Dr. Josh Cannon of Frederick Honors College: Helping Students Find Resources for Undergraduate Research.

Dr. Josh Cannon of Frederick Honors College: Helping Students Find Resources for Undergraduate Research.

Author: Venkat Raman February 27, 2025 Duration: 38:40

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After finishing High School, Dr. Cannon joined the Marine Corps as an Arabic Cryptologic Linguist. Dr. Cannon loved the process of learning a language. So, after the Marine Corps, Dr Cannon attended the University of Pittsburgh where he discovered archaeology which he combined with his love for languages. 

Dr. Cannon joins us on our podcast to talk about UG Research at Frederick Honors College, Research Infrastructure, Research Fellowships, Success stories, and Advice for High Schoolers.

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introducing Dr. Josh Cannon, University of Pittsburgh []

  • Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []

  • Background []

  • Why Languages? []

  • Interest in Research []

  • Research Infrastructure and Resources []

  • Students’ Research Participation []

  • Fellowships []

  • Success Stories []

  • Advice for High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Dr. Josh Cannon is the Director of Research at Frederick Honors College, University of Pittsburgh.

Memorable Quote:So if you're going to spend time doing this research, you really should present, or you should try to publish, or you should try to use it as kind of a launching pad for a different research project that you do by yourself or you do with another faculty member. So we kind of work with them on how would that, what would that look like? And how do you find a professional conference that you might want to present at? Oh, you found it now. How do you write an abstract? And how do you submit it?”Dr. Cannon.

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