In the last few weeks, I have learned a lot about the process of doing research and learning to pivot if things are not going according to plan. I have had to change direction on my project and drastically reassess the work I had completed and planned on continuing. I think that taught me a…
Category: Fields of Research
My Research Project
My research centers on the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and, specifically, her ability to remain unmarried and childless as the queen regnant of England in the 16th century. I originally came to this program with a formed argument, but since then, have revised my work and decided to move in a different direction. Moving…
Reflections & Advice – Lauren Penrose
As an avid journaler I am someone who thoroughly enjoys reflecting. When reading back my first WAGSFP journal entry I was correct in my assumptions. I did overestimate how much time I had before starting the poster and I did make errors in the new programming I used this summer. With the errors, though, I…
Social Identity + Updates on My Research Experience – Lauren Penrose
With my WAGSFP project it’s certainly been a learning curve. I considered myself decently well-versed in the research process, but getting into the nitty-gritty of the analysis and coding has been a new and admittedly challenging experience. I am being pushed to quickly pick up unfamiliar coding in order to establish relationships between my variables…
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…
A Letter to Your Future Self – Olivia Morreale
Dear Future Olivia, Hi! I am writing this letter to you during the second week of the fellowship. The past few days have been so exciting: engaging in skill-building workshops, meeting with my mentor whom I think very highly of, and starting to chip away at research projects has been pretty surreal. I feel fortunate…
A Letter to Your Future Self – Paige Bost
Future Paige, I am really excited to participate in the Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program and gain incredibly valuable skills and experience! Although we have done research in the past, this will be our first full-time (and paid) research experience. I am excited to be working with Praxis Lab over the summer, and I…
THIS IS IT!
Dear Me from 10 weeks prior, Look at you! As per usual, this fellowship felt way too short, like with most good things in life. Moreover, you set off to accomplish quite a bit this summer, and while you were able to get quite a bit done in terms of your research and medical school…
Dear Past Self
Dear Past Self, In your first blog post, you reflected on the situations that had brought you to WAGSFP. I’ll let you know what you’ll have come to learn by the very first days of August 2018, due to the efforts that you will make in the time that you spend here. I’ve had some…
Testimonial, Blog 9B
I think WAGSFP gave me an experience that everyone should participate in. I am the odd one out as an engineer but I never felt excluded regardless. The research I take part in is amazing and world changing. Even more amazing is all the participants of WAGSFP, who are so passionate about their research. These…