J. Peter Moore is a poet and scholar who teaches and writes on U.S. literature and culture, particularly modern and contemporary poetry and poetics, aesthetic theory and African-American literature. He also works in the overlapping fields of material culture and print history, establishing and directing Purdue University’s first letterpress studio, The Print Bay.

As a member of the Honors College, he has been able to develop a number of courses based upon his research on postwar vernacular studies. These include an interdisciplinary writing course on theories of everyday life, a topics course on radical black aesthetics and a letterpress studio practicum on the history of the poetry broadside. Dr. Moore is also the Director of Creative Scholarly Projects in the Honors College, where he advises students on proposing and completing creative projects in fulfillment of capstone degree requirements.

In this episode we discuss:

• The model for the PATTeRN Research Generator program - particularly as it relates to undergraduate research. 
• What is PATTeRN?

• Highlights of student activity with the generator program last year 
• How students can get involved with The Print Bay
• What Peter hopes for the future of the PATTeRN research generator

• What is The Print Bay and how did it come to life?

https://honors.purdue.edu/about-us/faculty/moore.php  

https://honors.purdue.edu/current-students/Undergraduate-Research/Research-Generators/Patterns.php

Dr. Jason Ware is the Clinical Associate Professor & Direcor of Treks Research Generator as well as the Director of the Community and Well-being learning collaborative, which is group of scholars whose work focuses on community well-being 

Jason has worked extensively with the Faith Community Development Corporation, Habitat for Humanity, the Edgelea Neighborhood Coalition, and the City of Lafayette to impact local issues. Jason weaves this community well-being focus throughout his teaching, discovery, and engagement at Purdue. Jason has served as a board member for: 1) the Hanna Community Center, 2) the New Community School, 3) Leadership Lafayette, and 4) Habitat for Humanity-Lafayette.

In this episode we discuss:

• The model for the Reasearch Generator program - particularly as it relates to undergraduate research. 

• Highlights of student activity with the generator program last year 

• Details of his new project with Habitat for Humanity and how to support it

• New research opportunities for students in the upcoming year

• The most meaningful outcome or impact on students so far

https://honors.purdue.edu/about-us/faculty/ware.php

In this episode, we are going to talk about student advising in the John Martinson Honors College. From academics to well-being, our team of advisors is focused on helping students complete their honors requirements and create a pathway at Purdue that complements their degree program.  

So today we are going to talk with Jess Ramsey, who is the Director of Advising in the John Martinson Honors College.  

We talk about: 

• Skills, strengths and motivations behind what the advising team brings to student success   

• The difference in roles of the Honors advising team compared to major-related advisors and how they collaborate with each other 

• The most common themes that come up in advising sessions in honors 

• The students process for connecting with their advisor and getting the most out of their relationship with them 

Dr. Dwaine Jengelley’s research focuses on the factors that influence how journalists report the news, and media coverage of race. In this area, he explores the negativity in terrorism and climate change news coverage. He also researches the portrayals of the Black Lives Matter movement in editorial cartoons. His teaching interests include terrorism, security and technology, global development, sports and politics. Dr. Jengelley is also the director of the Interdisciplinary Sports Studies Research Generator in the John Martinson Honors College.  

In this episode we talk about: 

• How the Research generator program is applied to interdisciplinary sports studies 

• Highlights of student involvement in the program 

• Research opportunities for students 

• Looking ahead at the goals of a 3-year directorship  

• The most meaningful impacts of this program 

https://honors.purdue.edu/about-us/faculty/jengelley.php

Onyz Uzomah is an Honors College Advisor who coordinates the processes for students who are already at Purdue who are interested in joining the honors college.   

In this episode we talk about: 

• What qualifications you need to join the honors college  

• What Purdue students must do to complete requirements for the honors college 

• The benefits of coming into the honors college  

• When does the honors college application open for current Purdue students?  

https://honors.purdue.edu/current-students/honors-advising.php

Dr. Kristina Bros is the Associate Dean for Research & Creative Endeavors. Her role in the college encompasses all activities related to research and scholarly publishing. In our discussion today, however, we are going to focus specifically on the undergraduate scholarly project, which is a critical element to the honors program here at Purdue and required to complete the honors degree. 

What we cover:

• What is the scholarly project?

• The 3 pathways to completing the signature honors project

• Examples of scholarly projects from our students

• How the scholarly project contributes to academic study and future careers

• How you will be supported during your scholarly project 

Links mentioned in this episode: 

• The Scholarly Project https://honors.purdue.edu/current-students/Undergraduate-Research/Scholarly%20Project.php 

Mindy Hart is our Director of Recruitment and Admissions in the John Martinson Honors College at Purdue. In addition to overseeing the entire student recruitment and admissions process, she leads the Honors Ambassador program, which is a counsel of student leaders to interact and engage with prospective students during the admission process. 

What we cover:

• How to apply to the honors college

• The classes you may take through the honors college

• Do honors college classes count toward graduation?

• What it’s like to live at the honors college vs first-year dorms

• Is the honors college as challenging as people say?

• How much extra work is it to be in the honors college?

• How are students selected for honors?

• What do honors college ambassadors do?

• How to decide if the honors college is right for you

Links mentioned in this episode: 

• Visit the honors college https://honors.purdue.edu/future-students/visit-us.php