In this special episode of Research Conversations, Host Samiha Bala is joined by UNC teaching professor Dr. Hilary Lithgow. Dr. Lithgow is the liaison between the English and Comparative Literature Department and the Office of Undergraduate Research, as well as the undergraduate advisor for the ECL major. On this episode, Dr. Lithgow and Samiha chat about the challenges of encouraging undergraduates to pursue research and the vital importance of doing so, both for UNC and for the world.