{"id":2477,"date":"2018-04-30T09:47:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugresearch.utk.edu\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2018-04-30T09:47:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:47:37","slug":"erin-darby-named-1-of-3-undergraduate-research-mentors-of-the-year-for-the-college-of-arts-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/2018\/04\/30\/erin-darby-named-1-of-3-undergraduate-research-mentors-of-the-year-for-the-college-of-arts-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Darby named 1 of 3 Undergraduate Research Mentors of the Year for the College of Arts &amp; Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/studentsuccess.utk.edu\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/darby.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3564\" \/>Congratulations to Dr. Erin Darby, one of 2018\u2019s winners of the Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>Darby goes far beyond the typical expectations of a professor to seek out opportunities to benefit students\u2019 growth and success. Moreover, the opportunities she finds for her students are noted for their concern for the students\u2019 interests. Emily Liske describes Darby\u2019s willingness to redesign an unavailable course as an independent study tailored to Liske\u2019s personal research. As she writes, \u201cShe worked with me to hone my paper into one of a caliber I didn\u2019t think I could produce, and she didn\u2019t stop there. Dr. Darby encouraged me to submit my work for conferences and awards, and she even accompanied me to my presentation at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR), where she was my biggest cheerleader when I won the Undergraduate Research Award.\u201d Similarly, Gayatri Nandwani tells of how, when initial research abroad plans fell through due to safety issues, Darby provided the chance to conduct research alongside her at the \u2018Ayn Gharandal dig site in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Darby\u2019s contributions aren\u2019t limited to such grand gestures though, as she consistently supports her students throughout their educations, on both a personal and professional level, providing emotional motivation as well as guidance in the presentation of work to scholarly audiences. As Nandwani says, \u201cShe has taught me life lessons that I would not have learned in a classroom and has showed me that there will be hurdles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Darby is an assistant professor in the religious studies department, and she co-directs the \u2018Ayn Gharandal Archaeological Project in Jordan. She received her PhD from Duke University. She is an expert in the Hebrew Bible, ancient Near Eastern history, literature, and archaeology, and her research was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dr. Erin Darby, one of 2018\u2019s winners of the Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year award. 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