Research paper authorship as an undergraduate: how does it happen?

Vivi
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:09:55 +0000

I’m currently UROPing in the Media Lab (rising sophomore), and I might be able to get authorship on a paper that I’m doing with my Ph.D student (he pretty much said, “It would be your name and mine on the paper”). He and I planned the entire project from scratch (as in, I said, “I want to do research on such-and-such” and he said, “Sure, how about we make a research project for that?”). I find it’ll be easier to get your name on a paper if you’re working on a paper with only one or two other people. Try finding a Ph.D student who doesn’t currently have anyone else working for them (this might mean veering from the main UROP listings and making personal connections in person).