchers must approve the posters for printing. They should submit the final poster for printing on behalf of their student researchers.
  • We will not be able to re-print posters, so please carefully proofread contents before sending the file for printing.
  • Posters sizes can vary, but please limit posters to no larger than 44” x 60” (44” paper will be the largest that we carry).
  • Please avoid using solid color backgrounds or large solid images as backgrounds (this consumes ink very rapidly). However, the use of colored texts, images, graphs, tables, boxes, etc. are encouraged.
  • To avoid transposition errors on different computers and printers, please submit the files in PDF format.
  • Please plan ahead to allow five (5) business days for printing.
  • Faculty-approved PDF files of posters should be sent to Jorge Samper (jbsedr@ntid.rit.edu) for printing.


Please do not hesitate to contact Todd Pagano (tepnts@rit.edu) should you have any questions.

  • use this survey for a fast and easier way to develop and do surveys online

Best Practices

Best Practices for Inclusion of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Scientists at Conferences
Paul A. Craig, Vincent Samar, Kathryn Womack, Jason Listman

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How to Best Prepare for Your PhD and Your PhD Interview
Mark Rosica

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  • Access Services for Conferences: For Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Student Participants
    Dr. Paul Craig and Ms. Kat Womack, RISE Core Team Members
  • Access Services for Conferences: For Conference Organizers
    Dr. Paul Craig and Ms. Kat Womack, RISE Core Team Members
  • All Alone in a Crowd
    Dr. Lea Vacca Michel, RISE Mentor
  • Best Practices for English Instruction for Deaf Undergraduates
    Dr. Kirsten Condry and Dr. Pam Connelly, Instructors for RISE-Required Courses

Mentor Resources

http://workingtogether.deaftec.org/

The Working Together: Deaf & Hearing People online course is an approximately 2-hour course designed to help employers develop the sensitivity and skills to communicate effectively with deaf and hard-of-hearing employees, enable deaf and hearing colleagues to work together more productively, and assist in fostering a workplace culture of diversity and inclusion. The five self-paced modules in the course cover topics on Myths and Definitions, Hearing Loss, Deaf Culture, Communication, and Accommodation and Inclusion in the Workplace. This information can benefit employers, co-workers, HR business leaders, and other inclusion/diversity professionals.

The U-RISE Mentor Training Team is currently developing a series of training modules to orient mentors of deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists to various considerations of access and equity in traditional classroom, virtual classroom, and research lab environments. Check back soon for more!

https://www.rit.edu/ntid/teach2connect

Teach2Connect is intended to provide instructors with classroom teaching strategies that foster collaborative learning among deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing students. Additionally, this site provides valuable resources to assist faculty in finding answers to questions they might have when working with deaf and hard-of-hearing students in and outside of the classroom.

Assessment Tools

The DRS was developed by RIT U-RISE based on the National Pre-Doctoral Association's list of core professional and scientific competencies to be used to guide postdoctoral training and was modified for undergraduate trainees. The DRS is used as a formative evaluation measure used to track trainee progress towards development of these competencies:

readiness scale

The DRS contains 41 items. Trainees self-rate each item, and each mentor rates their trainee(s) on the same items. The results of the DRS generate a report that informs the development of each Trainee's Individual Development Plan and to stimulate discussion guiding trainees to and through applications to doctoral programs in their final year.

Sample DRS

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Table IV. Targeted Core Competencies* to be trained by RIT U-RISE
CORE COMPETENCIES EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Career Awareness Understand scope of biomedical, biobehavioral and clinical research and career options
Responsible Conduct of Research Demonstrate knowledge of lab safety; awareness of government and institutional research regulatory policies; ethical protection of human subjects and the welfare of animals; ethical responsibility to colleagues and the profession
The Scientific Method Demonstrate knowledge of how to critically evaluate scientific literature, form a research question, construct hypotheses, design and conduct experiments, analyze data; draw scientific conclusions, revise hypotheses; ensure rigor and reproducibility or results; communicate results.
Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Methods Understand and apply common discipline-specific research methods: e.g., experimental, quasi- experimental, and correlational designs; field studies; qualitative and quantitative research methods; biological and chemical laboratory techniques; epidemiological methods; imaging techniques; statistical methods & traditions; specialized software; data visualization and archiving.
Research Culture and Public Good Understand and display collegiality, responsible data sharing, open access to scientific information; team-science principles (collaborative research to address complex problems); effective mentor- trainee relationships, community engagement in research (e.g., community-based participatory research).
Professional and Scientific Communication Demonstrate effective scientific communication; oral, poster, and panel presentation best practices; proficiency in scientific writing (professional style guidelines, manuscript preparation checklists, journal submission letters, grant writing, responding to reviewers), managing professional communication for diverse audiences; principles of team authorship; effective participation and networking in scientific conventions and conferences.
Professional Development Apply strategies and skills for working with interpreters in intramural and extramural lab environments; working with individuals from diverse backgrounds; conflict resolution; working in new professional environments; assessing own progress towards meeting graduate school expectations; and preparing graduate school applications and personal statements.
Self-Efficacy Develop effective psychological resilience strategies, e.g., self-advocacy, self-confidence, and self- efficacy; time and stress management; coping with working in hearing environments; coping with REU/SRE and graduate school applications.
Build science identity - as a scientist-in-training and future DHH scientist role model
Enhance self-promotion skills, e.g., writing an effective resume/CV
Develop skills and strategies to participate professionally in national scientific conferences
Test-Taking & Interviews Develop effective study strategies; test anxiety repair strategies; strategies for preparing to take the GRE, strategies for giving effective application interviews.
Leadership Develop professional and scientific leadership skills.
*National Post-Doctoral Association Core Competencies, 34 2021, modified to meet the unique needs of DHH undergraduates

Sample DRS
Sample DRS shows sample scores on a rating scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) from a Ms. Trainee and Dr. Mentor for a variety of items related to the ten core competencies. An average score is generated for each competency for both the Trainee and Mentor in a summary chart. A graph comparing Trainee and Mentor scores visually represents the same average summary information.

The CASS were developed by the RIT U-RISE Professional communication and Training Team through evaluation of Trainees in various research environments. The team works collaboratively with trainees and mentors to provide consultation and recommend best-practice strategies, services, and technology to ensure optimized communication access. These scales are used routinely to help determine Trainee communication access needs and preferences in their specific research environments.

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Sample CASS
Sample CASS shows sample self-ratings of a variety of communication access preferences on a scale which includes different qualitative rating scales (1: never, rarely, sometimes, often, very often; 2: not important, slightly important, moderately important, very important, extremely important; and 3: strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree).

For questions regarding research resources you may also contact librarian, Dr. Joan Naturale. Please ask questions so that we can assist you.

Photo headshot of Joan Naturale, woman, dark hair, dark round-neck top Joan Naturale, Ed.D
NTID Library Liaison
NTID, Liberal Studies, Deaf Collections, & Deaf Archives Instruction Librarian
RIT, Wallace Center, Bldg 5-1422
90 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Voice/Videophone: 585.286.4635
Fax: 585.475.2340
Email: jxnwml@rit.edu
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RIT NTID RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates

NIH U-RISE T34GM145542 “RIT U-RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates”