Over the course of this summer, I am happy to report that my research led to some very interesting conclusions about video resources and the video resource creation process. By the end date of the Community Research Fellowship, I had published four videos to the private YouTube channel I was using to collect feedback. In…

When I first learned about the idea of community research, my initial understanding was that a summer fellowship in this field meant undergoing an intensive study of Pittsburgh history. While a project like this would no doubt be the recipe for a summer well spent, under the guidance of the amazing faculty at the Pitt…

For many, the mention of “research” at a big University conjures up images of complex chemistry experiments or dense mathematical proofs, that, while still useful, are somewhat separated from everyday life and aren’t immediately applicable to the communities they are based in. This was certainly the perspective I held before coming to Pitt, and stereotypes…

Hi everyone! My name is Jackson Filosa, and I am a rising junior at the University of Pittsburgh studying Statistics and English Writing. Whether it is calculating the perfect combination of words to use in a sentence or devising a model to predict book publishing trends, I love using an interdisciplinary approach of critical and…