I have absolutely loved my experiences in the lab thus far. Over the past two weeks, my mentor and I spent hours upon hours writing and finalizing IRB paperwork. I spent many of these days at my new favorite coffee shop (shoutout Vertex Coffee!) sipping an oat-milk Chai latte. With plants and queer art everywhere,…
Category: #3 Impact of your Research
Describe your research project in more detail including the overall goals and the potential impact. Please discuss the impact of your research on individuals as well as groups of people. Name social identity groups (or populations) you think your research project will impact the most, and what social identity groups you think are impacted the least. Please explain why these groups will be impacted. Also, please tell us a bit about how research ethics play a role in your research (if you’re struggling, think back to our 6/20/18 seminar).
My Research Project – Olivia Morreale
Project title: “Caregiving, Complex Family and Kinship Ties, and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)” Over the past three weeks, I have learned more about focus groups and other related research methods than I thought possible. Though I was apprehensive about coming into this fellowship as someone without research experience, Dr. Patterson gives me ample…
My Research Project – Beatrice Hadiwidjaja
My research involves professional discussion boards which exist as a platform allowing working professionals to share their opinions with anonymity. It is certain that abuse of said anonymity exist within the platform, with many people posting inappropriate and discriminatory messages. The objective of my project, otherwise known as the Blind Project, is to use Text…
The Impact of Lobbying in the United States
My research project is concerned with lobbying patterns in the United States from the Progressive Era to the present. It seeks to understand lobbying within state legislatures, specifically, and how lobbying networks took shape. My research mentor, a graduate student within the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, travels…
The Larger Impact of My Summer Self-Study
Hey researchers! So I have been hemming and hawing for a while about the practical impact that my research during this two-month experience will make. My hesitation comes in part from growing up thinking that research occurs with lab equipment and quantitative data or qualitative data, which normally, I guess, it does. However, within…
My Research and its Potential Impact
With a lot of help from the lovely Dr. Rona Carter (my WAGSFP mentor and whose lab I work in during the year), I designed the study I am conducting this summer so that I could pursue my research interest in understanding the comorbidity of eating disorders and substance use disorders. Research suggests that almost…
“Early Feeding Practices and Development of Childhood Obesity”
I am working with Pediatrician Dr. Megan Pesch, MD to discover more about the ways that mothers feed their child in their early years affects childhood obesity rates. This includes the choices of foods that are given to children, conversations about food, attitudes towards food of both the mother and child, restrictions of foods or…
A Wannabe Feminist Researcher Studies Men’s Health and Intimate Partner Violence
My research is currently titled, “Men’s Health and Intimate Partner Violence: Analyzing Interviews About Behavior,” and is led by Dr. Vijay Singh in the U of M Injury Center. This project is a mixed methods one, as Dr. Singh initially used surveys to collect data on men in two outpatient clinics in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti…
The Impact of My Research: The Empowerment of Women in Rural Regions of India
This summer, I will be working under PhD candidate Jennifer Zavaleta, studying the livelihoods and climate adaptation of Indian farmers. I was fortunate enough to work with Jennifer on this project this past school year. This summer will be a little different, however, because I will be focused on the specific impact women have on…
Okay, this is kind of late, but who cares: My Research and It’s Impact!
Hey so I know this blog post is kind of late, but in my defense I don’t see as many people who remembered to blog about this on time, so I don’t feel quite as guilty for forgetting to post this up earlier. At least, that’s the excuse I’ll use if Elizabeth asks. 😛 ANYWAYS,…