Recently, I went on a research trip to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin to interview two Chicanas about their activist work during the Chicano Movement. In order to prepare me, Professor Cotera had me read Mexicans in Wisconsin by Sergio M. González. The purpose of the reading was to provde me with some context of the history…
Category: #4 Reading Reflection
Tell us about something you’ve read recently. We suggest you talk about something you’ve read that is related to WAGSFP in general or your research work. Summarize the piece and reflect on it more deeply as it relates to you. Be as creative as you’d like with how you answer this prompt; you are encouraged to include picture, video, music, poetry, etc. to help you creatively address this blog prompt.
Reading Reflection!
Last week, I read the codebooks for Waves I, II, and III of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). I will be using data from Add Health to complete my research study this summer. I read my mentor’s paper copy, so it was nicely organized into ordered sections. The first…
Reading Reflection
This prompt could not have come at a better time given that all my research has been so far is a giant literature review. Don’t worry though, I’m not going to talk about a journal article. While peer reviewed literature is vital to supporting research and giving a proven background on the subject, the literature…
Reading Reflection
[su_heading size=”50″ margin=”80″]Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides[/su_heading] One book I read recently coincidentally fits nicely with this program’s theme of gender is Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides. Middlesex follows the life and history of Callie Stephanides, an intersex man, whose body did not fit the standard definition for a male or a female body. The story begins by detailing the…
Learning about the Abuse of Women in Kashmir
CW: sexual assault/abuse One book that I have been reading this summer is titled Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora?, and it is about a pair of villages in the region of Kashmir where the women of these villages were mass-raped by the Indian army in February 1991. Although I won’t be able to do it…