Katherine L''Amour Woolard Mayfour
Biographic Data
| ID | 4356377 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine L''Amour Woolard Mayfour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine L''Amour Woolard |
| FAMILY NAME | Mayfour |
| SIGNATURE | MAYFOUR K L A W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0260-4970 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Comparing methods for research mentorship
Recent research finds that a classic approach to research mentorship – the Socratic method – where faculty foster learning by posing probing questions, can also create gender and racial disparities in learning gains. A newer research mentorship method, the Critical Response Process (CRP), may address these shortcomings by giving students control over the flow and quality of feedback they receive. We test and compare the efficacy of these two meth…
Value Propositions Provide a Roadmap for Teaching Doctoral Students How to Develop Research Proposals
Writing winning proposals for funding research is an essential skill for doctoral students in the social sciences. Still, most anthropology programs lack formal instruction on this, relying instead on informal mentorship. To advance this, we evaluated the Value Proposition framework in teaching anthropology Ph.D. students to write proposals. Our findings from the feedback from students and faculty in the NSF-funded Cultural Anthropology Methods P…
Scaling up Through Online Research Mentorship – Lessons Learned
The NSF Cultural Anthropology Methods Program (CAMP) first iteration was a hybrid virtual model due to the world pandemic. Drawing on established pedagogical principles, the program combined asynchronous lectures with synchronous online instruction, hands-on activities, and mentorship sessions. The curriculum encompassed a diverse range of activities, including research project development and problem-solving exercises. Despite the benefits of vi…
Mentorship to Support Mental Health for Students in Applied Anthropology
Is there a difference in student physical activity between a field school and a traditional classroom setting
OBJECTIVES: We compared the physical activity of nine students participating in an anthropological field school to their activity expenditures in traditional classrooms. We predicted that the students would exhibit higher physical activity during the field school due to the substantial physical requirements associated with the program compared to traditional classroom environments which are frequently more sedentary. METHODS: Participants (n = 9)…
Teaching Ethnographic Methods
Ethnography is a core methodology in anthropology and other disciplines. Yet, there is currently no scholarly consensus on how to teach ethnographic methods—or even what methods belong in the ethnographic toolkit. We report on a systematic analysis of syllabi to gauge how ethnographic methods are taught in the United States. We analyze 107 methods syllabi from a nationally elicited sample of university faculty who teach ethnography. Systematic co…
Assessing comparative asset-based measures of material wealth as predictors of physical growth and mortality
Social scientists and policymakers have increasingly relied on asset-based indices of household wealth to assess social disparities and to identify economically vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. In the last decade, researchers have proposed a number of asset-based measures that permit global comparisons of household wealth across populations in different countries and over time. Each of these measures relies on different…
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Is there a difference in student physical activity between a field school and a traditional classroom setting
OBJECTIVES: We compared the physical activity of nine students participating in an anthropological field school to their activity expenditures in traditional classrooms. We predicted that the students would exhibit higher physical activity during the field school due to the substantial physical requirements associated with the program compared to traditional classroom environments which are frequently more sedentary. METHODS: Participants (n = 9)…
Teaching Ethnographic Methods
Ethnography is a core methodology in anthropology and other disciplines. Yet, there is currently no scholarly consensus on how to teach ethnographic methods—or even what methods belong in the ethnographic toolkit. We report on a systematic analysis of syllabi to gauge how ethnographic methods are taught in the United States. We analyze 107 methods syllabi from a nationally elicited sample of university faculty who teach ethnography. Systematic co…
Assessing comparative asset-based measures of material wealth as predictors of physical growth and mortality
Social scientists and policymakers have increasingly relied on asset-based indices of household wealth to assess social disparities and to identify economically vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. In the last decade, researchers have proposed a number of asset-based measures that permit global comparisons of household wealth across populations in different countries and over time. Each of these measures relies on different…
Scaling up Through Online Research Mentorship – Lessons Learned
The NSF Cultural Anthropology Methods Program (CAMP) first iteration was a hybrid virtual model due to the world pandemic. Drawing on established pedagogical principles, the program combined asynchronous lectures with synchronous online instruction, hands-on activities, and mentorship sessions. The curriculum encompassed a diverse range of activities, including research project development and problem-solving exercises. Despite the benefits of vi…
Mentorship to Support Mental Health for Students in Applied Anthropology
Comparing methods for research mentorship
Recent research finds that a classic approach to research mentorship – the Socratic method – where faculty foster learning by posing probing questions, can also create gender and racial disparities in learning gains. A newer research mentorship method, the Critical Response Process (CRP), may address these shortcomings by giving students control over the flow and quality of feedback they receive. We test and compare the efficacy of these two meth…
Value Propositions Provide a Roadmap for Teaching Doctoral Students How to Develop Research Proposals
Writing winning proposals for funding research is an essential skill for doctoral students in the social sciences. Still, most anthropology programs lack formal instruction on this, relying instead on informal mentorship. To advance this, we evaluated the Value Proposition framework in teaching anthropology Ph.D. students to write proposals. Our findings from the feedback from students and faculty in the NSF-funded Cultural Anthropology Methods P…
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