Hi Blog, This is Eva Harden! Today, I will be giving some updates on what I have learned so far, then I will be transitioning into how my social identity affects my project, and lastly, I will be giving a few musings about being a researcher! Thus far this summer, I have learned quite a…
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Blog #2
Hi Blog, This is Eva Harden! 😀 To recap, this summer I am working on a project about gender differences in sexual desire. It has been proven that there are gender differences between heterosexual men and women. We are going to be specifically looking to see if there are gender differences in heterosexual individuals’ desire…
Blog #2: Research Project
This summer, I am working as a research assistant on the Bridges Study. The BRIDGES Study is a pilot feasibility study testing a patient-directed, web-based intervention aimed at reducing reproductive coercion (RC) and improving outcomes in family planning care. The intervention is designed to be used in clinical settings, empowering patients with knowledge and strategies…
Blog #1: A Letter to My Future Self
Dear Future Me, Right now, I’m sitting at my desk, buzzing with anticipation for what this summer will bring. I’m Siran, a Gender and Health major at the University of Michigan, originally from Beijing. I’ve chosen a research path that’s anything but easy—diving deep into reproductive justice and gendered health disparities—because I believe this work…
Letter To My Future Self- EH
Hi everyone!! My name is Eva, I am a rising senior at the University of Michigan, double majoring in Psychology and Women and Gender Studies. I am currently working on the first study of my senior thesis, which examines the impact of sexual abuse on sexual desire, with a particular focus on the gender discrepancy…
Blog #4: Reflections + Moving
Looking back at my first blog post, things about the experience were definitely how I expected it to go and, at the same time, somewhat different. It turns out I got a bonus mentor, Dr. MacCallum-Bridges, who was very nice! I also had to swap topics and duties from the original idea of short-interval pregnancies…
Reflections + Moving Forward
Looking back to my first post, “A Letter to My Future Self”, I can understand how much I have learned in the short span of 10 weeks as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Social Research. One example of my growth during this time is my new ability of navigating large-scale literature databases and…
Blogpost #2
The research project I am working on is titled Transmasculine Pregnancy and Identity with Mel Monier, a PhD candidate in Media and Communications. This research directly impacts transmasculine individuals and the broader community by working to study an understudied facet of transgender identity and understanding how trans representation in media informs public perception and self-perception.…
Letter to my Future Self
Dear future self, I hope you have had an amazing, fulfilling, and growth-filled summer! Currently, it is the second week of UROP. I have been getting oriented with both the WAGSFP program and the individual project I will be working on for the next 9 weeks. The research project I am working on is different…
Reflections & Moving Forward- Rebecca Pulliam
As I reflect back on my first post, it is strange to see that it was written just a few weeks ago. Yet, my knowledge of research has greatly improved. A lot has changed as I took a completely different direction with my project. Instead of working with the data already produced in SPSS, I…