Dear UMBC Student,
I’m a doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. My dissertation explores potential influences that faculty-mentored undergraduate research has on student engagement and student academic achievement.
I understand you may be a student who previously conducted research with a UMBC faculty-mentor. If so, I would like to have a conversation with you about your faculty-mentored research past experience as part of my dissertation study. The commitment involves a one (1) hour individual interview with me this fall.
If this sounds interesting to you, please let me know as soon as possible. I am glad to answer questions that you may have about the interview and my dissertation study. All replies will be confidential. I look forward to hearing from you and thanks for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Michael Nichols
(443) 685-3277