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

Ask a consulting librarian to

• teach your class about design course pages that will be available electronically

  • 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—Visual Arts, Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology
Phone: 4454
Email: gcotton@cornellcollege.edu
303 Cole Library

Jen Rouse—Performing Arts & Humanities, Education
Phone: 4466
Email: jrouse@cornellcollege.edu
304 Cole Library

Meghan Yamanishi—Social Sciences, History, and Archives
Phone: 4143
Email: myamanishi@cornellcollege.edu
308 Cole Library

 Amy Gullen—Natural Sciences and Technology
Phone: 4240
Email: agullen@cornellcollege.edu
305 Cole Library

Ask a writing consultant to

• teach your class about scheduling conferences with students in your class to review their writing at early or late stages

  • developing a research question
  • composing a thesis statement
  • developing support for a thesis or argument
  • organizing information from a variety of sources

• assist with writers’ workshops in your class

Laura Farmer, Writing Studio Director

    Phone: 4509

    Email: lfarmer@cornellcollege.edu

    315 Cole Library

Ask a quantitative reasoning consultant to

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

Jessica Johanningmeier

    Phone: 4222

    Email: jjohanningmeier@cornellcollege.edu

    324 Cole Library

Ask the academic technology consultant to

• teach your class about

  • scanning images in Photoshop Elements
  • using Microsoft Office products
  • developing effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • developing web pages with Dreamweaver
  • basic video / audio editing
  • podcasting
  • basic document design (including posters)

• schedule conferences with students in your class to review their class projects

• assist with Moodle, the course management software

Brooke Bergantzel

    Phone: 4125

    Email: bbergantzel@cornellcollege.edu

    122 Cole Library

Please note that student peer support is also available Sunday-Thursday evenings, 6-11 pm