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…
Category: WAGSFP 2018 Fellows
Blog Post 9B: Testimonial
This fellowship has been such a blessing. I’ve been afforded new opportunities as a result of it, and just being a part of this cohort has been such a joy. I’m grateful for all the people who have been unconditionally in our corners throughout these 10 weeks, rooting for us at every pass. The best part…
Blog Post 9A: Song
[su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl742pn7bnw”] Lyrics I know that it seems sometimes, that no matter what you do No matter how hard you work, striving to make things better in your life For some reason, you’re not getting nowhere But I want you to turn to the one next to you And tell him You tried your…
The Testimonial (To My Song)
This experience with UROP through the Women and Gender Fellowship has been great. It’s supplied me with the know-how of conducting humanities-based research, which I have been doing in a half-realized way in my humanities classes all these years. Coming in as a freshman to Michigan, not even remotely did I consider UROP as a…
The Song (To My Testimonial)
A song that would describe my summer experience well is Abraham by Sufjan Stevens. Not because I played the song out every morning when I woke up or every evening when I went to bed during these past two months, but because I chose the song in one of my previous blogs at the start…
Blog 9: Testimonial (part 2)
OMG! I am extremely thankful to have been part of the 2018 UROP-WAGSFP because it really was life changing. Being surrounded by an amazing cohort and having a supportive mentor has helped me in my 10-week journey at University of Michigan. Being away from home was difficult. There were numerous times I would cry because…
Blog 9: My song! (Part 1)
MUY CHINGONAS! Being here, I’ve had a lot of time listening to music and when I came across this music video, I LOVED IT! Because Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzmán are extremely empowering and mujeres chingonas who summarize in the video my experience here. Being surrounded by such amazing, empowering, inspiring, and intelligent human beings in my…
Blog 8: Opportunities & Challenges
Ever since the Growth Mindset presentation by Joe Salvatore, I had time to reflect about how I need to give myself more credit for the work that I do. I am harsh towards myself because whenever I am given a task, the outcomes need to come out perfect. I am a perfectionist and I cannot…
(Super Late) Day in the Life
Here is my day in the life post in the form of a vlog that took me 50004593458034809234 hours to put together….
10/10 Customer Testimonial
I honestly have nothing but kind words to say about the Women and Gender Summer Fellowship. First of all, I’m happy that there is a research fellowship specifically for this field as I think there are so many new things to learn about the world through the lens of women’s issues and gender. Applying to…