Research Resources

• The COE Education Research Committee is a college level standing committee composed of tenured and tenure track faculty. This committee works to build and sustain infrastructure to support research and creative activity within the College of Education. The COE Research Committee will be composed of 6 faculty (3 from each department) that serve in two-year terms. The committee is chaired by a tenured faculty in COE.
• The COE Research Committee will be guided by the following four charges:
  • Increase the visibility of research and creative activity being conducted by faculty and students in COE
  • Cultivate partnerships with schools, districts, and campus-based programs to support research and creative activity
  • Cultivate relationships with ORSP and IRB to communicate issues specific to the research being conducted by COE faculty
  • Provide professional development opportunities to support COE faculty in their research efforts

Kim Evert

Angie Hooser

Ryan Seth Jones

Janna McClain

Katie Schrodt

Everett Singleton

Contact your research coordinator if there is anything you need help with!

Ryan Seth Jones

The COE Research Coordinator supports faculty and student research by:

• Leading strategic efforts to promote and increase scholarship, creative work, and sponsored research; assist in cultivating faculty research; and work to develop innovative and collaborative initiatives.
• Working closely with the dean, program directors, faculty, and staff to establish and execute a strategic vision for research in COE. This strategic vision will include, but not be limited to plans for:
• Working to identify funding opportunities that support the range of faculty expertise within the college.
• Fostering research projects, providing guidance in proposal development and implementation, and acting as a liaison to University wide research, scholarship, and funding initiatives.
• Serving as the primary communications liaison between the college, ORSP, and research centers across campus.
• Representing the college on the Middle Tennessee State University Council for Sponsored Scholarship (UCSS).
• Chairing the COE Research Committee.

• The UCSS is dedicated to fostering and enhancing sponsored research and creative activity at MTSU. COE faculty can inform the COE Research Coordinator of issues that the UCSS should be aware of, or contact the UCSS leadership directly

• The mission of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is to support faculty, staff, and students in the pursuit of academic, scholarly, and creative excellence as they seek external funding, to provide leadership in matters of compliance and research ethics, and to create opportunities that elevate research and the creative arts on our campus in line with MTSU’s mission and to serve our community.

• The Undergraduate Research Center provides undergraduate students with opportunities to engage in mentored research.

• The URECA program provides grant opportunities to support student research at MTSU. These grants fund student stipends, materials, and travel.