First (Class) Aid for Research-based Assignments at Cornell

Ask a consulting librarian to

• teach your class about
  • searching for and evaluating information
  • citing sources in the style appropriate to your discipline
• arrange for course reserves
• brainstorm ideas for research assignments for your course
• purchase resources for your course
• help you locate resources for your course assignment(s)
• collaborate with you in designing tools to assess the research process as well as the end product

Greg Cotton - Art
Phone: 4454
Email gcotton@cornellcollege.edu

Jean Donham - Education
Phone: 4260
Email jdonham@cornellcollege.edu

Mary Iber - Natural Sciences
Phone: 4240
Email miber@cornellcollege.edu

Elizabeth Lawler Schau - Performing Arts & Humanities
Phone: 4452
Email eschau@cornellcollege.edu

Amanda Swygart-Hobaugh - Social Sciences
Phone: 4256
Email aswygart@cornellcollege.edu

Ask a writing consultant to

• teach your class about
  • developing a research question
  • composing a thesis statement
  • developing support for a thesis or argument
  • organizing information from a variety of sources
• schedule conferences with students in your class to review their writing at early or late stages
• assist with writers' workshops in your class

Jen Rouse
Phone: 4466
Email jrouse@cornellcollege.edu

Mariah Steele
Phone: 4509
Email msteele@cornellcollege.edu

Ask a quantitative reasoning consultant to

• work with faculty and students in using and interpreting numerical information whether in research articles, tests, or programs such as Excel, SPSS, etc

Ask the educational technologist to

• assist your class with
  • scanning images in Photoshop Elements
  • using Microsoft Office products
  • developing a PowerPoint Presentation
• provide support to students developing web pages for assignments in your course
• schedule conferences with students in your class to review their class projects
• continue to assist with class projects via multimedia student support Sunday-Thursday evenings, 6-11 pm