For me and many others, Covid-19 has been the age of ScreenTime™ to a level which my prior life could never rival. Every morning I wake up to the sound of my phone alarm and lazily scroll through Instagram and the news until I feel ready to conquer the day. Then, I commute to the…
Author: Eleanor Falahee
July 13 Update: Competitive Collaboration
One major theme my laboratory work has focused on over the course of the past few months is the idea of competition. We have discussed different psychological principles surrounding competition, as well as different studies and surveys the lab has released in order to dive deeper into this phenomena. Last week, we had a short…
July 3 Update: Busy, but not content
The concept of business has been on my mind a lot throughout quarantine. Obviously, switching from life as a full-time student with work, extracurricular, and social responsibilities, to the life of a person who quite literally cannot leave the house, has been a huge adjustment. No longer do I have hours of out-of-home commitments every…
June 26 Update: “Normal” is Dangerous. Justice is Not.
My name is Ellie Falahee and I am one of the 2020 Women and Gender Summer Fellows. When signing up for this date as my first summer reflection, I expected to write some fluffy summary of how spring term was finally over and I learned so much throughout the past few weeks. Instead, as I…