Communicating my research effectively to different audiences is crucial for my research. Especially since my work investigating data production and interpretation during the 1896 bubonic plague outbreak is an interdisciplinary inquiry, I must consider the language and perspectives of people from many different fields (history and philosophy of science/science studies, global health, data science). Additionally,…
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Interacting with my cohort!
I am very excited to learn alongside and work with other student researchers this summer! One thing that I love about research and creative work is that there are many overlaps in the process of developing work. In a humanities research cohort, I learned about how my peers across the humanities disciplines engaged in the…
Starting the Brackenridge Fellowship!
Hello, everyone! My name is Richa Desai (pronounced Ree-cha, she/her). I’ll be entering my senior year this fall! My majors are computational biology and anthropology, and I’m also working towards the global health certificate. My research project integrates the varied perspectives I developed between both of my majors. Using the 1896 bubonic plague outbreak in…