Emory Peer Mentors:
Support undergraduate researchers participating in the Scholarly-Inquiry and Research Experience (SIRE) Program.
Support Graduate Fellows in teaching and mentoring.
Work with a small subset of SIRE Undergraduate Scholars and serve as a TA for SIRE Graduate Fellows.
A peer mentor’s responsibilities include:
Assist with facilitating SIRE sessions and meeting one-on-one with the SIRE Graduate Fellow and SIRE Undergraduate Scholars.
Give feedback to SIRE undergraduate scholars and facilitate small group interactions.
Participate in weekly SIRE class meetings and in Undergraduate Research Programs (URP) committees.
Support URP events.
Peer Mentors provide a valuable resource toSIRE Undergraduate Scholars by providing mentorship and sharing their own experiences as previous Research Partners.
Students may participate as a Peer Mentor using work study or for course credit.
SIRE Program alumnus.
In good standing with research group.
Registered for 18 credit hours or less including SIRE 299.
Attendance and participation in weekly SIRE 299 class.
One on one mentoring with SIRE Undergraduate Scholars.
Participation in the Spring Symposium and other URP events.