b'U NDERGRADUATER ESEARCHC OUNCILThe Undergraduate Research Council of Valdosta State University was organized in the fall semester of 2011.Membership includes faculty representatives from the undergraduate academic departments and programs at VSU.The Council is charged with promoting undergraduate students interest in research, with seeking ways to promote undergraduate students involvement in research activities, and with helping faculty identify opportunities to involve undergraduates in research.Prior to 2011, an undergraduate research symposium was celebrated for seventeen years in the College of Arts and Sciences.COUNCIL MEMBERS 2022Dr. Lavonna Lovern Chair of the Undergraduate Research CouncilDr. Tom Aiello, African American StudiesDr. Glenda Swan, Art and DesignDr. Timothy Fort, BiologyDr. Gopeekrishnan Sreenilayam, ChemistryDr. Michael Eaves, Communication ArtsDr. Kathrine Lamb, Communication Sciences and DisordersDr. Anurag Dasgupta, Computer ScienceDr. Ubaraj Katawal, EnglishDr. Sarah FitzGerald, HistoryDr. Michael Savoie, Honors CollegeDr. Zulal Denaux, Langdale College of Business AdministrationDr. Samantha Paul, LibraryDr. Charles Kicey, Mathematics Dr. Sean Lennon, Middle, Secondary, Reading and Deaf EducationDr. Karen Acosta, Modern and Classical LanguagesDr. Peter Geldrich, MusicMs. Michele Blankenship, Nursing, and Health SciencesDr. Lavonna Lovern, Native American and Indigenous Studies; Philosophy, Religious, and Interdisciplinary StudiesDr. Donald Thieme, Physics, Astronomy, Geosciences, and Engineering StudiesDr. Marc Pufong, Political ScienceDr. Charles Talor, PsychologyDr. Anne Price, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal JusticeDr. A.J. Ramirez, Womens and Gender StudiesDr. James LaPlant, Ex OfficioMr. B. Cordell Moats, URC Graduate Assistant63'